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Whitney, Britney and Shania lead
nominees for 27th annual awards
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Whitney Houston, Britney Spears
and Shania Twain led American
Music Award nominations last week
with three apiece, while rapper Jay-
Z got a nod only four days after his
arrest forallegedly stabbing a record
executive.
Actor Norm Macdonald, actress
Carmen Electra and producer Dick
Clark announced nominees for the
27th annual awards. The three-hour
show will be broadcast on ABC-
TV from the Shrine Auditorium in
The nominees:
POP/ROCK
MALE ARTIST: Lenny Kravitz,
Ricky Martin, Will Smith.
FE M A L E A R T IST : W h itn ey
Houston, Britney Spears, Shania
Twain.
B A N D , DUO OR G R O U P:
Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, Santana.
ALBUM :
“ M ille n n iu m ,”
Backstreet Boys; "... Baby One
M ore T im e,” B ritney Spears;
“Supernatural,” Santana.
NEW ARTIST: Kid Rock, Jennifer
Lopez, Britney Spears.
SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES
MALE ARTIST: Busta Rhymes,
Ginuwine, R. Kelly.
Los Angeles on Jan. 17.
The D ixie Chicks, Lauryn Hill,
Jennifer Lopez and the all-female
group TLC had two nominations
each. A lso g e ttin g m u ltip le
nominations were the Backstreet
Boys, Garth Brooks, Kid Rock,
Ricky Martin, Santana and George
Strait.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn
Carter, was nominated for best rap
or hip hop artist along with DMX
and Juvenile.
The Grammy-winning rapper has
been charged w ith assault for
FE M A L E A R T IS T : B randy,
Lauryn Hill, W hitney Houston.
BAND, DUO OR GROUP: Dru
Hill, K-Ci & JoJo, TLC.
ALBUM: “The M iseducation of
Lauryn Hill,” la u ry n Hill; “My
Love Is Your Love,” Whitney
Houston; FanMail,” TLC.
NEW ARTIST: Eve,702,Tyrese.
COUNTRY
MALE ARTIST: Garth Brooks,
Tim McGraw, George Strait.
FEMALE ARTIST: Faith Hill,
Martina McBride, Shania Twain.
B A N D , D U O O R G R O U P:
Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio,
Dixie Chicks.
ALBUM: “Double Live,” Garth
Brooks; “Fly,” D ixie Chicks;
a lle g e d ly sta b b in g a re c o rd
executive in a New York nightclub
brawl on Wednesday. He also is
accused o f bashing two people in
the head with bottles in earlier
incidents. His attorney has denied
Jay-Z attacked anybody.
W in n e rs o f A m erican M usic
Awards are selected by a national
sampling o f approximately 20,000
listeners. Names on the ballots are
com piled from m usic industry
publications and results are kept
secret until envelopes are opened
during the ceremony.
“ A lw ays N e v e r the S am e,”
George Strait.
NEW A RTIST: Sara Evans,
Montgomery Gentry, SheDaisy.
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
ARTIST: C her, Phil Collins,
Shania Twain.
LATIN MUSIC
A R T IS T : E n riq u e Ig le sia s,
Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin.
R A PH IP HOP
ARTIST: DMX, Jay-Z, Juvenile.
ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
ARTIST: Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit,
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
SOUNDTRACK
“Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me,” “Runaway Bride,"
“Wild West.”
At millennium's
end, it’s the
Pokemon who
stole Christmas
A ssociated P ress
Likejust about every other 10-year-
old in Japan, Yasuyo N akatani’s
son is addicted to Pikachu.
For an hour or two each day, the
Pokemon character has him under
its spell. So w hat’s a mother at the
epicenter o f the Pokemon empire to
do?
T hat’s easy _ stock up before
Christmas.
“If he plays too much, his eyes hurt
and he doesn’t study,” Nakatani
said, her arms loaded with presents
from Tokyo’s Pokemon Center.
“But if he leaves home without his
Pokem on G am e B oy, he gets
bored.”
Since its debut in 1996 as a software
game by NintendoCo., the Pokemon
phenomenon has swollen into a $7
billion multimedia juggernaut that
spans everything from television
shows to trading cards, and is
spreading across the globe.
For Japanese, Pokemon’s success
has become a source o f national
pride.
“Pokemon is the place to be,” said
Lisa Spicer, an analyst at W est LB
S e c u ritie s P a c ific , L td. “ I t ’s
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