For all her obvious faults, we'll give Mariah Carey this – warbling like a theremin being operated by a Thunderbirds puppet being operated by Judy Finnigan on an unstable platform sure is popular with the masses.
The nominations for the American Music Awards – kind of like a more populist, less knuckle-chewingly dull version of the Grammy awards – were announced yesterday, and Mariah Carey was one of four acts to pick up three AMA nominations for her The Emancipation Of Mimi album which, if we're correct, has now been on sale for the best part of the last 12 years.
Music awards ceremonies are fun – they're like movie awards ceremonies, except people aren't quite so far up their own arses, the Black Eyed Peas will probably do a song somewhere and a man will come onstage to tell you that people who illegally download music will go to hell. However, when an artist is nominated for the same album two years in a row, doesn't that sort of make a mockery of the whole thing?
Case in point: The American Music Awards last year saw The Emancipation Of Mimi nominated as Best Pop/Rock Album and Best Soul/R&B Album. This year, though, The Emancipation Of Mimi by Mariah Carey has been nominated for Best Soul/R&B album. Again. Mariah Carey has also gained AMA nominations for Best Female Artist in both the Pop/Rock and Soul/R&B categories, as well as Most Unlikely Wannabe Cockney, Most Ridiculous Billion Dollar Leg Publicity Stunt and Least Capable Of Holding A Cup By Herself nominations. We're not sure about you, but this could be Mariah Carey's year! Unless she starts telling people that she's wet herself again.
But Mariah Carey hasn't run off with the AMA nominations by any means this year – three nominations isn't a landslide, and she has to share the honour with three other performers. The Black Eyed Peas got AMA nominations for Best Rap/Hip Hop Band, Best Soul R/B Band and best Rap/Hip Hop Album for Monkey Business, The Red Hot Chili Peppers have AMA nominations for Best Pop/Rock Band, Best Alternative Band and Best Pop/Rock album for their double CD wankathon Stadium Arcadium. And Nickleback got three AMA nominations too, but one mention is enough for them.
The American Music Awards are one of the most populist awards ceremonies around, as the nominations are all based on radio airplay and record sales, and the AMA winners are chosen by 20,000 members of the public. And we know where they all live, so they'd better not vote Nickelback when the American Music Awards take place in November.
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[story by Stuart Heritage]
Maria says
Hi Mariah your name is like mine…. I like your songs ver y much maybe you will show me your big telant
hello mariah!!!!!!!!ur so popularmore power of your carre says
Hello mariah carey!!!….!!You know what your the only one diva in the world for me coz ur so talented…..
di says
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