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It's that time of the year again... On Sept. 16, 2007 the Last Year's Nominees for The 2007 RGB Awards were announced, and on Sept. 24, 2007 (one day after my first Last.fm Anniversary) the Last Year's Winners were announced.

This is the second edition of The RGB Awards and you'll be able to choose your nominees: Each category has 8 nominees, you will vote for the ones you like the most in each category, and they'll be narrowed down to 3 nominees. Out of these 3 nominees, The 2008 RGB Awards Judges will decide who the winner is. The "Artist of the Year", "Best Lyrics" & "Smash Artist of 2009" winners will be decided by you, with your votes.

VOTE NOW BY CLICKIN' THE LINKS, DON'T LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR VOTES
YOU CAN VOTE FOR MORE THAN ONE NOMINEE IN MOST CATEGORIES
VOTE NOW - Part One
VOTE NOW - Part Two

Winners will be announced before September ends

Kanye West leads the nominations with a grand total of 12, followed by Gnarls Barkley with 8, Rihanna with 8 and Madonna 6. All of them are nominated for Artist of the Year, along with Coldplay, who got 4 nominations. UK's sweethearts Estelle & Duffy got 5 nominations and 4 nominations respectively, and they're both competing for the Song of the Year award, among with Wyclef Jean's "Sweetest Girl", which got 4 nods. Chris Brown got 5 nominations as well as P!nk, and Will.i.am got 4 nominations for "Heartbreaker" and "In the ayer"

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

Best Song by a Female Artist
Alicia Keys – “No One”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna – “Disturbia”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”

Best Song by a Male Artist
Chris Brown – “With You”
James Blunt – “Carry you home”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”
Kanye West & Dwele – “Flashing Lights”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Flo-Rida & T-Pain – “Low"

Best Collaboration by two or more artists
Ashlee Simpson & Tom Higgenson – “Little Miss Obsessive”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – “No Air”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
Maroon 5 & Rihanna – “If I never see your face again”
T.I. & Rihanna – “Live your life”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Best song by a group
Arctic Monkeys – “Teddy Picker”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Maroon 5 – “Goodnight Goodnight”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
One Republic & Timbaland – “Apologize”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”

Best song by a new artist
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Katy Perry – “I Kissed a Girl”
Metro Station – “Shake It”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
Solange – “Sandcastle Disco”
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”


Best rock song
Arctic Monkeys – “Teddy Picker”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Foo Fighter – “The Pretender”
Matchbox Twenty – “These hard times”
Oasis – “The Shock of the Lighting”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
The Rasmus – “Living in a world without you”
The White Stripes – “Conquest”

Best pop song
Chris Brown – “Forever”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Pocketful of Sunshine”
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna – “Disturbia”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”

Best song by a latin artist
Belanova – “One, Two, Three, Go!”
Cabas – “Bonita”
Café Tacuba – “Esta vez”
Chocquibtown – “Somos pacífico”
El Sie7e – “Ileso”
Enrique Iglesias – “¿Dónde están corazón?
Fonseca – “Paraíso”
Julieta Venegas – “El Presente (MTV Unplugged)”
Sanalejo – “Me gusta (Pequeña Putita)”
The Hall Effect – “Unpure”

Best hip hop song
Flo-Rida & T-Pain – “Low”
Flo-Rida, Will.i.am & Fergie – “In the ayer”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Kanye West & T-Pain – “Good Life”
Missy Elliott – “Ching-a-ling”
T.I. & Rihanna – “Live your life”
Tyga & Travis McCoy – “Coconut Juice”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Best RnB/Soul song
Chris Brown – “With You”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – “No Air”
Mariah Carey – “Touch my body”
Rihanna – “Take a bow”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Shontelle – “T-Shirt”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”

Best alternative/indie song
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
Justice – “D.A.N.C.E.”
Metro Station – “Shake It”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
The B-52’s – “Funplex”
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”

Best Lyrics to a Song
Cansei de Ser Sexy – “Music is my hot, hot sex”
Christina Aguilera – “Save me from myself”
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – “Falling Slowly”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
James Blunt – “Carry you home”

Flashback song of the year
Ace of Base – “All that she wants”
Blink 182 – “Always”
Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
Ladytron – “Playgirl”
Muse – “Time is running out”
P!nk – “Don’t let me get me”
The Cardigans – “Lovefool”
The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”

Smash Artist of 2009
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Kanye West
P!nk
The Killers

Song of the year
Alicia Keys – “No One”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
One Republic & Timbaland – “Apologize”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Artist of the year
Coldplay
Gnarls Barkley
Kanye West
Madonna
Rihanna

Music video of the year
Ashlee Simpson – “Outta my head”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
Janet Jackson – “Feedback”
Justice – “D.A.N.C.E.”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - "4 Minutes"
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna - "Disturbia"
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
Weezer – “Pork and Beans”

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