Some tidbits:

- None of the past two years' nominees for Album of the Year made it.

- This means at least one major pop girl missed.

How many others will there be? Be right back!

So no Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift?

Without further ado, and in alphabetical order, here are the artists who will be playing in this Ultimate edition of Best of the Best:


2NE1
Aaliyah
ABBA
Paula Abdul
Kris Allen
Tori Amos
Namie Amuro
Fiona Apple
Katy B
Bananarama
Bat for Lashes
The Beach Boys
The Beastie Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Beyoncé
Bjork
Blondie
David Bowie
Brandy
Kate Bush
Mariah Carey
The Carpenters
Chic
Cher
Patsy Cline
Sam Cooke
Culture Club
Lana Del Rey
Depeche Mode
Disclosure
The Dixie Chicks
Earth, Wind & Fire
Missy Elliot
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Fleetwood Mac
Aretha Franklin
Nelly Furtado
Lady Gaga
Marvin Gaye
Gorillaz
PJ Harvey
Utada Hikaru
Lauryn Hill
Whitney Houston
Hurts
Janet Jackson
Rick James
The Judds
Kelis
Ke$ha
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Miranda Lambert
Lorde
Madonna
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Massive Attack
M.I.A.
Joni Mitchell
Kylie Minogue
Roîsin Murphy
Nas
The National
Joanna Newsom
New Order
Nirvana
No Doubt
of Montreal
OutKast
Dolly Parton
Katy Perry
Pink Floyd
The Pixies
Elvis Presley
The Pretenders
Prince
The Pointer Sisters
Portishead
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Otis Redding
R.E.M.
Robyn
The Rolling Stones
Tupac Shakur
Carly Simon
The Smiths
Britney Spears
Bruce Springsteen
Rachel Stevens
Donna Summer
The Supremes
The Talking Heads
TLC
The Temper Trap
A Tribe Called Quest
Vampire Weekend
Kanye West
The Velvet Underground
Stevie Wonder

OMG I'm glad someone voted for Chic!

No Taylor, no. In fact ...

Daft Punk, Taylor, M&RL, Frank Ocean, The Black Keys, Jack White, .fun, Mumford & Sons, Sara B. - no. Not one of them received a single vote!

Kendrick's the only one who showed up on a ballot.

I can't wait.

This looks like a really interesting list!

Homegurl made it!?

I see 8 of my 10, and a couple more that I enjoy seeing! This is gonna be good!!!

I'm going to be really pushing for Ke$ha to make it past round one. I applaud whoever threw ha in.

What the hell is Lorde doing here?

I almost put her on my list actually...

Solid list, though heavy on the pop girls as always. (I thought you said Katy didn't get any votes?) The most random pick has to be Kris Allen.

Really pressed Daft Punk didn't make it in. I mean, this newest album ...

Kris Allen? Seriously?

But overall a fantastic list!

and do i send top 4 now?

She didn't, two hours ago.

It could have been worse; an early vote getter was Keri Hilson. Yep, you read that CORRECTLY.

OMG I hope Lorde and Lana are pulled the same week.

Poor Grimes/Sky/Charli/Solange.

I'm hoping it's some obscure folk/indie/whatever artist and not the American Idol winner. Fingers crossed.

I could have sworn I saw Daft Punk on the list a minute ago and no 2NE1...

Yes please.

Finally some classic country, in the form of Dolly and Patsy. Too bad Loretta was forgotten ...

Pop Girls who made it = Bey, Katy, Gags, Kesha, Lorde, Britney

Eligible Pop Girls who didn't = Rihanna, Christina, Taylor, Miley