American dance artist Moby admitted to feeling out of place amongst the glamour and youth of the awards: "I'm not a boy band, I'm adult, I don't dance particularly well, I don't have a stylist but still, I'm happy to be here" he confided to the BBC.

Despite a slump in singles sales, 10,000 fans showed up to the ceremony, now in its second year.

Will Young took two awards home with him - for top newcomer and top single and Ms Dynamite accepted the top R&B artist award.

Britain's longest running music show can still pull in artists of the moment like Kylie, who acknowledged that recently, "pop was a dirty word and we all tried to be something other than pop. And since I embraced it again, I've had enormous success and I've been really happy with it."

What do you think of the night's results? Do you agree there's been a revival in pop music recently? How does Top of the Pops manage to stay ahead of the game?

This Talking Point has now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.

I suspect TOTP's longevity and success is probably because it's never tried to be particularly fashionable in its approach to presenting the latest pop music. When you've never really been in fashion it's very hard to go out of fashion and I think the moment TOTP changes its format radically it'll be the start of its end.
Bill, UK

People who imagine a golden age when everything in the charts was great are fooling themselves

Dougal McKinnon, UK

I don't feel there's been a particular revival because the charts have always been pretty ropey. People like Joe Dolce, The Wombles, Benny Hill and countless others used to stay at no 1 for weeks and sell millions. The people who imagine a golden age when everything in the charts was great are fooling themselves.
Dougal McKinnon, UK

TOTP stays ahead of the game as they give you best live acts and top pop stars like Will Young who once again proved he is the only pop idol and deserved to win these two awards again voted by the public. Well done Will.
Ann Devine, Northern Ireland

The pop business is based on looks and a good video clip. Musical talent and song-writing ability count for little. Any TV programme that fails to take that into account is destined to fail.
Joe RYAN, France

The great thing about Top of the Pops now, so much better than before, is that you don't need to have the sound on to really enjoy it. Probably better not to.
Steve, UK

TOTPS was excellent. Will Young deserved his awards. He is a great talent. Once he shakes off the pop idol tag he will go far.
Jenni Thompson, England

Pop music stinks and always has done. It's musically devoid, uninspired and cynically marketed, and people soak it up because they're too apathetic to question what the media serves up to them. Moreover, broadcasters and teen/pre-teen magazines force it overwhelmingly down the throats of children, who by their nature aren't savvy enough to realise they're being exploited to line industry pockets.
Niall McCourt, Scotland

I think a talent such as Will Young has got more people interested in pop music again. Kylie is right, pop had become a dirty word but perhaps now people will realise that good quality pop has its place and brings a lot of enjoyment.
Julie R, UK

Top of the Pops is to music what Eastenders is to classic acting. Music should mean more to all of us than mere karaoke. Maybe I'm missing the point and that's all it is. I do remember some classic Music TV; TOGWT, the Tube etc. but it all seems so shallow today. I suppose we can hope for a backlash against it, after all Punk was created to destroy pretty much what exists today, but I won't hold my breath.
Rupert, UK

Top of the Pops is an institution and generations of fans have grown up with it. With the advent of music channels and shows like CD UK the music video is becoming all important. I think TOTP should concentrate on artists who perform 'live' in the studio and let the mimers stay with 'dancing' to their latest video.
Carole Teare, England

It doesn't. It was, and remains, a complete anachronism, bearing no relation whatsoever to current musical trends (other than through the occasional accident!) Its purpose is to provide a showcase to the true fast buck merchants - record companies.
Andy Millward, UK

Yes there has been a revival, due to a sustained effort by the industry to tout it on TV - as in Pop Idol, Fame Academy etc etc. And why not? TOTP remains an important standard - my 53-year-old wife watches it religiously.
David, UK

You have to be under 25, otherwise the songs sound awful

James Rae, England

To properly appreciate TOTP you have to be under 25, otherwise the songs sound awful. The only good pop songs, in my opinion, were composed and sung in the 60s so you can guess how old I am. Being rational about it I suspect that today's hits are really just as good but my pop receptors are all filled up with Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Elvis and, would you believe, the Seekers. Long live TOTP - from a sad old flower child.
James Rae, England

James, it's OK, I'm only 19, I can't stand pop music today, but 60's pop is fantastic. The Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Kinks, the Small Faces- I could go on. All those bands wrote their own material, songs which can still be regarded as classics today. Shame the current teenybopper generation will grow up knowing only the terrible Will Young/Gareth Gates versions of tracks like Suspicious Minds and The Long and Winding Road.
Sam Faroqui, England

James Rae, I would dispute that comment - I'm 14 and I think TOTP is terrible. It is children under 10 who buy the majority of pop music now. Teenagers such as myself prefer a lot of the older bands and artists - Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Black Sabbath. Pop music is on a slippery slope, and in a few years TOTP will be dragged down with it.
Mark, Scotland

It manages to stay successful by pandering to the music industry. How on earth can Will Young be considered best newcomer in anything other than the annual big chin and grin awards?
Patrick, Scotland

TOTP has become an institution but sadly the BBC lacks imagination in changing format. How about including more album music as opposed to obsession with singles? The TOTP2 Shania Twain programme was good. Let's have more. Give people a chance to enjoy class acts.
Andrew, UK

Pop stars of today are merely eye candy karaoke singers

Asif, UK

I was listening to the radio the other day, and the DJ played the top ten from the same week about 15 years ago. Every song was an original, beautifully written, composed, and sung by artists who wrote songs and played instruments. Pop stars of today are merely eye candy karaoke singers, with no talent whatsoever. The reality Pop TV shows proved it with such hilarious irony. A few shining lights exist but they are such a minority.
Asif, UK

TOTP only manages to "stay ahead of the game" because there's no competition. Tacky, outdated and unimaginative production work - which I suppose is in keeping with most of the subject matter. I'd tear up the format, sack the production team and start from scratch.
Chris B, England

If this is a revival, I dread the next slump.
Frank, UK