St. Vincent has swept the board at this year’s Rober Awards Music Poll. The former Polyphonic Spree member has won in the four categories she was nominated for including album, female artist and songwriter of the year, thanks to her excellent eponymous fifth record. Another multidisciplinary female, FKA Twigs, has been chosen as breakthrough and cutting edge artist, whereas Belgium megastar Stromae takes the dance anthem and best R&B categories.
In what has been the most heavily contested field of the year, Stromae was also up for best live artist and his fans engaged in a bit of a commentary battle with fellow nominee Kate Bush’s supporters, both voting by the thousands. The legendary British singer who returned to the stage after three decades away, conquered the lucky audience who managed to get a ticket for her Hammersmith Apollo residency, which earned her the Best Live trophy in the end.
Sharon Van Etten’s “Your Love Is Killing Me’ has been voted best song of the year. Veteran experimental rockers Swans won best band and Jack White did the same in the male solo category. The forward looking Sound of 2015 is shared by Hinds; Shamir and SOPHIE.
Check the complete list of winners here:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ST. VINCENT-St. Vincent (60%, 166 Votes)
ARIEL PINK-Pom Pom (13%, 35 Votes); SUN KIL MOON-Benji (10%, 28 Votes)
SONG OF THE YEAR
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)
BEST GROUP OR DUO
SWANS (29%, 52 Votes)
THE WAR ON DRUGS (28%, 50 Votes); RUN THE JEWELS (24%, 42 Votes)
BEST MALE ARTIST
JACK WHITE (31%, 75 Votes)
APHEX TWIN (24%, 59 Votes); SUN KIL MOON (14%, 35 Votes)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
ST. VINCENT (42%, 140 Votes)
BEYONCÉ (21%, 69 Votes); LYKKE LI (16%, 55 Votes)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
FKA TWIGS (47%, 96 Votes)
TOVE LO (20%, 41 Votes); ALVVAYS (14%, 28 Votes)
BEST POP ARTIST
LANA DEL REY (37%, 120 Votes)
LA ROUX (20%, 64 Votes); LYKKE LI (19%, 61 Votes)
BEST ROCK ARTIST
THE WAR ON DRUGS (31%, 52 Votes)
SWANS (26%, 43 Votes); REAL ESTATE (15%, 25 Votes)
SONGWRITER
ST. VINCENT (57%, 129 Votes)
SUN KIL MOON (12%, 28 Votes); SHARON VAN ETTEN (11%, 26 Votes)
HIP HOP
YOUNG FATHERS (44%, 84 Votes)
RUN THE JEWELS (24%, 47 Votes); SCHOOLBOY Q (11%, 22 Votes)
ELECTRONICA 2014
APHEX TWIN (41%, 72 Votes)
CARIBOU (25%, 45 Votes); FLYING LOTUS (18%, 31 Votes)
R&B 2014
STROMAE (82%, 903 Votes)
BEYONCÉ (7%, 81 Votes); NENEH CHERRY (5%, 52 Votes)
CUTTING EDGE
FKA TWIGS (48%, 69 Votes)
BEN FROST (21%, 30 Votes); SOPHIE (15%, 22 Votes)
HISPANIC ARTIST
SILVIA PEREZ CRUZ Y RAUL FERNANDEZ MIRO (30%, 45 Votes)
HINDS (23%, 34 Votes); ARCA (21%, 32 Votes)
SOUND OF 2015
HINDS (27%, 34 Votes); SHAMIR (27%, 34 Votes); SOPHIE (27%, 34 Votes)
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)
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)
LIVE ARTIST 2014
KATE BUSH (57%, 8,759 Votes)
STROMAE (41%, 6,302 Votes); PRINCE / 3RD EYE GIRL (1%, 150 Votes)
BEST EP 2014
ROBYN & RÖYKSOPP-Do It Again (47%, 74 Votes)
BURIAL-Rival Dealer (22%, 34 Votes); TOVE LO-Truth Serum (14%, 22 Votes)
COMEBACK OF 2014
MORRISSEY (41%, 118 Votes)
APHEX TWIN (28%, 82 Votes); BECK (19%, 56 Votes)
DANCE ANTHEM 2014
STROMAE-Ta Fète (60%, 2,017 Votes)
KIESZA-Hideaway (38%, 1,288 Votes); TODD TERJE-Delorean Dynamite (1%, 24 Votes)
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)
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)
BEST PROMO VIDEO 2014
ST. VINCENT-Digital Witness (47%, 109 Votes)
FKA TWIGS-Two Weeks (17%, 39 Votes); PERFU