Circles hitmaker Post Malone leads the Billboard Music Awards nominations with 16 nods. Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Kanye West are among the other nominees.
First-time nominees Lil Nas X with 13 nominations and Billie Eilish with 12 nods, follow Post Malone's lead.
Other nominees include Lizzo with 11, Kanye West on nine, Taylor Swift with six and Justin Bieber on four.
Among Post Malone's nominations are Top Artist and Top Album for his record Hollywood's Bleeding.
Eilish is also up for both awards and could add to her Grammy wins from January for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers and Khalid are also in the running for Top Artist, with Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, Khalid’s Free Spirit and Taylor Swift’s Lover shortlisted for Top Album.
Eilish, Swift and Grande are joined in the Top Female Artist category by Lizzo and Halsey.
Malone and Khalid are nominated alongside DaBaby, Ed Sheeran and Lis Nas X for Top Male Artist.
In the song stakes, Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved, Billie Eilish’s bad guy, Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus’ Old Town Road, Lizzo’s Truth Hurts, and Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello’s Señorita are all nominated for Top Hot 100 Song.
This year's Billboard Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on October 14 after being pushed back from its original slot of April 29 due to the pandemic.
Singer Kelly Clarkson is on hosting duties.
The Billboard Music Awards will be the latest major ceremony to take place post-Covid-19.
Many, including June's BET Awards and August's MTV VMAs, have relied heavily on pre-taped segments to navigate problems caused by filming during a pandemic.
However, the Emmys took place on Sunday with a fully live broadcast and earned widespread praise.
