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I think I was being optimistic at Hurts or Patrick Wolf getting nominated :( That said I do love Everything Everything. I'd rather that or Adele to win plz. James Blake had quite a decent album but it was a bit patchy in places. I'm shocked Katy B was included. I can't stand her and I didn't think she'd have so much love with the critics, considering other artists produce her style of music much better. All in all the Adele win is too obvious though the Arctic Monkeys' managed it with their debut in 2006 so you never know. I do feel it will be Adele or PJ Harvey though.

I've seen Katy Perry live. No she's not on the same level as Adele or Beyonce but she's not awful. I was quite surprised. Then she goes and pulls out dross like her XF performance last year. Rihanna has improved drastically as well imo. Just the way she sounds on her records is not as irritating as her earlier material. Ke$ha I reserve judgement, mainly because I dislike the woman and find her quite fake, but I wouldn't call her talentless, she's clearly a very good writer. I don't even think Cheryl Cole is that bad either. Again, not a worldclass vocal talent and even though I'd class her as being a poor vocalist, she's not dreadful. 'Fight For This Love' is one of my favourite pop songs of recent years, yet even that makes me cringe towards the end when she tries to add some 'shouty' vocals to the background. All that said I think it's unfair to mention said artists in the same category as Rebecca Black. I wasn't saying she is the worst sounding person to ever open their mouth and release a record. If anything she needs decent material to disguise her lack of vocal ability. That if anything as others have said works for the artists that are being thrown around.

How can you say Rebecca Black is not that bad? OK the cringe factor is a lot lower in this new track but she still sounds awful. Her straining at certain points in the song made me feel embarassed for her. On a happier note, I am good to see Bjork back even if she will never have a big hit single/album ever again here. P.S Please vote in Buzzjack's Ultimate Female Artist. It closes tomorrow and it's pretty close! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...131273&st=0

Hurts plz. Or Adele. I like some of the other tracks too but those two are my favourites.

Last day to vote yus.

01 Patrick Wolf 02 Gerard Way 03 Dave Grohl 04 Michael Jackson 05 Billie Joe Armstrong 06 Brandon Flowers 07 Brian Molko 08 Adam Lambert 09 Matthew Bellamy 10 David Bowie 11 Enrique Iglesias 12 Will Young 13 Theo Huthcraft 14 Freddie Mercury 15 Thom Yorke 16 James Morrison 17 Marylin Manson 18 Robbie Williams 19 Jake Shears 20 Frankmusik 21 Eminem 22 Jeff Buckley 23 Mika 24 Tom Chaplin (Just for 'Somewhere Only We Know'. Beautiful song.) 25 Olly Murs KK Thingie - Jason Derulo - Hideous artist with no originality and a dreadful voice. No Kurt Cobain or Robert Smith :(

I have counted everything so far as of yesterday. But if you let me know the changes, I can reticfy ^_^

BTW Humourless. Why waste mine and your time by even bothering to comment with your pathetic 'Shan't'?

Keep Voting Plz :D

I love Will Young and Leona Lewis is OK but 'ECHO' was a dreadful album. How petty to say he is ripping her off :lol: I think this song is fresh and different to anything else around atm - his distinctive voice certainly helps. Don't think it'll go any higher than 21-30 though.

My Vote: 01 P!nk 02 Katy Perry 03 Bjork 04 Alanis Morissette 05 Annie Lennox 06 Shirley Manson 07 Kelly Clarkson 08 Alison Moyet 09 Amy Lee 10 Rihanna 11 Avril Lavigne 12 Delta Goodrem 13 Florence Welch 14 Gwen Stefani 15 Hayley Williams 16 Alison Goldfrapp 17 Kate Bush 18 Nelly Furtado 19 Madonna 20 Beth Gibbons 21 Beyonce 22 Adele 23 Kylie Minogue 24 Robyn 25 Lady Gaga 26 Natalie Imbruglia 27 Natasha Bedingfield 28 Janet Jackson 29 Dusty Springfield 30 Sheryl Crow Bitch-slap: Cassie

