Poptimists 2006 Poll: Act of the Year!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today's category is the slightly nebulous Act of the Year - six acts got more than one vote and we present them below: interesting to note the Poptimists heavyweights who didn't get multiple nominations.

Girls Aloud put out a Greatest Hits record.
Lily Allen MySpaced her way to stardom.
Justin Timberlake brought sexy back.
Paris Hilton was much talked about.
Aly and AJ were the salvation of teenpop.
Cassie stripped R&B down.

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Lifetime achievement and Track of the Year to follow!

Comments

Re: My thorts on the contenders:

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Basically agree, essentially. I still don't like Lily Allen but she isn't impinging on me as much these days, there are bigger battles to fight and she is rather amusing as a celebrity.

Aly and AJ are too Xtian for me.

It was between Cassie and Paris for me too!

If you tick Girls Aloud you may as well be saying "pop is dead and this is all we have left". They shouldn't get Act of the Year in the least inspiring year of their career!

Why GA could legitimately be "act of the year"

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

- Ghostbusters (except for scaredy cat Nicola)!
- Sarah crashing the expensive Porsche inside 5 seconds in their E4 documentary!
- No.1 album (if that matters to you)
- Never out of the tabloids in '06 - their recognition factor went up considerably thanks to celeb BFs/spouses etc - as Kat points out, this was the first year you could identify all the girls individually

Re: Why GA could legitimately be "act of the year"

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

- Programme not even on proper channel!
- Programme not even on proper channel!
- The first year of their career they didn't release a proper album!
- True but Paris beats them here anyway, and so do Lallen and Justin too probably

Re: Why GA could legitimately be "act of the year"

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm only playing devil's advocate here. I voted for Aly & AJ on purely musical grounds!

Re: Why GA could legitimately be "act of the year"

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it Nadine that stayed at home? Nicola was in the taxi most of the time tho. Wuss.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Yeah the taxi-hiding was what I was alluding to. Nadine would've kicked ghost butt if she had bothered to show, I reckon.

Re: Why GA could legitimately be "act of the year"

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

- this was the first year you could identify all the girls individually

PAH! my GA skills are obv super advanced. i only ever had problems remembering kimberly. but by a process of elimination.