AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

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http://abc.go.com/primetime/ama/index

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Sun 11/18/2007 03:00 PM PDT - airs at 8:00 PM ET on ABC - The 35th Annual American Music Awards

Join host Jimmy Kimmel for the 35th edition of the American Music Awards, featuring celebrity presenters, live performances by Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Daughtry, Fergie, Rihanna, & more! The AMA's will be the first awards show to take place in the new NOKIA Theatre at L.A. LIVE.

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PERFORMING LIVE AT THE 2007 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS!

Alicia Keys (Featuring Sean Paul, & Shabba Ranks)
Mary J. Blige
Celine Dion
Lenny Kravitz
Chris Brown (Featuring T-Pain)
Avril Lavigne
Queen Latifah
Rascal Flatts
Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls)
Maroon 5
Daughtry
Fergie
Rihanna
Duran Duran
Jonas Brothers

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2007 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

POP OR ROCK
Favorite Male Artist:
Akon
Timbaland
Justin Timberlake

Favorite Female Artist:
Beyonce
Fergie
Avril Lavigne

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Nickleback

Favorite Album:
Daughtry/Daughtry
Linkin Park/Minutes to Midnight
Justin Timberlake/FutureSex/Love Sounds

COUNTRY
Favorite Male Artist:
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley

Favorite Female Artist:
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Album:
Tim McGraw/Let It Go
Rascal Flatts/Me and My Gang
Carrie Underwood/Some Hearts

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Rascal Flatts

SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES
Favorite Male Artist:
Akon
Ne-Yo
T-Pain

Favorite Female Artist:
Beyonce
Fantasia
Rihanna

Favorite Album:
Beyonce/B'Day
R. Kelly/Double Up
Justin Timberlake/FutureSex/LoveSounds

RAP/HIP-HOP
Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Pretty Ricky
Shop Boyz

Favorite Male Artist:
Fabolous
T.I.
Young Jeezy

Favorite Album:
Bones Thugs-N-Harmony/Strength & Loyalty
T.I./T.I. vs. T.I.P.
Young Jeezy/The Inspiration

ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Favorite Artist:
Daughtry
Norah Jones
John Mayer

LATIN MUSIC
Favorite Artist:
Daddy Yankee
Juan Luis Guerra y 440
Jennifer Lopez

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC
Favorite Artist:
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
The White Stripes

CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Favorite Artist:
Casting Crowns
Jeremy Camp
tobyMac

SOUNDTRACKS
Favorite Album:
Dreamgirls
Hairspray
High School Musical 2

FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Daughtry
Plain White T's
Robin Thicke

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PRESENTING

Akon
Christina Applegate
Ashanti
Natasha Bedingfield
James Blunt
Justin Chambers
Chyler Leigh
Gene Simmons
Miley Cyrus
Matt Dallas
Fabolous
Kirk Franklin
Josh Groban
Tony Hawk
Vanessa Hudgens
Ashley Tisdale
Lyfe Jennings
Sean Kingston
Solange Knowles
Kellie Pickler
Ryan Seacrest
Slash
Scott Weiland
Snoop Dogg
Jordin Sparks
Taylor Swift
Blair Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Usher

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Citation :
Posted: Thurs., Nov. 15, 2007, 10:50am PT

Show boosts star power, settles in new venue
By PHIL GALLO


Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Lenny Kravitz
HIGH FIDELITY: Alicia Keys, Celine Dion and Lenny Kravitz are among the scheduled performers at the AMAs.
The American Music Awards have raised their game.

The show, a property of Dick Clark Prods., is in the hands of companies held by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, and the new owners are delivering the 35th edition of the kudocast with a number of firsts attached.

The AMAs will be the first awards show broadcast from the

1-month-old Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles. For the first time, a public service charity element and ancillary events have been added to the event, and tickets have been made available to the general public. Voting rules have been changed, too, opening the decisionmaking process to an even larger pool of music fans.

