TEXT 'B' FOR DAUGHTRY

The 2007 American Music Awards have announced the start of their annual T-Mobile Text-In voting for artist of the year, and DAUGHTRY is one of this year's candidates!

This is the only award where fans can text in their vote. The T-Mobile Text-In Award will be revealed during the live telecast of the special, which airs Sunday, November 18th (8-11pm ET), on the ABC Television Network.

The nominees were chosen from different genres of music and were the top names in each category based on sales and airplay from January-Septemer 2007 in the United States. Those vying for the T-Mobile Text-In Award are:

Akon
Daughtry
Fergie
Norah Jones
Carrie Underwood

So beginning November 5th, 2007 fans can caste their vote for the T-Mobile Text-In Award. T-Mobile USA subscribers can send a text message using their T-Mobile phones by sending the letter corresponding to their favorite artist ("A" for Akon, "B" for Daughtry, "C" for Fergie, "D" for Norah Jones, "E" for Carrie Underwood) to short code "AMA" (262). Standard text messaging chages apply to text messaging an entry.

Voting via text message and on ABC.com is now open and will conclude at approximately 9:30 pm ET, during the show on November 18th.

Fans can vote online here: http://ll.abc.go.com/primetime/ama/tmobile/index