Faith Hill Wins Big at American Music Awards

L O S   A N G E L E S, Jan. 9 -- Faith Hill was the big winner Monday night at the 28th annual American Music Awards, taking home pointy glass statues for favorite female artist in the pop/rock and country categories, as well as favorite country album for her multi-platinum recording, Breathe.

The only other multiple award-winners were Creed, which took home favorite pop/rock album for Human Clay, and favorite alternative artist, and Toni Braxton, who won favorite female artists and favorite album in the soul/rhythm & blues category (see complete list of winners, below).

The awards are decided by fans.

Paris Explodes for Lopez; Aerosmith Rocks On

The show, held in the Shrine Auditorium, opened with a rather odd production number from Jennifer Lopez. It seemed to have something to do with Paris, but Paris was exploding. It was also rather obvious that Jennifer was lip-synching.

The only standout performance of the night was Aerosmith’s scorching version of their new single, “Jaded,” from their forthcoming CD. It kinda looked like Cirque De Soleil gone horribly wrong, complete with a snake lady. But man, does that song kick ass! And how cool was it that bassist Tom Hamilton was playing a vintage violin-shaped Hofner, the same kind Paul McCartney used in the early and late Beatle days.

Speaking of Aerosmith, lead singer Steven Tyler finally cleared up a recent rumor saying the band didn’t want to receive something called the “Award of Achievement,” and asked Dick Clark to change the name of the award.

Clark supposedly said no, so the band supposedly said they weren’t going to pick up the award, or perform on the show. The name of the award was then changed to the “International Artist Award,” but Tyler said the name of the award had nothing to do with anything.

In the retrospective video shown before Aerosmith accepted the award, the band included a clip from their “Living On The Edge” video, which shows Tyler grabbing his crotch. Although the video has been shown hundreds of times on MTV, Clark wanted that specific image taken out. THAT’s what angered the band.