The year 2009 is shortly coming to a close and with it goes another year of music. We’ve lost a timeless iconic star- Michael Jackson and although MJ is gone, our hard-drives will always have traces of his music. Even more so, the year 2009 has delivered a new way of collecting and listening to music. It seems new music blogs are popping up all over the place, in every genre. Music is now listened and stored through downloads and streams online. No one said it better than Playboy Mag, “the biggest star in music right now is technology”.

What are your thoughts on Playboy’s 2009 Music Poll list?

BEST ROCK ALBUM

The Dead Weather, Horehound
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
Mastodon, Crack the Skye
The Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey
Paramore, Brand New Eyes
Pearl Jam, Backspacer
U2, No Line on the Horizon
Tegan & Sara, Sainthood
Wilco, Wilco (The Album)

BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM

DJ Quik & Kurupt, The Blaqkout
Eminem, Relapse
Ghostface Killah, Ghostdeini
Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3
Lil’ Boosie, Superbad
Lil’ Wayne, Rebirth
Mos Def, The Ecstatic
Raekwon, Cuban Linx II
Twista, Category F5

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

John Anderson, Bigger Hands
Rosanne Cash, The List
Eric Church, Carolina
Guy Clark, Somedays
Miranda Lambert, Revolution
Patty Loveless, Mountain Soul II
Buddy & Julie Miller, Written in Chalk
Ricky Skaggs, Solo
George Strait, Twang

BEST BREAKOUT ALBUM

Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart
Lady Gaga, The Fame
Living Things, Habeas Corpus
Lonely Island, Incredibad
Metric, Fantasies
The Silversun Pickups, Swoon
Regina Spektor, Far
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!

BEST LIVE BAND

AC/DC
Kenny Chesney
Leonard Cohen
Coldplay
Metallica
Nine Inch Nails
Phish
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
U2

BEST WORLD ALBUM

Amadou & Mariam, Welcome to Mali
Rubén Blades, Cantares del Subdesarrollo
Buraka Som Sistema, Black Diamond
Bebel Gilberto, All in One
A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Délivrance
Jah Cure, The Universal Cure
Tarrus Riley, Contagious
Oumou Sangare, Seya
Vieux Farka Touré, Fondo

BEST JAZZ ALBUM

Josh Berman, Old Idea
Fly, Sky & Country
Robert Glasper, Double Booked
Roy Hargrove, Emergence
Keith Jarrett, Testament
Donny McCaslin, Declaration
Chris Potter, Ultrahang
Tyshawn Sorey, Koan
Allen Toussaint, The Bright Mississippi

BEST SONG

Beyoncé, “Single Ladies”
The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
Cobra Starship, “Good Girls Go Bad”
Green Day, “Know Your Enemy”
Ida Maria, “I Like You So Much Better”
Jay-Z, “Run This Town”
Kings of Leon, “Sex on Fire”
MGMT, “Time to Pretend”
Asher Roth, “I Love College”

BEST R&B ALBUM

Amerie, In Love & War
Beyoncé, I Am…Sasha Fierce
Chrisette Michele, Epiphany
The-Dream, Love vs. Money
Anthony Hamilton, The Point of It All
Keri Hilson, In a Perfect World
Maxwell, Blacksummers’ Night
T-Pain, Thr33 Ringz
Trey Songz, Ready

BEST ALT-ROCK ALBUM

Lily Allen, It’s Not Me, It’s You
Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Decemberists, The Hazards of Love
Fever Ray, Fever Ray
The Hold Steady, A Positive Rage
Modest Mouse, No One’s First
Monsters of Folk, Monsters of Folk
Phoenix, Wolfgang A. Phoenix
The Raveonettes, In & Out of Control

BEST REISSUE

The Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Fire in My Bones, American Gospel
Al Green, Livin’ For You
Buddy Holly, Memorial Collection
Pearl Jam, Ten: Collector’s Edition
Art Pepper, The Art History Project
Radiohead, OK Computer
Richard Thompson, Walking on a Wire

HALL OF FAME

Dr. Dre
Genesis
Hall & Oates
Jefferson Airplane
N.W.A
The Police
Prince
The Stooges
U2