Celine Dion, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys will unveil new material at Sunday's show, and in another first, fans will have determined the classic song that one act, Duran Duran, will perform. Along with one cut from its latest album, "Red Carpet Massacre," Duran Duran will play a second tune determined by votes tallied on the Internet between Nov. 1-14.

All of Sunday's action will take place inside the Nokia, a 7,100-seat hall in the heart of the L.A. Live complex of hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and TV studios that remains under construction. Ten days before the telecast, producer Larry Klein was 100% sure about one thing -- he would not be using any of the outside space nor any remotes on the telecast.

"I don't like leaving the venues for performances," says Klein, who has been with the AMAs since its inception. "The viewers get lost and don't know where they are. There's no right or wrong; it's just not me. I like to stay inside our joint."

Klein is one member from the Dick Clark Prods. team still intact months after Snyder's RedZone Capital acquired DCP for $175 million. (Snyder is now chairman of the board of Dick Clark Prods.) Deal put the AMAs, Golden Globes and Academy of Country Music Awards in the same corporate family as Six Flags amusement parks and Johnny Rockets hamburger stands.

Corporate synergy is on the drawing board, naturally, and the company is already plotting ways to tie in the eateries, amusement parks and DCP shows.

"We have a number of initiatives, but we have only been here for three months," says Terry Bateman, CEO of both RedZone Capital and Dick Clark Prods. "We want to make sure we take it slow and steady and implement in a smart way.

"We view each show as a brand and want to develop each as realistically as possible," Bateman adds. "Golden Globes is a pretty strong franchise, but is there an upside to develop? Yes."

Bateman also notes that the AMAs and ACMs "have been growing at a nice pace, and all have potential" for further growth.

The first edition of the AMAs debuted on Feb. 19, 1974, with Smokey Robinson, Roger Miller and Helen Reddy each singing one of their hits followed by a jingle about American music. Earlier that day, the Academy Awards nominations had been announced, and the music industry was being introduced to Casablanca Records' new signing, Kiss, at the Century Plaza hotel.

The kudocast was launched because ABC had dropped the Grammy Awards after it was decided to move the show to Nashville. CBS proceeded to score a 51 share with the Nashville Grammys, prompting ABC to enlist Clark, who came up with the idea of the AMAs.

The philosophy of the show then, as now, was to drive home the point that the AMAs celebrate the genres of pop/rock 'n' roll, R&B and country, based on the votes of music fans.

"The one thing this has always been is a TV show," Klein says. "No matter what the theme, no matter who was booked, it's a TV show that has awards in it. Because of Dick Clark, it's not being done for the people in the room or for the industry necessarily. It's for the TV (audience)."

Klein was there when Diana Ross' "Lady Sings the Blues," Al Green's "I'm Still in Love With You" and Jim Croce walked away with trophies at the first AMAs, held just two weeks before the Grammys. Green, Reddy, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Tony Orlando & Dawn and Henry Mancini were among the performers and presenters who took part in both shows.

The industry establishment, however, was not too keen on the timing of the kudocast, suggesting it was stealing some of the Grammys' thunder.

The American Music Awards truly blossomed in 1984. MTV was still in its infancy, but the music-television marriage was in its honeymoon phase. It was the year of Michael Jackson and "Thriller," and the AMAs would have looked like they hit the stratosphere in ratings were the Super Bowl not in the same ratings week. The 11th edition of the AMAs had a 27.4 rating and a 41 share, a record for music shows at the time.

The next year's show cemented its legacy by what happened immediately after: the recording of "We Are the World," featuring a collection of that year's winners (Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Hall & Oates, the Pointer Sisters, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Huey Lewis) plus Jackson, Ross, Wonder, Harry Belafonte, Ray Charles and others.

Since then, the AMAs have had a bevy of classic performances: Prince making his primetime debut performing "Purple Rain"; Garth Brooks on several telecasts; Whitney Houston in '94; Shania Twain and Mariah Carey in 1996; Lauper's duet with Sarah McLachlan on "Time After Time"; Outkast, Ashanti and Jay-Z in the past few years.

