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The American Music Awards

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Season 38

The American Music Awards show is one of several annual major American music awards shows (among the others are the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards) which honours outstanding achievements in the record industry.

The awards were created in 1973 by Dick Clark as competition to the Grammys. They are broadcast annually in the USA on ABC.

The American Music Awards airs in South Africa on M-Net the day after the awards ceremony in the USA.

The 38th Annual American Music Awards aired on M-Net on Monday 22 November 2010, at 21h30. The special was three hours long.

2010 Awards

Recording artists Demi Lovato and Taio Cruz revealed the 2010 American Music Awards (AMAs) nominees on 12 October, 2010 from the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A.

Eminem and Lady Antebellum led the nominations race this year with five total nominations each, Justin Bieber followed with four nominations and B.o.B., Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Usher collected three nominations respectively.

Justin Bieber, Eminem, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry made up the highly talented roster of 2010 Artist of the Year nominees.

Artists were honoured in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin, Soundtracks and Contemporary Inspirational.

American Music Awards nominees were selected from BigChampagne's Ultimate Chart.

The Ultimate Chart is a ranked list of the most popular artists and songs based on a weighted combination of music sales, radio and TV broadcast, internet streaming and video viewing, and incorporating additional online metrics including activity on social networks.

2010 Performers

Christina Aguilera
Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block
Justin Bieber
Bon Jovi
Kesha
Katy Perry
Ne-Yo and Diddy-Dirty Money
Pink
Rihanna
Usher

2010 Winners

Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock

Justin Bieber
Eminem
Usher

Favorite Female Artist, Pop or Rock

Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock

The Black Eyed Peas
Lady Antebellum
Train

Favorite Album, Pop or Rock

Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
Eminem - Recovery
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Favorite Male Artist, Country

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Brad Paisley

Favorite Female Artist, Country

Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Country

Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts

Favorite Album, Country

Jason Aldean - Wide Open
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Carrie Underwood - Play On

Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop

B.o.B.
Drake
Eminem

Favorite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop

B.o.B. - B.o.B. Presents
Drake - Thank Me Later
Eminem - Recovery

Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B

Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher

Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B

Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Sade

Favorite Album, Soul/R&B

Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom
Sade - Soldier of Love
Usher - Raymond v. Raymond

Favorite Album, Soundtracks

AC/DC - Iron Man 2
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Favorite Artist, Alternative Rock Music

Muse
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend

Favorite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music

Michael Bublé
Lady Antebellum
Train

Favorite Artist, Latin Music

Daddy Yankee
Enrique Iglesias
Shakira

Favorite Artist, Contemporary Inspirational

Casting Crowns
MercyMe
TobyMac

Artist of the Year

Justin Bieber
Eminem
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Nominations

B.o.B
Justin Bieber
Taio Cruz
Jason Derülo
Ke$ha
Lady Antebellum
Travie McCoy
Mike Posner

About the Awards

Winners of the American Music Awards are selected by the public. A national sampling of approximately 20,000, taking into account geographic location, age, sex and ethnic origin, are sent ballots by the National Family Opinion, Inc. firm under the supervision of Broadcast Research and Consulting, Inc.

Names of the nominees on the ballot were compiled from data supplied by the music industry trade publication, Radio & Records and Nielsen Soundscan, which tracks retail music sales.

Results of the voting, tabulated by the Ernst & Young LLP accounting firm, are not announced until the envelopes are opened during the presentation ceremonies.


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