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Posted by: Liаm 4th January 2015, 10:23 PM

You voted in your droves and here we have the winners of the first ever Buzzjack Pop Forum awards! From Ella Henderson to Sam Smith to G.R.L. to Olly Murs, there are many different nominees but you'll seen find out the 27 winners here, tomorrow, at 7pm!

Just to remind you, here are your nominees:

ARTIST AWARDS

Best female solo artist
Cheryl
Ella Henderson
Paloma Faith
Taylor Swift

Best male solo artist
Calvin Harris
Ed Sheeran
Olly Murs
Sam Smith

Best group
G.R.L.
Neon Jungle
One Direction
The Saturdays
The Vamps

Social media icon
Britney Spears
Madonna
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

Best emerging pop artist
Charli XCX
Ella Henderson
Meghan Trainor
Tove Lo

Most anticipated comeback for 2015
Adele
Lena
Leona Lewis
Madonna
Rihanna
Sarah Harding

Next artist to upgrade from indie to pop
FKA Twigs
HAIM
Jessie Ware
Laura Welsh
Marina and The Diamonds
Rae Morris

Best promotional team
Ed Sheeran
Meghan Trainor
One Direction
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift

Pop villain of the year
Azealia Banks
Chris Brown
Ed Sheeran
Elyar Fox
Jessie J
Justin Bieber
Meghan Trainor
Pharrell Williams

Pop saviour of the year
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Charli XCX
Ella Henderson
Sia
Taylor Swift
Tove Lo

SONG AWARDS

Best single
'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift
'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
'Ghost' by Ella Henderson
'Rather Be' by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

Best single artwork
'Anaconda' by Nicki Minaj
'Black Widow' by Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora
'Dark Horse' by Katy Perry feat. Juicy J
'Ghost' by Ella Henderson
'I Don't Care' by Cheryl
'Rather Be' by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
'Salute' by Little Mix
'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift
'What Are You Waiting For?' by The Saturdays

Best debut single
'All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor
'Ghost' by Ella Henderson
'Hideaway' by Kiesza
'Ugly Heart' by G.R.L.

Most overrated single
'All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor
'Crazy Stupid Love' by Cheryl Cole feat. Tinie Tempah
'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift
'Stay With Me' by Sam Smith
'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran

Most underrated single
'Glow' by Ella Henderson
'If I Go' by Ella Eyre
'Say You Love Me' by Jessie Ware
'Stupid Little Things' by Anastacia
'Welcome To The Jungle' by Neon Jungle
'What Are You Waiting For?' by The Saturdays

Best collaboration
'Bang Bang' by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
'Black Widow' by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora
'Can't Remember To Forget You' by Shakira and Rihanna
'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX
'Up' by Olly Murs and Demi Lovato
'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

Surprise smash of the year
'Boom Clap' by Charli XCX
'Chandelier' by Sia
'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
'Ghost' by Ella Henderson
'Stay High (Habits Remix)' by Tove Lo feat. Hippie Sabotage
'Ugly Heart' by G.R.L.
'You Got It All' by Union J
'You Ruin Me' by The Veronicas

Surprise flop of the year
'Can't Remember To Forget You' by Shakira feat. Rihanna
'Home' by Leah McFall feat. will.i.am
'Not Giving Up' by The Saturdays
'What Are You Waiting For?' by The Saturdays

Song too good to just be an album track
'One Last Time' by Ariana Grande
'Out Of The Woods' by Taylor Swift
'Walking On Air' by Katy Perry
'Wildest Dreams' by Taylor Swift

Best track to be relegated to a deluxe bonus
'Change Your Ticket' by One Direction
'New Romantics' by Taylor Swift
'Wind Your Neck In' by Lily Allen
'Wonderland' by Taylor Swift

OTHER AWARDS

Best album
'1989' by Taylor Swift
'Chapter One' by Ella Henderson
'FOUR' by One Direction
'Queen Of The Clouds' by Tove Lo
'Sheezus' by Lily Allen

Best album artwork
'1989' by Taylor Swift
'A Perfect Contradiction' by Paloma Faith
'Only Human' by Cheryl
'Queen Of The Clouds' by Tove Lo
'Sheezus' by Lily Allen

Best music video
'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift
'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
'Human' by Christina Perri
'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

Best fanbase name
Beyoncé's 'Beyhive'
Justin Bieber's 'Beliebers'
Katy Perry's 'Katycats'
Leah McFall's 'Giants'
Taylor Swift's 'Swifties'

Best live performance (yes this is serious)
Beyoncé - Drunk In Love at the Grammys
Cheryl Cole - Crazy Stupid Love at Britain's Got Talent
The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest
Ella Henderson - Ghost at Britain's Got Talent
Fifth Harmony - Bo$$ at The X Factor UK
John Legend - All Of Me at The X Factor UK
Justin Timberlake's various performances at The 20/20 Experience World Tour
Katy Perry - Dark Horse at The BRIT Awards
Little Mix - Salute at Britain's Got Talent
Lola Saunders - Imagine at The X Factor UK
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda at the AMAs
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda at the VMAs
Sam Smith - Like I Can at The X Factor UK
Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants at the AMAs
Sia - Chandelier at Ellen
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off at the VMAs
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off at The X Factor UK

