The nominees for the Billboard Music Awards 2016 have been revealed and Sam Hunt leads the country artists that received nominations.
Sam has a total of four nominations including having two songs in the Top Country Song category.
Country artists with two nominations are Zac Brown Band, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett and Chris Young all received a single nomination for this year’s Billboard Music Awards.
The final album from country duo Joey + Rory titled Hymns That Are Important To Us received a nomination in the Top Christian Album category.
Below is a list of all categories that include a country music artist as a nominee.
See the complete list of Billboard Music Awards 2016 nominations here.
The 2016 Billboard Music Awards will be held in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena May 22nd.
Congratulations to all of the nominees for the Billboard Music Awards 2016.
By: Buck Stevens
Top Country Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Top Country Album:
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights
Sam Hunt, Montevallo
Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller
Top Country Song:
Sam Hunt, “Break Up In A Small Town”
Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Man”
Chris Young, “I’m Comin’ Over”
Top Christian Album:
Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
Hillsong UNITED, Empires
Joey + Rory, Hymns That Are Important To Us
TobyMac, This Is Not A Test
Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship
