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The Rober Awards 2014 Music Poll
The Rober Academy for The Arts & Sciences of Entertainment cordially invites you to cast your vote in The XXXIII Rober Awards Music Poll. Please find the ballot below. Links to videos and further info about the nominees can be found by clicking in each category’s header. Polls will close on February the 1st.
Thanks for your help.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2014
- ST. VINCENT-St. Vincent (60%, 166 Votes)
- ARIEL PINK-Pom Pom (13%, 35 Votes)
- SUN KIL MOON-Benji (10%, 28 Votes)
- ANGEL OLSEN-Burn Your Fires For No Witness (8%, 21 Votes)
- RUN THE JEWELS-RTJ2 (7%, 20 Votes)
- OUGHT-More Than Any Other Day (4%, 11 Votes)
Total Voters: 276

SONG OF THE YEAR 2014
- SHARON VAN ETTEN-Your Love Is Killing Me (28%, 53 Votes)
- CARIBOU-Can't Do Without You (19%, 36 Votes)
- ALVVAYS-Archie, Marry Me (16%, 31 Votes)
- FUTURE ISLANDS-Seasons (Waiting On You) (16%, 31 Votes)
- THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS-Brill Bruisers (15%, 28 Votes)
- BURIAL-Come Down To Us (8%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 189

BEST GROUP OR DUO 2104
- SWANS (29%, 52 Votes)
- THE WAR ON DRUGS (28%, 50 Votes)
- RUN THE JEWELS (24%, 42 Votes)
- PARQUET COURTS (10%, 17 Votes)
- FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB (8%, 14 Votes)
- TOTAL CONTROL (5%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 178

BEST MALE ARTIST 2014
- JACK WHITE (31%, 75 Votes)
- APHEX TWIN (24%, 59 Votes)
- SUN KIL MOON (14%, 35 Votes)
- MAC DEMARCO (14%, 33 Votes)
- ARIEL PINK (12%, 29 Votes)
- FLYING LOTUS (7%, 17 Votes)
Total Voters: 242

BEST FEMALE ARTIST 2014
- ST. VINCENT (42%, 140 Votes)
- BEYONCÉ (21%, 69 Votes)
- LYKKE LI (16%, 55 Votes)
- LA ROUX (13%, 43 Votes)
- SHARON VAN ETTEN (7%, 24 Votes)
- ANGEL OLSEN (4%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 335

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
- FKA TWIGS (47%, 96 Votes)
- TOVE LO (20%, 41 Votes)
- ALVVAYS (14%, 28 Votes)
- PERFECT PUSSY (12%, 24 Votes)
- OUGHT (8%, 16 Votes)
- POPCAAN (3%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 206

BEST POP 2014
- LANA DEL REY (37%, 120 Votes)
- LA ROUX (20%, 64 Votes)
- LYKKE LI (19%, 61 Votes)
- PERFUME GENIUS (13%, 41 Votes)
- THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (5%, 17 Votes)
- TUNE-YARDS (5%, 16 Votes)
- JAVIERA MENA (4%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 323

BEST ROCK 2014
- THE WAR ON DRUGS (31%, 52 Votes)
- SWANS (26%, 43 Votes)
- REAL ESTATE (15%, 25 Votes)
- PARQUET COURTS (11%, 19 Votes)
- CLOUD NOTHINGS (10%, 16 Votes)
- SHELLAC (7%, 11 Votes)
- TOTAL CONTROL (5%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 168

SONGWRITER
- ST. VINCENT (57%, 129 Votes)
- SUN KIL MOON (12%, 28 Votes)
- SHARON VAN ETTEN (11%, 26 Votes)
- MAC DEMARCO (11%, 25 Votes)
- ANGEL OLSEN (6%, 13 Votes)
- DAMIEN JURADO (6%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 228

HIP HOP
- YOUNG FATHERS (44%, 84 Votes)
- RUN THE JEWELS (24%, 47 Votes)
- SCHOOLBOY Q (11%, 22 Votes)
- FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB (9%, 18 Votes)
- SHABAZZ PALACES (8%, 16 Votes)
- ISAIAH RASHAD (5%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 193

ELECTRONICA 2014
- APHEX TWIN (41%, 72 Votes)
- CARIBOU (25%, 45 Votes)
- FLYING LOTUS (18%, 31 Votes)
- TODD TERJE (9%, 16 Votes)
- ARCA (8%, 15 Votes)
- LEON VYNEHALL (4%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 177

R&B 2014
- STROMAE (82%, 903 Votes)
- BEYONCÉ (7%, 81 Votes)
- NENEH CHERRY (5%, 52 Votes)
- SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS (4%, 43 Votes)
- AZEALIA BANKS (3%, 29 Votes)
- POPCAAN (0%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,107

CUTTING EDGE
- FKA TWIGS (48%, 69 Votes)
- BEN FROST (21%, 30 Votes)
- SOPHIE (15%, 22 Votes)
- MICA LEVI (10%, 14 Votes)
- SHABAZZ PALACES (8%, 11 Votes)
- ANDY STOTT (5%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 145

HISPANIC ARTIST
- SILVIA PEREZ CRUZ Y RAUL FERNANDEZ MIRO (30%, 45 Votes)
- HINDS (formerly DEERS) (23%, 34 Votes)
- ARCA (21%, 32 Votes)
- JAVIERA MENA (19%, 28 Votes)
- PABLO UND DESTRUKTION (7%, 10 Votes)
- SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS (3%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 149

SOUND OF 2015
- HINDS (formerly DEERS) (27%, 34 Votes)
- SHAMIR (27%, 34 Votes)
- SOPHIE (27%, 34 Votes)
- LEON BRIDGES (12%, 15 Votes)
- I LOVE MAKONNEN (10%, 13 Votes)
- DEJ LOAF (5%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 128

COMPILATION 2014
- CAPTAIN BEEFHEART-Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972 (47%, 114 Votes)
- SLEATER-KINNEY-Start Together (23%, 56 Votes)
- JOHN GRANT & THE BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA-Live In Concert (15%, 36 Votes)
- WILCO-What's Your 20/Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 (9%, 21 Votes)
- VARIOUS-Sombras. Spanish Post Punk + Dark Pop 1981-1986 (5%, 12 Votes)
- SLEAFORD MODS-Chubbed Up: The Singles Collection (4%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 242

REISSUE 2014
- LED ZEPPELIN-Remasters (40%, 122 Votes)
- GRACE JONES-Nightclubbing (Deluxe Version) (31%, 97 Votes)
- PUBLIC ENEMY-It Takes A Nation Of Millions.../Fear Of A Black Planet (Deluxe) (9%, 27 Votes)
- UNDERWORLD-dubnobasswithmyheadman (Deluxe) (8%, 24 Votes)
- YO LA TENGO-Extra Painful (6%, 20 Votes)
- THE AFGHAN WHIGS-Gentleman At 21 (5%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 308

LIVE ARTIST 2014
- KATE BUSH (57%, 8,759 Votes)
- STROMAE (41%, 6,302 Votes)
- PRINCE / 3RD EYE GIRL (1%, 150 Votes)
- BEYONCÉ (0%, 31 Votes)
- ARIEL PINK (0%, 16 Votes)
- JOHN GRANT (0%, 12 Votes)
Total Voters: 15,259

BEST EP 2014
- ROBYN & RÖYKSOPP-Do It Again (47%, 74 Votes)
- BURIAL-Rival Dealer (22%, 34 Votes)
- TOVE LO-Truth Serum (14%, 22 Votes)
- SEPTEMBER GIRLS-Veneer (9%, 15 Votes)
- OUGHT-One More With The Feeling (8%, 13 Votes)
- VINCE STAPLES-Hell Can Wait (4%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 158

COMEBACK OF 2014
- MORRISSEY (41%, 118 Votes)
- APHEX TWIN (28%, 82 Votes)
- BECK (19%, 56 Votes)
- THE AFGHAN WHIGS (7%, 19 Votes)
- LINDA PERHACS (5%, 14 Votes)
- SHELLAC (3%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 290

DANCE ANTHEM 2014
- STROMAE-Ta Fète (60%, 2,017 Votes)
- KIESZA-Hideaway (38%, 1,288 Votes)
- TODD TERJE-Delorean Dynamite (1%, 24 Votes)
- QT-Hey QT (0%, 14 Votes)
- VIC MENSA-Down on My Luck (0%, 10 Votes)
- LONELADY-Groove It Out (0%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 3,356

COVER VERSION 2014
- ANNA CALVI & DAVID BYRNE-Strange Weather (37%, 127 Votes)
- PJ HARVEY-Red Right Hand (27%, 92 Votes)
- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, OSCAR ISAAC & ADAM DRIVER-Please Mr. Kennedy (13%, 44 Votes)
- LYKKE LI-Du Ar Den Ende (10%, 34 Votes)
- SKY FERREIRA FEAT. ARIEL PINK-My Molly (9%, 29 Votes)
- ROBYN-Tell You (Today) (7%, 23 Votes)
Total Voters: 341

GUILTY PLEASURE
- TEGAN AND SARA FEAT. THE LONELY ISLAND-Everything Is Awesome (67%, 326 Votes)
- TAYLOR SWIFT-Shake It Off (20%, 96 Votes)
- ARIANA GRANDE FEAT. ZEDD-Break Free (10%, 47 Votes)
- PEARLS NEGRAS-Pensando Em Você (2%, 12 Votes)
- BRETT MCKENZIE & THE MUPPETS-I'll Get You What You Want (2%, 9 Votes)
- ROWDY REBBEL FEAT. BOBBY SHMURDA-Shmoney Dance (1%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 487

