The 2016 American Music Awards nominees have been announced— and Carrie Underwood is holdin’ it down for the country music genre!
The singer-songwriter is up for the coveted ‘Artist of the Year’ distinction along with superstars Beyoncé, Adele, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Drake, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, TwentyOnePilots, and the Weeknd. Underwood is also nominated for ‘Favorite Female Artist — Country’ and ‘Favorite Album — Country’ for Storyteller.
Check out the other nominations involving country music’s top talent below!
2016 American Music Awards Country Nominees
Artist of the Year
Adele
Beyonce
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
TwentyOnePilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
Favorite Female Artist — Country
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood
🔹 #AMAs Favorite Female Artist – Country Nominees 🔹
▫️▪️@KelseaBallerini
▫️▪️@camcountry
▫️▪️@carrieunderwood pic.twitter.com/xl5Fzi3Rx1— AMAs (@AMAs) October 10, 2016
Favorite Male Artist — Country
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton
Favorite Duo or Group — Country
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
🔹 #AMAs Favorite Duo or Group – Country Nominees 🔹
▫️▪️@FLAGALine
▫️▪️@OldDominion
▫️▪️@zacbrownband pic.twitter.com/4dGfqOdP2O— AMAs (@AMAs) October 10, 2016
Favorite Song — Country
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind”
Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man”
Favorite Album — Country
Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller
🔹 #AMAs Favorite Album – Country Nominees 🔹
▫️▪️@LukeBryanOnline
▫️▪️@ChrisStapleton
▫️▪️@carrieunderwood pic.twitter.com/gtplxX98rO— AMAs (@AMAs) October 10, 2016
The 2016 American Music Awards will air live on November 20th at 8PM ET via ABC. Fans can now vote for each awards category on the ABC website and via Twitter.
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