Rihanna and Nicki Minaj have picked up the most nominations for this year's American Music Awards. The pair are up for four awards and go up against each other in the favourite female pop/rock artist category. Justin Bieber and One Direction are in the running for three awards each, while Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry are among those up for two. The AMAs take place on 18 November in Los Angeles. Rihanna is also up for artist of the year, as well as favourite female soul/R&B and favourite soul/R&B album for Talk That Talk. The star will be hoping to do better than at the recent US MTV Video Music Awards, where she only won in one out of five categories. Nicki Minaj's other nods at the AMAs are for favourite rap/hip hop artist and for favourite pop/rock album and favourite rap/hip-hop album, both for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Two British bands are nominated in the favourite rock/pop band, duo or group category, with One Direction going up against The Wanted. At the MTV VMAs One Direction came out on top for the new artist award, with the video for What Makes You Beautiful beating Glad You Came. The full list of nominations is: Artist of the year Justin Bieber Drake Maroon 5 Katy Perry Rihanna New artist of the year J. Cole fun. Gotye Carly Rae Jepsen One Direction Favourite male artist - pop/rock Justin Bieber Flo Rida Pitbull Usher Favourite female artist - pop/rock Kelly Clarkson Nicki Minaj Katy Perry Rihanna Favourite band, duo or group - pop/rock fun. Maroon 5 One Direction The Wanted Favourite album - pop/rock Justin Bieber - Believe Maroon 5 - Overexposed Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded One Direction - Up All Night Favourite male artist - country Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church Favourite female artist - country Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Favourite band, duo or group - country Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts Favourite album - country Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines Lionel Richie - Tuskegee Carrie Underwood - Blown Away Favourite artist - rap/hip-hop Drake Nicki Minaj Tyga Favourite album - rap/hip-hop J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story Drake - Take Care Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Favourite male artist - soul/R&B Chris Brown Trey Songz Usher Favourite female artist - soul/R&B Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Rihanna Favourite album - soul/R&B Chris Brown - Fortune Rihanna - Talk That Talk Usher - Looking 4 Myself Favourite artist - alternative rock The Black Keys Gotye Linkin Park Favourite artist - adult contemporary Adele Kelly Clarkson Train Favourite artist - Latin Don Omar Pitbull Shakira Favourite artist - contemporary inspirational Jeremy Camp Newsboys tobyMac Favourite artist - electronic dance music (EDM) David Guetta Calvin Harris Skrillex