Worst live performance
Cheryl - I Don't Care at The X Factor UK
Idina Menzel & Michael Buble - Baby It's Cold Outside at The X Factor UK
Labrinth - Jealous at The X Factor UK
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You at the Rockefeller Center
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass at The X Factor UK

Ultimate pop music moment of 2014
Britney Spears' scooter video on Instagram and other Instagram moments
Cheryl achieving her record-breaking 5th #1 with 'I Don't Care'
Taylor Swift's web stream and subsequent 'Shake It Off' music video release, on air/on sale digital release and '1989' announcement
Taylor Swift selling over a million of '1989' in the first week in the US and smashing other sales records


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Feel free to speculate here, who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Will Sam Smith win anything despite being utterly insufferable? Did Leah McFall actually have any 'Giants' to vote for her?

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 4th January 2015, 11:10 PM

Taylor to smash hopefully

Posted by: Jay ジ 4th January 2015, 11:11 PM

Looking forward to this! I think Taylor's going to do very well.

Posted by: Joe. 5th January 2015, 09:58 AM

Totally forgot to vote in this, despite loads of my nominations making it into their respected categories. I was just so busy around Christmas. What a shame. - Still looking forward to the results.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 06:54 PM

5 minute warning guys!

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 07:04 PM

Go Charli & Tove!

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:04 PM

BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

WINNER… TAYLOR SWIFT (18 votes)



Paloma Faith (6 votes)
Cheryl (5 votes)
Ella Henderson (5 votes)

Our first winner is Taylor Swift! 2014 was a fabulous year for Taylor, as she released her first official pop album 1989 and smashed tonnes of records in the US and grabbed two worldwide hits to add to her already extensive collection with Blank Space and Shake It Off. She can start 2015 similarly excellently, and keep shaking off the haters who call her a $l*t with a prestigious Pop Forum Award, and she achieved the most votes of any act in a positive category (more on that later). It’s not even close as Taylor is 12 votes ahead of Paloma Faith, who has one of the biggest selling albums of 2014, Cheryl, who added two #1s to her collection and broke a record for most chart toppers for a solo UK female, and Ella Henderson, who scored one of the year’s biggest hits with Ghost despite only coming sixth on The X Factor in 2012.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:13 PM

BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST

WINNER… SAM SMITH (11 votes)



Calvin Harris (9 votes)
Ed Sheeran (7 votes)
Olly Murs (7 votes)

Our first male winner is Sam Smith… Yay…. Sam was everywhere you turned in 2014, scoring one of the first #1s of the year with Money On My Mind, then following it up with Stay With Me. The public lap him up, but some criticise him for being whiny or needy as all of his songs seem to be about his unrecquited gay crush! Hot (literally, if you’ve seen the Armani pics!!!) on his heels is dance producer Calvin Harris, who released a new album this year featuring collaborations with Haim, Ellie Goulding and John Newman, among others. Sam’s fellow omnipresence Ed Sheeran might have scored the biggest selling album of the year with x, but he flags here by coming joint last! The man who’s booty should be the eighth wonder of the world joins Ed in last place, despite having another strong start to an album campaign, scoring two top 5 hits and a #1 album.

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th January 2015, 07:17 PM

Both are good winners even if not my desired choices!

Posted by: Jay ジ 5th January 2015, 07:17 PM

Very deserved for Taylor! Rather shocked that Sam has won that though, he seems so hated here.

Posted by: Simon. 5th January 2015, 07:18 PM

Taylor though, her album is SO overrated on here bad. Happy for Sam Smith however, his singles have got better with each release.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 07:19 PM

I'm glad Ed Sheeran didn't win!

Posted by: Cameron 5th January 2015, 07:19 PM

Paloma should have won

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:20 PM

BEST GROUP

WINNER… ONE DIRECTION (9 votes)



Neon Jungle (8 votes)
G.R.L. (7 votes)
The Saturdays (6 votes)
The Vamps (4 votes)

Our best group for 2014 is, perhaps unsurprisingly, One Direction! 2014 saw the release of their fourth album, imaginatively titled FOUR, as well as their top 5 single Steal My Girl and another top 10 in Night Changes, and their dedicated fanbase stood by them here and snatched them a Pop Forum Award to start 2015 in style. This was a close fought thing though, as Neon Jungle are surprisingly just one vote behind off the back of their album Welcome To The Jungle. Even more impressive is G.R.L.’s seven votes, as they only released one single, Ugly Heart, this year! Sadly they were stalled by the tragic death of member Simone in the week that Ugly Heart was released in the UK. Buzzjack favourites The Saturdays flag with just 6 votes after 2014 just saw two flop singles and Frankie coming in the top 3 of Strictly Come Dancing, and boyband The Vamps score only 4 votes - the same amount of top 10 hits they had in 2014.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th January 2015, 07:22 PM

Go Queen Taylor with her first of hopefully many awards
And any guesses to which artist (and song) I could possibly be listening to right now?

