The American Music Awards have announced their nominees! Tracee Ellis Ross returns as the host of the AMAs. It’ll air on Tuesday, October 9 on ABC .The nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected on Billboard.com, including streaming, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, social activity and touring. The awards are fan-voted. Fans are encouraged to vote at VoteAMAs.com or through Twitter with a post that includes the nominee’s name or Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the tweet. Check out the nominations below.

2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS” NOMINEES

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Kane Brown
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY

Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
LANCO

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY

Kane Brown “Kane Brown”
Luke Combs “This One’s For You”
Thomas Rhett “Life Changes”

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY

Kane Brown “Heaven”
Dan + Shay “Tequila”
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant To Be”