Results of the 3'rd Annual Sonicnet/Addicted to Noise Readers Poll

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Feb 01, 2000 Source: Addicted To Noise Submitted By: Artist of the year — Backstreet Boys RUNNERS UP 2. Limp Bizkit "Significant Other" 3. Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" In a year of "year of's" (Latin pop, teen stars, etc.), the Boys swept all before them with their 11 million-selling Millennium. But the real vitality of the scene came from its artistic breadth and range. Thus, our runners-up couldn't be more different, from the rap-metal antics of Limp Bizkit to the industrial angst of NIN. Album of the year — Backstreet Boys "Millennium" RUNNERS UP 2. Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" 3. Rage Against the Machine "The Battle of Los Angeles" Cynics could see this as a victory of bucks over brains, and they could be right. But the Boys' sleek pop kicked hips (and teen hearts) into gear; just as NIN's intense, complex rock and Rage's iconoclastic rants and thrashings set minds — and consciences — in motion. Song of the year — Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way" RUNNERS UP 2. Santana with Rob Thomas "Smooth" 3. Limp Bizkit "Nookie" In fact, the Backstreet Boys had it their way all year, so this win is perhaps no surprise. But Santana's "Smooth" — with the help of Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas — was arguably smoother. And Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" had to be, hands down, the most memorable song title of the year. Video of the year — Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" RUNNERS: 2. Korn, "Freak on a Leash" 3. Blink-182, "All the Small Things" The Backstreet Boys cavort in space while dodging the slings and arrows of intergalactic playa haters. Shiny suits that look like they could have been rejected by TLC for their latest video and an opening battleship shot that bites the intro to "Star Wars." I kept waiting for 'N Sync to swoop by and knock them off those slick space skateboards. Artist Website of the year — Backstreet Boys RUNNERS UP 2. Radiohead 3. Nine Inch Nails With its romantic pastel color scheme and Millennium TV episodes that feature "exclusive and personal scenes" with the Boys, this site is a fan's dream come true. Sample teaser: "Howie TV! Sweet-D talks about the new video, acting and his sister. Some incredible dance moves too!" Also worth checking out are the Boys' bios, full of fun and occasionally startling factoids. For instance: did you know that Kevin spent eight years of his life living in a log cabin? Well he did! Live Band or Artist of the year — Backstreet Boys RUNNERS UP 2. Metallica 3. Rage Against the Machine The slick and the shiny meet the dark and the ranting. It's a stretch from the preening Boys to Metallica's rock-heavy flirtations with symphony orchestras and Rage's outrageous onstage rages. But the pop scene of 1999 somehow encompassed all of that and more. Most Overrated Album of the year — Britney Spears "... Baby One More Time" RUNNERS UP 2. Backstreet Boys, "Millennium" 3. Limp Bizkit, "Significant Other" Well, by now it's pretty clear that you're sick and tired of Ms. Spears. While ... Baby One More Time is tolerable, ... Baby 700 More Times apparently is not. Lamest Video of the Year — Britney Spears "Sometimes" RUNNERS UP 2. Backstreet Boys, "Larger Than Life" 3. Limp Bizkit, "Nookie" Supposedly, Britney Spears makes CDs. Supposedly, she also lip-synchs live on occasion. But as far as we're concerned, Britney exists solely in the realm of music video, where song, image, art direction, and really great clothes blend seamlessly into a perfectly choreographed ballet of performance and promotion. And in that realm, Britney is the queen. Still, you people voted "Sometimes" the lamest video of the year for some reason. Don't you know anything? Lamest Trend of the year — Pokemon RUNNERS UP 2. Boy Bands 3. Rap Metal Just when we had begun to move beyond beanie baby trauma into a healing place, Pokémon swooped in with battle cries of "Pika!" and triggered a whole new wave of kiddie collector hysteria. It's enough to make one nostalgic for Furby and the Teletubbies. Artist or Band That Should Retire — The Rolling Stones RUNNERS UP 2. Backstreet Boys 3. Britney Spears Who is more cruel: the ATN voters who would put those kindly, loveable old geezers in the Stones out to pasture, or those snide souls who would consign the chirpy young Boys and the ever-perky Britney Spears to the Oldies file? Trend of the year — MP3 RUNNERS UP 2. Backstreet Boys 3. Rap Metal Musical trends come and go, as will the Backstreet Boys and rap-metal when their days are finally done. But MP3 — the downloadable music revolution it represents — has the smell of history. The Boys and the rocking rappers might be Now; but MP3 is Later. Tour of the year — Backstreet Boys RUNNERS UP 2. Family Values 3. R.E.M. 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