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The 2014 American Music Awards are upon us again and this Sunday night, Pitbull will host the annual award ceremony that honors our favorite entertainers. From Nicki Minaj to Beyonce and beyond, the show promises stellar performances and a star-studded turnout.

Iggy Azalea leads the pack with a total of six nominations, including “Artist of the Year,” “Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist” and “New Artist of the Year.” Pharrell, John Legend and Katy Perry nabbed five nods while Beyonce scored three.

Fans can vote for their fave artist, here.

Check out the nominees, below:

Artist of the Year

Iggy Azalea

Beyoncé

Luke Bryan

Eminem

Imagine Dragons

John Legend

Lorde

One Directon

Katy Perry

Pharrell Williams

New Artist of the Year

5 Seconds of Summer

Iggy Azalea

Bastille

Sam Smith

Meghan Trainor

Single of the Year

“Fancy” – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX

“All of Me” – John Legend

“Rude” – MAGIC!

“Dark Horse” – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J

“Happy” – Pharrell Williams

Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock

John Legend

Sam Smith

Pharrell Williams

Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop

Iggy Azalea

Drake

Eminem

Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop

The New Classic – Iggy Azalea

Nothing Was the Same – Drake

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem

Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B

Chris Brown

John Legend

Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B

Jhené Aiko

Beyoncé

Mary J. Blige

Favorite Album – Soul/R&B

Beyoncé – Beyoncé

Love in the Future – John Legend

G I R L – Pharrell Williams

See the full list, here.

UP NEXT: Who’s Performing?

American Music Awards 101: Who’s Nominated, Who’s Performing & Who We Want To Win  was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

Who’s Performing

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In case you needed a reason to skip “RHOA,” Nicki Minaj will hit the stage to perform her “Pinkprint” single “Bed Of Lies” featuring Skylar Grey and “Bang Bang” with Jessie J and Ariana Grande.

*Crosses fingers for an impromptu performance of “Anaconda.”

Taylor Swift will also be hitting the stage to perform her new single “Blank Space” live for the first time.

5 Seconds of Summer, Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks, Charli XCX, Fergie, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, Jessie J, Wyclef Jean, Lil Wayne, Lorde, Magic!, Christina Milian, One Direction and Sam Smith are also among the list of performers.

UP NEXT: Who We Want To Win

American Music Awards 101: Who’s Nominated, Who’s Performing & Who We Want To Win  was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

Who We Want To Win

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Beyonce deserves to take home “Artist Of The Year” over Iggy Azalea because…she’s Beyonce, duh! Bey broke the Internet when she dropped her self-titled album in the wee hours of the morning. “Beyonce” went on to break the record for the biggest digital debut of all time after it sold over 600,000 copies in three days.

As for the “Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist” category, we think it’s absurd Nicki Minaj was not nominated. Given the nominees, we’ll have to go with Drake on this one.

While Pharrell has seen massive success over his single “Happy,” but we’d like to see out boy Chris Brown continue his rise back to the top.

Be sure to tune in to the 2014 AMAs this Sunday, November 23, on ABC at 8pm!

American Music Awards 101: Who’s Nominated, Who’s Performing & Who We Want To Win  was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc