Mars tops Drake for AMA nods

Bruno Mars is the top nominee with eight nominations at the American Music Awards, while The Chainsmokers, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd all earned five. The nominations were announced Thursday for the fan-voted American Music Awards, with an all-male lineup for the top prize of artist of the year. Mars will compete against The Chainsmokers, Drake, Lamar and Sheeran. Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi received four nominations each, including favourite poprock song for their hit collaboration, Despacito. Keith Urban leads country artists with three nominations. The show will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Nov. 19 on ABC.