Frank Micelotta/FOXAndy Grammer’s actually been making records since 2009, but this Sunday, one of the two Teen Choice Awards he’s nominated for is Choice Music Breakout Artist. Then again, it’s only been in the past few months that he’s scored the biggest hit of his career with “Honey, I’m Good,” and these are his first award nominations that reflect that. Andy says he’s thrilled, especially because teens are the ones deciding who wins.
“It’s a really incredible moment to have everybody really paying attention right now. It is really sweet,” he told reporters in Nashville this week. “And it is cool to know it’s coming from the teenagers, especially with this message of this song.”
While Andy’s been handling his new-found fame pretty well, he says what amuses him about the whole thing is that he doesn’t really feel “famous.” “I’s such a funny thing ‘cause you’re like the same person,” he told reporters. “These things, these award shows and fame and all that is so transitory from city to city. I’ll go somewhere like Boston, where I do really well, and if I walk down the street it’s like, ‘Andy Grammer, what’s up? Oh my God!'”
He adds “And then the next night you’re in a different city and you couldn’t get me arrested!”
“I’m definitely loving it. I’m trying to like not let it go too much to the head,” Andy continues. “One of my dad’s best [pieces of] advice to me when I was going into high school…I’m, like, about to get dropped off and he goes, ‘All the cool kids continually change, so be nice to everybody.’ I’m like, ‘Got it, ok.’ And I’ve really like applied that to the music industry as well.”
“But to deny that it feels really great to be getting some recognition right now, I’d be lying,” he laughs. “It’s great; it’s awesome.” Andy’s also up for Choice Music Star: Male at Sunday night’s awards, which air on Fox.
WALK THE MOON, another band who’s been around for a while but has scored their first massive hit in the past few months, has also received a nomination: their single “Shut Up and Dance” is up for Choice Party Song. Lead singer Nick Petricca tells ABC Radio that it really means a lot to him that the awards are based on votes from actual teens, and not guys in suits.
“That is maybe the highest honor for me. I think it’s amazing,” he says. ” Music has such an amazing impact and it’s so important to us and it was so important to me growing up, so it’s an honor.”
Ludacris hosts the Teen Choice Awards Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed on Fox. He tells ABC Radio about why he’s excited about hosting this particular awards show.
“I just love the energy of teens all by themselves….Teenagers don’t have any responsibility — they don’t have to pay no damn bills, you know, they don’t have stuff to worry about,” he explains. “So I think that’s part of the element that I’m most excited about, is having some of that energy, because wouldn’t it be so great just to not have any damn responsibilities at all?”
Rachel Platten, 5 Seconds of Summer, Little Mix, Flo Rida and Robin Thicke are performing, while Britney Spears, Fifth Harmony and Rita Ora are among the presenters.
Here are the musical nominees:
Choice Male Artist
Jason Derulo
Nick Jonas
Shawn Mendes
Pitbull
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Choice Female Artist
Iggy Azalea
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Choice Music Group: Male
5 Seconds of Summer
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
One Direction
OneRepublic
Choice Music Group: Female
Cimorelli
Fifth Harmony
Haim
Icona Pop
Little Mix
The Barden Bellas
Choice Song: Female Artist
Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
Ariana Grande – “One Last Time”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea – “Pretty Girls”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Choice Song: Male Artist
Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
Shawn Mendes – “Stitches”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber – “Where Are Ü Now”
Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
Choice Song: Group
5 Seconds of Summer – “What I Like About You”
Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink –“Worth It”
Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
One Direction – “Steal My Girl”
Choice Summer Music Star: Female
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Choice Summer Music Star: Male
Justin Bieber
Jason Derulo
Andy Grammer
Shawn Mendes
Ed Sheeran
The Weeknd
Choice Summer Music Star: Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Echosmith
Fifth Harmony
Little Mix
Maroon 5
One Direction
Choice Music Breakout Artist
Andy Grammer
Little Mix
Tove Lo
Rachel Patten
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd
Choice Summer Song
Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink, “Worth It”
Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky, “Good For You”
Demi Lovato, “Cool for the Summer”
Omi, “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)”
Rachel Platten, “Fight Song”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Choice Love Song
Fifth Harmony, “Sledgehammer”
Little Mix, “Black Magic”
Maroon 5, “Sugar”
One Direction, “Night Changes”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
The Weeknd, “Earned It”
Choice Break-Up Song
Selena Gomez, “The Heart Wants What It Wants”
Elle King, “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Ed Sheeran, “Don’t”
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now?”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Meghan Trainor, “Lips Are Movin”
Choice Party Song
One Direction, “No Control”
Rihanna, “B**** Better Have My Money”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Walk the Moon, “Shut Up and Dance”
Zedd featuring Selena Gomez, “I Want You to Know”
Choice Music: Collaboration
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack, “Hey Mama”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”
Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea, “Pretty Girls”
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do” from Fifty Shades of Grey
Empire Cast featuring Jussie Smollett & Yazz, “You’re So Beautiful”
Jessie J, “Flashlight” from Pitch Perfect 2
Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, Grace Phipps, John Deluca & Jordan Fisher, “Gotta Be Me” from Teen Beach Movie 2
Shawn Mendes, “Believe” from Descendants
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” from Furious 7
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke & Verdine White, “I Don’t Like It, I Love It”
Rihanna, “Bitch Better Have My Money”
Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney, “FourFiveSeconds”
Silento, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”
The Weeknd, “Earned It”
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Choice Rock Song
George Ezra, “Budapest”
Fall Out Boy, “Uma Thurman”
Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
Imagine Dragons , “I Bet My Life”
Twenty One Pilots, “Tear In My Heart”
X Ambassadors, “Renegades”
Choice Music: Next Big Thing
Clark Beckham
Kalin and Miles
Skate Maloley
Bea Miller
Neon Jungle
Spring King
Choice Summer Tour
5 Seconds of Summer, Rock Out With Your Socks Out
Fall Out Boy & Wiz Khalifa, The Boys of Zummer Tour
Ariana Grande, The Honeymoon Tour
One Direction, On the Road Again Tour
Ed Sheeran, X World Tour
Taylor Swift, The 1989 World Tour
Choice International Artist
2NE1
5 Seconds of Summer
Girls Generation
Little Mix
One Direction
Super Junior
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Iggy Azalea
Drake
Wiz Khalifa
Nicki Minaj
The Weeknd
Kanye West
Choice Country Artist
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Hunter Hayes
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
Carrie Underwood
Choice Country Song
Luke Bryan, “Kick the Dust Up”
Florida Georgia Line, “Sippin’ On Fire”
Hunter Hayes, “21”
Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time”
Megan & Liz, “That Ghost”
Carrie Underwood, “Little Toy Guns”
Choice Female Hottie
Miley Cyrus
Cara Delevingne
Fifth Harmony
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Choice Male Hottie
5 Seconds of Summer
Justin Bieber
Ryan Guzman
Austin Mahone
Zayn Malik
One Direction
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