Best of 2005 | Blender Magazine

Blender's "Buh-Bye 2005" issue just hit the stands. Woman of the Year is Kelly Clarkson. There is no Man of the Year or Band of the Year. Just Kelly. I think it was having her name yelled out during the chest-waxing scene in The 40-Year-Old Virgin that put her over the edge. The readers poll picked Coldplay's X&Y as Album of the Year (barely edging out Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi) and Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" as Song of the Year.

Blender's Top Ten Albums of 2005

1. M.I.A. - Arular
2. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
3. Kanye West - Late Registration
4. Bright Eyes - Wide Awake, It's Morning
5. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
6. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better...
7. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
8. Coldplay - X&Y
9. The Mars Volta - Francis the Mute
10. Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

Blender's Top Ten Songs of 2005

1. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
2. R. Kelly - "Trapped in the Closet"
3. Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - "Gold Digger"
4. Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Going Down"
5. Mike Jones feat. Slim Thug and Paul Wall - "Still Tippin'"
6. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
7. Amerie - "I Thing"
8. The Game feat. 50 Cent - "Hate it or Love It"
9. Weezer - "We Are All on Drugs"
10. Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"