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American Music Awards

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TheBigA

The American Music Awards took place Monday night in Las Vegas. They gave out awards in the country category. But it turns out they were won by Post Malone & Beyonce:

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Who won American Music Awards for 2025? See the full winners list here.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners of the 2025 American Music Awards.
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The AMAs aren't voted, but based on sales/streaming figures. Obviously when you have international superstars making country albums, they're able to carry their pop numbers to the country side. In a way that's good for country. But I really doubt that fans of Beyonce are going to listen to Cody Johnson. Their streaming figures overwhelmed those of the actual country stars. Even Shaboozey, who has topped the country streaming charts for about 35 weeks couldn't outdo Post Malone.
 
TheBigA said:
Some might say they're all worthless.
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Awards that are based on some form of public opinion are, at least, of a bit more value to me than those done by industry insiders in any area of entertainment.

A good example are the Rotten Tomato ratings. I find, generally but not always, that the public's ratings are much more significant than the critic's ratings.

In radio, this is why we use music tests and "call out" to find out listener appeal as we programmers really are to involved and too "insider" to judge songs for both playability and frequency of play.

About 15 years or so ago, both my partner and I decided... after many disappointing experiences... that almost every movie winning content based academy awards was not going to be a satisfying view. In our conversations, we decided that the insiders that voted looked for art and technique more than sheer entertainment value.

A problem with listener-based music awards is that the artists don't seem to attend and support them as much as peer group awards. That means that the ceremonies have a lot of "call in" acceptances and much lower entertainment values. The AMA award fell somewhat into that category.
 
Don CT said:
True, but at least a Grammy has some industry knowledge behind it.

The AMA was a Dick Clark invention to complete with the Grammys.
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And his concept of being consumer / listener based was valid.
 
DavidEduardo said:
A problem with listener-based music awards is that the artists don't seem to attend and support them as much as peer group awards. That means that the ceremonies have a lot of "call in" acceptances and much lower entertainment values. The AMA award fell somewhat into that category.
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There are a lot of games that get played to get artists to attend. Blake Shelton has a new TV deal with CBS, so he was there for them. Sometimes, artists are told in advance that they've won as a reason for them to attend. My guess is that's why Dan & Shay were there. They won for country duo.
 
TheBigA said:
There are a lot of games that get played to get artists to attend. Blake Shelton has a new TV deal with CBS, so he was there for them. Sometimes, artists are told in advance that they've won as a reason for them to attend. My guess is that's why Dan & Shay were there. They won for country duo.
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Sounds logical, as the awards are based on statistics and not the subjective opinions of voters or a panel of judges. But why not tip off all the winners, then? No one is gambling (legally) on the outcome of the AMAs, so who's being hurt by faking the suspense on the show, so long as all or most of the winners will be there to perform? Yes, the whole "and the winner is ..." thing would be a fraud, but unless someone is losing money because of it, it's OK, right? That's show biz!
 
DavidEduardo said:
Awards that are based on some form of public opinion are, at least, of a bit more value to me than those done by industry insiders in any area of entertainment.

A good example are the Rotten Tomato ratings. I find, generally but not always, that the public's ratings are much more significant than the critic's ratings.

In radio, this is why we use music tests and "call out" to find out listener appeal as we programmers really are to involved and too "insider" to judge songs for both playability and frequency of play.

About 15 years or so ago, both my partner and I decided... after many disappointing experiences... that almost every movie winning content based academy awards was not going to be a satisfying view. In our conversations, we decided that the insiders that voted looked for art and technique more than sheer entertainment value.

A problem with listener-based music awards is that the artists don't seem to attend and support them as much as peer group awards. That means that the ceremonies have a lot of "call in" acceptances and much lower entertainment values. The AMA award fell somewhat into that category.
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The point of the academy awards is to reword excellence in the art and technique of the movie making process. Not so much for its entertainment value. The Grammy should not be a popularity contest but the structure of the composition itself.
 
The thing that still puzzles me about "Cowboy Carter" is its legacy, or lack of one. Is any radio station, in any format, still playing anything from the album? I wonder how many of those millions upon millions of people who bought or streamed the album or its lone radio single, "Texas Hold'em," are still listening to either today. Except among the most devoted members of the "Beyhive," I can't see anyone who was drawn to Beyonce by her past recordings giving "Cowboy Carter" more than one or two listens and then a quick "Nope, not for me."
 
CTListener said:
Is any radio station, in any format, still playing anything from the album? I wonder how many of those millions upon millions of people who bought or streamed the album or its lone radio single, "Texas Hold'em," are still listening to either today.
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It doesn't matter. By having the single chart, it qualified. The streams of the song aren't specific to genre.
 
Favorite Male Country Artist: Post Malone

Favorite Female Country Artist: Beyoncé

Favorite Country Duo or Group: Dan + Shay

Favorite Country Album: Beyoncé “COWBOY CARTER”

Favorite Country Song: Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Wow, I missed out on so much by not tuning in and yes that is sarcasm on my part.

God bless you and my favorite singers always!!!

Holly
 
James Otto Sweet Heart said:
Favorite Male Country Artist: Post Malone

Favorite Female Country Artist: Beyoncé

Favorite Country Duo or Group: Dan + Shay

Favorite Country Album: Beyoncé “COWBOY CARTER”

Favorite Country Song: Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”

Wow, I missed out on so much by not tuning in and yes that is sarcasm on my part.

God bless you and my favorite singers always!!!

Holly
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Has that singer you like, Mason something, ever been nominated, and would you watch the show if he was?
 
^^^ Because of how much I missed out on where Mason Ramsey is concerned, I don't know if a nomination for anything has ever come his way or not. I only discovered him almost two years ago when he has been in the public eye for seven now. I do know that he has not been nominated in more recent years for anything yet. I don't even know if nominations are even in the cards for him right now. I am under the impression that his material does not get much radio time if any at all. I don't know if it has anything to do with his age considering the fact that he only hit 18 years old last November or if it is because of his musical style being as old as it is, but to me, his material couldn't be anymore awesome, and he's written just about every last bit of his more recent stuff. His Christmas EP included one song that he wrote, every song on his album named I'll See You In My Dreams was written by him, and four of the five songs from his previous EP named Falls Into Place was written by him.

Since we are now on the subject of my most favorite singer, I have to mention the newest angel that recently made his way into country music, one that I pray has been signed to a contract even though he was not the American Idol winner this year. John Foster is another complete and total masterpiece who in my opinion should be all over the place. Because of my mom's love for American Idol, I caught his performance of "The Rainbow Connection" on May 12th, and I have not been the same since. I've been watching the clips of him at You Tube and everything out of his mouth couldn't be better. His singing, his smile, and his songwriting had better not be swept up underneath the rug. Right here is the song that he did on the Easter Sunday show, and he wrote it about a friend of his who was tragically killed in a car accident on December 31, 2022. This song, to me, should be the next CMA Song of the Year. The first thing said during the chorus is one heck of a lyric, "Sure, the sun will come up, but it won't shine on her skin."


I never did answer your question. Would I watch an awards show if John or Mason were nominated or at least on the stage at some point? They would be my sole reason for watching especially if none of my other favorites were in the picture.

God bless you and all of my favorites and my mom always!!!

Holly (a girl who is not an American Idol fan)
 
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