By Jon Bream

Top artists of 2009

1. Michael Jackson 2. Taylor Swift 3. Lady Gaga 4. Beyonce 5. Phoenix 6. U2 7. Green Day 8. Pink 9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10. (tie) Owl City; Kings of Leon Best Twin Cities concerts of 2009 1. Green Day, 7/11, Target Center 2. The Killers, 1/19, Northrop 3. Taylor Swift, 10/11, Target Center 4. Leonard Cohen, 5/3, Orpheum 5. K'naan, 2/11, Varsity 6. Phoenix, 6/23, Varsity 7. Raphael Saadiq, 3/13, Fine Line 8. Beyonce, 7/16 Target Center 9. Lady Gaga, 3/23, Fine Line 10. Levon Helm, 6/10, Fitzgerald 11. Pretenders, 8/19, First Avenue 12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 5/30 First Avenue 13. Prince, 10/24 , Paisley Park 14. Stray Cats, 4/10, Fine Line 15. Bonnie Raitt, 8/27, State Fair 16. Demi Lovato, 8/8, Target Center 17. Lily Allen, 4/11, First Avenue 18. Britney Spears, 4/3 Target center 19. Metallica, 10/13, Target center 20. Rickie Lee Jones, 5/26, Dakota Singles that made me turn up the radio in 2009 Single Ladies, Beyonce You Belong with Me, Taylor Swift Hot N Cold, Katy Perry Bad Romance, Lady Gaga Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys 1901, Phoenix Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus Day N Nite, Kid Cudi 21 Guns, Green Day Right as Rain, Adele Best albums of 2009 1. Horehound, Dead Weather 2. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day 3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix 4. The Crying Light, Antony & the Johnsons 5. My One and Only Thrill, Melody Gardot 6. It's Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 7. No Line on Horizon, U2 8. Revolution, Miranda Lambert 9. Backspacer, Pearl Jam 10. Big Whiskey & Groo Grux King, Dave Matthews Band Top artists of the decade 1. Kanye West 2. Jack White 3. Beyonce 4. U2 5. Arcade Fire 6. Dixie Chicks 7. Taylor Swift 8. Bob Dylan 9. OutKast 10. Radiohead 11. Green Day 12. Bruce Springsteen 13. Justin Timberlake 14. The Hold Steady Singles that made me turn up radio in '00s Lose Yourself, Eminem Crazy, Gnarls Barkley Hey Ya,. OutKast 7 Nation Army, White Stripes Beautiful Day, U2 Gold Digger, Kanye West Rehab, Amy Winehouse Yellow, Coldplay Mr. Brightside, Killers Single Ladies, Beyonce