Apple Publishes 'Best of the iTunes Store' 2014 Edition

[RaduTyrsina]

Apple has released the 2014 version of its iTunes Store awards, which highlights the best music, movies, TV shows, apps, books and podcasts of the year. Here are some of the top-level winners for 2014 that we've piled up:

iPad apps

iPad App of the Year: Pixelmator
iPad Game of the Year: Monument Valley

Music

Best Artist: Beyonce
Best Album: "1989" - Taylor Swift
Best Song: "Fancy" (feat. Charli XCX) - Iggy Azalea
Best New Artist: Sam Smith, "In the Lonely Hour" (Deluxe Version)

Movies

Best Blockbuster: "Guardians of the Galaxy"
Best Family Movie: "The LEGO Movie"
Best Director: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Discovery: "Obvious Child"

Television

TV Show of the Year: "Fargo"
Best Performances: "True Detective"
Best Discovery: "The Honorable Woman"
Best Breakthrough: "Key & Peele"

Podcasts

Best Classic Podcast: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Best New Podcast: Serial

Books

Favorite Fiction: "All the Light We Cannot See" - Anthony Doerr
Favorite Nonfiction: "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" - Jeff Hobbs

Source: Apple

 

[Ser Aphim]

Are these chosen based on how many downloads or purchases they get?

 

[J. A.]

Maybe the ratings? I know Pixelmator. It's a nice app and has excellent ratings.