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2012 About.com Readers Choice Awards - Pop Music

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The Winners

The votes are all in, they have been tallied, and we have our winners! Read below.

Follow the Reader's Choice Awards on Twitter at #RCAwards.

1. Artist Of the Year

AdelePhoto by Jason Merritt / Getty Images

Adele is your choice for the artist who best represented pop music in 2011.

Vote totals

  • Adele - 52%
  • Lady Gaga - 19%
  • Britney Spears - 14%
  • Rihanna - 7%
  • Bruno Mars - 5%

2. New Artist of the Year

Jessie JPhoto by David Livingston / Getty Images

Jessie J is your choice for the new artist who best represented pop music in 2011.

Vote totals

  • Jessie J - 55%
  • Hot Chelle Rae - 19%
  • Wiz Khalifa - 14%
  • Cher Lloyd - 8%
  • Tinie Tempah - 1%

3. Album of the Year

Adele - 21Courtesy Columbia Records

21 is your choice for the album that best represented pop music in 2011.

Vote totals:

  • Adele - 21 - 48%
  • Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 21%
  • Britney Spears - Femme Fatale - 13%
  • Kelly Clarkson - Stronger - 10%
  • Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans - 4%

4. Song of the Year

Adele - "Someone Like You"Courtesy Columbia Records

"Someone Like You" is your choice for the song that best represented pop music in 2011.

Vote totals:

  • Adele - "Someone Like You" - 40%
  • Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks" - 17%
  • Lady Gaga - "Born This Way" - 16%
  • Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger" - 14%
  • Katy Perry - "Firework" - 10%

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