Billboard Music Award Nominations 2015

Starting this morning on Good Morning America, the 2015 nominees for the Billboard Music Awards which are being held on May 17th in Las Vegas were announced. The remaining nominations were then released in a Twitter press conference and Q&A session.

Taylor leads the way in the 2015 nominations with a total of 14 nominations, closely followed by Sam Smith (13), Iggy Azalea (12) and Meghan Trainor (9). Alot of factors go into determining who is nominated for a Billboard Music Award which include album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social media interactions. The measurements are tracked year round by Billboard and also include Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The nomination period for the 2015 awards is from March 10, 2014 to March 8, 2015.

With the smash release of Taylor's 5th album "1989" right in the middle of the nomination period, its no surprise that she has gained so many nominations in 2015. Taylor's 14 nominations in 13 different categories means she can only receive a total of 13 awards on the night. The nominations received are below.
- Top Artist
- Top Female Artist
- Top Billboard 200 Album "1989"
- Top Hot 100 Song "Shake It Off"
- Top Streaming Artist
- Top Digital Songs Artist
- Top Billboard 200 Artist
- Top Hot 100 Artist
- Top Radio Song Artist
- Top Social Artist
- Top Digital Song "Shake It Off"
- Top Streaming Song (Video) "Shake It Off"
- Top Streaming Song (Video) "Blank Space"
- Billboard Chart Achievement Award presented by Samsung

The Billboard Chart Achievement Award is the only fan voted award of the show and Taylor is nominated in this category alongside Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor.
The full list of nominees and more about the awards can be found HERE.

In addition to Taylor being up for all these awards, some of which may be presented/announced in a pre awards event on the day, I expect Taylor will also be presented an award for being Billboard's 2014 Woman of the Year as she was presented in 2012 after receiving the same award in 2011.

It should also be noted that should Taylor be awarded at least 8 Billboard awards on the night, it will make her the most awarded artist in Billboard history. This follows the 8 awards she received in 2013 after the release of RED, 3 awards she received in 2011 and the single award she received in 2012.

You guys have really outdone yourselves with this whole '14 Billboard Nominations' situation we've got going on here...
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 7, 2015

I think Taylor's pretty happy about the nominations as her tweet this evening shows. Taylor is busy back in Nashville preparing for the 1989 World Tour which kicks off in Tokyo in under a months time on May 5th.

Good Luck for your nominations Taylor