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 07:22 PM

Neon Jungle soo close...

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:25 PM

SOCIAL MEDIA ICON

WINNER… Rihanna (11 votes)



Britney Spears (10 votes)
Taylor Swift (8 votes)
Madonna (4 votes)

Known for her controversial posts and often honest and abrasive air, it’s perhaps not a surprise Rihanna is the social media icon for 2014! Perhaps her most remembered moment was her being banned from Instagram due to topless photos circulating, and she is also known for blasting rumours by denying anything and everything first hand on her own social media accounts. Britney runs her close, coming only one vote away from victory, probably largely for her iconic scooter video (more on that one later). Taylor Swift is very interactive on her twitter, and is always pleasing her fans with her tendency to “Taylurk” their profiles. Madonna is arguably a surprising last place, as she is always causing confusion and controversy with her typical gran on twitter posts whilst still trying to be “down wiv da kids 2k15”. Maybe she’ll snatch this in the 2015 awards, given the recent controversy around her Rebel Heart images that depict various dead icons photoshopped to look like the album cover...

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th January 2015, 07:26 PM

I wish Taylor won that award, I absolutely adore her instagram account (still hoping one day she will see my pretty much fan account)

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 07:30 PM

Shocked but pleased that Sam Smith won solo male, not an easy one to call though, thought Calvin might have taken it.

Also surprised at One Direction winning best group, I guess the girlbands split the vote a bit! Very happy with that even though The Vamps were my first choice. Neon Jungle in second though :S

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:30 PM

BEST EMERGING POP ARTIST

WINNER… Ella Henderson (11 votes)



Charli XCX (10 votes)
Tove Lo (8 votes)
Meghan Trainor (4 votes)

Perhaps not surprising is that the girl behind one of the biggest hits of the year snatches this title, but what is maybe a little more surprising is Charli XCX coming just one vote away from dethroning her - especially given as she’s technically not really emerging as she’s released two albums before this era And her best song Nuclear Seasons is nearly 4 years (!!!) old now. Anyway, Ella had an amazing 2014 two years after crashing out of X Factor behind Christopher Maloney, Rylan, Union J and ChowMein (and James Arthur but he wasn’t quite as bad!), with a #1 debut single that’s set to cross a million sales (/streams) and a #1 album that’s set to go platinum. Tove Lo is also not exactly emerging either, although her debut album was released this year and she had unexpected international success including a top 3 hit in the US with the glorious Habits. “Controversial” new star Meghan Trainor comes in last, having scored a divisive smash with “skinny bitches” shaming All About That Bass.

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th January 2015, 07:31 PM

YASSSS 1D I voted for The Vamps as they had the better album this year (despite an absolutely AMAZING album from 1D too) but still a very worthy winner there

Posted by: Cameron 5th January 2015, 07:32 PM

The Saturdays are use to flopping so it is no shock they flopped here

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 07:33 PM

One of the few categories where I didn't mind if any of them won! Tove got my vote but Ella is deserving also!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th January 2015, 07:35 PM

Yay for Ella winning but wouldn't mind any of them winning apart from Tovelo. Ghost is definitely one of the best songs this year and the whole album is stunning

Posted by: Jay ジ 5th January 2015, 07:35 PM

I was actually torn between One Direction and Neon Jungle, but opted for 1D in the end. Neon Jungle could have won if I'd gone the other way!

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 07:37 PM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Jan 5 2015, 07:31 PM)

YASSSS 1D I voted for The Vamps as they had the better album this year (despite an absolutely AMAZING album from 1D too) but still a very worthy winner there

QUOTE(Jay ジ @ Jan 5 2015, 07:35 PM)

I was actually torn between One Direction and Neon Jungle, but opted for 1D in the end. Neon Jungle could have worn if I'd gone the other way!

Posted by: *Tim 5th January 2015, 07:37 PM

Happy with all the winners besides Sam right now. 1D are decent enough winners, the rest are superb

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:37 PM

MOST ANTICIPATED COMEBACK FOR 2015

WINNER… RIHANNA (15 votes)



Adele (5 votes)
Leona Lewis (4 votes)
Madonna (4 votes)
Lena (3 votes)
Sarah Harding (3 votes)

Back to things not even being close after a few tight races, Rihanna smashes all competition to win a second award by achieving 10 more votes than her nearest rival Adele! She’s released an album in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009-2012, but 2013 and 2014 had a notable lack of Ri albums Thankfully she’s treating us to two releases in 2015 - a concept album for upcoming Dreamworks film Home and her new studio album. The great thing about RiRi is that the fact we don’t know what genre to expect really adds to the excitement. The artist behind the biggest selling album of the 21st century so far, Adele, is bound to sell by the bucketload with her expected third album so it’s no surprise she has a few people excited for it. Leona Lewis and Madonna have more promise than their last era given what we’ve heard so far, whilst Eurovision act Lena and Sarah Harding both have their fans on here.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th January 2015, 07:42 PM

