Country Music Awards
In 1973, Dick Clark began presenting the American Music Awards, as an honor that aimed to compete with the Grammy's once CBS had taken over the award show's broadcasts. The first two Grammy broadcasts had been televised on ABC, but after the move to CBS, ABC developed an awards program to call its own. The American Music Awards were born to fill that void, and the hosts of that first year's ceremony were Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond. Since then, the show has usually featured multiple hosts representative of various genres, but more recent ceremonies have featured a single host instead. The 2009 ceremony featured no host at all, instead inviting various celebrities to introduce each honor.
At the debut of the Video Music Awards, Bette Midler and Dan Akroyd hosted, and Madonna performed a risque delivery of her hit Like A Virgin, clad in a bustier-wedding hybrid accented with lace tights and a belt that read "Boy Toy" as she rolled around onstage - setting the tone for the rest of her career as well as for the future controversy of the VMA awards show.
In contrast with the Grammy's determination of its nominees and winners by votes from entertainment industry members, American Music Awards nominees are based on sales, airplay, social network activity, and video views relating to material released throughout the eligibility period spanning from December 1st of the year preceding the ceremony to September first of the award yet.
She had also taken home more MTV awards than any other of the show's winners, with a total of twenty thus far. Peter Gabriel holds the record for the most VMA's won in a single night, winning ten in 1987 for Sledgehammer.
In order to qualify as a nominee, Music singles, albums, and videos must have been released during the given year's eligibility period, usually from the 1st of July of the previous year through the 30th of June of the ceremony year. Country music charts harts used to determine eligibility for certain categories include Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart, Music Row Country Breakout Chart, and Country Aircheck Chart.
Eventually, beginning in 2003, twenty years after having emerged to compete with the Grammys, then in order to avoid taking place in the midst of the Grammy Awards season, the AMA's chose to move its ceremony to late November, rather than continue having it in January - no longer wishing to compete not only with the Grammy Award audience but also with the Golden Globes and Academy Awards in the midst of their awards seasons. The transition to later in the year now enables ABC to not only have the high ratings it desires for its awards show broadcast, but to also have these ratings factored into November sweeps.
From those selections, the top twenty qualifiers are compiled as official nominees for the next round of voting. During the second round, members may select up to five nominees in each category - and the top five nominees selected in each category after the votes have been tabulated become the official nominees for the final ballot. During the third and final round of voting, members choose one nominee in each category as their picks for the winners.
At the debut of the Video Music Awards, Bette Midler and Dan Akroyd hosted, and Madonna performed a risque delivery of her hit Like A Virgin, clad in a bustier-wedding hybrid accented with lace tights and a belt that read "Boy Toy" as she rolled around onstage - setting the tone for the rest of her career as well as for the future controversy of the VMA awards show.
In contrast with the Grammy's determination of its nominees and winners by votes from entertainment industry members, American Music Awards nominees are based on sales, airplay, social network activity, and video views relating to material released throughout the eligibility period spanning from December 1st of the year preceding the ceremony to September first of the award yet.
She had also taken home more MTV awards than any other of the show's winners, with a total of twenty thus far. Peter Gabriel holds the record for the most VMA's won in a single night, winning ten in 1987 for Sledgehammer.
In order to qualify as a nominee, Music singles, albums, and videos must have been released during the given year's eligibility period, usually from the 1st of July of the previous year through the 30th of June of the ceremony year. Country music charts harts used to determine eligibility for certain categories include Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart, Music Row Country Breakout Chart, and Country Aircheck Chart.
Eventually, beginning in 2003, twenty years after having emerged to compete with the Grammys, then in order to avoid taking place in the midst of the Grammy Awards season, the AMA's chose to move its ceremony to late November, rather than continue having it in January - no longer wishing to compete not only with the Grammy Award audience but also with the Golden Globes and Academy Awards in the midst of their awards seasons. The transition to later in the year now enables ABC to not only have the high ratings it desires for its awards show broadcast, but to also have these ratings factored into November sweeps.
From those selections, the top twenty qualifiers are compiled as official nominees for the next round of voting. During the second round, members may select up to five nominees in each category - and the top five nominees selected in each category after the votes have been tabulated become the official nominees for the final ballot. During the third and final round of voting, members choose one nominee in each category as their picks for the winners.
