2005 World Music Awards
Under the patronage of
Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Amerie, Rihanna, and Teairra Marí paid tribute to Destiny's Child, who received an award for being the best-selling female group of all time. Patti LaBelle dedicated her performance of "I'll Stand By You" to the victims of Hurricane Katrina as did Stevie Wonder and Kid Rock when they closed the show at 2am with a duet of "Living for the City".[2]
Other performers included: Philip Kirkorov, Ricky Martin, Rob Thomas, Shakira and Snoop Dogg. The show was broadcast in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company
(ABC) on September 13, 2005.
World Diamond Award
The Diamond Award honors those recording-artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career.
Winners
All Time
- World's Best-Selling Female Group of All Time: Destiny's Child
- World's Best-Selling Touring Band of All Time: The Rolling Stones
Entertainers of the Year
- Female Entertainer of the Year: Mariah Carey
- Male Entertainer of the Year: 2Face
New
- World's Best-Selling New Female Artist: Gwen Stefani[3]
- World's Best-Selling New Group: The Killers
- World's Best-Selling New Male Artist: The Game[3]
Pop
- World's Best-Selling Female Pop Artist: Mariah Carey
- World's Best-Selling Male Pop Artist: 50 Cent
- World's Best-Selling Pop Group: Destiny's Child[3]
Pop Rock
- World's Best-Selling Pop Rock Artist: Eminem
Rap Hip-Hop
- World's Best-Selling Rap Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
Rock
- World's Best-Selling Rock Group: U2
R&B
- World's Best-Selling R&B Artist: Mariah Carey [3]
- World's Best-Selling R&B Group: Destiny's Child
Regional Awards
- Best-Selling American Artist: Mariah Carey
- Best-Selling Australian Artist: Delta Goodrem
- Best-Selling Canadian Artist: Michael Bublé
- Best-Selling Dutch Artist: Within Temptation
- Best-Selling English Artist: Coldplay
- Best-Selling French Artist: Raphael
- Best-Selling German Artist: Rammstein
- Best-Selling Greek Artist: Sakis Rouvas
- Best-Selling Italian Artist: Biagio Antonacci
- Best-Selling Middle Eastern Artist: Elissa
- Best-Selling Russian Artist: Philip Kirkorov
- Best-Selling Spanish Artist: Alejandro
- Best-Selling Swiss Artist: DJ Bobo
- Best-Selling Korean Artist:BoA
Records
- Mariah Carey won four awards: (1) *Best-Selling R&B Artist, (2) *Best-Selling Pop Female Artist, (3) Female Entertainer of the Year and (4) American Artist
- Destiny's Child won three awards: (1) *Best-Selling Pop Group, (2) *Best-Selling R&B Group and (3) *Best-Selling Female Group of All Time.
References
- ^ a b Keller, Julie (2005-09-01). "Destiny's World Domination". E! Online. Yahoo Music News. Archived from the original on 18 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ a b "World Music Awards bring few surprises". Reuters. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ a b c d Baracaia, Alexa (2005-09-01). "The night that Destiny ruled the world... World Music Awards". The Evening Standard. p. 19.