R. Kelly leads Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards nominations
NEW YORK (R. Kelly Fans Website) - R. Kelly leads the pack with 8 nominations for the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. His nods include top R&B/Hip-Hop artist, and best single for "Step In the Name of Love". Jay-Z has seven nominations, including top artist, top male artist and R&B/hip-hop album for "The ...
| P. Diddy wins Council of Fashion Designers of America Award
NEW YORK (CFDA press release) - Monday night, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced the winners and lauded the special honorees at the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards. Carolina Herrera was named Womenswear Designer of the Year, Sean Combs for Sean John was named Menswear Designer of ...
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2004 Tony Award winners list
NEW YORK (Tony Awards Official Website) - Avenue Q, the perky musical, which satirises Sesame Street with sexually active puppets and racy humour, was the upset winner at the 58th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall yesterday, winning a trio of prizes for Best Musical, Book of a Musical (Jeff ...
| 2004 Outmusic Awards nominees list (annual GLBT) and Allison Tartalia named Outmusic Awards presenter
NEW YORK (Outmusic Awards Official Website) - Outmusic is proud to announce the 2004 Outmusic Awards (OMAs) celebrating excellence in LGBT recording, songwriting, and cultural activism. The OMA awards program will culminate at 3 pm Sunday afternoon, June 13, at NYC?s Knitting Factory - hosted by legendary ...
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Full winners list of 2004 MTV Movie Awards
SANTA MONICA, CA, (MTV Press Release) - It was a night to remember as MTV revealed the winners of the 2004 MTV Movie Awards. Host Lindsay Lohan of Mean Girls presided over the horror-themed festivities at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. D12 with Eminem, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Beastie ...
| Canadian Country Music Association announces final nominees for 'Fans' Choice Awards'
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada (CCMA announcement) - The Canadian Country Music Association has announced the Year 2004 Nominees for the Fans' Choice Award. The final five nominees are: Terri Clark, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jason McCoy, Shania Twain and the Manitoba band, Doc Walker. The Canadian Country Music ...
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LA chapter of the Recording Academy to honor Elmer Bernstein, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
LOS ANGELES (Grammy Official Website) - Governors Award honorees include Oscar-winning film composer Elmer Bernstein, six-time GRAMMY Award-winning R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, and three-time GRAMMY-winning producing duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. President/Chairman of the Board of ASCAP Marilyn Bergman, ...
| Lynyrd Skynyrd to be honored June 6th at '2004 Florida Heroes Awards'
Jacksonville, Fl. (Florida Heroes Awards announcement) - Lynyrd Skynyrd will be honored by The Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy Sunday, June 6 at the 2004 Florida Heroes Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. The Florida Heroes Awards will pay tribute to the Jacksonville-formed group for their great ...
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Avril Lavigne's 'Under My Skin' debuts at No 1 on US Album charts
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Avril Lavigne joins music's most exclusive club with her May 25th Arista/RCA release "Under My Skin" debuting at No 1 on Billboard's US album chart. Also "Under My Skin" also debuted at No 1 in Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Canada, Spain, Ireland, Thailand, ...
| Elton John to be honored at 'So the World May Hear' 2004 Awards gala
LOS ANGELES (Starkey Hearing Foundation press release) - For the fourth consecutive year, the STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION will sponsor an annual awards gala to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to humanity and who appreciate the importance of helping the world to hear. This ...
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Usher makes chart history
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - R&B superstar Usher scored a bit of a coup this week: Usher currently has three songs on Billboard's Top Ten list. It's a feat acts like The Beatles in 1964 and The Bee Gees in 1978 matched only once. The Beatles singles in question were 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', 'She Loves ...
| The Darkness among the winners at Ivor Novello awards
LONDON, UK (Darkness Fans & Ivor Novello Awards Website) - UK rock band The Darkness today won the prestigious Ivor Novello Songwriter of the Year award. Darkness singer Justin Hawkins, who recently underwent throat surgery, raised a toast to "songwriters everywhere". He said: "This the biggest award ...
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Usher rules US Albums for 8th week
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Usher remained on the top of Billboard's Top 200 album for 8th consecutive week (run to an eighth week out of nine!) and according to Nielsen SoundScan his multi-platinum album 'Confessions' sold 214,000 copies. George Michael's 'Patience' debuted on the US charts at No 29 ...
| Toby Keith wins 4 Country Music Awards
LAS VEGAS (Country Music Awards Press Release) - Winners have been announced for the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards. Honorees received their awards during a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE on the CBS Television Network from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire, ...
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Usher is staying for 7th week on the No1 spot of USA Albums
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The R&B star Usher dominates USA Album charts for another week (now seven of eight weeks in release). But he feels the breath of country songbird Gretchen Wilson on his back: her album 'Here for the Party' sells 1,000 copies less than 'Confessions' on the newest Billboard Album ...
| Final round of presenters and performers set for the 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
LAS VEGAS (ACM announcement) - Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing that Tim McGraw, Clint Black, Loretta Lynn & Vince Gill, Sara Evans, Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich will perform as part of the 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Randy Travis, Tracy Lawrence, Joe Nichols, Diamond ...
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The most-played UK record is 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'!
LONDON, England (PPL announcement) - According to British performing rights group PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd), Procol Harum's 1967 classic "A Whiter Shade of Pale" has been named as the most-played record of the past 70 years in the United Kingdom. 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' have received the most ...
| Ukraine wins 49th Eurovision Song Contest
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Eurovision Fans Website) - Ukraine has won the 2004 Eurovision song contest in Istanbul, Turkey - only the second time the country has taken part in the competition. Ruslana, a successful singer, producer, dancer and composer in her home country, won for her song Wild Dance. Ruslana ...
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BET Awards 2004 nominees list
LOS ANGELES (BET press release) - On Tuesday, June 29, a star power-infused "black-out" will descend upon Hollywood when BET takes control of the prestigious Kodak Theatre to honor some of Black entertainment's leading lights at BET AWARDS '04. At a press conference today in Hollywood, BET signaled ...
| 49th Eurovision Song Contest: qualifying round results
ISTANBUL (Eurovision Fans Website) - The half final evening of the 49th Eurovision Song Contest was held tonight with participation of 22 countries at Abdi Ipekci Sports Hall in Istanbul. The event had a brand new format: Two televised contests in one week - a Qualifying Round and a Grand Final, both ...
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