Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

See second post to skip the nonsense and see the final results/awards.

Britney Spears, Lady Gaga Rule Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards

Britney Spears and Lady Gaga proved the ultimate pop music divas in Billboard.com's Mid-Year Music Awards poll, which allowed fans to weigh in on their favorite songs, albums and performances of the first half of 2011 over the past week. Once the hundreds of thousands of votes were tallied after voting ended on Wednesday (July 6), the pop icons were declared the top candidate in a combined seven categories, with Spears edging Gaga in the First-Half MVP tally.

Spears' seventh studio album, "Femme Fatale," was named the Favorite Billboard 200 No. 1 album after topping the chart upon its March release, while her single "Hold It Against Me" won the Favorite Hot 100 No. 1 Song trophy. The singer's cheeky clip for "I Wanna Go" was also voted Best Music Video, and her recently started Femme Fatale tour was voted Best Tour.

Meanwhile, Gaga's eye-popping outfits earned her the most Best Style votes, and her set at Radio 1's Big Weekend was named the Best Festival Performance. Gaga was also the runner-up in categories like First-Half MVP, Favorite Billboard 200 No. 1 album for "Born This Way," Best Music Video for her elaborate "Judas" clip, and Best Tour for her Monster Ball trek.

Other leading vote-getters included Wiz Khalifa, whose ubiquitous single "Black and Yellow" and debut album "Rolling Papers" garnered enough fans to earn the rapper the Best Newcomer award; Jennifer Lopez, who used her seat at the "American Idol" judges table and new album "Love?" to lead the Best Comeback category; Beyonce, whose show-stopping performance at the 2011 Billboard Music Award was voted Best Awards Show Performance; and Chris Brown, whose "Good Morning America" tirade was named the year's Most Memorable Meltdown so far.

Check out the full results below, including the percentage of the votes that each candidate received, and let us know if you approve of the final tallies in the comments section.

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Here are the final results for Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards:

FIRST-HALF MVP:

1. Britney Spears (42.8%)
2. Lady Gaga (40.0%)
3. Adele (10.7%)



BEST NEWCOMER:

1. Wiz Khalifa (56.2%)
2. Bon Iver (15.8%)
3. Odd Future (7.8%)

FAVORITE HOT 100 NO. 1 SONG:

1. Britney Spears, "Hold It Against Me" (35.6%)
2. Lady Gaga, "Born This Way" (34.2%)
3. Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" (18.0%)

FAVORITE BILLBOARD 200 NO. 1 ALBUM:

1. Britney Spears, "Femme Fatale" (36.8%)
2. Lady Gaga, "Born This Way" (35.9%)
3. Adele, "21" (18.6%)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:

1. Britney Spears, "I Wanna Go" (43.5%)
2. Lady Gaga, "Judas" (24.7%)
3. Katy Perry, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (15.2%)

BEST COMEBACK:

1. Jennifer Lopez (68.7%)
2. Lupe Fiasco (13.9%)
3. Britney Spears (6.5%)

MOST MEMORABLE MELTDOWN:

1. Chris Brown at "Good Morning America" (32.3%)
2. Amy Winehouse's Serbia concert (22.9%)
3. Odd Future at Billboard's SXSW Showcase (3.4%)

BEST FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE:

1. Lady Gaga at Radio 1's Big Weekend (35.6%)
2. Beyonce at Glastonbury (34.8%)
3. Kanye West at Coachella (13.8%)

BEST TOUR:

1. Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Tour (48.5%)
2. Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour (30.1%)
3. U2's 360 Tour (7.1%)


BEST AWARDS SHOW PERFORMANCE:

1. Beyonce, 2011 Billboard Music Awards (35.3%)
2. Cee Lo Green, 2011 Grammy Awards (9.2%)
3. Jason Aldean & Ludacris, 2011 CMT Awards (3.6%)

BEST MUSIC REALITY SHOW:

1 ."American Idol" (50.7%)
2. "The Voice" (33.6%)
3. "America's Got Talent" (11.2%)

BEST DRESSED:

1. Lady Gaga (51.2%)
2. Nicki Minaj (24.2%)
3. Britney Spears (7.7%)

MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF 2011'S SECOND HALF:

1. Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter IV" (32.7%)
2. Lady Antebellum, "Own the Night" (29.5%)
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers, "I'm With You" (18.4%)

www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-lady-gaga-rule-billboard-1005267892.story#/news/britney-spears-lady-gaga-rule-billboard-1005267892.story

[Push The Button]

I don't understand this...it's basically which fanbase could vote the most. "Rolling in the Deep" is obviously the favorite Hot 100 song considering it spent more weeks at #1 and sold more than both of those songs combined.

[David]

Yeah. I was hoping this was based on statistics. Lame.

[Deleted]

Jul 7, 2011 22:33:43 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I don't understand this...it's basically which fanbase could vote the most. "Rolling in the Deep" is obviously the favorite Hot 100 song considering it spent more weeks at #1 and sold more than both of those songs combined.

ANd GaGa best dressed She makes Beyonce's wardrobe look good

[Joe1240]

Taylor Swift not in this awards show list.That is lame.

[Rodze]

Jul 7, 2011 22:33:43 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I don't understand this...it's basically which fanbase could vote the most.

So, you do understand this.

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Jul 8, 2011 12:59:24 GMT -5 Rodze said:

Jul 7, 2011 22:33:43 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I don't understand this...it's basically which fanbase could vote the most.

So, you do understand this.

:kii:

[musicissalvation]

and the fact that they only had 3 choices for all

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Jul 8, 2011 13:17:19 GMT -5 @musicissalvation said:

and the fact that they only had 3 choices for all

They had more than 3 choices...

[musicissalvation]

No they didn't i voted in the actual page

It was three choices and then "other:_______" where you wrote in your own

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

So that's four...

[Deleted]

This is complete nonsense, but kudos to Billboard for knowing how to drive website traffic up.

[musicissalvation]

Jul 8, 2011 13:26:32 GMT -5 Peaches. [Ch, r. is] said:

So that's four...

and obviously that fourth choice garnered much selection eh?

[Lockheart]

Jul 8, 2011 10:30:37 GMT -5 Joe1240 said:

Taylor Swift not in this awards show list.That is lame.

Why would she be when she's like, non-existent this year