Rihanna, Minaj lead American Music Award nominations

Girl power, eh? Rihanna and Nikki Minaj lead this year’s American Music Award nominations with four nods a piece. Drake, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Usher came in with three nominations and Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, fun., Gotye, J. Cole, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan and Pitbull each with two. The show airs on Nov. 18 on ABC.

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