Vote for favorite breakthrough artist in 6th Annual T-Mobile award for the American Music Awards

October 20, 10:29 AMLA Music ExaminerBelinda Thomas

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The "2009 American Music Awards" is asking the public to cast their votes for this year's T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award, the only award which will determine the fans' top favorite new artist. This is also the only award on the AMAs where fans can text in their votes and continue to vote during the show. The T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award will be revealed during the live telecast of the special, airing SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Last week fans voted to determine the final nominees for the Pop/Rock and Soul/R & B genres. This week fans can vote from among two names in the Country and Rap/Hip-Hop categories to determine the one artist who will move on to be included as the final nominee from that category. Go to abc.com for additional voting details.

T-Mobile USA customers can send a text message using their phones by sending the letter corresponding to their favorite artist to short code "AMA" (262). Standard text messaging charges apply. In addition, votes for the T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award can also be cast via the internet at ama.abc.com. Corresponding letters to text for each artist are as follows:

COUNTRY BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS (OPEN FROM MON. OCT. 19 - TUES. OCT. 20)

"A" for Gloriana or "B" for Zac Brown Band

RAP/HIP-HOP BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTS (OPEN FROM WED. OCT. 21 - THURS. OCT. 22)

"A" for Drake or "B" for Kid Cudi

The nominees were chosen from different genres of music and were the top new artists in each category based on sales and airplay from November 2008 - August 2009.

The show will be broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on SUNDAY, NOV. 22 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT) on ABC. This year's AMA tickets and VIP ticket packages are now on sale (please visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-877-AEG-TICKETS). dick clark productions will also air a live digital pre-show hosted by Julie Moran from the 2009 American Music Awards red carpet, available on ABC.com, USTREAM.com and mycokerewards.com and mycoke.com.

For the third year, winners will be determined by online voting at www.ama.abc.com, www.amavote.com and www.mycokerewards.com. Artists will be honored in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin and Contemporary Inspirational. Fans can go to the official homepage of the 2009 American Music Awards, ama.abc.com, to find performer and presenter announcements, artist information and more.

For more information:American Music Awards