Rihanna takes the lead as a finalist in 18 award categories,
including Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist and
Top Dance/Electronic Artist. "Love the Way You Lie," her chart-topping
collaboration with Eminem, places her as a contender in six song
categories.
Meanwhile, Eminem is a finalist in 16
award categories, including Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Artist, Top
Male Artist and Top Rap Artist.
Lady Gaga follows as a
finalist in 12 categories, with three releases all competing for Top
Dance/Electronic Album: "The Fame," "The Fame Monster" and "The Remix."
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Pop heartthrobs Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber will each vie for 11
categories and face off for Top New Artist and Top Male Artist. Other
Top New Artist contenders are Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj and Taio Cruz, whose song "Dynamite" is up for five awards including Top Hot 100 Song.
The Billboard Music Awards take a holistic look at artist performance
based on key fan interactions with music -- finalists and winners are
determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as
chronicled in Billboard magazine and on Billboard.com during the
eligibility period of Feb, 28, 2010 and Mar. 1, 2011.
The 46 award categories are based on measures provided by our data partners including sales data shared by Nielsen SoundScan, radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS, streaming data measured by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS, social media consumption gauged by Next Big Sound and tour grosses tracked by Billboard Boxscore.
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