Now, It irks me that the money I used for the first album I've BOUGHT in a year goes to an artist that's probably using that money for her next high. Despite that, I remember I how amazed I was when I first heard Valerie. How funny and witty I thought she was when I heard Addicted and Fuck Me Pumps. How she was able to accurately portray a "Friends with Benefits" relationship in "Tears Dry On There Own" without sounding pitiful or maudlin or saccharine. How beautiful I thought "Love Is A Losing A Game" and "He Can Only Hold Her" were when I first heard them. For that feeling alone, I think she deserves it.

I've actually seen Feist perform a few years ago at a Rilo Kiley concert, let's just say it wasn't her best night. While I think her current album is great, I think it's Amy all the way.

need we say more!! and of coarse she won't show up......but isn't that just one of the reasons we love her so!!!

and BABs, i was there too, the atlanta gig....and as always ,flawless!!!!! 

back to the studio Paint Monkey!

i think amy is very talented...but all i have to say is this:

listen to "mushaboom" a few times...i DARE you not to think leslie feist is god. 

~Renée

And the reason I'm going with this is because I think she has the best complete *album* ... with quite a variety of songs and styles and things I've never heard before.

I LOVE Amy Weinhouse. But I think Feist could take both by her varience alone.

And what’s he then that says I play the villain,
When this advice is free I give, and honest

I love them both, but I have loved Feist longer and harder. (And you can feel free to think dirty thoughts after that statement.) Feist is just phenomenal and is absolutely amazing live.

I really like Amy Winehouse now, but I listened to Frank a few years back and was not intrigued at all. The whole 60's sound serves her much better than songs about shoes.

Feist is the real-deal and I am so excited she is finally getting some recognition!

I am hoping for her to win that.

Haven't cared much for the Beehive when she started spitting at fans. She still has a damn good voice, that's the only thing she has going right now.

I seriously hope she will get some help with everything that she needs because it's a shame that her talent is going to waste; she still has the voice.

The Way The Cookie Crumbles

iv got a mate who was workin backstage at her gig in birmingham, where her fans walked out cos she was to drunk to perform properlyy, the other week, who saw her doin lines of coke in front of everyone.

so i guess anyone who thinks we dont actually know if she does drugs (like my media teacher) is wrong =)

but i still think shes a great artist, shes just gotten off track and it is such a shame :(

I just don't really get the whole Amy Winehouse thing.  I mean, her voice is good, but she just doesn't do it for me.  I think Feist has more to her.

I have to go with Feist. Gotta represent Atlantic Canada. My Moon, My Man is one of the best songs on her new CD.

My second choice would be Paramore.

Definitely!

Loved both amy and feist albums this year.  Feist live was one of the best concerts of the year.  She rocks it out.  I love that about my favorite artists.

 Amy if I saw her live and she was all doped up.  I'd be so pissed.

feist.  rules.

Amy needs a life coach or a life jacket.  Her talent is phenominal and I hope she seeks out help before she ends up like the other phenominal talent, Whitney Houston, who in my opinion wandered around in years of mediocrity with Bobby Brown.  Say yes,yes,yes to Rehab, Amy!

Feist for sure. I am impressed by Amy Winehouse's tremendous talent, but I am so very tired of hearing about her constant ridiculous antics. She needs to get a handle on herself.

I <3 Feist and pretty much everything that has come out of the Broken Social Scene collective (Stars, Metric, Kevin Drew, Apostle of Hustle, Valley of the Giants, Jason Collett, etc) so much that I think I have a problem. Do you think there's a 12-step group for gorgeous Canadian indie rock?

She is absolutely stunning. And while I think Amy has potential, I'd rather not see a "best artist" award given to someone whose life is a complete mess. Sort it out, make another record, win best record of the year and that's just fine by me. But currently, I have little respect for her - even though she has a killer voice and some pretty amazing songs.

Feist's music makes me ache, though. In a good-bad way, and sometimes I can't stand it but mostly I think she is beautiful and amazingly talented. Her album is solid, and the lyrics are wonderful... and I have very much respect for anyone who can write good lyrics.

As for Taylor Swift - she's cute, her album is a sort-of decent country album, she can play a guitar... but there are a bazillion similar (or better) artists out there, and I grew tired of her album very quickly. She does have a lot of potential, but I don't think she holds a candle to the other nominees for best new artist.

Kanye West,  Rihanna, and Feist they are the three that need backing...first off kanye west...hates bush and thinks that rappers should knock it off when it comes to lgbt community..his one of the very few who is on our side why begrudge him...plus his music is more then just a little good.

Rihanna...lets see pop loves...who doesn't love them

Feist I think she is one of the very few that you can say that can not only sing but write her music and lets face it at this point where shitty music is rapid and pumped out of the music industry weather or not you can understand the singer...I say ...give her an award.