Billboard Music Awards 2013: One Direction battle with Taylor Swift as boyband up for EIGHT prizes

The boyband are up for eight prizes - including Top Artist - and will face competition from Taylor, Rihanna and Justin Bieber

Award ceremonies become confusing when Taylor Swift gets a nod in the country music category. No, us neither.

But putting the genre politics aside, the nominations for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards are IN – and it’s a clean swoop for Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen and One Direction, obviously.

The world’s biggest boyband are up for a staggering eight prizes while Harry Styles’ nemesis and ex-girlfriend Taylor is nommed for 11 categories.

Other artists given a congratulatory nod are Maroon 5, fun. and Justin Bieber.

Tracy Morgan will host the ceremony on May 19 live from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.

 

2013 Billboard Music Awards Nominations

Top Artist
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
One Direction
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

Top New Artist 
Gotye
Carly Rae Jepsen
The Lumineers
One Direction
PSY

Top Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Justin Bieber
Drake
Flo Rida
Bruno Mars

 

Top Female Artist
Adele
Carly Rae Jepsen
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group 
Coldplay
Fun.
Maroon 5
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Top Hot 100 Artist 
Flo Rida
Fun.
Maroon 5
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top Billboard 200 Artist 
Adele
Justin Bieber
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Taylor Swift
Top Pop Artist 
Adele
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Bruno Mars
One Direction

Top R&B Artist 
Chris Brown
Alicia Keys
Ne-Yo
Rihanna
Usher
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull
PSY

Top Country Artist 
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Hunter Hayes
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Top Rock Artist 
Coldplay
Fun.
Gotye
Mumford & Sons
Bruce Springsteen

Top Pop Album 
“21,” Adele
“Overexposed,” Maroon 5
“Take Me Home,” One Direction
“Up All Night,” One Direction
“Believe,” Justin Bieber

 

Top R&B Album
“Fortune,” Chris Brown
“Girl on Fire,” Alicia Keys
“Channel Orange,” Frank Ocean
“Unapologetic,” Rihanna
“Looking 4 Myself,” Usher
Top Rap Album
“Based on a T.R.U. Story,” 2 Chainz
“Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City,” Kendrick Lamar
“The Heist,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” Nicki Minaj
“God Forgives, I Don’t,” Rick Ross
Top Country Album 
“Night Train,” Jason Aldean
“Tailgates & Tanlines,” Luke Bryan
“Tuskegee,” Lionel Richie
“Red,” Taylor Swift
“Blown Away,” Carrie Underwood
Top Rock Album
“Some Nights,” Fun.
“The Lumineers,” The Lumineers
“Babel,” Mumford & Sons
“My Head is an Animal,” Of Monsters and Men
“The World From The Side of the Moon,” Phillip Phillips
Top Pop Song
“Lights,” Ellie Goulding
“Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen
“One More Night,” Maroon 5
“Payphone,” Maroon 5
“Locked Out of Heaven,” Bruno Mars

Top R&B Song 
“Girl on Fire,” Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj
“Adorn,” Miguel
“Thinkin Bout You,” Frank Ocean
“Diamonds,” Rihanna
“Heart Attack,” Trey Songz
Top Rap Song 
“Wild Ones,” Flo Rida feat. Sia
“Whistle,” Flo Rida
“Mercy,” Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
“Thrift Shop,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
“Gangnam Style,” PSY
Top Country Song 
“Drunk on You,” Luke Bryan
“Springsteen,” Eric Church
“Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line
“Wanted,” Hunter Hayes
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift
Top Dance Song 
“Titanium,” David Guetta feat. Sia
“Harlem Shake,” Baauer
“Starships,” Nicki Minaj
“Gangnam Style,” PSY
“Where Have You Been,” Rihanna