Lil Wayne and Rihanna are leading the way for hip-hop in this year’s Billboard Awards nominees. Check out the full list below.
2012 Billboard Music Awards Finalists
Top Artist
Adele
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Song
“Rolling in the Deep†– Adele
“Party Rock Anthem†– LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
“Moves Like Jagger†– Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
“E.T.†– Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
“Give Me Everything†– Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer
Top Billboard 200 Album
21 – Adele
Christmas – Michael Bublé
Take Care – Drake
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne
Top New Artist
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster the People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Drake
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist
Adele
Lady Gaga
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Artist
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Justin Bieber
Michael Bublé
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Top Digital Songs Artist
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Radio Songs Artist
Adele
Katy Perry
Bruno Mars
Rihanna
Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Cee Lo Green
Miguel
Rihanna
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa
Nicki Minaj
FULL LIST HERE.
