{"id":110720,"date":"2018-04-17T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=110720"},"modified":"2018-04-17T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:23:31","slug":"billboard-music-awards-nominations-revealed-ed-sheeran-bruno-mars-kendrick-lamar-lead-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/04\/17\/billboard-music-awards-nominations-revealed-ed-sheeran-bruno-mars-kendrick-lamar-lead-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Music Awards Nominations Revealed; Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar Lead The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Billboard Music Awards nominations are largely based on commercial and fan interaction data, as indicated by Billboard&#8217;s portfolio of charts.<\/p>\n<p>It should therefore come as no surprise that Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar &#8212; three acts that dominated this year&#8217;s charts &#8212; fared well in Tuesday&#8217;s nominations announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Each artist received a whopping 15 nominations; 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