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12/5/2005
Gwen Stefani, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Ryan Adams, M.I.A., Fall Out Boy and Others Receive Top Honors From XM Satellite Radio's First Annual XM Nation Music AwardsXM Satellite Radio |
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."
Some of the winners include:
Award Category Winners
"XM Next" -- Most Important M.I.A.
Indie Emerging Artist
"On the Rise" -- Most Important Fall Out Boy
Mainstream Emerging Artist
"On the Rebound" -- Best Comeback Mariah Carey
of the Year
"Deja vu" -- Best Cover Song by "Listen to Your Heart"/D.H.T.
an Established Artist (Roxette)
"The Single Life Is Good" -- Gwen Stefani
Best Solo Career
"Dream Duet" -- Artist Shakira and Usher
Collaborations We'd Like to See
"Dashboard Anthem" -- Best Pop Since U Been Gone/Kelly Clarkson
Sing-Along Song of 2005
"Turn Up the Heat" -- Sexiest Song Pussycat Dolls (feat. Busta Rhymes)/
Don't Cha
"Solid as a Rock" -- Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Favorite Music Couple
"So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" -- Keith Urban
Artists We'd Like to See
Cross Over to Films
"Where's My Lighter?" -- Most Cher
Likely to Have Another "Final" Tour
"Under the Radar" -- Artist Most Ryan Adams
Overlooked by FM Radio
"On the Brink" -- Last Conservative
Best Unsigned Artist
"XM Now" -- Most Important U2
Established Artist
"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."
The XM Nation Music Awards set a precedent for a week of music awards and nominations, allowing music fans to be engaged in the voting process and giving them the opportunity to directly recognize and celebrate their favorite musicians. With such a high level of participation from both XM subscribers and dedicated music fans, XM plans to host the awards annually.
A complete list of winners is available at http://awards.xmradio.com.
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