Rema leads Africa’s contingent for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.
Rema has continued his international success of 2023 inspired that his smash hit ‘Calm Down’ which peaked at NO. 3 at the Billboard Hot 100.
On October 26 2023 the nominations list for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards was released and Rema earned 6 nominations.
The Nigerian superstar earned nods for Top Afrobeats Artist, Top Radio Song, Top Collaboration, Top Billboard Global 200 Song, Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.), and Song Top Afrobeats Song.
Taylor Swift leads the nominations list with 20 nominations and she’s closely followed by Morgan Wallen and SZA who both have 17 nods.
The 2023 Billboard Music Awards is set to hold on November 19, 2023 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
See Full Nominations List.
Top Artist
DrakeLuke CombsMorgan WallenSZATaylor Swift
Top New Artist
Bailey ZimmermanIce SpiceJelly RollPeso PlumaZach Bryan
Top Male Artist
DrakeLuke CombsMorgan WallenThe WeekndZach Bryan
Top Female Artist
BeyoncéMiley CyrusOlivia RodrigoSZATaylor Swift
Top Duo/Group
Eslabon ArmadoFifty FiftyFuerza RegidaGrupo FronteraMetallica
Top Billboard 200 Artist
DrakeLuke CombsMorgan WallenSZATaylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
DrakeLuke CombsMorgan WallenSZATaylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Songwriter (NEW)
Ashley GorleyJack AntonoffSZATaylor SwiftZach Bryan
Top Hot 100 Producer (NEW)
Jack AntonoffJoey MoiMetro BoominTaylor SwiftZach Bryan
Top Streaming Songs Artist
DrakeMorgan WallenSZATaylor SwiftZach Bryan
Top Radio Songs Artist
Miley CyrusMorgan WallenSZATaylor SwiftThe Weeknd
Top Song Sales Artist
Jason AldeanMiley CyrusMorgan WallenOliver Anthony MusicTaylor Swift
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist
Bad BunnyMorgan WallenSZATaylor SwiftThe Weeknd
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist
Bad BunnyEd SheeranNewJeansTaylor SwiftThe Weeknd
Top R&B Artist
BeyoncéChris BrownRihannaSZAThe Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist
Chris BrownMiguelThe Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist
BeyoncéRihannaSZA
Top R&B Touring Artist
BeyoncéBruno MarsThe Weeknd
Top Rap Artist
21 SavageDrakeLil BabyMetro BoominTravis Scott
Top Rap Male Artist
21 SavageDrakeTravis Scott
Top Rap Female Artist
Doja CatIce SpiceNicki Minaj
Top Rap Touring Artist
50 CentDrakeSnoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
Top Country Artist
Bailey ZimmermanLuke CombsMorgan WallenTaylor SwiftZach Bryan
Top Country Male Artist
Luke CombsMorgan WallenZach Bryan
Top Country Female Artist
Lainey WilsonMegan MoroneyTaylor Swift
Top Country Duo/Group
Old DominionParmaleeZac Brown Band
Top Country Touring Artist
George StraitLuke CombsMorgan Wallen
Top Rock Artist
Jelly RollNoah KahanStephen SanchezSteve LacyZach Bryan
Top Rock Duo/Group (NEW)
Arctic MonkeysFoo FightersMetallica
Top Rock Touring Artist
ColdplayDepeche ModeElton John
Top Latin Artist
Bad BunnyEslabon ArmadoFuerza RegidaKAROL GPeso Pluma
Top Latin Male Artist
Bad BunnyPeso PlumaRauw Alejandro
Top Latin Female Artist
KAROL GROSALÍAShakira
Top Latin Duo/Group
Eslabon ArmadoFuerza RegidaGrupo Frontera
Top Latin Touring Artist
Daddy YankeeKarol GRBD
Top Global K-Pop Artist (NEW)
JiminNewJeansStray KidsTOMORROW X TOGETHERTWICE
Top K-Pop Touring Artist (NEW)
BLACKPINKSUGATWICE
Top Afrobeats Artist (NEW)
Burna BoyLibiancaRemaTemsWizkid
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
BeyoncéCalvin HarrisDavid GuettaDrakeTiësto
Top Christian Artist
Brandon LakeElevation Worshipfor KING & COUNTRYLauren DaiglePhil Wickham
Top Gospel Artist
CeCe WinansElevation WorshipKanye WestKirk FranklinMaverick City Music
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album
Drake & 21 Savage “Her Loss”Metro Boomin “HEROES & VILLAINS”Morgan Wallen “One Thing At A Time”SZA “SOS”Taylor Swift “Midnights”
Top Soundtrack
“Barbie The Album”“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By”“ELVIS”“Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)”“Top Gun: Maverick”
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé – “RENAISSANCE”Brent Faiyaz – “WASTELAND”Drake – “Honestly, Nevermind”Steve Lacy – “Gemini Rights”SZA – “SOS”
