American Music Awards 2020 Nomination Thoughts

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Hey guys! It's here. My American Music Awards 2020 Nomination Thoughts. I had a whole prediction post planned & then literally the day after I finished the post & put it in my drafts to post the next day, official nominees came out! Originally like every other award show I've blogged about this year I do a predictions post, nomination thoughts post, & then a review or a post portraying to the awards but we are skipping the predictions part this time & getting straight into the facts & the OFFICIAL NOMINEES!

I always had mixed feelings about how the AMA nominees are done. I like how they are fan voted but it's either way too little nominees or way too little nominees of 3 VERY POWERFUL fanbases! It's going to be super interesting to see how everything ends up panning out!

If you are new to this blog, hey thanks for stopping by! In August, I came out with my Grammys predictions which you can click here to check out! Stay tuned for my nominee thoughts coming late November/early December!

American Music Awards 2020 Nomination Thoughts

I will not be sharing my thoughts on every single category or else this post would be forever long! I'm only going to share my thoughts on more popular categories!

Artist of the Year:

Justin Bieber

Post Malone

Roddy Ricch

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

This list didn't surprise me one bit! The only thing I really have to complain about is the lack of women in the category. So many great women artists have come out with such good music this year that needs to be recognized! I love every single artist in this category but AMAs.... y'all should've nominated more women in this category!

Who I want to win: Taylor Swift

Who will realistically win: Taylor Swift

New Artist of the Year:

Doja Cat

DaBaby

Lil Baby

Lewis Capaldi

Megan Thee Stallion

Roddy Ricch

Tis the season of the next generation of the "Best New Artist" category! I really think it's going to come down to Doja VS Megan for AMAs, Grammys, & every other award show for the next year! 

Who I want to win: Megan Thee Stallion

Who will realistically win: Doja Cat or Megan Thee Stallion

Favorite Music Video:

Say So by Doja Cat

Rain On Me by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande

Life is Good by Future & Drake

Cardigan by Taylor Swift

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

So many super popular music videos are nominated! I feel like it's really going to be based on who has the most powerful fanbase! Gaga & Ariana both have SUPER powerful fanbases & they could have an advantage of winning just because of how powerful both fanbases are but there again Swifties do GO HARD!

Who I want to win: Rain On Me

Who will realistically win: Rain On Me or Cardigan

Collaboration of the Year:

WAP by Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion

Rockstar by DaBaby & Roddy Ricch

10,000 Hours by Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Rain On Me by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande

Savage (Remix) by Megan Thee Stallion & Beyonce

Again, every song was HUGE & it's going to be interesting to see who ends up winning this award!

Who I want to win: Rain On Me

Who will realistically win: Savage (Remix) or Rain On Me

Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock:

Justin Bieber

Post Malone

The Weeknd

Ok, so when I was typing out predictions before the AMAs released nominees & completely ruined my predictions posting plan, I was looking at who's been nominated over the past years & one year Drake was nominated for Pop/Rock like what???? At least this time they chose 3 big artists who are super well known in the pop industry. I really think they should leave Rock out of this category & maybe add it to the Alternative category. 

Who I want to win: Honestly either of them!

Who will realistically win: Justin Bieber

Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock:

Dua Lipa

Lady Gaga

Taylor Swift

DUA LIPA IS FINALLY GETTING NOMINEES AFTER GETTING ROBBED AT THE VMAS & BBMAS!!!! Honestly, all of these ladies are amazing & I wouldn't mind either of them winning! 

Who I want to win: Honestly either of them!

Who will realistically win: Taylor Swift

Favorite Artist - Adult/Contemporary:

Maroon 5

Lewis Capaldi

Jonas Brothers

Adult/Contemporary reminds me of popular music middle aged women listen to on repeat but there again the Jonas Brothers are on this list so I really just think they should change this category to "Most Likely to Be Played at the Mall & on your Mom's Playlist". Honestly, I love the Jonas Brothers so much I hope they win!

Who I want to win: Jonas Brothers

Who will realistically win: Jonas Brothers

Favorite Artist - Contemporary/Inspirational:

Kanye West

Lauren Daigle

For King & Country

Literally anyone but Kanye!

Who I want to win: Lauren Daigle or For King & Country

Who will realistically win: Lauren Daigle

Favorite Duo/Group - Pop/Rock:

BTS

Jonas Brothers

Maroon 5

I don't even know why I share my thoughts on any fan voted category with BTS in it anymore because we all know BTS is going to win because that fanbase is DEDICATED! 

Who I want to win: Jonas Brothers

Who will realistically win: BTS

Favorite Song - Pop/Rock:

Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi

Don't Start Now by Dua Lipa

Circles by Post Malone

The Box by Roddy Ricch

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

All of these songs got so popular this year & honestly I could see either one of these winning. I could realistically see Dua's fanbase really voting like crazy this awards show considering she's finally starting to get nominated for her Future Nostalgia era!

Who I want to win: Circles

Who will realistically win: Don't Start Now or Circles

Favorite Album - Pop/Rock:

Fine Line by Harry Styles

Folklore by Taylor Swift

After Hours by The Weeknd

Y'all know I get emotional about Harry Styles but I get even more emotional about him when it comes to him getting nominated for awards. If he gets nominated for Grammys I'm going to actually sob my eyes out because I love him so much. Anyways, I loved all of these albums but Fine Line deserves the win!

Who I want to win: Fine Line

Who will realistically win: Fine Line or Folklore