In 2003, after 29 years of being bunched with every other kudocast in the first three months of the year, the AMAs were moved to November, where the show has steadily attracted artists who have new material to perform.

"The November timeslot is so much better for artists," Klein says. "It's a great time for promotion, and it has helped attract a lot more talent."

This year's show is also attempting to raise awareness about hunger in America. DCP will be working with America's Second Harvest, which secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies.

"We think we can use the publicity surrounding our various programs and events to try to shine a light on this very real problem," Bateman says.

TIP SHEET

WHAT: 35th Annual American Music Awards

WHERE: Nokia Theater, Los Angeles; airs on ABC

WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday

HOST: Jimmy Kimmel

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... id=16&cs=1
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Citation :The popular vote
American Music Awards puts fans on the inside track to pick winners
BY FRED SHUSTER, MUSIC WRITER
Article Launched: 11/14/2007 09:31:36 PM PST

With just days to go before the American Music Awards, the Nokia Theatre is buzzing with equipment arrivals and dress rehearsals.

Side streets are busy with TV trucks, trailers, amplifier crates and guitar cases as the long-running fans'-choice trophyfest, noted for its many performance slots, readies its 35th edition.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the popular telecast is a star-studded three-hour people's Grammys, reflecting the tastes and buying choices of fans who actually shell out their own dough for CDs.

The difference between the AMAs, as they're commonly known, and the Grammy Awards, which take place in February, is the difference between insiders and outsiders. The Grammy are voted on by those in the music business; the AMAs are not.

"That's what I always liked about the show," said chart-topping singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, 25, who's up for favorite male artist in the soul/rhythm & blues category Sunday against Akon and T-Pain. "It's about the people who buy the records - not the people who sit behind the desks."

The nominations are headed by Justin Timberlake, Beyonc , Linkin Park and Daughtry, who lead the pack with three nods apiece. The program, broadcast on ABC-TV from the new 7,100-seat Nokia Theatre, just across the street from Staples Center, will feature a special appearance by Beyonc and musical interludes from Mary J. Blige, the Jonas Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, Queen Latifah, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Alicia Keys,
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Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Chris Brown, Daughtry, Duran Duran, Fergie, Maroon 5, Nicole Scherzinger, Rihanna and will.i.am.

Many acts use the show to publicize new albums released just before the holidays.

"When acts go on the show, they sell CDs," said longtime AMAs producer Larry Klein. "It's simple as that. Everyone sees you. The timing is perfect because so many new albums come out this time of year."

The American Music Awards were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys. The most AMAs awarded to a group belongs to Alabama, who've collected 22 trophies. The record for a solo artist belongs to Whitney Houston, who has amassed 23 awards.

"Growing up, I watched all the awards shows," said Tom Higgenson, 28, frontman for the Chicago fivesome Plain White T's, which is up for favorite breakthrough artist Sunday against Daughtry and Robin Thicke. "I love those shows mostly for the performances - that's the best part. If we win, it's a tribute to our fans."

Higgenson's band and all the other nominees were selected from ballots containing names compiled by a music industry trade publication and Nielsen Soundscan, which tracks retail music sales.

The ballots were sent to more than 15,000 people based on what type of music they listen to, what they buy and how many albums they purchase per year. The sampling also took into account geographic location, age, sex and ethnic origin.

"I've watched it and tried to imagine what I'd do on the show," said Ne-Yo, who says he's writing songs for a forthcoming Michael Jackson album. "It's an opportunity and an honor to be part of it."

Sometimes, the live-TV aspect of the show can be revealing. For example, Anna Nicole Smith's appearance at the 2004 telecast, where she introduced a musical performance by Kanye West, behaving bizarrely and slurring her speech, was televised countless times after her death last February.

"That's the thing about live TV - I like it when there's a little tumult going on," Klein said. "We had more requests for that Anna Nicole clip than anything we've ever done."

