Gilman Tops Nominees In Billboard Vid Awards

NEW YORK -- Country singer Billy Gilman leads the list of nominees for the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards, which will be presented Nov. 10 at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City, Calif. The 12-year-old Gilman, an Epic Nashville recording artist, earned four nominations for his video "One Voice."

The clip received nods for best country new artist clip, best contemporary Christian clip, best contemporary Christian new artist clip, and best jazz/AC new artist clip.

Following close behind in nominations is D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," which earned three nods: best R&B clip; Maximum Vision, given to the video that best advances an artist's career; and the FAN.tastic Video Award, voted on by fans exclusively at billboard.com.

The annual Billboard Music Video Awards show is the grand finale of the 2000 Billboard Music Video Conference, to be held Nov. 8-10 at the Universal Hilton.

This year's awards are given in 10 musical categories: contemporary Christian, country, dance, hard rock, jazz/AC, Latin, modern rock, pop, R&B, and rap/hip-hop. Videoclips eligible for the awards are those that were released between Sept. 1, 1999, and Aug. 31, 2000.

Individual record companies submit clips for nominations. Nominees are then chosen by committees of judges from the music industry, such as video programmers, independent promoters, video producers, and media experts.

Nominated clips are then eligible for the Maximum Vision and director of the year nominations, which are determined by a panel of Billboard editors.

Top nominee Gilman, who is considered a child prodigy, began singing country music at the age of 3. His debut album, "One Voice," reached No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 22 on The Billboard 200.

The finalists in the FAN.tastic category are the five most-played videoclips (according to Broadcast Data Systems) from Sept. 1, 1999, to Aug. 31, 2000, on the national music video networks that report to Billboard.

For the first time this year, voting in the music video categories will be open to Billboard readers. Voting in these categories was previously open only to people registered for the Billboard Music Video Conference.

Ballots will be included in U.S. subscriber copies of the Sept. 30 issue of Billboard.

In addition, a Latin category has been added to the awards show this year.

Local/regional music shows also receive honors at the Billboard Music Video Awards. The shows submit air-check tapes for consideration. Final voting for the local show categories will take place at the conference by conference attendees. For additional information about the conference and awards, call 646-654-4660.

Following is the complete list of nominees:
Maximum Vision: Aaliyah, "Try Again" (Blackground/Virgin); D'Angelo, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (Cheeba Sound/Virgin); Destiny's Child, "Say My Name" (Columbia); Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady" (Web/Aftermath/Interscope); Moby, "Bodyrock" (V2).

Director of the year: Jonas Akerlund, Steve Carr, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Paul Hunter and Dominique Trenier, Hype Williams.
FAN.tastic Video: Blink-182, "All The Small Things" (MCA); D'Angelo, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"; Faith Hill, "Breathe" (Warner Bros. Nashville); No Doubt, "Simple Kind Of Life" (Trauma/Interscope); Santana Featuring Rob Thomas, "Smooth" (Arista).

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
Best clip of the year: Clear, "Flash" (Ardent); Billy Gilman, "One Voice" (Epic Nashville); Jennifer Knapp, "A Little More" (Gotee); Out Of Eden, "Lookin' For Love" (Gotee Records); Skillet, "Best Kept Secret" (ForeFront Records).

Best new artist clip of the year: Billy Gilman, "One Voice"; John Reuben, "Do Not" (Gotee); Plus One, "Written On My Heart" (143/Atlantic Records); Relient K, "My Girlfriend" (Gotee); Stacie Orrico, "Genuine" (ForeFront Records).
No local/regional show finalists.

COUNTRY
Best clip of the year: Dixie Chicks, "Cowboy Take Me Away" (Monument/ Sony Nashville); Dixie Chicks, "Goodbye Earl"; Faith Hill, "Breathe"; Faith Hill With Tim McGraw, "Let's Make Love" (Warner Bros. Nashville); Allison Moorer, "Send Down An Angel" (MCA Nashville).

Best new artist clip of the year: Montgomery Gentry, "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm" (Sony Music Nashville); Billy Gilman, "One Voice"; Eric Heatherly, "Swimming In Champagne" (Mercury Nashville); Jamie O'Neal, "There Is No Arizona" (Mercury Nashville); Keith Urban, "Your Everything" (Capitol Nashville).

Best local/regional show: "Country Music Channel" (San Francisco), "Music Row Profiles" (Nashville), "St. Louis Country" (St. Louis).

DANCE
Best clip of the year: Apollo Four Forty, "Stop The Rock" (550 Music/Epic Records Group); Daft Punk, "Fresh" (Virgin); Everything But The Girl, "Five Fathoms" (Atlantic Records); Groove Armada, "I See You Baby" (Jive Electro); Moby, "Bodyrock."

Best new artist clip of the year: Baha Men, "Who Let The Dogs Out" (S-Curve Records/Artemis); Groove Armada, "I See You Baby"; Geri Halliwell, "Mi Chico Latino (Dance Remix)" (Capitol); Mandy Moore, "Candy" (550 Music/Epic Records Group); Mr. Oizo, "Flat Beat" (Mute).

Best local/regional show: "BPM" (Denver), "Drop The Beat" (San Antonio).

HARD ROCK
Best clip of the year: Deftones, "Change (In The House Of Flies)" (Maverick/Warner Bros.); Incubus, "Pardon Me" (Immortal/Epic); Kittie, "Charlotte" (NG/Artemis); Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff" (Flip/Interscope); Rage Against The Machine, "Sleep Now In The Fire" (Epic).

