The show will air live Sunday, May 19th on ABC at 8:00 p.m. ET
(Las Vegas, NV) -- Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj are joining the star-studded lineup of performers at this weekend's Billboard Music Awards. Performing their collaboration track "High School," the rappers will take the stage during Sunday night's awards ceremony taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
will.i.am, Akon and Jennifer Lopez have also signed on to join previously announced artists, such as Pitbull, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miguel and Bruno Mars. Meanwhile, Cee Lo Green is slated to present Billboard's first ever Milestone Award, which is based on fan voting. Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars are all up for the honor.
Among the top nominees at this year's Billboard Music Awards are Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida. Rihanna managed to rack up nods in ten categories, including Top Artist. Nicki Minaj is in the running for seven awards. In the category of Top Rap Artist, the "American Idol" judge faces an all male field of rappers, including Drake, Flo Rida, Pitbull and Psy. Flo Rida also topped out at seven nominations. Apart from Top Rap Artist, Flo landed nods in the categories of Top Rap Song, Top Digital Songs Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist.
Other hip-hop and R&B stars up for awards include Chris Brown, Frank Ocean, 2 Chainz, Trey Songz and Kanye West. The show will air live Sunday, May 19th on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Here are some of the nominations for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards:
Top Artist:
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
One Direction
Top Hot 100 Song:
Fun., "Some Nights"
Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Maroon 5, "One More Night"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Adele, 21
Mumford & Sons, Babel
Taylor Swift, Red
One Direction, Up All Night
One Direction, Take Me Home
Top Duo/Group:
Coldplay
Fun.
Maroon 5
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Top New Artist:
Gotye
Carly Rae Jepsen
PSY
One Direction
The Lumineers
Top Male Artist:
Jason Aldean
Justin Bieber
Drake
Flo Rida
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist:
Adele
Carly Rae Jepsen
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Hot 100 Artist:
Flo Rida
Fun.
Maroon 5
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Billboard 200 Artist:
Adele
Justin Bieber
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Taylor Swift
Digital Songs Artist:
Flo Rida
Fun.
Carly Rae Jepsen
Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
Radio Songs Artist:
Flo Rida
Fun.
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Streaming Artist:
Baauer
Drake
Nicki Minaj
PSY
Rihanna
Pop Artist:
Adele
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Bruno Mars
One Direction
R&B Artist:
Chris Brown
Alicia Keys
Ne-Yo
Rihanna
Usher
Rap Artist:
Drake
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull
PSY
Top R&B Album
Fortune -- Chris Brown
Girl on Fire -- Alicia Keys
Channel Orange -- Frank Ocean
Unapologetic -- Rihanna
Looking 4 Myself -- Usher
Top Rap Album
Based on a T.R.U. Story -- 2 Chainz
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City -- Kendrick Lamar
The Heist -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded -- Nicki Minaj
God Forgives, I Don't -- Rick Ross
Top Pop Song
"Lights" -- Ellie Goulding
"Call Me Maybe" -- Carly Rae Jepsen
"One More Night" -- Maroon 5
"Payphone" -- Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
Top R&B Song
"Girl on Fire" -- Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj
"Adorn" -- Miguel
"Thinkin Bout You" -- Frank Ocean
"Diamonds" -- Rihanna
"Heart Attack" -- Trey Songz
Top Rap Song
"Wild Ones" -- Flo Rida feat. Sia
"Whistle" -- Flo Rida
"Mercy" -- Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Gangnam Style" -- PSY
