The nominees for this year's Billboard Music Awards are out . . . and Taylor Swift leads everyone with 14 nominations. Sam Smith is next with 13, followed by Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor with 12 and nine, respectively.
Taylor and Sam are competing against Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and One Direction in the Top Artist category. While Sam, Iggy, and Meghan are up against 5 Seconds of Summer and Hozier for Top New Artist.
ABC is airing the ceremony live on May 17th. For the second year in a row, Ludacris is hosting, this time alongside Chrissy Teigen. (You can browse a complete list of nominees at BillboardMusicAwards.com.)
