The Record of the Year

The Record of the Year is an award voted by the UK public. For many years it was given in conjunction with a television programme of the same name. It became one of the highest rated music TV shows in the UK, boosting sales of CDs in the crucial fortnight before Christmas every year. It remains the only music award in the UK to be chosen by the public. The award began in 1998, and was televised on ITV before being dropped in 2006 after disagreements over the phone voting element. Since then it has been an online poll, administered through the .

Winners

The most frequent winner is Irish boyband Westlife, with four awards.



"Rockstar" is the first winner which did not make # 1 on the UK singles chart, and also the first by a non-UK or Irish artist.

Year by year

1998

The ten finalists were:

1999

The ten finalists were:

2000

The ten finalists were:

2001

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2002

The ten finalists were:

2003

The ten finalists were:

2004

After an initial selection of thirty songs, ten were selected for the final show, broadcast by ITV on Saturday 4 December 2004.

The ten finalists were:

2005

The final was on ITV on Saturday 10 December 2005

The ten finalists were:

2006

The Record of the Year 2006 took place online instead of ITV.

The result was:

2007

The result was announced on Sunday 16 December 2007 with over a million people casting their votes online.

The result was:

2008

The result was announced on Sunday 14 December 2008

The result...
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