2009 (music)

I don't listen to a lot of new albums these days, but while I slowly put together my 2023-2025 ballots, here's an older year.

* = winner

Album of the Year:

The Ecstatic - Mos Def

La Roux - La Roux

Sainthood - Tegan and Sara*

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

Zee Avi - Zee Avi

Record of the Year:

“1901” - Phoenix*

“Bulletproof” - La Roux

“Empire State of Mind” - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

“Paperback Head” - Tegan and Sara

“Under Your Spell” - Desire

Song of the Year:

“Alligator” - Tegan and Sara

“Dog Days are Over” - Florence and the Machine

“Got Nuffin” - Spoon

“Let Me In” - Zee Avi*

“Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” - Alicia Keys

Performance of the Year:

“Dog Days are Over” - Florence and the Machine

“I'm All Over It” - Jamie Cullum

“My Body's a Zombie for You” - Dead Man's Bones

“Northshore” - Tegan and Sara

“Who Will Comfort Me” - Melody Gardot*

Artist of the Year:

Dead Man's Bones

Franz Ferdinand

Phoenix

The Swell Season

Tegan and Sara*

1982

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Blade Runner*

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fanny and Alexander

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The Verdict

BEST DIRECTOR:

Ingmar Bergman, Fanny and Alexander

Werner Herzog, Fitzcarraldo

Sidney Lumet, The Verdict

Ridley Scott, Blade Runner*

Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Harrison Ford, Blade Runner

Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner*

Paul Newman, The Verdict

Henry Thomas, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Peter O’Toole, My Favorite Year

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Sandra Bernhard, The King of Comedy

Diane Keaton, Shoot the Moon*

Jessica Lange, Frances

Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice

Sean Young, Blade Runner

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Blade Runner

Diner

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*

Fanny and Alexander

The Verdict

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Blade Runner*

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fanny and Alexander

One from the Heart

Pink Floyd: The Wall

BEST EDITING:

Blade Runner*

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fanny and Alexander

One from the Heart

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

BEST MUSIC:

Blade Runner

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Koyaanisqatsi

One from the Heart*

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

BEST SONG:

"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" from Cat People

"Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III

"Monkey in Me" from Starstruck

"This One's from the Heart" from One from the Heart*

"Waste of Time" from Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

BEST PRODUCTION:

Blade Runner*

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fanny and Alexander

One from the Heart

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

BEST STUNTS:

48 Hrs.

Blade Runner

Conan the Barbarian

First Blood*

The Thing

BEST CAST:

Diner

Fanny and Alexander

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan*

Tootsie

BEST COLLABORATION:

Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov, Eating Raoul

Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, Deathtrap

Laura Dern, Marin Kanter, and Diane Lane, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, Shoot the Moon*

Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler, Night Shift

BEST ARTIST:

Ingmar Bergman, Fanny and Alexander*

Les Blank, Burden of Dreams

Werner Herzog, Fitzcarraldo

Alan Parker and Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: The Wall

Ridley Scott, Blade Runner

1983

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

The Big Chill

Local Hero

The Outsiders

Return of the Jedi*

Trading Places

BEST DIRECTOR:

Robert Bresson, L’Argent

Francis Ford Coppola, Rumble Fish

Bill Forsyth, Local Hero*

Bob Fosse, Star 80

Richard Marquand, Return of the Jedi

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben

Matt Dillon, The Outsiders

Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies

Eric Roberts, Star 80*

Mickey Rourke, Rumble Fish

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Trading Places

Mariel Hemingway, Star 80*

Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment

Meryl Streep, Silkwood

Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment

BEST SCREENPLAY:

The Big Chill*

Local Hero

Star 80

Terms of Endearment

Trading Places

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Hunger

The Keep

L’Argent

Rumble Fish*

Scarface

BEST EDITING:

L’Argent

Return of the Jedi

The Right Stuff*

Scarface

Trading Places

BEST MUSIC:

The Big Chill

Local Hero

The Outsiders

Return of the Jedi*

Something Wicked This Way Comes

BEST SONG:

"All the Right Moves" from All the Right Moves

"Flashdance…What a Feeling" from Flashdance

"Holiday Road" from National Lampoon's Vacation

"On the Dark Side" from Eddie and the Cruisers*

"Stay Gold" from The Outsiders

BEST PRODUCTION:

The Outsiders

Return of the Jedi*

The Right Stuff

Scarface

Something Wicked This Way Comes

BEST STUNTS:

Never Say Never Again

Octopussy

Return of the Jedi*

The Right Stuff

Superman III

BEST CAST:

The Big Chill*

Local Hero

The Outsiders

Terms of Endearment

Trading Places

BEST COLLABORATION:

Michael Caine and Julie Walters, Educating Rita

Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Dillon, The Outsiders and Rumble Fish*

Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney, The Dresser

Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts, Star 80

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, Strange Brew

BEST ARTIST: 

David Bowie, The Hunger and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Robert Bresson, L’Argent*

David Cronenberg, Videodrome

Bill Forsyth, Local Hero

Maurice Pialat, À Nos Amours