Billboard awards honour hitmakers
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R&B stars Usher and Alicia Key  dominate the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas.
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Those synthesized tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theaters have been recognized as part of the music industry by Billboard Magazine.
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Usher was the big winner at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, taking 11 awards including Artist of the Year and R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.
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Alicia Keys led Billboard's Hot 100  singles chart for a fifth week on Thursday with "No One," a  tune that also logged a tenth week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop  Songs tally.
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The field of chart-topping potential winners was wide open as four acts from different genres led the pack of nominees for Monday's 2006 Billboard Music Awards.
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R&B singer Usher leads the race for the Billboard awards with nominations in 13 categories.
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Billboard magazine has picked Reba McEntire for its first "Woman of the Year" award.
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Hip-hop duo OutKast and R&B sensation Usher shared top honors on Thursday, scooping a combined five prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome which was broadcast to millions of viewers worldwide.
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ATLANTA (Billboard) - Mariah Carey was the big winner at   the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta Friday, winning   five prizes, including top R&B/hip-hop artist.
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Performing rights groups ASCAP and BMI handed out their annual country music honors Monday in Nashville as a prelude to Tuesday night's 38th annual Country Music Assn. Awards.
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R&B singer Usher, the smooth sensation behind four consecutive chart-topping singles and the biggest-selling album of the year, swept the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning all four categories in which he was nominated.
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Billboard magazine has picked Reba McEntire for its first "Woman of the Year" award. The magazine says the award coincides with its second annual Women in Music issue, which will be published in early October.
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Rookie rapper Flo Rida's "Low"  featuring T-Pain led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a  third week, while Alicia Keys' "No One" held at No. 2.
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The chart-bursting singer walked away with a leading 11 awards at the music biz&#39;s biggest popularity contest, including trophies for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Confessions and
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Mims and R&B singer Akon led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a second week Thursday, with their respective tunes "This Is Why I'm Hot" and "Don't Matter."
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British rock band the Arctic Monkeys and their Las Vegas counterparts The Killers triumphed on Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the UK music industry's biggest night of the year.
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Usherâs year of astonishing success with the chart-topping, best-selling album &quot;Confessions&quot; culminated with a clutch of trophies at the 32nd annual American Music Awards.