The 2012 Maestro Awards

And the results are in! After 50 responses to my "Best and Worst of 2012" survey, 15 winners were chosen to receive the honor of their respective category. So now, after twelve days of waiting, and the options being listed from most votes to least, the award goes to:

Best Soundtrack
1. Skyfall
2. The Hunger Games
3. Breaking Dawn, part 2
4. Joyful Noise
5. Sparkle

Best Comeback Artist
1. P!nk
2. Ke$ha
3. Alicia Keys
4. Madonna
5. No Doubt

Best Comeback Song
1. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" by P!nk
2. "Die Young" by Ke$ha
3. "Your Body" by Christina Aguilera
4. "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys (feat. Nicki Minaj)
5. "Settle Down" by No Doubt

Worst Artist
1. Justin Bieber
2. One Direction
3. Psy
4. Chris Brown
5. Lil Wayne

Worst Song
1. "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber
2. "Back in Time" by Pitbull
3. "One Thing" by One Direction
4. "50 Ways to Say Goodbye"
5. "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber (feat. Big Sean)

Best Breakthrough Artist
1. Ellie Goulding
2. Carly Rae Jepsen
3. Gotye
4. Sia
5. Havana Brown

Best Debut Single
1. "We Are Young" by fun. (feat. Janelle Monae)
2. "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
3. "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
4. "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran
5. "Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd

Most Overrated
1. Justin Bieber
2. One Direction
3. Psy
4. Lil Wayne

Worst Music Moment of 2012
1. Whitney Houston's Death
2. Madonna's Super Bowl Half-Time Show
3. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez get back together
4. "Whistle" beating "Lights" for no.1 on Billboard Hot 100
5. "One More Night" and "Gangnam Style" atop the Hot 100 for seven weeks

Best Music Moment of 2012
1. "Gangnam Style" beating "Baby" for most views on YouTube
2. Adele winning all of her Grammy nominations
3. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez break up
4. Taylor Swift getting her first no.1 single
5. P!nk and Rihanna getting their first no.1 albums

Most Anticipated 2013 Album Arrival
1. Lady Gaga-"ArtPop"
2. Backstreet Boys-TBA
3. Shakira-"Truth or Dare"
4. 50 Cent-"Street King Immortal"
5. Ludacris-"Ludaversal"

Best New Artist
1. Ed Sheeran
2. fun.
3. Carly Rae Jepsen
4. Gotye
5. Lana Del Rey

Artist of the Year
1. Adele
2. fun.
3. Gotye
4. Rihanna
5. Nicki Minaj

Album of the Year
1. "Some Nights" by fun.
2. "Babel" by Mumford and Sons
3. "Halcyon" by Ellie Goulding
4. "The Truth About Love" by P!nk
5. "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" by Nicki Minaj

Song of the Year
1. "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele
2. "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
3. "We Are Young" by fun. (feat. Janelle Monae)
4. "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
5. "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" by Kelly Clarkson