BEST PROMO VIDEO 2014
- ST. VINCENT-Digital Witness (47%, 109 Votes)
- FKA TWIGS-Two Weeks (17%, 39 Votes)
- PERFUME GENIUS-Queen (14%, 32 Votes)
- ARIEL PINK-Picture Me Gone (9%, 22 Votes)
- ARCA & JESSE KANDA-Trauma (7%, 16 Votes)
- FLYING LOTUS & KENDRICK LAMAR-Never Catch Me (7%, 16 Votes)
- REAL ESTATE-Crime (5%, 11 Votes)
Total Voters: 234

Live Performer: St Vincent.
Seriously, most of these nominations are spot-on, but omitting St. Vincent from Best Live Performer is to miss the entire point of 2014!
Very Good Rober
Ya he votado. Me ha encantado la categoría Guilty Pleasure ^^ @roberawards
Stromae !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack White Rocks!
Bien d’accoerd avec Incike Stromae!!!!
Tegan and Sara!!!!!!
TEGAN AND SARA!!!! <3
Tegan + sara XD <3
Tegan and Sara!!!
Tegan and Sara < 3
Stromae et La Roux – le meilleur!
Tegan And Sara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kate Bush live act of the decade!
Morrissey – without any doubt!
Stromae!!!!))))
A ver esos ganadores…Porto?
Kate Bush Live was the best thing musically in 2014!
I hate to sound like ‘that guy’ but I wouldn’t have nominated St. Vincent as a great live performer. I like St. Vincent but doesn’t make even the top 10 of what I saw last year. Or even the top 10 of what I saw at Glastonbury alone.
Qui vote Kate Bush?
Stromae – the best! Paulo, tu ete formidable!)))
Prince is live the Best!!
KATE BUSH is the best live act of the millennium!! FYI – this is where Stromae stole the idea for the “Tous Les Mêmes” video from: http://youtu.be/rSx8beWmFYY You’re welcome:)
Stromae le meilleur a tous nominations
To administration!!
Who vote for Kate Bush?
They were real people or cheat script?
I believe they are real fans voting???
Of course we’re real fans. Kate Bush sold out for 22 nights over 70,000 tickets and has a loyas fan base for the last 36 years
Yes Maria, we are real – and we vote!
Stromae the best :3
Stromae le meilleur a tous nominations 🙂
Stromae the best :3
Stromae le meilleur a tous nominations 🙂 <3
Stromae le meilleur a tous nominations 🙂
Stromae the best 🙂 ^-^
Kate Bush doing a string of 22 concerts for the first time since 1979 is a major event. They weren’t ordinary concerts – they were extraordinary productions. Hopefully we see them on dvd this year. Kate Bush is worthy of every vote she’s got here. Real fans. Real votes.
Kate Bush! Her return to the stage was so phenomenal it won a West End THEATRE Award. With a cracking band and amazing sets (including full-size trees crashing down from the proscenium arch, one right through her piano!), costumes and an artist’s puppet come to life, this was a new high standard set for concerts and deserves every vote it gets.
I thought Kate Bush should be included in comeback of the year
Boo Hoo Maria! Please tell administration that Kate Bush got more fans than Stromae!
I know we’re not going to win, but it’s been fun keeping you on your toes, KB fans 😉
I did not get the chance to see Kate Bush’s tour – it sold out so quickly, and traveling to the UK was a little too expensive for me. But I love her, and if anyone deserves to win besides Stromae, it’s Kate Bush. But don’t think the Stromae fans are voting out of blind loyalty – everything about his show is extraordinary. And the lighting should win an award, it’s world class! If you get a chance to see Stromae’s show this year, do yourself a favor and go. I’d give anything to see Kate Bush perform, but as we all know, she doesn’t do live shows very often.
That’s cool Guess Who. I was lucky enough to see the Kate concert twice. It was the most amazing show I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen many but none I’ve flown across the ocean to see. It was a step beyond a concert experience really-part performance, part theatre, part film and her incredible live voice. And it was nearly 3 hours long!
Glad you enjoyed the Stromae concert. Sounds interesting. But imagine your a Stromae fan 35 years from now and, for whatever reason, he has not toured in those years but has continued to release music that you still enjoy. And then one day, unexpectedly, he comes back and does the most amazing concert you’ve ever seen! THAT’S what the experience would be like. And that’s why we vote Kate.
Delius, come up with a concert after a long break – this one, but always coming up with something new, like Stromae, much more difficult
Yes, I’m sure Kate has found it quite hard to write new stuff across 5 decades and 10 studio albums!
Stromae is best
Kate Bush is better!
Stromae is the best artist in the world.