As 2012 comes to a close, a few of the staff members of MTV's Creative Music Integration Department were asked to list their favorite Albums and pick a few Artists to Watch in 2013. Take a look at the list below and enjoy your Holiday Season

STAFF PICKS:

RICK KRIMBEL

JMSN - Priscilla

Alex Clare - The Lateness of the Hour

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

How To Dress Well - Total Loss

Artist Pick for 2013:

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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LOUIS CLARK

JEFF the Brotherhood - Hypnotic Nights

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead - Lost songs

King Tuff - King tuff

Ty Seagall - Twins

Tame Impala - Lonerism

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SCOTTIE DIABLO

Father John Misty  - Fear Fun

Daughn Gibson  - All Hell

Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders – Hurtsville

Tiger High  - Catacombs After Party

Promised Land  - Stoned Eagle

Cian Ciaran  - Outside In

Aaron Embry  - Tiny Prayers

Dylan LeBlanc  - Cast The Same Old Shadow

Searching for Sugar Man – Soundtrack

V / A – Country Funk – 1969 – 1975

The Amazing – Gentle Stream

White Arrows  - Dry Land is not a Myth

The Orwells  - Remember When

Artist Picks for 2013:

Guards

Krief

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ROCHELLE HOLGUIN

 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Chords will Serve You more than Ropes ever do

Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream

Grimes - Visions

White Arrows - Dry Land is not a Myth

Taylor Swift - Red

Beach House - Bloom

The XX - Coexist

Solange - True (ep)

Delta Rae - Carry the Fire

Artist Pick for 2013:

Solange

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JARON LUM

Beach House - Bloom

Chromatics - Kill for Love

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

Grizzly Bear - Shields

Father John Misty - Fear Fun

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Jessie Ware - Devotion

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio

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GREG DANYLYSHYN

Father John Misty - Fear Fun

Sea Wolf - Old World Romance

Metz - Metz

Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Last Smoke before the Snowstorm

The Helio Sequence - Negotiations

Blackchords - A Thin Line

Big Black Delta - Singles

Red Pens - Reasons

Japandriods - Celebration Rock

Artist Pick for 2013:

DIIV

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BEN HOCHSTEIN

Beach House - Bloom

Chromatics - Kill for Love

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

Efterklang - Piramida

Father John Misty - Fear Fun

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar

Future - Pluto

Grimes - Visions

The Men - Open Your Heart

Artist Pick for 2013:

Chief Keef

Villagers

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RYAN ACETO

Bahamas - Barchords

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

fun. - Some Nights

Haley Reinhart - Listen Up!

Jessie Ware - Devotion

MIKA - The Origin of Love

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday .. Roman Reloaded

Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour

Artist Pick for 2013:

Jessie Ware

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As 2011 comes to a close, a few of the staff members of MTV's Creative Music Integration Department were asked to list their favorite Albums. Take a look at the list below and enjoy your Holiday Season. See you all in 2012!

"Music is the Soundtrack of our Lives" - Dick Clark

2011 Staff Picks:

SCOTTIE DIABLO

Ramsay Midwood – Larry Buys A Lighter

Bowery Beasts - Heavy You

The Peoples Temple - Son of Stone

Buildings - Melt Cry Sleep

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

Heavy Young Heathens - Scavengers

The Men - Leave Home

Jack Oblivian - Rat City

Diego Garcia - Laura

JEFF the Brotherhood - We Are the Champions

Magic Jake & the Power Crystals - Magic Jake & the Power Crystals

Reigning Sound - Abdication

Big Talk - Big Talk

Pujol - Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Diarrhea Planet - Loose Jewels

Destroyer - Kaputt

Richard Swift – Walt Wolfman

The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient

+ Artist Tip for 2012: Howlin Rain

ERNESTO ELIAS

Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Cults - Cults

Destroyer - Kaputt

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – We’re New Here

Foster the People - Torches

Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud

The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light

Washed Out - Within & Without

GREG DANYLYSHYN

Chapel Club - Palace

The Horrors - Skying

Emile Millar - Neighbors

Automatic Empire - Automatic Empire

Vetiver - The Errant Charm

+ Artist Tip for 2012:  The Pass

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