6th Annual Music Awards

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Album of the Year

Babel- Mumford & Sons

El Camino- The Black Keys

Ceremonials- Florence + The Machine

Channel Orange- Frank Ocean

Some Nights- fun.

Song of the Year

I Will Wait- Mumford & Sons [Marcus Mumford]

It Will Rain- Bruno Mars [Peter Hernandez, Phillip Lawrence, & Ari Levine]

Shake It Out- Florence + The Machine [Florence Welch & Paul Epworth]

Thinkin Bout You- Frank Ocean

We Are Young- fun. [Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, & Jeff Bhasker]

Record of the Year

I Will Wait- Mumford & Sons

Set Fire To The Rain (Live At Royal Albert Hall)- Adele

Shake It Out- Florence + The Machine

Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye f/ Kimbra

We Are Young- fun. 

Artist of The Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]

Frank Ocean

fun.

Gotye

Maroon 5

Mumford & Sons

New Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]

Frank Ocean

fun.

Gotye

The Lumineers

Of Monsters and Men

Latin Album of the Year

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison

Eso Es Lo Que Hay- ChocQuibTown

Independiente- Ricardo Arjona

Juanes MTV Unplugged- Juanes

¿Quién Se Queda Con El Perro?- Jesse y Joy

Latin Song of the Year

¡Corre!- Jesse y Joy [Jesse Huerta, Joy Huerta, & Tommy Torres]

Creo En Ti- Reik [Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez, Kiko Cibrián, & Mónica Vélez]

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison [Carla Morrison]

Fuiste Tú- Ricardo Arjona f/ Gaby Moreno [Ricardo Arjona]

No Me Compares- Alejandro Sanz [Alejandro Sanz]

Latin Record of the Year

Ai Se Eu Te Pego- Michel Teló

Bésame Mucho- Zoé

¡Corre!- Jesse y Joy

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison

La Vuelta Al Mundo- Calle 13

Latin Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]

Anthony "Romeo" Santos

Carla Morrison

Jesse y Joy

Michel Teló

Ricardo Arjona

New Latin Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]

Ana Victoria

Deborah De Corral

Gaby Moreno

Michel Teló

3BallMTY

Producer of the Year

Dan Auerbach

-El Camino- The Black Keys (album)

-Locked Down- Dr. John (album)

-Savage- Hacienda

-Shakedown- Hacienda (album)

Jeff Bhasker

-Carmen- Lana Del Rey

-Carry On- fun.

-Lift Off- Jay-Z & Kanye West f/ Beyonce

-Some Nights- fun. (single)

-Some Nights- fun (album)

-We Are Young- fun. f/ Janelle Monáe

Diplo

-Climax- Usher

-Get Free- Major Lazer f/ Amber Coffman

-La La La- Snoop Lion

-Lies- Mariana and the Diamonds

-Look At These Hoes- Stanigold

-Push and Shove- No Doubt f/ Busy Signal & Major Lazer

- Slight Work- Wale f/ Big Sean

-Thought of You- Justin Bieber

-Too Close- Alex Clare

Markus Draves

-Babel- Mumford & Sons (album)

-Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (album)

Nick van de Wall (Afrojack)

-Can't Stop Me- Afrojack f/ Shermanology

-No Been- Afrojack & Steve Aoki f/ Miss Palmer

Top 10 Movies of 2012

My list of the top 10 movies I watched in cinemas, released (wide) in 2012.

1. Life of Pi

2. Lincoln

3. Django Unchained
4. Argo

5. Cloud Atlas

6. Looper 

7. The Avengers

8. Dark Knight Rises

9. Skyfall

10. Lawless

*Titanic 3D was originally #7, but since it's a re-release, I decided to remove it from my list.

6th Annual Top 35 Songs Of The Year: 2012

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* (# xx)- Denotes second consecutive year on the chart with last year's ranking
 Percentage is out a total 780 points possible. Ex: Somebody That I Used To Know 71/780 = 9.1%

1. Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye f/ Kimbra (9.1%)
2. Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepsen (8.6%)
3. One More Night- Maroon 5 (8.3%)
4. We Are Young- fun. f/ Janelle Monáe (8.2%)
5. Payphone- Maroon 5 (6.8%)
6. Set Fire To The Rain- (5.1%)
7. Stonger (What Doesn't Kill You)- Kelly Clarkson- (4.9%)
8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift (4.1%)
9. Diamonds- Rihanna (3.8%)
10. Gangnam Style- PSY (3.8%)
11. Some Nights- fun. (3.7%)
12. Whistle- Flo Rida (3.6%)
13. We Found Love- Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris* (# 7) (3.5%)
14. Wide Awake- Katy Perry (2.9%)
15. Lights- Ellie Goulding (2.8%)
16. Glad You Came- The Wanted (2.8%)
17. Die Young- Ke$ha (2.7%)
18. Locked Out Of Heaven- Bruno Mars (2.3%)
19. Sexy And I Know It- LMFAO* (# 10) (2.2%)
20. Good Feeling- Flo Rida* (# 30) (1.8%)
21. It Will Rain- Bruno Mars* (# 20) (1.2%)
22. Part Of Me- Katy Perry (1.0%)
23. Boyfriend- Justin Bieber (1.0%)
24. The One That Got Away- Katy Perry (0.9%)
25. Ho Hey- The Lumineers (0.8%)
26. What Makes You Beautiful- One Direction (0.6%)
27. Turn Me On- David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj (0.5%)
28. Starships- Nicki Minaj (0.5%)
29. I Will Always Love You- Whitney Houston (0.4%)
30. Live While We're Young- One Direction (0.4%)
31. I Knew You Were Trouble- Taylor Swift (0.4%)
32. Blow Me (One Last Kiss)- Pink (0.4%)
33. Where Have You Been- Rihanna (0.3%)
34. Wild Ones- Flo Rida f/ Sia (0.3%)
35. Rolling In The Deep- Adele* (# 1) (0.1%)

4th Annual Top 30 Latin Songs of the Year: 2012

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* (# xx) Indicates consecutive years in top 30 along with previous ranking
Percentage is out of 780 points possible. Ex: Ai Se Eu Te Pego = 70/780= 8.97%

1. Ai Se Eu Te Pego- Michel Teló (8.97%)
2. Algo Me Gusta De Ti- Wisin y Yandel f/ Chris Brown & T-Pain (8.46%)
3. Inténtalo- 3BallMTY f/ El Bebeto & América Sierra (7.82%)
4. Bailando Por El Mundo- Juan Magan f/ Pitbull & El Cata (5.51%)
5. Llamada De Mi Ex- La Arolladora Banda El Limon (5%)
6. Hasta Que Salga El Sol- Don Omar (4.86%)
7. Dutty Love- Don Omar (4.1%)
8. Follow The Leader- Wisin y Yandel f/ Jennifer Lopez (3.85%)
9. Sin Respiración- La Banda El Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga (3.85%)
10. El Verdadero Amor Perdona- Maná f/ Prince Royce *(# 10) (3.72%)
11. Incondicional- Prince Royce (3.46%)
12. Mirando Al Cielo- Roberto Tapia (3.46%)
13. Promise- Romeo Santos f/ Usher *(# 7) (2.56%)
14. Solo Vine A Despedirme- Gerardo Ortiz (2.44%)
15. Las Cosas Pequeñas- Prince Royce (2.18%)
16. Volvi A Nacer- Carlos Vives (2.05%)
17. No Me Compares- Alejandro Sanz (1.79%)
18. Lovumba- Daddy Yankee *(# 29) (1.79%)
19. Por Que Les Mientes- Tito "El Bambino" (1.79%)
20. Amor Confuso- Gerardo Ortiz (1.67%)
21. Te Quiero A Morir- La Banda El Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga *(# 22) (1.54%)
22. Te Quiero- Ricardo Arjona (1.28%)
23. La Diabla- Romeo Santos (1.28%)
24. La Señal- Juanes (1.15%)
25. Mi Santa- Romeo Santos f/ Tomatito (1.03%)
26. Nada Iguales- La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas (1.03%)
27. Un Hombre Normal- Espinoza Paz (1.03%)
28. Si Tu Me Besas- Victor Manuelle (.90%)
29. Si Te Digo La Verdad- Gocho (.90%)
30. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow- Leslie Grace (.90%)

24 People of 2012

1. Mass Shooting Victims of Newtown, Aurora, & Oak Creek- All the innocent lives that were taken in these senseless shootings.

2. Barack Obama- The first U.S. African-American president was elected to a second term.

3. Chief Justice Roberts & The Supreme Court- Decided the landmark case, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, upholding the individual mandate of  “Obamacare”.

4. The Minority Vote- was the difference in re-electing Barack Obama. Demonstrates a need for the GOP to appeal to this demographic in order to compete in future elections. The American Electorate has changed.

5. Enrique Peña Nieto & #YoSoy132- The PRI’s Peña Nieto was elected president of Mexico. #YoSoy132 was the student organization of protestors protesting against the PRI’s candidate.

6. Chris Christie & The Sandy Victims- A great showing of unity and perseverance after a terrible disaster. Gov. Christie put politics aside to do his job. 

7. Hillary Clinton- Had an eventful year after many failures at the State Department. Leads the pack to become the next nominee to the presidency for the Democrat Party. Negotiated for a cease-fire between Palestine and Israel.