Best new artist clip of the year: Chevelle, "Point #1" (Squint); Disturbed, "Stupify" (Giant/Reprise); A Perfect Circle, "Judith" (Virgin); Queens Of The Stone Age, "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret" (Interscope); Static-X, "I'm With Stupid" (Warner Bros.).

Best local/regional show: "Eleven" (Denver), "Heavy Pork" (Wichita, Kan.), "High Voltage" (Minneapolis), "Soundcheck" (Nashville), "VidDREAM" (Wilmington, Del.).

JAZZ/AC
Best clip of the year: The Corrs, "Breathless" (143/Lava/Atlantic); Jagged Edge, "Let's Get Married" (So So Def/Columbia); Dave Koz Featuring Montell Jordan, "Careless Whisper" (Capitol); Savage Garden, "I Knew I Loved You" (Columbia); SinZad O'Connor, "No Man's Woman" (Atlantic Records).

Best new artist clip of the year: Billy Gilman, "One Voice"; Mary Mary, "Shackles (Praise You)" (Columbia).
No local/regional show finalists.

LATIN
Best clip of the year: Enrique Iglesias, "Ritmo Total" (Interscope); Luis Miguel, "Amarte Es Un Placer" (WEA Latina); Carlos Ponce, "Escuchame" (EMI Latin America); Tito Puente, "Mambo Birdland" (RMM); Thalia, "Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella" (EMI Latin America).

Best new artist clip of the year: Christina Aguilera, "Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tu)" (RCA); Anahi, "Primer Amor" (Fonovisa); Francisco Cespedes, "Quedate Mas" (WEA Latina); Nava, "El Amor Los Tres" (Ryko Latino); Titan, "Corazon" (Virgin).
No local/regional show finalists.

MODERN ROCK
Best clip of the year: Beastie Boys, "Alive" (Capitol); Foo Fighters, "Learn To Fly" (RCA); Nine Inch Nails, "Starsuckers, Inc." (Nothing/Interscope); Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Californication" (Warner Bros.); Stone Temple Pilots, "Sour Girl" (Atlantic).

Best new artist clip of the year: Chevelle, "Point #1"; P.O.D., "Rock The Party" (Atlantic); Snake River Conspiracy, "How Soon Is Now" (Reprise); Vertical Horizon, "You're A God" (RCA); Wheatus, "Teenage Dirtbag" (Columbia).

Best local/regional show: "JBTV" (Chicago), "Heavy Pork" (Wichita, Kan.), "Modern Buzz" (New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La.), "Music Link" (Denver), "Rage" (Boston), "Secondary Emission" (Omaha, Neb.), "Soundcheck" (Nashville), "Video Hits" (Rochester, N.Y.).

POP
Best clip of the year: Fiona Apple, "Fast As You Can" (Clean Slate/Epic); Bloodhound Gang, "The Bad Touch" (Republic/Geffen); Foo Fighters, "Learn To Fly"; Madonna, "Music" (Maverick/Warner Bros.); Robbie Williams, "Rock DJ" (Capitol).

Best new artist clip of the year: Macy Gray, "Why Didn't You Call Me" (Clean Slate/Epic); Kelis, "Caught Out There" (Virgin Records); Nine Days, "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)" (550 Music/Epic Records Group); Pink, "There You Go" (LaFace/Arista); Vertical Horizon, "Everything You Want" (RCA).

Best local/regional show: "California Music Channel" (San Francisco), "Drop The Beat" (San Antonio), "Hit Records Nightlife Video" (North Bergen, N.J.), "Sidewalks Entertainment" (Richmond, Calif.), "Smash Hits" (Los Angeles), "Star TV" (Knoxville, Tenn.), "The Super Duper Slob-Be-Dob 2000" (Norwalk, Calif.).

R&B
Best clip of the year: Aaliyah, "Try Again"; Toni Braxton, "He Wasn't Man Enough" (LaFace/Arista); D'Angelo, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"; Destiny's Child, "Say My Name"; Donell Jones, "U Know What's Up" (LaFace/Arista).

Best new artist clip of the year: Blaque, "Bring It All To Me" (Track Masters/Columbia); Kelis, "Caught Out There"; Ruff Endz, "No More" (Epic); Jill Scott, "Gettin' In The Way" (Hidden Beach/Epic); Carl Thomas, "I Wish" (Bad Boy/Arista).

Best local/regional show: "2-Zero-3 Music Clique" (Bridgeport, Conn.), "Video Fusion" (Palo Alto, Calif.), "What's Happening On The East Side" (Bay Point, Calif.), "Urban X-pressions" (Philadelphia).

RAP/HIP-HOP
Best clip of the year: Black Eyed Peas, "Weekends" (Interscope); Cypress Hill, "Rock Superstar" (Columbia); De La Soul, "Oooh" (Tommy Boy); Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"; Jurassic 5, "Quality Control" (Rawkus/Interscope).

Best new artist clip of the year: Black Rob, "Whoa" (Bad Boy/Arista); Eve, "Love Is Blind" (Ruff Ryders/Interscope); Jurassic 5, "Quality Control"; Spooks, "Things I've Seen" (Antra/Artemis); Tony Touch Featuring Total, "I Wonder Why (He's The Greatest DJ)" (Tommy Boy).

Best local/regional show: "The Avenue" (Philadelphia), "Clubbin' TV" (Gurnee, Ill.), "The Cypher" (Green Bay, Wis.), "Da Bomb Video Show" (Long Beach, Calif.), "Drop The Beat" (San Antonio), "Rhythm & Power" (North Bergen, N.J.), "Urban X-pressions" (Philadelphia), "Video Fusion" (Palo Alto, Calif.), "Video Hit List" (Bay Point, Calif.).