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Billboard Music Awards; the winners are....

The 2001 Billboard Music Awards was held this past Tuesday night and the big winners were R. Kelly and Destiny's Child who took home 6 and 5 trophies respectively. R-Kelly's wins included 'Artist of the Year' and 'Album of the Year' for "TP-2.com" while Destiny's Child included Artist of the Year' (for the second straight year), 'Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year' and the 'Soundtrack Single of the Year' for "Independent Woman Part 1" from the "Charlie's Angels" soundtrack. My girl Jill Scott won best FemaR&B/HipHop

In the country field Tim McGraw came out tops taking home 5 trophies as well including country Artist of the Year, country Singles Artist of the Year as well as country Album of the Year. Janet Jackson was honored with the Artist Achievement Award and after a montage of clips recapping her career, walked onstage to an extended standing ovation. The Awards (held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas) had comedian Bernie Mac as host (who had his moments both ups and downs).

Here are the list of winners:

ARTISTS

Artist of the year: Destiny's Child
Male artist of the year: Shaggy
Catalog artist of the year: Creed
Artist of the year - duo/group: Destiny's Child
New artist of the year: Lifehouse
Female new artist of the year: Alicia Keys

ALBUMS

Album of the year: The Beatles, "1" (Capitol)
Male albums artist of the year: Shaggy
Catalog album of the year: Creed, "My Own Prison" (Wind-Up)

HOT 100 SINGLES

Hot 100 Singles artist of the year: Destiny's Child
Hot 100 Single of the year: Lifehouse, "Hanging by a Moment"
Soundtrack single of the year: Destiny's Child, "Independent Women Part 1" (from "Charlie's Angels)
Hot 100 Singles artist of the year - duo/group: Destiny's Child

R&B/HIP-HOP

R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: R. Kelly
R&B/hip-hop albums artist of the year: R. Kelly
Female R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Jill Scott
New R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Alicia Keys
R&B/hip-hop album of the year: R. Kelly, "Tp-2.Com" (Jive)
R&B/hip-hop singles artist of the year: R. Kelly
R&B/hip-hop single of the year: R. Kelly, "Fiesta" featuring Jay-Z
R&B/hip-hop songwriter of the year: R. Kelly

COUNTRY

Country artist of the year: Tim McGraw
Male country artist of the year: Tim McGraw
Country albums artist of the year: Tim McGraw
New country artist of the year: Jamie O'Neal
Country album of the year: Tim McGraw, "Greatest Hits" (Curb)
Country single of the year: Brooks & Dunn, "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"
Country single artist of the year: Tim McGraw

ROCK

Rock artist of the year: Godsmack
Modern rock artist of the year: Linkin Park
Modern rock single of the year: Incubus, "Drive"

RAP

Rap artist of the year: Lil' Romeo
Rap single of the year: Lil Bow Wow, "Bow Wow (That's My Name)"

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Adult contemporary single of the year: Lee Ann Womack, "I Hope You Dance"

SPECIAL AWARDS

Century Award: John Mellencamp
Artist Achievement Award: Janet Jackson
Biggest one-week sales for an album in 2001: 'N Sync, "Celebrity"
Special award for first four albums debuting at No. 1: DMX

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Alicia Keys to tour US starting Jan 22nd 2002

This young lass is flying high right now and there seems to be no end in sight for how high she can soar at the moment. Fresh off her 2 wins at the Billboard Awards this week it was announced that young Ms. Keys will be touring the US of A starting Jan 22nd in Wallingford, Conn and will conclude March 10 in San Diego. Not only that but her latest release 'A Woman's worth' is scorching up the charts right now and looks prime to score the young lady her 2nd consecutive No.1 hit from her already 4x platinum debut set "Songs in A minor" When you've got it, you've got it and she has it right now, look for her at a city near you    .

Here are the current dates for her tour:

Jan. 22: Wallingford, Conn. (Oakdale Theatre)
Jan. 23: Washington, D.C. (D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
Jan. 25: Upper Darby, Penn. (Tower Theater)
Jan. 26: Boston (Orpheum Theatre)
Jan. 28: Toronto (Massey Hall)
Jan. 29: Detroit (State Theatre)
Jan. 30: Cleveland (State Theatre)
Feb. 1-2: New York (Radio City Music Hall)
Feb. 4: Columbus, Ohio (Palace Theatre)
Feb. 5: Milwaukee (Riverside Theater)
Feb. 7-8: Chicago (Arie Crown Theater)
Feb. 11: Richmond, Va. (Landmark Theatre)
Feb. 12: Charlotte, N.C. (Ovens Auditorium)
Feb. 15: Orlando, Fla. (Hard Rock Live)
Feb. 16: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Feb. 18: New Orleans (Saenger Theatre)
Feb. 19: Houston (Aerial Theatre)
Feb. 20: Dallas (Bronco Bowl)
Feb. 22: Denver (Fillmore Auditorium)
Feb. 28, March 1: Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre)
March 3-4: Oakland (Paramount)
March 6: Tempe, Ariz. (Gammage Auditorium)
March 8: Las Vegas (Aladdin Hotel)
March 10: San Diego (Copley Symphony Hall)

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Valerie Jones of 'Jones Girls' Fame dead at 45

Valorie Jones of the trio sister singing group the 'Jones Girls' died Dec 2nd at Sinai Grace Hospital in her home town of Detroit, Michigan. No details were released as to the cause of her death to this point, she was 45 years old.

Though they had started out in the 60s making their own records for the locally based Fortune label they didn't makes any sales and soon after moved to Hot Wax-Invictus, the company formed by Holland-Dozier-Holland and it was here where they finally got noticed. After singing back up for the likes of Diana Ross. Curtis Mayfield, B.B King and countless others, the Jones Girls came to providence in the late 70s and 80s provided us with such memorable hits as 'You gonna make me love somebody else', 'Nights over Egypt', 'Who can I run to' and I just love the man'. I will be having a special tribute to Valorie and the Jones Girls this Thursday - don't miss it. .

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So Solid Crew cancels dates in UK

The entire 11-date U.K. tour of controversial garage collective So Solid Crew and domestic dance duo Oxide & Neutrino have been canceled due to safety concerns.Promoters and authorities pulled a number of dates earlier this week in response to a recent shooting incident at the Astoria club in London reports billboard.com

In a statement, the acts condemned the "draconian measures" which forced the cancellation, adding that So Solid Crew and Oxide & Neutrino have successfully appeared at many events throughout the U.K without any incidents at all, making this ruling even more bizarre and unfair." Their management and respective record labels are seeking alternative venues for the performances in the new year, .