'Chocolate Rain' Claims a YouTube Award

March 21, 2008 By ERIN CARLSON, Associated Press Writer `Chocolate Rain' Claims a YouTube Award (AP)

Amber Lee Ettinger arrives at the Sean John apparel party launching an underwear and lounge wear clothing line at Light nightclub at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas in this Aug. 27, 2007, file photo. At midnight Friday, March 21, 2008, YouTube will announce the 12 winners in the video-sharing site\'s awards recognizing the top-user created videos of 2007. There were six nominees for each category: music, sports, comedy, instructional, short film, inspirational, commentary, creative, politics, series, eyewitness and "adorable." Ettinger, also known as Obama Girl, whose "I Got A Crush On Obama" clip has been seen more than seven million times, is up for best political video. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

(AP) -- And the winner for best music video: "Chocolate Rain." Tay Zonday morphed from an unknown musician to an Internet superstar who got booked on national TV shows after his song "Chocolate Rain" - an amateur clip of his baritone crooning - went viral last year. Now he's among the 12 winners of the second annual YouTube Video Awards, recognizing the top user-created videos of 2007.

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