GREEN DAY, 50 CENT AND MARIAH CAREY SPEARHEAD THE AMERICAN MUSIC AW

Both Green Day and 50 Cent took home six Billboard Awards each at last night’s (Tuesday, December 6) awards ceremony from Las Vegas. 50 won the big awards, Artist Of The Year, and Album Of The Year, while Green Day’s top honors included Rock Artist Of The Year and Rock Song Of The Year for “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.”

The night also included performances by Green Day, Ciara, and a special duet between Slim Thug and Gwen Stefani. Mariah Carey won five awards on the night including Female R&B/Hip Hop Artist Of The Year. At the ceremony the comeback artist of the year thanked those that helped her and her fans.

“Thank you so much. As always I have to thank god for waking me up this morning and every blessing in my life. All the Glory goes to God. Thank you Doug Morris, I love you. L.A. Reed you’re fantastic. I have to thank everyone at Billboard for the xupport. Thank you so much Billboard. I can’t really know what to say. Everybody at radio, everybody at retail, all my special friends out there thank you for the support and mainly thank you to my fans for being here with me always. All my management, all my friends. I love you. God Bless you.”

Rocker Tom Petty was presented with the Century Award for lifetime achievement, and he was introduced by Green Day. Other multiple award winners included American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, Shakira, and Gwen Stefani. The telecast aired on Fox TV.

“And I don’t know it’s been an incredible year for us. I don’t have anyone else to thank, but thanks a lot all the people that listen to our records and came out to see us play and all that stuff, so…. Thank you very much.”