^ Sadly Sexy Bitch is no Poker Face.... yet
Maybe Guetta will have the first #1 on Billboard in 2010!
Top 10 Albums of 2009:
01 Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
02 Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
03 Rihanna - Rated R
04 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
05 Ciara - Fantasy Ride
06 David Guetta - One Love
07 The Fray - The Fray
08 Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor
09 OneRepublic - Waking Up
10 Shakira - She Wolf
Album of the Year
-The Fame Monster: Obviously you got that from coming in #1 on the list, Lady GaGa's The Fame Monster includes all the hits from the original album, plus the new singles "Bad Romance" & "Telephone", featuring Beyonce. The CD is a hit from start to finish; not a surprise, after hearing the original album. "Alejandro" is one of the greatest songs thus far in her career, "Speechless" was a great ballad; a great change for her image, and "Monster" is a certified hit in 2010. Lady GaGa has become "The Fame" icon; everybody wants to be like her, and this album proves it.
Artist of the Year
-Lady GaGa: Newcomer Lady GaGa quickly evolved from her late-blooming 2008 hit "Just Dance" with Colby O'Donis, which continued with major success in early winter 2009. Right on its heels was the second single and arguably the top single of 2009, "Poker Face", which screamed massive hit from the first listen. Her popularity and fanbase quickly blossomed, and she spent many weeks topping iTunes, AT40, Billboard Hot 100, and many other charts that artists would die to be on. This spring was her third single, on the heels of "Poker Face", which was "LoveGame", a quickly addicting song which made the line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick," the most infamous lyric of the year. "Paparazzi" smashed as single number four and lead to the astonishing VMA performance. Not long after, her first single off The Fame Monster, "Bad Romance", absorbed radio attention and blasted the song to #2 on the Hot 100 chart & #1 on iTunes. Her newest smash, "Telephone", featuring Beyonce, is still rising to fame, and the video wasn't even released! From her music, to her fashion; from her stage performances, to her artsy music videos, newcomer Lady GaGa tops all of your faves as 2009 Artist of the Year.
Best New Artist
-Keri Hilson: A prodigy of Timbaland, Keri was love at first sight on his track "The Way I Are" in 2008. Keri arrived with her debut album, In a Perfect World. Keri smashed radio with "Return the Favor," "Turnin' Me On," and one of the hottest tracks of the year, "Knock You Down", featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo. Keri has made it known that she is here to stay, and I can't wait to see her style evolve in the next few years.
Group of the Year
-Black Eyed Peas: Their last album, Monkey Business, gave us the addicting "Pump It", "My Humps," "Don't Phunk With My Heart", and "Don't Lie". They took a short hiatus as Fergie experimented with her solo career, which gave us "Fergalicious" and "Big Girl's Dont Cry". This year, BEP made a comeback larger than life. "Boom Boom Pow" quickly smashed and spent a lovely run at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, followed consecutively by "I Gotta Feeling", which tied Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" at 15 weeks. Both are the longest topping songs of the decade. Those two singles combined give BEP the most weeks at #1 of the year, and they obviously ruled this year's charts. The third and smaller single, "Meet Me Halfway" smashed as well, making it into BBH100's Top 10 and iTunes Top 10. Still evolving, the newer fourth single, "Imma Be" is bound to shake up the start of 2010.
Most Successful Male Artist
-Lil' Wayne: Just from his own tracks, such as "Lollipop", this rapper quickly became one of this year's most popular musicians. He is featured on nearly half of the hottest songs this year. (Such as "Down", "Give It Up to Me", etc.) Eminem better watch out, because Lil' Wayne is taking over.
Most Successful Female Artist
-Britney Spears: Ten years in the game, and Britney is still bringing the fire. The second single from Circus, "Circus", smashed earlier this year, followed by the naughty & infamous "If U Seek Amy". The summer smash was "Radar", which survived through two eras! Her latest single, "3" (The Singles Collection) gave her her first #1 on Hot 100 since "Womanizer" last fall. Her 2009 Circus Tour sold out concerts across the globe and recieved high ratings and reviews. It was the highest grossing tour of the year! Teen Choice Awards awarded Britney with the "Ultimate Choice Award" this year for all of her work in the past decade. This year, she showed everyone that she's the ringleader in charge of the whole circus.
Breakthrough Artist
-David Guetta: European DJ and producer David Guetta scored many European hits, such as "Love Don't Let Me Go" and "F Me I'm Famous", and he made his US crossover last year with "Love Is Gone" featuring Chris Willis. After a year's hiatus, Guetta returned with his new studio album, One Love, featuring Kelly Rowland, Ne-Yo, Akon, Chris Willis, will.i.am, and more. He gave us this summer's smash, "When Love Takes Over" featuring Kelly Rowland, which took over the top spot on American dance charts and pushed Kelly alongside Beyonce into the limelight for the first time since Destiny's Child was still together. Right on the heels of one of the summer's top hits was the unstoppable "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon. This dance song fits Akon's vocals perfectly as he says "Damn you'se a sexy bitch." The song is still on radio power rotation and skyrocketing up the charts. Thus far, it topped the dance charts, peaked at #11 on the iTunes Top 200, and peaked at #6 on Billboard Hot 100! I'd say this is pretty impressive for the European DJ who just recently crossed into American territory. Let's watch him keep up the work in 2010; we might even see him give Kelly Rowland her big break.
This is my last update before Christmas and my last installment of Best of 2009! I'll see you back here on Monday for the beginning of my Best of 2000's decade-end list! Time to bring the fire, Merry Christmas!