GOD BLESS AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES

The 31st annual American Music Awards, airing live on ABC-TV Nov. 16, now have some names on the ballots. This year’s host, Jimmy Kimmel, eternal teenager Dick Clark, and Macy Gray revealed the nominees at the luxurious Beverly Hills Hotel this morning.

The winners of the American Music Awards are chosen by a random sampling of approximately 20,000 people, who are chosen at random, by a subpoena of their internet service providers. Those lucky people are sent ballots, and Ernst & Young’s interns tabulate the results.

The acts competing for the Fan’s Choice Award will be announced shortly.

Here are most of the nominees:
Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock & Roll Music: Clay Aiken, Kid Rock, John Mayer, Justin Timberlake
Favorite Female Artist, Pop or Rock & Roll Music: Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Jennifer Lopez
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock & Roll Music: Fleetwood Mac, Matchbox Twenty, 3 Doors Down
Favorite Album, Pop or Rock & Roll Music: Fallen (Evanescence), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones), Cocky (Kid Rock), Justified (Justin Timberlake)
Favorite Male Artist, Hip-Hop/Rhythm & Blues Music: Ginuwine, Jaheim, R. Kelly, Luther Vandross
Favorite Female Artist, Hip-Hop/Rhythm & Blues Music: Aaliyah, Ashanti, Beyonce'
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Hip-Hop/Rhythm & Blues Music: B2K, Dru Hill, The Isley Brothers
Favorite Album, Hip-Hop/Rhythm & Blues Music: Chapter II (Ashanti), Dangerously In Love (Beyonce'), Chocolate Factory (R. Kelly), Dance With My Father (Luther Vandross)
Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop: Eminem, 50 Cent, Nelly, Sean Paul
Favorite Female Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop: Missy Elliott, Eve, Lil' Kim
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Rap/Hip-Hop: Black Eyed Peas, Bone Crusher, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
Favorite Album, Hip-Hop/Rap: Under Construction (Missy Elliott), Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (50 Cent), Dutty Rock (Sean Paul), 8 Mile (Soundtrack)
Favorite Artist, Alternative Music: Coldplay, Linkin Park, Metallica
Favorite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music: Cher, Celine Dion, Norah Jones