Nominees for the Second Annual XM Nation Award have been announced.
Nominated by XM’s programming staff with categories ranging from "dream collaborations" to "the best comeback of the year," the XM Nation Awards honor some of the most talented, emerging and established recording artists in the industry.
Online voting is open until 12 midnight ET on December 4th. You can also text the word "AWARDS" to 96966 to vote on your cell.
A new feature this year: you can write in your choice for some categories, plus submit names for the artist they would most like to see host their own XM show.
XM will announce the winners for the XM Nation Awards on December 11th - listen to the results on the air on New Years Day on XM 200.
Check out a list of categories (they're actually pretty funny) and the nominees for each after the jump...
"XMU Next” - Most Important Emerging Indie Artist
Sufjan Stevens
Mew
Mute Math
"Off the Radar”- Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio
The Flaming Lips
Thom Yorke
Bloc Party
"On the Rebound” - Best Comeback of the Year
Dixie Chicks
Def Leppard
Nelly Furtado
"Dream Duet” – Artist Collaborations We’d Like to See
Alice Cooper & Rob Zombie
Billie Holliday & Ashanti
Roy Orbison & Bruce Springsteen
"Dashboard Anthem”- Best Sing Along of 2006
"Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
"Hips Don’t Lie” – Shakira
"I Write Sins…” - Panic! At the Disco
"Closet Classic”- Favorite "Guilty Pleasure” Song
"She’s a Lady” – Tom Jones
"Mickey” – Toni Basil
"Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond
"Wish You Were Still Here”- Artist We’d Like to Have Back
Marvin Gaye
John Lennon
Kurt Cobain
"Keep Your Day Job” – Least Favorite Celebrity-Turned-Music Artist
Kevin Federline
Paris Hilton
Russell Crowe
"Sound Sidetrack” - Favorite "Musical Departure” Album
Bruce Springsteen – "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”
Sting – "Songs From the Labyrinth
Elvis Costello and Alaian Toussaint – "River in Reverse
"Live @ XM”- Favorite Live XM Performance
Andrea Bocelli
David Gilmour
Trey Anastasio
"Enough Already!” – Most Played-Out Song of 2006
"You’re Beautiful”– James Blunt
"My Humps” – Black Eyed Peas
"Bad Day” – Daniel Powter
"Call My Agent” - Artist We’d Like to See Host a Show on XM
Nominate your favorite artists here
Gotta give them credit for originality! I like the category that takes a jab at FM radio and how they just don't play the music people should be exposed to.
I've been trying to vote for several days, and just keep getting an error. Appears to be some filtering on who can vote....
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