Taylor Swift, SZA and Morgan Wallen Lead 2023 Billboard Music Awards Nominations - The Messenger
It's time to break the news.The Messenger's slogan

Taylor Swift, SZA and Morgan Wallen Lead 2023 Billboard Music Awards Nominations

The Weeknd, Drake and Zach Bryan trail close behind ahead of the Nov. 19 awards show

Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, SZADimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Webby Awards

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards are bubbling under!

Ahead of next month's awards show, it was revealed Thursday that Taylor Swift leads this year's nominations in 20 categories. Morgan Wallen and SZA trail close behind her with 17 nominations each, followed by The Weeknd at 16, Drake with 14 and Zach Bryan with 13 nominations.

Additionally, the Top New Artist category includes Bailey Zimmerman, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Peso Pluma and Zach Bryan.

Other first-time nominees include K-pop group NewJeans and overnight sensation Oliver Anthony.

The BBMAs also announced nine new categories — including Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Hot 100 Producer, Top Rock Duo/Group, Top Global K-Pop Artist, Top K-Pop Tour, Top K-Pop Album, Top Global K-Pop Song, Top Afrobeats Artist and Top Afrobeats Song.

Check out the full list of nominees here.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards air Nov. 19 on BillboardMusicAwards.com and at BBMAs.watch.

The Messenger Newsletters
Essential news, exclusive reporting and expert analysis delivered right to you. All for free.
 
By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use.
Thanks for signing up!
You are now signed up for our newsletters.