BWU Awards 2009

The nominations for the 2009 BWU Awards were announced on December 1st, 2009. The results were announced on January 1st, 2010. Below is the full list of nominees and winners (in BOLD): Single of the Year Poker Face – Lady Gaga Sweet Dreams – Beyonce Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston Best I Ever Had – Drake Use Somebody – Kings of Leon You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift Artist of the Year Lady Gaga Beyonce Black Eyed Peas Whitney Houston Drake Jay-Z Taylor Swift Album of the Year The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga Rated R – Rihanna The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas Echo – Leona Lewis The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z I Look To You - Whitney Houston Reality Killed The Video Star – Robbie Williams Video of the Year Bad Romance – Lady Gaga Meet Me Halfway – Black Eyed Peas She Wolf – Shakira Russian Roulette – Rihanna Sweet Dreams – Beyonce Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester If U Seek Amy – Britney Spears Best New Artist Susan Boyle Drake Adam Lambert Kris Allen Kid Cudi Best Duo or Group Black Eyed Peas JLS Kings of Leon Cobra Starship The All-American Rejects Best Male Artist Maxwell Drake Chris Brown Robbie Williams Jay-Z David Guetta Best Female Artist Lady Gaga Beyonce Whitney Houston Rihanna Kelly Clarkson Leona Lewis Best Pop Artist Lady Gaga Beyonce Rihanna Black Eyed Peas Best R&B Artist Whitney Houston Alicia Keys Maxwell Beyonce Best Hip-Hop Artist Drake Jay-Z Eminem T.I. Best Rock Artist Shinedown Daughtry Kings of Leon The All-American Rejects Best Country Artist Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Lady Antebellum Keith Urban Best Dance Artist Lady Gaga Cascada David Guetta Frankmusik Best Pop Single Poker Face – Lady Gaga Sweet Dreams – Beyonce Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester Russian Roulette – Rihanna Hopes and Fears – Will Young Best R&B Single Birthday Sex – Jeremih Pretty Wings – Maxwell Blame It – Jamie Foxx Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston Crawl – Chris Brown Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart – Alicia Keys Best Hip-Hop Single Best I Ever Had – Drake Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Day ‘N’ Nite – Kid Cudi Forever – Drake, Eminem, Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne Dead and Gone – T.I. and Justin Timberlake Never Leave You – Tinchy Stryder and Amelle Best Rock Single Use Somebody – Kings of Leon Second Chance – Shinedown Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects 21 Guns - Green Day You Found Me – The Fray No Surprise - Daughtry Best Country Single You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood Need You Now – Lady Antebellum Kiss a Girl – Keith Urban Toes – Zac Brown Band Best Dance Single 3 - Britney Spears Evacuate The Dancefloor – Cascada Release Me – Agnes Poker Face – Lady Gaga When Love Takes Over – David Guetta and Kelly Rowland Make Me – Janet Jackson Best Male Single Best I Ever Had – Drake Bodies – Robbie Williams Pretty Wings - Maxwell Crawl – Chris Brown Hopes and Fears – Will Young Day ‘N’ Nite – Kid Cudi Best Female Single Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston Bad Romance – Lady Gaga Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson Halo – Beyonce Russian Roulette - Rihanna Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart – Alicia Keys Best Group Single Use Somebody – Kings of Leon Don’t Trust Me – 3OH!3 Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas Beat Again – JLS Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester Best Collaboration Telephone – Lady Gaga and Beyonce When Love Takes Over – David Guetta and Kelly Rowland Never Leave You – Tinchy Stryder and Amelle Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester Successful - Drake and Trey Songz Best Ballad Happy – Leona Lewis Crawl – Chris Brown I Look To You – Whitney Houston Gravity - Sara Bareilles Russian Roulette - Rihanna I Want To Know What Love Is – Mariah Carey