World Music Awards 2008

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The 20th annual World Music Awards was held on 09 November, 2008 in Monaco. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year. The ceremony was hosted by actor Jesse Metcalfe and singer Michelle Williams. ^[1]

Contents 1 Nominees 1.1 World's Best Selling Record Act 1.2 World's Best Selling Pop Female Artist 1.3 World's Best Selling Pop Male Artist 1.4 World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist 1.5 World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Male Artist 1.6 World's Best Selling Rock Act 1.7 World's Best Selling R&B Female 1.8 World's Best Selling R&B Male 1.9 World's Best Selling New R&B Act 1.10 World's Best Selling New Act 1.11 World's Best Selling Hip Hop/Rap Artist 1.12 World's Best DJ 1.13 World's Best Selling Latin Performer 1.14 Diamond Award 1.15 Outstanding Contribution To The Arts 1.16 Special Achievement Award 1.17 Outstanding Contribution To The Music Industry 1.18 Regional Awards 2 Notes

[edit] Nominees

Below is a list of all the nominees for each award, the winners are in bold.

[edit] World's Best Selling Record Act

• Coldplay^[2]

[edit] World's Best Selling Pop Female Artist

• Madonna
• Leona Lewis
• Rihanna
• Mariah Carey ^[3]

[edit] World's Best Selling Pop Male Artist

• Akon

[edit] World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist

• Duffy
• Pink
• Amy Winehouse
• Katy Perry ^[4]

[edit] World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Male Artist

• Kid Rock
• Akon

[edit] World's Best Selling Rock Act

• Coldplay
• Metallica
• Kings of Leon
• REM ^[5]

[edit] World's Best Selling R&B Female

• Alicia Keys
• Leona Lewis
• Rihanna
• Mariah Carey ^[6]

[edit] World's Best Selling R&B Male

• Chris Brown^[2]
• Ne-Yo
• Usher
• Robin Thicke

[edit] World's Best Selling New R&B Act

• Estelle^[2]

[edit] World's Best Selling New Act

• Duffy
• Leona Lewis
• Estelle
• Katy Perry ^[7]

[edit] World's Best Selling Hip Hop/Rap Artist

• Kanye West
• Lil' Wayne
• T.I.
• T-Pain ^[8]

[edit] World's Best DJ

• Tiësto
• Martin Solveig
• Laurent Wolf
• Frankie Knuckles ^[9]

[edit] World's Best Selling Latin Performer

• Enrique Iglesias^[10]
• Gloria Estefan
• Shakira
• Luis Miguel

[edit] Diamond Award

• Ringo Starr^[2]

[edit] Outstanding Contribution To The Arts

• Beyonce Knowles^[2]

[edit] Special Achievement Award

Mariah Carey

[edit] Outstanding Contribution To The Music Industry

• L.A. Reid^[2]

[edit] Regional Awards

• World's Best Selling African Artist: Akon
• World's Best Selling American Artist: Madonna
• World's Best Selling Australian Artist: Delta Goodrem
• World's Best Selling Belgian Artitst: Kate Ryan
• World's Best Selling British Artist: Coldplay
• World's Best Selling Canadian Artist: Celine Dion
• World's Best Selling Chinese Artist: Jay Chou
• World's Best Selling French Artist: Christophe Mae
• World's Best Selling German Artist: Die Ärzte
• World's Best Selling Irish Artist: The Script
• World's Best Selling Italian Artist: Jovanotti
• World's Best Selling Japanese Artist: Exile
• World's Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist: Nancy Ajram
• World's Best Selling Nigerian Artist: 2Face
• World's Best Selling Norwegian Artist: Madcon
• World's Best Selling Spanish Artist: Enrique Iglesias
• World's Best Selling Swedish Artist: Basshunter

[edit] Notes