BEST RADIO STATION
1. Radio 1
2. Kiss FM
3. Capital
4. 1Xtra
5. Heat Radio
6. Radio 2
7. Spin 1038
8. “Spotify”
9. Magic
10. JemmOne
Popjustice notes: This was the biggest landslide of the entire poll — Radio 1 received 81% of the vote.
MOST RIDICULOUS RECORDING ARTIST
1. Lady Gaga
2. Miley Cyrus
3. Pitbull
4. Kanye West
5. Robin Thicke
6. Azealia Banks
7. Justin Bieber
8. James Arthur
9. Jessie J
10. will.i.am
Popjustice notes: Say what you like about this list, it would make for an amazing dinner party.
BEST NEW ACT TO PROPERLY GET GOING IN 2013
1. Lorde
2. Sky Ferreira
3. Chvrches
4. AlunaGeorge
5. Bastille
6. Charli XCX
7. Disclosure
8. Haim
9. Icona Pop
10. Say Lou Lou
Popjustice notes: Do you know what this list is missing? An amazing new girlband, and an amazing new male solo artist. Fingers crossed for 2014.
WORST SOLO CAREER
1. Gary Barlow
2. Shane Filan
3. Amelle Berrabah
4. Geri Halliwell
5. James Arthur
6. Kimberley Walsh
7. Nicole Scherzinger
8. will.i.am
9. Justin Timberlake
10. Bonnie McKee
Popjustice notes: We like the way Justin Timberlake at Number 9 means so many of you quite rightly still regard him as a member of *NSYNC.
BEST COMEBACK
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Lily Allen
3. Mutya Keisha Siobhan
4. Agnetha Faltskog
5. Annie
6. Cher
7. Daft Punk
8. Katy Perry
9. Lady Gaga
10. VV Brown
Popjustice notes: Please note that most of the votes were cast BB (Before Beyoncé) so we've discounted all Best Comeback votes cast AB. She would have won though basically.
MAJOR ARTIST WITH DISAPPOINTING MUSIC MOST AT ODDS WITH ABILITY TO DEMAND BETTER
1. Britney Spears
2. One Direction
3. Lady Gaga
4. Justin Timberlake
5. Jessie J
6. Katy Perry
7. Leona Lewis
8. Cher
9. The Saturdays
10. Olly Murs
Popjustice notes: At least 'Britney Jean' was personal though right? RIGHT GUYS??
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UTTER BELLEND OF THE YEAR
1. James Arthur
2. Robin Thicke
3. Azealia Banks
4. Justin Bieber
5. Jake Bugg
6. Lady Gaga
7. Miley Cyrus
8. Kanye West
9. Jessie J
10. Pitbull
Popjustice notes: A fiercely contested category, but there could only have been one winner this year. Still, he said sorry on The X Factor so it's alright now.
WORST ALBUM
1. Britney Spears — 'Britney Jean'
2. Lady Gaga — 'ARTPOP'
3. Justin Timberlake — 'The 20/20 Experience’
4. Jessie J — 'Alive'
5. James Arthur — 'James Arthur'
6. Miley Cyrus — 'Bangerz'
7. Katy Perry — 'Prism'
8. The Saturdays — 'Living For The Weekend'
9. Daft Punk — 'Random Access Memories'
10. will.i.am — '#willpower'
Popjustice notes: 'Passenger' was really good.
BEST ALBUM
1. Lady Gaga — ‘ARTPOP'
2. Miley Cyrus — 'Bangerz'
3. Katy Perry — 'Prism'
4. Sky Ferreira — 'Night Time, My Time'
5. Disclosure — 'Settle'
6. Pet Shop Boys — 'Electric'
7. Lorde — 'Pure Heroin'
8. Little Mix — 'Salute'
9. Tegan & Sara — 'Heartthrob'
10. Charli XCX — 'True Romance'
Popjustice notes: A victory for reverse Warholian expeditions.
WORST SINGLE
1. Robin Thicke feat Pharrell & TI — 'Blurred Lines'
2. Lady Gaga — 'Applause'
3. The Wanted — 'Walks Like Rihanna'
4. Passenger — 'Let Her Go’
5. Katy Perry — 'Roar'
6. Britney Spears — 'Work Bitch'
7. Geri Halliwell — 'Half Of Me'
8. Avicii — 'Wake Me Up'
9. Jessie J — 'It's My Party'
10. Daft Punk — 'Get Lucky'
Popjustice notes: Hard not to feel as if the Passenger single was robbed in this category.
BEST SINGLE
1. Lady Gaga feat R Kelly — 'Do What U Want’
2. Miley Cyrus — 'We Can't Stop'
3. Katy Perry — 'Roar'
4. Miley Cyrus — 'Wrecking Ball'
5. Icona Pop — 'I Love It'
6. Mutya Keisha Siobhan — 'Flatline'
7. Lady Gaga — 'Applause'
8. Little Mix — 'Move'
9. Daft Punk — 'Get Lucky'
10. Justin Timberlake — 'Mirrors'
Popjustice notes: Ten very good songs. Well done, 'the pop fraternity'.
And there we have it for another year.
A good year for Miley Cyrus, a not-so-good year for James Arthur, and a good reminder — as with every year — that the best pop often comes from unexpected places, when you're least expecting it.
Thanks to everyone who voted in this year's Readers' Poll — we'll see you back in the same place (although probably with a different URL) next year.
A good year for Miley Cyrus, a not-so-good year for James Arthur, and a good reminder — as with every year — that the best pop often comes from unexpected places, when you're least expecting it.
Thanks to everyone who voted in this year's Readers' Poll — we'll see you back in the same place (although probably with a different URL) next year.