After a rigorous week of voting, heated debates and animated commentary, the results of this year’s The Lava Lizard Awards have finally been tallied! Literally thousands votes were cast in the series of polls but two artists in particular dominated the major fields – Adele and Beyonce.
Both Adele and Beyonce received top honors in four categories with the former winning such titles as Album of the Year for her top-selling ’21′ LP, Single of the Year for ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and Best Female Artist. Beyonce, on the other hand, ironically won both Video of the Year and Worst Video of Year for ‘Run the World (Girls)’ and ’1+1′, respectively.
However, all of the winners weren’t as obvious as the previously mentioned acts. In fact, there were several surprises on the list of honorees, including Bruno Mars who nabbed the Best Male Artist crown.
Check out the full list of winners at The Lava Lizards Awards below:
Album of the Year
Adele – ’21′ (47%)
Beyonce – ’4′ (40%)
Drake – ‘Take Care’ (9%)
Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’ (3%)
Kanye West & Jay-Z – ‘Watch The Throne’ (2%)
Single of the Year
Adele – ‘Rolling in the Deep’ (54%)
Chris Brown – ‘Look At Me Now (Ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne)’ (43%)
Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’ (2%)
Lady Gaga – ‘The Edge of Glory’ (1%)
Britney Spears – ‘Till The World Ends’ (1%)
Video of the Year
Beyonce – ‘Run the World (Girls)’ (46%)
Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’ (40%)
Katy Perry – ‘E.T (Ft. Kanye West)’ (6%)
Lady Gaga – ‘Marry the Night’ (4%)
Britney Spears – ‘Criminal’ (4%)
Best Album Track
Beyonce – ‘End of Time’ (42%)
Adele – ‘Rumour Has It’ (41%)
Drake – ‘Take Care (Ft. Rihanna)’ (12%)
Mary J. Blige – ‘Feels Inside (Ft. Nas)’ (3% )
Kanye West & Jay-Z – ‘No Church in the Wild (Ft. Frank Ocean)’ (2%)
Best Collaborative Single
Chris Brown – ‘Look At Me Now (Ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne)’ (76%)
Beyonce – ‘Party (Ft. Andre 3000)’ (14%)
Kelly Rowland – ‘Motivation (Ft. Lil Wayne)’(4%)
Kanye West & Jay-Z – ‘N*ggas in Paris’ (3%)
Katy Perry – ‘E.T (Ft. Kanye West)’(2%)
Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj (34%)
J. Cole (30%)
Jessie J (28%)
Miguel (8%)
Best Female Artist
Adele (45%)
Beyonce (39%)
Nicki Minaj (11%)
Lady Gaga (3%)
Katy Perry (2%)
Best Male Artist
Bruno Mars (52%)
Chris Brown (44%)
Kanye West (2%)
Drake (1%)
J. Cole (1%)
Best Live Performance
Adele – ‘Someone like You’ (Live at the 2011 BRIT Awards) (53%)
Chris Brown – ‘Yeah 3X’/'Beautiful People’ (Live at the 2011 MTV VMA) (36%)
Beyonce – ‘Run the World (Girls)’ (Live at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards) (8%)
Trey Songz & Kelly Rowland – ‘Motivation’ (Live at the 2011 BET Awards) (1%)
Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’ (Live at the 2011 Grammy Awards) (1%)
Most Underrated Artist
Jessie J (42%)
Miguel (17%)
Melanie Fiona (17%)
Jill Scott (15%)
Marsha Ambrosius (10%)
Most Shocking Event
Beyonce revealing her baby bump at the 2011 MTV VMA (51%)
The death of Amy Winehouse (35%)
Ciara & Rihanna’s public clash on Twitter (9%)
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony announcing their divorce1 (4%)
Fantasia’s reunion with Antwuan Cook & pregnancy (1%)
The ‘Please Retire/Nobody is Here for You’ Award
Kim Kardashian (33%)
Lil Kim (22%)
Khia (19%)
Bow Wow (14%)
Britney Spears (12%)
Alert: You Need A New Team
Rihanna 30%
Kelly Rowland 19%
Keri Hilson 19%
Leona Lewis 16%
Beyonce 15%
Worst Video of the Year
Beyonce – ’1+1′ (37%)
Lady Gaga – ‘The Edge of Glory’ (31%)
Jennifer Lopez – ‘Papi’ (15%)
Britney Spears – ‘Hold It Against Me’ (10%)
Miguel – ‘Quickie’ (8%)
Most Anticipated Album of 2012
Christina Aguilera – TBA (40%)
Chris Brown – ‘Fortune’ (37%)
Brandy – TBA (17%)
Mariah Carey – TBA (4%)
Nicki Minaj – ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ (2%)
These are about right, although Mariah would be the most anticipated along with Brandy and Christina,
“Beyonce revealing her baby bump at the 2011 MTV VMA” was not the most shocking event – surprising yes, but definitely not shocking. Beyonce said herself many times that she would want to have kids around this age. She’s also married and in a stable relationship and coming off a period where it would be ideal to take a break (with ’4′ not being incredibly successful but still having a very successful album under her belt, ‘Sasha Fierce’).
