Dressed to impress the night was never short of beautiful people some well known some simply unknown but all fabulously wrapped in designer outfits from Gucci, Chanell and Confetti shoes to Armani and Kenneth Cole suits less the complexly punctuated names everyone had their best foot forward. Among the distinguished guest and Nominees were the sister duo of Brick N Lace, the veteran George Nooks, newcomers I Octane, Demarco and Delicious, the prime lyricist Busy Signal, Bugle, Serani, One Blood Family members Jr. Reid, Andrew & Wadda Blood, Anthony B, D Angel, Beenie Man and Barbee who despite mounting suspicious of a cleverly denied relationship choose to show up on the Red Carpet hand in hand side by side, Chuck Fender, media personality Empress, Candice Buchanan, the Milky one Amilla "Milk" Sewell, Winford Williams, X News Editor-In-Cheif Anastasia Cunningham, Coco from Hype TV, England's finest DJ Daddy Ernie, Shane Brown of Juke Boxx Productions, Pansy Dixon and Kingy of Big Yard, the beautiful vocalists Sophia Brown, Queen Ifrica and Etana, Cecile, the Hey.. trio Voice Mail, RDX, Tarrus Riley, former judge now singer Carol Gonzales and finally the musical legend Dean Frazer among a host of other.

With nominations in over 20 categories the winners came fast and furious, listed below are a few of the top winners.

DJ OF THE YEAR (MALE) - BEENIE MAN

DJ / SINGJAY OF THE YEAR (FEMALE) - QUEEN IFRICA

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (MALE) - TARRUS RILEY

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (FEMALE) - ETANA

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (DANCEHALL) - MARIO CAMPBELL FOR 357 RECORDS

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (REGGAE) - ROBERT LIVINGSTON FOR BIG YARD

BEST NEW ARTIST (MALE) - MUNGA

BEST NEW ARTIST (FEMALE) - BARBEE

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - BUJU BANTON FOR TOO BAD

SONGWRITER / LYRICIST OF THE YEAR - BUSY SIGNAL

SHOW / EVENT OF THE YEAR (LOCAL) - REGGAE SUMFEST 2007

MOST UPLIFTING LYRICS - CHAM FOR CONSCIENCE

and for the HONORS AWARDS - BERES HAMMOND

The night was never lost as great performances from Courtney John, Queen Ifrica, Etana, RDX, Tarrus Riley, Anthony B and Busy Signal kept things moving with only a few minor glitches presenting itself on stage. In the end the ceremony was well planned and executed, less of course the 12 midnight conclusion. Only the second Awards this year the EME will be followed by the IRIE FM Radio Awardson Wednesday February 13th then the big one on Sunday February 24th - the Reggae Academy Awardswhich was developed by the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam).

One by one they strolled in, a seemingly formal affair the Excellence in Music & Entertainment (EME) Awardswas quite the ceremony as some 200 invitees turned up at the Pegasus Hotel's Lavish pool-side Garden to witness and celebrate the efforts of Dancehall & Reggae's top artists & musicians. The Awards which was complete with a Red Carpet entrance is an annual venture which was conceptualized by Hot 102's top Radio Personality - Richard "Richie B" Burgess some 4 years ago.