Lita Ford, Garbage lead 2012 JT40 Award NominationsOctober 25, 2012 | By Jessica Benawilsonford, New York CityLita Ford and Garbage lead the nominees for the 2012 JT40 (Jessica's Top 40) awards with nine nominations each. Ford and Garbage will be going head to head in the categories for Best Rock Artist, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album, Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Comeback. Ford is also nominated for Best Female Artist and Biggest Chart Surprise for breaking records previously held by Alanis Morissette, Madonna, and Adele, while Garbage are nominated for Best Group/Band and Best Music Video for “Blood For Poppies” as well.
Other competition for Lita Ford and Garbage include Kelly Clarkson, Rush, and Alanis Morissette with seven each, followed by Adele and Rita Ora with six, Heart, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, and Vicci Martinez with four, and Beyonce', Flo Rida, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and One Direction with three.
All of Lita Ford's nominations are for her song “Living Like A Runaway”, which spent a record-breaking 14 weeks at #1 on the JT40 chart, as well as the album of the same name. Garbage's nominations are for their spring comeback single, “Blood For Poppies”, as well as their latest album,
Not Your Kind Of People Rush are nominated for their #1 single “Headlong Flight” and their album
Clockwork Angels, which has already spawned four #1 singles. Morissette is nominated for her #2 single, “Guardian”, and
Havoc & Bright Lights album, while Clarkson is nominated for her song and album both titled “Stronger”.
The Best New Artist nominees this year are dominated by solo females as “Want U Back” singer Cher Lloyd, “R.I.P.” singer Rita Ora, “Red Lips” singer/Shirley Manson protégé Sky Ferreira, and “Come Along” singer Vicci Martinez are all nominated this year. Original Guns ‘N' Roses drummer Steven Adler's new band, simply named Adler, are also nominated for the award. Adler had a top ten hit over the summer with “The One That You Hated”.
Three new awards were added this year – the JT40 Countdown Event Of The Year, Biggest Chart Surprise, and Biggest Comeback.
You will be able to vote for the awards via PM the M4BCC JessieLou account until
Friday, November 30th. It has yet to be announced when the winners will be announced, but it will be sometime in December or January.
Best Male ArtistAlex Clare
Flo Rida
Noel Gallagher
Santana
Slash
Best Female ArtistAdele
Alanis Morissette
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
Lita Ford
Best Group/BandThe Cranberries
Garbage
Green Day
Heart
Rush
Best Pop ArtistAdele
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
Maroon 5
One Direction
Best Pop SongAdele - "Rumour Has It”
Christina Aguilera – “Your Body”
Katy Perry – “Part Of Me”
Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)”
Vicci Martinez featuring Cee-Lo Green – “Come Along”
Best Pop AlbumKelly Clarkson – Stronger
Maroon 5 – Overexposed
No Doubt – Push And Shove
One Direction – Up All Night
Vicci Martinez – Vicci
Best Rock ArtistAlanis Morissette
Garbage
Lita Ford
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Rush
Best Rock SongAlanis Morissette – “Guardian”
Garbage – “Blood For Poppies”
Lita Ford – “Living Like A Runaway”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Look Around”
Rush – “Headlong Flight”
Best Rock AlbumAlanis Morissette – Havoc & Bright Lights
Garbage – Not Your Kind Of People
Heart – Fanatic
Lita Ford – Living Like A Runaway
Rush – Clockwork Angels
Best R&B/Hip Hop ArtistBeyonce'
Flo Rida
Mariah Carey
Rita Ora
SWV
Best R&B/Hip Hop SongBeyonce' – “Love On Top”
Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
Jay-Z & Kanye West – “N*ggas In Paris”
Lloyd – “Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)”
Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah – “R.I.P.”
Best R&B/Hip Hop AlbumAdele – “21”
Beyonce' – “4”
Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Watch The Throne”
Rita Ora – “Ora”
SWV – “I Missed Us”
Best International ArtistLacuna Coil
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
One Direction
Rita Ora
Within Temptation
Best New ArtistAdler
Cher Lloyd
Rita Ora
Sky Ferreira
Vicci Martinez
Album Of The YearGarbage – Not Your Kind Of People
Green Day – Uno
Heart – Fanatic
Lita Ford – Living Like A Runaway
Rush – Clockwork Angels
Artist Of The YearAdele
Garbage
Kelly Clarkson
Lita Ford
Rush
Song Of The YearAlanis Morissette – “Guardian”
Garbage – “Blood For Poppies”
Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)”
Lita Ford – “Living Like A Runaway”
Rush – “Headlong Flight”
Best Music VideoChristina Aguilera – “Your Body”
Garbage – “Blood For Poppies”
Katy Perry – “Part Of Me”
Madonna – “Give Me All Your Lovin'”
Maroon 5 – “One More Night”
Best CollaborationHeart featuring Sarah McLachlan – “Walkin' Good”
Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa – “Pay Phone”
Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah – “R.I.P.”
Santana featuring Jacoby Shaddix – “Smoke On The Water”
Vicci Martinez featuring Cee-Lo Green – “Come Along”
Best JT40 Countdown SkitEvil Song Of The Week
Making Kanye Mad
That Break Between #20 & #19 Where I Make Fun Of George Michael/Monkeying Around
Things JessieLou Thinks Are Indie
UK Chart/Midweek Rants
Best Making Kanye Mad Episode“Alone Time” - While John Legend and his fiance go on a cruise, Kanye enjoys his alone time going to Louis Vuitton, throwing a yacht party and going to a fancy restaurant - experiences that are ruined when John keeps calling him for random reasons.
“Attention Hog” - Kanye gets mad at Kim Kardashian for stealing his spotlight and getting more attention from their relationship than he does, while Kim and Kris Jenner are horrified that the Kardashian family members' Wikipedia pages were vandalized to change their last name to a dirty word - an experience Kanye takes too lightly.
“Greatest Freakout Ever” - As a volunteer for an organization that helps young people with anger problems, John takes viral video sensation Stephen Quire out for a day at the park, but Kanye and Stephen's brother Jack ruin the outing by triggering a temper tantrum and filming him taking out his anger for a YouTube video.
“Kanye Meets JessieLou's Core Artists Again” - Kanye once again, by mistake, attends a party with JessieLou's core artists, forced to endure the Wilsons from Heart complaining about Alyssa Reid's sampling of "Alone", Pat Benatar complaining about the absence of many classic artists on VH1's Top 100 Greatest Women In Music countdown, Don Dokken saying he's hot, and Adele talking about her chart success to a point where she "makes artists from today has-beens".
“Making John Legend Mad” - In an Opposite Day special, John Legend gets mad at his alarm clock waking him up at 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m., everyone getting his name wrong ("James"), and Kanye endlessly asking him to help list his gold chains on eBay.
JT40 Countdown Event Of The Year100th episode of Making Kanye Mad (June)
Bringing back Opposite Day (September)
Irrelevant: The Movie (July)
Making Kanye Mad & Text To Speech Bop cross over (June)
Referring to Gotye as “Got Ya” during Evil Song Of The Week segment (January)
Biggest Chart SurpriseAdele's “Set Fire To The Rain” becoming the first single to spend an entire year on the chart.
Alanis Morissette's “Guardian” missing #1.
Lita Ford breaking Alanis Morissette, Madonna, and Adele's records within a two-week span.
Madonna flopping with “Give Me All Your Lovin'” (#15), “Girl Gone Wild” (#16), and “Turn Up The Radio” (#33)
Two words: Justin Bieber.
Biggest ComebackAerosmith
Alanis Morissette
Garbage
Kelly Clarkson
Lita Ford