Aaliyah Adele Agnes Alanis Morissette Alesha Dixon Alexandra Burke Alexis Jordan Alicia Keys Alison Goldfrapp Alison Moyet Amy Lee Amy Winehouse Anastacia Annie Lennox Avril Lavigne Barbara Streisand Bat For Lashes Beth Gibbons Beverley Knight Beyonce Bjork Brandy Britney Spears Carrie Underwood Cassie Celine Dion Cheryl Cole Christina Aguilera Christina Milian Ciara Colbie Caillat Delta Goodrem Diana Ross Diana Vickers Dusty Springfield Ellie Goulding Fergie Florence Welch Gabriella Cilmi Gabrielle Gwen Stefani Hayley Williams Inna Jamelia Janelle Monae Janet Jackson Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Lopez Jessie J JoJo Jordin Sparks Kate Bush Katy B Katy Perry Ke$ha Kelis Kelly Clarkson Kelly Rowland Keri Hilson Kylie Minogue Lady Gaga Laura Marling Leona Lewis Lily Allen Little Boots Lykke Li M.I.A Madonna Mariah Carey Marina Diamondis Mary J Blige Miley Cyrus Mutya Buena Nadine Coyle Natalia Kills Natalie Cascada Natalie Imbruglia Natasha Bedingfield Nelly Furtado Nerina Pallot Nicki Minaj Nicole Scherzinger Shingai Shoniwa (Noisettes) P!nk Paloma Faith Pixie Lott PJ Harvey Rihanna Robyn Santigold Selena Gomez Shakira Shania Twain Sheryl Crow Shirley Manson Shontelle Sophie Ellis-Bextor Taylor Swift Tina Turner Whitney Houston Wynter Gordon

http://i26.tinypic.com/1118fuq.png Voting will close on Wednesday 20th July 2011, with the results unfolding over the following weekend. The artists you can vote for are in the post below.

TBF though I do agree with Bray regarding 'Gimme More'. I never understood the fascination with it at the time. I wouldn't single it out as Britney's worst single though. There are a magnitude of contenders for that accolade. POM on the other hand is divine <3

I think I have just fallen in love with Beyonce :o What a truly beautiful and thoughtful video for a kickass song. It has to climb back up now :angry:

I hope it gets released here. I've liked it for a few months now :D It's pretty awesome and wets my appetite for new AAR material coming soon *nods*

Just in case anybody hasn't had a chance to yet, the thread will stay open until Sunday morning-ish.

Nuuuu Life Anthem much?

DISGUSTING. They started off OK considering what they are but their material just keeps getting poorer and poorer. Evidently I think it will be #1 unless a song is strong enough to stop it. Personally, I'd rather it never saw the light of day. May I add that wherever it charts it'll be lucky to spend 10 weeks in the top 75. I can't see it catching on with the 'normal' public regardless of how generic it sounds,

Beth Ditto is acceptable :) Just PM me if you unsure. And I agree with Jark. TBH I feel the results reflect CURRENT tastes rather than the best female artist EVER. I fully expect Adele, JLO, Nicole Scherzinger, Katy Perry and a few others that have had massive success since last year's to feature quite high this time around to reinforce my point.

Anything that knocks DeRulo off #1 is fine with me. Let's hope he falls to #4 next week (#3 is at least likely).

