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Full Nomination List For American Music Awards; Iggy Azalea Leads The Pack:

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea scored a leading six nominations on Monday for the American Music Awards, while John Legend, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams each received five.

Azalea, Legend, Perry and Williams will compete for artist of the year honors with Beyonce, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons, Lorde and One Direction.

Azalea was also nominated for new artist of the year, single of the year, favorite female pop/rock artist, favorite rap/hip-hop artist and favorite rap/hip-hop album.

She is up for single of the year for her collaboration with Charli XCX on “Fancy.” Also nominated in the category are Legend for “All of Me,” MAGIC for “Rude,” Perry and Juicy J for “Dark Horse” and Williams for “Happy.”

Competing with Azalea vying for new artist of the year will be Bastille, Sam Smith and Meghan Trainor.

The AMAs will be presented Nov. 23 at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live and broadcast on ABC.

Winners are determined by online voting that began at www.AMAvote.com. Fans can also vote via Twitter.

Here is a complete list of nominees:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

   — Iggy Azalea

   — Beyonce

   — 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”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

   — John Legend

   — Sam Smith

   — Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

   — Iggy Azalea

   — Lorde

   — Katy Perry

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK

   — Imagine Dragons

   — One Direction

   — OneRepublic

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK

   — Lorde, “Pure Heroine”

   — One Direction, “Midnight Memories”

   — Katy Perry, “Prism”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

   — Jason Aldean

   — Luke Bryan

   — Blake Shelton

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

   — Miranda Lambert

   — Kacey Musgraves

   — Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY

   — Eli Young Band

   — Florida Georgia Line

   — Lady Antebellum

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY

   — Garth Brooks, “Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences”

   — Eric Church, “The Outsiders”

   — Brantley Gilbert, “Just As I Am”

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

   — Iggy Azalea

   — Drake

   — Eminem

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

   — Iggy Azalea, “The New Classic”

   — Drake, “Nothing Was The Same”

   — Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

   — Chris Brown

   — John Legend

   — Pharrell Williams

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

   — Jhene Aiko

   — Beyonce

   — Mary J. Blige

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