Rueben's Ramblings

Music is an important aspect of all our lives, whether it is in your favorite TV series, playing on your car or office radio or more specifically on iTunes, Pandora or your iPod and/or phone or the latest box office film you have been anxiously waiting to see. Music, obviously, comes in many different formats: pop, hip hop, rap, metal, country, classic rock, inspirational, R&B, Latin, dance and much more.

Among some of the special music moments from this past year are as follows:

Most Played Single of the Year – “Fall in Love” by Phantagram

Best New Import – Vance Joy, who has the hit single “Riptide”

Best R&B Artist – “All of Me” by John Legend

Top Rock Song – “I Wanna Get Better” by Bleachers

Most Anticipated Album of the Year – “Shine On” by Sarah McLachlan

Best Duet – “Say Something” by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera

Best Rock Band – Arctic Monkeys

Catchy-est Hit Single – “Everything is AWESOME” by Tegan and Sara (from the box office film The LEGO Movie)

Best Male Singer – Sam Smith

Most Overplayed Single – “Happy” by Pharrell Williams (from the box office film Despicable Me 2)

Best New Band – Magic!

Best Country Band – The Band Perry

Best Male Country Singer – Jason Aldean

Best Songs Used in TV Shows [Three-Way TIE] – “Aquarius” by Digital Daggers (used in pilot of short-lived series Star-Crossed); “Love Me Again” by John Newman (used as advertising for the USA Network series Suits) and “Human” by Christina Perri (also used in short-lived series Star-Crossed)

Talented Artist Who Needs to Put Away the Autotune and the Glam and Just Sing – Ariana Grande

Here is the auto-tune and over-the-top “glam” version of Ariana:

While here is the live Ariana version where she is just singing:

NOTE: See the difference!!

Best New Artist – “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor

Here is the video too:

Most Overlooked Single – “Battlefield” by Lea Michele

Here is the video of Battlefield so you can hear a live version of the single:

Most Entertaining (and Lip Dubbed) Video – “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift

Most Moving Single and Video – “Try” by Colbie Caillat

TOMORROW: Movies