Winners include: Artist of the Year — Taylor Swift and T-Mobile 'Breakthrough Artist Award' — Gloriana
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Winners of the 37th annual American Music Awards (AMA's) were announced this evening to a sold out crowd, from the Nokia Theatre/LA Live. The show aired live on ABC at 8:00pm ET/ 7:00pm CT. Prior to the awards ceremony, there was a two-hour online red carpet show that streamed live on ABC.com, Facebook.com/celebs, Ustream.tv, and mycokerewards.com along with numerous other sites. The AMA Red Carpet Pre-Show set a new Ustream record for the largest red carpet webcast and farthest-reaching event on the leading internet broadcasting platform. The webcast achieved more than 3 million total views (Total viewers: 3.3 million / Total uniques: 2.1 million) during the 2 hour live event. For highlights and more information, visit ustream.tv/ASNLive.
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Highlights of the event included: Stellar live performances from Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and an 8 minute opening medley by Janet Jackson featuring "Control," "What Have You Done for Me Lately," "Make Me," "Together Again" and more. The night also marked Whitney Houston's return to stage singing "I Didn't Know My Own Strength," Eminem and 50 Cent performing "Crack a Bottle" and the finale with Adam Lambert's first live television show since " American Idol."
Winners of the 37th Annual American Music Awards included Taylor Swift taking home 5 awards including Artist of the Year, Michael Jackson honored with 4 awards including Favorite Male Artist (Pop/Rock), Jay-Z sweeping the Rap / Hip Hop category with 2 awards, Green Day winning Favorite Artist (Alternative Rock Music) and more. A complete list of winners is attached.
Music fans were able to vote for the T-Mobile "Breakthrough Artist" Award and selected Gloriana as this year's "Breakthrough Artist."
Winners were determined by online voting at amavote.com, the official voting location for the award show. Additional information about the show and performers can be found on ama.abc.com. Artists were honored in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin and Contemporary Inspirational.
About the Voting -
Initial nominees were selected by using ballots containing names compiled from data supplied by the music industry trade publication, Radio & Records and Nielsen Soundscan, which tracks retail music sales. The ballots were then sent to a national sampling of more than 15,000 people based among other things on what type of music they listen to, what they buy and how many albums they purchase per year. The top three vote getters in each category were determined to be the nominees for this year's American Music Awards (except in the Artist of the Year and T-Mobile Breakthrough categories which each have five Nominees). Winners were determined by online voting at ama.abc.com as well as at amavote.com (votes will be collected from October 14 to November 7)
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About the American Music Awards -
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  WINNERS FOR THE 2009 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
  POP or ROCK MUSIC
  Favorite Male Artist
  Michael Jackson
  Favorite Female Artist
  Taylor Swift
  Favorite Band, Duo or Group
  Black Eyed Peas
  Favorite Album
  Michael Jackson / Number Ones
  COUNTRY MUSIC
  Favorite Male Artist
  Keith Urban
  Favorite Female Artist
  Taylor Swift
  Favorite Band, Duo or Group
  Rascal Flatts
  Favorite Album
  Taylor Swift / Fearless
  RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC
  Favorite Male Artist
  Jay-Z
  Favorite Album
  Jay-Z / Blueprint 3
  SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC
  Favorite Male Artist
  Michael Jackson
  Favorite Female Artist
  Beyonce
  Favorite Band, Duo or Group
  Black Eyed Peas
  Favorite Album
  Michael Jackson / Number Ones
  SOUNDTRACKS
  Favorite Album
  Twilight Soundtrack
  ALTERNATIVE ROCK  MUSIC
  Favorite Artist
  Green Day
  ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
  Favorite Artist
  Taylor Swift
  LATIN MUSIC
  Favorite Artist
  Aventura
  CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
  Favorite Artist
  Mary Mary
  ARTIST OF THE YEAR
  TAYLOR SWIFT – Country
  T-MOBILE BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
  Country Breakthrough Artist – Gloriana
  INTERNATIONAL  ARTIST OF THE YEAR
  Whitney Houston
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