Elton John, Rolling Stones, Metallica Score Billboard Music Award Nominations

What’s Elton John’s favorite season? Awards! The Rocket Man is up for two Billboard Music Awards in the categories of Top Tour and Top Touring artists.

Elton has stiff competition from Metallica and The Rolling Stones in those same categories.

Here are the 2020 Billboard Music Awards Rock nominees:

Top Touring Artist:
Elton John
Metallica
P!nk
The Rolling Stones
Ed Sheeran

Top Rock Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Panic! At The Disco
Tame Impala
Tool
twenty one pilots

Top Rock Tour:
Elton John
Metallica
The Rolling Stones

Top Rock Album:
The Lumineers “III”
Slipknot “We Are Not Your Kind”
Tame Impala “The Slow Rush”
Tool “Fear Inoculum”
Vampire Weekend “Father of the Bride”

Rapper Post Malone –who has collaborated with Ozzy Osbourne–is the most-nominated artist at the 2020 BBMAs, with 16 nominations in 15 categories.

The Billboard Music Awards, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on NBC on Oct. 14th at 8 p.m. ET.