Home is a dreamworks and not Pixar movie

I am so excited for Rihanna's comeback (hope it is something like rated r/loud and not the last 2 bad albums). Also can't wait for Adele and Leona

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:44 PM

NEXT ARTIST TO UPGRADE FROM INDIE TO POP

WINNER… JESSIE WARE (10 votes)



Marina & The Diamonds (8 votes)
Rae Morris (6 votes)
HAIM (5 votes)
FKA Twigs (4 votes)
Laura Welsh (0 votes)

Just pipping Marina to the post (despite the fact she’s already gone pop with Electra Heart ) is Jessie Ware, and it’s probably easy to see why. She’s already dabbled in sofer, more radio friendly pop music with her recent biggest hit Say You Love Me, penned by Ed Sheeran. Newbie Rae Morris isn’t far behind, and she might turn to poppier music if she doesn’t experience success off the back of her fairly likely Sound Of 2014 success. R&B flecked indie band HAIM arent’ far behind, I do hope they don’t drop their unique sound for a more poppy one… FKA Twigs’ ethereal sound is so sensual and perfect, but it would be interesting to hear her do pop… Poor Laura Welsh is our first act with no votes, although I’d argue she’s more pop than a couple of those above so has less of a jump to make

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:45 PM

QUOTE(Ultraviolence1989 @ Jan 5 2015, 07:42 PM)

Home is a dreamworks and not Pixar movie

I am so excited for Rihanna's comeback (hope it is something like rated r/loud and not the last 2 bad albums). Also can't wait for Adele and Leona

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:47 PM

BEST PROMOTIONAL TEAM

WINNER… Ed Sheeran (15 votes)



Taylor Swift (12 votes)
One Direction (4 votes)
Meghan Trainor (2 votes)
Sam Smith (1 vote)

Ed Sheeran might have surprisingly trailed a little in the best male category, but he manages to snap this one up from under Taylor Swift’s nose! I’d say it was a rightful win, Ed’s team have played the x era perfectly really - from X Factor performances to price reductions to perfectly timed music video releases. Taylor Swift isn’t far behind, and the 1989 era was handled well too with numerous promo performances, the brilliant web stream annoucement and the partial price reduction first week in the US that helped her almost beat Britney’s record for all time one week sales for a female solo album. Mega sellers One Direction and Sam Smith trail behind, but were also handled quite well with many high profile perfomances, whilst Meghan Trainor manages two votes despite only having one hit this year - it does seem though that she’s being pushed well with her second single though so her label are looking for a Katy Perry rather than a Carly Rae Jepsen.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 07:49 PM

Well had to give him that one. The promo team haven't put a foot wrong...

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th January 2015, 07:49 PM

Ed's was handled well but Taylor's marketing was flawless. The stream, the single releases and everything was perfect (and at least she releases OA/OS and doesn't hold her songs back forever like Ed did with sing)

I am seriously though going to try not to complain about every award Taylor doesn't win

Posted by: Sean. 5th January 2015, 07:56 PM

I love how Sam and Ella have won so far but The Saturdays coming behind G.R.L. and Neon Jungle is just lol worthy, SATS FORUM WHERE ARE YA

EDIT; ADELE NOT FOR 2015 COME BACK YA'LL STRANGE

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 07:58 PM

POP VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

WINNER… Azealia Banks (12 votes)


"Raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimised by Azealia Banks"

Pharrell Williams (6 votes)
Justin Bieber (5 votes)
Ed Sheeran (4 votes)
Chris Brown (2 votes)
Elyar Fox (2 votes)
Jessie J (2 votes)
Meghan Trainor (1 votes)

With the amount of “beef” she’s had on Twitter, it’s probable that most, if not all of her 12 voters will be raising their hand in conjunction with the gif above Her main victim towards the end of the year was Itchy Areola Iffy Azuzu Igloo Australia, who Azealia says cherrypicks the positive parts of black culture for her own gain but ignores everything else (for example the institutional racism storm and shooting of Michael Brown). She’s also baited Lily Allen and Perez Hilton notably! Pharrell Williams is decidedly less confrontational, but Happy has haunted us all for over a year now, becoming the biggest selling song of the year and the 21st century so far (how exactly?!), which is similar to Ed Sheeran’s “crime” of overexposure. Chris Brown released a couple of panned singles and is generally hated, and Justin Bieber also mops up some hate despite not really releasing much this year. Elyar Fox is “known” for two fanbase buy hits, which were hated on here, and Jessie J and Meghan Trainor’s recent hits attracted hate, as does Jessie’s personality (as always)

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 07:59 PM

A deserved win for Ed for promo, I don't think Sam should really be last as he's been everywhere too but I guess Ed stole all his votes. He seems to get more promo than One Direction anyway.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 08:00 PM

Luckily Elyar only managed one top ten!

