Lady Gaga, Rihanna, et al. Named Billboard Music Awards Finalists

By: Nicole Rosky Apr. 13, 2011

Finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards have been announced. 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 Billboard.com during the eligibility period of Feb, 28, 2010 and Mar. 1, 2011.

The 46 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.

Today, Billboard launches a microsite for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards at www.Billboard.com/BBMA. Music fans can also follow news about the show and related events on Twitter (twitter.com/billboarddotcom) or Facebook (facebook.com/billboard).

The 2011 Billboard Music Awards is co-executive produced by Richard Beckman, CEO of Prometheus Global Media, which owns Billboard, and Don Mischer of Don Mischer Productions.

2011 finalists are listed below. For a full list of finalists, click here.

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Justin Bieber
Susan Boyle
Eminem
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist

Ke$ha
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Usher

Top Artist

Justin Bieber
Eminem
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

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