One primary difference, too, between the Grammys and the AMAs is the presence of fans in the audience. Seats are open to anyone willing to buy a ticket, put up with some long delays and dress up a bit for the day.

"It's very important to have the audience be fans," Klein noted. "We are the fans' show, the fans elect and select the winners. It's not an industry show. We're a TV show that happens to be a music awards show, but it's a variety show above all.

"People always ask what happened to the variety shows. Well, it's in the awards show, that's where."  

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http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_7461755

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Favorite Female Artist:
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Ca va etre chaud entre Taylor Swift et Carrie... Et c'est deux artiste j'adore enormement

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Carrie devrait normalement gagner, apres son Grammy's cette catégorie est presque dans la poche.

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Oui, je pense Carrie gagne mais j'aimerais bien Taylor aussi =p

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Citation :Jordin Sparks and Kellie Pickler — Soulja Boy Dance — American Music Awards

Sunday, November 18, 2007, 08:36 PM






Jimmy Kimmel invites Kellie Pickler and Jordin Sparks to join him on stage for the Soulja Boy dance at the American Music Awards. What great sports Kellie Pickler and Jordin Sparks are.

And then the first award is given out and it is Carrie Underwood giving the Breakthrough Artist award to Chris Daughtry.

American Idol has taken over! Woohoo!

Jordin Sparks’ debut CD comes out this Tuesday.

Kellie Pickler’s boobs look great. Good investment Kellie!

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http://www.rickey.org/?p=6450



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Carrie a gagner 3 categorie...
Daughtry a gagner 3 categorie...

EDIT: Daughtry vient de gagner Pop/Rock Album of the Year --Message edité par ~*Chris*~ le 2007-11-19 14:28:52--

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Citation :Jordin Sparks and Jonas Brothers — American Music Awards
American Idol winner Jordin Sparks introduces her friends the Jonas Brothers on the American Music Awards. Jimmy Kimmel afterwards made a joke about Joe Jonas tripping on stage.

source et vidéo
http://www.rickey.org/?p=6454

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photos du Red carpet

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Citation :Daughtry, Rascal Flatts win early at American Music Awards

Associated Press - November 18, 2007 9:14 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Daughtry may not have won "American Idol" - but his band, Daughtry, takes the breakthrough artist award at the American Music Awards tonight in Los Angeles.

Carrie Underwood, who won the award last year, presented it to the rockers, who thanked God and their wives.

Rascal Flatts was named top country duo or group.

Both bands were among those who started the night with multiple nominations, along with Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Linkin Park.

The American Music Awards honor the recording artists across a swath of musical genres, including pop-rock, country, hip-hop, Latin and alternative. For the first time in show history, winners were chosen by public votes cast online.

Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the three-hour ceremony, broadcast live on ABC from the new Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

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http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=7379317

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Citation :Daughtry Wins Breakthrough Music Award

By SANDY COHEN – 59 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Daughtry may not have won "American Idol" — but his band, Daughtry, won the breakthrough artist award at the American Music Awards on Sunday. Carrie Underwood, who won the award last year, presented it to the rockers, who thanked God and their wives.



Rascal Flatts was named top country duo or group, Akon won favorite male soul/rhythm & blues artist, and Justin Timberlake won favorite male pop/rock artist.

All were among those who started the night with multiple nominations. Daughtry, Beyonce, Timberlake and Linkin Park had three nominations each, while Akon, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Young Jeezy, T.I. and Carrie Underwood had two nods each.

They were the center of a full roster of celebrity performers, including Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, Chris Brown, Celine Dion, Duran Duran, Sugarland, Maroon 5, Lenny Kravitz and Rihanna.

Fergie opened the show with a trio of songs from her debut album, followed by her main producer and Black Eyed Peas bandmate will.i.am. and his protege Nicole Scherzinger. Other performers included Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Rihanna, Rascal Flatts and teen stars the Jonas Brothers.

