We’ve reached the end of the year. So it’s time to look back over the last twelve months of music and take stock of the best. The absolute best. The best songs, albums, EPs, and of course the artists who made them.
As is customary here at Scandipop, this takes the form of the annual Scandipop Awards. This year there are thirteen categories, and we’d love it if you voted in all of them.
Voting is open now and will remain open until midnight on Sunday, January 21st. And the week after, we’ll announce the winners.
Until then, we’ve compiled the obligatory playlist. This time around, a 73 song affair that runs for just over four hours. A playlist of the most essential Scandipop to have come out in the last twelve months. Play here.
Vote for your faves;
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BEST FEMALE POPSTAR
Astrid S
Loreen
Sabina Ddumba
Sigrid
Tove Lo
Zara Larsson
BEST MALE POPSTAR
Benjamin Ingrosso
Danny Saucedo
Darin
Eric Saade
Isac Elliot
LIAMOO
BEST GROUP
Icona Pop
MOMENT
NONONO
Samir & Viktor
Smith & Thell
The Sound of Arrows
BEST NEW ARTIST
Anton Hagman
Ericka Jane
Juliander
LIAMOO
Rhys
Sigrid
BEST EP
Anton Hagman – From Now On
Astrid S – Party’s Over
Sara Sangfelt – Cool My Soul
Sigrid – Don’t Kill My Vibe
Snow Culture – EP1
Sophia Somajo – Freudian Slip
BEST ALBUM
Darin – Tvillingen
FO&O – FO&O
Smith & Thell – Soulprints
The Sound of Arrows – Stay Free
Tove Lo – Blue Lips
Zara Larsson – So Good
BEST POP SONG
Ace Wilder – Wild Child
Cazzi Opeia & Jin x Jin – Batman & Robin
Julie Bergan – Incapable
Rhys – Too Good To Be True
Samir & Viktor – Kung
Wiktoria – As I Lay Me Down
BEST DANCEPOP SONG
Avicii feat. Sandro Cavazza – Without You
Axwell /\ Ingrosso – More Than You Know
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson – Symphony
John De Sohn – Hum With Me
MARC feat. Frederik Leopold – Can’t Live Without It
Vargas & Lagola – As Long As I Have To
BEST SYNTHPOP SONG
Anna of the North – Someone
Dagny – Love You Like That
Maja Francis – I’m Not A Disco
The Sound of Arrows – Don’t Worry
YAYA – In My Body
Yellow Claw feat. DJ Snake and Elliphant – Good Day
BEST SOULPOP SONG
Iris Gold – All I Really Know
Katéa – Better Now
Léon – Body
Nano – Hold On
Paul Rey – What Good Is Love
Sabina Ddumba – Manboy
BEST ALTERNAPOP SONG
Amanda Fondell – Naked
Loreen – Statements
GRANT – Waterline
NONONO – Masterpiece
Stockholm Noir – Hopeless Dreams
Violet Days – Suck At Love
BEST DEBUT SINGLE
Emelie Hollow – Like I Love You
Ingrid – BOOM! (Dishonest In July)
Isabell Otrebus – Voiceless
Juliander – Same Moon
Lila feat. Rat City – Don’t Let Go
Sigrid – Don’t Kill My Vibe
BRIGHTEST NEW HOPE FOR 2018
Emma Jensen
Felix Sandman
Hanna Ferm
Michel Young
Moody
SHY Martin
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