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Taylor Swift, Kanye West Named Billboard's Top Artists of 2009

• Dec 10, 2009 10:21 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Kanye West, Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift must share her spotlight once again with Kanye West. Billboard Magazine has named Swift the top female artist of 2009 and West the top male artist.

Swift also was chosen's Billboard's top artist of the year — Kanye was sixth on that list.

Beyonce, Eminem win VMAs as Kanye rains on Taylor Swift's parade.

Back in September, Swift's VMA acceptance speech was interrupted by West, who took the stage and declared that Beyoncé — who placed second on Billboard's top female artists list — should've won for "Single Ladies." Since then, Swift has been winning awards left and right, including five Country Music Association awards and five American Music Awards. She's also nominated for eight Grammys.

Check out who else rounded out Billboard's top artists list ...

Billboard's Top Female Artists of 2009
1. Taylor Swift
2. Beyoncé
3. Lady Gaga
4. Miley Cyrus
5. Britney Spears
6. Pink
7. Katy Perry
8. Kelly Clarkson
9. Rihanna
10. Keri Hilson 

Billboard's Top Male Artists of 2009
1. Kanye West
2. T.I.
3. Flo Rida
4. Jason Mraz
5. Ne-Yo
6. Lil Wayne
7. Pitbull
8. Jamie Foxx
9. Eminem
10. Drake

Billboard's 2009 Artists of the Year
1. TaylorSwift
2. Beyoncé
3. Lady Gaga
4. The Black Eyed Peas
5. Miley Cyrus
6. Kanye West
7. Britney Spears
8. T.I.
9. Nickelback
10. Pink

Fwd: FAIL Blog’s Top Ten FAIL Lists for 2009

http://failblog.org/2009/12/09/fail-blogs-top-ten-of-2009/

Drum roll please! The votes have been tabulated and FAIL Blog has the
official results for our first annual Top Ten Lists of the Biggest
FAIL Moments, the Biggest FAIL People and the Most Epic FAIL Blog
Videos and Pictures for 2009 as voted on by 100,000 FAILers. It was a
year of many fails, but Kanye West won the grand prize of "King of
Fail" for 2009.

Top 10 Most Memorable FAIL Moments of 2009:

1. Kanye West's Outburst at the Video Music Awards 37%
2. Bolivian Newscast Airs "Lost" Scene as Flight 447's Last Moments 13%
3. Richard Heene's Balloon Boy Hoax 11%
4. Photo Opportunity for Air Force One Mistaken for Terrorist Attack 8%
5. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Tries to Sell Obama's Senate Seat 7%
6. Northwest Flight to Minneapolis Overshoots Airport by 150 Miles 7%
7. Gordon Brown's Hand Shake Fail 4%
8. Christian Bale's Freak Out on Terminator Set 3%
9. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford Affair with Argentinean 3%
10. White House Crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi 2%

Top 10 Most Memorable FAIL People:

1. Kanye West 16%
2. Jon Gosselin 12%
3. Glenn Beck 12%
4. Perez Hilton 11%
5. Octomom Nadya Suleman 10%
6. Chris Brown 9%
7. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt 7%
8. Lindsay Lohan 7%
9. Carrie Prejean 5%
10. Roman Polanski 4%

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