Apple's 2014 Best Of list for the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBookstore is out, and this year the best-of-the-best includes Pixelmator and Monument Valley for the iPad, and the blockbuster movie Guardians of the Galaxy. The best artist of the year was Beyoncé, and the best TV show was Fargo.
Apple's best of list for the iTunes Store for 2014
Apps
- iPad App of the Year: Pixelmator
- iPad Game of the Year: Monument Valley
- iPhone App of the Year: Elevate - Brain Training
- iPhone Game of the Year: Threes!
Music
- Best Artist: Beyoncé
- Best Album: 1989 by Taylor Swift
- Best Song: Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) by Iggy Azalea
- Best New Artist: Sam Smith
Movies
- Best Blockbuster: Guardians of the Galaxy
- Best Family Movie: The LEGO Movie
- Best Director: Richard Linklater
- Best Discovery: Obvious Child
TV Shows
- TV Show of the Year: Fargo
- Best Performances: True Detective, Season 1
- Best Discovery: The Honorable Woman
- Best Breakthrough: Key & Peele, Volume 4
Books
- Best Fiction: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Best Nonfiction: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs