Perhaps concerned that upstarts like the American Music Awards and the Kids Choice Awards were infringing on their power-to-the-people award-show turf, the Peoples’ Choice Awards—the O.G. viewer-poll-determined pseudo-event—has decided to throw its nomination process open to the masses, thus allowing their producers to say that they really represent the people. (Or the people who are motivated enough to click through a very long Web ballot in order to honor their favorites, anyway.) They’re even having the unwashed keyboard jockeys out there vote on the trophy design! Who-ho-hoa! The music nominees they’ve “suggested” for fans to choose from are presented to you after the jump. They’re pretty standard (if a bit too kind to the Lonely Island), and I have to say that the possibility of MGMT, Susan Boyle, and Adam Lambert butting heads in the Favorite Breakout Artist category would be kind of awesome.


Favorite Breakout Artist
3OH!3
Adam Lambert
Asher Roth
Cobra Starship
Demi Lovato
Kid Cudi
Kris Allen
Lady Antebellum
Lady GaGa
MGMT
Susan Boyle
Zac Brown Band


Favorite Collaboration
“Beautiful,” Akon, Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall
“Ego (Official Remix),” Beyoncé & Kanye West
“Good Girls Go Bad,” Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester
“Crack A Bottle,” Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
“Blame It,” Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
“Lucky,” Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
“Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“Run This Town,” Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
“Knock You Down,” Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
“Dead and Gone,” T.I. & Justin Timberlake
“Live Your Life,” T.I & Rihanna
“I’m On a Boat,” The Lonely Island & T-Pain


Favorite Country Artist
Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Jason Aldean
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Rascal Flatts
Reba McEntire
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
Toby Keith


Favorite Female Artist
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Katy Perry
Mariah Carey
Miley Cyrus
Pink
Rihanna
Shakira
Taylor Swift
Whitney Houston


Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
Beastie Boys
Eminem
Flo Rida
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Kid Cudi
Lil’ Wayne
The Lonely Island
Lupe Fiasco
Pitbull
Soulja Boy
T.I.


Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
Jason Mraz
Jay-Z
John Mayer
Kanye West
Keith Urban
Lil’ Wayne
Maxwell
Ne-Yo
Rob Thomas
Tim McGraw
Toby Keith


Favorite Pop Artist
Beyoncé
The Black Eyed Peas
Britney Spears
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
Lady GaGa
Mariah Carey
Miley Cyrus
Pink
Rihanna
Shakira
Taylor Swift


Favorite R & B Artist
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé
Jazmine Sullivan
Jennifer Hudson
Jeremih
Keri Hilson
Mariah Carey
Mary J. Blige
Maxwell
Ne-Yo
Usher
Whitney Houston


Favorite Rock Band
All-American Rejects
Daughtry
Dave Matthews Band
The Fray
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Muse
Nickelback
Paramore
Pearl Jam
U2


There is also the opportunity for people to write in nominees, although something tells me that in order to avoid “Your Mom” being nominated for Best Female Artist the PCA people will want to skew really closely to their already-approved choices.


People’s Choice Awards [Official site]