2022 Billboard Music Awards Finalists – Complete Nominations List
The Weeknd is a finalist in 17 categories, including top artist, top male artist and top Hot 100 artist. Doja Cat leads female finalist with 14 nods, including top artist, top female artist and top Hot 100 artist. Justin Bieber, Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Olivia Rodrigo are next up, with 13 nods each.
Five new categories were unveiled this year, with four based on Billboard’s first authoritative global charts and one measuring viral songs. This brings the total number of categories to 62. The Billboard global charts rank songs based on streams and download sales both worldwide and excluding the U.S.
The related new categories are top Billboard Global 200 artist, top Billboard Global Excl. U.S. artist, top Billboard Global 200 song, and top Billboard Global Excl U.S. song. Sheeran is a finalist in all four of the new global categories as an artist and for his smash “Bad Habits“.
This year’s awards are based on the tracking period of March 26, 2021, through March 17, 2022. That corresponds to Billboard chart dates of April 10, 2021, through March 26, 2022.
