American Music Awards have announced the nominees for the 2022 edition

American Music Awards have announced the nominees for the 2022 edition with the addition of new categories including favorite rock song, favorite rock album, favorite Afrobeats artist and favorite K-pop artist.

The first ever nominees for the maiden category are Grammy winners, Burna Boy and Wizkid alongside Ckay, Tems, and Fireboy.

Tems leads the Nigerian nominees with 4 nominations which are Afrobeats artist of the year, collaboration of the year for Future’s ‘Wait For U’, rap song of the year for ‘Wait For U’, and R&B song of the year for ‘Essence’.

The 2022 American Music Awards will hold at the Microsoft Theater Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20 and Fan voting for all awards is open, except for favorite K-pop artist, which will open on November 1, 2022.