Pitbull
“Give Me Everything”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Pitbull teams up with Ne-Yo and Nayer to offer some sensual suggestions about how to spend the night if you …

Hot Chelle Rae
“Tonight Tonight”
Pop, Rock

How can you mend a broken heart? Well, not with disco. Not anymore. Now you’ll be heading to a dance …

Rebecca Black
“Friday”
Pop

Rebecca Black hoped her song, “Friday,” and its accompanying YouTube video, might be seen by a handful of her friends. …

Francesca Battistelli
Hundred More Years
Christian/Gospel, Pop

The sunny sophomore submission from Christian singer Francesca Battistelli majors in irrepressible likeability. In other words, she kicks curmudgeons to …

Adele
21
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop

Adele’s sophomore neo-soul effort pulls no punches when it comes to mournful, melancholy and wince-inducing recollections of love lost and …

Katy Perry
“E.T. “
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Sometimes what a song really needs to succeed—even for a hit queen like Katy Perry—is a big ol’ dose o’ …

Lady Gaga
“Born This Way”
Pop

Channeling Madonna circa 1989, Lady Gaga’s latest chart-topping dance hit takes “I’m OK, you’re OK” to a whole new level.

Lady Gaga
“Born This Way”
Pop

Channeling Madonna circa 1989, Lady Gaga’s latest chart-topping dance hit takes “I’m OK, you’re OK” to a whole new level.

Jennifer Lopez
“On the Floor”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

JLo’s stripped out the punctuation from her stage name and is back on the charts with a catchy yet highly …

Avril Lavigne
Goodbye Lullaby
Pop, Rock

The lead single from Avril Lavigne’s latest album (her first since her divorce) exudes a breezy, devil-may-care recklessness. But not …

Ke$ha
“Blow”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Ke$ha’s latest hit offers everything we’ve come to expect from pop’s reigning trash-tastic princess. The video, though, is a horse, …

Dr. Dre
“I Need a Doctor”
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Dr. Dre has spent the last decade or so practicing his hip-hop medicine on others. His own work’s been mostly …

The Script
Science & Faith
Pop, Rock

This Irish band’s first album since 2009’s breakthrough hit “Breakeven” is melodic and ear-catching. It’s also as melancholy as the …

Britney Spears
“Hold It Against Me”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Britney takes a cue from—of all the odd musical inspirations—the Bellamy Brothers. Well, at least her lyrics do.

Avril Lavigne
“What the H—“
Pop, Rock

Avril thinks her music is more mature now that she’s all grown up. We think it’s just messier and meaner.