Rock On The Net: 16th American Music Awards (presented in 1989)

16th American Music Awards
held January 30, 1989

check out the American Music Awards History (of past winners and nominees)

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist George Michael		other nominees: Michael Jackson Steve Winwood
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Whitney Houston		other nominees: Tracy Chapman Debbie Gibson
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine		other nominees: Def Leppard Van Halen
Favorite Pop/Rock Single Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine"		other nominees: Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" Steve Winwood - "Roll With It"
Favorite Pop/Rock Album Dirty Dancing soundtrack	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Def Leppard - Hysteria George Michael - Faith
Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist Tracy Chapman		other nominees: Rick Astley Taylor Dayne
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist George Michael		other nominees: Bobby Brown Michael Jackson
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Whitney Houston		other nominees: Natalie Cole Sade
Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group Gladys Knight & The Pips		other nominees: New Edition Salt-N-Pepa
Favorite Soul/R&B Single Freddie Jackson "Nice 'N' Slow"		other nominees: Al B. Sure! - "Off On Your Side" Pebbles - "Girlfriend"
Favorite Soul/R&B Album George Michael Faith		other nominees: Gladys Knight & The Pips - All Our Love Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever
Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist Al B. Sure!		other nominees: Tony! Toni! Tone! Karyn White
Favorite Country Male Artist Randy Travis		other nominees: George Strait Hank Williams, Jr.
Favorite Country Female Artist Reba McEntire		other nominees: Rosanne Cash Tanya Tucker
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Alabama		other nominees: The Judds The Oak Ridge Boys
Favorite Country Single Randy Travis "I Told You So"		other nominees: Alabama - "Fallin' Again" Kathy Mattea- "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses"
Favorite Country Album Randy Travis Always And Forever		other nominees: George Strait - If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' Ricky Van Shelton - Wild Eyed Dream
Favorite Country New Artist Patty Loveless		other nominees: Larry Boone The McCarters
Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist Def Leppard		other nominees: Guns N' Roses Van Halen
Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album Def Leppard Hysteria		other nominees: Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction Van Halen - OU812
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh		other nominees: Run-D.M.C. Salt-N-Pepa
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper		other nominees: Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
Award of Merit Willie Nelson
Award of Achievement Michael Jackson
ARC Weekly Top 40 Charts For 1989 Top Songs of 1989: 1-100 and 101-238 31st Annual Grammy Awards MTV Video Music Awards </strong></font> <!--webbot bot="ImageMap" startspan rectangle=" (379,50) (460, 57) http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" rectangle=" (0,0) (10000, 10000) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/rockonthenet-20" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/468x60.gif" alt="Shop at Amazon.com" border="0" width="468" height="60" --><MAP NAME="FrontPageMap0"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="379, 50, 460, 57" HREF="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="0, 0, 10000, 10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/rockonthenet-20"></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/468x60.gif" alt="Shop at Amazon.com" border="0" width="468" height="60" usemap="#FrontPageMap0"><!--webbot bot="ImageMap" i-checksum="57028" endspan -->