Luke Bryan, Hillary Scott and More Earn 2017 Billboard Music Awards Nominations
Luke Bryan, Hillary Scott and more country acts have earned nominations for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Nominees for the May awards show were revealed on Monday morning (April 10).
Bryan received nods for the all-genre Billboard Chart Achievement Award and in the Top Country Tour category; he's competing in the former against Nicki Minaj, the Chainsmokers and more, and in the latter category against Kenny Chesney and the Dixie Chicks. Scott and her family, together as Hillary Scott & the Scott Family, are nominated for Top Christian Album and Top Christian Song; Joey + Rory also received a Top Christian Album nomination.
Other country artists nominated for Billboard Music Awards in 2017 include Florida Georgia Line (Top Duo / Group, Top Country Artist, Top Country Album, Top Country Song, Top Country Collaboration), Chris Stapleton (Top Country Artist, Top Country Album) and Little Big Town (Top Country Song). A complete list of country nominees is below, and a full list of 2017 Billboard Music Awards nominees is available on the Billboard website.
Nominees for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, according to Billboard, were selected based on "key fan interactions with music" between March 18, 2016, and March 16, 2017. Those metrics include album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and engagement on social media, all of which are tracked by Billboard, Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound.
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards are scheduled to take place on May 21 and air on ABC beginning at 8PM ET.
2017 Billboard Music Awards -- Country Nominees
Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented By Xfinity
Luke Bryan
Nicki Minaj
The Chainsmokers
The Weeknd
Twenty One Pilots
Top Duo / Group
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Florida Georgia Line
Guns N’ Roses
Twenty One Pilots
Top Country Artist
Florida Georgia Line
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Dixie Chicks
Top Country Album
Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know
Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Keith Urban, Ripcord
Top Christian Album
Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing
Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
Joey + Rory, Hymns That Are Important to Us
Hillary Scott & the Scott Family, Love Remains
Skillet, Unleashed
Top Country Song
Kenny Chesney feat. Pink, “Setting the World on Fire”
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Little Big Town, “Better Man”
Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Top Country Collaboration
Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King, “Different for Girls”
Kenny Chesney feat. Pink, “Setting the World on Fire”
Eric Church feat. Rhiannon Giddens, “Kill a Word”
Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Chris Young feat. Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”
Top Christian Song
Lauren Daigle, “Trust in You”
Hillary Scott & the Scott Family, “Thy Will”
Skillet, “Feel Invincible”
Ryan Stevenson Featuring GabeReal, “Eye of the Storm”
Zach Williams, “Chain Breaker”
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