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Justin Bieber Lands Multiple Nominations In 2016 Juno Awards & Kids’ Choice Awards

By Page Mackinley
Published on: 09:30 PST, Feb 2, 2016

It’s a good day to be Justin Bieber. The superstar is up for five nominations in Canada’s 2016 Juno Awards and three in U.S.’ Kids’ Choice Awards.

The Juno Awards honors music artists. Nominations were announced on Tuesday in a press conference which was live streamed.

Bieber is nominated in the Best Pop Album category for his acclaimed album Purpose. Other contenders are Hedley’s Hello, Shawn Mendes with Handwritten, Scott Helman’s Augusta, and Walk Off the Earth’s Sing it All the Way.

Elsewhere, the Biebs is in the running for Single Of The Year with “What Do You Mean?” Other artists nominated in the field are Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” The Weeknd with “Can’t Feel My Face,” Ria Mae with “Clothes Off,” and Alessia Cara’s huge hit “Here.”

Justin also gets a nod in the Best Album category for Purpose. Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Shawn Mendes’ Handwritten, The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness, and Jean Leloup’s A Paradis City will also do battle for the prestigious award.

As might be expected, the Biebs is nominated for Juno’s Artist of the Year award. Other names in this slot are City and Color, Drake, Shawn Mendes, and The Weeknd.

The “Love Yourself” singer is also nominated for the Fan Choice Award. Bieber will contend with Alessia Cara, Carly Rae Jepsen, Shawn Hook, Drake, Coeur de Pirate, Dean Brody, Shawn Mendes, Walk Off The Earth, and The Weeknd.

It’s not surprising Bieber dominates the 2016 Juno Awards with Drake and The Weeknd. All three artists released music which captured the public’s imagination last year. In particular, Bieber’s comeback during 2015 saw him break records around the world as he dropped hit after hit, and publicly atoned for teen-like antics, which — let’s face it — were overplayed in the press for his click bait value.

To view a full list of Juno Awards nominees, click here.

Bieber is also nominated alongside stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, One Direction, and more in the Blake Shelton-hosted 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards.

Bieber is nominated for three awards, Favorite Collaboration for his EDM-Pop chart slayer “Where Are U Now?” with Jack U’s Diplo and Skrillex; Favorite Song of the Year with “What Do You Mean?”; and Favorite Male Singer.

In the collaborations field, Bieber goes up against Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar on “Bad Blood”; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring a roll call of Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz on “Downtown”; Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky on “Good For You”; Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend on “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”; and the rapper Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth on “See You Again.”

For the Favorite Male, the Biebs will face off against Shelton, Ed Sheeran, Nick Jonas, and The Weeknd.

“I’m so excited and honored to be nominated for another three Kids’ Choice Awards,” Bieber told the Hollywood Reporter exclusively. “I have the best fans in the world; thank you all so much. And thanks to Nickelodeon for all the love and support over the years.”

Voting for the Kids’ Choice Awards kicks off on Tuesday, with awards presented in an aired live telecast on Nickelodeon at 8 p.m. ET/PT from the Forum in Inglewood, California, on March 12. To see the full list of nominees, click here.

As for the 2016 Juno Awards, the ceremony will broadcast live on CTV on April 3 from Calgary, Alberta.

How many awards do you think Justin Bieber will win out of his nominations?

[Images via Jason Merritt/ Getty Images]

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