Best Of 2014 For The App Store And iTunes

Apple has published their Best of 2014 iTunes and App Store lists, which include editorial picks for the best releases in apps, music, movies, TV shows, books and podcasts from 2014.

Apps:

• iPhone App of the Year: Elevate Brain Training
• iPhone Game of the Year: Threes
• iPad App of the Year: Pixelmator 
• iPad Game of the Year: Monument Valley
• Mac App of the Year: Notability
• Mac Game of the Year: Tomb Raider

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