2024 Billboard Awards: Zach Bryan Leads With 21 Nominations, Taylor Swift Follows With 17

Zach Bryan might have skipped the Grammys but he’s the leading nominee at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

The alternative country singer has a whopping 21 nominations across 18 categories, including a bid for top artist. Taylor Swift follows with 17 nominations, while Morgan Wallen earned 11 and first-time nominee Sabrina Carpenter received nine. Those four acts, along with Drake, will compete for top artist at the Dec. 12 show, airing live on FOX, Paramount+ and Amazon’s Fire TV Channels.

Bryan has topped the pop, rock and country charts with his albums The Great American Bar Scene and Zach Bryan. He won his first Grammy earlier this year but decided not to submit his latest work to the 2025 show. At the Billboard Awards, he received two nominations in several categories, including top country album, top rock album and top rock song. His other nods include top male artist, top Hot 100 songwriter, top country artist, top rock artist and top country song. 

Swift and Drake — who earned eight nods — are tied as the most decorated artists in the show’s history with 39 wins apiece. And Swift is in a better position to take the lead thanks to her 17 nods, including two for top Billboard 200 album with The Tortured Poets Department and 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Her other nods include top female artist, top Hot 100 producer, top streaming songs artist and top radio songs artist.

Drake’s For All The Dogs will take on Swift’s albums and Bryan’s self-titled effort for top Billboard 200 album; Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is also up for the prize. Nominees for top Hot 100 song are Post Malone and Wallen’s “I Had Some Help,” Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which is poised to match the 19-week record Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” set on the Hot 100 chart.

Artists who ventured to other genres also earned nominations: Thanks to Cowboy Carter and Renaissance, Beyoncé is nominated for top country album, top country female artist and top dance/electronic artist. Dolly Parton is up for best rock album with Rockstar and Malone scored nods for top country artist and top country song.

The nominees for the 2024 Billboard Awards align with Billboard’s Year-End Charts tracking period, which measures music consumption from the charts dated October 28, 2023 through October 19, 2024. Comedian-actress Michelle Buteau will host the two-event.

Below is the full list of nominees.

Top Artist

Zach Bryan 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Drake

Taylor Swift 

Morgan Wallen

Top New Artist 

Benson Boone 

Tommy Richman

Chappell Roan 

Shaboozey 

Teddy Swims

Top Male Artist 

Zach Bryan 

Luke Combs 

Drake

Post Malone 

Morgan Wallen

Top Female Artist 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Billie Eilish 

