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Black Eyed Peas top winners

Apl.de.ap and Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas perform in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Tuesday. The group was a triple winner at the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday night. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Apl.de.ap and Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas perform in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Tuesday. The group was a triple winner at the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday night. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

LOS ANGELES – The Black Eyed Peas were triple winners at the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday.

The hip-hop quartet was named favorite group twice, in the rap/hip-hop and soul/rhythm & blues categories. They also won favorite rap/hip-hop album for “Monkey Business.”

Expressing gratitude via satellite from Costa Rica, the band’s frontman, will.i.am, thanked fans and artists “for keeping hip-hop progressive and pushing it forward.”

Awards came in pairs for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and Rascal Flatts.

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx was named favorite male soul/rhythm & blues artist.

“I’m like a rookie in this music thing,” he said. “This means a lot more than you think, man.”

The American Music Awards honor the best in pop/rock, country, soul/rhythm & blues, rap/hip-hop, Latin, alternative, adult contemporary and contemporary inspirational music. Nominees were chosen based on record sales and winners were selected by a survey of about 20,000 listeners.