American Music Awards of 1974
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The 1st Annual American Music Awards was a televised awards show, produced by Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions is an entertainment production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark...

, which aired on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 February 19, 1974.

Pop/Rock Category

  • Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
    • Jim Croce
      Jim Croce
      James Joseph "Jim" Croce January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973 was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
    • Helen Reddy
      Helen Reddy
      Helen Reddy , often referred to as "The Queen of 70s Pop", is an Australian-American singer and actress. In the 1970s, she enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed fifteen singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six of those 15 songs made the Top 10...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group
    • The Carpenters
      The Carpenters
      Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Album
    • Lady Sings The Blues - Diana Ross
      Diana Ross
      Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Single
    • "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" - Tony Orlando & Dawn

Soul/R&B Category

  • Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
    • Stevie Wonder
      Stevie Wonder
      Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
    • Roberta Flack
      Roberta Flack
      Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group
    • The Temptations
      The Temptations
      The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Album
    • I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green
      Al Green
      Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Single
    • "Superstition
      Superstition (song)
      "Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...

      " - Stevie Wonder

Country Category

  • Favorite Country Male Artist
    • Charley Pride
      Charley Pride
      Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...


  • Favorite Country Female Artist
    • Lynn Anderson
      Lynn Anderson
      Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...


  • Favorite Country Band, Duo, or Group
    • The Carter Family

  • Favorite Country Album
    • A Sun Shiny Day - Charley Pride

  • Favorite Country Single
    • "Behind Closed Doors
      Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)
      "Behind Closed Doors" is a country song written by Kenny O'Dell and first recorded by Charlie Rich for his 1973 album Behind Closed Doors. The single became Rich's first number-one hit on the country charts, spent 20 weeks on this chart, and also became a crossover hit on the pop charts...

      " - Charlie Rich
      Charlie Rich
      Charles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...

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