Top Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage – “Her Loss”Future – “I Never Liked You”Lil Baby – “It’s Only Me”Metro Boomin – “HEROES & VILLAINS”Travis Scott – “UTOPIA”
Top Country Album
Luke Combs – “Gettin’ Old”Luke Combs – “Growin’ Up”Morgan Wallen – “One Thing At A Time”Taylor Swift – “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”Zach Bryan – “American Heartbreak”
Top Rock Album
HARDY – “the mockingbird & THE CROW”Jelly Roll – “Whitsitt Chapel”Noah Kahan – “Stick Season”Steve Lacy – “Gemini Rights”Zach Bryan – “American Heartbreak”
Top Latin Album
Bad Bunny – “Un Verano Sin Ti”Eslabon Armado – “DESVELADO”Ivan Cornejo – “Dañado”KAROL G – “MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO”Peso Pluma – “GÉNESIS”
Top K-Pop Album (NEW)
Jimin – “FACE”NewJeans – “2nd EP ‘Get Up’”Stray Kids – “5-STAR”TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION”TWICE “READY TO BE: – 12th Mini Album”
Top Dance/Electronic Album
Beyoncé – “RENAISSANCE”Drake – “Honestly, Nevermind”ILLENIUM – “ILLENIUM”Kim Petras – “Feed The Beast”Tiësto – “DRIVE”
Top Christian Album
Anne Wilson – “My Jesus”Brandon Lake – “House of Miracles”CAIN – “Rise Up”Elevation Worship – “LION”Lauren Daigle – “Lauren Daigle”
Top Gospel Album
Jonathan McReynolds “My Truth”Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin “Kingdom Book One”Tye Tribbett “All Things New”Whitney Houston “I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston”Zacardi Cortez “Imprint (Live in Memphis)”
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Morgan Wallen “Last Night”SZA “Kill Bill”Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”
Top Streaming Song
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Morgan Wallen “Last Night”SZA “Kill Bill”Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
Top Radio Song
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Top Selling Song
Jason Aldean “Try That in a Small Town”Jimin ‘Like Crazy”Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond”Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”
Top Collaboration
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy”The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”SZA “Kill Bill”Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”Harry Styles “As It Was”Miley Cyrus “Flowers”Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Top R&B Song
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”Miguel “Sure Thing”The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”SZA “Kill Bill”SZA “Snooze”
Top Rap Song
Coi Leray “Players”Drake & 21 Savage “Rich Flex”Gunna “fukumean”Lil Durk ft. J. Cole “All My Life”Toosii “Favorite Song”
Top Country Song
Bailey Zimmerman “Rock and a Hard Place”Luke Combs “Fast Car”Morgan Wallen “Last Night”Morgan Wallen “You Proof”Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
Top Rock Song
Jelly Roll “Need A Favor”Stephen Sanchez “Until I Found You”Steve Lacy “Bad Habit”Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
Top Latin Song
Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma “Ella Baila Sola”Fuerza Regida x Grupo Frontera “Bebe Dame”Grupo Frontera x Bad Bunny “un x100to”KAROL G & Shakira “TQG”Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma “La Bebe”
Top Global K-Pop Song (NEW)
Fifty Fifty “Cupid”Jimin “Like Crazy”Jungkook ft. Latto “Seven”NewJeans “Ditto”NewJeans “OMG”
Top Afrobeats Song (NEW)
Ayra Starr “Rush”Libianca “People”Oxlade “KU LO SA”Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”Victony, Rema, & Tempoe ft. Don Toliver “Soweto”
Top Dance/Electronic Song
Bizarrap & Shakira “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”Elton John & Britney Spears “Hold Me Closer”Tiësto ft. Tate McRae “10:35”
Top Christian Song
Brandon Lake “Gratitude”Chris Tomlin “Holy Forever”for KING & COUNTRY with Jordin Sparks “Love Me Like I Am”Lauren Daigle “Thank God I Do”Phil Wickham “This Is Our God”
Top Gospel Song
CeCe Winans “Goodness of God”Crowder & Dante Bowe ft. Maverick City Music “God Really Loves Us”Elevation Worship ft. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson “More Than Able”Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin ft. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore – “Fear is Not My Future”Zacardi Cortez – “Lord Do It For Me (Live in Memphis)”
