It's a Long Way Down Award:
The debut album from t.A.T.u. was released in Japan last spring and quickly became the country's biggest-selling foreign CD, not to mention the third biggest-selling album of the year, Japanese or foreign. The Russian teen duo eventually squandered their store of good will during two disastrous promotional visits to Japan. During the first, they canceled TV and showcase performances at the last minute, and during the second they appeared at college festivals where no one seemed to care about their sort of music. According to various reports, their Japan debut at the Tokyo Dome in early December sold so poorly that ushers brought people in the cheap seats down to the arena floor. The promoters were so desperate, they even advertised that patrons were free to take their cameras and snap away.
The R. Kelly "Children Are Our Future" Awards:
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