Vote Now! SPIN's 2010 Readers Poll

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Vote Now! SPIN's 2010 Readers Poll
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By Spin Staff on November 28, 2010 11:49 AM (121) Comments

Assuming you weren't M.I.A. for 2010, we're betting you've got opinions about the year's best music -- whether you were hanging out in The Suburbs with Arcade Fire, partying with LCD Soundsystem and "Drunk Girls," or Howl-ing at the moon with Florence & the Machine.

Pick your favorite in each of the 12 categories below -- and feel free to write in your own suggestions, too!

Voting ends January, 31, 2011. You can vote once per day, so get going!

Artist of the Year: Choose one:

Arcade Fire
Black Keys
Drake
Eminem
Florence & the Machine
Gorillaz
Kings of Leon
LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
The National
Pavement
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Vampire Weekend
Kanye West
Or write in your pick:

Best New Artist: Choose one:

Best Coast
Die Antwoord
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Jay Electronica
Ke$ha
Lissie
Local Natives
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj
Janelle Monae
Mumford & Sons
Sleigh Bells
Or write in your pick:

Best Live Artist: Choose one:

Arcade Fire
Black Keys
Deadmau5
Flaming Lips
Gorillaz
Jay-Z
Kings of Leon
Lady Gaga
LCD Soundsystem
Mumford & Sons
Muse
The National
Paramore
Robyn
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Or write in your pick:

Most Welcome Return: Choose one:

Faith No More
Guided by Voices
Hole
Pavement
A Perfect Circle
Rage Against the Machine
Smashing Pumpkins
The Strokes
Soundgarden
Taking Back Sunday (original lineup)
Or write in your pick:

Best Rap/R&B Artist: Choose one:

Big Boi
B.o.B.
Cee Lo
Das Racist
Drake
Eminem
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Kid Cudi
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj
Or write in your pick:

Sex Goddess of the Year: Choose one:

Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast)
Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)
Ke$ha
Alexis Krauss (Sleigh Bells)
M.I.A.
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Robyn
Taylor Swift
Florence Welch
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Or write in your pick:

Sex God of the Year Choose one:
:
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
Drake
Eminem
Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon)
Matthew Followill (Kings of Leon)
Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
Jared Followill (Kings of Leon)
Kid Cudi
Bruno Mars
Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT)
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Or write in your pick:

Best Metal Band: Choose one:

Priestess
Iron Maiden
Torche
High on Fire
Kylesa
Ozzy Osbourne
Danzig
Or write in your pick:

Best Tweeter: Choose one:

Mark Hoppus
Hayley Williams
Kanye West
Nathan Followill
Best Coast
Amanda Palmer
Wayne Coyne
Ezra Koenig
Colin Meloy
Tegan and Sara
Questlove
Steel Train
Or write in your pick:

Write In Your Pick:
Album of the Year:
Follow this format: Artist Name, Album Title

Write In Your Pick:
Song of the Year:
Follow this format: Artist Name, Song Title

Write In Your Pick:
Video of the Year:
Follow this format: Artist Name, Song Title

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RESULTS SO FAR: SPIN's 2010 Readers Poll
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Thanks for your vote! Here are the results of the poll so far.

Not liking the outcome? Feel free to come back and vote again -- you can submit one ballot per day.

[NOTE: Write-in votes take one hour to update.]
Artist of the Year: Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel
40.1%
Florence & the Machine
7.2%
MGMT
6.6%
Arcade Fire
5.4%
paramore
3.5%

Best New Artist: Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons
14.5%
Bruno Mars
11.8%
Ke$ha
11.1%
Sleigh Bells
10.3%
Best Coast
7.5%

Best Live Artist: Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel
39.7%
Paramore
14.7%
MGMT
4.7%
Arcade Fire
4.7%
Muse
3.6%

Most Welcome Return: The Strokes
The Strokes
32.4%
Taking Back Sunday (original lineup)
13.1%
Rage Against the Machine
10.4%
Smashing Pumpkins
9.7%
Pavement
6.7%

Best Rap Artist: Eminem
Eminem
21.1%
B.o.B.
14.9%
Kid Cudi
13.4%
Kanye West
12.6%
Cee Lo
8.1%

Sex God of the Year: Bill Kaulitz
Bill Kaulitz
53%
Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT)
11.7%
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
6.1%
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
4.8%
Brandon Flowers
3.1%

Sex Goddess of the Year: Hayley Williams (Paramore)
Hayley Williams (Paramore)
27.9%
Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)
16.1%
Katy Perry
13.4%
Florence Welch
9.1%
Rihanna
5.3%

Best Metal Band: Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
32.7%
Ozzy Osbourne
27.8%
Danzig
8.5%
High on Fire
5.8%
Priestess
4.4%

Best Tweeter: Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
33.8%
Kanye West
13.1%
Ezra Koenig
11.3%
Tegan and Sara
6%
Best Coast
5.4%

Album of the Year: Tokio Hotel, Humanoid City Live
Tokio Hotel, Humanoid City Live
44.5%
MGMT, Congratulations
9.8%
Paramore, Brand New Eyes
5.6%
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
2.1%
My Chemical Romance, Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous
1.5%

Song of the Year: Tokio Hotel, Darkside of the Sun
Tokio Hotel, Darkside of the Sun
44.8%
MGMT, Flash Delirium
5.4%
Paramore, The Only Exception
3.6%
MGMT, Siberian Breaks
1.9%
MGMT, Congratulations
1.2%

Video of the Year: tokio hotel, darkside of the sun
tokio hotel, darkside of the sun
47.1%
MGMT, Flash Delirium
7.2%
Paramore, Playing God
5.3%
MGMT, Congratulations
1.1%
Tokio Hotel Dark side of the sun
1%

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