No Record of the Year again this year. Wouldn't you have thought the BPI would be fighting like crazy to get it back on mainstream, prime time TV? Answer - they don't care. "Help sell music? Why should we bother?" is their position. Wouldn't you have thought record label bosses would be pushing them? Answer - the label bosses ARE essentially the BPI and as long as they have a nice evening with bubbly once a year they don't care if the ghastly Brits encourages music sales or not, as long as their pensions will be paid. Wouldn't you think ITV, knowing the show gets 9 million plus viewers, would want it back? Answer - they don't give a shit either.

John Kennedy, Chairman of PolyGram in our first year, told me that the win had put several million extra album sales into the retail tills that Christmas.

Retail? Wot's that?

Anyway, which single would you select? My choice is the Second biggest seller of 2014 so far (1.5 million). Biggest seller? With nearly 2 million - my most annoying track of 2014. Although, thank heavens, that extremely annoying Wiggle Wiggle doesn't seem to have made the top 20. I'll reveal all next week. (The show used to air in the week of my birthday, giving 3 weeks of sales boost to those who liked to sell music).

Numerous private messages saying… sadly, I no longer bother with new music, it's so boring, does anybody care anymore?

The record of the year has to be Rather Be by Clean Bandit.

My choice too Strategy; but only the second biggest seller. The annoying Happy beats it. Here's the current listing as of December 1st.

Position Title Artist Sales so far Company
1 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS 1,809,965 RCA LABEL GROUP
2 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE 1,479,466 ATLANTIC RECORDS UK
3 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND 1,303,849 COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP
4 WAVES MR PROBZ 1,088,818 RCA LABEL GROUP
5 TIMBER PITBULL FT KESHA 961,122 RCA LABEL GROUP
6 GHOST ELLA HENDERSON 911,448 SYCO MUSIC
7 STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH 871,521 CAPITOL
8 LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL 743,899 UMC UNIVERSAL MUSIC
9 SING ED SHEERAN 736,452 ATLANTIC RECORDS UK
10 BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA 712,100 COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP
11 MY LOVE ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE 705,377 VIRGIN EMI
12 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN 696,257 ATLANTIC RECORDS UK
13 DARK HORSE KATY PERRY FT JUICY J 692,841 VIRGIN EMI
14 HIDEAWAY KIESZA 692,335 VIRGIN EMI
15 RUDE MAGIC 688,309 RCA LABEL GROUP
16 MONEY ON MY MIND SAM SMITH 682,679 CAPITOL
17 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS MEGHAN TRAINOR 660,770 RCA LABEL GROUP
18 NOBODY TO LOVE SIGMA 657,700 UMTV
19 SUMMER CALVIN HARRIS 633,001 COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP
20 SHAKE IT OFF TAYLOR SWIFT 589,754 VIRGIN EMI

I think there's been some great music this year. "Happy" is a phenomenon but was 2013. "Rather Be" is superb.

I love both George Ezra singles, "Budapest" and "Blame It on Me", his album is definitely worth a listen too.

I'm not much of a fan of, "Ghost" but Ella Henderson's album is also very good.

"All About The Bass" is a runaway hit without the hype (unlike "Shake It Off"), I'm really torn between that and, "Thinking Out Loud".

All About The Bass is another one that irritates me like mad; each to their own. But I do agree, some good sounds. Surely a TV show featuring ten of them would be great TV, as would the votes counting, always exciting. Still I suppose these TV people know what they are doing ;-(

No Record of the Year - but there is still the BBC Music Awards

www.bbc.co.uk/events/eb2nc8

I'm surprised that Chandelier by Sia isn't in there. A superb song and performance in my opinion. I believe this has been more successful in the rest of Europe than in the UK.

The Sia track was all over Moroccan radio last summer; another one I found irritating. But I really don't mind which songs people love. It's the fact that so few give a shit these days that sickens me. Especially those in "the industry".