Wouldn't surprise me to see The Naked & Famous miss out on the top five, I absolutely love them but they're 'very 2008' and I just can't imagine them having anything more than a couple of top 20/40 hits...

Well, we've gotten through all of the other decades - maybe the 00s revival has begun already :heehee:

Well, we've gotten through all of the other decades - maybe the 00s revival has begun already :heehee:

 

The 10s needs to develop a different sound before we can revive the 00s :P

Did the 00's even have a 'sound'? It was so lacking in identity :(

Did the 00's even have a 'sound'? It was so lacking in identity :(

 

The 00s didn't really have a defining sound. I'd say British hip hop (Dizzee, Tinchy, Chipmunk etc.) was the 'sound of the 00s' but that was only really 2008 and 2009... indie and cheesy pop were also both big sounds earlier on in the decade. But yeah, there's no real word that sums up the 00s musically.

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Jamie Woon is a bit of something and nothing i.e. dull.

 

Tbf, this list these days doesn't seem to signify #01s ahoy rather "what you'll see in the NME at Reading tent in August".

Seemingly Jessie J aside, I think the critics learned their lesson on trying to predict #1s after Little Boots, unfortunately. It also doesn't particularly help that there are so few new artists breaking through that seem at all hugely commercial...

Did the 00's even have a 'sound'? It was so lacking in identity :(

 

I'd argue that the 90s never really had a "sound", just several different movements that proved successful (Madchester, American Alt-rock/grunge, Britpop, manufactured pop) over the course of the decade. I'm sure in hindsight, we'll say the same thing about the 00s (beginning with the garage rock revival, through R&B/urban hybrids, the new wave of Britpop, right through to the 'Robopop' of Gaga/Ke$ha etc.)

Tbf, this list these days doesn't seem to signify #01s ahoy rather "what you'll see in the NME at Reading and Leeds tent in August".

As a northerner who goes Leeds every year, I have to add this ^_^

 

I guess the top 3 would be Jessie J, James Blake and The Vaccines/Naked and Famous, unless Jessie J is still allowed now that Do It Like a Dude is top 20

The 00s didn't really have a defining sound. I'd say British hip hop (Dizzee, Tinchy, Chipmunk etc.) was the 'sound of the 00s' but that was only really 2008 and 2009... indie and cheesy pop were also both big sounds earlier on in the decade. But yeah, there's no real word that sums up the 00s musically.

 

Simon Cowell was the "sound of the '00s". :kink: I'd say the 00s had one defining sound per year rather than one sound that defined a decade. 2003 was dominated by dancehall but no way did it define the 00s. The 00s defined a public with short attention spans who moved onto the next big sound as quickly as the previous one. :lol:

But they didn't really MISS Tinie Tempah last year really did they? He's been around for years and released/remixed plenty of songs before. He'd already put out records, he just never had the big label push that everyone else seems to have. Wretch 32 is/was exactly the same. I still think the top 3 will be The Vaccines, James Blake and Jessie J.

But they didn't really MISS Tinie Tempah last year really did they? He's been around for years and released/remixed plenty of songs before. He'd already put out records, he just never had the big label push that everyone else seems to have. Wretch 32 is/was exactly the same. I still think the top 3 will be The Vaccines, James Blake and Jessie J.

 

I think it's a good thing that they "miss" artists sometimes. Wouldn't it be sad if the only new big artists of 2011 were already all known and listed in a BBC list published in 2010?

Thanks god there are some "surprises" to come in 2011 :)

It all depends on what artists label decide to PUSH with promo in the Autumn. I remember from my time at NME all the $h!t they got through the post aimed at making these polls. "intimate" gigs, free merchandise and more.

 

Also, these polls aren't the be all and end all for the year. Some artists start getting a promo push in Spring to follow through to Summer, Summer through to Autumn etc. The music industry isn't quite that basic yet...

Wow Jamie Woon is a surprise :mellow: I was fully expecting a Jessie J/James Blake/Wretch 32/The Naked and Famous top 4... In that order

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Sodding Vaccines are third...they're ALRIGHT but third? Really?

Sodding Vaccines are third...they're ALRIGHT but third? Really?

 

Well I hope Radio 1 will do what they did in 08/09 and go for the 'one that didn't win Critics' Choice' and not what they did in 10 going for the 'one that won Critics' Choice'

 

James Blake FTW.

Well I hope Radio 1 will do what they did in 08/09 and go for the 'one that didn't win Critics' Choice' and not what they did in 10 going for the 'one that won Critics' Choice'

 

James Blake FTW.

Finishing on the list at all tends to guarantee Radio 1 backing, so top five in itself is a good sign I'd have thought?

Finishing on the list at all tends to guarantee Radio 1 backing, so top five in itself is a good sign I'd have thought?

 

He already has Radio 1 support (Limit To Your Love was B-Listed)

 

But I just prefer it when the Sound of Poll doesn't have exactly the same result as the Critics' Choice award. Neither award makes a huge amount of difference anyway, if a new artist is hyped enough and people like them enough they'll be successful.

OH, I thought you were talking about support. It isn't decided by Radio 1, it's a poll of various industry people and noted big shot bloggers, the decision over who won was made a long time ago on points.