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Billboard Award Winners

Thursday, Dec. 5, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

Winners are determined by the magazine's year-end charts, which are based on most record sales and most radio airplay.

* CENTURY AWARD: Carlos Santana.

* ARTIST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Madonna.

* SPECIAL HOT 100 SINGLES AWARD: Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day," which has spent a record 16 weeks at No. 1.

* HOT 100 SINGLES ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Mariah Carey.

* ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Alanis Morissette.

* NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: The Tony Rich Project.

* ROCK TRACK OF THE YEAR: Dishwalla, "Counting Blue Cars."

* R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR: R. Kelly.

* R&B SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Toni Braxton, "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow."

* RAP ARTIST OF THE YEAR: LL Cool J.

* COUNTRY SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Brooks & Dunn, "My Maria."

* SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Los Del Rio, "Macarena."

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