The 2008 American Music Awards have been run and won. Held at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre on Sunday night west-coast time, gongs were handed out in the categories of favourite males, favourite females, favourite groups and favourite albums. The performers list read like a who’s who of popular music, with live sets from the girls: Pink, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Leona Lewis, as well as Coldplay, the Jonas Brothers, Ne-Yo and Kanye West. Winners of the awards were;
Artist Of The Year : Chris Brown
Favourite Male Artist (Pop Or Rock) : Chris Brown
Favourite Female Artist (Pop Or Rock) : Rihanna
Favourite Male Artist (Soul Or R&B) : Chris Brown
Favourite Female Artist (Soul Or R&B) : Rihanna
Favourite Band, Duo Or Group (Pop Or Rock) : Daughtry
Favourite Band, Duo Or Group (Country) : Rascal Flatts
Favourite Band, Duo Or Group (Rap Or Hip Hop) : Three 6 Mafia
Favourite Male Artist (Country) : Brad Paisley
Favourite Female Artist (Country) : Taylor Swift
Favourite Artist (Adult Contemporary) : Jordin Sparks
Favourite Artist (Alternative Rock) : Linkin Park
Favourite Artist (Contemporary Inspirational) : Third Day
Favourite Artist (Latin Music) : Enrique Iglesias
Favourite Artist (Rap Or Hip Hop) : Kanye West
Favourite Album (Pop Or Rock) : Alicia Keys ‘As I Am’
Favourite Album (Soul Or R&B) : Alicia Keys ‘As I Am’
Favourite Album (Country) : Carrie Underwood ‘Carnival Ride’
Favourite Album (Rap Or Hip Hop) : Kanye West ‘Graduation’
Favourite Album (Soundtrack) : Alvin & The Chipmunks
Breakthrough Artist Award : Jonas Brothers
Honourary Award : Mariah Carey
Award Of Merit : Annie Lennox
Ms. Melismatic says
I definitely felt like the winners were very predictable. But they only had three nominees in each category, so it made the guessing game rather easy, IMO.
The performances sure were where it was at, though!
Anonymous says
Awww….. Chris& Rihannia again!! …. cant there be someone new???
Anonymous says
Mariah was AMAZING! Her performance of “I Stay In Love” was flawless!