::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Read below for the nominations announced today and tune into the Billboard Music Awards on May 17, 2015, on ABC.   Top Female Artist Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Katy Perry Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor   Top Male Artist Drake  Pharrell Williams Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Justin Timberlake   Top Artist Ariana Grande One Direction Katy Perry Sam Smith Taylor Swift   Top Billboard 200 Album Maroon 5, “V” Pentatonix, “That’s Christmas to Me” Ed Sheeran, “x” Sam Smith, “In the Lonely Hour” Taylor Swift, “1989”   Top 100 Hot Song Iggy Azalea Feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy” John Legend, “All of Me” Sam Smith, “Stay With Me” Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off” Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”   Top Artist: Ariana Grande One Direction Katy Perry Sam Smith Taylor Swift Top New Artist: 5 Seconds of Summer Iggy Azalea Hozier Sam Smith Meghan Trainor   Top Male Artist: Drake Pharrell Willia...

buzzz worthy. . . One Direction won Favorite Artist of the Year on November 23 at the American Music Awards. Satisfying America's taste for imports, the slow, but steady musical British invasion  continued at last night's American Music Awards as Brits took home top honors.  Brit/Irish pop group One Direction ("Best Song Ever," "Story of My Life") was pronounced Artist of the Year. They beat out Beyonce, whose confluence of top secret marketing, massive video output and major appearances in connection with the 2013 release "Beyonce" was tauted as a genius branding strategy.  Once Direction also won the award for Favorite Album Pop/Rock  and Favorite Pop/Rock Duo or Group.   British singer Sam Smith ("Stay With Me")  also triumphed over gigantic competitors, beating out Pharrell and John Legend for the  Favorite Male Artist title. From elsewhere across the waters, the "realest" female MC from the Land Down Under, Igg...