LOS ANGELES (New
Music Weekly Awards press release) - New
Music Weekly magazine held their awards show in Los Angeles this weekend, Saturday (June 26th) at the famous Key Club theatre to a capacity crowd. Artists, record labels and radio were all in "full force" for a spectacular three-hour event that brought in some major new talent as well as top-notch celebrities.
Clay Aiken won for "Top40 Male Artist of the Year", while
Tim McGraw took the honor for favorite "crossover" artist.
Scarlett Pomers from the hit television series, "Reba" (WB Network) was there to present and to accept an award on behalf of
Reba McEntire for "Favorite Female Country Artist".
Independent artists were also represented as Los Angeles based and GRAMMY Nominated Debbie Hennessey won for "AC Female Artist of the Year". Radio stations from all over the country were present to take home top honors. Live performances included AC nominee turned "winner", Bruce Sudano who thrilled the capacity audience with his "Le Imagine Café" and new Country star Kelly Lang who also performed to a strong ovation her current hit, "Single Mother".
A new and young recording artist Monet made her debut & Kelly Moneymaker along with husband Peter Reckell (Days Of Our Lives) were on hand as presenters. Kelly who is one of the members of the vocal group Expose performed her "Can't Live Without Your Love" single and not only captivated the crowd, but also picked up the "AC Single Of the Year".
There were plenty of celebrity presenters and stars on hand including Corey Feldman who had some classic moments during an "American Idol" segment. He was paired with eight year old Carolyn Ruffino who was not in the least star struck. The bit ended with Corey asking, "do you know who I am", to which the young lady simply replied, "nope"!
Ronn Moss who stars on the "Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS) came along with Player band mate Peter Becket to present the Top40 Music Director award to a very stunned KVTI (Tacoma, WA) music director Beth Valient. Roger Rose (VH1) and Christine Theard from the international group Luminous presented an award to Randy Hammer and KVHT (Yankton, SD) for "Top40 Station Of the Year".
Industry veteran Billy Vera was also on hand as a presenter along with actress Stacy Randall. Billy was there to accept the Newman Award for the lifetime achievement of his good friend Ray Charles. Buck McCoy handled most of the Country awards coming off as a "solid pro" bringing his zany humor into the mix. He worked extremely well with the beautiful VJ, actress Marisa Petroro and our DJ Lo-Jack from the band Generous Juice.
Alan Young took home a well deserved award for Country promotion while Hollywood Records picked up the "Top40 Record Promotion" award. A special "Literary Award" went to the well deserving Chuck Dauphin who almost missed making it to the stage due to simply taking a restroom break at the wrong time.
Country star Anthony Michael James picked up favorite "County Single of the Year" for his heartfelt "Old Friends" and Billy Pierson made it to the stage to pick up his award for "Best Country Male Artist" beating out some of the biggest names in the business. The event culminated with an all-star jam that had the audience "on their feet". A compete list of the winners is as follows.
We look forward to seeing everyone again at the 2005 NMW Awards!
And the winner is... The Full Winners list of 2004 New Music Weekly Awards:
Top40 Single of the Year: "Here Without You" - 3 Doors Down
Top40 Male Artist of the Year: Clay Aiken
Top40 Female Artist of the Year: Liz Phair
Top40 Group/Duo of the Year: Evanescense
Top40 Radio Station of the Year: KVHT - Yankton, SD
Top40 Program Director of the Year: James White - KYEE
Top40 Music Director of the Year: Beth Valiant - KVTI
Top40 Promotion of the Year: Scott Fink - Hollywood Records
Top40 Label of the Year: Interscope
AC40 Single of the Year: "Can't Live Without Your Love" - Kelly Moneymaker
AC40 Male Artist of the Year: Bruce Sudano
AC40 Female Artist of the Year: Debbie Hennessey
AC40 Group/Duo of the Year: Maroon 5
AC40 Radio Station of the Year: WCMT - Martin, TN
AC40 Program Director of the Year: Ben Cunningham - WCMT/WTNE
AC40 Music Director of the Year: Carole Murphy - KIXR
AC40 Promotion of the Year: Jerry Lembo - Lembo Entertainment
AC40 Label of the Year: Curb
Country Single of the Year: "Old Friends" - Anthony Michael James
Country Male Artist of the Year: Billy Pierson
Country Female of the Year: Reba McEntire
Country Group/Duo of the Year: Native Mind
Country Radio Station of the Year: KTTI - Yuma, AZ
Country Program Director of the Year: Mike Thomas - KFAV
Country Music Director of the Year: Sherry Kelly - KYXK
Country Promotion of the Year: Alan Young - Advantage Promotion
Country Label of the Year: Universal South Album
Mix Radio Station of the Year: WQNR - Auburn, AL
Album Mix Promotion of the Year: Tinderbox
Crossover Artist of the Year: Tim McGraw
