Yes indeed, a lot of BIG acts are releasing material this year! Who do you think will lead the pack? Or moreover, which artist(s) do you think will be the most competitive? Post your opinions here...

Christina Aguilera
Beyonce Knowles
Kelly Rowland
Nelly Furtado
Nick Lachey
Justin Timberlake
Rihanna
Pink
Other (not listed)

Janet Jackson?

Justin

Kelly Rowland, Rihanna, Pink, Nelly Furtado, and Nick Lachey won't be near the top at all

Gwen's second CD is coming out and possibly No Doubt as well...

Nelly Furtado Yay!

Kelly Clarksons third album might come out and I think that one will be even bigger than Breakaway. I dont know if itll be part of 06 but it might otherwise 07 is all of hers.

Rihanna rulezzzz

Here's who I know it won't be:
Beyonce
Christina A.
Justin
Pink
Kelly R

Here's who I think it might be:
Kelly C (if her new cd comes out in the fall)
Rihanna
Nick
Nelly F

One I like to add:Anna Nalick. I predict pending on how Breathe does after it got a resurgence, Anna could have a big 2006.

My thoughts...

Christina Aguilera - I think she will be VERY sucessful. She is going for a different throwback type sound, which I think will be quite refreshing. Even if the album sucks (which I HIGHLY doubt), she is garanteed much sucess because she has a great, supportive fan base! Rather people would like to admit it or not, this record does sound intriguing, and people are VERY curious! Especially after waiting this long, lol. With good promotion, material, and word of mouth (which she already has), I'm sure this record will be VERY sucessful!

Beyonce Knowles - Though I highly doubt her album will be released in September as a website states. I do think that Beyonce will be very sucessful with this one. I don't think it will be as good, or as notable as DIL, but I do think that this new record will be/do good in it's own right. Beyonce is blossoming into this ultimate, brilliant entertainer/buisness women. She knows what to do (as I've said plenty of times before) to keep people interested. I'm sure she won't dissappoint with this one!

Kelly Rowland - Solo, I see Kelly being as big as say.... a Keyshia Cole (and I hope I spelled her name right). I highly doubt that she is gonna be this superstar, but again, she'll be sucessful in her own right!

Nelly Furtado - I think Promiscuous Girl is an okay song, I really do. But I don't see this girl being that sucessful. There just isn't enough hype around her.... Just not enough word of mouth!

Nick Lachey - Well, his first single did take off WAAAAYYYY faster than I would have ever thought. But still i'm not convinced!

Justin Timberlake - I think that people are DEFINATELY still interested in him (though I hate to admit it). He'll do okay!

Rihanna - I hate this girl till no end. As I've said millions of times, she is gorgeous. But I think that she is just SOOOOOOOOOOO untalented! I think that she even tops Britney Spears as being, possibly, the worst singer in the history of the music biz. Just listinening to that pitchy voice of hers makes me cringe! Her album definately isn't doing as good as her singles are suggesting. I think in the end, she'll flop!

Pink - In 2 months, she's only sold what? Like 300,000? I think it's safe to say that she is pretty much done!

Others...

Janet Jackson - IDK. I think she is a bit of a wildcard. If she releases good material, she should do okay!

Gwen - refer to above

About 65% or more of the people here think Christina's 3rd album will be big...I just don't get it yet.

-Christina Aguilera's last album sold over 10 Million with Stripped despite a 2 years haitus. She can do it again with "Back To Basics."
-Nelly Furtado will have her best selling album with "Loose", which means it'll outsell the 7 Million that "Whoa Nelly" sold. "Maneater" & "Promiscuous" are getting ALOT of attention.
-Janet is definitely back in the limelight. Expect "20 Years Old" to enjoy similar success to that of Mariah's TEOM.
-Rihanna, though not all are happy about this, will sell alot and enjoy success with multiple single this time around.
-Beyonce will of course be successful again. It just wont sell the 8.5 Million DIL sold, 8 Million seems more suited lol.
-Justin Timberlake won't do that well the next time around. If anyone will be hurt by the whole Super Bowl incident, it's JT in the long run. His debut album was FILLERFUL anyway.
-P!nk is probably done. A great talent but she was a flash in the pan.
-Nick Lachey will definitely do well stateside. I just don't see him doing well overseas.

I have no idea.

I think you're right on Nick there Brian. He's the kind of guy who will do great in the U.S. but poorly elsewhere. I hope he proves that wrong and does well worldwide.

JoJo!

lol Brian you can't say stateside, you live in the US

Nick Lachey doesnt have any chances to do well in Europe or Australia.

I think Rihanna will sell pretty well, Nick will do VERY well, and Justin also (who i'm probably looking forward to the most) will do hot. Pink, well she's flopped already and her new single just seals that. I think Christina's new one will either sell amazing or just not sell at all which i doubt. I'm hoping her comeback is just as hot as Mariah's was last year, her new album sounds very interesting.

Another album i'm looking forward to is Paris Hilton's. I know she probably doesn't even have a good voice or anything, but her songs really are hot so i'm dying for hers.

OH and Jessica Simpson's is definately out this year. She's reworking on her album and is working with Jermaine Dupri, and still working with Scott Storch so I can just tell her album will be hotness.

I think Janet should throw in the towel....that gift-song she streamed on her website....weekend.....was AWFUL. I think Nelly Furtado will get big though (even though I've loved her since day one)

Nelly Furtado, no question.

Fergie is also releasing an album this year. how well do you think she will do?