The Weeknd, Doja Cat top finalists for 2022 Billboard Music Awards

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recently won her first Grammy Award for her collaboration “Kiss Me More” with SZA, is up for top 100 song, top collaboration and top viral song.First-time finalist Rodrigo continues her streak of being an awards show favorite as a finalist in 13 categories, including top new artist, top female artist and top radio songs artist.Justin Bieber also is up for 13 awards, including top male artist, top Hot 100 artist and top streaming song for his song “STAY” with The Kid LAROI.Ye, who changed his name from Kanye West, is a finalist for 13 awards and a strong favorite in the Christian/gospel categories.

He has four out of the five songs in both top gospel song and top Christian song categories, and his album “Donda” is also up for top rap album, top gospel album and top Christian album.Swift has a chance to surpass Drake for most wins in the show’s history.

The pop star is second behind him with 25 previous wins and is up for seven awards this year. But Drake is also up for 11 awards, including top Billboard 200 Album, top rap artist and top streaming songs artist.This year, five new categories were added, four of which are based on Billboard’s global charts, and one measuring viral songs.