The Billboard office has seen its share of arguments, but few have been as heated as our recent discussion about the sexiest people in music. Many names were tossed around, and it quickly became apparent that one person’s “totally hot!” is another’s “absolutely not!” So before we started turning over desks and strangling each other with headphone cords, we decided to turn this deabate over to the real experts: you.

Take a look at the lists below and tell us which stars have really brought sexy back. Vote now and vote often — we’ll tally the results and reveal your top 10 males and females by Valentine’s Day.

Who Is The Sexiest Woman In Music?
VOTE FOR CIARA!

The Rap-Up.com staff has spent the last week scouring YouTube, rewatching videos from the past year. We whittled it down to 10 of our favorites that were released between January 1, 2009 and December 29, 2009. Our selections include an O.G. and a rap newcomer, a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, and a pop star who wowed us twice over with her visual masterpieces. Here are our picks in no particular order. Feel free to share your favorites.

10. Snoop Dogg f/ The-Dream – “Gangsta Luv” (Director: Paul Hunter)
9. Major Lazer f/ Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze – “Keep It Goin’ Louder” (Director: Eric Wareheim)
8. Raekwon – “House of Flying Daggers” (Directors: Erick Sasso & Brian Wendelken)
7. Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (Director: Jonas Akerlund)
6. Keri Hilson f/ Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down” (Director: Chris Robinson)
5. Jay-Z f/ Kanye West & Rihanna – “Run This Town” (Director: Anthony Mandler)
4. Ciara f/ Missy Elliott – “Work” (Director: Melina)
3. Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard” (Director: Melina)
2. Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite” (Director: So Me)
1. Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance” (Director: Francis Lawrence)

Billboard Charts are calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play. The complete Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts are available each week, as well as the top half of our current chart catalog and top 10 of historical charts. A subscription to Billboard.biz is required for full chart data.

Ciara’s positions:
Artist of Decade: 62
Hot 100 Artists: 41
Billboard 200 albums: Goodies – 176
Billboard 200 Artists: 134
Radio Song Artists: 37
Popular Ringtones: Promise – 49
R&B Abums: Goodies – 64
R&B Artist: 27
Hot 100 Songs:
31 – Goodies
59 – 1, 2 Step
R&B Songs
Goodies – 57
Promise – 89

Congratulations!

These are the 100 best songs of the 2000s. This is admittedly a subjective list based on judgements of quality instead of sales figures or radio airplay. This list should be a great conversation starter and feel free to agree or disagree.

55. Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop – “Lose Control” (2005)
Missy Elliott welds together an early techno sample from Juan Atkins’ Cybotron, an a capella break from Ciara and Fat Man Scoop’s raps in this brilliant piece. The video takes it all another step further.

Source.

Here is a partial list of the total number of spins by artists (solos and compilations) on all formats of radio compiled from Mediabase from March 1, 1998.

Top 10
1. George Strait: 5,176,624 (first single 3/98)
2. Nickelback: 4,875,363 (first single 11/99)
3. Alan Jackson: 4,631,629 (first single 3/98)
4. Usher: 4,343,470 (first single 3/98)
5. Beyonce: 3,766,246 (first single 4/01)
6. Kelly Clarkson: 3,676,476 (first single 9/02)
7. Shania Twain: 3,626,432 (first single 3/98)
8. Mariah Carey: 3,576,990 (first single 3/98)
9. Rascal Flatts: 3,436,779 (first single 1/00)
10.Nelly: 3,291,972 (first single 3/00)

26.Ciara: 1,971,268 (first single 5/04)