Drake Shattered Michael Jackson's Record With 13 AMA Nominations While Beyonce, Rihanna & More Rack Up Too

Summer's over.  And Drake is still taking over.  Deets on his record breaking American Music Awards nominations, plus Rihanna and Beyonce battling it out with Bryson Tiller, Madonna and more inside...

The American Music Award nominations were announced yesterday morning via livestream, and Drizzy, who kicks off his Euro leg of his tour in January, is making headlines for leading the pack with 13 nominations.  It sets a new AMA record for most nominations in a single year, surpassing Michael Jackson’s previous record of 11 nominations in 1984.  Sheesh!  This guy is playing no games.

He's not the only one taking over.  His on again off again boo Rihanna copped seven nominations while Beyoncé nabbed four.  Bryson Tiller, our trapsoul crush, Fetty Wap and The Weeknd earned three nominations each.

The Artist of the Year category is a beasty one -- Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Drake, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood and The Weeknd.  The winner will be chosen from fan vote.

The full list of nominees are below. The “2016 American Music Awards” will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20 at 8:00pm ET on ABC.

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• Adele
• Beyoncé
• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Selena Gomez
• Ariana Grande
• Rihanna
• Twenty One Pilots
• Carrie Underwood
• The Weeknd

• Alessia Cara
• The Chainsmokers
• DNCE
• Shawn Mendes
• ZAYN

• The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”
• Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
• Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign “Work From Home”
• Rihanna Featuring Drake“Work”
• Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”

• Beyoncé
• Madonna
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

• Justin Bieber “Sorry”
• Desiigner “Panda”
• Rihanna Featuring Drake“Work”

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• The Weeknd

• Adele
• Selena Gomez
• Rihanna

• The Chainsmokers
• DNCE
• Twenty One Pilots

• Adele “25”
• Justin Bieber “Purpose”
• Drake“Views”

• Adele “Hello”
• Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
• Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”

• Luke Bryan
• Thomas Rhett
• Blake Shelton

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Cam
• Carrie Underwood

• Florida Georgia Line
• Old Dominion
• Zac Brown Band

• Luke Bryan “Kill the Lights”
• Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
• Carrie Underwood “Storyteller”

• Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
• Tim McGraw “Humble And Kind”
• Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”

• Drake
• Fetty Wap
• Future

• Drake“Views”
• Drake& Future “What A Time To Be Alive”
• Fetty Wap “Fetty Wap”

• Desiigner “Panda”
• Drake“Hotline Bling”
• Fetty Wap “679”

• Chris Brown
• Bryson Tiller
• The Weeknd

• Beyoncé
• Janet Jackson
• Rihanna

• Beyoncé “Lemonade”
• Rihanna “Anti”
• Bryson Tiller “T R A P S O U L”

• Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
• Rihanna Featuring Drake“Work”
• Bryson Tiller “Don’t”

• Coldplay
• Twenty One Pilots
• X Ambassadors

• Adele
• Rachel Platten
• Meghan Trainor

• J Balvin
• Enrique Iglesias
• Nicky Jam

• Lauren Daigle
• Hillsong UNITED
• Chris Tomlin

• The Chainsmokers
• Calvin Harris
• Major Lazer

• Purple Rain
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Suicide Squad: The Album

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