Beyonce And R. Kelly Win Most ‘Billboard’ Awards
Beyonce Knowles and R. Kelly were the big winners at the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, held Wednesday (December 10) in Las Vegas, with four wins each. Rapper 50 Cent and country star Shania Twain each picked up three awards, reports billboard.com.
Sting was the recipient of the special Billboard Century award.
Performers at the event included Evanescence, Clay Aiken, Shania Twain, Foo Fighters, Beyonce Knowles, Pink, Sting, R. Kelly, and No Doubt.
The winners were chosen from information compiled from Billboard‘s weekly charts during the period of December 2002 to November 2003.
The event was broadcast on Fox-TV.
2003 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD WINNERS:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
50 Cent
DUO/GROUP ARTIST OF THE YEAR
3 Doors Down
NEW ARTIST, GROUP
Evanescence
NEW ARTIST, R&B FEMALE
Beyonce Knowles
NEW ARTIST, R&B MALE
Chingy
NEW FEMALE ARTIST
Beyonce
SPECIAL HOT 100 AWARD FOR MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE
Beyonce (17 weeks)
R&B/HIP-HOP ARTIST
50 Cent
RAP ARTIST
50 Cent
ROCK ARTIST
Audioslave
MODERN ROCK ARTIST
Audioslave
COUNTRY ARTIST
Shania Twain
COUNTRY ALBUMS ARTIST
Shania Twain
COUNTRY ALBUM
Shania Twain for Up
BEST SELLING SINGLE
Clay Aiken – “This Is The Night/Bridge Over Troubled Water”
HOT 100 FEMALE ARTIST
Beyonce
HOT 100 DUO/GROUP ARTIST
3 Doors Down
HOT 100 PRODUCER
R. Kelly
R&B PRODUCER
R. Kelly
HOT 100 SONGWRITER
R. Kelly
R&B SONGWRITER
R. Kelly
MAINSTREAM TOP 40 TRACK
Black Eyed Peas “Where is The Love?”
TOP RHTHMIC TOP 40 TRACK
Chingy “Right Thurr”
DIGITAL TRACK
Outkast – “Hey Ya!”
BILLBOARD CENTURY AWARD
Sting
SOUNDTRACK SINGLE
Evanescence “Bring Me To Life”
ROCK TRACK
Trapt “Headstrong”
MODERN ROCK TRACK
Trapt “Headstrong”
TOP CROSSOVER CLASSICAL ARTIST
Josh Groban
TOP CROSSOVER CLASSICAL ALBUM
Josh Groban, Closer
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