NEW YORK - And the winner for best music video: "Chocolate Rain."
Tay Zonday morphed from an unknown musician to an Internet superstar who got booked on national TV shows after his song "Chocolate Rain" — an amateur clip of his baritone crooning — went viral last year. Now he’s among the 12 winners of the second annual YouTube Video Awards, recognizing the top user-created videos of 2007.
YouTube users voted on six nominees for each category: music, sports, comedy, instructional, short film, inspirational, commentary, creative, politics, series, eyewitness and "adorable."
"It’s the new Emmys," Zonday, 25, said of the video-sharing site’s awards in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It’s the next Oscars. The next People’s Choice Awards. It’ll be interesting to see what happens five years, 10 years (from now)."
His competition included comely singer-songwriter Mia Rose and "the vegetable orchestra," featuring a jam session with a carrot flute and squash drum. - Associated Press
Monday, March 24, 2008
"Chocolate Rain" A Winner At YouTube Awards
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