Since their inception , Xenomania has garnered praise from all areas of the international media . Pitchfork Media , which generally focuses on independent music , praised Xenomania for their " deathless hooks and multi-genre pyrotechnics ... songs stuffed to the gills with one , two , three , sometimes four different choruses , sounding like patchwork assemblages of the best bits of a hundred fantasy pop songs . " In 2006 , British pop website Popjustice stated , " This cartel of songwriters and producers are the most talented pop powerhouse since the glory days of Cheiron , and could easily become the most exciting British hit machine of all time . " Xenomania has been given various accolades and recognition . British music industry trade magazine '' Music Week '' said in an October 2008 piece , " As one of song-writing and production team Xenomania , the publicity shy Brian Higgins has been responsible for some of the most life-affirming and innovative pop songs of the last decade . " They were named Music Week 's Producer of the Year award for 2009 . Higgins won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for his work on Cher 's " Believe " ; it was also awarded the sales-based International Hit of the Year and Best Selling UK Single . It also won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording . Xenomania won Best British Single for Girls Aloud 's " The Promise " at the 2009 BRIT Awards , while Gabriella Cilmi 's " Sweet About Me " won Best Single at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 . Pet Shop Boys ' '' Yes '' was nominated in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category at the 52nd Grammy Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2009
ARIA Music Awards of 2009
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