Billboard awards honour hitmakers
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Artists including Usher, Alicia Keys and OutKast will be battling it out at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. R&amp;B star Usher is leading the nominations, competing in 13 categories including
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Mika, Leona Lewis and Take That were the front-runners for Wednesday's Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.
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Kelly Clarkson, funk groups the Black Eyed Peas and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and country trio Rascal Flatts each won two prizes at the American Music Awards on Tuesday.
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Usherâs year of astonishing success with the chart-topping, best-selling album &quot;Confessions&quot; culminated with a clutch of trophies at the 32nd annual American Music Awards.
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(andPOP) - Relax, the music award season is almost over, but one thing is clear: Usher cannot be stopped. The Prince of R&amp;B won 11 Billboard Music Awards last night in Las Vegas.
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Shania Twain's "Forever and For Always" won country song of the year honors Monday from the music licensing agency BMI.
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Usher and Alicia Keys' "My Boo" topped the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for a second consecutive week, and their duet also took the No. 1 slot on the newly unveiled Hot Ringtones chart.
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Chicago producer-turned rapper Kanye West, Atlanta R&amp;B star Usher, Grammy favorite Alicia Keys, and persistent Stevie Wonder and other commercially successful hitmakers are honored as top Grammy contenders and at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas.
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Usher was the big winner at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, taking 11 awards including Artist of the Year and R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.
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Hip-hip duo OutKast have taken top honours as the recording industry handed out its first awards for music sold through Internet-music services like Apple Computer Inc.
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Anastacia and Usher were voted the top male and female artists at the first Nordic Music Awards.
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Lily Allen, Muse, Snow Patrol and Gnarls Barkley lead the field for the UK music industry's Brit Awards.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - For a fifth straight week, Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" are locked in at the top two spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the former scoring a sixth week at No. 1.
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This year's and last year's winners of a television talent show topped the singles charts Sunday, ensuring they reigned supreme heading into the New Year.
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Usher and Alicia Keys have something to celebrate besides the success of their collaboration on the single My Boo. The singers took home a cumulative 18 trophies from this weekâs Billboard awards, which were held at the glamorous MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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The four member band won the Â£20,000 pop music prize, which brings with it prestige, ahead of 11 other acts including one-man rap band The Streets for A Grand Don&#39;t Come For Free and Liverpool group The Zutons and their debut album Who Killed .
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On Wednesday night, R&amp;B star Usher returned home with 11 trophies that he snatched at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.