The finalists for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards have been announced and Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan lead the list of country artists up for awards.
The Billboard Music Awards are handed out based on album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social-media interactions. These criteria were tracked from March 10, 2014 through March 8, 2015 for this year’s awards.
Based on that data Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan have their names listed four times each in the categories. Luke is listed in only country music categories this year while Florida Georgia Line has country music nods as well as being named in the all-genre Top Duo/Group category.
You can see which awards the country music artists are up for below. See the complete list of 2015 Billboard Music Awards finalists here.
The 2015 Billboard Music Awards will be handed out during a live television broadcast Sunday, May 17th from 7pm-10pm central time live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on ABC.
By: Buck Stevens
2015 Billboard Music Awards Country Music Finalists
TOP DUO/GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
Maroon 5
One Direction
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Brantley Gilbert
Blake Shelton
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
Miranda Lambert, Platinum
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
Luke Bryan, “Play It Again”
Sam Hunt, “Leave the Night On”
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, “This Is How We Roll”
Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt”
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG
Francesca Battistelli, “He Knows My Name”
Hillsong United, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”
MercyMe, “Greater”
Newsboys, “We Believe”
Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
