Go backstage with The Music and receive FREE:

  • Exclusive members-only editorial, charts
  • Our subscriber-only newsletter
  • Members only competitions to win tickets, experiences and more
  • Access to our street press archives
  • First access to our exclusive limited edition vinyl variants

Thank you for being a part of our community! Enter your email address as verification and you'll be taken backstage right away.

Please ensure that you provide a valid email address.

The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Neil Griffiths

Neil Griffiths

Album of the year

  1. Eminem — Revival
  2. Jay-Z — 4:44
  3. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. 
  4. Marilyn Manson — Heaven Upside Down
  5. Brand New — Science Fiction
  6. Drake — More Life
  7. Taylor Swift — Reputation
  8. Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In The Lightness
  9. Alex Lahey — I Love You Like A Brother
  10. Lorde — Melodrama
  11. Queens Of The Stone Age — Villains

Song of the year

  1. blink-182 — Misery
  2. The Killers — The Man
  3. blink-182 — Parking Lot
  4. Marilyn Manson — SAY10
  5. Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE.

Artist of the year

  1. Taylor Swift 
  2. Ed Sheeran
  3. Gang Of Youths
  4. Alex Lahey
  5. Tash Sultana

International Artist Performance

  1. Elton John
  2. Dashboard Confessional
  3. Yellowcard
  4. Lorde
  5. James Vincent McMorrow

Australian artist performance

  1. Empire Of The Sun
  2. Peking Duk
  3. Paul Kelly
  4. Northlane
  5. Stella Donnelly

Top TV show

  1. South Park
  2. Ozark
  3. Preacher

Top movie

  1. Baby Driver
  2. The Big Sick
  3. Get Out

Highlight Of The Year

Seeing Elton John live for the first time and launching The Music Podcast.

Prediction For 2018

The Music pushes for #1 on the Nielsen ratings.