The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Charmaine de Souza

album of the year

1. The Getaway Plan — Dark Horses
2. Red Jezebel — Coup De Grace
3. Mathas — Armwrestling Atlas
4. Frank Turner — Positive Songs For Negative People
5. City & Colour — If I Should Go Before You
6. San Cisco — Gracetown
7. Mark Ronson — Uptown Special
8. The Amani Consort — Dawn After Dark 
9. Demi Lovato — Confident

song of the year

1. The Getaway Plan —  Landscapes
2. Panic! At The Disco — Victorious 
3. Mark Ronson — I Can't Lose
4. Demi Lovato — Stone Cold

artist of the year

1. Paolo Nutini
2. The Getaway Plan
3. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
4. Sam Smith
5. Chiodos

international artist performance

1. Paolo Nutini
2. Sam Smith
3. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
4. Chiodos
5. Silverstein

australian artist performance

1. The Getaway Plan
2. Ball Park Music
3. Lights Of Berlin
4. Jacob Diamond
5. Rag N Bone

top tv show

1. Parks & Recreation
2. How To Get Away With Murder
3. South Park 
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Empire

top movie

1. The Martian
2. The Gift
3. Ex Machina
4. Inside Out
5. Straight Outta Compton

top website 

1. The Music
2. Facebook
3. Twitter
4. Kotaku
5. Youtube

2015 highlight of the year

I got engaged to a chill dude. I also managed to eat fried chicken at least once a week all year 'round. That was pretty good too.

prediction for 2016

One Direction splits up and all four members pursue solo careers. We never hear about the ugly ones ever again.