Rihanna And Lil Wayne Lead The Way In Billboard Music Awards Nominations...

Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Adele and LMFAO lead the nominations for this years Billboard Music awards.

Adele is nominated in an amazing 18 catergories, Rihanna in 13, Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga share 10.

The show airs on May 20th in the United States and 'should' appear here sometime after (check your TV listings thoroughly...)


Full list of nominees is as follows-


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