Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran lead AMA nominees

Bruno gets a total of eight nominations including Artist of the Year award

Ed, Kendrick Lamar and Drake receive five nods

The names of nominees at the 2017 American Music Awards have been released and the AMA is under fire.  Why so? This is because the major categories like Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Collaboration of the Year and others have only male nominees. The females are in uproar.  What happened? Has the AMA gone sexist?

I believe that it was simply because the quality and success (this is because it is the public who votes for the AMA winners) of the products from the girls just did not measure up to the output of the likes of Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, etc. And although you may side with the females, you have to agree that the line-up of these guys this year is immensely formidable.

I am all for equality of the sexes. Females should be entitled to the same pay and opportunities as men. But this stops where creation is concerned. This is where we, girls, should do battle on the same level. So if the AMA needed to have five nominees for a category, I see no reason why two or three should go to a female just because of her sex when there are two or three men who are more deserving.

And leading the pack of the most deserving at the AMAs this year is no other but Bruno Mars who got a total of eight nominations and no one can be more deserving. I can already sight some Grammy trophies for the Mars’ 24K Magic next year. But for now though, it is voting for the AMA that his fans need to attend to.

Not too far behind with five nods each are Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar and Drake, followed by The Chainsmokers, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber with the record-breaking duo of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and the stellar collaborators of DJ Khaled, Quavo, Lil Wayne and Chance the Rapper. 

Now, I love Lady Gaga but I do not think her Joanne is up to the level of what these guys came up with this year.  So sorry girls. And here now is the controversial list of AMA nominees.

Artist of the Year: The Chainsmokers, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran

New Artist of the Year:  James Arthur, Niall Horan, Julia Michaels, Post Malone, Rae Sremmurd

Collaboration of the Year:  The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, Closer; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, Despacito; DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne, I’m The One; Maroon 5 feat. Kendrick Lamar, Don’t Wanna Know; The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk, Starboy

Tour of the Year: Garth Brooks, Coldplay, U2

Video of the Year: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, Despacito; Bruno Mars, That’What I Like; Ed Sheeran, Shape Of You

Favorite Pop/Rock

Male Artist: Drake, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran

Female Artist: Alessia Cara, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Duo or Group: The Chainsmokers, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons

Album: Drake, More Life; Bruno Mars, 24K Magic; The Weeknd, Starboy

Song: The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, Closer; Luis Fonsi and Yankee Daddy feat. Justin Bieber, Despacito; Ed Sheeran, Shape Of You

Favorite Country

Male Artist: Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban

Female Artist: Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood

Duo or Group: Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town, Old Dominion.

Album: Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know; Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Vol.1; Keith Urban, Ripcord.

Song: Sam Hunt, Body Like A Back Road; Jon Pardi, Dirt On My Boots; Keith Urban, Blue Aint Your Color.

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop

Artist: Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Migos

Album: Drake, More Life; Kendrick Lamar, Damn; Migos, Culture

Song: DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne, I’m The One; Kendrick Lamar, Humble; Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane, Black Beatles

Favorite Soul/R&B

Male Artist: Childish Gambino, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd.

Female Artist: Beyoncé, Kehlani, Rihanna

Album: Childish Gambino, Awaken My Love!; Bruno Mars, 24K Magic; The Weeknd, Starboy

Song: Khalid, Location; Bruno Mars, That’s What I Like; The Weeknd, Starboy

Favorite Artist

Alternative Rock: Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park, twenty one pilots

Adult Contemporary: Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran

Latin: Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Shakira.

Contemporary Inspirational: Lauren Daigle, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin

Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

The Chainsmokers, Calvin Harris, DJ Snake

Top Soundtrack: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Moana, Trolls.

The 2017 American Music Awards will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 19. I am sure that a local TV channel will air the show and we will get to watch it live on Monday morning. But I do not know which one will as of this writing, so try to keep yourselves posted. The AMA always puts up an entertaining show with lots of surprises.