8. Juan Manuel Santos- The first president from Latin America to openly suggest the legalization of certain drugs. 

9. Benjamin Netanyahu- led his country through a tumultuous time.

10. The Dreamers- Are finally getting attention by the Right after an embarrassing loss. 

11. Bashar al-Assad- Leads Syria through a deadly conflict.

12. Goodluck Jonathan- The voice for “anti-corrupt” governments in Africa.

13. Kony 2012- film that brought attention to war criminal Joseph Kony. 

14. Mitt Romney- Lost to Barack Obama in his second run for president of The United States

15. Paul Ryan- Joined Romney as the running mate and intellectual force behind the GOP.

16. Marco Rubio- Became a leading figure in the GOP, especially with the Latin Community.

17. Elinor Ostrom- The political economist, Nobel Laureate, and ASU professor passed away when 

her ideas were being brought into the spotlight. 

18. Sandra Fluke- became the face of the “War on Women”

19. Oscar Pistorius- First double leg amputee to compete in the Summer Olympics. 

20. Viola Davis- Gave an awesome performance in ‘The Help’ and received numerous awards and nominations for her role. 

21. Gotye- This Belgian via Australia wrote one of the year’s top charting songs, “Somebody That I Used To Know”

22. fun.- New York band that released a critically acclaimed album Some Nights, and had two huge hits on the radio: “We Are Young” and “Some Nights”

23. Juan Manuel Marquez- The Mexican boxing legend solidified his status among the greats with a one-punch KO of great Manny Pacquiao in their 4th bout.

24. Novak Djokovic- Emerged as the top tennis player in the world going 24-3 in grand slam tournaments, capturing the Australian Open. 

Nominations: 6th Annual Music Awards

Winners will be announced December 31, 2012 
*Note- Grammy nominees are announced Dec. 5

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Album of the Year:

Babel- Mumford & Sons

El Camino- The Black Keys

Ceremonials- Florence and The Machine

Channel ORANGE- Frank Ocean

Some Nights- fun.

Song of the Year:

I Will Wait- Mumford & Sons [Mumford, Marcus]

It Will Rain- Bruno Mars [Hernandez, Peter, Lawrence, Phillip, & Levine, Ari]

Shake It Out- Florence + The Machine [Welch, Florence, & Epworth, Paul]

Thinkin Bout You- Frank Ocean [Ocean, Christopher Francis, & Cobey, N.]

We Are Young- fun. [Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, & Jeff Bhasker]

Record of the Year:

I Will Wait- Mumford & Sons

Set Fire To The Rain (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)- Adele

Shake It Out- Florence + The Machine
Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye f/ Kimbra 

We Are Young- fun.

Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]:

Frank Ocean

fun.

Gotye

Maroon 5
Mumford & Sons

New Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]:

Frank Ocean

fun.

Gotye

The Lumineers

Of Monsters and Men

  

Latin Album of the Year:

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison

Eso Es Lo Que Hay- ChocQuibTown

Independiente- Ricardo Arjona

Juanes MTV Unplugged- Juanes

¿Quién Se Queda Con El Perro?- Jesse y Joy

Latin Song of the Year:

¡Corre!- Jesse y Joy [Huerta, Jesse, Huerta, Joy, & Torres Tommy]

Creo En Ti- Reik [Marín, Gilberto, Ramírez, Julio, Cibrián, Kiko, & Vélez, Mónica] 

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison [Morrison, Carla]

Fuiste Tú- Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno [Arjona, Ricardo]

No Me Compares- Alejandro Sanz [Sanz, Alejandro]

Latin Record of the Year:

Ai Se Eu Te Pego- Michel Teló

Bésame Mucho- Zoé

¡Corre!- Jesse y Joy

Déjenme Llorar- Carla Morrison

La Vuelta Al Mundo- Calle 13

Latin Artist of the Year:

Anthony “Romeo” Santos

Carla Morrison

Jesse y Joy

Michel Teló

Ricardo Arjona

Latin New Artist of the Year [Solo, Duo, or Group]:

Ana Victoria

Deborah De Corral

Gaby Moreno

Michel Teló

3BallMTY

Producer of the Year:

Dan Auerbach
-El Camino- The Black Keys (Album)
-Locked Down- Dr. John (Album)
-Savage- Hacienda
-Shakedown- Hacienda (Album)

Jeff Bhasker

-Carmen- Lana Del Rey

-Carry On- fun.

-Lift Off- Jay-Z & Kanye West f/ Beyonce

-Some Nights- fun.
-Some Nights- fun. (Album)

-We Are Young- fun.

Diplo
-Climax- Usher
-Get Free- Major Laver f/ Amber Coffman
-La La La- Snoop Lion
-Lies- Mariana and the Diamonds
-Look At These Hoes- Snatigold
-Push And Shove- No Doubt f/ Busy Signal & Major Lazer
-Slight Work- Wale f/ Big Sean
-Thought of You- Justin Bieber
-Too Close- Alex Clare

Markus Dravs
-Babel- Mumford & Sons (Album)
-Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (Album)

           

Nick van de Wall (Afrojack)

-Can’t Stop Me- Afrojack & Shermanology [Co-prod: Andy Shearman &Tearce Kizzo]

-No Beef- Afrojack & Steve Akoi f/ Miss Palmer [Co-prod: Steve Akoi]