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The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Cate Summers

Cate Summers

Album of the year

  1. Taylor Swift — reputation
  2. Perfume Genius — No Shape
  3. Haim — Something To Tell You
  4. LCD Soundsystem — American Dream
  5. PNAU — Changa
  6. Asgier — Afterglow
  7. Kenrick Lamar — DAMN.
  8. Syd — Fin
  9. Winston Surfshirt — Sponge Cake
  10. Jen Cloher — Jen Cloher

Song of the year

  1. Lorde — Green Light
  2. Taylor Swift — Ready For It?
  3. Frank Ocean — Chanel
  4. Haim — Want You Back
  5. Spoon — Hot Thoughts

Artist of the year

  1. Lorde
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. Haim
  4. Kenrick Lamar
  5. St Vincent

International Performance of the year 

  1. Everclear
  2. Placebo
  3. Catfish & the Bottlemen
  4. LCD Soundsystem
  5. Haim

Australian Performance of the year

  1. Midnight Oil
  2. Paul Kelly
  3. Montaigne
  4. Jen Cloher 
  5. I Heart Hiroshima

Top movie

  1. Get Out
  2. It

Highlight Of The Year

The Salim Mehajer reality tv show.

Prediction For 2018

Trump escaping impeachment.