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(4/11/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- 'N Sync was the big winner in the music category at the Blockbuster Awards, taking home honors for favorite CD (No Strings Attached), favorite single ("Bye Bye Bye"), and favorite pop group on Tuesday night (April 10) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Christina Aguilera, Eminem, and Destiny's Child won two awards each. Aguilera grabbed honors for female artist of the year and favorite Latino artist. Rapper Eminem also walked away with two awards: favorite male artist of the year and favorite rap artist. Destiny's Child's two Blockbuster Awards were for favorite group of the year and favorite R&B group. In addition, favorite soundtrack honors went to the Charlie's Angels soundtrack, which featured the Destiny's Child hit single, "Independent Women Part 1."

Among the evening's performers was Creed, which performed its hit single "Higher" from the album Human Clay. Ricky Martin performed "Loaded" from his Sound Loaded album, while LeAnn Rimes performed her Blockbuster Award-winning song "Can't Fight The Moonlight" from the Coyote Ugly soundtrack, and Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow collaborated on "Fall From Grace."

The Blockbuster Awards is one of the world's largest publicly-voted awards shows, honoring achievements in movies, music, and video games from the past year. This year, more than 22 million votes were cast in 60 categories. The Seventh Annual Blockbuster Awards ceremony taped Tuesday and will air tonight (April 11) on Fox.

Complete list of Blockbuster Award music favorites:

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera)

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP)

GROUP OF THE YEAR: Destiny's Child (The Writing's On The Wall)

RAP ARTIST: Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP)

FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Faith Hill (Breathe)

MALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Tim McGraw (Greatest Hits)

COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP: Dixie Chicks (Fly)

FEMALE R&B ARTIST: Toni Braxton (Heat)

MALE R&B ARTIST: Joe (My Name Is Joe)

R&B GROUP: Destiny's Child (The Writing's On The Wall)

ROCK ARTIST: Lenny Kravitz (Greatest Hits)

ROCK GROUP: Limp Bizkit (Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water)

NEW FEMALE ARTIST: Pink (Can't Take Me Home)

NEW MALE ARTIST: Nelly (Country Grammar)

NEW GROUP: 3 Doors Down (Better Life)

CD: 'N Sync (No Strings Attached)

LATINO ARTIST: Christina Aguilera (Mi Reflejo)

LATINO GROUP: Son By Four (Son By Four)

SINGLE: 'N Sync ("Bye, Bye, Bye")

SOUNDTRACK: Charlie's Angels

SONG FROM A MOVIE: Leann Rimes "Can't Fight the Moonlight," Coyote Ugly

FEMALE POP ARTIST: Britney Spears (Oops!...I Did It Again)

MALE POP ARTIST: Ricky Martin (Sound Loaded)

POP GROUP: 'N Sync (No Strings Attached)

-- Jason Gelman, New York

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