Most-loathed: Gaga, U2, Kings of Leon

Latest poll reveals our resident whipping boys the Kings Of Leon rubbing shoulders with Lady Gaga and U2, though not exactly in the way they expected.

By Blurt Staff

The latest BLURT poll results are in, and the readers have spoken: Lady Gaga, U2 and Kings of Leon are apparently among the most-loathed artists on the planet (at least among those who received GRAMMY nominations this year, that is). We asked you:

The 52^nd Annual GRAMMYS Awards Are Jan. 31 at 8pm. Which of these nominees do you wish would, like, just go the hell away?

And the winners, er, losers are, in order of percentage of votes picked up:

Lady Gaga - 32%

U2 - 20%

Kings Of Leon - 14%

Eminem - 7%

Bruce Springsteen - 5%

Coldplay - 5%

Katy Perry - 3%

Black Eyed Peas - 3%

Beyonce - 2%

Colbie Caillat - 1%

MGMT - 0%

Silversun Pickups - 0%

Stevie Wonder - 0%

David Guetta - 0%

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 0%

Clearly the overexposure over the past 12 months or so that Gaga, the Kings and U2 have amassed not only worked IN their favor (they nabbed GRAMMYS as a result, for as we all know a GRAMMY award has nothing to do with actual artistic accomplishment) but AGAINST them (their standings in this poll). We're not quite sure what the rest of the results mean, however; granted, most BLURT readers haven't even heard of David Guetta or Colbie Caillat, but you'd think folks would have some opinion of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Silversun Pickups. What, we wonder, would the GRAMMYS been like this year if the average BLURT reader was also a GRAMMY voter?

Who knows! Just the same, the people have spoken. For those of you about to rock, we salute you!

The new BLURT poll is up now - vote for your favorite music festival of 2010. Just scroll down the left hand side of the home page to view it.