Bad Bunny leads the 2022 American Music Awards nominations

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(CNN) --

Good news for Bad Bunny.

The Puerto Rican performer is the most nominated artist at the 2022 American Music Awards, obtaining eight nominations, including his first for artist of the year.

The show produced by Dick Clark Productions and ABC said in a statement Thursday that Bad Bunny would tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year if he ends up winning all of his nominated categories.

• Bad Bunny and his “A summer without you” leads (with 10) the nominations for the Latin Grammy 2022

Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift earned six nominations each, while Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd each earned five.

First-time nominees included Jack Hawlow, Latto, and BLACKPINK.

On the other hand, Elton John made history for being, according to the program, "the longest-lived artist" in the history of the contest.

His first nomination was in 1974.

The award show also boasted the addition of a new category dedicated to the K-Pop genre: Favorite K-Pop Artist.

The American Music Awards will air Sunday, November 20 at 8 pm ET on ABC.

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Below you can see some of the main categories.

Artist of the Year

• Adele

• bad bunny

• Beyonce

• Drake

• Harry Styles

• Taylor Swift

• The Weeknd

new artists of the year

• Dove Cameron

• GAYLE

• latto

• Måneskin

• steve lacy

collaboration of the year

• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, "We Don't Talk About Bruno"

• Elton John & Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart - PNAU Remix"

• Future ft.

  Drake & Tems, "Wait For U"

• Lil Nas X ft.

  Jack Harlow "Industry Baby"

• Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, "Stay"

Favorite Male Pop Artists

• bad bunny

• Drake

• Ed Sheeran

• Harry Styles

• The Weeknd

Favorite Female Pop Artist

• Adele

• Beyonce

• Doja Cat

• Lizzo

• Taylor Swift

Favorite Pop Duo or Group

• bts

• Coldplay

• Imagine Dragons

• Måneskin

• OneRepublic

favorite pop album

• Adele, "30"

• Bad Bunny, "A Summer Without You"

• Beyonce, "Renaissance"

• Harry Styles, "Harry's House"

• Taylor Swift, "Red (Taylor's Version)"

• The Weeknd, "Dawn FM"

Favorite Male Country Artist

• Chris Stapleton

• cody johnson

• Luke Combs

• morgan wallen

• Walker Hayes

Favorite Female Country Artist

• Carrie Underwood

• laine wilson

• maren morris

• Miranda Lambert

• Taylor Swift

Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist

• Drake

• Future

• Kendrick Lamar

• Lil Baby

• Lil Durk

Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist

• Cardi-B

• GloRilla

• latto

• Megan Thee Stallion

• Nicki Minaj

Favorite Male R&B Artist

• Brent Faiyaz

• Chris Brown

• GIVĒON

• lucky daye

• The Weeknd

Favorite Female R&B Artist

• Beyonce

• Doja Cat

• Mun Long

• Summer Walker

• SZA

Favorite Latin Artist

• bad bunny

• Farruko

• J Balvin

• Jhayco

• Raww Alexander

Favorite Latin Artist

• Anitta

• Becky G

• kali uchis

• Carol G

• Rosalia

Favorite K-pop artist

• BLACKPINK

• bts

• SEVENTEEN

• TOMORROW X TOGETHER

• TWICE

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