BTS Jimin, New Jeans & more lead 2023 Billboard Music Awards: Complete nominations list

On October 26, the 2023 Billboard Music Awards unveiled the list of nominations. BTS' Jimin created a buzz on social media for securing four prestigious nominations in specific categories, becoming the first K-Pop solo artist to be nominated in the Top Selling Songs category.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards, held annually, recognize artists from all over the world, considering album and digital song sales, radio airplay, social media engagement, and more.

This year, several K-pop groups, including NewJeans, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWICE, and others, received multiple nominations.

List of nominations for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards have finally unveiled this year's long list of nominations.

In addition, nine new awards have been introduced, encompassing four categories within the rapidly growing K-pop genre, including:

1. Top Global K-pop artist

2. Top K-pop Tour

3. Top K-pop Album

4.Top global K-pop Song

According to the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, the following eligibility criteria are required for nominations at this year's awards, and they commented:

"The eligibility dates for this year's awards are aligned with Billboard's year-end charts tracking period, which measures music consumption from the charts dated November 19, 2022, through October 21, 2023."

The following is the list of nominees for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, which also includes K-pop groups like Stray Kids, TWICE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and K-pop singers including Jungkook and Jimin.

Top Artist for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Drake
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift

2023 Billboard Music Awards for Top New Artist

Bailey Zimmerman
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Peso Pluma
Zach Bryan

Top Female Artist for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Beyoncé
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift

Top Male Artist for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Drake
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd
Zach Bryan

Top Duo/Group for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Eslabon Armado
Fifty Fifty
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Metallica

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Songwriter for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Jack Antonoff
SZA
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

Top Hot 100 Artist

Drake
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Producer

Joey Moi
Metro Boomin
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

Top Streaming Songs Artist

Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

Top Radio Songs Artist

Miley Cyrus
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist

Jason Aldean
Miley Cyrus
Morgan Wallen
Oliver Anthony Music
Taylor Swift

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist

Bad Bunny
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist

Bad Bunny
Ed Sheeran
NewJeans
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top R&B Artist

Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Rihanna
SZA
The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist

Chris Brown
Miguel
The Weeknd

Top R&B Female Artist

Beyoncé
Rihanna
SZA

Top R&B Touring Artist

Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
The Weeknd

Top Rap Artist

21 Savage
Drake
Lil Baby
Metro Boomin
Travis Scott

Top Rap Male Artist

21 Savage
Drake
Travis Scott

Top Rap Female Artist

Doja Cat
Ice Spice
Nicki Minaj

Top Rap Touring Artist

50 Cent
Drake
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa

Top Country Artist

Bailey Zimmerman
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

Top Country Male Artist

Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Zach Bryan

Top Country Female Artist

Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney
Taylor Swift

Top Country Duo/Group

Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band

Top Country Touring Artist

George Strait
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

Top Rock Artist

Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Stephen Sanchez
Steve Lacy
Zach Bryan

Top Rock Duo/Group

Arctic Monkeys
Foo Fighters
Metallica

Top Rock Touring Artist

Coldplay
Depeche Mode
Elton John

Top Latin Artist

Bad Bunny
Eslabon Armado
Fuerza Regida
KAROL G
Peso Pluma

Top Latin Male Artist

Bad Bunny
Peso Pluma
Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Female Artist

KAROL G
ROSALÍA
Shakira

Top Latin Duo/Group

Eslabon Armado
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera

Top Latin Touring Artist

Daddy Yankee
Karol G
RBD

Top Global K-Pop Artist

Jimin
NewJeans
Stray Kids
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
TWICE

Top K-Pop Touring Artist

BLACKPINK
SUGA
TWICE

Top Afrobeats Artist

Burna Boy
Libianca
Rema
Tems
Wizkid

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Beyoncé
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Drake
Tiësto

Top Christian Artist

Brandon Lake
Elevation Worship
for KING & COUNTRY
Lauren Daigle
Phil Wickham

Top Gospel Artist

CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kanye West
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music

Top Billboard 200 Album

Drake & 21 Savage for Her Loss
Metro Boomin for HEROES & VILLAINS
Morgan Wallen for One Thing at a Time
SZA for SOS
Taylor Swift for Midnights

Top Soundtrack

Barbie The Album
Black Panther Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By
ELVIS
Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
Top Gun: Maverick

Top R&B Album

Beyoncé for RENAISSANCE
Brent Faiyaz for WASTELAND
Drake for Honestly and Nevermind
Steve Lacy for Gemini Rights
SZA for SOS

Top Rap Album

Drake for 21 Savage, Her Loss
Future for I Never Liked You
Lil Baby for It’s Only Me
Metro Boomin for HEROES & VILLAINS
Travis Scott for UTOPIA

Top Country Album for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Luke Combs for Gettin’ Old
Luke Combs for Growin’ Up
Morgan Wallen for One Thing at a Time
Taylor Swift for Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
Zach Bryan for American Heartbreak

