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 Awards
Fans Cast Nearly 1.4 Million Votes For Awards that Kick off a Full Week of Music Industry Awards and Nominations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio
(Nasdaq: XMSR), 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."
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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.
* Editors' Note: Complete list of categories and winners is below.
About XM Satellite Radio
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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
SOURCE XM Satellite Radio
