2008 Best Of The Year Awards (Nominations)

Grammy winning stars Ashanti, T.I., Rihanna, and Britney Spears lead the 2008 Best of the Year Awards with a staggering 5 nominations, followed by Alicia Keys, Lil' Wayne, and Usher, with 4.

The CW's 'Gossip Girl' leads the television portion with 5 nominations, followed by ABC's 'Desperate Housewives' with 4, including nods for leading actresses Eva Longoria Parker and Marcia Cross.

Will Smith leads the movie category with 3 nominations for his work on 'Hancock' and 'Seven Pounds, while 'Sex and the City (The Movie)' and 'The Secret Lives of Bees' also notch 3 nominations each, including nods for the movie's stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Queen Latifah, respectively.

GENERAL

Shocking Event of 2008
Jennifer Hudson’s Tragedy
Britney Spears Pull It Together
Heath Ledger’s Death
Barack Obama Becoming President
Mariah Carey Marries Nick Cannon

Most Talk About Star of 2008
Britney Spears
Amy Winehouse
Mariah Carey
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Hudson
Tom Cruise

MUSIC

Album of the Year
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’
Brandy – ‘Human’
T.I. – ‘Paper Trail’
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’
Carrie Underwood – ‘Carnival Ride’
Alicia Keys – ‘As I Am’
Mariah Carey – ‘E=MC2’

Single of the Year
Ashanti – ‘The Way That I Love You’
Leona Lewis – ‘Bleeding Love’
Jesse McCartney – ‘Leavin’
Katy Perry – ‘I Kissed A Girl’
M.I.A. – ‘Paper Planes’
T.I. – ‘Whatever You Like’
Lil’ Wayne – ‘Lollipop’

Video of the Year
Ashanti – ‘The Way That I Love You’
Rihanna – ‘Distubia’
Beyonce – ‘If I Were A Boy’
Ciara – ‘Go Girl’
Solange – ‘Sandcastle Disco’
Carrie Underwood – ‘Just A Dream’
Britney Spears – ‘Womanizer’

Collaboration of the Year
T.I. featuring Rihanna – ‘Live Your Life’
Nelly featuring Akon & Ashanti – ‘Body On Me’
Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown – ‘No Air’
T.I., Lil’ Wayne, Jay-Z, & Kanye West – ‘Swagga Like Us’
Maroon5 with Rihanna – ‘If I Never See Your Face Again’
Estelle featuring Kanye West – ‘American Boy’
Alicia Keys with John Mayer – ‘Lessons Learned’

Best New Artist
Jasmine Sullivan
Estelle
The Jonas Brothers
Jordin Sparks
Leona Lewis
Adele
Jennifer Hudson

Best Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Britney Spears
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Ashanti
Taylor Swift
Leona Lewis

Best Male Artist
Lil’ Wayne
Chris Brown
Ne-Yo
Brad Paisley
T.I.
Usher
Jesse McCartney

Best Group
Day 26
Maroon 5
Coldplay
Sugarland
Danity Kane
The Jonas Brothers
One Republic

Underrated Artist of the Year
Ashanti
Nelly
Keri Hilson
Brandy
Estelle
Michelle Williams
Solange Knowles

‘Please Come Harder’ Award
50 Cent
Mya
Janet Jackson
Kelly Rowland
Usher
Bow Wow
Teairra Mari

‘Take A Break Please’ Award
Rihanna
Chris Brown
Beyonce
Miley Cyrus
Lil’ Wayne
Alicia Keys
T-Pain

Worst Single of the Year
Janet Jackson – ‘Rock With U’
Vanessa Hudgens – ‘Sneaker Night’
Usher – ‘Moving Mountains’
The Jonas Brothers – ‘Love Bug’
Christina Aguilera – ‘Keeps Getting’ Better’
Miley Cyrus – ‘Fly on the Wall’
Bow Wow featuring Soulja Boy – ‘Marco Polo’

Worst Album of the Year
Ne-Yo – ‘Year of the Gentlemen’
T-Pain – ‘Thr33 Ringz’
Miley Cyrus – ‘Breakout’
Shontelle – ‘Shontelligence’
Janet Jackson – ‘Discipline’
Usher – ‘Here I Stand’
Beyonce – ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’

TV

TV Show of the Year
‘Desperate Housewives’
‘Gossip Girl’
‘90210’
‘Private Practice’
‘The Game’
‘The Mentalist’
‘House’

TV Actress of the Year
Eva Longoria Parker – ‘Desperate Housewives’
Marcia Cross – ‘Desperate Housewives’
Robin Tunney – ‘The Mentalist’
Leighton Meester – ‘Gossip Girl’
Jennifer Love Hewitt – ‘Ghost Whisper’
Tia Mowry – ‘The Game’
Blake Lively – ‘Gossip Girl’

TV Actor of the Year
Chace Crawford – ‘Gossip Girl’
Ed Westwick – ‘Gossip Girl’
Simon Baker – ‘The Mentalist’
Chad Michael Murray – ‘One Tree Hill’
Wentworth Miller – ‘Prison Break’
Hugh Laurie – ‘House’
Neil McDonough – ‘Desperate Housewives’

TV Host of the Year
Oprah Winfrey – ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’
Heidi Klum – ‘Project Runway’
Ryan Seacreast – ‘American Idol’
Chelsea Handler – ‘Chelsea Lately’
Terrence & Rocsi – ‘106 & Park’
Tyra Banks – ‘The Tyra Banks Show’
Ellen DeGeneres – ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’

Reality Show of the Year
American Idol
The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole)
Making the Band 4
Dancing With the Stars
Glam God (Vivica A. Fox)
The Bachlorette (DeAnna Pappas)
The Hills

MOVIES

Movie of the Year
The Dark Knight
Sex and the City: The Movie
Iron Man

The Family That Preys
The Secret Life of Bees
Hancock
Seven Pounds

Movie Actress of the Year
Angelina Jolie (‘Wanted’, ‘Changeling’, ‘Kung Fu Panda’)
Anne Hathaway (‘Get Smart’, ‘Rachel Getting Married’, ‘Passengers’)
Kate Winslet (‘The Reader’, ‘Revolutionary Road’)
Taraji P. Henson (‘The Family That Preys’, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’)
Jennifer Hudson (‘Sex and the City’, ‘Winged Creatures’, ‘The Secret Life of Bees’)
Sarah Jessica Parker (‘Sex and the City’, ‘Smart People’)
Queen Latifah (‘The Secret Life of Bees’, ‘What Happens In Vegas?’, ‘Mad Money’)

Movie Actor of the Year
Brad Pitt (‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, ‘Burn After Reading’)
Will Smith (‘Seven Pounds’, ‘Hancock’)
Robert Downey Jr. (‘Iron Man’, ‘Tropic Thunder’)
Heath Ledger (‘The Dark Knight’
Sean Penn (‘Milk’)
Leonardo DiCaprio (‘Revolutionary Road’, ‘Body of Lies’)
Adrien Brody (‘The Brothers Bloom’, ‘Cadillac Records’)

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