Justin Bieber
Under the Mistletoe
Pop

It’s all in the title of Justin Bieber’s Christmas album—where liplocks get more play than the season itself.

Florence + The Machine
Ceremonials
Alternative, Rock

The latest offering from this rising British alt-rock act plunges listeners into an ocean of romanticized melancholy that drifts into …

Miranda Lambert
Four the Record
Country

Firebrand Miranda Lambert recently married fellow country singer Blake Shelton. But if you think her music’s been similarly domesticated, you’d …

Coldplay
Mylo Xyloto
Rock

Coldplay’s latest is a concept album grasping (sometimes beyond its reach) at transcendent meaning as a young couple struggles against …

Kelly Clarkson
Stronger
Pop, Rock

Kelly Clarkson’s raspy, throaty and earnest vocals match the content of her songs as she blurs the boundaries between country, …

Evanescence
Evanescence
Alternative, Rock

Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee has built her career on brooding, melodramatic angst. And nearly a decade after she got started, …

Joe Jonas
Fastlife
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Joe Jonas told his brothers he wanted to do something a little different on his solo debut. A Parental Advisory …

Scotty McCreery
Clear as Day
Country

The debut offering from American Idol’s Season 10 champ is long on love, deep on bass and, thankfully, short on …

Switchfoot
Vice Verses
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Rock

The latest from Jon Foreman and Co. dives headfirst into the messy, confusing business of life and death, faith, hope …

Demi Lovato
Unbroken
Pop, R&B

Bouncing back after rehab, 19-year-old Demi Lovato says her latest effort is about rising above it all, being positive and …

Lady Antebellum
Own the Night
Country

Love. Loss. Lust. That’s the trio of subjects this white-hot country threesome delves into on its third album.

Trivium
In Waves
Metal

The fifth effort from this influential Florida metalcore quartet writhes and seethes in the face of pain, suffering, brokenness, loss …

Luke Bryan
Tailgates & Tanlines
Country

Country singer Luke Bryan’s third album tips its hat to the virtues of faithfulness, small towns and going to church. …

Jay-Z & Kanye West
Watch the Throne
Rap/Hip-Hop

Super-celebrities and ribald rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West have formed a supergroup (sometimes called The Throne) designed to utilize their …

Various/Soundtrack
Victorious: Music From the Hit TV Show
Pop, Soundtracks

Veruca Salt was cast as a bad egg when she screeched, “Don’t care how, I want it now!” The Victorious …