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:05 PM

POP SAVIOUR OF THE YEAR

WINNER… Taylor Swift (13 votes)



Beyonce (6 votes)
Sia (6 votes)
Ariana Grande (4 votes)
Charli XCX (2 votes)
Tove Lo (2 votes)

Probably unsurprisngly, Buzzjack names Taylor as their pop saviour for 2014 - her second award tonight! Her critically lauded and commercially successful album 1989’s slayage has been discussed at length tonight already, but it also won her new fans with a new style, as country isn’t for everyone! Beyonce is 7 votes behind, but she did save us from a barren January by keeping us ticking over with her wonderful self titled surprise release from December 2013. Sia and Ariana Grande both had hits this year, and experienced success on Buzzjack with their latest albums. Charli XCX and Tove Lo both had surprise hits, perhaps “saving” some Buzzjackers by giving them hope that their faves can smash soon enough, as it was only a year and a half or so ago that Tove had under 1000 followers on Twitter and Habits was looking to go down as an overlooked gem..

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:05 PM

QUOTE(Dobbo @ Jan 5 2015, 08:00 PM)

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:10 PM

BEST SINGLE

Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX (10 votes)



Rather Be by Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne (8 votes)
Ghost by Ella Henderson (7 votes)
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (5 votes)
Blank Space by Taylor Swift (4 votes)

One of the year’s surprise hits Fancy beats fellow smashes from Clean Bandit, Ella Henderson and Taylor Swift! Iggy’s career was kickstarted by this massive grower of an electro-hop song, probably helped by the excellent video <3 Rather Be has sold a million this year but has managed to be too overexposed, whilst Ghost (as has been said multiple times now!) was a rightful smash. Taylor’s two songs split votes and come in the bottom two places despite her two previous award wins, but will she win anything else?

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th January 2015, 08:15 PM

YESSSSS FANCY

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 08:18 PM

Excellent winner!

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:18 PM

BEST SINGLE ARTWORK

WINNER… Anaconda by Nicki Minaj (10 votes)



Dark Horse by Katy Perry & Juicy J (5 votes)
Black Widow by Iggy Azalea & Rita Ora (4 votes)
Rather Be by Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne (4 votes)
Salute by Little Mix (3 votes)
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (3 votes)
What Are You Waiting For? by The Saturdays (2 votes)
I Don’t Care by Cheryl (1 votes)

One of the most iconic and remembered single covers of 2014 has to be Anaconda, so it’s no surprise it won. Completely fitting to the “size queen anthem” of a song, the artwork features Nicki’s famous arse in all its… glory. Ahem. It also inspired some hilarious memes, with faces such as Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers, Marge Simpson and even Queen Elizabeth photoshopped onto Nicki's body! With half of Anaconda’s votes, Katy Perry’s Dark Horse with its wondefully crafted artwork is in second, whilst Iggy’s simple but effective Black Widow artwork is third, tied with Clean Bandit’s geometrically focused single cover. Bringing up the rear are Buzzjack faves The Saturdays and X Factor judge Cheryl with their relatively simple artwork.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:23 PM

BEST DEBUT SINGLE

WINNER… Ghost by Ella Henderson (14 votes)



Ugly Heart by G.R.L. (11 votes)
Hideaway by Kiesza (8 votes)
All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor (1 vote)


Unsurprisingly, Ella snatches this one, her second award! But I won’t talk about her success again G.R.L. coming only three votes behind her is perhaps more surprising They had a shock hit with the simple but wonderful ukulele led pop song Ugly Heart, and hopefully they move past the tragedy of Simone Battle’s death and keep up the good work. A song I nominated for most overrated single (oops) is just a few votes behind, Kiesza’s deep house influenced #1 Hideaway. Poor Meghan Trainor is miles behind with only one vote for her smash hit debut single.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 08:24 PM

Any of those tracks would have been worthy winners but Hideaway would have been most ideal. Oh well guess it'll have to win the dance forum awards instead!

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 08:26 PM

Oh dear, worst possibly winner for artwork. Just because it's the most easily remembered without a google search doesn't make it good or worthy of "best" imo. Not that the standard of the category was high but I liked the Black Widow artwork.

Ghost is very worthy and very pleased to see G.R.L. doing really well with my favourite song of 2014

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:27 PM

MOST OVERRATED SINGLE

WINNER… All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor (9 votes)



Stay With Me by Sam Smith (8 votes)
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran (7 votes)
Crazy Stupid Love by Cheryl Cole & Tinie Tempah (5 votes)
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (5 votes)

Meghan finally manages to win an award… Sadly this isn’t a positive! Just ahead of megahit #1s from the kings of 2014 exposure Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, All About That Bass apparently has too much love in the eyes of Buzzjack! Cheryl and Taylor Swift bring up the rear, unsurprisingly in the case of the former given I don’t think it’s rated that much in the first place

