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American Music Awards go public
October 9, 2007 06:10 PM
By Kym Kilgore
LiveDaily Contributor
Justin Timberlake , Beyonce, Linkin Park and Daughtry are the front-runners for this year's American Music Awards and, for the first time, their fate lies in the hands of the general public.

Each of the acts scored three nominations in favorite artist and album categories. Tim McGraw [ tickets ], Rascal Flatts [ tickets ], Akon [ tickets ], T.I. [ tickets ]and Young Jeezy [ tickets ] picked up two nods apiece.

The nominations were announced at a Beverly Hills, CA, press conference this morning (10/9), with comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Ashanti and The Jonas Brothers on hand. Kimmel will return to host the awards ceremony, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary Nov. 18. The event will take place at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre and air live on ABC-TV.

In preparing for the anniversary show, Dick Clark Productions decided to open voting to the public via the AMA/ABC-TV website.

"Now instead of limiting the voting to thousands of people, millions of people will have the opportunity to vote," Dick Clark Productions CEO Terry Bateman said in a statement. "It is America's awards show, so why not let the public choose which nominees win?"

Votes will be collected from now through Nov. 2.

do you have the list of all the nominess?

2007 American Music Awards Nominees
Pop/Rock:

– Male artist: Akon, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake

– Female artist: Beyonce, Fergie, Avril Lavigne

– Band, duo or group: Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Nickleback

– Album: “Daughtry” (Daughtry), “Minutes To Midnight” (Linkin Park), “FutureSex/LoveSounds” (Justin Timberlake)

Country:

– Male artist: Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley

– Female artist: Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood

– Band, duo or group: Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts

– Album: “Let It Go” (Tim McGraw), “Me And My Gang” (Rascal Flatts), “Some Hearts” (Carrie Underwood)

Soul/Rhythm & Blues:

– Male artist: Akon, Ne-Yo, T-Pain

– Female artist: Beyonce, Fantasia, Rihanna

– Album: “B’Day” (Beyonce), “Double Up” (R. Kelly), “FutureSex/Love Sounds” (Justin Timberlake)

Rap/Hip Hop:

– Male artist: Fabolous, T.I., Young Jeezy

– Band, duo or group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Pretty Ricky, Shop Boyz

– Album: “Strength & Loyalty” (Bones Thugs-N-Harmony), “T.I. vs. T.I.P.” (T.I.), “The Inspiration” (Young Jeezy)

Adult Contemporary:

– Artist: Daughtry, Norah Jones, John Mayer

Alternative:

– Artist: Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, the White Stripes

Latin:

– Artist: Daddy Yankee, Juan Luis Guerra y 440, Jennifer Lopez

Contemporary Inspirational:

– Artist: Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, tobyMac

Soundtracks:

– Album: “Dreamgirls,” “Hairspray,” “High School Musical 2″

Breakthrough:

– New artist: Daughtry, Plain White T’s, Robin Thicke

they really should just cancel this award show...it never really covered from the grammy feud during the 90's.

sosgemini said:

Yeah they really should. They're as bad as the Soul Train Awards though the STAs did air their show from a fucking high school gym.
[Edited 10/9/07 17:51pm]

Timmy84 said:

they what? when was this?

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

cool thanks.

who should win


Pop/Rock:

– Male artist: are you fucking kidding me???

– Female artist: Beyonce, Fergie,

– Band, duo or group: Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Nickleback

– Album: “Daughtry” (Daughtry), “Minutes To Midnight” (Linkin Park),

Country:

– Male artist: Tim McGraw

– Female artist: Carrie Underwood

– Band, duo or group: Rascal Flatts

– Album: “Some Hearts” (Carrie Underwood)

Soul/Rhythm & Blues:

– Male artist: are you fucking kidding me?

– Female artist: Beyonce, Rihanna

– Album: “B’Day” (Beyonce)

Adult Contemporary:

– Artist: Daughtry,John Mayer

Alternative:

– Artist: Linkin Park

Latin:

– Artist: Daddy Yankee, Jennifer Lopez

Soundtracks:

– Album: “Dreamgirls,

Breakthrough:

– New artist: Daughtry, Robin Thicke