THE MALONEYS 2016 - Stereo Kicks & Louisa Johnson lead the way

For the fourth successive year The Playlist presents The Maloneys 2016. Celebrating and denigrating the very worst of British music , past winners have included Cheryl Tweedy , Kimberley Walsh , Tulisa and Dappy,

This year Ben Haenow , Stereo Kicks and reigning X Factor champion Louisa Johnson lead the pack with 4 nominations apiece.

The prestigious Tesco Clubcard Worst British Album is contested by Alexander Armstrong , Bars And Melody , The Darkness , Ben Haenow and Peter Andre.

The results will be revealed the day before the BRIT Awards on February 23rd,

Heres the full list of nominees vying for glory this year


TESCO CLUBCARD WORST BRITISH ALBUM
Alexander Armstrong - A Year Of Songs
The Darkness - Last Of Our Kind
Peter Andre -Come Fly With Me
Ben Haenow -Ben Haenow
Bars And Melody - 143

WORST BRITISH SINGLE in association with Aldi

Sam Smith -Writings On The Wall

Ben Haenow -Second Hand Heart

Aston Merrygold -Get Stupid

Jessie J -Flashlight

Sarah Harding -Threads

Rita Ora -Poison

Louisa Johnson -Forever Young

Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

Stereo Kicks - Love Me So

Only The Young -I Do

WORST BRITISH MALE in association with Loose Women

Aston Merrygold

Steve McCrorie - The Voice UK Winner 2015

Ben Haenow

Dappy

Peter Andre

WORST BRITISH FEMALE in association with Vagisil

Louisa Johnson

Jessie J

Rita Ora

Sarah Harding

Alesha Dixon

WORST BRITISH GROUP

Stereo Kicks

Bars And Melody

Only The Young

Electro Velvet

The Darkness

WORST BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH

Louisa Johnson

Bars And Melody

Stereo Kicks

Only The Young

Electro Velvet

WORST BRITISH VIDEO

Fleur East -Sax

Leona Lewis - Thunder

Stereo Kicks - Love Me So

Louisa Johnson -Forever Young

Dappy - Beautiful Me

Rita Ora feat Chris Brown -Body On Me

Jessie J -Flashlight

One Direction -Perfect

Ben Haenow -Second Hand Heart

Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

WORST INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Fifth Harmony

The Corrs

5 Seconds Of Summer

U2

Fall Out Boy

WORST INTERNATIONAL MALE

OMI

Chris Brown

Charlie Puth

Daniel O'Donnell

Kanye West

WORST INTERNATIONAL FEMALE

Meghan Trainor

Fergie

Rihanna

Demi Lovato

Nicki Minaj

BRIT AWARDS 2016 - Nominations revealed

The BRIT Awards 2016 will take place on February 24th , to be broadcast live on ITV. Presented once again by Ant n Dec , the star studded ceremony will feature performances from Adele , Coldplay , Justin Bieber , Little Mix , The Weeknd , Jess Glynne , James Bay as well as a tribute to the late David Bowie.

The nominations were announced in London this evening. As expected Adele leads the way with 4 nominations for British Female , Album , Single & Video for the record breaking Hello.
James Bay ,  last years Critics Choice winner , looks et for more glory. Hes up for 4 gongs including British Breakthrough.

Jess Glynne , Years and Years and Calvin Harris have nabbed three nominations apiece. Other heavily nominated acts include Little Mix with Black Magic shortlisted for British Single & Video,

The full nominations for the BRIT Awards 2016 , are

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Aphex Twin
Calvin Harris
James Bay
Jamie XX
Mark Ronson

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Adele
Amy Winehouse
Florence + the Machine
Jess Glynne
Laura Marling

BRITISH GROUP
Blur
Coldplay
Foals
One Direction
Years & Years

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Catfish and the Bottlemen
James Bay
Jess Glynne
Wolf Alice
Years & Years

BRITISH SINGLEAdele - Hello
Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
Ed Sheeran & Rudimental - Bloodstream
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
James Bay - Hold Back The River
Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
Little Mix - Black Magic
Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato - Up
Philip George - Wish You Were Mine
Years & Years - King

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Adele - 25
Coldplay - Head Full of Dreams
Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
James Bay - Chaos and the Calm
Jamie XX - In Colour

BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Charlie Andrew
Mark Ronson
Mike Crossey
Tom Dalgety

BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO OF THE YEARAdele - Hello
Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
Ed Sheeran - Photograph
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Jessie J - Flashlight
Little Mix - Black Magic
Naughty Boy ft. Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin - Runnin' (Lose It All)
One Direction - Drag Me Down
Sam Smith - Writing’s On The Wall
Years & Years - King

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Drake
Father John Misty
Justin Bieber
Kendrick Lamar
The Weeknd

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Björk
Courtney Barnett
Lana Del Rey
Meghan Trainor

INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Alabama Shakes
Eagles of Death Metal
Major Lazer
Tame Impala
U2

As ever , its a mixed bag when it comes to the nominations. Adele looks set to sweep the board and James Bay , Little Mix , Coldplay , Justin Bieber, Years and Years and One Direction should all walk away with a BRIT,

Elsewhere , there were snubs for Noel Gallaghers High Fkying Birds , Taylor Swift , Rudimental , Disclosure , Mumford And Sons , Everything , Everything and Jamie Lawson

Amy Winehouse getting a posthumous nomination is baffling and seems a token nod based on the success of the Amy movie.

The BRIT Awards take place on February 24th

The Man Who Fell To Earth - The death of David Bowie

Pioneer. Androgynous. Maverick. Chic. Elegant. Starman. Ziggy Stardust. Thin White Duke. Genius. Just many of the infinite adjectives that could be attached to David Bowie. Perhaps the greatest of all time bowed to the cancer that had befallen him and passed away yesterday ( January 10th ) , leaving a legacy that will be stay in the hearts and minds of millions of mourning music fans,


Just days after releasing his 25th album Black Star , Bowie died surrounded by family. His last album , as only he knew would be , a fitting farewell. Bowie had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014 and according to producer Tony Visconti was still writing on his deathbed and fighting like a lion.

Bowie captivated and inspired from the moment Starman gave him his first hit during the glam rock flamboyance of the early 70's which bore out his most famous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The reinvention , stagecraft would prove to be a blueprint for many of todays artists.

The seventies , where Bowie was concerned was a decade of musical dominance  and artistry unlike anything seen or heard before.

Ziggy Stardust and glam rock was replaced by the plastic soul of 19975's Young Anericans.

Bowie was the musical embodiment of a chameleon , changing musical skins and identities with ease .

Aladdin Sane (1973 ) was followed the legendary Diamond Dogs. The rest of the Seventies was rounded off by Station to Station (1975 )and the famed Berlin trilogy of Low (1977 ) Heroes (1977 ) and Lodger (1979 )

Heroes remains an indelible part of his legacy. A revered classic that is rightly scaling the charts in the wake of his death.

The Eighties saw Bowie find his way through new wave and pop with monster hits like Ashes To Ashes , Lets Dance , which spawned iconic videos that heralded the dawn of MTV,

Bowie would also play a legendary set at Live Aid in July 1985 befor ethe rest of the decade petered out with 1987's Never Let Me Down album,

The 90's saw Bowie morph to fit the current musical landscape once more. This time it was electronica , on Outisders and Earthlings.
Both yielding mixed but never dull results, Hallo Spaceboy , a collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys was another chart success

As the 21st century dawned , Bowie headlined Glastonbury in June 20000 .Heathen and Reality followed back to back in 2002 and 2003, After that , it would be another decade before Bowie released another album. The longest gap between albums of his illustrious career,

In 2013 , Bowie released The Next Day to a wave of critical acclaim and as we've seen Blackstar would prove to be a haunting swansong to an incredible career.

Look up here, I'm in heaven
I've got scars that can't be seen
I've got drama, can't be stolen
Everybody knows me now

David Bowie is an artist of the kind that will never be sen again. A master of evolution and reinvention. An outsider who became the ultimate hero.

" We could be heroes. Just for one day '


Bowie has become a hero for all eternity. The Starman from Brixton is amongst the ether now , floating amongst the cosmos from whence he came.

  

Justin Bieber makes UK chart history

Justin Bieber continues to enjoy an incredible career renaissance with latest album Purpose. The Canadian superstar becomes the first artist in UK chart history to occupy the entire Top 3 on the singles chart.

Love Yourself leads the chart for a fifth non consecutive week , followed by Sorry and What Do You Mean at Numbers 2 and 3 respectively.
Bieber has had 3 consecutive UK Number 1 singles with all three tracks in the space of just four months.
It's an incredible achievement given how 2013's Journals flopped spectacularly after a string of high profile public misdemeanours which saw many write the stars careers off.

