Posted September 21, 200618 yr For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes. Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and Nickelback each captured three nominations, while Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx, T.I., Rascal Flatts, Pussycat Dolls and former American Idols Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood earned a pair of nods each. Nominees in pop/rock, country, soul/rhythm & blues, rap/hip-hop, Latin, alternative, contemporary inspirational and adult contemporary categories were announced at a news conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Nominees were chosen based on record sales. Winners will be selected by a survey of about 20,000 listeners. Mariah was nominated in the following categories: Pop/Rock Female Artist Mariah Carey Kelly Clarkson Nelly Furtado Soul/Rhythm & Blues Female Artist Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Keyshia Cole Soul/Rhythm & Blues Album The Breakthrough (Mary J. Blige) The Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey) Unpredictable (Jamie Foxx)
September 21, 200618 yr Great news. Fingers crossed she'll win something here. A Clarkson/Carey showdown could be VERY interesting.
September 21, 200618 yr Author I think Kelly will beat Mariah, but I think Mariah has a good chance at all categorys :D
September 21, 200618 yr Hopefully she'll win in 1 of the categories. That would be a good result Edited September 21, 200618 yr by Tim
September 21, 200618 yr Author Soul/Rhythm & Blues Female Artist Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Keyshia Cole I think that category is her best bet :o
September 21, 200618 yr Soul/Rhythm & Blues Female Artist Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Keyshia Cole I think that category is her best bet :o Probably. But she'll either beat Mary J in both or lose in both I think
September 21, 200618 yr Yep, but let's hope them American listeners choose Mariah :arrr: She's won in the past I think.
September 21, 200618 yr Author :D Good chance then, Mary J is big over there though, her last album sold 800k in the first week :o
September 23, 200618 yr Great news. Kelly Clarkson has done well, but overplayed a little in my opinion. Should still be an interesting little contest over that award.
September 23, 200618 yr Author Yep it shall! I agree with KC being overplayed too, if I hear SUBG once more I'll explode :arrr:
September 24, 200618 yr lol I found some kelly talk :P I reckon Kelly's got it in the bag to be honest with the pop/rock catagory, but Mariah is hardly pop/rock As for the others, I think Mary will have it in both... Shes had a good year, and Mariah hasnt done much this past year, so Im going with she will lose all 3
September 24, 200618 yr lol I found some kelly talk :P I reckon Kelly's got it in the bag to be honest with the pop/rock catagory, but Mariah is hardly pop/rock As for the others, I think Mary will have it in both... Shes had a good year, and Mariah hasnt done much this past year, so Im going with she will lose all 3 I think you may be right. Though 'Mimi' was the biggest-selling album in America last year, Mary and Clarko have had big radio hits more recently Edited September 24, 200618 yr by Tim
September 24, 200618 yr Author Yep I suppose that is right, but it depends on how the public remember Mariah...
September 24, 200618 yr Is it a voting public, or like a commitee?? Or is it based upon sales etc... If its the later twoo then my prediction and Tim's I think will be right, if its voting public, Mariah might ace Mary out of one
September 24, 200618 yr Is it a voting public, or like a commitee?? Or is it based upon sales etc... It's a survey I believe. So it's not like a phonevote where the act with the most devoted fans wins.
September 25, 200618 yr To be honest and this is probably a wrong move in a Mariah Form, I think she should lose all 3 catgories for a number of reasons: 1. She hasnt done much over the past year, she got to #1 with DFAU and well no more needs to be said about SS but really DFAU only did so well because of it being a re-release from the album. Mary and Kelly have been more active this past year (Mary more so) so I think Mary deserves to win her catagories.. its only fair and Kelly has been more successful this year, and Mariah is not a Pop/Rock singer so its just silly that she should win such an award 2. The Emancipation Of Mimi isnt as good in comparisson to The Breakthrough (no-one will agree) but thats my opinion!
September 25, 200618 yr Don't worry about making a wrong move Dan. We're not blind fanatics here. As a counter-argument: Mary J has only had one big hit in the US this year - Be Without You. Even if that did make #1 (which I'm not sure offhand it did) that would still only equal the peak 'Don't Forget About Us'. Mariah also had 'Shake It Off' (a massive US radio hit) within their awards year (which I guess is August-August or similar). 'Mimi' sold more than 'The Breakthrough' and 'Breakaway'. In that sense, she's been more active. I haven't heard 'The Breakthrough' so it may be better but she has not been more successful than Mariah.
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