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 08:32 PM

Overrated depended on the angle it was viewed from. Stay With Me and Thinking Out Loud are obviously massive hits but not particularly rated on Buzzjack. All About The Bass itself gets a lot of hate but seems to have more fans on here so that won it for me

Crazy Stupid Love is marginally worse but isn't really rated whichever way you look at it

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:33 PM

MOST UNDERRATED SINGLE

WINNER… What Are You Waiting For? by The Saturdays (8 votes)



Glow by Ella Henderson (7 votes)
If I Go by Ella Eyre (5 votes)
Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware (5 votes)
Stupid Little Things by Anastacia (4 votes)
Welcome To The Jungle by Neon Jungle (3 votes)

The Saturdays finally win something They didn’t have the best 2014, with this song barely scraping top 40 amid criticisms it was generic etc., but they have a huge fanbase on this site that clinches them this award! Ella Henderson misses out on a third award by just one vote with her understated second single Glow, whilst Ella Eyre and Jessie Ware tie on 5 points with two hits that had potential to do so much better than they did Sprock queen Anastacia, with one of her best songs and certainly her best in YEARS, brings up the rear along with Neon Jungle’s third single.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 08:38 PM

Don't see how that's underrated at all.

If I Go though...

Posted by: Simon. 5th January 2015, 08:40 PM

I like the song but it's hardly underrated Jessie Ware & Anastacia's tracks are far more underrated.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:42 PM

BEST COLLABORATION

WINNER… Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars (10 votes)



Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX (9 votes)
Up by Olly Murs & Demi Lovato (6 votes)
Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj (4 votes)
Black Widow by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX (3 votes)
Can’t Remember To Forget You (0 votes)

A male song wins over fully female songs? And over “single of the year” Fancy too, odd. This was a shock to me, but Uptown Funk has caused a frenzy and already spent weeks at #1 following an early release after Fleur East’s showstopping performance on the X Factor semi final (which itself was an itunes #1), and is very likely to end up in the end of year top 5 in 2015 (I'd not be surprised if it was #1 actually depending on other releases...) The beautiful Olly Murs and one of my queens Demi are in third with their collaboration Up, followed by three of the biggest divas in pop with Bang Bang. Iggy has a second song here with Black Widow, and, even though on paper it’s aBuzzjack dream) the damp squib of a song from Rihanna and Shakira gets 0 votes.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 08:55 PM

SURPRISE SMASH OF THE YEAR

WINNER…. You Ruin Me by The Veronicas (8 votes)



Boom Clap by Charli XCX (7 votes)
Stay High (Habits Remix) by Tove Lo & Hippie Sabotage (6 votes)
Chandelier by Sia (6 votes)
Ugly Heart by G.R.L. (3 votes)
You Got It All by Union J (3 votes)
Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX (2 votes)
Ghost by Ella Henderson (0 votes)

A definite shock hit, it’s no surprise that You Ruin Me wins this one! I still remember hearing it on Heart in the car, and being excited that it might go top 40 So yay, it was good that it actually gave them a second top 10 after 2009’s fabulous Untouched. This one was a close contest though, as there was one vote between You Ruin Me and Boom Clap. Tove Lo was close enough too, just two votes behind, as is Sia. Two group singles from G.R.L. and Union J, as well as a smash from Iggy Azalea and an obvious from first listen hit from Ella Henderson bring up the rear.

SURPRISE FLOP OF THE YEAR

WINNER… Can’t Remember To Forget You by Shakira & Rihanna (19 votes)



Home by Leah McFall & will.i.am. (8 votes)
Not Giving Up by The Saturdays (4 votes)
What Are You Waiting For? by The Saturdays (3 votes)

Whilst it’s so underrated according to Buzzjack, apparently What Are You Waiting For wasn't a surprise flop at all That title instead goes to Shakira and Rihanna, who just made top 20 for a week or so despite this being a smash on paper. The Voice’s “ready made popstar” Leah McFall limped in at #56 with her debut single Home, even when assisted by will.i.am. - ouch. The Saturdays bring up the rear, and Not Giving Up was probably expected as a bit of a flop - although it did about as well as expected.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 08:58 PM

Although You Ruin Me achieved the higher peak, CRTFY was much more of a smash in terms of sales & longevity. I guess the overriding factor here is that given the names on the record many would have been expecting a massive number 1 smash on the scale of Beautiful Liar!

