Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem
The winning band will then be honored as the “Dreamseeker Artist of the Year” at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer – Give Me Everything All six of the bands will arrive at Fremont Street in Las Vegas on May 18th to compete in the ultimate battle of the bands. The six bands will communicate with their fans while on the road through blogging, tweeting and by creating and sharing playlists, building a viral audience and improving their social Heat Score, one of the many goals as they set their sights on Las Vegas. These final six group favorites will each receive the keys to a Chevrolet Cruze for a road trip that will take them from their home base to Las Vegas.Ī camera crew will follow each of the bands and will document their journey as they play gigs along the way, rock out to the Cruze’s standard XM radio, and engage with fans online and in person. Through a contest called “Cruze-ing To Vegas” sponsored by Chevrolet, consumers cast over 217,000 votes, narrowing the competition down to one band from each region.
based on a variety of factors, including Heat Score, a formula that measures online fan engagement and drives Billboard’s Uncharted chart of emerging artists. Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - “We Speak No Americano”Īdditionally, Billboard editors identified three bands from six regions of the U.S. The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome - “Lay Me Down”įlorence + The Machine - “Dog Days Are Over”Įnrique Iglesias Featuring Juan Luis Guerra “Cuando Me Enamoro”Įdward Maya & Vika Jigulina - “Stereo Love” Miranda Lambert - “The House That Built Me” Bruno Mars - “Nothin’ On You”įar*East Movement Feat. Rihanna Featuring Drake - “What’s My Name” Freshleyground - “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” Usher Featuring Pitbull - “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” Snoop Dogg - “California Gurls”ī.o.B Feat. Kanye West - “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”Ĭhris Tomlin - “And If Our God is For Us”Įminem Feat. Today, Billboard launches a microsite for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards at Music fans can also follow news about the show and related events on Twitter at or Facebook at The finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards are: The forty-six award categories are based on measures provided by our data partners including sales data shared by Nielsen SoundScan, radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS, streaming data measured by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS, social media consumption gauged by Next Big Sound and tour grosses tracked by Billboard Boxscore. The Billboard Music Awards take a holistic look at artist performance based on key fan interactions with music-finalists and winners are determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as chronicled in Billboard magazine and on during the eligibility period of Februthrough March 1, 2011. Other Top New Artist contenders are Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj and Taio Cruz, whose song “Dynamite” is up for five awards including Top Hot 100 Song, Top Digital Song, Top Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Pop Song.
Lady Gaga follows with 12 categories including three albums all competing for the award of Top Dance/Electronic Album: “The Fame,” “The Fame Monster” and “The Remix.” “The Fame” is also a finalist for Top Pop Album.īruno Mars and Justin Bieber are fan favorites, each earning 11 categories and competing for Top New Artist and Top Male Artist. Eminem is a finalist in 16 award categories including Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Social Artist, Top Streaming Artist Top Digital Media Artist and Top Rap Artist. Her collaboration with Eminem places “Love the Way You Lie” as a contender in six song categories. Rihanna takes the lead as a finalist in 18 award categories including Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top 100 Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Digital Media Artist, Top Social Artist and Top Streaming Artist. This is the first year that ABC will broadcast the event. The awards show will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in partnership with Chevrolet, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). The winners will be announced at the Billboard Music Awards show airing live on ABC on Sunday, May 22nd at 5:00 PM Pacific. Billboard released the finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards today at a press conference in Las Vegas.
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