The nominees for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 7th. Here are the categories in which country fans may be most interested in.
Mind you- we did not include Taylor Swift in this list as she is being recognized as a pop artist this year. But, we did want to congratulate Taylor on an incredible 14 nominations across 13 categories.
TOP DUO/GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
Maroon 5
One Direction
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Brantley Gilbert
Blake Shelton
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean, ‘Old Boots, New Dirt’
Garth Brooks, ‘Man Against Machine’
Luke Bryan, ‘Crash My Party’
Brantley Gilbert, ‘Just As I Am’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Platinum’
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Jason Aldean, ‘Burnin’ It Down’
Luke Bryan, ‘Play It Again’
Sam Hunt, ‘Leave the Night On’
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, ‘This Is How We Roll’
Florida Georgia Line, ‘Dirt’
Albeit, the 2015 Billboard Music Awards failed to recognize any of country’s best in most of the all-genre categories, with the lone nomination of a country act in an all-genre category being Florida Georgia Line for Top Duo/Group. Otherwise, no country act was recognized as a nominee for Top Artist, Top New Artist, Top Male Artist, or Top Female Artist or other categories that are not limited to one genre, which is a crying shame. We can only hope for one day that the wealth of country music talent is recognized by these all-genre awards organizations as much as they so rightfully deserve.
Either way, tune into ABC on May 17th from 8-11 PM for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.
To see the full list of nominees, click here.