1.   The career of a breakthrough artist has a peculiar shape.

2.   The field has yet to find its Rembrandt or Picasso or Kubrick, a breakthrough artist who becomes a household name.

3.   Perhaps the most disappointing appearance was Furtado, a breakthrough new artist whose greatest strength is her funky, eclectic songs, not her thin voice.

4.   In the international category, Bon Jovi was the favorite rock act and Linkin Park was the favorite breakthrough artist.