Posted by: ► ▲ N 5th January 2015, 09:01 PM

I voted Leah McFail for Flop of the Year actually, I guess CRTFY didn't completely live up to its potential but at least it was a decent sized hit, Home didn't even go top 40

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:04 PM

BEST ALBUM

WINNER… 1989 by Taylor Swift (13 votes)



FOUR by One Direction (7 votes)
Chapter One by Ella Henderson (6 votes)
Queen Of The Clouds by Tove Lo (4 votes)
Sheezus by Lily Allen (2 votes)

Taylor continues her slayage with another award, this time for best album! As has already been said, this album was successful critically and commercially, and has been hugely well received on here. One Direction are a few votes behind with the imaginatively titled fourth album FOUR, whilst Ella Henderson puts up a fight with her debut Chapter One. Tove Lo’s Queen Of The Clouds is yet to be released in the UK, but still beats a UK #1 from Lily Allen.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:09 PM

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK

WINNER… A Perfect Contradiction by Paloma Faith (12 votes)



1989 by Taylor Swift (7 votes)
Only Human by Cheryl (7 votes)
Queen Of The Clouds by Tove Lo (4 votes)
Sheezus by Lily Allen (3 votes)

Taylor beat her to best female artist, but Paloma gets her own back by snatching the award for best album artwork with her stunningly busy yet simple artwork! Taylor’s 1989 cover, which fits well with the Polaroid theme of the booklet, is 5 votes behind, tied with Cheryl’s stunningly beautiful cover for Only Human. The same bottom two as we saw in album of the year trail behind, bringing up the rear.

Posted by: Cremey 5th January 2015, 09:11 PM

Hahaha so pleased Azealia won villain of the year. Thoroughly deserved, yet it's one of the reasons I love her.

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 09:12 PM

The Veronicas are very deserving, pleased to see Union J pick up some votes, even if it wasn't a long-term smash, who would've thought they'd achieve an iTunes #1 and an official top 2 after how well they'd done previously. Also happy to see Ella pick up no votes as I didn't really think it fitted the category.

Agog at "Home" picking up so many votes, as much as I really like the song I can't say the chart performance surprised me. Smells like a Ryan fix x

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:18 PM

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER... Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX (15 votes)



Human by Christina Perri (7 votes)
Blank Space by Taylor Swift (6 votes)
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (6 votes)

Iggy wins her second award tonight, and for the same song! Fancy’s brilliant video is inspired by one of the best films of all time, Clueless <3 Human is a surprise second placer perhaps, but the video is very effective and consistent with the message of the song. Taylor again has two nominations here, but both bring up the rear despite being acclaimed videos.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:20 PM

BEST FANBASE NAME



WINNER… Beyonce’s Beyhive (16 votes)

Katy Perry’s Katycats (5 votes)
Taylor Swift’s Swifties (5 votes)
Leah McFall’s Giants (4 votes)
Justin Bieber’s Beliebers (3 votes)


QUEEN B’S BEYHIVE SLAY YAASSS!!!!!!11!!11! All of these names are quite clever, and they cover many people (except Leah, as the “Giants” failed to take her wonderful song top 40 and the name isn’t a clever pun or related to her name). The continuing buzz (*badoom tssk*) around Bey’s album release from December 2013 made sure the Beyhive had lots to be excited over in 2014.

Posted by: J▲hq 5th January 2015, 09:24 PM

Don't recall even hearing 'Beyhive' before

Still not sure how Leah is getting more than one vote

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:41 PM

BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE

WINNER… THE COMMON LINNETS - CALM AFTER THE STORM (EUROVISION 2014) (8 votes)



Sia - Chandelier (Ellen) (5 votes)
Little Mix - Salute (Britain’s Got Talent) (4 votes)
Sam Smith - Like I Can (The X Factor UK) (2 votes)
Beyonce - Drunk In Love (Grammys) (2 votes)
Cheryl - Crazy Stupid Love (Britain’s Got Talent) (2 votes)
Fifth Harmony - BO$$ (The X Factor UK) (2 votes)
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda (VMAs) (2 votes)
Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants (AMAs) (2 votes)
Ella Henderson - Ghost (Britain’s Got Talent) (1 vote)
Justin Timberlake - Various (The 20/20 Experience World Tour) (1 vote)
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (VMAs) (1 vote)
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge) (1 vote)
John Legend - All Of Me (X Factor UK) (0 votes)
Katy Perry - Dark Horse (BRIT Awards) (0 votes)
Lola Saunders - Imagine (The X Factor UK) (0 votes)
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda (AMAs) (0 votes)
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (The X Factor UK) (0 votes)

The Common Linnets are perhaps a surprise winner, but they lead this saturated pack. Even in the week of Eurovision, nobody would have ever thought that the song would do as well as it did, but it placed second following a stunning performance and made the UK top 10 Being a song from the Eurovision luck black hole The Netherlands, and a country song, it’s all the more astounding! Other notable cotenders came from Sia’s unconventional Ellen performance in which turned away from the audience and Little Mix’s Salute, which was a standout Britain’s Got Talent perofmance that really brought the song alive.


WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE

WINNER>>IDINA MENZEL & MICHAEL BUBLE - BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE (THE X FACTOR UK) (12 votes)



Cheryl - I Don’t Care (The X Factor UK) (9 votes)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Rockerfeller Center) (6 votes)
Labirinth - Jealous (The X Factor UK) (4 votes)
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (The X Factor UK) (2 votes)

And on the oppoiste end of the scale, an X Factor UK saturated category is won by Idina Menzel! Her performance on the X Factor semi final was sold by “special guest” Michael Buble, but the two seemed unrehearsed and like drunk karaoke! But at least the visuals from the man crush Michael Buble distracted me Cheryl is just three votes behind with a mimed performance of I Don’t Care, and shockingly even further behind is the infamously flat Mariah perofmance with not a note in key! Two other X Factor perofmances bring up the rear.

