Below are the finalists -- by category with artists listed in alphabetical order -- for The 2005 Billboard Music Awards, to be distributed Dec. 6 during a ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast live on Fox.
Source - http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/awards/a ... 1001572163
Artist of the year:
50 Cent
Mariah Carey
Kelly Clarkson
Green Day
Group of the year:
The Black Eyed Peas
Destiny's Child
Green Day
The Killers
Album of the year:
50 Cent, "The Massacre"
Mariah Carey, "The Emancipation of Mimi"
Eminem, "Encore"
Green Day, "American Idiot"
Hot 100 song of the year:
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
Mario, "Let Me Love You"
Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
Top selling single of the year:
American Idol Season 4 Finalists,