XM Satellite Radio Announces First Annual XM Nation Music Awards

XM Satellite Radio Announces First Annual XM Nation Music Awards

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR), the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers, has announced nominees for the First Annual XM Nation Music Awards. Nominated by XM's programming staff with categories that range from favorite cover song to the artist most overlooked by traditional radio, the XM Nation Music Awards honor some of the most talented and interesting musicians today. Music fans nationwide can vote online beginning November 4 at http://awards.xmradio.com/.

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"The XM Nation Music Awards reinvent the music award to reflect the expertise of XM's programming staff, the diversity of XM's music programming and the broad range of tastes and sensibilities of our subscribers," said Eric Logan, XM's executive vice president of programming.

Online voting for nominees will be available on XM's website at http://awards.xmradio.com/ through Sunday, November 27. XM will announce the winners on Monday, December 5.

Award Category Nominees
"XM Now" - Most Important Green Day
Established Artist Kanye West
U2

"XM Next" - Most Important Indie M.I.A.
Emerging Artist Bloc Party
The Arcade Fire

"On the Rise" - Most Important The Click Five
Mainstream Emerging Artist Young Jeezy
Fall Out Boy

"On the Rebound" - Best Comeback Pink Floyd
of the Year Mariah Carey
Motley Crue

"Deja vu" - Best Cover Song by an "World, Shut Your Mouth"/Death Cab
Established Artist for Cutie (Julian Cope)
"Listen to Your Heart"/D.H.T.
(Roxette)
"The Harder They Come"/Willie Nelson
(Jimmy Cliff)

"The Single Life Is Good" - Best Rob Thomas
Solo Career Gwen Stefani
Trey Anastasio

"Dream Duets" - Artist Shakira and Usher
Collaborations We'd Like to See Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears
Lucinda Williams and Bruce
Springsteen

"Dashboard Anthem" - Best Pop Hollaback Girl/ Gwen Stefani
Sing-Along Song of 2005 Drop It Like Its Hot/Snoop Dogg
(feat. Pharrell Williams)
Since U Been Gone/ Kelly Clarkson

"Turn Up the Heat" - Sexiest Song Ciara (feat. Ludacris)/Oh
Pussycat Dolls (feat. Busta Rhymes)/
Don't Cha
Ying Yang Twins/ Wait (The Whisper
Song)

"Solid as a Rock" - Favorite Music Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Couple Hillary Duff & Joel Madden (Good
Charlotte)
Beyonce & Jay-Z

"So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" - Keith Urban
Artists We'd Like to See Pharrell Williams
Crossover to Films Ciara

"Where's My Lighter?" - Most Likely The Eagles
to Have Another "Final" Tour Cher
The Who

"Under the Radar" - Artist Most Sigur Ros
Overlooked by FM Radio Ryan Adams
Bright Eyes

"On the Brink" - Best Unsigned Margot & the Nuclear So & So's
Artist Last Conservative
Something for Rockets

Complete details, including additional categories and voting rules, are available at http://awards.xmradio.com/.

About XM Satellite Radio

XM is America's number one satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2005 lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: the most commercial-free music channels, plus premier sports, talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and weather information. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.

XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 130 different vehicle models for 2006. XM's industry-leading products are available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com/.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 8-5-05. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.

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CONTACT: Anne-Taylor Griffith of XM Satellite Radio, +1-202-380-4151, or
annetaylor.griffith@xmradio.com

Web site: http://www.xmradio.com/

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