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Daughtry, Underwood Each Win 3 AMAs

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 19, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Chris Daughtry may not have won "American Idol," but his band, Daughtry, earned high enough honors at the American Music Awards on Sunday to share the spotlight with Carrie Underwood and Justin Timberlake.

Daughtry made good on its three nominations, winning favorite pop-rock album for "Daughtry," as well as breakthrough artist and adult contemporary artist.

"Wow. I can't believe we're in the category with Justin Timberlake and Linkin Park. It's pretty awesome," the band's frontman said. "I want to make sure we thank the fans again because you guys made this all possible for us."

Underwood, who did win "Idol," matched her three wins at the Country Music Association Awards with three trophies Sunday: favorite female country artist, favorite country album for "Some Hearts," and the T-Mobile text-in award.

"Thank you fans for going out and buying this album. You guys are amazing," she said. "This is one heck of a night."

Timberlake was a double winner, earning male pop-rock artist honors and the soul/R&B album award for his "FutureSex/LoveSounds." Timberlake accepted by video from Australia.

Usher presented Beyonce with the international artist award, which has been given to just a handful of artists, including Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith.

The night was punctuated with performances, including one by Beyonce and country duo Sugarland, who performed Beyonce's hit "Irreplaceable."
Celine Dion performed her new song, "Taking Chances," and Lenny Kravitz sat at the piano to play his latest, "I'll Be Waiting."

Eighties rock band Duran Duran performed its new song, "Falling Down," as well as the old hit "Hungry Like the Wolf."

After two weeks of writer-strike-imposed reruns of his talk show, Jimmy Kimmel returned to live TV as host of the three-hour ceremony, broadcast live from the new Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The show's basic script was written before the strike began last week, but there were no writers to provide Kimmel with his trademark quips about current events.

One comedy bit came from September. Kid Rock spoofed his fight with rocker Tommy Lee at MTV's Video Music Awards, telling Kimmel, "You're in my seat," before pretending to punch him in the face.

Kimmel said the Writers Guild of America strike prevented him from writing any jokes for the show.

"It may not look like it, but I'm striking right now in my heart," he said, apologizing to the crowd for having to tolerate "made-up crap."

The Associated Press

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