Finalists of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) Announced

The finalists of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) have been announced. The awards honor the year's most successful artists in 62 categories across all genres of music. The annual live broadcast showcases spectacular performances, unexpected collaborations, and buzzworthy pop culture moments that keep fans talking all year.
The BBMAs will broadcast live coast-to-coast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC and stream live on Peacock.
Finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Luminate.
Here are the nominees for the Gospel/Christian music categories:
The full list of finalists can be found here.
Top Christian Artist
- Carrie Underwood
- Elevation Worship
- for KING & COUNTRY
- Lauren Daigle
- Ye
Top Gospel Artist
- CeCe Winans
- Elevation Worship
- Kirk Franklin
- Maverick City Music
- Ye
Top Christian Album
- My Savior, Carrie Underwood
- Believe For It, CeCe Winans
- Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
- Hymn Of Heaven, Phil Wickham
- Donda, Ye
Top Gospel Album
- Believe For It, CeCe Winans
- Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
- Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, Maverick City Music
- move your heart., Maverick City Music & UPPERROOM
- Donda, Ye
Top Christian Song
- "My Jesus", Anne Wilson
- "Hurricane", Ye
- "Moon", Ye
- "Off The Grid", Ye
- "Praise God", Ye
Top Gospel Song
- "Jireh", Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
- "Hurricane", Ye
- "Moon", Ye
- "Off The Grid", Ye
- "Praise God", Ye
Tags : 2022 Billboard Music Awards Billboard Awards Elevation Worship Ye kanye west Cece Winans Maverick City Music UPPERROOM Anne Wilson Phil Wickham Kirk Franklin
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