Best video
1. Sia- ‘Chandelier'
2. Taylor — ‘Blank Space'
3. Gaga — ‘GUY'
4. Nicki — ‘Anaconda'
5. Swifto — ‘Shake It Off'
6. Charli (and Iggy) — ‘Fancy'
7. Kiesza — ‘Hideaway'
8. Katy & Juicy — ‘Dark Horse'
9. Beyoncé — ‘7/11'
10. Formerly Known As T — ‘2 Weeks'
Notes: Imagine a video that combines elements from each of these videos. Actually, you won’t need to imagine for long — The Script must be due another single off that album of theirs and it’s bound to be accompanied by something that compiles the whole lot. That’s the thing with The Script — they always do something exciting.
Shoddiest video
1. Katy Perry — ‘Birthday'
2. Nicki Minaj — ‘Anaconda'
3. Ariana Grande — ‘Break Free'
4. Kylie — ‘I Was Gonna Cancel'
5. Cheryl — ‘I Don’t Care'
6. Gwen Stefani — ‘Baby Don’t Lie'
7. J.Ko and Iggy Azalea — ‘Booty'
8. Iggy Azalea feat Rita Ora — ‘Black Widow'
9. Katy Perry — ‘Dark Horse'
10. Beyoncé — ‘7/11'
Notes: Actually talking of The Script, as we were just now, while we respect each of your votes in this category it’s simple fact that The Script’s ‘Superheroes’ video is the worst of the year by some distance and for at least three different reasons.
Most annoying online fanbase
1. One Direction’s ‘Directioners'
2. Gaga’s ‘Monsters'
3. “All of them"
4. Cheryl’s ‘Soldiers'
5. 5SOS’ ‘Family’
6. Beyoncé’s ‘Beyhive'
7. Ariana’s ‘Arianators'
8. Justin’s 'Beliebers'
9. Fifth Harmony’s ‘Harmonizers'
10. Madonna’s lot
Notes: Madonna’s fans are way too low on this list. Sorry, but Christ alive. It’s unbelievable.
The Taylor Swift Award For Best Taylor Swift
1. Taylor Swift
2. 'Style'
3. 'Shake It Off'
4. Harry Styles
5. Greg James
6. Lorde
7. Ballet dancer
8. 'Out Of The Woods'
9. Katy Perry
10. Feminist
Notes: We didn’t really know what this category meant when we put it on the voting form, we just thought it looked funny. And it turns out you lot didn’t really know what it meant either because the results are all over the place. Good to see Lorde in there though, for no apparent reason.
Had it, lost it in 2014
1. Lady Gaga
2. Katy Perry
3. Cheryl
4. The Saturdays
5. Nicole Scherzinger
6. Shakira
7. Lily Allen
8. Lana Del Rey
9. Calvin Harris
10. Mariah Carey
Notes: This list makes from grim reading, doesn’t it?
Didn't have it, found it in 2014
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Ariana Grande
3. Charli XCX
4. Sia
5. Taylor Swift
6. Ella Henderson
7. Iggy Azalea
8. Rita Ora
9. Nick Jonas
10. Azealia Banks
Notes: There’s quite a bit of crossover in this list and the Best Comeback category. We’ll probably have to address that in next year’s voting form. Can someone remind us when November rolls around?
Popstar with whom you would most like to tenderly make love as part of a rewarding relationship
1. Harry Styles
2. Marina & The Diamonds
3. Rihanna
4. Nick Jonas
5. Calvin Harris
6. Zayn Malik
7. Beyoncé
8. Adam Levine
9. Lana Del Rey
10. Katy Perry
Notes: ’Shout out’ to the reader whose submission for this category was: "A nice Disclosure sandwich would be alright."
Most deluded artist
1. Iggy Azalea
2. Jessie J
3. Lady Gaga
4. Madonna
5. Rita Ora
6. Bono
7. James Arthur
8. Mariah Carey
9. Ariana Grande
10. Kanye West
Notes: Oh dear.
Least deluded artist
1. Lorde
2. Taylor Swift
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Adele
5. Jessie Ware
6. Charli XCX
7. Sam Smith
8. Kylie
9. Sia
10. Katy B
Notes: This category is basically ‘popstar you’d most likely to be stuck in a lift with’, isn’t it?
