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It’s trying like Grammy evening yet again for Kendrick Lamar on the 2025 American Music Awards. CBS and Dick Clark Productions dropped the nominations on Wednesday (April 23), with the Compton native main the pack thanks in no small half to, you guessed it, “Not Like Us.”
Out of Lamar’s spectacular 10 nominations, “Not Like Us” scored nods for Track of the 12 months, Favourite Music Video and Favourite Hip Hop Track. Additionally competing within the last-mentioned class are “luther” with SZA and Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” which the newly appointed Chanel ambassador appeared on.
GNX is within the working for Album of the 12 months — one of many new AMA classes this yr — together with Favourite Hip Hop Album. Then, on the subject of Collaboration of the 12 months, Lamar and SZA’s “luther” is up towards some fairly heavy hitters: Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With A Smile,” Put up Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Assist,” and Taylor Swift and Put up Malone’s “Fortnight,” to say a number of.
Lamar himself is nominated for Artist of the 12 months and Favourite Male Hip Hop Artist, the latter of which he’s more likely to stroll away with after the yr he’s had. In any case, he principally ran circles round fellow nominee Drake, united the West Coast at his “The Pop Out: Ken and Buddies” Juneteenth present, carried out the Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present with SZA and a laundry record of different issues.
Talking of the High Dawg Leisure songstress, SZA racked up six nominations this yr, in the end tying with Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and some others. Not far behind are Future and The Weeknd with 4 nods every, whereas Beyoncé scored three, which could come as a shock contemplating rap-adjacent nation star Shaboozey pulled in seven.
The 2025 AMAs will air stay from Las Vegas on Could 26 at 8 p.m. ET. Try the complete record of Hip Hop and R&B nominees, together with GloRilla, Bryson Tiller, Doechii and extra, beneath.
FAVORITE MALE HIP HOP ARTIST
Drake
Eminem
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Tyler, The Creator
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST
Doechii
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Sexyy Purple
FAVORITE HIP HOP ALBUM
Eminem – The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
Future and Metro Boomin – WE DON’T TRUST YOU
Gunna – O ne of Wun
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA
FAVORITE HIP HOP SONG
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
GloRilla – “TGIF”
GloRilla and Sexyy Purple – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
Bryson Tiller
Chris Brown
PARTYNEXTDOOR
The Weeknd
Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Kehlani
Muni Lengthy
Summer season Walker
SZA
Tyla
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM
Bryson Tiller – Bryson Tiller
PARTYNEXTDOOR – PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)
PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake – $ome $exy $ongs 4 U
SZA – SOS Deluxe: LANA
The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
FAVORITE R&B SONG
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Muni Lengthy – “Made For Me”
SZA – “Saturn”
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Tommy Richman – “MILLION DOLLAR BABY”