Chappell Roan 

Taylor Swift

SZA

Top Duo/Group

blink-182 

Coldplay

Fuerza Regida 

Linkin Park 

Stray Kids

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Zach Bryan 

Drake 

Taylor Swift 

SZA

Morgan Wallen

Top Hot 100 Artist 

Zach Bryan 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Billie Eilish

Taylor Swift Morgan Wallen

Top Hot 100 Songwriter

Amy Allen 

Jack Antonoff 

Zach Bryan

Kendrick Lamar 

Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Producer

Jack Antonoff 

Zach Bryan

Daniel Nigro

Finneas O’Connell 

Taylor Swift

Top Streaming Songs Artist

Zach Bryan 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Kendrick Lamar

Taylor Swift 

Morgan Wallen

Top Radio Songs Artist 

Sabrina Carpenter 

Doja Cat

Taylor Swift 

SZA

Morgan Wallen

Top Song Sales Artist

Jelly Roll 

Jung Kook 

Shaboozey 

Taylor Swift

Teddy Swims

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist

Sabrina Carpenter 

Billie Eilish

Ariana Grande 

Taylor Swift 

The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist

Sabrina Carpenter 

Billie Eilish

Ariana Grande

Taylor Swift 

The Weeknd

Top R&B Artist 

Brent Faiyaz 

Tommy Richman 

SZA

Tyla

The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist

Brent Faiyaz

Tommy Richman 

The Weeknd

Top R&B Female Artist

Muni Long 

SZA

Tyla

Top R&B Touring Artist

Chris Brown 

Bruno Mars 

Usher

Top Rap Artist

Drake 

Future

Kendrick Lamar 

Metro Boomin

Travis Scott

Top Rap Male Artist

Drake

Kendrick Lamar 

Travis Scott

Top Rap Female Artist

Doja Cat 

GloRilla 

Nicki Minaj

Top Rap Touring Artist

Nicki Minaj 

Travis Scott

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Top Country Artist

Zach Bryan 

Luke Combs 

Post Malone

Chris Stapleton 

Morgan Wallen

Top Country Male Artist

Zach Bryan 

Luke Combs 

Morgan Wallen

Top Country Female Artist

Beyoncé

Megan Moroney 

Lainey Wilson

Top Country Duo/Group

Zac Brown Band 

The Red Clay Strays 

Treaty Oak Revival

Top Country Touring Artist

Zach Bryan 

Kenny Chesney

Luke Combs

Top Rock Artist 

Zach Bryan 

Hozier

Jelly Roll 

Noah Kahan 

Linkin Park

Top Rock Duo/Group 

Good Neighbours 

Linkin Park

The Red Clay Strays

Top Hard Rock Artist

Bad Omens 

HARDY

Linkin Park

Top Rock Touring Artist

Coldplay

The Rolling Stones

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Top Latin Artist 

Bad Bunny 

Fuerza Regida 

Junior H 

KAROL G

Peso Pluma

Top Latin Male Artist

Bad Bunny 

Junior H 

Peso Pluma

Top Latin Female Artist

KAROL G

Shakira 

Kali Uchis

Top Latin Duo/Group

Eslabon Armado 

Fuerza Regida

Grupo Frontera

Top Latin Touring Artist

Bad Bunny 

KAROL G

Luis Miguel

Top Global K-Pop Artist

ENHYPEN

Jimin 

Jung Kook

Stray Kids

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Top K-Pop Touring Artist

ENHYPEN

SEVENTEEN

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Top Afrobeats Artist

Asake 

Burna Boy 

Rema

Tems

Tyla

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Beyoncé

The Chainsmokers 

Charli XCX

Dua Lipa 

Calvin Harris

Top Christian Artist

Lauren Daigle 

Elevation Worship 

Forrest Frank 

Brandon Lake

Anne Wilson

Top Gospel Artist 

Kirk Franklin 

Maverick City Music Chandler Moore 

Naomi Raine

CeCe Winans

Top Billboard 200 Album 

Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan” 

Drake “For All The Dogs” 

Noah Kahan “Stick Season”

Taylor Swift “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”

Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Department”

Top Soundtrack

“Hazbin Hotel: Season One” 

“Trolls: Band Together”

“Twisters: The Album” 

“Wish”

“Wonka”

Top R&B Album

Chris Brown “11:11”

Brent Faiyaz “Larger Than Life”

PARTYNEXTDOOR “PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)”

Bryson Tiller “Bryson Tiller” 

Tyla “Tyla”

Top Rap Album

21 Savage “american dream” 

Drake “For All the Dogs”

Future & Metro Boomin “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”

Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2”

Rod Wave “Nostalgia”

Top Country Album

Beyoncé “Cowboy Carter”

Zach Bryan “The Great American Bar Scene” 

Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”

Chris Stapleton “Higher”

Bailey Zimmerman “Religiously. The Album.”

Top Rock Album

Zach Bryan “The Great American Bar Scene”

Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”

Hozier “Unheard (EP)” 

Noah Kahan “Stick Season” 

Dolly Parton “Rockstar”

Top Hard Rock Album

Bring Me The Horizon “POST HUMAN: NeX GEn”

Falling In Reverse “Popular Monster”

HARDY “Quit!!”

