Australia Kuasai Nominasi American Music Awards

LOS ANGELES - Nominasi American Music Awards (AMA) resmi diumumkan. Kejutan pun muncul ketika dua penyanyi asal benua Australia, Iggy Azalea, diikuti Lorde asal Selandia Baru menguasai nominasi AMA 2014.

Iggy Azalea sukses meraup enam nomine AMA, seperti pada kategori Artist of The Year, New Artist of the Year, Single of the Year untuk lagu Fancy, duetnya bersama Charli XCX. Kategori lainnya, Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Artist, dan Rap/hip-hop Album.

Di kategori New Artist of the Year itu, bersaing bersama  grup rock yang juga berasal dari Australia, 5 Seconds of Summer. Bastille dan Meghan Trainor juga meramaikan persaingan di kategori tersebut.

Di bawah pelantun Black Widow itu terdapat nama-nama besar seperti Pharrel Williams, Katy Perry dan John Legend yang masing-masing mengantongi lima nomine.

Kelima peraih nomine terbanyak itu pun akan bersaing sengit memperebutkan kategori paling bergengsi di AMA, Artist of the Year. AMA akan digelar pada 23 November mendatang Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles.

Berikut nominasi American Music Awards:

Artist of the Year:
Iggy Azalea
Beyonce Knowles
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams

New Artist of the Year:
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

Single of the Year:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy
John Legend - All of Me
MAGIC! - Rude
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - Dark Horse
Pharrell Williams - Happy

Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock:
John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock:
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry

Favorite Band, Duo, or Group - Pop/Rock:
Imagine Dragons
One Direction
OneRepublic

Favorite Album - Pop/Rock:
Lorde - Pure Heroine
One Direction - Midnight Memories
Katy Perry - Prism

Favorite Male Artist - Country:
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton

Favorite Female Artist - Country:
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Band, Duo, or Group - Country:
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum

Favorite Album - Country:
Garth Brooks - Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Eric Church - The Outsiders
Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am

Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop:
Iggy Azalea
Drake
Eminem

Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop:
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
Drake - Nothing Was the Same
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B:
Chris Brown
John Legend
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B:
Jhene Aiko
Beyonce Knowles
Mary J. Blige

Favorite Album - Soul/R&B:
Beyonce Knowles - Beyonce
John Legend - Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams - G I R L

Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock:
Bastille
Imagine Dragons
Lorde

Favorite Artist - Adult Contemporary:
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Katy Perry

Favorite Artist - Latin:
Marc Anthony
Enrique Iglesias
Romeo Santos

Favorite Artist - Contemporary Inspirational:
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
Newsboys

Favorite Male Artist - Electronic Dance Music:
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Zedd

Top Soundtrack:
Frozen (2013)
The Fault In Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1.

(rnp)