2012 Billboard Music Awards: Nominations

British Soul singer Adele.

The 2012 Billboard Music Awards nominees have been announced and Adele has dominated her competition. In fact, the British blockbuster seller has garnered a stunning 18 nominations for the show and overshadowed everybody from Rihanna to Lady Gaga.

Among her many nominations, Adele has claimed nods for Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist. Other acts who nabbed top honors included LMFAO (17 nominations), Rihanna (13 nominations), Lil Wayne (10 nominations) and Lady Gaga (10 nominations). The winners of the show will be decided based on their performance during the March 1st 2011 to February 29th 2012 period.

Entertainers expected to perform at the Billboard Music Awards this year are Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood, The Wanted and LMFAO. Additional acts will be added to the performance roster ahead of the May 20th air date of the show, which will be held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

See the list of Billboard Music Awards nominees below:

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 Hot 100 Artist
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna

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 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

See the full list of Billboard Music Awards nominees here. Also, watch Beyonce’s memorable performance of ‘Run the World (Girls)’ at the 2011 Billboard Music awards show below:

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