NOMINEES FOR THE 2015 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Sam Hunt leads the pack of country nominees at the 2015 American Music Awards with three nods. Hunt earned nominations for Favorite Male Artist – Country, Favorite Album – Country for his debut studio project Montevallo as well as a nod in the all-genre New Artist of the Year category. Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line follow closely behind with two nods apiece, including Bryan's nomination for the night's top prize: the all-genre Artist of the Year award. Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood each earned nods in the Favorite Female Artist – Country category, and Little Big Town and Zac Brown Band also made the nomination list for Favorite Duo or Group – Country alongside FGL. Taylor Swift leads the overall pack with six nominations, and she'll be going up against Luke and several other artists for the all-genre Artist of the Year trophy. Hosted this year by Jennifer Lopez, the 2015 American Music Awards will be broadcast on November 22 at 8 PM ET on ABC. The full list of all nominees can be seen here. Fans can cast their votes at http://ama.votenow.tv/.
The full list of country nominees at the 2015 American Music Awards are as follows:
Artist of the Year (all-genre)
Luke Bryan
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd
One Direction
New Artist of the Year (all-genre)
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Tove Lo
Walk The Moon
The Weeknd
Favorite Male Artist – Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt
Favorite Female Artist – Country
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Favorite Duo or Group - Country
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Little Big Town
Favorite Album – Country
Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt
Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes
Sam Hunt - Montevallo
