The CMT music awards of 2009 get a ton of interest. Oddly even those of us who do not ordinarily listen to Country Music are drawn to the CMT Music Awards. Great Performances and fine presentations abound at this venerable music awards ceremony.

The World Music Awards took place in Monte Carlo last night and with Beyonce Knowles & Kid Rock performing and a former Beatle picking up a trophy, it was almost an exact replica of Thursday’s MTV Europe Music Awards - except Leona Lewis actually won something.

Gym Class Heroes won one of the 2007 mtvU Woodie Awards. The New York hip-hop band, who had a breakout hit this year with the song "Cupid's Chokehold," took home Woodie of the Year at the college-oriented network's fourth annual award ceremony honoring musicians, as selected by viewers.

The tropical romance of Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra and the edgy urban sounds of Puerto Rico's Calle 13 garnered some of the top Latin Grammys in the annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas in the US.

Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood became the best again at the Country Music Association Awards – and where is an intrigue?

MTV chooses Wapple for EMA mobile internet site and voting.

Pop star Justin Timberlake, R and B singer Beyonce and rock bands Linkin Park and Daughtry lead the nominations for the 35th annual American Music Awards (AMA), which for the first time will allow members of the public to pick the winners.

Just weeks after checking into a rehab clinic over drink and drug problems, British soul singer Amy Winehouse scooped up the Best UK Female award at the Mobos in London overnight.

Verizon Communications, for the fifth consecutive year, has been ranked by LATINA Style magazine as one of the top 13 companies on the publication's list of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S.

Beyonce Knowles and her Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Hudson emerged big winners at this year's BET Award ceremony. Beyonce, who led all nominees with six, took home two trophies for Best Female R & B Artist and Video Of The Year for "Irreplaceable." She also delivered a flashy performance of her dance track "Get Me Bodied."

Sixteen year-old Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Evans, who emerged from the same thriving Vancouver Island music scene that introduced Nelly Furtado and Diana Krall, won the Album of the Year honor at last month's Island Music Awards in Vancouver.

Telecast to Air Live From MGM GRAND in Las Vegas Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS Television Network Rodney Atkins, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, and Carrie Underwood Set to Perform Along With Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Sugarland and Reba McEntire With Special Guest Kelly Clarkson.