Worst partnership between brand and popstar
1. U2 and Apple
2. Lady Gaga and H&M
3. Beats and various artists
4. Katy Perry and Pepsi
5. Britney and her lingerie / Britney and Lidl
6. Union J and Morrisons
7. The Saturdays and First Choice Holidays
8. Pixie Lott and Baptiste / The Post Office / Matalan
9. Taylor Swift and Diet Coke / Keds / AmEx / Subway / Yahoo
10. Usher and Honey Nut Cheerios
Notes: We had to do a bit of ‘combining’ (technical statistics term) with this category because some artists are repeat offenders. It’s interesting isn’t it how Taylor Swift did a shitload of these endorsements and sort of got away with it, while Union J and Morrisons seems to have really upset people.
Most annoying staggered international release date
1. Charli XCX — ‘Sucker'
2. Tove Lo — ‘Queen Of The Clouds'
3. The Veronicas — ‘The Veronicas'
4. Kiesza — ‘Sound Of A Woman'
5. Gwen Stefani — ‘Baby Don’t Lie'
6. Fifth Harmony, the career of
7. Variations on “don’t understand the question"
8. Ella Henderson — ‘Chapter One’ (this is a vote from US readers)
9. Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars — ‘Uptown Funk'
10. Nick Jonas, the career of
Notes: Don’t panic everyone, just eight short millennia until the Charli XCX album is released in the UK.
Act we should send to Eurovision in 2015
1. Only The Young
2. Charli XCX
3. Little Mix
4. Ella Henderson
5. Geri Halliwell
6. Marina & The Diamonds
7. Jessie J
8. S Club 7
9. Hurts
10. The Saturdays
Notes: Any of this lot would be amazing. (Except S Club 7.)
Group most likely to split in 2015
1. One Direction
2. Mutya Keisha Siobhan
3. S Club 7
4. Stereo Kicks
5. The Saturdays
6. McBusted
7. Union J
8. Neon Jungle
9. The Vamps
10. Take That
Notes: Take That will never actually split. They’ll just keep shedding members until they get to the point, six years from now, where Gary Barlow’s cunning longterm plan has paid off, and he’ll be a solo artist again without anyone having noticed.
Best X Factor finalist
1. Fleur East
2. Only The Young
3. Lauren Platt
4. “None of them" / "All shit" etc etc
5. Andrea Faustini
6. Ben Haenow
7. Chloe Jasmine
8. “Only The Young shouting man"
9. “Mel B"
10. Jake Quickenden
Notes: We’re not saying Jake should feel bad about being in tenth place but he’s been beaten by a bellowing fool who wasn’t even on the stage. AND the Only The Young shouting man.
Worst X Factor finalist
1. Jay James
2. Stereo Kicks
3. Overload Generation
4. Stevi Ritchie
5. Paul Akister
6. Jake Quickenden
7. Lauren Platt
8. Jack Walton
9. Chloe Jasmine
10. Fleur East
Notes: Jay James. Proof that alliteration does not always make for a promising pop performer.
Total bellend of the year
1. Jessie J
2. Iggy Azalea
3. James Arthur
4. Louis Tomlinson
5. Justin Bieber
6. Meghan Trainor
7. Olly Murs
8. Robin Thicke
9. Eminem
10. Louis Walsh
Notes: Bit harsh on Robin Thicke, he’s had a tough time.
AND FINALLY:
Sickest beat of the year
1. Charli XCX — ‘Boom Clap'
2. Taylor Swift — ‘Shake It Off'
3. Mark Ronson — ‘Uptown Funk'
4. Nicki Minaj — ‘Anaconda'
5. Tinashe — ‘2 On'
6. Katy Perry feat Juicy J — ‘Dark Horse'
7. Iggy Azalea feat Charli XCX — ‘Fancy'
8. Ariana feat The Weeknd — ‘Love Me Harder'
9. Ariana feat Iggy Azalea — ‘Problem'
10. Lorde — ‘Yellow Flicker Beat'
Notes: Again, we didn’t really know what we meant by this category when we put it on the voting form. We just thought it looked good. But looking at the results, you seem to have made sense of it. So thanks for that!
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And that, readers, just about wraps up another 'great' year in the world of pop. Thanks for all your votes. We hope you are pleased with the results and, if not, why not just vote multiple times next year like all those Marina & The Diamonds fans did this year?
CHEERS!