I'm looking forward to The Eurythmics performing, and also Mariah.

http://abc.go.com/primetime/ama05/

This is the link.
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who is even nominated?

I've really heard no buzz about the nominations....yanno...

Rhondab said:

http://abc.go.com/primeti...inees.html

Sheila kills "The Glamorous Life" with those light-up drumsticks! Later, Prince makes Cyndi Lauper wet her seat during "Purple Rain."

BEST AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS EVER!!!... Will never be topped.

Is that show still around? Hell, I stopped watching it years ago, with the exception of a performance or two.

vainandy said:

The show is only as good as its stars/performers... and we all know they have been lacking of late...

Andy!... Whats up man?... Private-message your address please, for those DVDs.

Hi. Did you get my orgnote? I sent two of them but I don't know if they went through because when I press "send", it keeps asking me to sign in but I'm already signed in.

Nominees in Rock/Pop & R&B are:

POP / ROCK

Favorite Male Artist:
50 Cent
Will Smith
Rob Thomas

Favorite Female Artist:
Mariah Carey
Kelly Clarkson
Gwen Stefani

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
The Black Eyed Peas
Green Day
3 Doors Down

Favorite Album:
The Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey)
Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)
American Idiot (Green Day)


SOUL / RHYTHM & BLUES

Favorite Male Artist:
R. Kelly
John Legend
Omarion

Favorite Female Artist:
Mariah Carey
Ciara
Fantasia

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Destiny's Child
112
Pretty Ricky

Favorite Album:
The Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey)
Destiny Fulfilled (Destiny's Child)
Free Yourself (Fantasia)

Click for more Nominees


Performers
The All-American Rejects
Bow Wow
Mariah Carey
Ciara
Kenny Chesney
Sheryl Crow
Hilary Duff
Eurythmics
Rascal Flatts
Cyndi Lauper
Lindsay Lohan
Los Lonely Boys
Tim McGraw
Sarah McLachlan
Omarion
Pharrell
The Rolling Stones
Santana
Gwen Stefani
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban

Check back for more performers as they are announced.




Presenters
Lance Armstrong
Ashanti
Travis Barker of Blink 182
Backstreet Boys
James Blunt
Toni Braxton
Brooks & Dunn
Chris Brown
Ryan Cabrera
Chingy
Eddie Cibrian
Jermaine Dupri
Carmen Electra
Ginuwine
Delta Goodrem
Paris Hilton
Frankie J
Nick Lachey
Ludacris
Mary Mary
John Mayer
Jesse McCartney
Dave Navarro
Sean Paul
Jeremy Piven
Nicole Richie
LeAnn Rimes
Emmy Rossum
Kelly Rowland
Ryan Seacrest
Shakira
John Stamos
Sugarland
Stuart Townsend
Gabrielle Union
Brian Wilson
Gretchen Wilson
Lee Ann Womack


Check back for more presenters as they are announced!




i think Gwen may sweep this show..but i'm sure Kelly Clarkson will edit!
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How does Gwen get noms with such a horrible album?

Jude said:

TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!

I remember the moment watching that show..... in a basement in my dorm.... (the only TV around) and when Sheila came on and did her thang, I almost lost it!

THe AMAs back then were great. Latel.... yawn.

And since when are they in November??? they always used to be in Jan/Feb as a prelude to the Grammy's.

Exactly. They used to come on the Monday after the Super Bowl.

They moved it I believe to stop the conflict of artists performing between the AMA's and the Grammy's. Recently it went that if say Usher performed on the AMA's he couldn't perform on the Grammy's. That rule may still be in effect but that's what I thought I heard. They moved the AMA's to Novemeber in 2003.

purplecam said:

Yeah I heard that.... but the 1985 show with Sheila and Prince.... P and The REv did BOTH shows and noone complained!

Probaby a rule that came about later....and another example of the idiocy of the record industry and why their sales are falling (hmmm let's see, how can we incerase sales..... I know let's PREVENT our artists form performing on TWO TV show..... One is much better!)

Somehow this post was meant for another thread, not sure how it got on here.
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I remember when the AMAs used to be a big deal.It would air in January and it was actually a big EVENT.Remember MJ sweeping this show in 1984? Prince and Lionel Richie battling each other in 1985? There was excitement and suspense to this show! Nowadays,it's a big yawn and I'm not even gonna watch it.

I prefer the show in January. Oh well.

I remember back in January 1991, Mariah sang "Someday" at the AMA's, and then she performed "Vision Of Love" the following month at the Grammy's.

I think an artist could perform at both shows, as long as they did different songs.

DavidEye said:

Totally!!!

Except Lionel IMO unfairly stole a lot of Prince.... it was like they were trying to make him the MJ of 95. BUt at least Sheila's classic performance was on that show.

That was in my memory for 15 years until someone finally gave me a tape of it. Now I have it on MpG..... and one day if I get a video iPod I can have it with me all the time! (can you say obsessed?)

ThreadBare said:

i thought it was the perfect pop record. different strokes, i s'pose.

GaryMF said:

I agree,Lionel may have stole some of Prince's thunder.But 'Can't Slow Down' is a brilliant album,so I was happy that Lionel walked away with those awards,even though it was at the expense of Prince.

DavidEye said:

They should release the '84 and '85 shows as DVDs!

GaryMF said:

I'd be first in line to buy it!

GaryMF said:

I feel ya... Actually, it was that performance of "The Glamorous Life" that led me to buy the 45, then Sheila's full album, then Purple Rain, then previous Prince albums, and so on... My 20-year Purple-history all started with Sheila's explosive energy that night at the AMAs.

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GaryMF said:

My story is similar except it was seeing TGL video on MTV that got me to get the album, then see the PR tour to see her open for Prince, and then once I saw Prince live I got all the back albums.

(Of course I had PR album too but that chain of events is what really got me into the whole scene).