2009 StarShine Magazine Music Award Nominees Include Big Stars Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Jesse McCartney

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2009 StarShine Magazine Music Award Nominees Include Big Stars Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & Jesse McCartney

Staten Island, NY—October 7, 2009—Now known as the StarShine Music Awards (abbreviated SMAs), the 7th annual online voting will take place on www.StarShineMag.com beginning October 19, 2009 (12am EST) and ending on November 16th (11:59pm EST).

This year’s nominees proves to be StarShine Magazine’s most diverse group of artists to date—combining multi-platinum superstars with rising buzz-worthy artists as well as relatively underground musicians.

StarShine Magazine’s nominees were chosen by president & editor, Sandy Lo along with assistant editor, Sa’iyda Shabazz. Sticking to their policy of not nominating an artist that hasn’t been featured in the magazine, Sandy Lo is grateful they’ve been fortunate enough to interview and help discover big stars like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry as well as spotlight breaking artists like Van Atta High and Livvi Franc.

“Our readers are stubborn and loyal enough to want to see the Backstreet Boys and Jesse McCartney every year, but open-minded enough to welcome new talent, even ones that step into obscurity like 100 Monkeys or like Shytown, who blends an interesting mix of sounds.”

Katy Perry receives top nods in 7 categories including Best Live Show for her “Hello Katy” tour and Best Pop Song for “Hot N Cold”. She goes head to head with Lady Gaga for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Favorite Female, Best New Artist and Song of the Year. Gaga is also up for Best Dance Song for “Just Dance” and competes in that category up against Cascada’s “Evacuate The Dance Floor”, Jesse McCartney’s newest hit “Body Language”, newcomer Livvi Franc’s “Now I’m That Chick” and rising boy band V Factory with “Love Struck”.

Jesse McCartney is also up for Favorite Male, Song of the Year for “How Do You Sleep?”, Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Other Disney derived nominees include Demi Lovato with 4 nominations and Ashley Tisdale with 2.

Other artists nominated include the critically acclaimed and fan favorite Michael Buble, VH1 You Oughta Know artist, Eric Hutchinson, up & coming singer/songwriter Josh Hoge, and new female artist Jessie James with a whopping 5 nominees for her self-titled debut.

Instructions to vote will be available through www.StarShineMag.com’s home page starting October 19th. Winners will be announced in December 2009.

For a complete list of nominees, see below.

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2009 STARSHINE MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES

BEST DANCE SONG

Cascada – “Evacuate The Dance Floor”
Jesse McCartney – “Body Language”
Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”
Livvi Franc – “Now I’m That Chick”
V Factory – “Love Struck”

BEST BALLAD

Idina Menzel – “Brave”
Jessie James – “I Look So Good (Without You)”
Josh Hoge – “Stay Away”
Lesley Roy – “Unbeautiful”
Parachute – “She Is Love”

BEST ROCK SONG

Hedley – “Never Too Late”
Josh Hoge – “Take It Or Leave It”
Lesley Roy – “I’m Gone (I’m Going)”
Parachute – “The Mess I Made”
Van Atta High – “Doin’ Something Right”

BEST POP SONG

Jeff Timmons – “Emotional High”
Jessie James – “Wanted”
Justin Stein – “Lose Control”
Kaci Battaglia – “Crazy Possessive”
Katy Perry – “Hot N Cold”

FAVORITE BAND/GROUP

100 Monkeys
Hedley
Shytown
V Factory
Van Atta High

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST

Ashley Tisdale
Demi Lovato
Jessie James
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST

Andy Davis
Eric Hutchinson
Jesse McCartney
Josh Hoge
Michael Buble

BEST LIVE SHOW

100 Monkeys
Backstreet Boys
Idina Menzel
Katy Perry
Michael Buble

BEST NEW ARTIST

Demi Lovato
Eric Hutchinson
Josh Hoge
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga

BREAKING ARTIST

100 Monkeys
Ashlee Keating
Kaci Battaglia
Shytown
Van Atta High

SONG OF THE YEAR

Ashley Tisdale – “It’s Alright, It’s OK”
Jesse McCartney – “How Do You Sleep?”
Jessie James – “Wanted”
Katy Perry – “Hot N Cold”
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Demi Lovato – Here We Go Again
Jesse McCartney – Departure
Jessie James – Jessie James
Katy Perry – One Of The Boys
Lady Gaga – The Fame

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Demi Lovato
Jesse McCartney
Michael Buble
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga