Trophy Case

This special award goes to the featured artist who made the best reference to comedian and actor Adam Sandler in their lyrics. For us, that's Lil Wayne! Weezy name-dropped the former SNL cast member on the opening track of Tha Carter III, 3-peat!

For sounding a lot like the Beach Boys, this Spin It Award goes to the very first artist to appear as a part of our Spin Cycle series! Blondie is the official winner of the Beach Boys Award! You may be asking yourself "hey, why didn't this award go to the actual Beach Boys?" Good question. We don't know, and you probably shouldn't spend too much time pondering it.

Take notes, Kanye. This award is a no-brainer.

Kendrick might not have earned the Best Rap Award, but since DAMN. works really well backwards AND forwards we decided to give him the best "backwards rap," or Best Par! To be honest, he's probably just lucky he didn't win some sort of Weezer Award after all the things we said in the episode.

This award goes to the artist who ate the most quinoa, said quinoa the most, or used the word quinoa the most creatively. Something like that. We didn't really nail down hard criteria, but lucky for us it seems like AJR is one of the only bands to talk about Quinoa so far so they kinda get it by default. Congrats on this big win, guys!

This Spin It Award is going somewhere you might not expect. Jon Batiste took home the Album Of The Year Grammy and became the focal point of our very first Grammy Special episode, and we were shocked to discover what we're deeming the Best Rap. Add this one to your trophy case, Jon!

The award for Best Rap was already taken but luckily we found a way to get a Spin It Award to George Gershwin! His Rhapsody In Blue might not contain much rapping but it's chock-full of rhapping! Congrats, Gershie!

The award for Best Rap and Best Rhap were already taken, but when we heard Green Day's Whatsername we knew it was a REALLY strong album closer. So we decided it had earned a brand new Spin It Award: Best Wrap! It really does wrap up American Idiot with a nice bow. Now I wonder how Whatsername has been...

In Episode 60 we tried something we'd never done before... we recorded our first-ever LIVE episode and let the audience vote on their favorite One Hit Wonder in an epic bracket showdown to determine the best of the best. The winner? You guessed it. "Take On Me" by A-Ha! That might be your one hit, but maybe this Spin It Award can kinda be like a second one.

Wee-ooo, Rivers Cuomo looks just like Buddy Holly! That's pretty much all we need to say.

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You oughta know by now.

"It's poetry, not drunken buffoonery," said Machine Gun Kelly in reference to his Tickets To My Downfall album. That was a moment that changed Spin It history, because he was the Buffoon that started it all. In honor of his more eccentric lyrics and to celebrate where we've come, MGK just had to be the winner of our patent Certified Buffoon Award.

Love,

E.T. and Salmon

Only one man could wrangle 500 chickens through the halls of a hotel, and that's Johnny Cash! The Man In Black sure knows how to play a prank, and that's why he's our easy pick for the Chick Magnet Award! Now here's a guy who knows how to treat a bird. Well.. okay, just chickens. Don't ask about the ostriches or the condors.

"Why did Janis Joplin win the Cool Jacket Award?" you may be asking. The answer is simple. She has a cool jacket! It was a gift from that whiskey brand she loved to drink, and we think that's plenty deserving of some extra special Spin It Award love!

We were loving Lights' record Pep, but then we discovered a potential crime!! Lights may have violated Canadian law when she published her Skin & Earth comic book, but we really can't say for sure. Just in case, though, we decided to give her the Criminal Award anyway. Cheers!

Believe it or not, this award actually DOESN'T belong to Nina Simone the singer. We're giving this unique award to Nina Simone the Barbados horse! It won some pretty spectacular horse races, and since we talked about its iconic namesake we figured why not let it in on the Spin It Award action? Guess she won a Quadruple Crown!

Though this award bears an unfortunate name, it really just goes to the artist who makes the best use of Doo-Doo syllables and the word "baby" in their music. So far, that honor is held by the revolutionary pop duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgely, Wham! They don't want our Freedom, but they MIGHT want our Spin It Award!

This award speaks for itself (and sings for itself too)! With a grand total of ZERO instruments, well... It's hard to have any fewer. We covered Pentatonix's a cappella antics in depth in our Spin-ter Wonderland Special on our 23rd episode!

Yes takes the cake by far on this one... Roundabout is longer than 8 minutes, and Fragile's shortest track, Five Per Cent For Nothing, clocks in at about 37 seconds. That's a pretty big difference in length, and is it gonna take home the Spin It Award for Greatest Differential Track Length? Yes!

Sir Elton John is the only artist we've covered so far that's wanted to leave it all behind to hunt the Horny-Backed Toad! That's dedication, and for that kind of devotion there's no one more deserving of this special Spin It Award! 

Ahoy! Donald Glover deserves to be a pirate. Even though his kidnapping on a pirate cruise was a spin, he did sail off on a boat at the end of Community. That's basically the same thing, right? Congrats on winning this beautiful Spin It booty, you scallawag!

Aerosmith takes home this prestigious and hard-fought award for the most iconic spin with the instant classic "Case Of The Missing Carrots." Where did they go? How many carrots WERE there? We just don't know, and until the Spin It Mystery Team uncovers more details the unsolved tale earns Steven Tyler and the boys this Iconic Spin Award (even though it's a fact, we know).

It... is for having the biggest-sounding songs? The biggest album? Longest album title? Worst teeth? We really don't remember, but it goes to The 1975!