Posted by: *Tim 5th January 2015, 09:45 PM

Yassss Common Linnets, make me proud!

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 09:46 PM

Both very understandable winners there!

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 09:47 PM

ULTIMATE POP MOMENT OF 2014

WINNER... BRITNEY SPEARS' SCOOTER VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM / INSTAGRAM MOMENTS (12 votes)



Taylor Swift selling over a million of 1989 in the first week in the US and smashing various records (10 votes)
Cheryl achieving her record-breaking 5th #1 with I Don't Care (6 votes)
Taylor Swift's web stream to announce 1989 and subsequent music video and on-air/on-sale digital release of Shake It Off (5 votes)

Our final award winner is Britney Spears, who didn't even release anything in 2014! Slay. This is mostly down to her iconic scooter video on Instagram, which can be seen above. I have no idea what's so funny about it but I can't stop watching Amazing. Taylor Swift just falls short of ending the night with another award, as her 1989 first week slayage is two votes behind Britney. Cheryl's fanbase struggles to match up to this top 2, whilst Taylor's web stream to reveal the 1989 era and the lead single Shake It Off gets only half the votes of her other 2014 event.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 10:01 PM

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Artists

Best female solo artist: Taylor Swift
Best male solo artist: Sam Smith
Best group: One Direction
Social media icon: Rihanna
Best emerging artist: Ella Henderson
Most anticipated comeback of 2015: Rihanna
Next artist to upgrade from indie to pop: Jessie Ware
Best promotional team: Ed Sheeran
Pop villain of the year: Azealia Banks
Pop Saviour of the year: Taylor Swift

Songs

Best single: Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX
Best single artwork: Anaconda by Nicki Minaj
Best debut single: Ghost by Ella Henderson
Most overrated single: All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor
Most underrated single: What Are You Waiting For? by The Saturdays
Best collaboration: Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Surprise smash of the year: You Ruin Me by The Veronicas
Surprise flop of the year: Can't Remember To Forget You by Shakira & Rihanna
Song too good to just be an album track: Walking On Air by Katy Perry
Best song to be relegated to a bonus: Wonderland by Taylor Swift

Others

Best album: 1989 by Taylor Swift
Best album artwork: A Perfect Contradiction by Paloma Faith
Best music video: Fancy by Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX
Best fanbase name: Beyonce's Beyhive
Best live performance: Calm After The Storm by Common Linnets (Eurovision 2014)
Worst live perofmance: Baby It's Cold Outside by Idina Menzel & Michael Buble (The X Factor UK)
Ultimate pop moment of 2014: Britney Spears' scooter video and various Instagram moments

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 10:09 PM

Wait did I completely miss the "too good to be an album track" post?

Fantastic winner anyway, please release it this year Katy.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2015, 10:16 PM

Oh Christ I forgot that one Sorry, proper tired today!

It was Walking On Air with 12 votes, One Last Time by Ariana Grande with 8 and then Wildest Dreams and Out Of The Woods by Taylor Swift both on 6.

And the bonus track one was Wonderland with 11 votes, One Direction's Change Your Ticket with 6 was tied with Taylor's New Romantics, then Lily Allen's Wind Your Neck In with 3.

Posted by: Dobbo 5th January 2015, 10:18 PM

No worries! That was one of the rounds I was most interested in as it's harder to tell unreleased tracks' popularity compared to much of the other more predictable rounds

Posted by: Uptown Froot 5th January 2015, 10:24 PM

'Walking on Air' should have been a single

Posted by: Riser 5th January 2015, 11:38 PM

Wow, really pleased with the results, especially The Common Linnets and the Britney scooter video! There were quite a few surprise winners which was great to see. Thanks for the results, Liam!

Posted by: fgi090505 6th January 2015, 01:04 AM

Surprise flop of the year
'Can't Remember To Forget You' by Shakira feat. Rihanna
'Home' by Leah McFall feat. will.i.am
'Not Giving Up' by The Saturdays
'What Are You Waiting For?' by The Saturdays

The Saturdays singles a "surprise" really?

They have been carp since 2011

Posted by: Jay ジ 6th January 2015, 01:14 AM

Excellent results on the whole! Thanks for hosting Liam, and I enjoyed reading your commentaries!

Posted by: Josh. 6th January 2015, 07:29 AM

Walking On Air isn't even that good for me Legendary Lovers would've been choice if she had another single.

Thanks for hosting Liam!

Posted by: JosephStyles 6th January 2015, 09:38 AM

Thanks for hosting Liam!

Wonderland winning deluxe track And Cheryl so high on worst live performance?? It wasn't THAT bad...

Posted by: Sean. 7th January 2015, 02:54 PM

G.R.L. and Ugly Heart won nothing? Oh my