Black Eyed Peas take home three honors

Jamie Foxx was named favorite male soul/rhythm & amp; blues artist.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Black Eyed Peas were triple winners at the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday.
The hip-hop quartet was named favorite group twice, in the rap/hip hop and soul/rhythm & amp; blues categories. They also won favorite rap/hip-hop album for "Monkey Business."
Expressing gratitude via satellite from Costa Rica, the band's frontman, will.i.am, thanked fans and artists "for keeping hip-hop progressive and pushing it forward."
Awards came in pairs for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and Rascal Flatts.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers were favorite alternative artist and pop/rock band. They accepted their award via satellite from London, with bass player Flea beat-boxing as lead singer Anthony Kiedis thanked "the American people."
Clarkson captured trophies for pop/rock female and adult contemporary artist, categories presented before the televised presentations began in the performance-filled show. Rascal Flatts won favorite country group and the T-Mobile Text-In award, which is chosen by fans.
Blige won favorite soul/rhythm & amp; blues album for "The Breakthrough." She was also the favorite female R & amp;B artist. She accepted the award from surprise presenter Britney Spears, who looked sleek in a knee-length cream-colored frock and long blond hair.
Other winners
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx was named favorite male soul/rhythm & amp; blues artist.
"I'm like a rookie in this music thing," he said. "This means a lot, more than you think, man."
Foxx wore a white tuxedo and sat behind a grand piano to perform "Wish U Were Here" from his 2005 album, "Unpredictable."
Nickelback took home the trophy for pop/rock album. Dancehall singer Sean Paul was named favorite male pop/rock artist.
Among country honors, favorite female artist went to Faith Hill, male artist went to Toby Keith and Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits Volume 2" was favorite album. Country singer and "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood was named favorite breakthrough artist.
Eminem was favorite male rap/hip-hop artist. Shakira won favorite Latin artist, and Kirk Franklin captured the award for contemporary inspirational music.
"I know that a lot of people that say that they're Christians -- you know, we don't always represent, and we don't always live it and we do sometimes some very stupid things, and you know we're not doing a good job," said Franklin, wearing blue jeans with a black velvet tuxedo jacket. "I want to make sure that when you see my life that it's a life that I'm gonna be proud of."
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