American Music Awards: 2016 nominees

The nominations were revealed by Joe Jonas and Rachel Platten yesterday, October 10. The major categories were announced on ABC's 'Good Morning America', and further shortlists revealed on Snapchat and a live stream on the show's Facebook page and ABCNews.com.

Drake leads the nominations with an impressive 13 nods. Followed by Rihanna with seven and Adele and Justin Bieber with five each. They are all up for Artist of the Year.

Drake broke a 32-year record for the American Music Awards nominations, beating Michael Jackson's previous high mark of 11 in 1984. The rapper leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with nods in categories including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, among others. If he wins in any of the categories it will make his first AMA win.

The American Music Awards annually celebrate the industry’s best artists. Nominations are based on sales data, radio airplay, social media followings and more. But it’s typically up to the fans to determine the winners through online voting.

The show will broadcast live on Sunday, November 20 at ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

You can check The American Music Awards 2016 full list of nominations here.