Music Review Database Awards 2011

These are international awards. Winners should be very proud to rise above the rest in the eyes of Music Review Database. 2011 was a great year for music and it was very hard picking a clear cut winner for most categories.

Album of the Year  

- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica

- tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

- M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Single of the Year
- Bon Iver- Holocene

- Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues

- M83- Midnight City

- PJ Harvey- The Words that Maketh Murder

- Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

Best New Artist

- Iceage

- Wild Flag

- Julianna Barwick

- EMA

- Braids

Oustanding Contribution to Music

- John Peel

- David Bowie

- Van Morrison

Best Album Artwork

- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

- James Blake - James Blake

- Radiohead - The King of Limbs

- Cut Copy - Zonoscope


Best Female Singer 
- Erika M. Anderson (EMA)

- PJ Harvey

- Kate Bush

- Julianna Barwick

- Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs)

Best Male Singer

- Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)

- Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes)

- Thom Yorke (Radiohead)

- Anthony Gonzalez (M83)

- Peter Silberman (The Antlers)

Live Act 
- My Morning Jacket

- Foals

- James Blake

- The Kills

- LCD Soundsystem

Music Video of the Year

- Tyler The Creator - Yonkers

- Radiohead - Lotus Flower

- Battles - My Machines

- Destroyer - Kaputt

- M83 - Midnight City

Website of the Year

- YouTube

- Pitchfork

-  /mu/

- The Needle Drop

- Stereogum

Best Festival

- Roskilde (Denmark)

- Glastonbury (UK)

- Coachella (USA)

- Primavera Sound (Spain)

- Pitchfork (USA)

Best Producer

- Kanye West

- The Weeknd

- Craig Silvey

- Paul Epworth

- Danger Mouse

Best 'End of Year' List

- Pitchfork

- NME

- Drowned In Sound

- MOJO

- The Wire

Music Review Database Award for Innovation
- Phil Spector

Critic of the Year

- Sasha Frere-Jones (The New Yorker)

- Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop)

- Ian Cohen (Pitchfork)

- Laura Barton (The Guardian)

- Mark Edwards (The Times)

Unsucsessful hype of the Year

- Tyler, The Creator

- Radiohead

- Skrillex

Artist of the Year

- M83

- Kanye West

- Tim Hecker

- Jon Hopkins

- PJ Harvey

Songwriter of the Year

- PJ Harvey

- Kate Bush

- Erika M. Anderson

- King Creosote

- Tom Waits

Most underated Album of the Year

- Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

- Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes

- Tim Hecker - Ravendeath, 1972

- Destroyer - Kaputt

- WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain

Most overated Album of the Year

-  PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

- The Antlers - Burst Apart

- Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

- Radiohead - The King of Limbs

- Battles - Gloss Drop

Worst Awards Show

- 54th Grammy Awards

- Brit Awards

- NME Awards

Worst TV Show

- Glee

- Eastenders

- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

Worst 'Pop' Single of the Year

- Katy Perry - Firework

- Adele - Someone Like You

- Lady Gaga - Born This Way

- Jessie J - Domino

- Lana Del Ray - Video Games

Worst Album 
- Jessie J - Who Are You

- Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu

- LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking

- Chris Brown - F.A.M.E

- Lady Gaga - Born This Way