Dan + Shay, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan Score Billboard Music Award Nominations

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The 2019 Billboard Music Awards nominations are out and Dan + Shay topped the country music nominations with seven total nods, including some outside of the country music categories.

The guys - who announced the nomination along with Kelly Clarkson - posted to Instagram this morning, "7 @bbmasnominations! thank you @billboard + everyone who has spread the love about this album. we’re so proud to share these moments with our incredible fans."

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The 2019 Billboard Music Award Nominees - Country are:

Top Country Artist:
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line

Top Country Male Artist:
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs

Top Country Female Artist:
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Top Country Duo/Group:
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

Top Country Tour:
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Shania Twain

Billboard Chart Achievement Award:
Dan + Shay
Drake
Ariana Grande
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa

Top Duo/Group:
BTS
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco

The “2019 Billboard Music Awards” will broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. ET / PT on NBC.

-Nancy Brooks

Carrie Underwood Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Jason Aldean Kacey Musgraves Kane Brown Kenny Chesney Luke Bryan Luke Combs Maren Morris Shania Twain

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.