NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2006
Britney Pops In At American Music Awards
Black Eyed Peas The Big Winners, Jamie Foxx Gives Moving Performance
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Play CBS Video Video Meet The Pussycat Dolls Tracy Smith speaks with the Pussycat Dolls about their work and why they attract so many young female fans. They also show Smith a dance move or two.
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Video Underwood's 'Take The Wheel' The "American Idol" winner in 2005, country music singer Carrie Underwood performs her hit single, "Jesus, Take The Wheel," on "The Early Show" plaza.
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Video Underwood's 'Before He Cheats' Carrie Underwood, the winner of "American Idol" in 2005, performs her new single, "Before He Cheats," on "The Early Show" plaza.
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Britney Spears, in her surprise appearance to hand out an award at the 2006 American Music Awards. (Getty Images/Ethan Miller)
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Beyonce heats up the stage in the opening number at the 2006 American Music Awards (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Photo Essay American Music Awards Another big night brings out popular performers and the glitz that goes with them.
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Interactive The Grammys Performers, winners, losers, fashion stars and disasters, awards history and more.
Jay-Z, fresh from his "retirement," performed "Show Me What You Got" from his new album "Kingdom Come."
Snoop Dogg and Akon closed the show with a medley of songs, beginning with their collaboration "I Wanna Love U." Their performance included lots of dancers in high heels, one performer slinking up and down a stripper pole, and Snoop tossing play money around.
Akon followed with his single "Smack That" from his new album "Konvicted." Snoop Dogg finished the set with "That's That" the new single from his album "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment."
In addition to Beyonce and Underwood, the evening's performers included the Pussycat Dolls, Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Dixie Chicks, Josh Groban, Mary J. Blige, Barry Manilow, Nelly Furtado, Rascal Flatts, John Mayer, Fall Out Boy, Snow Patrol, Snoop Dogg, Akon and Tenacious D.
The show aired live on ABC from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Reality star Nicole Richie introduced a rousing performance by her father, Lionel Richie. He sang his latest single, "I Call It Love" and his 1983 hit "All Night Long."
Tori Spelling and Clay Aiken did make fun of his beef with Kelly Ripa. Spelling put her hand over Aiken's mouth as he was introducing John Mayer, saying "I'll tell you where that hand's been - later."
The evening's eclectic group of presenters included Ashlee Simpson, Paris Hilton, Nickelback, Katharine McPhee, Mario Lopez (Dancing with the Stars), Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, William Shatner (Boston Legal, Show Me the Money), Carmen Electra, Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl, Taylor Hicks, Grey's Anatomy stars Isaiah Washington and Justin Chambers, Taye Diggs (Day Break), Ryan Seacrest, Tony Hawk, Linkin Park, Sean Paul, Tyrese, Frankie J, Brian McKnight, Hannah Montana's Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus, Chamillionaire, JC Chasez, JoJo, Sarah Silverman, Weird Al Yankovic, Jesse McCartney, Cheetah Girls, Wendie Malick (Big Day), and cast members from High School Musical.Photos from the show, red carpet and backstage..
American Music Awards Nominees
Winners are in bold
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Soul/Rhythm & Blues:
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Contemporary Inspirational:
Breakthrough Artist
By Judy Faber
©MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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- What was that groovy dance song just before gwen stefani? Tha whole band wore white.
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- I tuned the the awards...and promptly shut it off! Since when does watching people wearing next to nothing and moving around like they're prostitutes constitute talent??? I've got better things to do with my time than waste it on that trash...
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- Is it me or are Britney's boobs bigger?
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- Has anyone else noticed that Brit's hair grows back remarkably fast? She needs to lose the long hair. She looked like a mermaid.
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- Actually it has been established that it really WAS Fed-Ex in the crate which was dumped at sea.
It was noted that a school of hammerhead sharks which had been lurking in the area quickly hightailed it and left the area without partaking in their customary feeding frenzy, giving further indisputable scientific proof of their incredible powers of smell.
Selah - Reply to this comment
- who asked britney there? I didn't... lol. and that was a tad overboard (get it?) what they did to "k-fed".
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- kirk franklin representin'! sho nuff...
Casting was probably more "deserving", but any winner in that category doesn't care about the prize if they're a inspirational singer. - Reply to this comment