Another teen sensation, "High School Musical 2," won favorite soundtrack album.

After two weeks of writer-strike-imposed reruns of his late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel returned to live TV as host of the three-hour ceremony, broadcast live on ABC from the new Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The show's basic scrïpt was written before the strike began last week, but there were no writers to provide Kimmel with his trademark quips about current events.

One comedy bit came straight from September. Kid Rock spoofed his fistfight with rocker Tommy Lee at MTV's Video Music Awards, telling Kimmel, "You're in my seat," before pretending to punch the host in the face.

Kimmel said the Writers Guild of America strike prevented him from writing any jokes for the show.

"It may not look like it, but I'm striking right now in my heart," he said, apologizing to the crowd for having to tolerate "made-up crap."

Screaming fans cheered arriving stars before the show.

A dozen video screens on towers played songs by nominees, amplifying the energy outside the new venue, which has about 7,000 seats and is part of the new L.A. Live development.

"I saw it at rehearsal," presenter Josh Groban said of the theater. "It's amazing. It's a nice alternative to an arena."

Now in its 35th year, the American Music Awards honor pop-rock, country, soul-rhythm & blues, rap-hip hop, Latin, alternative, soundtracks, adult contemporary and contemporary inspirational music. Nominees were selected based on national sales and radio play.

For the first time in show history, winners were chosen by public votes cast online.



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Citation :CORRECTED - 'Idol' veterans shine at American Music Awards
Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:13pm EST


(Corrects to show leading contenders had three nominations each, not four in paragraphs 2 and 10)

By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES, Nov 18 (Reuters) - "American Idol" veterans Chris Daughtry and Carrie Underwood won early prizes at the American Music Awards, a ceremony that changed its voting rules to make it fan-based like the juggernaut talent show.

Daughtry's eponymous rock band, one of four acts leading the way with three nominations each, was named favorite breakthrough artist and favorite adult contemporary artist.

Underwood, who received two nominations, won for favorite female country artist.

Both acts were still awaiting the outcome of the other categories in which they were competing.

Daughtry, a finalist on the fifth season in 2006, thanked the fans, God and his wife -- in that order -- for the breakthrough prize.

Underwood won the fourth season of "Idol," and then the coveted best new artist award at the Grammy Awards this year. She topped the U.S. pop album charts last month with her second release, "Carnival Ride."

"I have the most wonderful fans ever," she said.

The awards show's producers changed the voting procedure this year. About 1.2 million people voted online at a Web site established by the show's broadcaster, ABC, a spokesman said.

Before this year, winners were decided by a poll of 20,000 music buyers. Nominees are still determined by retail sales and radio airplay data.

Also receiving three nominations each were pop star Justin Timberlake, R&B singer Beyonce and rock band Linkin Park.

Timberlake was named favorite male artist in the pop/rock category. He sent in an acceptance speech from Australia, saying the win was "awesome."

Akon took the prize in the soul/R&B category. He brought up fellow nominee T-Pain, saying he "deserves it more than I do. If you knew the work this kid puts in."

Rascal Flatts was named favorite band, duo or group in the country category.

Winners were announced during a ceremony held at the brand new Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The event traditionally had been held at the nearby Shrine Auditorium.

For the fourth year, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show. Jokingly blaming the Writers Guild of America strike, which is shutting down Hollywood TV production, he dispensed with a monologue.

Instead, the talk-show host invited "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and finalist Kellie Pickler on stage to dance with him. Later on, he engaged in a faux-fight with Kid Rock, recalling the musician's scrap with Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.

Last year's show was dogged by a string of no-show winners, and the ratings hit a record low of 10.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

That was half the number who tuned in for the more prestigious Grammy Awards this past February.

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Kellie Pickler @ 2007 American Music Awards

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Jordin Sparks @ 2007 American Music Awards

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Carrie Underwood win "Country Album Of The Year","Favorite Female Country Artist" & "The Text-in Award for Favorite Artist" at the 2007 AMA