New York: Here’s something to wag a tongue at: MTV says Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year.
The former child star has twerked her way to the top, with her eye-popping duet with Robin Thicke on the MTV Video Music Awards one of the year’s most talked about cultural events.
MTV said on Monday that the duet on We Can’t Stop and Blurred Lines was the year’s most watched video on its websites. Similarly, the MTV artist site devoted to Cyrus had more visits than any other artist’s.
Besides We Can’t Stop, the song Wrecking Ball and album Bangerz were big hits for Cyrus, who also had notable appearances on Saturday Night Live and MTV’s European music awards show.
MTV executives pick their top artist and last year chose One Direction, while Katy Perry won the year before.
This year, Cyrus was an easy choice, said Amy Doyle, head of MTV’s music and talent programming strategy.
“She dominated the music charts and critics’ best-of lists while creating some of the year’s most memorable moments,” Doyle said.
