Timberlake, Beyonce Nab Multiple AMA Nods

Public Will Chose Winner By Voting For Nominated Artists Online

(AP)  Artists including Beyonce Knowles and Justin Timberlake snagged multiple nominations Tuesday for the 35th annual American Music Awards.

Knowles, Timberlake, rockers Linkin Park and "American Idol" contestant Chris Daughtry's band Daughtry each nabbed three nominations.

Akon, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Young Jeezy, T.I. and "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood captured two nods each.

Nominees in pop/rock, soul/rhythm & blues, country, rap/hip-hop, Latin, alternative, contemporary inspirational, adult contemporary and soundtrack categories were announced at a news conference Tuesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2007 American Music Awards, to be broadcast Nov. 18 by ABC-TV from the new L.A. Live entertainment complex next to Staples Center downtown.

The show's producer Larry Klein confirmed that Daughtry, Celine Dion, nominees Fergie and Rihanna will perform.

Nominees were initially chosen based on record sales. Ballots were then sent to a national sampling of 15,000 people and the top three vote getters in each category became nominees.

For the first time, members of the public will be able to vote for nominated artists online, at Web site amc.abc.com. Winners were previously selected by a national survey of some 20,000 people.

"Now instead of limiting the voting to thousands of people, millions of people will have the opportunity to vote," Terry Bateman, chief information officer for the show's producer, Dick Clark Productions, said in a statement.

The complete list of nominees:

POP/ROCK

Male artist: Akon, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake

Female artist: Beyonce, Fergie, Avril Lavigne

Band, duo or group: Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Nickleback

Album: "Daughtry" (Daughtry), "Minutes To Midnight" (Linkin Park), "FutureSex/LoveSounds" (Justin Timberlake)


COUNTRY

Male artist: Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley

Female artist: Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood

Band, duo or group: Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts

Album: "Let It Go" (Tim McGraw), "Me And My Gang" (Rascal Flatts), "Some Hearts" (Carrie Underwood)


SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES

Male artist: Akon, Ne-Yo, T-Pain

Female artist: Beyonce, Fantasia, Rihanna

Album: "B'Day" (Beyonce), "Double Up" (R. Kelly), "FutureSex/Love Sounds" (Justin Timberlake)


RAP/HIP HOP

Male artist: Fabolous, T.I., Young Jeezy

Band, duo or group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Pretty Ricky, Shop Boyz

Album: "Strength & Loyalty" (Bones Thugs-N-Harmony), "T.I. vs. T.I.P." (T.I.), "The Inspiration" (Young Jeezy)


ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Artist: Daughtry, Norah Jones, John Mayer


ALTERNATIVE

Artist: Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, the White Stripes


LATIN

Artist: Daddy Yankee, Juan Luis Guerra y 440, Jennifer Lopez


CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Artist: Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, tobyMac


SOUNDTRACKS

Album: "Dreamgirls," "Hairspray," "High School Musical 2"


BREAKTHROUGH

New artist: Daughtry, Plain White T's, Robin Thicke

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