The Record of the Year is an award created by record producer Jonathan King voted for by the UK public. It started in 1998. The award is given in conjunction with a television programme of the same name broadcast on ITV1. It consistently gets huge ratings and boosts the sales of music in each pre-Christmas period. A record can refer to: a type of audio recording, i. ... Jonathan King is the stage name of Kenneth George King (born December 6, 1944, London), a wealthy pop music impresario who in 2001 received a seven year prison sentence for four indecent assaults and two more serious sexual offences on schoolboys aged 14 and 15. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...

Winners

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Year by year

1998

The ten finalists were:

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1999

The ten finalists were:

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer, songwriter and dancer. ... Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 is a trio of Italian musicians (from Turin, Italy) who play mostly eurodance and electronic music. ... S Club 7. ... Westlife is an Irish boy band. ... The jeans that Lopez wore when this picture was taken sold for $1, 214, 832 at an auction in 2002. ... Ricky Martin Ricky Martin (born Enrique José Martín Morales in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971) is a Latin Pop singer, who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1990. ... Born in Munich, David Lubega (aka Lou Bega) (April 13, 1975) this multicultural (his mother is Sicilian, his father from Uganda) Latin pop musician is famous for his song Mambo No. ... Martine McCutcheon (born May 14, 1976 in Hackney, London, England) is a British actress and singer. ... Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists. ... Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ...

2000

The ten finalists were:

Craig Ashley David (born May 5, 1981 in Southampton, England) is a mixed race English R&B singer, his father is Black Grenadian and his mother is Jewish. ... Samantha Mumba Samantha Mumba is an Irish pop singer and actress. ... Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979 in London, England) is a British pop singer. ... Sonique is a British singer and DJ. She won the 2001 Brit Award for British female solo artist. ... Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish pop singer. ... Westlife is an Irish boy band. ... All Saints All Saints were a British/Canadian pop music girl group that enjoyed considerable critical and commercial success. ... S Club 7. ... Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16, 1970, London) is a British singer who records under the name Gabrielle. ... Robbie Williams at Live 8, 2 July 2005 Robert Peter Williams (born February 13, 1974 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a British pop singer. ...

2001

The ten finalists were:

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2002

The ten finalists were:

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2003

The ten finalists were:

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2004

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The ten finalists were:

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2005

See The Record of the Year 2005 The The Record of the Year 2005 is a award given to the best single released in the previous voted, as by the British public. ...

The winner was once again WESTLIFE with their track You Raise Me Up.

Criticisms

Some people have criticised the 'Record of the Year' Award, as they feel the nominations are unfairly dominated by pop acts and thus the winner is usually not the "true" record of the year. One suggested reasons for this is that it is done to attract young girls, who the organisers are sure will watch the televised final and vote for the records. Others have argued that it is an attempt to boost the sales of pop artists' albums, which traditionally have limited success relative to their singles, in the crucial pre-Christmas period. Examples cited as evidence for this include the exclusion of rap artist Eminem's "My Name Is..." in 1999 as he was unavailable to perform live on the Record of the Year final, the victory of S Club 7 in 2001 for a single which was not even one of the 20 top-selling singles of the year and the omission from nominations of rock act The Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" in 2003, despite being one of the highest selling singles of the year. In spite of this, many of the winners of the award, as well as the organisers, argue its significance and integrity on the basis that it represents the views of the public, rather than critics. Indeed Westlife have often said that the time they first won for Flying Without Wings was the most exciting moment in their career. However, a counter-argument is that the only true representation of public opinion is sales, making Top of the Pops' Christmas Day countdown of the 20 best selling singles of the last calendar year a more accurate indication of the record of the year. Although sales are not always a true reflection of popularity. Millions may love a record but never feel the need to buy it, merely enjoying it on radio and TV. So the Record of the Year continues to be massively popular with enormous ratings and boosting the sales of music before each Christmas by a huge amount. Eminem Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA), is one of todays most controversial and popular rappers. ... My Name Is. ... The Darkness are a British glam-rock band. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ...

External links

• Record of the Year 2004
• BBC News: "Busted scoop Record of the Year"
• : the Tip Sheet co produces each year with Granada TV