The 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards announced its list of nominees for the upcoming awarding ceremony slated on April 30 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift leads the nominations with six nods for Best Female Artist, Song of the Year, Best Breakup Song, Artist with the Best Style, as well as the Fiercest Fans, and Most Talked About Artist with both Justin Bieber and One Direction as contenders, Billboard reported.
Meanwhile, Justin Bieber has three other nominations which include Best Male Artist, Best Song To Lip Sync To, and Best Breakup Song. One Direction has two other nominations for Best Music Group and Best Crush Song.
Aside from One Direction, Fall Out Boy, Fifth Harmony and R5 are also nominated for the Best Music Group category. Joining Bieber for the Best Male Artist category is Ed Sheeran, Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes while Swift will be competing with Adele, Meghan Trainor, and BFF Selena Gomez for the Best Female Artist award.
For the Song of the Year Award, Swift's "Bad Blood" is nominated alongside "Cheerleader" by OMI, "Stitches" by Shawn Mendes and "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" by Silento. For the Best Crush Song category, the nominees are "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding, "One Call Away" by Charlie Puth, "Perfect" by One Direction and "Should've Been Us" by Tori Kelly.
For Breakout Artist Of The Year, Alessia Cara, Charlie Puth, Rachel Platten and Tori Kelly are the nominees while DNCE, Daya, Kelsea Ballerini and Nathan Sykes are nominated for Best New Artist. Joining Swift's "Bad Blood" and Bieber's "Sorry" for the Best Break Up Song are Adele's "Hello" and "Stitches" by Shawn Mendes.
For the Artist With The Best Style category, Swift is joined by Becky G, Gwen Stefani and Zendaya. As for the Radio Disney Country Favorite Song, the nominees are "Dibs" by Kelsea Ballerini, "Fly" by Maddie & Tae, "God Made Girls" by RaeLynn and "Nothin' Like You" by Dan + Shay while nominees for the Radio Disney Country Favorite Artist are Hunter Hayes, Kelsea Ballerini, Maddie & Tae and Sam Hunt.
"Better When I'm Dancing" by Meghan Trainor, "Cheerleader" by OMI and "I Don't Like It, I Love It" by Flo Rida are the contenders for the Best Song That Makes You Smile while the Best Song To Dance To contenders are "Break a Sweat" by Becky G, "Focus" by Ariana Grande, "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy and "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" by Silento.
The Best Song To Lip Sync To category gave nods to "Cake By The Ocean" by DNCE, "Dessert" (feat. Silento) by Dawin, "Gibberish" (feat. Hoodie Allen) by MAX and "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber. For the Best Anthem category, "Cake By The Ocean" by DNCE, "Confident" by Demi Lovato, "Eyes Wide Open" by Sabrina Carpenter and "Honey, I'm Good" by Andy Grammer are the nominees.
Voting is now officially open and will end on April 10. Fans can vote for their favorite stars at Disney.com/RDMA, the Radio Disney app, Google OneBox and through Radio Disney’s Facebook and Twitter profiles. The ceremony will be aired on May 1 on Disney Channel, a day after the live event, Laughing Place reported.
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