AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

The nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards have been announced and you can head over to ABC.com to vote for your faves. The big catagories include Artist of the Year (Kings of Leon, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Michael Jackson) Pop Rock Favorite Female Artist (Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift) and Pop Rock Male Artist (Eminem, Michael Jackson, T.I.). These nominations are not without controversy. Some say the inclusion of Michael Jackson's album "Number Ones" is beyond unfair because unlike Lady Gaga's "The Fame" and Taylor Swift's "Fearless", which were both released THIS year, "Number Ones" was released in 2003!!! It is also a greatest hits album that only has a couple of songs from this decade. A tribute would have been great, but just giving awards for the sake of giving awards seems a little too much, right? He has won countless awards for his music, so let's give some awards to people who released an album THIS year. K? K. [source]