Rick Astley nominated for MTV award

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Never Gonna Give You Up: Rick Astley Nominated for Best Act Ever Award
Published 10/2/2008 by drew at Jossip
... An upset caused by a massive write-in on the ballots have secured Rick Astley a place in the nominations for Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Despite not having a hit in almost two decades, Astley found a resurgence in popularity after his video for Never Gonna Give You Up became the punchline for a viral video phenomena known as "Rick-rolling." ...

Still With The Rick-Rolling
Published 10/2/2008 at Videogum
... First off, the success of this silly internet meme has earned Rick Astley a nomination for a MTV Europe Video Music Award for BEST ACT EVER (Guardian via ...

Rick 'n' Roll
Published 10/3/2008 at WOW Report
... , you instead were sent careening into Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." Delightfully mischievous. And even though Astley was as perplexed by the prank as anyone, he deserves the MTV nomination for being such a good sport and... rolling with it. (Guardian) ...