Artist and Group of the Year

The two acts that dominated the charts worldwide this year were no other than newcomer Lady Gaga and the unstoppable Black Eyed Peas. We will now look at each artist individually and see why both of these acts dominated the charts.

Lady Gaga



Jacadimus' world has decided to crown Lady Gaga as the artist of the year - though an obvious choice, she is the one artist that has captured the world by her infectious music, unique style and artistic videos. She has pushed the boundaries for artists in ways that it can be argued no artist has done before. Her debut album The Fame (Monster) has amassed sales of 5.9 million units worldwide in 2009 alone.

Even more impressive are the sales of her singles both in the UK and US, below is a breakdown of each of the official singles:

Just Dance: US = 4,880,456 UK = 758,915
Poker Face: US = 4,469,561 UK = 882,059
Paperazzi: US = 1,716,904 UK = 438,365
Love Game: US = 1,908,660 UK = 121,000
Bad Romance: US = 1,793,466 UK = 458,553
Telephone: US = 258,493

Total US = 15,027,540 Total UK = 2,220,965

With over 17 million singles sold in the US and UK alone as well as almost 6 million albums sold worldwide this year, it is no surprise to see that Lady Gaga is the artist of the year around the world. Here are her two most talked about video's of the year, which have made fellow artists realise that they need to step up their game in terms of video's if they wish to compete in the coming decade.

Paperazzi



Bad Romance



Black Eyed Peas



Black Eyed Pea's exploded back on to the scene this year with their new futuristic dance sound, that returned them back to the top of the charts. In the US they spent an unheard of 26 consecutive weeks at No.1 with both Boom Boom Pow (12 weeks) and I Gotta Feeling (14 weeks) whilst over on this side of the pond Black Eyed Peas secured 3 consecutive No.1's and managed to secure all 3 of their singles in the Top 10 end of year charts for 2009, a feat that only 2 other acts in history have done; Spice Girls in 1996 and Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967.

Below is a breakdown of each of their singles and their sales in both the UK and US

Boom Boom Pow: US = 4,663,373 UK = 606,455
I Gotta Feeling: US = 4,243,203 UK = 818,815
Meet Me Halfway: US = 1,460,634 UK = 517,178
Imma Be: US = 314,967

Total US = 10,682,177 Total UK = 1,942,448

Though the figures don't match up to Lady Gaga's figures, it is clear to see that B.E.P's have only released 3 singles (Imma Be is just being serviced to US radio now) and as such they have done impressively well. With 12.5 million singles sold in the UK alone and 4.6 million albums sold worldwide, it is clear that they were the band of 2009.

Here is the video for Black Eyed Pea's "I Gotta Feeling" which is undoubtedly the single of the year worldwide in terms of chart positions and sales.