Ashanti also took home the Best R&B/Soul New Solo Artist award. The ceremony took place on August 24 in Pasadena, California. During the ceremony, singers Bill Carlisle and Porter Wagoner will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.Ģ1-year-old R&B newcomer Ashanti was named Entertainer of the Year at this year's Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.
The CMA Awards will be presented on November 6 in Nashville, Tennessee. Other leading contenders include Toby Keith with six nods Brad Paisley and George Strait, with four each Kenny Chesney and Alison Krauss, with three apiece and double nominees Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Womack, Nickel Creek and Rascal Flatts. Arista recording artist Alan Jackson earned 10 nominations, which breaks the all-time single-year nomination record of nine, held by Merle Haggard since 1970. Nominations for the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards were announced on August 29. 19-year-old Michelle Branch earned the Viewer's Choice Award for her smash hit Everywhere. The New Artist Video award went to 16-year-old Avril Lavigne for her debut single Complicated. No Doubt and Pink picked up two awards each, and White Stripes went home with three. In addition to winning the Best Video of the Year honor for Without Me, he took home the trophies for Best Male Video, Best Rap Video and Best Direction. In other news, McGraw's next album for Curb Records will be released on November 26.Ĭontroversial rapper Eminem led the winners at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. The show, dubbed Sing Me Home, will be taped for an upcoming NBC television special.
On September 7, Country star Tim McGraw will perform a concert in his hometown of Start, Louisiana. That same day, Bon Jovi will perform during halftime festivities at the New York Giants' season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Portions of the September 5 show will air on MTV, VHI, CBS and ESPN. New Jersey rock band Bon Jovi and Latin singer Enrique Iglesias will help kick off the National Football League's season with a concert in New York's Time Square. The set includes tracks by Ozzy Osbourne, System Of A Down, P.O.D., Rob Zombie, Ozzy's daughter Kelly Osbourne, Drowning Pool, and others who performed on this year's festival tour. CMT will air the special in November.Įpic Records will release Ozzfest 2002: The Live Album on September 3. On September 10, Charles will perform alongside Travis Tritt for the taping of an upcoming Country Music Television (CMT) Crossroads special. It also features Charles' new track God Bless America Again, which he recorded with Billy Preston and Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash. The album includes his classic version of America The Beautiful. A link between Latin pop's past and present, he's also enjoyed a successful sideline writing hits for other artists, including Andrea Bocelli and Lopez.September 3, Rhino Records will release Ray Charles Sings For America. In addition to the AOR ballads that made him perpetually popular with female fans, Enrique has continued to surf the contemporary Latin stylebook alongside Pitbull, Romeo Santos, Jennifer Lopez and other in-vogue collaborators who help keep his sound fresh. 1 Spanish-language singles on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart. He has subsequently topped 70 million album sales and more than two dozen No. His 2000 breakout album, Enrique, included such hits as "Bailamos" and "Be with You" and paved the way for its even more successful follow-up, Escape.
Born in Madrid in 1975, Enrique recorded his first album pseudonymously, without his father's knowledge and with the financial assistance of his nanny. Though his first albums were recorded mostly in English, since the mid-’90s Enrique Iglesias has become the undisputed king of Latin pop by applying his breathy romantic charisma to the ever-changing musical desires of young Latin audiences-more than fulfilling the expectations that come with being the son of an international pop titan like Julio Iglesias.
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