[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Wildcat!

Michael Jackson didnt receive the nominations based on the fact that he is dead. thats not how it works. The AMAs nominations, are based on sales, and just the same Taylor didnt receive those noms because off the Kanye incident, its because of sales.

Ah right, makes more sense then.

Still, he wouldnt be in the running if he was alive, his sales just went through the roof because of what happened.

[Wildcat!]

Originally Posted by VickyJ

Ah right, makes more sense then.

Still, he wouldnt be in the running if he was alive, his sales just went through the roof because of what happened.

Exactly. The AMA nominations are formulated strictly on the basis of record sales, and the voting is done by a representative sample of record buyers. It just shows how much he has sold since his death, even his album number ones was nominated.