Another year, another World Music Awards. The WMAs are unique in a way, insofar that they award purely on the basis of record sales. So it doesn't matter how many people came to watch you play, or how many column inches you've got in the tabloids, or how much the critics of obscure websites have textually knocked one out over your album - if you ain't got the till receipts to back you up, you ain't getting a gong. Unsurprisingly, Coldplay were the big winner. No, we don't think they deserve to be called a Rock Act either, but they still got the gong for it.

Well, the actual awards ceremony took place last night in Monaco, so here are your 2008 winners:

Best Pop Female: Leona Lewis

Best Pop Male: Kid Rock

Best Pop/Rock Female Artist: Amy Winehouse

Best Pop/Rock Female Artist: Kid Rock

Best Rock Act: Coldplay

Best R'n'B Artist: Alicia Keys

Best New Artist: Leona Lewis

Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist: Lil' Wayne

Best DJ: DJ Laurent Wolf

Diamond Award: Ringo Starr

Outstanding Contribution To The Arts: Beyonce

Special Achievement Award: Mariah Carey

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry: LA Reid

World's Best Selling Recording Act: Coldplay

There were individual awards for the top-selling act in each country whose sales figures were used, but I'm not typing all those out. If you're that bothered, go check out the official WMA website.