Our predictions for Sunday night’s winners in 12 Billboard Music Awards races are based upon a combination of two sets of forecasts at Gold Derby: Editors and Users.
Our forecasted champs are in gold while potential spoilers for nominations are in italics. Click on each category title to be taken to an overview of that race.
And for an overview of our predictions by artist, click here.
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TOP ARTIST
Justin Timberlake
Spoiler: Katy Perry
TOP NEW ARTIST
Lorde
Spoiler: Ariana Grande
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Lorde
Spoiler: Katy Perry
TOP MALE ARTIST
Justin Timberlake
Spoiler: Bruno Mars
TOP DUO OR GROUP
Imagine Dragons
Spoiler: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
TOP R&B ARTIST
Pharrell
Spoiler: Justin Timberlake
TOP RAP ARTIST
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Spoiler: Eminem
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Imagine Dragons
Spoiler: Lorde
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Taylor Swift
Spoiler: Luke Bryan
Billboard Music Awards nominations: Lorde, Imagine Dragons lead with 12 each
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
“The 20/20 Experience,” Justin Timberlake
Spoiler: “Beyonce,” Beyonce
TOP HOT 100 SONG
“Royals,” Lorde
Spoiler: “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell
MILESTONE AWARD
Carrie Underwood
Spoiler: Imagine Dragons
