NEW YORK, NOV. 29, 2006

Billboard Music Finalists Announced

Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani And Fergie To Be Among Performers

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  • Pop Single of the Year
    "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
    "Promiscuous" — Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
    "Temperature" — Sean Paul

  • Soundtrack Album of the Year
    "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"
    "High School Musical"
    "Walk the Line"

  • R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
    Mary J. Blige
    Jamie Foxx
    T.I.

  • Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
    Jamie Foxx
    Ne-Yo
    T.I.

  • Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
    Beyoncι
    Mary J. Blige
    Mariah Carey

  • Duo/Group R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
    Dem Franchize Boyz
    The Isley Brothers
    Three 6 Mafia

  • R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year
    "The Breakthrough" — Mary J. Blige
    "King" — T.I.
    "Unpredictable" — Jamie Foxx

  • R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year
    "Be Without You" — Mary J. Blige
    "So Sick" — Ne-Yo
    "Unpredictable" — Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris

  • Rap Artist of the Year
    Sean Paul
    T.I.
    Yung Joc

  • Rap Album of the Year
    "Tha Carter, Vol. 2" — Lil Wayne
    "Curtain Call The Hits" — Eminem
    "King" — T.I.

  • Rap Single of the Year
    "It's Goin' Down" — Yung Joc
    "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" — Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Lil Peanut & Charlay
    "Snap Yo Fingers" — Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of the YoungBloodz

  • Country Artist of the Year
    Kenny Chesney
    Rascal Flatts
    Carrie Underwood

  • Male Country Artist of the Year
    Kenny Chesney
    Toby Keith
    Tim McGraw

  • Female Country Artist of the Year
    Faith Hill
    Carrie Underwood
    Gretchen Wilson

  • Duo/Group Country Artist of the Year
    Brooks & Dunn
    Rascal Flatts
    Sugarland

  • Country Album of the Year
    "Me and My Gang" — Rascal Flatts
    "Some Hearts" — Carrie Underwood
    "The Road and the Radio" — Kenny Chesney

  • Country Single of the Year
    "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" — Rodney Atkins
    "Summertime" — Kenny Chesney
    "The World" — Brad Paisley

  • Modern Rock Artist of the Year
    AFI
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Shinedown

  • Modern Rock Single of the Year
    "Animal I Have Become" — Three Days Grace
    "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers
    "The Kill (Bury Me)" — 30 Seconds to Mars

  • Rock Artist of the Year
    Disturbed
    Nickelback
    Shinedown

  • Rock Single of the Year
    "Animal I Have Become" — Three Days Grace
    "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers
    "Speak" — Godsmack

  • Rock Album of the Year
    "All the Right Reasons" — Nickelback
    "Back to Bedlam" — James Blunt
    "Stadium Arcadium" — Red Hot Chili Peppers



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