--- title: Drake Sets Record with 13 American Music Award Nominations description: The "Hotline Bling" rapper beat Michael Jackson's standing record for most nominations in a single year, racking up 13. Rihanna received 7. canonical: https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T16:04:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:28.346Z og:title: Drake Sets Record with American Music Award Nominations og:description: The rapper has topped Michael Jackson's previous record for AMA nominations. og:url: https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27bccbecf477fc1/6988a951524fc0af38df9c8b/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Drake And Future Perform At The Forum og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Sets Record with American Music Award Nominations twitter:description: The rapper has topped Michael Jackson's previous record for AMA nominations. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27bccbecf477fc1/6988a951524fc0af38df9c8b/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drake Tops Michael Jackson's Record for Most American Music Award Nominations > Sponsored content. 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Harmony Gerber—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 10, 2016 4:04 PM UTC On Monday, the nominations for Billboard’s annual [American Music Awards](http://www.theamas.com/nominees/2016-nominees/) were released, and it’s already shaping up to be a record year for Drake. With 13 nods, the [“Hotline Bling” rapper has now toppled](http://time.com/4517295/bring-drake-to-drake/?iid=sr-link3) Michael Jackson’s 32-year standing record of 11 nominations, [set in 1984.](http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/7534345/drake-record-13-2016-american-music-award-nominations) Drake is up for awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, and Favorite Album, for the inescapable _Views_. Despite his dominance in the nominations this year, however, a win would mark his first ever prize at this show. Trailing Drake is none other than [his collaborator Rihanna](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/?iid=sr-link1), who has seven nominations; the 6 God and the singer will face off in the Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, and Song of the Year (Soul/R&B) categories. Adele, Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, and [The Chainsmokers](http://time.com/4497288/chainsmokers-closer-meme/?iid=sr-link1) are also in the running with multiple nominations. The AMAs air on Nov. 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles; [online voting is now open](http://ama.votenow.tv/), with Twitter already getting flooded with fan submissions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/"},"headline":"Drake Tops Michael Jackson's Record for Most American Music Award Nominations","datePublished":"2016-10-10T16:04:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:28.346Z","description":"Rihanna, Adele, Justin Bieber, and Beyoncé are also up for awards","url":"https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27bccbecf477fc1/6988a951524fc0af38df9c8b/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27bccbecf477fc1/6988a951524fc0af38df9c8b/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Drake And Future Perform At The Forum","caption":"Drake And Future Perform At The Forum","creditText":"Harmony Gerber—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4524916/drake-amas-nominations/","name":"Drake Tops Michael Jackson's Record for Most American Music Award Nominations"}}]}] ```