Justin Bieber Nominated for 11 Billboard Music Awards

Justin Bieber Performing Live: 11 Nominations
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For Justin Bieber getting 11 nominations for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards was pretty good, even if Rihanna, Eminem and Lady Gaga had more.

Billboard announced it's list of nominated artists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards on April 13, 2011 and pop singer Justin Bieber is nominated in 11 categories. Billboard made the announcement in a press release and reported the live Billboard awards show will be on May 22nd in Las Vegas.
The biggest award the 17-year-old Bieber is up for is the 'Top Artist' award where he's on the list with 4 other pretty big artists: Eminem, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna. Along with Taio Cruz, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars and Nicki Minja, Bieber has also been nominated in the 'Top New Artist' category, the only one to be nominated for both 'Top Artist' and 'Top New Artist'.