After a month of voting, the results for the 2012 BWU Awards are in!
Gotye proved to be the year's big winner, claiming five categories for his song "Somebody That I Used to Know." The smash hit won Best Male Single, Best International Single, Best Collaboration, and Best Rock/Alternative Single. Gotye himself tied with British boyband One Direction for Best New Artist.
R&B singer Frank Ocean topped off a banner year with four wins, for Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Male Artist, and Best R&B Single, which was a tie with Ne-Yo's "Let Me Love You". Album of the Year proved to be his least contentious category, scoring 33% of the vote.
Frank was close to winning Artist of the Year, but ultimately lost out to Adele. The British singer won three other awards: Best Female Artist, Best Female Single, and Best Ballad, for her James Bond single "Skyfall." Best Female Single was another tie, with Demi Lovato's hit "Give Your Heart a Break."
The last tie came for Best Pop Single, where Rihanna's "Diamonds" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" led the choices. In terms of the Music of 2012 as a whole, a winning quarter of voters thought it ranked four out of a possible five points.
The full winner's list is below:
Best International Single : "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye and Kimbra
Best Ballad: "Skyfall" - Adele
Best Collaboration: "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye and Kimbra
Best Country Single: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
Best Rock/Alternative Single: "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye and Kimbra
Best Hip-Hop Single: "Mercy" - Kanye West et. al
Best R&B Single: "Thinkin Bout You" - Frank Ocean and "Let Me Love You" - Ne-Yo
Best Pop Single: "Diamonds" by Rihanna and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
Best DJ: David Guetta
Best Group Single: "Payphone" - Maroon 5
Best Female Single: "Give Your Heart a Break" - Demi Lovato and "Skyfall" - Adele
Best Male Single: "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye and Kimbra
Best Group: Maroon 5
Best Male Artist: Frank Ocean
Best Female Artist: Adele
Best New Artist: One Direction and Gotye
Album of the Year: channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
Artist of the Year: Adele
Single of the Year: "Thinking Bout You" - Frank Ocean
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