Annie Lennox & Taylor Swift At American Music Awards 2008(AMA)

The legendary singer and former Eurythmics member Annie Lennox bumped into Taylor Swift at the American Music Award’s Red Carpet. Annie is looking great after having surgery on her back earlier this year.I rather see these veteran acts perform now then the singers closer to my age. The reason? It seems they can sing and dance but they can’t do both at the same time, so either you get a good performance with a sucky dance routine or you get a great dance routine with lipsynching not synching well at all.Again, Annie, glad to see you up and around and looking great!-Dr.FB Eurythmics

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American Music Awards 2008 (AMA Awards) Winners Lists:Rihanna,Chris Brown Winner Of AMA Awards

The 2008 "American Music Awards" welcomed many young musicians to the stage including Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Rihanna -- get the recap here, including the winner's list!Jimmy Kimmel hosted the "AMA"'s at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Christina Aguilera started off the show on an exciting note, belting out a medley of her hits!

"Christina Aguilera had a baby ... Mariah Carey married one," Kimmel joked recapping musician headlines from the year.Mariah was escorted on stage by her husband Nick Cannon to perform her song "I stay in Love". Prior to her performance, Terrence Howard presented her with an "AMA" for breaking records in music.

Annie Lennox received the Award of Merit by surprise guest Justin Timberlake. Kanye West accepted the award for Rap/Hip Hop Album. "I wake up in the morning thinking about what stereotypes I wanna break," Kanye said as he accepted the award. "I wanna be Elvis."

The star studded list of performers included: New Kids on the Block, Pink, Taylor Swift, The Fray, Beyonce, Coldplay, Jonas Brothers and more!Miley celebrated her 16th birthday by performing on the "AMA"'s and entering the stage driving a car!Pop star Rihanna took two trips to the podium winning awards for favorite Soul R&B Female and Pop/Rock Female. The coveted Artist of the Year award was presented to Chris Brown.

The show concluded with an stunning performance by Alicia Keys who was accompanied by Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battle.


2008 "AMA" Winners:

Soul R&B Female - Rihanna

Pop/Rock Male - Chris Brown

Country Band/Duo/Group - Rascal Flats

Rap/Hip-Hop Album - Kanye West (Graduation)

Country Male – Brad Paisley

Pop/Rock Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Award of Merit – Annie Lennox

Country Female – Taylor Swift

Pop/Rock Female – Rihanna

Rap/Hip-Hop Male – Kanye West

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award – Jonas Brothers

Soul/R&B Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group - Daughtry

Artist of the Year - Chris Brown

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Annie Lennox Gives Back On American Idol

Annie Lennox has long been an altruistic and socially-conscious artist, and tonight she joined the cast of American Idol to inspire television viewers to give back. Annie’s particular cause is the HIV/AIDS epidemic.Last year, the Idol Gives Back campaign raised $75 million for charitable organizations. This year the success of the viewer donations was based in large part on the performance by Annie Lennox.

Lennox performed on American Idol to raise money for her SING campaign, which raises awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children in South Africa. Of the region’s crisis, she said,“My wake-up call was when Nelson Mandela personally used the word ‘genocide’ to describe what is actually taking place in South Africa. And the governments there have held a denialist stance for the last 10 years, with the health minister making claims that medication is more toxic than the virus itself. It’s very confusing and disturbing.”

In South Africa, one in three mothers-to-be are estimated to be infected with the AIDS virus. Annie’s goal is to help implement a nationwide prevention program to stop the transmission of AIDS from mother to child during birth.Annie’s most recent album is entitled Songs of Mass Destruction. On it, she wrote the song “Sing”, for which she recruited 23 female musicians. The divas included Madonna, Celine Dion, Shakira, Gladys Knight, and KT Tunstall.

Other celebrities making appearances at the 2008 Idol Gives Back event were Brad Pitt, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Ben Stiller, Fergie, Snoop Dogg, Bono, Peyton Manning, Mariah Carey, Reese Witherspoon, Gloria Estefan, John Legend, and Carrie Underwood. The show lasted two and a half hours at the Kodak Theater.

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