Sam Hunt Leads Luke Bryan and other American Music Awards Country Nominees

Sam Hunt
Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville

The American Music Awards (AMA) announced the 2015 nominees and Sam Hunt led the way for Country Music with the most nominations.

Sam scored the most nods with three nominations including Favorite Male Artist – Country, Favorite Album – Country and a nomination in the all-genre category for New Artist of the Year.

Luke Bryan is included in the all-genre category for Artist of the Year as well as the Favorite Male Artist – Country category.

Jason Aldean also received two nominations for Favorite Male Artist – Country and for Favorite Album – Country.

Florida Georgia Line was the only other country artist to grab multiple nominations. They are included in the Favorite Album – Country category as well as the Favorite Duo or Group – Country category.

Here is a list or all the country nominations (including categories that include country music nominees) for the 2015 American Music Awards:

Artist of the Year (all-genre)
Luke Bryan
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd
One Direction

New Artist of the Year (all-genre)
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Tove Lo
Walk The Moon
The Weeknd

Favorite Male Artist – Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

Favorite Female Artist – Country
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Duo or Group – Country
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Little Big Town

Favorite Album – Country
Jason Aldean – Old Boots, New Dirt
Florida Georgia Line – Anything Goes
Sam Hunt – Montevallo

The 2015 AMAs will be broadcast on November 22nd starting at 7pm central time on ABC and will be hosted this year by Jennifer Lopez.

You can see the full list of nominees for the 2015 American Music Awards here.

By: Buck Stevens