Best radio station
1. Radio 1
2. Capital
3. Heat
4. Kiss
5. Variations on “none of them", "they're all shit" etc
6. Radio 2
7. Magic
8. “Spotify"
9. Z100
10. Gaydio
Notes: That’s quite a good result for Heat Radio considering only about 7,000 people have access to it.
Best DJ (on the radio)
1. Nick Grimshaw
2. Annie Mac
3. Greg James
4. Scott Mills
5. Lauren Laverne
6. “None of them" / "All shit" etc etc
7. Zane Lowe
8. Fearne Cotton
9. Marvin Humes
10. Ryan Seacrest
Notes: Well done to the person who nominated "Pete Allison (only because I know him)”. And to everyone who voted for Fearne Cotton, please hand over your pop badge and gun. You are suspended pending a tribunal.
Best TV show with music as some sort of central focus
1. The X Factor
2. The Big Reunion
3. The Voice
4. Made In Chelsea
5. Nashville
6. Later… With Jools Holland
7. Eurovision
8. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
9. Glee
10. Songs Of Praise
Notes: Another year, another good showing for the Made In Chelsea 'music supervisors' (Hype Machine bookmarkers), but what a result for ‘The Praise’. God has got to be happy with that.
Best cover version
1. Fleur East — ‘Uptown Funk'
2. Kiesza — ‘What Is Love?'
3. Foxes — ‘Happy’ / ‘Teardrop'
4. Years & Years — ‘Breathe'
5. Ella Henderson — ‘Say Something'
6. Lana Del Rey — ‘Once Upon A Dream'
7. Little Mix — ‘Word Up!'
8. Katy B — ‘Drunk In Love'
9. Aretha Franklin — ‘Rolling In The Deep'
10. Haim — ‘XO'
Notes: Voting had already been open about a week by the time Fleur did ‘Uptown Funk’ on The X Factor so she really did rather well here.
Artist who most should have pissing well got on with it and released music in 2014
1. Rihanna
2. Mutya Keisha Siobhan
3. Madonna
4. Nicola Roberts
5. Leona Lewis
6. Adele
7. Will Young
8. Florence
9. Hurts
10. Natalia Kills
Notes: Obviously, most of the voting took place before Madonna did actually pissing well get on with it and release music in 2014. Sometimes you really do have to be careful what you wish for.
Least elusive chanteuse
1. Ariana Grande
2. Taylor Swift
3. Iggy Azalea
4. Jessie J
5. Rita Ora
6. Katy Perry
7. Emeli Sandé
8. Mariah Carey
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Cheryl
Notes: You could do a chart mapping which of these ubiquitous artists are managed by the same companies, produced by the same people, published by the same publishers and under contract to the same labels. And it would be boring and inconclusive.
Newish act most likely to save pop in 2015
1. Charli XCX
2. Tinashe
3. Years & Years
4. Becky Hill
5. Fleur East
6. Only The Young
7. Fifth Harmony
8. Ella Eyre
9. FKA Twigs
10. Say Lou Lou
Notes: Strictly speaking we'd say Charli 'got going' last year but you voted her to the top and who are we to argue with democracy? (Good luck with that Fifth Harmony takeover, guys.)
Established act most likely to save pop in 2015
1. Marina & The Diamonds
2. Rihanna
3. Adele
4. Robyn
5. Madonna
6. Gwen Stefani
7. Giorgio Moroder
8. Britney Spears
9. Miley Cyrus
10. Little Mix
Notes: Imagine how amazing 2015 would be if each of this lot released a great album.
Best collaboration
1. Ariana & Iggy
2. Iggy & Charli
3. Ariana & The Weeknd
4. Ariana & Nicki & Jessie
5. Robyn & Royksopp
6. Nicki & Beyoncé
7. Calvin & Ellie
8. Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
9. Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne
10. Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Notes: SEE!! Not everyone thought the Lady Gaga easy listening project was a bad idea. There she is, in at Number 8 with a bullet. Vindication!
Least controversial popstar
1. Ella Henderson
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Ellie Goulding
4. Sam Smith
5. Kylie Minogue
6. Jessie Ware
7. Pixie Lott
8. Ariana Grande
9. Lady Gaga
10. Taylor Swift
Notes: You voted well here, readers.
Best use of Twitter by popstar or pop-related entity
1. Cher
2. James Blunt
3. Lorde
4. Charli XCX
5. Lily Allen
6. Rihanna
7. Azealia Banks
8. Marina & The Diamonds
9. Taylor Swift
10. George Ezra
Notes: Thanks to the reader who submitted this response: "though i am confused by her, ariana grandes retort to that girl who ate a tampon was pleasing."
Social Media Arsehole Of The Year
1. Madonna
2. James Arthur
3. Jessie J
4. Azealia Banks
5. Louis Tomlinson
6. Liam Payne
7. Diplo
8. Rita Ora
9. Justin Bieber
10. Steve Brookstein
Notes: Now steady on viewers, you’re being a bit harsh on Madonna here. And, at the same time, not quite harsh enough on Louis Tomlinson.