
Usher, R&B star picked his first prize at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome, winning best album with “Confessions”. Usher sang together with fellow R&B star and friend Alicia Keys.
About 6,000 people attended the event at the Tor di Valle hippodrome, which hosted a string of star performers from rapper Eminem to Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand. Other live performers are soul diva Alicia Keys, Swedish punk rock group The Hives, LA rockers Maroon 5, and hip-hop stars Nelly and The Beastie Boys.
List of winners of the MTV Europe Music Awards
Best album: Usher, “Confessions”
Best rock: Linkin Park
Best group: OutKast
Best alternative act: Muse
Best video: OutKast, “Hey Ya!”
Best hip-hop: D12
Best R&B: Alicia Keys
Best new act: Maroon 5
Best pop: Black Eyed Peas
Best female: Britney Spears
Best male: Usher
Best song: Outkast, “Hey Ya!”