Iggy Azalea has been given six nominations at this year's American Music Awards (AMAs).

The singer/rapper leads nominations for the annual ceremony with nods in categories including Artist Of The Year and Single Of The Year, whilst Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and John Legend follow her closely with five nominations each.

Iggy Azalea

This year, the coveted Artist Of The Year category has had its nominees doubled, from five to ten.

Iggy, John, Katy and Pharrell join Lorde, Beyonce, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons and One Direction in the running for the honour, but November 13 will see the nominees list halved once more.

The AMAs are to broadcast live from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre on November 23 on ABC.

American Music Awards 2014 full list of nominations are as follows:

Artist Of The Year:

Iggy Azalea

Beyoncé

Luke Bryan

Eminem

Imagine Dragons

John Legend

Lorde

One Direction

Katy Perry

Pharrell Williams

New Artist Of The Year Presented By Kohl's:

5 Seconds of Summer

Iggy Azalea

Bastille

Sam Smith

Meghan Trainor

Single Of The Year:

Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX - 'Fancy'

John Legend - 'All of Me'

MAGIC! - 'Rude'

Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J - 'Dark Horse'

Pharrell Williams - 'Happy'

Favourite Male Artist - Pop/Rock:

John Legend

Sam Smith

Pharrell Williams

Favourite Female Artist - Pop/Rock:

Iggy Azalea

Lorde

Katy Perry

Favourite Band, Duo Or Group - Pop/Rock:

Imagine Dragons

One Direction

OneRepublic

Favourite Album - Pop/Rock:

Lorde - 'Pure Heroine'

One Direction - 'Midnight Memories'

Katy Perry - 'Prism'

Favourite Male Artist - Country:

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Blake Shelton

Favourite Female Artist - Country:

Miranda Lambert

Kacey Musgraves

Carrie Underwood

Favourite Band, Duo Or Group - Country:

Eli Young Band

Florida Georgia Line

Lady Antebellum

Favourite Album - Country:

Garth Brooks - 'Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences'

Eric Church - 'The Outsiders'

Brantley Gilbert - 'Just As I Am'

Favourite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop:

Iggy Azalea

Drake

Eminem

Favourite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop:

Iggy Azalea - 'The New Classic'

Drake - 'Nothing Was The Same'

Eminem - 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2'

Favourite Male Artist - Soul/R&B:

Chris Brown

John Legend

Pharrell Williams

Favourite Female Artist - Soul/R&B:

Jhene Aiko

Beyoncé

Mary J. Blige

Favourite Album - Soul/R&B:

Beyoncé - 'Beyoncé'

John Legend - 'Love in the Future'

Pharrell Williams - 'G I R L'

Favourite Artist - Alternative Rock:

Bastille

Imagine Dragons

Lorde

Favourite Artist - Adult Contemporary:

Sara Bareilles

OneRepublic

Katy Perry

Favourite Artist - Latin:

Marc Anthony

Enrique Iglesias

Romeo Santos

Favourite Artist - Contemporary Inspirational:

Casting Crowns

Hillsong United

Newsboys

Favourite Artist - Electronic Dance Music (Edm):

Avicii

Calvin Harris

Zedd

Top Soundtrack:

'Frozen'

'The Fault In Our Stars'

'Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1'


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