Gwen Stefani, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Ryan Adams, M.I.A., Fall Out Boy And Others Receive Top Honors From XM Satellite Radio’s First Annual XM Nation Music Awards

Fans Cast Nearly 1.4 Million Votes For Awards that Kick off a Full Week of Music Industry Awards and Nominations

Washington D.C., December 05, 2005 -- XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR), the nation’s leading satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers, today announced the winners of the first annual XM Nation Music Awards. Nearly 1.4 million votes were cast by music fans nationwide for nominated artists and categories selected by XM’s programming staff in categories range from “Best Pop Sing-A-Long” to “Dream Duet” to “Artist Most Overlooked By FM Radio.”

Some of the winners include:

Award Category: Winners
“XM Next” - Most Important Indie Emerging Artist : M.I.A.
“On the Rise” - Most Important Mainstream Emerging Artist: Fall Out Boy
“On the Rebound” - Best Comeback of the Year: Mariah Carey
“Déjà vu” - Best Cover Song by an Established Artist: “Listen to Your Heart”/D.H.T. (Roxette)
“The Single Life Is Good” - Best Solo Career: Gwen Stefani
“Dream Duet” - Artist Collaborations We’d Like to See: Shakira and Usher
“Dashboard Anthem” - Best Pop Sing-Along Song of 2005: Since U Been Gone/ Kelly Clarkson
“Turn Up the Heat” - Sexiest Song: Pussycat Dolls (feat. Busta Rhymes)/ Don’t Cha
“Solid as a Rock” - Favorite Music Couple: Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
“So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?” - Artists We’d Like to See Crossover to Films: Keith Urban
“Where’s My Lighter?” - Most Likely to Have Another “Final” Tour: Cher
“Under the Radar” - Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio: Ryan Adams
“On the Brink” - Best Unsigned Artist: Last Conservative
“XM Now” - Most Important Established Artist: U2

“This year’s XM Nation Award winners really reflect the diversity among the music universe that XM brings to music fans,” said Eric Logan, XM’s executive vice president of programming. “The goal of the XM Nation Music Awards is to honor some of today’s most talented and interesting musicians. We have stuck a chord with music fans across the country by giving them the opportunity to show support for the artists they love.”

The awards highlighted unusual face-offs between some of the industry’s biggest names including: Shakira and Usher beating out Britney Spears and Snoop Dog for “Dream Duets,” Ryan Adams defeating Sigur Ros and Bright Eyes for “Artist Most Overlooked by FM Radio,” Faith Hill and Tim McGraw edging out Hillary Duff and Joel Maddon and Beyonce and Jay Z for “Favorite Music Couple,” and U2 triumphing over Green Day and Kanye West for “XM Now - Most Important Established Artist.”

The XM Nation Music Awards set a precedent for a week of music awards and nominations, allowing music fans to be engaged in the voting process and giving them the opportunity to directly recognize and celebrate their favorite musicians. With such a high level of participation from both XM subscribers and dedicated music fans, XM plans to host the awards annually.

A complete list of winners is available at http://awards.xmradio.com.

About XM Satellite Radio
XM is America’s number one satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM’s 2005 lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: the most commercial-free music channels, plus premier sports, talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and weather information. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.

XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 130 different vehicle models for 2006. XM’s industry-leading products are available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio’s service, the Company’s dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 11-7-05. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio’s Investor Relations Department.

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