The 'You Need to Calm Down' singer receives six nominations and the 'Truth Hurts' hitmaker trails closely behind her with five nods at the first-time ever Girls' Choice Awards.
- November 28, 2019
AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift and Lizzo are among the nominees for the inaugural Girls' Choice Awards, taking place next February 2020.
"Shake It Off" star Taylor earned herself six nominations for the ceremony, including for Most Empowering Music Artist of the Year and Most Empowering Song of the Year for her tune "You Need to Calm Down". Meanwhile, Lizzo was right behind her with five nominations, with two of her tracks – "Good As Hell" featuring Ariana Grande and "Tempo" with Missy Elliot - up in the Most Empowering Musical Collaboration of the Year category.
Ariana is up for four gongs at the awards, while Billie Eilish and Halsey are up for two and Cardi B and Dua Lipa will compete for one award each.
The Girls' Choice Awards, which will take place on February 28 and March 1 next year, are part of the Girls' Choice initiative - to "educate and empower a new generation, focusing on today’s most pressing issues and causes."
The full nominations for the Girls' Choice Awards is as follows:
Most Empowering Music Artist of the Year:
Most Empowering Breakout Artist of the Year:
- Bebe Rexha
- Billie Eilish
- Brittany Howard
- Hayley Kiyoko
- King Princess
- Lizzo
- Maggie Rogers
- Rosalia
- Summer Walker
Most Empowering Musical Collaboration of the Year:
- Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey = "Don't Call Me Angel"
- Ciara - "Melanin" (feat. Lupita Nyong'o, Ester Dean, City Girls, and La La Antony)
- Idina Menzel & Evan Rachel Wood - "Show Yourself" (Disney's "Frozen II" Soundtrack)
- Kesha - "Raising Hell" (feat. Big Freedia)
- Lizzo - "Good as Hell" (feat. Ariana Grande)
- Lizzo - "Tempo" (feat. Missy Elliot)
- Meghan Trainor - "Workin' on It" (feat. Lennon Stella, Sasha Sloan)
- Taylor Swift - "Lover Remix" (feat. Shawn Mendes)
- Taylor Swift - "ME!" (feat. Brendon Urie)
Most Empowering Song of the Year (Individual Artist):
- Ariana Grande - "thank u, next"
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- Halsey - "Nightmare"
- Kacey Musgraves - "Rainbow"
- Lizzo - "Truth Hurts"
- Maren Morris - "GIRL"
- Miley Cyrus - "Mother's Daughter"
- Rosalia - "A Pale"
- Taylor Swift - "You Need to Calm Down"
Most Empowering Song of the Year (Group or Duo):
- Christina Aguilera - "Fall in Line" (feat. Demi Lovato)
- Dolly Parton and Galantis - "Faith" (feat. Mr. Probz)
- HAIM - "Now I'm in It"
- Haschak Sisters - "Girl Power"
- Hayley Kiyoko - "What I Need" (feat. Kehlani)
- Maddie & Tae - "Bathroom Floor"
- P!nk - "Love Me Anyway" (feat. Chris Stapleton)
- SHAED - "Thunder"
- Summer Walker - "Come Thru" (feat. Usher)
Most Empowering Music Group of the Year:
- BLACKPINK
- Chloe X Halle
- Florence + the Machine
- HAIM
- Haschak Sisters
- Little Mix
- Maddie & Tae
- Runaway June
- Tegan and Sara
Most Empowering Classic Girl Power Anthem (Individual Artist):
- Aretha Franklin - "Respect"
- Christina Aguilera - "Fighter"
- Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
- Diana Ross - "I'm Coming Out"
- Donna Summer - "She Works Hard for the Money"
- Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
- Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
- Shakira - "She Wolf"
- Shania Twain - "Man! I Feel Like a Woman"
Most Empowering Classic Girl Power Anthem (Group or Duo):
- Christina Aguilera - "Can't Hold Us Down" (feat. Lil' Kim)
- Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
- Dixie Chicks - "Goodbye Earl"
- En Vogue - "Free Your Mind"
- Fifth Harmony - "That's My Girl"
- No Doubt - "Just a Girl"
- Salt-N-Pepa - "Let's Talk About Sex"
- Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
- TLC - "No Scrubs"
Most Empowering Girl Power Anthem of the Decade:
- Alicia Keys - "Girl on Fire"
- Ariana Grande - "God Is a Woman"
- Beyonce Knowles - "Run the World (Girls)"
- Demi Lovato - "Sorry Not Sorry"
- Katy Perry - "Roar"
- Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
- Lady GaGa - "Born This Way"
- P!nk - "Try"
- Taylor Swift - "Shake It Off"
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