Ashanti Gets Five AMA Nominations


By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - R&B newcomer Ashanti, whose singles "Foolish" and "Happy" transformed the 22-year-old singer into a soul sensation this year, received a leading five American Music Award nominations Tuesday.

The songstress and her self-titled debut album were up for favorite album and new artist in the pop/rock category, and favorite female artist, album and new artist in the hip-hop/R&B class.


Rap stars Eminem (news - web sites) and Nelly, whose albums "The Eminem Show" and "Nellyville" competed throughout the summer for the top spot on the sales charts, had four nominations each, including favorite album and male artist in both the pop and hip-hop categories.


The 20 awards will be presented during a ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, aired live on ABC.


The Osbourne family — rock-star dad Ozzy, wife Sharon, and kids Kelly and Jack — will host the event.


The nominations are based on sales figures and radio play. Winners are selected by a survey of about 20,000 listeners.


Pop/Rock:


_ Male Artist: Eminem, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly.


_ Female Artist: Sheryl Crow (news), Celine Dion (news), Pink.


_ Band, Duo or Group: Creed, Linkin Park, Nickelback.


_ Album: "Ashanti," Ashanti; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Nellyville," Nelly; "M!ssundaztood," Pink.

_ New Artist: Ashanti, Kelly Clarkson (news), Puddle of Mudd.

Hip-Hop/R&B:

_ Male Artist: Eminem, Ja Rule, Nelly.

_ Female Artist: Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez (news).

_ Band, Duo or Group: B2K, Nappy Roots, Outkast.

_ Album: "Ashanti," Ashanti; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Word Of Mouf," Ludacris; "Nellyville," Nelly.

_ New Artist: Ashanti, B2K, Nappy Roots.

Country:

_ Male Artist: Alan Jackson (news), Toby Keith (news), Tim McGraw (news).

_ Female Artist: Martina McBride (news), Jo Dee Messina (news), Lee Ann Womack (news).

_ Band, Duo or Group: Brooks & Dunn, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar.

_ Album: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems," Kenny Chesney (news); "Home," Dixie Chicks; "Drive," Alan Jackson; "Unleashed," Toby Keith.

_ New Artist: Kellie Coffey (news), Carolyn Dawn Johnson (news), Tommy Shane Steiner (news).

Adult Contemporary:

_ Artist: Vanessa Carlton (news), Celine Dion, Five For Fighting.

Latin Music:

_ Artist: Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira.

Alternative Music:

_ Artist: Creed, Linkin Park, System of a Down.

Contemporary Inspirational:

_ Artist: Avalon, Jars Of Clay, P.O.D.

Soundtrack:

"Lilo & Stitch," "The Scorpion King," "Spider-Man"

If that's the best of the current music scene, that is fucking sad. MM, Creed, Cheryl Crow, Kelly Clarkson(?!)...

Oh man. Ashitti, I mean Ashanti is nominated for five and she cannot even sing! What about Faith Evans, or Tweet? Tweet was not even nominated. What a disgrace!

BeeTellTheTruth said:

Yeah, Tweet is over-looked!!

Oh well, I don't watch TV(Esp music awards) these days.

SkletonKee said:

Everything's said.
That's why all this award thingy sucks ass.

!!! And the Osbournes are hosting??? Gimme a damn break! Aren't their 15 minutes up YET???!! Sheesh!!

A Sorry state of Music Affairs IMHO.the Show is a reflection of the Industry going straight down the Toliet.

All I know is,if Marc Anthony loses out to Enrique Iglesias or Shakira,I'm gonna go on a rampage
[This message was edited Wed Nov 20 0:36:07 PST 2002 by DavidEye]

Aside from Outkast, the nominations make very grim reading yeah.

This is to be expected, this is based on airplay and record i.e. popularity. Glad to see those A.T.L.iens Outkast get more props.

Brother915 said:

That said Outkast haven't done much since Stankonia (Except "Whole World" single). I guess a little bit of 'Kast beats a whole lot of the other stuff listed though.

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS IN THE CRAPPER RIGHT NOW WITH THE MOVIE INDUSTRY CLOSE BEHIND. :SAD: :SIGH: GOOD TO SEE THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT

LOVESEXY26 said:

The movie industry rocks this year...Ive just seen "Far from Heaven"...

wonderful film...


other upcoming treats:

Gangs of New York
Chicago
The one with Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman, "The Hours"? i think...

Solaris...

The next Lord of The Rings...

I think film is actually starting to grow up from its slump through the 80s and 90's...im exited about the direction its going...

unlike music at the moment...but, even music...if you search for quality, you will find it...

Becks latest
Aimee Manns
India Aries...
Tracy Champman
Sinead O'Conner

some good stuff...its just not the mainstream norm.

SkletonKee said:

mistermaxxx said:

I agree J_HOE, Ashitty and Ja Fool got nonimated...the music biz is up shit's creek. Once upon a time when I was small I used to look forward to watching that AMAs and Grammys etc, now its a complete waste of time! Remember back in the day u had to be good to win one of those awards?

SkletonKee said:

LET ME CLARIFY-BLACK MOVIES ARE GOING IN THE CRAPPER. ON BET A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO ON THIS SHOW CALLED "HOLLA" ACTORS WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET ROLES THAT THEY USED TO GET A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW, ALL THE FILM ROLES ARE GOING TO SINGERS/RAPPERS!! IT'S SAD BUT TRUE. ANYTHING TO MAKE THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR!

AMA is a joke! When you can nominate that meow, meow, cat-sounding chick more awards and ignore Tweet, Faith Evans, etc.!!! Dick Clark and everyone on that pathetic show are probably on crack! That's disgusting. That shitty show is going to hell in a hand basket. It should be cancelled!