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Vh1 Music Awards
The only award show where the categories, nominees and winners are chosen by the fans via their online votes, with the ability to vote up until the moment each award is given live on the air.
The recent voting fiasco in Florida has led many to question the integrity of democratic mechanisms in the United States of America. On November 30, just weeks after the Presidential Nonelection, VH1 demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in the U.S. with the first ever My VH1 Music Awards. The winners of the awards were selected solely on the basis of Internet voting, which took place at VH1's Web site. When the digital dust had settled, over 4 million votes were counted to elect this year's stars.
It is clear that the Internet has already begun democratize music on a global scale and will continue to do so, but VH1 took a giant leap for the process with this event. Beginning in October, VH1.com users voted online to select the award categories, make nominations, and ultimately determine the winners. Voting continued right up to the presentation of the prizes.
Hosted by John Leguizamo, the show presented recognition in twenty three categories. Conventional categories such as "Best Live Act," won by Dave Matthews Band, were augmented with more alternative awards such as "Booty Shake," won by Ricky Martin, and "Coolest Fan Website," won by Nancies.org.
Two of the more interesting prize titles were "Your Song Kicked Ass but Was Played Too Damn Much" and "You Want Fries With That Album?," won by Carlos Santana and Faith Hill, respectively. The "Fries" category was a tongue-in-cheek poke at performers who supplemented their artistic income with corporate advertising contracts. Faith Hill won for her Pepsi advertisements.
This year's big winner was Creed, who walked with four awards, including "Group of the Year" and "Song of the Year." Although pop acts like 'NSync and Britney Spears earned nominations in several categories, the boy bands and pop princesses were conspicuously absent from the winners' circle. The people have spoken, and popular music is apparently charting a new course away from Bubble Gum Land. Long live democracy.
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Artist Biography - Vh1 Music Awards
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 The Dave Matthews Band led the second annual My VH1 Music Awards on Sunday, taking home the statuette in four categories, including My Favorite Group, the Damn I Wish I Wrote That! (Song of the Year) award for their tune, "The Space Between," and the Must Have Album award for Everyday, beating The Beatles' 1.
"I feel a little bit ridiculous," Matthews said during the ceremony. "I've been listening to that 1 album by The Beatles and it kicks the crap out of our album, but it's still kind of you to vote [for us]."
The group also won the Coolest Fan Website for the second consecutive year.
The night couldn't have started on a better note than when Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora played an acoustic version of "Here Comes the Sun," in honor of former Beatle George Harrison, who died of cancer on Thursday.
No Doubt's singer, Gwen Stefani, who decorated her sexy-and nominated--midriff with red rhinestones spelling the words "Hey Baby," the title of the group's latest single, picked up the award for My Favorite Female Artist.
"I can't believe you guys would vote for me. That's insane," Stefani said when accepting the award.
Lenny Kravitz, who performed "Dig In" during the show, picked up the award for My Favorite Male Artist. Kravitz returned to the stage to close the show with Mick Jagger, joining him for a duet on "God Gave Me Everything," from Jagger's latest solo album, Goddess in the Doorway.
Creed joined fans on a stage outside the venue as they played "My Sacrifice," a performance filled with pyrotechnics.
Actress Ellen DeGeneres accepted the award for the "Lady Marmalade," team, consisting of Pink, Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil' Kim. The foursome who won the awards for My Favorite Video and the Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just My Video? award honoring the sexiest video performance.
Eric McCormack, star of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, hosted the awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Sting, Nelly Furtado and Jewel were among the performers.
Fans determine the winners of the My VH1 Music Awards; they also make up the categories. Fans were voting for their favorite artists until minutes before the winners were presented.
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