Radio Music Awards

The Radio Music Awards was an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio. Nominations were based on the amount of airplay recording artists receive on radio stations in various formats using chart information compiled by Mediabase.^[1]

Originally conceived as an award show vehicle for The WB in 1999, it was moved to ABC in 2000 and finally to NBC, which promoted it as the music industry's answer to the Golden Globes.^[2]

In past years, the show included many of the top names in music including NSYNC, Shakira, Backstreet Boys, Green Day, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Train, Elton John, Destiny's Child, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Lenny Kravitz, Nelly, Gavin DeGraw, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Lifehouse, and Christina Aguilera, among others.

Dates, venues, and networks

• October 28, 1999: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: (The WB)^[3]
• November 4, 2000: Aladdin Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada: (ABC)^[4]
• October 26, 2001: Aladdin Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada: (ABC)^[5]
• October 27, 2003: Aladdin Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada: (NBC)^[6]
• October 25, 2004: Aladdin Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada: (NBC)^[7]
• December 19, 2005: Aladdin Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada: (NBC)^[2]

References

1. Press Releases- Newsroom. Time Warner. Retrieved on 2013-08-25.
2. > 2005 Radio Music Awards 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine. NBC.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-25.
3. Press Releases- Newsroom. Time Warner. Retrieved on 2013-08-25.
4. "The 2000 Radio Music Awards". IMDb. 4 November 2000.
5. Christina Wins at Radio Music Awards. Bignoisenow.com (2001-10-27). Retrieved on 2013-08-25.
6. "2003 Radio Music Awards". IMDb. 27 October 2003.
7. "2004 Radio Music Awards". IMDb. 25 October 2004.