Mely B
November 18, 2011 at 12:08 pm
No disrespect towards Mary J Blige but I am truly sick & tired of either her, Bee or AKeys being the representative R&B female act. Last year: JAZMINE SULLIVAN, MONICA, FANTASIA, CHRISETTE MICHELLE & KEYSHIA COLE released albums and definitely could’ve used the exposure on a show like this.

Based on the people you listed as confirmed acts, I’ll check out MJB then turn this off!

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Um.....no offense but the AMA's are a MAINTSTREAM Award show and none of the artist you name are 'mainstream' acts. Mary, Alicia and Beyonce are pretty much the only female r&b artist you mentioned that get a lot of shine in the r&b world, at least this year. Do you think that most of the people who vote for these shows even know who Chrisette Michele, Jazmin Sulivan and Melanie Fiona are? At these type of Award shows, if don't make an appearance on Hot 100 then they get ignored.

Artist like Chrisette Michele, Jazmin Sullivan, Monica, Melanie Fiona and so forth, their best bet for recognition is like at the BET Awards, Soul Train Awards or maybe the Grammys but awards shows like the AMA's, VMA's and those other 'mainstream' award shows cater popular acts.

Plus I don't think anyone really takes the AMA's seriously. I mean hell, they have even put Rihanna in the r&b category! It's basically just a popularity contest because the fans get to vote. *shrugs*