But the past 12 months have since Biebers credibility and popularity skyrocket further than ever before.
The stars forthcoming world tour is sold out and the album itself has seen him reach a more mature audience than his previous efforts.


Watch the video for Love Yourself below

Taylor goes Out Of The Woods in new video

Taylor Swift has premiered another stunning video , this time for the epic Out Of The Woods. The incredible success of the 1989 era rolls on into 2016 with the sixth video lifted from the modern pop classic.

Swift first premiered Out Of The Woods back in September 2014. Now , some 14 months after thr release of 1989 , it will bring the curtain down on arguably the most successful period of her already stellar career.

Out Of The Woods follows Wildest Dreams , Bad Blood , Style , Blank Space and the ubiquitous Shake It Off.

The video sees Taylor chased by wolves in a dark forest and find herself on the edge of a windswept cliff in another visually arresting promo.

Taylor Swift heads to the Grammys next month with her eyes fixed on a second Album Of The Year gong. Shes up against stiff competition but 1989 more than deserves the coveted prize

Watch the video for Out Of The Woods below

READERS POLL 2015 RESULTS

Thanks to everyone who kindly took the time to vote in the first ever The Playlist Readers Poll. The results are in, Thanks for voting and Happy New Year



ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1.  TAYLOR SWIFT

2.  Adele
3. The Weeknd
4. Years And Years
=  Florence And The Machine
=  Justin Bieber
7.    Jess Glynne
=     Ed Sheeran
9.    Hozier


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. ADELE -25
2.  Madonna - Rebel Heart
3. Carly Rae Jepsen - E-Mo-Tion
4.  Years And Years -Communion
5.   The  Weeknd -Beauty Behind The Madness
    = Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect
7. Florence And The Machine - How Big , How Blue , How Beautiful
 = Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
=   Justin Bieber - Purpose
10. Muse -Drones


MOST MEMORABLE MUSIC MOMENT

1. Madonna falls at Brit Awards
2,   Adele breaks records with 25
3.  Uptown Funk
4. Florence And The Machine at Glastonbury
5.  The rise and rise of Taylor Swift
=   One Direction split up
7.  Kanye West at Glastonbury


BEST BAND

1. LITTLE MIX
2.  Years and Years
3.   Coldplay
4. Fall Out Boy
5.  Blur
    =  Foo Fighters
7.  Wolf Alice
 =  Maroon 5
 =  The Libertines
10.   Kodaline
    =   U2
    = Ruidmental


TOP SONGWRITER

1. SIA / TAYLOR SWIFT

2.    Ed Sheeran

3.    Adele

4, Max Martin

  = Brandon Flowers

6.  Noel Gallagher

=   Florence Welch

8.   The Weeknd

     = Hozier

10.   Lana del Rey

ULTIMATE SONG

1.  HELLO  - ADELE
2.   Cant Feel My Face - The Weeknd
3.     Style - Taylor Swift
     =  Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
5. Black Magic - Little Mix
    = King - Years and Years
7.   Lean On - Major Lazer
   = What Do You Mean ? - Justin Bieber
9. Where Are U Now - Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber
 =  Hotline Bling - Drake


VIDEO OF THE YEAR

1. HELLO - ADELE

2.  Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

   = Bad Blood  - Taylor Swift

   = Bitch Better Have My Money - Rihanna

5.  Cant Feel My Face - The Weeknd

    = Pretty Girls - Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea

6. The Hills - The Weeknd

   = Lean On - Major Lazer

   = What Kind Of Man - Florence And The Machine

  = Hotline Bling - Drake

  = I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen

11. On My Mind -Ellie Goulding

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

1.  THE WEEKND
2.  Years and Years
3. Jess Glynne
4.  Troye Sivan
5.  James Bay
6. Wolf Alice
7.  Halsey
  =   Jamie Lawson
 =  Rachel Platten
=  Hudson Taylor



TOP LIVE ACT

1. MADONNA
2.   Taylor Swift
   =  Ed Sheeran
4.  Sam Smith
5. Florence And The Machine
6.  Hozier
   = Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds
8.  Kodaline
  = U2
 =  Foo Fighters


MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF 2016

1. LADY GAGA / PINK

2.   Rihanna

3.    Katy Perry

    =  Frank Ocean

  =  Stone Roses

6.  HAIM

  =   Sia

8.   Miley Cyrus

   = Lorde

   =  Kanye West

  = Emeli Sande