"告示榜最佳歌手是愛黛兒"

每年年底，告示榜雜誌會計算各單曲和唱片在每週排行榜上表現如何。葛萊美獎得主愛黛兒連續兩年獲得年度最佳歌手這項令人欽羨的殊榮。

這位24歲女歌手兼作曲家也抱回年度最佳女歌手，並以專輯《21》拿下年度最佳唱片。她的第二張專輯在2011年三月甫推出就拿下第一名佳績，並蟬聯冠軍24週。暢銷金曲如〈Rolling in the deep〉和〈Someone like you〉直至今年九月為止都仍高居告示榜前十名。

年度最佳歌曲前三名是高提耶打動人心之作〈Somebody that I used to know〉，瘋傳歌曲──潔普森的〈Call me Maybe〉，以及Fun樂團的青春禮讚〈We are young〉。

該雜誌也將英國男孩團體一世代封為年度最佳新進歌手。美國流行樂團魔力紅是年度最佳團體，而R＆B歌手德瑞克則勇奪年度最佳男歌手的頭銜。

(Entertainment) Billboard Top Artist of 2012 Is Adele

At the end of each year, Billboard Magazine tallies up how singles and albums do on their weekly charts. For the second year in a row, Grammy award winner Adele gets the coveted honor of being named top artist of the year.

The 24-year-old singer and songwriter also took home the title of top female artist of the year and top album of the year for 21. Her second album debuted at number one when it came out in March 2011 and stayed there for 24 consecutive weeks. Hits like Rolling in the deep and Someone like you kept it in the top 10 of the Billboard charts until September of this year.

The top three songs of the year were Gotyes heart-wrenching song Somebody that I used to know, the viral hit Call me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen and Funs youth anthem We are young.

The magazine also named British boy band One Direction the top new artist of the year. American pop group Maroon 5 was the top group while RB singer Drake clinched the top male artist of the year title.

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