Cardi B has capped a successful awards season by leading nominations for the 2019 Billboard Music Awards – with the rest of the top spots commanded by other US rap acts. Cardi B has capped a successful awards season by leading nominations for the 2019 Billboard Music Awards – with the rest of the top spots commanded by other US rap acts. It comes after Cardi B made history when she became the first female to win the best rap album Grammy with her debut Invasion Of Privacy. Rap dominates the Billboard nominations, with Drake and Post Malone close behind with 17 nods apiece. Travis Scott follows with 12 nominations, and 10 posthumous nods go to rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot and killed in Florida aged 20 last year.

Source: Irish Independent April 04, 2019 15:33 UTC