XM Satellite Radio has announced nominees for the First Annual XM Nation Music Awards. Nominated by XM's programming staff with categories that range from favorite cover song to the artist most overlooked by traditional radio, the XM Nation Music Awards honor some of the most talented and interesting musicians today.
Online voting for nominees will be available on XM's website at http://awards.xmradio.com starting on November 4th through November 27th. XM will announce the winners on Monday, December 5th.
Get the full list of nominees after the jump...
"XM Now" - Most Important Established Artist
Green Day
Kanye West
U2
"XM Next" - Most Important Indie Emerging Artist
M.I.A.
Bloc Party
The Arcade Fire
"On the Rise" - Most Important Mainstream Emerging Artist
The Click Five
Young Jeezy
Fall Out Boy
"On the Rebound" - Best Comeback of the Year
Pink Floyd
Mariah Carey
Motley Crue
"Deja vu" - Best Cover Song by an Established Artist
"World, Shut Your Mouth"/Death Cab for Cutie (Julian Cope)
"Listen to Your Heart"/D.H.T. (Roxette)
"The Harder They Come"/Willie Nelson (Jimmy Cliff)
"The Single Life Is Good" - Best Solo Career
Rob Thomas
Gwen Stefani
Trey Anastasio
"Dream Duets" - Artist Collaborations We'd Like to See
Shakira and Usher
Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears
Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen
"Dashboard Anthem" - Best Pop Sing-Along Song of 2005
Hollaback Girl/ Gwen Stefani
Drop It Like Its Hot/Snoop Dogg (feat. Pharrell Williams)
Since U Been Gone/ Kelly Clarkson
"Turn Up the Heat" - Sexiest Song
Ciara (feat. Ludacris)/Oh
Pussycat Dolls (feat. Busta Rhymes)/ Don't Cha
Ying Yang Twins/ Wait (The Whisper Song)
"Solid as a Rock" - Favorite Music Couple
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Hillary Duff & Joel Madden (Good Charlotte)
Beyonce & Jay-Z
"So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" - Artists We'd Like to See Crossover to Films
Keith Urban
Pharrell Williams
Ciara
"Where's My Lighter?" - Most Likely to Have Another "Final" Tour
The Eagles
Cher
The Who
"Under the Radar" - Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio
Sigur Ros
Ryan Adams
Bright Eyes
"On the Brink" - Best Unsigned Artist
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
Last Conservative
Something for Rockets
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