Pearl Jam “Dark Matter”

Sleep Token “Take Me Back To Eden”

Top Latin Album

Bad Bunny “nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana”

Fuerza Regida “Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada”

Grupo Frontera “El Comienzo” 

Junior H “$AD BOYZ 4 LIFE II”

KAROL G “MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON)”

Top K-Pop Album

ATEEZ “THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL”

Jung Kook “GOLDEN” 

Stray Kids “ROCK-STAR”

Stray Kids “Ate: Mini Album”

TOMORROW X TOGETHER “The Name Chapter: FREEFALL”

Top Dance/Electronic Album

Charli XCX “BRAT” 

Jungle “Volcano”

Odetari “XXIII SORROWS”

Troye Sivan “Something To Give Each Other”

John Summit “Comfort In Chaos”

Top Christian Album

Elevation Worship “CAN YOU IMAGINE?”

Forrest Frank “CHILD OF GOD”

Brandon Lake “COAT OF MANY COLORS”

Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02”

Katy Nichole “Jesus Changed My Life”

Top Gospel Album

Kirk Franklin “Father’s Day” 

Koryn Hawthorne “On God”

Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02”

CeCe Winans “More Than This”

Naomi Raine “Cover The Earth: Live in New York”

Top Hot 100 Song

Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 

Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top Streaming Song

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”

Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top Radio Song

Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 

Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”

Tate McRae “Greedy”

Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” 

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top Selling Song

Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 

Jung Kook “Standing Next to You”

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top Collaboration

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Like That”

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone “Fortnight”

Morgan Wallen ft. ERNEST “Cowgirls”

Top Billboard Global 200 Song

Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”

Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”

Tate McRae “Greedy”

Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” 

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song

Benson Boone “Beautiful Things” 

Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” 

Tate McRae “Greedy”

Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” 

Teddy Swims “Lose Control”

Top R&B Song

4batz ft. Drake “act ii: date @ 8 (remix)” 

Muni Long “Made for Me”

Tommy Richman “MILLION DOLLAR BABY”

SZA “Saturn”

Tyla “Water”

Top Rap Song

Doja Cat “Agora Hills”

Doja Cat “Paint The Town Red”

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Like That” 

Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”

Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”

Top Country Song

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”

Dasha “Austin”

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Morgan Wallen “Thinkin’ Bout Me”

Top Rock Song

Zach Bryan “Pink Skies”

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” 

Djo “End of Beginning”

Hozier “Too Sweet”

Noah Kahan “Stick Season”

Top Hard Rock Song

Falling In Reverse ft. Jelly Roll “All My Life”

Falling In Reverse, Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible “Ronald”

HARDY “Psycho”

Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”

Superheaven “Youngest Daughter”

Top Latin Song

Bad Bunny “MONACO”

Bad Bunny & Feid “PERRO NEGRO”

FloyyMenor & Cris MJ “Gata Only”

KAROL G & Peso Pluma “QLONA” 

Xavi “La Diabla”

Top Global K-Pop Song

ILLIT “Magnetic” 

Jimin “Who”

Jung Kook “Standing Next to You”

Jung Kook ft. Jack Harlow “3D”

LE SSERAFIM “Perfect Night”

Top Afrobeats Song

Adam Port & Stryv ft. Malachiii “Move” 

Tems “Me & U”

Tyla “Truth or Dare” 

Tyla “Water”

Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng “Jump”

Top Dance/Electronic Song

Dua Lipa “Houdini”

Dua Lipa “Illusion”

Kenya Grace “Strangers”

Ariana Grande “yes, and?”

Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles On It”

Top Christian Song

Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore “Praise”

Forrest Frank “GOOD DAY”

Josiah Queen “The Prodigal”

Seph Schlueter “Counting My Blessings”

Tauren Wells with We The Kingdom & Davies “Take It All Back”

Top Gospel Song

Koryn Hawthorne “Look At God”

Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “God Problems”

Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard “In the Room”

Victor Thompson X Gunna ft. Ehis ‘D’ Greatest “THIS YEAR (Blessings)”

CeCe Winans “That’s My King”