Season 34
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 34th Annual American Music Awards aired on M-Net on Wednesday 22 November 2006, at 21h00. The special was two hours long.
2006 Awards
Jimmy Kimmel, host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live, returns for the third time as host of the 2006 American Music Awards, which will be recorded in front of a live audience from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Actress Carmen Electra and platinum recording artist and actor Tyrese announced the nominees for the 2006 American Music Awards on September 19 at a press conference in Beverly Hills.
Twenty awards will be given out representing the best of Pop/Rock, Country, Soul/Rhythm & Blues, Rap/Hip Hop, Latin, Alternative, Adult Contemporary and Contemporary Inspirational music.
Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and Nickelback lead the nominations with three nods each.
Carey, a nine-time American Music Award winner, was nominated for Favorite Female Artist in both the Pop/Rock and Soul/Rhythm & Blues categories, as well as Favorite Album in the Soul/Rhythm & Blues category for The Emancipation of Mimi.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers received Pop/Rock nominations for Favorite Band, Duo or Group and Favorite Album for Stadium Arcadium, along with a nod for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Music Category.
Hip/Hop Funk sensation The Black Eyed Peas are up for Favorite Band, Duo or Group and Favorite Album for Monkey Business in the Rap/Hip Hop category, along with a nomination in the Soul/Rhythm & Blues category for Favorite Band, Duo or Group.
Nickelback's hit album All the Right Reasons helped earn them three American Music Award nominations. The group is up for Favorite Album and Favorite Band, Duo or Group in the Pop/Rock category and will compete against the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Music category.
Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Jamie Foxx, Pussycat Dolls, Rascal Flatts, T.I., Carrie Underwood and Kanye West each received two nominations.
2006 break-out artists Chamillionaire, Pussycat Dolls and Carrie Underwood are nominated for Favorite New Breakthrough Artist, which encompasses all genres of music.
2008 Nominees
POP/ROCK
Favorite Male Artist
Nick Lachey
Sean Paul
Kanye West
Favorite Female Artist
Mariah Carey
Kelly Clarkson
Nelly Furtado
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Nickelback
Pussycat Dolls
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite Album
All the Right Reasons - Nickelback
Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
High School Musical - Various Artists
COUNTRY
Favorite Male Artist
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Keith Urban
Favorite Female Artist
Faith Hill
Carrie Underwood
Gretchen Wilson
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Rascal Flatts
Favorite Album
Legend of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Tim McGraw
Me and My Gang - Rascal Flatts
SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES
Favorite Male Artist
Chris Brown
Jamie Foxx
NE-YO
Favorite Female Artist
Mary J. Blige
Mariah Carey
Keyshia Cole
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
The Black Eyed Peas
The Isley Brothers
Jagged Edge
Favorite Album
The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
Unpredictable - Jamie Foxx
RAP/HIP-HOP
Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
T.I.
Kanye West
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
The Black Eyed Peas
Dem Franchize Boyz
Three 6 Mafia
Favorite Album
Monkey Business - The Black Eyed Peas
Curtain Call - Eminem
King - T.I.
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Favorite Artist
Michael Bublé
Kelly Clarkson
Rob Thomas
ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Nickelback
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
LATIN MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Daddy Yankee
Don Omar
Shakira
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Favorite Artist
Aly & AJ
Casting Crowns
Kirk Franklin
FAVORITE NEW BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (ALL GENRES)
Chamillionaire
Pussycat Dolls
Carrie Underwood
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.