M83 came out on top in our 2011 awards last year, but that was a long time ago. Confusing to some, the Music Review Database Awards 2012 highlights the best music of 2012 voted for by you. So without further ado here are the winners and the close runner-ups. The winners are seen in bold.
Album of the year
Kendrick Lamar - Good kid m.A.A.d city
Death Grips - The Money Store
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Single of the year
Grimes - Oblivion
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dreams
Best new artist
The Weeknd
Jessie Ware
Alt-J
Django Django
John Talabot
Oustanding contribution to music award
Scott Walker
Kevin Shields
Jack White
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Best album artwork
Swans - The Seer
Matthew Dear - Beams
Lone - Galaxy Garden
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Holy Other - Held
Best female vocalist
Jessie Ware
Grimes
Cat Power
Fiona Apple
Anais Mitchell
Best male vocalist
Usher
Frank Ocean
The Weeknd
Kendrick Lamar
Doldrums
Live act
Japandroids
Foals
tUnE-yArDs
My Morning Jacket
Sigur Ros
Music video of the year
Death Grips - I've Seen Footage
Beach House - Wild
Grimes - Oblivion
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Sigur Ros - Eg anda
Most underrated album
The Best Pessimist - Love Is...
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Future of The Left - Plot Against Common Sense
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
