Girls Aloud Land Fifth Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize

British pop blog Popjustice awarded its Twenty Quid Prize this evening. The honor, which started as more of a tongue in cheek thing than anything, is given to the best British single of the past twelve months. The winner is awarded twenty pounds and gets their song debated to death on the Popjustice forums. Girls Aloud have been nominated every year since the contest began and have won five times. Their winning single this year, "The Promise", bested Frankmusik, La Roux, and Lily Allen for the title.



The Aloud's other winning songs have been "No Good Advice" (2003), "Wake Me Up" (2005), "Biology" (2006), and "Call The Shots" (2008). Rachel Steven's "Some Girls" won in 2004 and Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" took home the honors in 2007.

Kanye West Arrested
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Estelle Returns to iTunes
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Girls Aloud Win 2008 Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize
In parody of the annual Mercury Music Prize, British pop blog Popjustice holds an "awards ceremony" of their own where readers and writers of the blog meet and argue about the best British single of the past 12 months. Girls Aloud have won three of the past five years and added another win to their belt with "Call The Shots". The Aloud single beat out the likes of "Bleeding Love" and "Dance Wiv Me" to claim the prize.

Past winners:
2003: Girls Aloud "No Good Advice"
2004: Rachel Stevens "Some Girls"
2005: Girls Aloud "Wake Me Up"
2006: Girls Aloud "Biology"
2007: Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
2008: Girls Aloud "Call The Shots"