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AMAs Reward Destiny's Child, McGraw
11/23/2005 12:57 AM, E! Online
Sarah Hall
The members of Destiny's Child may have gone their separate ways,
but that didn't stop the band from picking up a pair of awards at
Tuesday's American Music Awards.
The former girl group won the
award for Favorite Band, Duo or Group in the Soul/R&B category, as well
as Best Album for their swan song record, Destiny Fulfilled.
Only Kelly Rowland was on hand to collect the awards on behalf
of the trio, which gave its final performance earlier this month on
Jimmy Kimmel Live.
"This feels very awkward being up
here by myself," the singer said. "I miss my girls, Beyoncé and
Michelle, wherever you are. I love you so much."
Tim McGraw,
Kelly Clarkson, Green Day and the Black Eyed Peas also doubled up at the
AMAs, each collecting a pair of statuettes.
Mariah Carey led
all nominees going into the 33rd Annual American Music Awards, with a
total of four nominations. The singer, who opened the ceremony with a
performance of "Don't Forget About Us," collected the prize for Favorite
Female Artist in the Soul/R&B category, but was shut out in all other
categories.
"Thank you so much for the warmth and the love,"
Carey said as she accepted her award.
Carey lost out on the
award for Favorite Female Artist in the Pop/Rock category to Gwen Stefani, who was fresh off a performance with Pharrell and seemed
slightly confused as to which prize she was meant to be collecting.
"What did I win?" Stefani asked as she was presented her first
American Music Award. "I guess whatever I won, I just want to say thank
you to the fans, especially all my girls. Imagine what it feels like to
be me all these years and have your support. It's just outrageous."
Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson took home Favorite Female Artist
honors in the Country category and Missy Elliot took the prize on the
Rap/Hip-Hop side for the second year in a row.
"I got to thank
God because that's my inspiration for everything that I do," Elliott
said, going on to dedicate the award to the late Aaliyah.
Will Smith beat out 50 Cent and Rob Thomas to take the Favorite Male
Artist, Pop/Rock prize and R. Kelly was selected as Favorite Male Artist
in the Soul/R&B category.
Country-fried crooners Brooks & Dunn
won the award for Favorite Duo in the country category for a fifth time,
while Tim McGraw roped the prizes for Favorite Male Artist and Best
Album for Live Like You Were Dying.
It was a sweet
night for Sugarland, which beat out the Killers and Jesse McCartney for
Breakthrough New Artist. Meanwhile, proving that American Idol
was merely a launching pad for further success, Kelly Clarkson nabbed
the Favorite Artist honor in the Adult Contemporary category, as well as
the publicly voted T-Mobile Text-In Award.
Undulator
extraordinaire Shakira took home the Favorite Artist award in the Latin
music category.
"I can only say that when a Spanish song gets
played on Top 40 American radio, it means the pseudo rules of the
industry are changing," she said. "America is a cross-cultural open
country and music is a language on its own."
Cedric the
Entertainer presided over the ceremony, which was telecast live on ABC
from Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Over the course of the three-hour
kudos cast, performers included Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Kenny Chesney, the Eurythmics, Santana and Los Lonely Boys. Cyndi Lauper and
Sarah McLachlan performed a crowd-pleasing version of Lauper's 1980s
hit, "Time After Time," and the Rolling Stones closed the show live via
satellite from Salt Lake City.
The Stones may have had to beam
in their show-ending performance, but at least the band made an
appearance, which was more than could be said for many of the nights big
winners. Notable AMA absentees included Clarkson, Eminem, the Black Eyed
Peas, Green Day and 50 Cent.
AMA nominees are selected based
on record sales, with the winners determined by a national poll of
20,000 listeners.
Here's a complete rundown of the winners of
the 2005 American Music Awards:
POP/ROCK:
- Male Artist: Will Smith
- Female Artist: Gwen Stefani
- Band, Duo or
Group: Black Eyed Peas
- Album: American
Idiot (Green Day)
SOUL/RHYTHM &
BLUES:
- Male Artist: R. Kelly
- Female Artist: Mariah Carey
- Band, Duo or
Group: Destiny's Child
- Album: Destiny
Fulfilled (Destiny's Child)
COUNTRY:
- Male Artist: Tim McGraw
- Female Artist: Gretchen Wilson
- Band, Duo or
Group: Brooks & Dunn
- Album: Live Like You Were
Dying (Tim McGraw)
RAP/HIP-HOP:
- Male Artist: Eminem
- Female
Artist: Missy Elliott
- Band, Duo or Group: Black
Eyed Peas
- Album: The Massacre, (50 Cent)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY:
- Favorite Artist: Kelly Clarkson
LATIN:
ALTERNATIVE:
- Favorite Artist: Coldplay
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL:
- Favorite
Artist: Mary Mary
BREAKTHROUGH:
- New Artist (all genres): Sugarland
T-MOBILE TEXT-IN AWARD: Kelly Clarkson
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