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If you’re looking for an in-depth, blow-by-blow analysis of last night’s American Music Awards, well, you should probably look elsewhere. Instead of watching the entire show, I flipped back to it every 15 minutes or so (you know, to monitor the situation for breaking news). I think I made a good choice, because the big winners of this yearly fan-voted awards show were all fairly predictable and there weren’t many surprises.

I enjoyed Beyoncé’s rousing performance of “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” and credit whoever on her team came up with that hand dance/gesture thingy, which only started to to annoy me this morning. Mariah Carey and Rihanna (love that eye patch!) also rocked it, and there were less impressive performances by Coldplay, Pussycat Dolls and Natasha Bedingfield, among others. I missed Alicia Keys‘ performance of “Superwoman” with surprise guests Queen Latifah and fiery opera diva Kathleen Battle, but I’ll live. Song of the year went to Chris Brown, and the Jonas Brothers made a lot of girls scream. List of winners after the jump:

WINNERS OF THE “2008 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS”
    POP/ROCK
    Favorite Male Artist: Chris Brown
    Favorite Female Artist: Rihanna
    Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Daughtry
    Favorite Album: “As I Am” Alicia Keys
    COUNTRY
    Favorite Male Artist: Brad Paisley
    Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
    Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Rascal Flatts
    Favorite Album: “Carnival Ride” Carrie Underwood
    SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES
    Favorite Male Artist: Chris Brown
    Favorite Female Artist: Rihanna
    Favorite Album: “As I Am” Alicia Keys
    RAP/HIP-HOP
    Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Three 6 Mafia
    Favorite Male Artist: Kanye West
    Favorite Album: “Graduation” Kanye West
    ADULT CONTEMPORARY
    Favorite Artist: Jordin Sparks
    LATIN MUSIC
    Favorite Artist: Enrique Iglesias
    ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC
    Favorite Artist: Linkin Park
    CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
    Favorite Artist: Third Day
    SOUNDTRACKS
    Favorite Album: “Alvin and the Chipmunks”
    T – Mobile FAVORITE BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (ALL GENRES)
    Jonas Brothers

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