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" After a week of deliberation, the MTV staff announced One Direction as their Artist of the Year! The guys took 2012 by storm, topping the charts with their albums Up All Night and Take Me Home, along with smash hits, &amp;quot;What Makes You Beautiful&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;One Thing.&amp;quot; During their acceptance speech, Harry Styles gave praise to Directioners everywhere saying, &amp;quot;And a massive thank you to all the fans. This wouldn&amp;#039;t be possible without you.&amp;quot; However, these guys weren&amp;#039;t the only ones that picked up a big award. Carly Rae Jepsen won MTV&amp;#039;s heart with her huge summer jam, &amp;quot;Call Me Maybe,&amp;quot; reaching the number one spot as Song of the Year. The flirty track faced tough competition, beating out some of &amp;#039;12&amp;#039;s greatest singles, including Taylor Swift&amp;#039;s break-up anthem &amp;quot;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.&amp;quot; Other artists like fun. and The Wanted snagged runner-up positions in MTV&amp;#039;s categories, proving 2012 as a star-studded year. Keep reading to see a full list of winners and the runner-ups! MTV Artist of the Year: 1. One Direction 2. Taylor Swift 3. fun. 4. Rihanna 5. 2 Chainz 6. Frank Ocean 7. Carly Rae Jepsen 8. Nicki Minaj 9. Psy 10. Flo Rida Song of the Year: 1. &amp;quot;Call Me Maybe,&amp;quot; Carly Rae Jepsen 2. &amp;quot;We Are Young,&amp;quot; fun. 3. &amp;quot;Somebody I Used to Know,&amp;quot; Gotye 4. &amp;quot;What Makes You Beautiful,&amp;quot; One Direction 5. &amp;quot;Starships,&amp;quot; Nicki Minaj 6. &amp;quot;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,&amp;quot; Taylor Swift 7. &amp;quot;Mercy,&amp;quot; Kanye West/G.O.O.D. Music 8. &amp;quot;Gangnam Style,&amp;quot; Psy 9. &amp;quot;Glad You Came,&amp;quot; The Wanted 10. &amp;quot;Payphone,&amp;quot; Maroon 5 Best MTV 2012 Live Performance (fan voted)  1. Machine Gun Killer, &amp;quot;Invincible,&amp;quot; 2012 MTV Woodies 2. All Time Low, &amp;quot;For Baltimore,&amp;quot; Buzzworthy Live 3. WALK THE MOON, &amp;quot;Anna Sun,&amp;quot; MTV Unplugged 4. One Direction, &amp;quot;One Thing,&amp;quot; MTV Video Music Awards 5. Mac Miller, &amp;quot;Party on 5th Avenue,&amp;quot; MTV Woodies 6. Say Anything, &amp;quot;Say Anything,&amp;quot; Buzzworthy Live 7. Rita Ora, &amp;quot;RIP,&amp;quot; MTV Unplugged 8. The Wanted, &amp;quot;Glad You Came,&amp;quot; Spring Break 2012 9. Taylor Swift, &amp;quot; We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, MTV Video Music Awards 10. Florence + The Machine, &amp;quot;Shake It Out,&amp;quot; MTV Unplugged "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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