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This year World Music Awards ceremony, which took place in London for the first time, was hosted by at actress/singer Lindsay Lohan was received with boos from the audience. Reports claim the pop star/actress abandoned her duties at some point and individual awards presenters did her job. At the ceremony among winners the diva Madonna took home Best Pop Artist award, R&B Celebrity Beyonce won Best R&B Artist, Hip-Hop star Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop Artist while James Blunt has won two categories Best New Artist and Best-Selling British Artist.

Among other performers at the World Music Awards were also female celebrities like Beyonce, Rihanna, Nelly Furtado ( who won World’s Best Pop/Rock Artist ).

The full list of World Music Awards winners is as follows:

World’s Best Pop Artist - Madonna

World’s Best Pop/Rock Artist - Nelly Furtado

World’s Best Rock Group - Nickelback

world’s Best R+b Artist - Beyonce Knowles

World’s Best Hip Hop Artist - Kanye West

World’s Best Latin Artist - Shakira

World’s Best New Artist - James Blunt

World’s Best DJ - Bob Sinclair

Best-selling Arabic Artist - Elissa

Best-selling British Artist - James Blunt

Best-selling German Artist - Tokyo Hotel

Best-selling Irish Artist - Enya

Best-selling Italian Artist - Andrea BOCELLI

Best-selling Russian Artist - Dima BILAN

Legend Award - Mary J BLIGE

Diamond Award - Michael Jackson

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