Superstar Mariah Carey to Clean Up at This Year's GRAMMY Awards According to 4th Annual VH1 Grammy Poll

Superstar Mariah Carey to Clean Up at This Year's GRAMMY Awards According to 4th Annual VH1 Grammy Poll

Carey Tops VH1 GRAMMY Poll for Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year

Ciara Takes Top Spot in the Best New Artist of the Year Category

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Mariah Carey needs to make room in her trophy case for more awards from her comeback of the millennium, according to the results from VH1's 4th annual GRAMMY Awards poll.

Adult respondents in VH1's fourth annual poll single out the songbird's CD "The Emancipation of Mimi" as most likely to win Album of the Year and her international hit "We Belong Together" most likely to win Song of the Year. The single also tied in the poll for Record of the Year with Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

To top off Mariah's near-sweep in the VH1 poll, a majority of the respondents crowned her as the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nominee they would personally like to take singing lessons from.

VH1 commissioned a telephone poll of a random national sample of 529 men and women between the ages of 18-49 who were asked who they, personally, thought would win Record, Album, Song, and Best New Artist of the Year.

Other intriguing poll highlights include: Kanye West's "Late Registration" finished a close #2 in the Album of the Year category behind Mariah. Best new artist in the poll went to Ciara, who made a splash this year for her first album/single "Goodies."

"Without a doubt Mariah Carey's huge comeback was the big music story of 2005 and continues into this year. With more than five million album copies sold to date and numerous awards already won, the results of our GRAMMY poll reflect the public's love for Mariah," said Rick Krim, EVP, Talent and Music Programming, VH1. "We'll have to wait and see if the music industry will give her the credit that her fans already have."

Album of the Year Rankings:
1.) "The Emancipation Of Mimi" Mariah Carey 26%
2.) "Late Registration" Kanye West 20%
3.) "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" U2 17%
4.) "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." Gwen Stefani 12%
5.) "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" Paul McCartney 10%

Record of the Year Rankings:
1.) "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey 26%
1.) "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day 26%
2.) "Gold Digger" Kanye West 20%
3.) "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani 13%
4.) "Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul 3%

Song of the Year Rankings:
1.) "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey 33%
2.) "Bless The Broken Road" Rascal Flatts 21%
3.) "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" U2 19%
4.) "Devils & Dust" Bruce Springsteen 9%
5.) "Ordinary People" John Legend 5%

Best New Artist of the Year Rankings:
1.) Ciara 24%
2.) SugarLand 20%
3.) John Legend 15%
4.) Fall Out Boy 14%
5.) Keane 6%

Singing Lessons from Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominees Rankings:
1.) Mariah Carey 32%
2.) Sheryl Crow 23%
3.) Kelly Clarkson 16%
4.) Gwen Stefani 11%
5.) Bonnie Raitt 10%

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212-846-7325

Source: VH1

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