Monday, November 23, 2009

MusicMonday: AMAs Recap, Free Downloads


American Music Awards


The 37th Annual American Music Awards were held last night at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's a recap:
  • The ceremony was less about giving out awards (only a fraction were handed out on the air) and more about the performances.
  • There were 18 performances in total during ABC's three-hour telecast -- with four by alumni of FOX's American Idol -- Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry (with his band, Daughtry).
  • The most controversial performance was by last year's Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert. Luckily he closed the show -- because the adult subject matter was better suited for the late hour! Click on Lambert's image above to view the performance.
  • Taylor Swift continued her amazing run this year by winning the most awards -- five -- including Artist of the Year.
  • The late Michael Jackson won four awards -- and now has a record 23 lifetime AMAs -- more than any other performer.
  • A complete list of winners can be found here.
  • The telecast was watched by 14.2 million viewers -- the largest overall audience for the show since 2002.
  • And don't forget to voice your opinion on who had the best performance of the night by voting in the poll at left!

Free Downloads


This week's new offerings:
  • In honor of the holiday week, Amazon is offering a free $3 mp3 credit that you can use on any music -- your choice! Click here for the offer.
  • You can download the Beastie Boys' Doublecheck Your Head album for free here.
  • This offer comes from across the pond -- so hopefully you can download it in the States, too. Available exclusively to readers of The Independent online, Navigator and Reveal records present a compilation of 30 tracks of the finest new music around, all free to download. Click here.
  • This one could be interesting -- download a free 6-track Buddha-Lounge sampler from Amazon here.

And don't forget to continually check the following sources for more free downloads -- new songs covering all genres are added frequently. Just click on the links below and enjoy some new tunes.
One more reminder: enter "MusicMonday" in search box at upper left to review previous Monday posts for more available songs plus music news.

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