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"Sir Paul McCartney has been named &amp;#039;Artist of the Year&amp;#039; at the inaugural Ultimate Classic Rock Awards. The former Beatle received 34% of the vote to beat Motley Crue&amp;#039;s Nikki Sixx, Chickenfoot&amp;#039;s Sammy Hagar and Alice Cooper for the prize. A statement for the awards read: &amp;quot;The 69-year-old McCartney had his (meat-free) plate full for all of 2011. &amp;quot;Whether it was releasing re-issues of his two truest solo efforts, McCartney and McCartney II, collaborating with the New York City Ballet, producing a film marking the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 or embarking on his huge On the Run tour, he pretty much did it all.&amp;quot; AC/DC won three awards for &amp;#039;Best Reissue or Archival Release&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Best DVD&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best Commercial&amp;#039;, with Chickenfoot winning &amp;#039;Album of the Year&amp;#039; for Ill and &amp;#039;Song of the Year&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;Big Foot&amp;#039;. Slash won the &amp;#039;Best Live Album&amp;#039; award, Guns N&amp;#039; Roses won &amp;#039;Tour of the Year&amp;#039;, while Ozzy Osbourne won &amp;#039;Best Box Set&amp;#039;. Sir Paul McCartney will release his upcoming studio album Kisses on the Bottom on February 6. Watch Paul McCartney perform &amp;#039;All My Loving&amp;#039; last year below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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