{"id":562,"date":"2014-12-08T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2014-12-08T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T17:39:00","slug":"itunes-best-of-2014-awards-announced-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Best of 2014 Awards Announced, and the Winner Is\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=771]<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s \u201ciTunes Best of\u201d awards have become an annual tradition at this point, giving the company a chance to highlight its favorite apps, songs and movies of the year. Well, the results are in, so here\u2019s the best of what iTunes had to offer for 2014.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to mobile, Apple offers separate awards for the best iPhone and iPad apps. On your tablet, the app of the year is popular photo editor Pixelmator, which recently made the jump from Mac, while <em>Monument Valley<\/em> won iPad game of the year. Meanwhile, the iPhone app of the year is brain-training service Elevate, while <em>Threes!<\/em>took the crown for best iPhone game.<\/p>\n<p>Apple goes on to offer the best movies, TV, music, podcasts and books for 2014 based on iTunes sales and its own personal preferences. Here\u2019s how the rest of the 2014 awards break down:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Artist: Beyonce<\/li>\n<li>Best Album: \u201c1989\u2033 \u2013 Taylor Swift<\/li>\n<li>Best Song: \u201cFancy\u201d (feat. Charli XCX) \u2013 Iggy Azalea<\/li>\n<li>Best New Artist: Sam Smith, \u201cIn the Lonely Hour\u201d (Deluxe Version)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Blockbuster: \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Family Movie: \u201cThe LEGO Movie\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Director: Richard Linklater, \u201cBoyhood\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Discovery: \u201cObvious Child\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Television<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TV Show of the Year: \u201cFargo\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Performances: \u201cTrue Detective\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Discovery: \u201cThe Honorable Woman\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Breakthrough: \u201cKey &amp; Peele\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Classic Podcast: Dan Carlin\u2019s Hardcore History<\/li>\n<li>Best New Podcast: Serial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Favorite Fiction: \u201cAll the Light We Cannot See\u201d \u2013 Anthony Doerr<\/li>\n<li>Favorite Nonfiction: \u201cThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace\u201d \u2013 Jeff Hobbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/14\/12\/08\/pixelmator-beyonce-guardians-of-the-galaxy-fargo-lead-apples-itunes-best-of-2014-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLEINSIDER<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=771] Apple\u2019s \u201ciTunes Best of\u201d awards have become an annual tradition at this point, giving the company a chance to highlight its favorite apps, songs and movies of the year. Well, the results are in, so here\u2019s the best of what iTunes had to offer for 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-mobile","tag-apple","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}