2008 Roundup !!!

Time for the annual tradition (well I've done it once before) of naming the best albums and singles of the year! It's a bit tough to categorize songs, especially with some many international hits, but just BEAR with me!

Albums of the Year:
19 - Adele
Funhouse - P!nk
Chasing Lights - The Saturdays
Rockferry - Duffy
E=MC2 - Mariah Carey
The Fame - Lady Gaga
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings
Robyn - Robyn
808s & Heartbreaks - Kanye West
Been Waiting - Jessica Mauboy
Year Of The Gentleman - Ne Yo
Santogold - Santogold

Songs of the Year:
Paper Planes - MIA
Mercy - Duffy
Chasing Pavements - Adele
Up - The Saturdays
That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
So What - Pink
Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
The Promise - Girls Aloud
Paris is Burning - Ladyhawke
Womanizer - Britney Spears
Closer - Ne Yo
I Decided(Freemasons Remix) - Solange
Heartless - Kanye West
Cold Shoulder - Adele
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

Top Pop
Running Back - Jessica Mauboy
Just Dance - Lady Gaga
I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
Girlfriend - Annie
Like This - Girlicious
When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls
Crush - David Archuleta
Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi
If This is Love - The Saturdays
Girls - Sugababes
The One (Freemasons Remix) - Kylie Minogue
Fascination - Alphabeat
Under My Skin - Sarah Connor
Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings
The Boy Does Nothing - Alesha Dixon
Sober - Pink
Break the Ice - Britney Spears
Strike The Match - Monrose
Disappear - No Angels
Untouched - The Veronicas
Can't Speak French - Girls Aloud
Leavin' - Jesse McCartney

Best Hip Hop
Low - Flo Rida
In This Club - Usher ft Jeezy
Live Your Life - TI feat Rihanna
Love Lockdown - Kanye West
Heartbreaker - Will.I.am ft Cheryl Cole
In The Ayer - Flo Rida ft will.I.am
Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolph
Santogold LES Artistes
Dangerous - Kardinal Offishall
Flashing Lights - Kanye West


Best R&B
Run - Leona Lewis
Forever - Chris Brown
American Boy - Estelle ft Kanye West
Damaged - Danity Kane
No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
Miss Independent - Ne Yo
Right Here - Brandy
Killa - Cherish ft Yung Joc
Take a Bow - Rihanna
If I Were a Boy - Beyonce

Best Rock-Type Song
Human - The Killers
All Summer Long - Kid Rock
Spiraling - Keane
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
A Punk - Vampire Weekend
Shake It - Metro Station
Dirty Kiss - Serebro
Love is Free - Sheryl Crow

Best Dance
Disturbia - Rihanna
Wow - Kylie Minogue
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Let Me Think About It - Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
Now You're Gone - Basshunter
Dusk til Dawn - Ladyhawke
Give It 2 Me - Madonna
Something Good 08 - Utah Saints


Should Have Been a Hit, but Wasn't
Bye Bye - Mariah Carey
Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Paula Abdul
Feedback - Janet
Outta My Head - Ashlee Simpson
Surveillance - Wynter Gordon
Baby Doll - Girlicious
We Break the Dawn - Michelle Williams
I Hate This Part - Pussycat Dolls
Reach Out - Hilary Duff
Bring Ya To The Brink - Cyndi Lauper

Best Bubbling Under
La Roux
Little Boots
Florence and the Machine
The Sound of Arrows

Best By Country
USA - Katy Perry
UK - Duffy
Sweden - Danny
Norway - Annie
France - Sheryfa Luna
Germany - Sarah Connor
South Korea - BoA
Australia - Jessica Mauboy
New Zealand - Ladyhawke

Songs 2008 Will Be Remembered For:
I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
Womanizer - Britney Spears
So What - P!nK
Low - Flo Rida
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Forever - Chris Brown
Closer - Ne Yo
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Mercy - Duffy
Lollipop - Lil Wayne
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Whatever You Like - TI

Please comment with your thoughts and any additions that I overlooked!!