The finalists for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards were announced today with Imagine Dragons and Lorde leads all artists followed by Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18 on ABC from 8:00 PM- 11: 00 PM ET.
Jason Derulo, who will perform at the ceremony, broke the news this morning on ABC's “Good Morning America “chain.
Imagine Dragons and Lorde were each named in 12 of the 40 award categories, while Timberlake, Perry and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis followed with 11, 10 and eight categories, respectively.
Imagine Dragons are vying for their first Billboard Music Award this year. The quartet burned up the charts in 2013 with their album “Night Visions” (which is also a finalist for Top Album Rock) and many hit singles, including “Radioactive”, which broke the record for most weeks ever in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lorde step was also opened in 2013 with its inevitable No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single “Royals” and the debut album “Pure Heroin.” The top two finalists go head to head in nine categories, including Top Hot 100 Artist , Top Digital Songs Artist ,
Top Radio Songs Artist , Best Rock , Best Rock Album , Top Hot 100 song , Top Digital song , Top Streaming song (Audio ) and Top Rock song .
Timberlake could capture their first Billboard Music Award this year as a solo artist. Included in the 11 categories are Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album. With his group 'N Sync, Timberlake won five Billboard Music Awards, including the 2000 trophy for Album of the Year (“No Strings Attached”).
2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS HOME: Finalists
Leading the race track titles with five categories each are Lorde and Robin Thicke, TI and Pharrell Williams with their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s "Real" and “Blurred Lines “. Imagine Dragons and Perry both come in second place with four notches finalists for "Radioactive” and “Roar”, respectively.
Bound with two titles each categories are Daft Punk and Pharrell "Get Lucky" , Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton "Can not Hold Us" and the hit duet with Wanz " Thrift Shop, " in addition to Miley Cyrus " wrecking ball " and Avicii " Wake me Up " .
The first time finalists Billboard Music Awards include: Lorde (12 categories) , Avicii (4 categories) , Capital Cities ( 3 categories) , Zedd ( 3 categories) and Sidewalk Prophets ( 1 level ) .
Rihanna, who is a finalist in five categories this year, was a finalist at the Billboard Music Awards 49 times.
Timberlake has the most entries as a finalist for the album, with three, including two tickets to Top R & B Album “The 20/20 Experience” and “The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2).”
Luke Bryan takes the whole country acts with seven entries in six categories, including an appearance as a finalist in the Top Male Artist global pool.
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