Ironically, this award goes to the person who tried to avoid it the most. We had to learn the hard way that rayeeaaaain on your wedding day just isn't that ironic. That's right, Alanis Morissette, we think it's time someone told you. Sorry you had to find out like this, but if it makes you feel better you can add this Spin It Award to your hardware collection of 10,000 spoons! We know you need a knife, but this is close, right?

Strap in. This Spin It Menace is slamming our hearts up, down, and all around as he's trying to get the feeling again. That's right, Barry Manilow is not one to be trifled with. He sunbathes naked next to the President, he gets the hoons daggy... Manilow isn't even his real name (we're on to you, Pincus). It's just a wild time every time this jingle-writing balladeer is on the mic, and he's out there hiding... Even Now.

With a whopping 98 studio albums, 14 live albums, and 51 compilations (and counting), Willie Nelson's massively successful career has churned out more records than anyone else we've talked about to date! Of course, we never check, but we know in our hearts it's true. This one's for you, Red Headed Stranger!

There's a clear winner for the Most Demons. If you've spent any time listening to their 2018 record America you probably already knew that. Several songs mention these creepy entities, and to be honest it seems like Jared Leto might have a few of his own if you think about it. Wanna see his ear?

Have you ever seen a band with MORE Fleetwood Macs? Neither have we. There are at least two of them out there somewhere and that's pretty impressive since we're pretty sure there should only be one. Congrats, Fleetwood Mac!

This is a pretty niche award, we admit it. But there's no one more deserving than the one band we know that's been banned from a zoo: The Beach Boys. That includes you, John Stamos! We don't know exactly what it takes to get yourself mauled by a tiger, but hitting one in the face with carrots is probably a good place to start. God Only Knows what you'd be without this award!

There are definitely arguments to be made about this controversial awarding... Is Tina Turner a time capsule, or is she still relevant enough to cater to a modern audience? It seems like we disagree about that point, but we really do have to admit she'll probably disappoint most frat parties. So we're presenting her with a trophy for that.

Although we didn't learn about it until the next episode, it turns out Thom Yorke has some piggies that can bring in a pretty penny. Fans even broke into his dressing room and rifled thorugh his trash to get a few toenail clippings!! That's something we can't claim about ANY other artist, so it's no surprise that Radiohead's frontman snagged this one-of-a-kind trophy.

Is anyone nicer than The Nice? We don't think so. So we gave them a Spin It Award for it!

Many have tried but many have failed to earn the highly-coveted title of Spin It Pickle King, but there can only be one. Ever since he was a young cucumber prince in high school it was written in the stars for John Mayer to ascend to the Pickle Throne. Even though the legendary contest was a spin and he didn't get a chance to park in that cool parking space, he's still royalty in our hearts!

Dua Lipa promptly became a Spin It Queen when we covered Future Nostalgia in our fifth episode. Whether she's accepting the key to the city (or losing it), eating a SpongeBob cake, or pranking unsuspecting drinkers, she's certainly a queen in our book. Congrats on the Crown Jewel of your collection, Dua: this Spin It Award!

No, we're not awarding the winner of the chugging competition. If we were, that award would go to Green Day! What we care about is the Runner Up, and that honor goes to none other than Hippo Campus! Congrats on second-best, we're betting Rachael Ray is sure glad she invited you to that party!

HateBeak is a band like no other, and they're the namesake for this award. Dance Gavin Dance might not have a screaming bird, but at least the Mixtaper was willing to lie about it and introduce us to his favorite cooking music! Plus... Jon Mess screams pretty well himself, which makes them plenty deserving of the Screamin' Bird Prize in our book!

Yeah, you've heard of the EGOT title for winners of Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys... but with this award we're putting Andrew Lloyd Webber in a brand new league of his own with an even rarer, more prestigious SEGOT Award, for winning a Spin It Award in addition to his EGOT!

This award goes to the artist who uses a word or phrase the most times in a song!! Previous winners include the award's namesake, Joan Jett, but the award is currently in the hands of Stevie Wonder! While a few tracks on Songs In The Key Of Life would have been enough to bag this hardware, the one that most significantly put him in the lead was Another Star with a massive block of La-La-Las!

He's a Disney Legend, but we couldn't let that slide without trying to one-up the Mouse. So we made this Tarzan composer a legend of a new kind-- Phil Collins is the first Spin It Legend! Congratulations to this Honorary Texan! Let's all raise a hearty Su-Su-Sussudio in his honor!

This prize goes to Chance The Rapper for his innovative Chance Stick cheese stick recipe: 25% Chance, 75% Stick. Give 'em a try!

Our timing is often coincidental and totally accidental. We've preceded album releases, anniversaries, and much more! That's just what happened with Episode 81. We pre-recorded a special Elvis episode and even watched the movie beforehand. It's a great episode, but once again our timing was really coincidental in an unfortunate way. This award goes to the King! 

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Large the Dog, Thriller the Tiger, Muscles the Boa Constrictor, Jabba Junior the Giraffe, Bubbles the Chimp, Mr. Tibbs the Ram... Michael Jackson really went all out for his personal zoo full of animals. It was enough to give him the lead for this coveted Spin It Award!

Don't make assumptions... You don't know what we haven't tried, and we don't know what Electric Guest hasn't tried! The Baker's Dozen episode was a legendary off-the-rails moment that you can relive and cherish with this shiny Spin It Award!