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| XM Satellite Radio's First Annual XM Nation Music Awards XM Satellite Radio , the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers, today announced the winners of the first annual XM Nation Music Awards. Nearly 1.4 million votes were cast by music fans nationwide for nominated artists and categories selected by XM's programming staff in categories range from "Best Pop Sing-Along" to "Dream Duet" to "Artist Most Overlooked By FM Radio." "This year's XM Nation Award winners really reflect the diversity among the music universe that XM brings to music fans, " said Eric Logan, XM's executive vice president of programming. "The goal of the XM Nation Music Awards is to honor some of today's most talented and interesting musicians. We have struck a chord with music fans across the country by giving them the opportunity to show support for the artists they love." The awards highlighted unusual face-offs between some of the industry's biggest names including: Shakira and Usher beating out Britney Spears and Snoop Dog for "Dream Duets, " Ryan Adams defeating Sigur Ros and Bright Eyes for "Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio, " Faith Hill and Tim McGraw edging out Hillary Duff and Joel Madden and Beyonce and Jay-Z for "Favorite Music Couple, " and U2 triumphing over Green Day and Kanye West for "XM Now -- Most Important Established Artist." XM NATION MUSIC AWARDS 2005 WINNERS "XM NEXT" -- MOST IMPORTANT INDIE EMERGING ARTIST: M.I.A. "ON THE RISE" -- MOST IMPORTANT MAINSTREAM EMERGING ARTIST: FALL OUT BOY "ON THE REBOUND" -- BEST COMEBACK OF THE YEAR: MARIAH CAREY "DEJA VU" -- BEST COVER SONG BY AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART BY D.H.T. (ROXETTE) "THE SINGLE LIFE IS GOOD" -- BEST SOLO CAREER: GWEN STEFANI "DREAM DUET" -- ARTIST COLLABORATIONS WE'D LIKE TO SEE: SHAKIRA & USHER "DASHBOARD ANTHEM" -- BEST POP SING-ALONG SONG OF 2005: SINCE U BEEN GONE BY KELLY CLARKSON "TURN UP THE HEAT" -- SEXIEST SONG: DON'T CHA BY PUSSY CAT DOLLS (FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES) "SOLID AS A ROCK" -- FAVORITE MUSIC COUPLE: FAITH HILL & TIM MCGRAW "SO YOU WANNA BE A MOVIE STAR?" -- ARTISTS WE'D LIKE TO SEE CROSS OVER TO FILMS: KEITH URBAN "WHERE'S MY LIGHTER?" -- MOST LIKELY TO HAVE ANOTHER 'FINAL' TOUR: CHER "UNDER THE RADAR" -- ARTIST MOST OVERLOOKED BY FM RADIO: RYAN ADAMS "ON THE BRINK" -- BEST UNSIGNED ARTISTS: LAST CONSERVATIVE "XM NOW" -- MOST IMPORTANT ESTABLISHED ARTIST: U2 40's ICON: FRANK SINATRA 50's ICON: ELVIS PRESLEY 60'S ICON: BEATLES 70'S ICON: THE EAGLES 80'S ICON: MADONNA 90'S ICON: GARTH BROOKS BEST NEW ROCK ARTIST: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR: GREEN DAY BEST NEW ACOUSTIC ROCK ARTIST: TOM LANGFORD ACOUSTIC ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR: RAY LAMONTAGNE BEST NEW POP ARTIST: THE CLICK FIVE POP ARTIST OF THE YEAR: KELLY CLARKSON BEST NEW COUNTRY ARTIST: SUGARLAND COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR: KEITH URBAN BEST NEW URBAN ARTIST: JOHN LEGEND URBAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR: KANYE WEST BEST NEW JAZZ ARTIST: MADELEINE PEYROUX JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR: CHRIS BOTTI BEST NEW BLUES ARTIST: ZAC HARMON BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR: B.B. KING BEST NEW DANCE ARTIST: D.H.T. DANCE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: JENN CUENTA BEST NEW CHRISTIAN ARTIST: BETHANY DILLON CHRISTIAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR: SWITCHFOOT BEST NEW GOSPEL ARTIST: KIKI SHEARD GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: YOLANDA ADAMS BEST NEW LATIN ARTIST: MARIANA SEOANE LATIN ARTIST OF THE YEAR: SHAKIRA BEST NEW CLASSICAL ARTIST: YUNDI LI CLASSICAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: YO-YO MA BEST NEW XM KIDS ARTIST: UNCLE JIM XM KIDS ARTIST OF THE YEAR: THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS BEST NEW COMIC: GARY GULMAN COMIC OF THE YEAR: DANE COOK MOVIE SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR: JOHN WILLIAMS/STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH BEST MODERN DAY COMPOSER: DANNY ELFMAN BROADWAY COMPOSER/SCORE OF THE YEAR: ERIC IDLE & JOHN DUPREZ/MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT BROADWAY COMPOSER ICON: RICHARD RODGERS BEST NEW REGGAE ARTIST: JAH CURE REGGAE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: DAMIAN MARLEY write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |