RIHANNA LEADS THE WAY AT THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber scored the most nominations at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Rihanna leads the way with 18 nominations including ones for Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Artist. Eminem is up for 16 awards, including Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Artist, Top Male Artist and Top Rap Artist. Lady Gaga follows with 12 nominations, while Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber each garnered 11 nods. The winners will be announced at the Billboard Music Awards show airing on ABC from Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22nd. Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas are set to perform at the show. 

ABOUT THE AWARDS: 

The Billboard Music Awards take a look at artist performance based on key fan interactions with music -- finalists and winners are determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as chronicled in Billboard magazine and on Billboard.com during the eligibility period of February, 28th, 2010 and March 1st, 2011. 

A FEW OF THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS:

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Susan Boyle
Eminem
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift

TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Ke$ha
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Usher

TOP ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Eminem
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

TOP NEW ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Taio Cruz
Ke$ha
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj

TOP TOURING ARTIST
Bon Jovi
Michael Buble
Lady Gaga
U2
Roger Waters

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