The Music 2018 Writers' Poll: Cyclone

Album Of The Year

1. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
2. Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics
3. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
4. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
5. Lily Allen - No Shame
6. BROCKHAMPTON - Iridescence
7. The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
8. Odette - To A Stranger
9. Various - Black Panther The Album
10. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

Song Of The Year

1. Deutsch Duke - So Real
2. James Blake - If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead
3. Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
4. ZAYN - Entertainer
5. Childish Gambino - This Is America

Artist Of The Year

1. Mac Miller
2. Cardi B
3. Carmouflage Rose
4. Janelle Monae
5. Kaiit

International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Grace Jones
2. BROCKHAMPTON
3. ODESZA
4. Jeff Mills
5. Pale Waves

Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Jesswar
2. Kira Puru
3. Made In Paris
4. Set Mo
5. imbi the girl

TV Show Of The Year

1. The Originals
2. The 100
3. Picnic At Hanging Rock

Movie Of The Year

1. Black Panther
2. Suspiria
3. Bohemian Rhapsody

Highlight Of The Year

Interviewing Raleigh Ritchie and anyone connected to vampire shows.

Prediction For Next Year

Pop music will become more global in 2019, with cutting-edge urban and electronic acts emerging from Africa and post-Soviet spaces (where female rappers are making subversive trap). There could be a modish reinvention of adult contemporary R&B. A buzz hip hop artist will sample, or work with, a Detroit techno innovator. Kanye West just might collab with Threatin and it'll be postmodern genius.