Teen pop star Olivia Rodrigo leads AMA nominees in her debut
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Olivia Rodrigo is having a sweet year as the leading nominee at the American Music Awards in her first year to be eligible
LOS ANGELES -- Olivia Rodrigo is having a sweet year as the leading nominee at the American Music Awards in the first year she's eligible.
The Disney actress and singer-songwriter broke out with hits from her 2021 debut record “Sour,” which led to seven nominations at the AMAs, including artist of the year and new artist of the year. The nominations were announced Thursday for the fan-voted awards show that will air from Los Angeles on ABC on Nov. 21.
If Rodrigo wins a majority of the awards she is nominated for, that would put her in good company. Olivia Newton-John and Justin Bieber are tied for four awards won in their first year nominated.
Five-time winner The Weeknd has six nominations, going up against Rodrigo in the artist of the year category along with BTS, Ariana Grande, Drake and Taylor Swift.
