Drake, The Weeknd poised for big night at Billboard Awards

NEW YORK – Some of the Grammys’ major critics, who felt they have been ignored at the famed awards demonstrate, will get center stage at one more event: the 2021 Billboard Songs Awards.

The Weeknd named out the Grammys very last calendar year when he didn’t receive a solitary nomination for its 2021 exhibit, even with getting the year’s biggest music with “Blinding Lights” and a multi-platinum, multi-strike album with “After Several hours.” But at Sunday’s Billboard Awards, he’s the leading nominee competing for an outstanding 16 awards.

With 27 wins, Drake is the most embellished artist in the background of the Billboard Awards. He is up for seven honors this year and will obtain the Artist of the Decade Award.

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Drake has won 4 Grammys and The Weeknd has acquired a few — even though they’ve been limited to wins in the rap and R&B classes, rather of successful prizes like album, song or file of the calendar year.

But the Canadian performers will fight for the prime prize at the Billboard Awards — best artist — where by level of competition incorporates Taylor Swift and late rappers Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke.

Inspite of dominating the charts and streaming providers, Juice WRLD was also snubbed at the Grammys, held in March. Pop Smoke was limited to a solitary nomination — finest rap general performance for the strike “Dior.” Having said that, Swift won album of the 12 months for a 3rd time with “evermore.”

The Weeknd, Swift, Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke will compete for leading Billboard 200 album, alongside with Lil Baby.

For major Hot 100 music, nominees consist of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” DaBaby and Roddy Ricch’s “Rockstar,” Chris Brown and Young Thug’s “Go Insane,” Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth’s “I Hope,” and 24kGoldn and iann dior’s “Mood.”

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