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The Weeknd scores 16 nominations for Billboard Awards after Grammys snub He s the leading nominee at this year s awards, which will air on May 23. Other top nominees include DaBaby and Pop Smoke.
FILE - The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys but he s the leading nominee at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys but he’s the leading nominee at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, where rappers Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD earned multiple posthumous nominations, including top artist, and disgraced country singer Morgan Wallen is a six-time nominee.
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Billboards Music Awards recently announced the nomination through The List Live Livestream. While various musicians bagged nominations including The Weeknd, Da Baby, Drake, Taylor Swift and many more, fans are curious to know when are Billboard Music Awards (2021) streaming. Read further to know when will the BBMAS air.
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The live stream for the nomination took place on April 29 via Billboard s official social media account. As per the Billboard, the music award will air live on NBC on May 23 at 8:00 pm EST and in India, fans can watch the show on May 24 at 5:30 am. The show will stream live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The exec
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The Weeknd earned 16 nominations, including top male artist, top R&B artist, top Billboard 200 album for After Hours and top Hot 100 song for Blinding Lights, the No. 1 song of last year. DaBaby thanks to his own hit Rockstar and his guest appearance on Jack Harlow s What s Poppin is second with 11 bids, and he will battle himself in categories like top rap song, top streaming song and top collaboration.
Pop Smoke, who follows with 10 nominations, died last February at age 20 as his songs and mixtapes began to make a splash on the pop and rap charts. His official debut album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, was released last July and dominated the charts and streaming services, along with platinum-selling songs like For the Night, What You Know About Love and Dior, which earned him a Grammy nomination this year.
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It was a Weeknd show ahead of the Billboard Music Awards as he bagged a whopping 16 nominations. The other artists to be among the nominations include Da Baby, Drake, Taylor Swift. Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke being posthumously nominated for numerous awards were among the other highlights of the nominations.
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Among the categories in which The Weeknd was nominated included top male artist, top R&B artist, top hot 100 song for