European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Headers poll results Janet Jackson est artist 1. Janet Jackson 2. . Hammer 3. Madonna new kids on the Block tie 4. Phil Collins 5. Garth Brooks female performer 1.Janet Jackson 2. Madonna 3. Mariah Carey 4. Sinead of Connor 5. Reb Mcentire is amps Michael Abrams favorite album 1. Rhythm nation 1814 Janet Jackson 2. Please Hammer Don t Hurt pm a . Hammer 3. Wilson Phillips a Wilson Phillips 4. Step by step a new kids on the Block 5.1 do not want what i Haven to got Sinead o Connor by Anita coach �5taff write Rit was a race Between pop and rap in the stars and stripes readers poll the annual Survey in which we ask readers about their Lubeal likes and dislikes. With each new round of responses that came in the mail either Singer Janet Jackson of rap Star . Hammer would Edge closer to the  the end pop won out. Jackson became the new a Champion for 1990, winning first place in three Quot categories Best artist Best female performer and favorite album for her smash release rhythm nation 1814. Jackson also took be conf place in the favorite live performance category barely nudged out by the pop. Group new kids on the Block. No matter. . Hammer w to won five trophies at the american music awards.,ceremony in january nabbed a majority of the votes a 17 percent of the nearly 200 entries a As Best male performer. His album the no. 1 hit please Hammer Don t Hurt pm came in close behind Jackson s. A pop also won out Over rap in the lest new act and in the favorite singles categories. Wilson Phillips barely squeezed by rapper Vanilla ice As favorite newcomer but took a whopping 21 percent of the votes for the hit song hold on a Way Over Vanilla ice s second place ice ice baby. Rock made a feeble showing in the readers poll this time compared to past years when such bands As Bon Jovi guns n roses and Whitesnake took top honors. Only Veteran rockers Aero Smith hit first place in the Best comeback category along with second place As Best band. Country music on the other hand,.made a Dent in the 1990 charts compared to the past when it was All but Quot absent from the listings. Singers Garth Brooks and Reba Mcentire and the group Labama took fifth place respectively in the Best artist Best female performer and Best band categories. New kids on the Block a love them or hate them. The Boston boys took the no. 1 spot in both the Best band and the least favorite artist  More respondents disliked new kids than the pretty boy Sham band Milli Vanilli the fake pop duo took second place As least favorite artist tying with Sinead o Connor. _. A a a a Quot yet another Surprise was that o Connor a the Bald outspoken Irish Singer who outraged am Cha by not allowing the Star spangled Bannerton be played before a new Jersey concert a placed in two categories fourth As Best female performer and fifth in the favorite album category for / do not want what i Haven t got. Many Survey respondents were general in their choices for least favorite artist. The top target was rap from Quot any rap group Quot to Quot most rappers Quot to Quot All  two respondents were quite particular about their dislikes Quot All rap music that uses parts of Rock songs and can t make their own music Quot wrote one and Quot Rock bands making slow singles to become popular Quot wrote another. Other respondents qualified their choices for least favorite artist making such comments As. A Milli Vanilli a Quot of course Quot and Quot fakers Quot a . Hammer a Quot new kids a close 2nd&Quot and Quot i say he prays Quot a Vanilla ice and Tony Toni tone a Quot pathetic Quot and. A a Paula Abdul a Quot Why i think she is another Milli Vanilli. You never hear her sing  several respondents chose comedian Roseanne Barr As their least favorite artist no doubt for her shrill. Rendition of the National Anthem at a Cincinnati reds san Diego padres game in july. A among the More unusual entries one respondent chose George Bush As Best new act with Saddam Hussein As Best comeback facetiously we Hope. Another respondent shared a joke Quot guess what Milli Vanilli got for Xmas a  yet another respondent listed Madonna As favorite female performer a but Only Quot when she s not making porno  one respondent deployed in operation desert storm explained his Choice for Best artist Best female performer and favorite live performance Quot Janet Jackson is the Al time  s sexy Sassy and Beautiful with a capital b. When is she coming to saudi Arabia Quot another respondent said that Bob Hope s Christmas in saudi special was his favorite live performance. Once again a big thank you to All who responded to the. Readers poll those from Europe and those from Quot sunny  we always appreciate your comments. 6 stripes Magazine february 14, 1991