Top Rock Album for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

HARDY for the mockingbird & THE CROW
Jelly Roll for Whitsitt Chapel
Noah Kahan for Stick Season
Steve Lacy for Gemini Rights
Zach Bryan for American Heartbreak

Top Latin Album

Bad Bunny for Un Verano Sin Ti
Eslabon Armado for DESVELADO
Ivan Cornejo for Dañado
KAROL G for MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO
Peso Pluma for GÉNESIS

Top K-Pop Album (NEW)

Jimin for FACE
NewJeans for Get Up
Stray Kids for 5-STAR
TOMORROW X TOGETHER for The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION
TWICE for READY TO BE

Top Dance/Electronic Album

Beyoncé for RENAISSANCE
Drake for Honestly and Nevermind
ILLENIUM for ILLENIUM
Kim Petrasn for Feed the Beast
Tiësto for DRIVE

Top Christian Album for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Anne Wilson for My Jesus
Brandon Lake for House of Miracles
CAIN for Rise Up
Elevation Worship for LION
Lauren Daigle for Lauren Daigle

Top Gospel Album

Jonathan McReynolds for My Truth
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin for Kingdom Book One
Tye Tribbett for All Things New
Whitney Houston for I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
Zacardi Cortez for Imprint (Live in Memphis)

Top Hot 100 Song

Metro Boomin The Weeknd & 21 Savage, for Creepin
Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Morgan Wallen for Last Night
SZA, for Kill Bill
Taylor Swift for Anti-Hero

Top Streaming Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Morgan Wallen for Last Night
SZA for Kill Bill
Taylor Swift for Anti-Hero
Zach Bryan for Something in the Orange

Top Radio Song

Metro Boomin The Weeknd & 21 Savage, for Creepin
Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Rema & Selena Gomez, for Calm Down
Taylor Swift, for Anti-Hero
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande for Die for You

Top Selling Song

Jason Aldean for Try That in a Small Town
Jimin for Like Crazy
Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Oliver Anthony Music for Rich Men North of Richmond
Taylor Swift for Anti-Hero

Top Collaboration for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha for I’m Good (Blue)
Metro Boomin for The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin
Rema & Selena Gomez for Calm Down
Sam Smith & Kim Petras for Unholy
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande for Die for You

Top Billboard Global 200 Song

Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Rema & Selena Gomez for Calm Down
SZA for Kill Bill
Taylor Swift for Anti-Hero
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande for Die for You

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha for I’m Good (Blue)
Harry Styles for As It Was
Miley Cyrus for Flowers
Rema & Selena Gomez for Calm Down
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande for Die for You

Top R&B Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Metro Boomin The Weeknd & 21 Savage, for Creepin
Miguel for Sure Thing
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande for Die for You
SZA for Kill Bill
SZA for Snooze

Top Rap Song

Coi Leray for Players
Drake & 21 Savage for Rich Flex
Gunna for fukumean
Lil Durk ft. J. Cole for All My Life
Toosii for Favorite Song

Top Country Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Bailey Zimmerman for Rock and a Hard Place
Luke Combs for Fast Car
Morgan Wallen for Last Night
Morgan Wallen for You Proof
Zach Bryan for Something in the Orange

Top Rock Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Jelly Roll for Need A Favor
Stephen Sanchez for Until I Found You
Steve Lacy for Bad Habit
Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves for I Remember Everything
Zach Bryan for Something in the Orange

Top Latin Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma for Ella Baila Sola
Fuerza Regida x Grupo Frontera for Bebe Dame
Grupo Frontera x Bad Bunny for un x100t
Karol G & Shakira for TQG
Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma for La Bebe

Top Global K-Pop Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Fifty Fifty for Cupid
Jimin for Like Crazy
Jungkook ft. Latto for Seven
NewJeans for Ditto
NewJeans for OMG

Top Afrobeats Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Ayra Starr for Rush
Libianca for People
Oxlade for KU LO SA
Rema & Selena Gomez for Calm Down
Victony, Rema, & Tempoe ft. Don Tolive for Soweto

Top Dance/Electronic Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Bizarrap & Shakira for Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray for Baby Don’t Hurt Me
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha for I’m Good (Blue)
Elton John & Britney Spears for Hold Me Closer
Tiësto ft. Tate McRae for 10:35

Top Christian Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Brandon Lake for Gratitude
Chris Tomlin for Holy Forever
for KING & COUNTRY with Jordin Sparks for Love Me Like I Am
Lauren Daigle for Thank God I Do
Phil Wickham for This Is Our God

Top Gospel Song for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

CeCe Winans for Goodness of God
Crowder & Dante Bowe ft. Maverick City Musi for God Really Loves Us
Elevation Worship ft. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson for More Than Able
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin ft. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore for Fear is Not My Future
Zacardi Cortez for Lord Do It for Me (Live in Memphis)

2023 Billboard Music Awards is slated to premiere on November 19, 2023.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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Edited by Yasho Amonkar