BuzzJack's Ultimate Female Artist --> August 2010 01 Lady Gaga 819 02 P!nk 791 03= Rihanna 668 03= Kelly Clarkson 668 05 Beyonce 644 06 Alicia Keys 629 07 Kylie Minogue 624 08 Britney Spears 598 09= Christina Aguilera 523 09= Leona Lewis 523 11 Madonna 495 12 Katy Perry 425 13 Shakira 406 14 Nelly Furtado 363 15 Mariah Carey 353 16 Gwen Stefani 320 17 Kate Bush 314 18 Alexandra Burke 307 19 Kelly Rowland 298 20 Anastacia 293 21 Natasha Bedingfield 288 22 Lily Allen 284 23 Robyn 271 24 Avril Lavigne 267 25 Hayley Williams 253 26 Bjork 246 27= Cheryl Cole 234 27= Janet Jackson 234 29 Diana Vickers 232 30 Pixie Lott 229 31 Amy Winehouse 226 32 Alanis Morissette 223 33 Florence Welch 221 34 Miley Cyrus 218 35 Kelis 213 36 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 206 37 Whitney Houston 204 38 Taylor Swift 195 39 Fergie 194 40 Natalie Imbruglia 188 41 Shania Twain 186 42 Carrie Underwood 185 43 M.I.A 175 44 Ellie Goulding 167 45 Jordin Sparks 164 46 Beverley Knight 163 47 Duffy 162 48= Amy Lee 156 48= Ciara 156 50 Debbie Harry 148 51 Jennifer Lopez 147 52 Delta Goodrem 146 53 Little Boots 143 54 Celine Dion 141 55 Melanie C 139 56 Dido 137 57 Shirley Manson 135 58= Dannii Minogue 132 58= Bat For Lashes 132 60 Annie Lennox 130 61 Tori Amos 129 62 Ke$ha 127 63 Marina Diamond 126 64 KT Tunstall 125 65 Jennifer Hudson 121 66 VV Brown 118 67 Gabriella Cilmi 114 68 Keri Hilson 103 69 Alison Goldfrapp 101 70 Elly Jackson 100 71= Dusty Springfield 97 71= Geri Halliwell 97 71= Mary J Blige 97 74 Brandy 92 75 Paloma Faith 90 76 Ashley Tisdale 89 77 Faith Hill 87 78 Santigold 82 79 Sheryl Crow 77 80 Kate Nash 71 81 Siobhan Dongahy 68 82= Sia 67 82= Ashlee Simpson 67 84 Lights 59 85 Corinne Bailey Rae 57 86= Sharleen Spiteri 55 86= Lykke Li 55 88 Sarah McLachlan 53 89 Joni Mitchell 52 90 Alesha Dixon 51 91 Gabrielle 50 92 Beth Gibbons 48 93 Luciana 47 94 Souxsie Sioux 45 95 Charlotte Hatherley 44 96= Tina Turner 41 96= Colbie Caillat 41 98 Regina Spektor 35 99 Courtney Love 22 100 Vanessa Amorosi 14 THE TOP 20 FROM THIS LIST ARE THROUGH AUTOMATICALLY SO PLEASE DON'T NOMINATE THEM!

http://i26.tinypic.com/1118fuq.png So yes, I am back and during my summer that is more Barren than Karen McDonald's reproductive system, it's time to unleash the 2nd Annual Female Artist Smackdown. Basically for those unfamiliar with this fabulous event, it arose after I became tired of all the constant 'stanning' and whinging about 'Britney being all this', 'Gaga being better than anthrax' etc that dominates this forum. RULES 1] Post a list of your top female singers in this thread. This year, they don't have to be in any particular order as each artist you name will receive 1 vote. You may vote for up to 30 artists. The artist can be from any genre, country, language or decade as long as they have released ONE full studio album before July 2011. (So you can't vote for Cher Lloyd...). 2] Frontwomen of bands are allowed as long as they have released at least 1 full studio album. By frontwomen I mean bands that have a female as a main singer. Shirley Manson of Garbage, Amy Lee of Evanescence, Hayley Williams of Paramore and Beth Gibbons of Portishead are acceptable. 3] Please don't nominate countless girl group or pop band singers unless they conform to the rules outlined in 1] & 2]. So yes Cheryl Cole or Rachel Stevens would be qualifiable but Frankie Sandford and Sarah Harding are not. This also includes Glee Cast, whose ladies are not acceptable until they release an album of material away from the series. 4) THE TOP 20 FROM LAST YEAR'S COMPETITION, AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY SO PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR THEM AS IT WON'T MATTER! 5) There will be no changes to the format from last year as it worked so well. So yes, that means the Bitch Slap shall return. 6) Assuming we get as many votes as we did last year, the top 80 from the nomination process will join last year's final 20 in this year's top 100 voting round. If not then I will cap the amount of nominations that reach the final round to a lower number. Peace. Love. Joy and all that! And you have until July 10th to get your votes in.

I have to say I am one of the people who discovered this after it was used on Glee. Gorgeous voice and the song is something I can relate to. I am so pleased it is getting some recognition over here as it is stunning. :wub:

Swagger Jagger, Swagger Jagger. You should get some of your own.... 'Little Donkey' rip-off much? Not bad much.