[shinebrighterxx]

Please join me in congratulating the following winners of the music battle:

Songs
• Best Acoustic Version/Performance
First Place: Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson
Second Place: Nobody's Home - Avril Lavigne / Flicker - Niall Horan (1D)
Third Place: Havana - Camila Cabello

• Best Break-up Song
First Place: Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
Second Place: I Have Questions - Camilla Cabello
Third Place: My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne

• Best Collaboration
First Place: Back To You - Louis Tomlinson (1D)
Second Place: For You - Liam Payne (1D)
Third Place: Don't You Wanna Stay - Kelly Clarkson

• Best Cover Song
First Place: Hallelujah - Kate Voegele
Second Place: FourFiveSeconds - One Direction
Third Place: Impossible - Fifth Harmony

• Most Empowering Song
First Place: Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
Second Place: Sign of the Times - Harry Styles (1D) / Drag Me Down - One Direction
Third Place: Just Hold On - Louis Tomlinson (1D)

• Best Live Performance
First Place: Kiwi - Harry Styles (1D)
Second Place: Billboard Music Awards Medley - Kelly Clarkson
Third Place: I Have Questions/Crying in the Club - Camila Cabello

• Best Love Song
First Place: If I Could Fly - One Direction
Second Place: Sweet Creature - Harry Styles (1D)
Third Place: Meaning of Life - Kelly Clarkson / All These Years - Camilla Cabello

• Best Uptempo Song
First Place: No Control - One Direction
Second Place: Whole Lotta Woman - Kelly Clarkson / Never be the Same - Camilla Cabello
Third Place: Kiwi - Harry Styles (1D)

• Songs From Stage and Screen
First Place: Its Quiet Uptown - Kelly Clarkson
Second Place: Right Now - One Direction / For You - Liam Payne (1D)
Third Place: Ever Ever After - Carrie Underwood / Alice - Avril Lavigne

• Wild Card
First Place: Medicine - Harry Styles (1D) / Walking in the Wind - One Direction
Second Place: Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson
Third Place: Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood

Song Writing
• Best Chorus
First Place: What A Feeling - One Direction
Second Place: Consequences - Camilla Cabello
Third Place: Sign of the Times - Harry Styles (1D)

• Best Line From a Song
First Place: Wine After Whiskey - Carrie Underwood / Two Ghosts - Harry Styles (1D)
Second Place: End of the Day - One Direction
Third Place: Sober - Kelly Clarkson

• Best Song Written
First Place: Sober - Kelly Clarkson
Second Place: Just Like You - Louis Tomlinson (1D)
Third Place: Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood / Who Are You - Fifth Harmony

Music Videos
• Best Music Video
First Place: History - One Direction
Second Place: Havana - Camila Cabello
Third Place: I Don't Think About You - Kelly Clarkson

• Best Use of Black and White in a Music Video
First Place: History - One Direction
Second Place: Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson
Third Place: Strip That Down - Liam Payne

• Best Concept Music Video
First Place: Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
Second Place: Blown Away - Carrie Underwood
Third Place: Kiwi - Harry Styles (1D)



Please drop by those boards to congratulate them if you have not already.


Thank you to everyone who has participated and helped make this possible, and to everyone who stopped by those boards to vote. We hope you all have fun exploring all of our music boards and what they have to offer!

[Jerry D]

Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know that the maximum size for custom images (avatars) has increased from 39.1 KB to 100 KB. If you go into your User CP and click on Edit Avatar under Settings and Options, under Use Custom Avatar you will see the following message:

Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 100.0 KB (whichever is smaller).

Hopefully, this will allow people to use better quality animated avatars here.

Please note that you need to have at least 100 Posts here to be able to have a Custom Avatar.

Thanks.

[Jerry D]

Hi everyone. We’ve implemented new rules for the forums on the Low Post Count List.

1. The average number of posts that a forum must meet to remain here has been changed from 15 posts a day to 12 posts a day when the monthly post counts are done.
   
2. If a forum is on the Low Post Count List, and it doesn’t meet the minimum average number of posts to remain here a second time within its 6 Month Trial Period, and/or if it goes without a post for 48 Hours for a second time within its 6 Month Trial Period it will not be closed, and it will just be listed as a second occurrence.
   
3. If the forum doesn’t meet the minimum average number of posts to remain here a third time within its 6 Month Trial Period, and/or if it goes without a post for 48 Hours for a third time within its 6 Month Trial Period it will be closed. This way, every forum that is on the Low Post Count List will be getting an extra chance to remain here.

Up until now, the Low Post Count List has been shown on the Moderators Forum, but the Moderators and Managers and I felt that it would be a good idea to post this list here so everyone can see it, so no one can say that they weren't aware that a board was in danger of closing if it closes.

Therefore, here is the current Low Post Count List with the date each forum was placed on the list and the date they'll be taken off the list. I will update this list every month or as necessary.

1. Aaron Paul - March 2018 to September 2018 - First Occurrence
2. Penn Badgley - May 2018 to November 2018 - First Occurrence May 2018, Second Occurrence July 2018
3. Melissa Benoist - May 2018 to November 2018 - First Occurrence
4. Emma Watson - August 2018 to February 2019 - First Occurrence
5. Eva Green - August 2018 to February 2019 - First Occurrence

More information about this topic can be found at the individual forums on this list.

Thank you.

[Jerry D]

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