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2008 American Music Award Winners

Monday November 24, 2008
American Music Awards logoThe nominees for the 2008 American Music Awards were announced Oct. 14, 2008 and votes were accepted from Oct. 14 to Nov. 7 at amavote.com, the official voting location. The winners were announced during a live broadcast on ABC from 8 pm to 11 pm ET/PT Sun., Nov. 23. Chris Brown swept the awards, winning three prizes including artist of the year. He overshadowed Alicia Keys, who led the field with five nominations, but ended up with just two statuettes. The nominees and winners in the Soul/R&B categories are below, with the winners in bold text and an asterisk (*) beside them:

FAVORITE MALE SOUL/R&B ARTIST:

  1. Chris Brown*
  2. J. Holiday
  3. Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE SOUL/R&B ARTIST:

  1. Mary J. Blige
  2. Alicia Keys
  3. Rihanna*

FAVORITE SOUL/R&B ALBUM:

  1. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
  2. Mariah Carey - E=MC2
  3. Alicia Keys - As I Am*

Comments

October 16, 2008 at 10:09 am
(1) arcas says:

i preffer usher as my male favourite,alicia keys for female artist and mariah carey for album making.

October 17, 2008 at 6:40 am
(2) viciuzurban says:

lmao rihanna? and the male soul category is a pure joke?

November 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm
(3) Dell says:

I agree with arcas for best female and best album, but I think best male was a toss up.

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