RE: The “Alert: You Need A New Team”. In a way Rihanna’s team seems to be doing a lot right (especially compared to the others in this category) business wise and in terms of chart/single success (b/c Rihanna seems content with her low album sales). Leona Lewis on the other hand… seems lost. Kelly Rowland needs to recognize and learn her market – i.e. releasing songs in the UK that would’ve really worked in the U.S.
That performance of Adele at the Brit awards is phenomenal and I’m glad it won because no other came close in 2011. No gimmicks, no dance routine just her, her voice and the piano. Girl slayed that night!
Most results were good choices. Hope you keep doing this every year Trent
nice results.
This was fun…I must say I am surprise by the most anticipated album…
AMY WINEHOUSE’S DEATH WAS BY FAR MORE SHOCKING, I MEAN COMMON WE WERE EXPECTING BEYONCE TO GET PREGNANT ANYTIME SOON
AS FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE, BEYONCE AT BILLBOARD SNATCHED EVERYONE’S WIG THIS YEAR. BY A MILEEEE
YESSS FOR BRUNO MARS WINNING BEST MALE. HE DESERVES IT. HIM AND BRUNO ARE BY FAR THE MOST TALENTED ARTISTS TO EMERGE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
WHO THE HELL IS REALLY CHECKING FOR CHRISTINA AGULERA THOUGH?? *SIDE EYE*..
RIHANNA’S TEAM IS DOING PERFECTLY. SHE IS STILL ON TOP AS SHE HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST 4YRS. KELLY IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS A NEW TEAM. HOPEFULLY BEYONCE AND HER TEAM LEARN FROM THE MESS THAT CAME WITH 4
PARTY > LOOK AT ME NOW…. THAT IS ALL
EVERY OTHER WINNER WAS DESERVING
AMY WINEHOUSE’S DEATH WAS BY FAR MORE SHOCKING, I MEAN COMMON WE WERE EXPECTING BEYONCE TO GET PREGNANT ANYTIME SOON
AS FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE, BEYONCE AT BILLBOARD SNATCHED EVERYONE’S WIG THIS YEAR. BY A MILEEEE
YESSS FOR BRUNO MARS WINNING BEST MALE. HE DESERVES IT. HIM AND ADELE ARE BY FAR THE MOST TALENTED ARTISTS TO EMERGE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
WHO THE HELL IS REALLY CHECKING FOR CHRISTINA AGULERA THOUGH?? *SIDE EYE*..
RIHANNA’S TEAM IS DOING PERFECTLY. SHE IS STILL ON TOP AS SHE HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST 4YRS. KELLY IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS A NEW TEAM. HOPEFULLY BEYONCE AND HER TEAM LEARN FROM THE MESS THAT CAME WITH 4
PARTY > LOOK AT ME NOW…. THAT IS ALL
EVERY OTHER WINNER WAS DESERVING
Nice.
Those results are accurate for the most part.
Good job, Trent.
Chris should’ve won for Best Male Artist but at least he won one award.
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love christina but BRANDY is the most anticipated album of 2012 hands down!!!
I know, I totally agree with ‘Theman’ Mariah Carey should be the number one most anticipated Album of 2012 !!!!!!! totally
Mariah will rule !