The polls are closed, the votes are counted, and the results are in!
Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall is Queen of The Raft Awards with an historic four wins including Best Female, Best Album’, Best Newcomer, and Best Website. Not bad for an artist who just over a year ago was relatively unknown!
Since her career defining performance on Later With Jools Holland, KT has gone from strength to strength, firstly being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and now receiving three nominations in the 2006 Brit Awards. Her acclaimed debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ has amassed sales of over one million copies in the UK alone.
The undisputed King of Pop, Robbie Williams, proved his staying power taking the Best Male Artist crown while his recent one-off album launch show in Berlin was named Best Live Performance. They are the biggest band in the world so it’s no surprise that Coldplay walked away with Best Group and also Best Single for ‘Fix You’.
Sugababes beat of strong competition Girls Aloud, Westlife and Madonna to be crowned Best Pop Act while the Black Eyed Peas, who have had an exceptional year with their second album ‘Monkey Business’, pipped to the post the likes of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Gorillaz and Lemar to take home the honour of Best Urban Act.
Gorillaz bagged Best Video for ‘Dare’, ‘Lost’ won the battles of the TV shows and the latest installment of the Harry Potter saga, ‘The Goblet Of Fire’, overcame the Force to win Best Film.Check out the full list of winners and runners-up below:
Best Group
Coldplay
Gorillaz
White Stripes
Arcade Fire
Kaiser Chiefs
Male Artist
Robbie Williams
James Blunt
Simon Webbe
Will Young
Lee Ryan
Female Artist
KT Tunstall
Kelly Clarkson
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Kate Bush
Best Urban Act
Black Eyed Peas
Kanye West
Gorillaz
50 cent
Lemar
Best Pop Act
Sugababes
Girls aloud
Westlife
Madonna
Pussycat Dolls
Best Dance Act
Gorillaz
Madonna
Mylo
Prodigy
Basement Jaxx
Best Album
KT Tunstall
Colplay
Lee Ryan
Kaiser Chiefs
Gorillaz
Best Single
Coldplay - Fix you
KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Best Video
Gorillax - Dare
KT Tunstall - Otherside
Madonna - Hung up
Coldplay - Talk
Gorillax - Feel Good Inc
Best Newcomer
KT Tunstall
James Blunt
Pussycat Dolls
Son of Dork
The Magic Numbers
Best Website
KT Tunstall
Gorillaz
Coldplay
Robbie Williams
Simon Webb
Best Live Performance
Robbie Williams
Coldplay
KT Tunstall
Gorillaz
U2
Best TV Show
Lost
Little Britain
Eastenders
Peep Show
Big Brother
Best Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
Batman Begins
King Kong
Sin City
Best Mobile
Nokia
Motorla
Samsung
Sony Eriksson
Orange
Download store
i-tunes
Napster
HMV
Virgin
Woolworths
Everybody who voted in The Raft Awards was automatically entered into our prize draw to win an MP3 player and The Raft’s Top 10 CDs of the year. Congratulations to our winner Chris Garbutt of Colchester who won the MP3 player and CDs, and to our five runners up who each won The Raft’s Top 10 CDs. Chris Risby, London; Hollie King, Middlesex; Christian Lean, Leeds; Geoff Leone, Angus; Helen Davies, Co. Durham.
Source: http://the-raft.com
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