Ke$ha is Billboard's Hot 100 Artist of the Year

Lady Gaga is Artist of the Year (PHEW!) but Ke$ha is hot-hot-hot!

An excerpt from the interview with Ke$ha on billboard.com

How will the Ke$ha persona change, now that you're not really a bum any more?

Have you seen me? Yes, I am! All you have to do is look at "Cannibal" to see that you can still celebrate life in a non-douche bag way. Money really doesn't affect me when it comes to my happiness or deciding who I'm going to date, and that's something I want to hold on to. You can be really happy and you can look like a badass and be a total baller, but it doesn't necessarily have to be in a financial sense.

As you can see, it's more or less what you'll find on her formspring

How do you become noticed by record comps/ labels/ whatever?

ui just gotta work n then u make ur one song and its KAFUCKINBAM like that

All's we have to say is, thank you Dr. Luke. Thank you.  You've saved Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Lassie, and ...yes, pop music.  We salute you.