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April 12, 2022
SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE ARTISTS LUKE COMBS, ELLE KING, MIRANDA LAMBERT FINALISTS FOR 2022 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE ARTISTS LUKE COMBS, ELLE KING, MIRANDA LAMBERT FINALISTS FOR 2022 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

Sony Music Nashville has finalists in five categories at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, including Luke Combs for Top Country Artist, Top Country Male, and Top Country Song for “Forever After All,” and Miranda Lambert for Top Country Female. Elle King and Lambert were also nominated for Top Rock Song for their collaboration, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home). Provident/RCA Inspiration/Essential Publishing has finalists in five Christian/Gospel categories.

Finalists for this year’s awards are based on the tracking period of March 26, 2021, through March 17, 2022. That corresponds to Billboard chart dates of April 10, 2021, through March 26, 2022. Billboard Music Awards finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Luminate (formerly MRC Data).

Top Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
Walker Hayes
 
Top Country Male Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
 
Top Country Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
 
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band

Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan (Proud to Be Right Here Tour)
Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour)

Top Country Album
Florida Georgia Line, Life Rolls On
Lee Brice, Hey World
Taylor Swift, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album
 
Top Country Song
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Jason Aldean & Carrie, Underwood “If I Didn’t Love You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Luke Combs, “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”

Top Rock Song
Coldplay X BTS, “My Universe”
Elle King & Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Imagine Dragons, “Follow You”
Måneskin, “Beggin’”
The Anxiety: Willow & Tyler Cole, “Meet Me at Our Spot”

Top Gospel Song
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, “Jireh”
Ye, “Hurricane”
Ye, “Moon”
Ye, “Off the Grid”
Ye, “Praise God”
                                                              
Top Gospel Album
CeCe Winans, Believe for It 
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement
Maverick City Music, Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition
Maverick City Music & Upperroom, move your heart.
Ye,Donda

Top Christian Album
Carrie Underwood, My Savior
CeCe Winans, Believe for It
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement
Phil Wickham, Hymn of Heaven
Ye, Donda

Top Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kirk Franklin

Maverick City Music
Ye

Top Christian Artist
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
for King & Country
Lauren Daigle
Ye

 VIEW FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS HERE