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It’s trying like Grammy night yet again for Kendrick Lamar on the 2025 American Music Awards. CBS and Dick Clark Productions dropped the nominations on Wednesday (April 23), with the Compton native main the pack thanks in no small half to, you guessed it, “Not Like Us.”

Out of Lamar’s spectacular 10 nominations, “Not Like Us” scored nods for Music of the 12 months, Favourite Music Video and Favourite Hip Hop Music. Additionally competing within the last-mentioned class are “luther” with SZA and Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” which the newly appointed Chanel ambassador appeared on.

GNX is within the operating for Album of the 12 months — one of many new AMA classes this 12 months — together with Favourite Hip Hop Album. Then, with regards to Collaboration of the 12 months, Lamar and SZA’s “luther” is up towards some fairly heavy hitters: Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With A Smile,” Put up Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Assist,” and Taylor Swift and Put up Malone’s “Fortnight,” to say a number of.

Lamar himself is nominated for Artist of the 12 months and Favourite Male Hip Hop Artist, the latter of which he’s prone to stroll away with after the 12 months he’s had. In spite of everything, he principally ran circles round fellow nominee Drake, united the West Coast at his “The Pop Out: Ken and Pals” Juneteenth present, carried out the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Present with SZA and a laundry checklist of different issues.

Talking of the Prime Dawg Leisure songstress, SZA racked up six nominations this 12 months, in the end tying with Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and some others. Not far behind are Future and The Weeknd with 4 nods every, whereas Beyoncé scored three, which could come as a shock contemplating rap-adjacent nation star Shaboozey pulled in seven.

The 2025 AMAs will air dwell from Las Vegas on Might 26 at 8 p.m. ET. Try the complete checklist of Hip Hop and R&B nominees, together with GloRilla, Bryson Tiller, Doechii and extra, under.

FAVORITE MALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Drake

Eminem

Future

Kendrick Lamar

Tyler, The Creator

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

Doechii

GloRilla

Latto

Megan Thee Stallion

Sexyy Crimson

FAVORITE HIP HOP ALBUM

Eminem – The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)

Future and Metro Boomin – WE DON’T TRUST YOU

Gunna – O ne of Wun

Kendrick Lamar – GNX

Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA

FAVORITE HIP HOP SONG

Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”

GloRilla – “TGIF”

GloRilla and Sexyy Crimson – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”

Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST

Bryson Tiller

Chris Brown

PARTYNEXTDOOR

The Weeknd

Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST

Kehlani

Muni Lengthy

Summer season Walker

SZA

Tyla

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM

Bryson Tiller – Bryson Tiller

PARTYNEXTDOOR – PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)

PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake – $ome $exy $ongs 4 U

SZA – SOS Deluxe: LANA

The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

FAVORITE R&B SONG

Chris Brown – “Residuals”

Muni Lengthy – “Made For Me”

SZA – “Saturn”

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

Tommy Richman – “MILLION DOLLAR BABY”