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Ly****hrope's best of 2011
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Ly****hrope's best of 2011
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This is my first "Best of" and I've only been on ATRL for about a month, so I'm going to make it quite short. I don't know if anyone cares to see this but it'll keep me from focusing on everything else going on. The year 2011 was a hit and miss year of music, that included many great songs and artists but mixed were many pointless, and annoying songs. My lists will include...
• Top 15 Albums (Dec. 15-17)
15. LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
14. Joe Jonas - Fastlife
13. Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
12. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down
11. Drake - Take Care
10. Beyonce - 4
9. Jason Derulo - Future History
8. Jennifer Lopez - Love?
7. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
6. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
5. Rihanna - Talk That Talk
4. Demi Lovato - Unbroken
3. Hot Chelle Rae - Whatever
2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
1. Adele - 21
• Top 14 #1 Singles (Dec. 21-23)
15. LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
14. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow
13. Pitbull - Give Me Everything
12. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
11. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
10. Rihanna - S&M
• Top 15 Artists (Dec. 26-28)
• Top 15 Album Tracks (Dec. 29-31)
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Good luck with your lists! Can't wait.
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I love the banner. It's so simple and beautiful. Looking forward to this. Please keep me posted.
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The first category is my Top 15 Albums.
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15. LMFAO - "Sorry For Party Rocking"
LMFAO's first mainstream album didn't sell very well in it's first week but it has many care-free, dance songs though not really artistic but I don't think that's what LMFAO is all about. There is HEAVY usage of autotune on here, when it isn't really needed. There are some absurd, and just plain dumb tracks (Hot Dog, Put That A$$ To Work) and some great electric, dance songs (Sexy and I Know It, Party Rock Anthem). Overall, this album is just for having fun, it's not really great "artistic" music, but it's a great album to listen to when you feel like dancing.
Favorite Tracks: One Day, Sexy and I Know It, Champagne Showers
14. JOE JONAS - "Fastlife"
This is the debut album by Joe Jonas, who is one of the members of the Jonas Brothers. Joe really strays away from the sound of the Jonas Brothers on this album, and goes in the more Hip-Hop/Pop direction. The majority of the album has great production and writing, and features writing by Chris Brown. It is a solid album and has that dance theme to it, but did not sell very well despite having a feature from Lil Wayne on his Just In Love track.
Favorite Tracks: All This Time, Love Slayer, Take It and Run
13. AVRIL LAVIGNE - "Goodbye Lullaby"
This is Avril's worst selling album to date but even if it's her worst, it's still a great album. Goodbye Lullaby is a different direction of music for Avril (besides What The Hell, Smile) and it is a good direction but I'd rather her not continue it for her future releases. Even if this certain album is not a mainstream album, it has some great tracks written by Avril (Stop Standing There, Wish You Were Here, Push) and some mediocre tracks written (4 Real, Darlin', Goodbye). Overall I think this is an album hits and misses, and she could have spent more time working on it.
Favorite Tracks: What The Hell, Wish You Were Here, Stop Standing There, Push, I Love You
12. SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE - "When The Sun Goes Down"
Selena and The Scene are already on their third album (probably due to a bad label named Hollywood Records). This is their best album they have gotten released so far, but only a track or two is actually written by the band. Catchy pop music, great for the Summer and definitely one of my guilty pleasures. Selena's voice is not the greatest, but she can sing. The album had a great production team (Gad, Sandy Vee) and mediocre singles. The whole album itself is one theme, and very solid (except for the horrible That's More Like It)
Favorite Tracks: We Own The Night, My Dilemma, Bang Bang Bang,
11. DRAKE - "Take Care"
Drake's second album is definitely an improvement from his debut album, and has many memorable tracks (The Motto, Make Me Proud). His lyrics are written well, and are very catchy. Drake is a newcomer but a great rapper and delivers his lines extremely well. Take Care is a great, laid back album that you'd be listening to on a long car drive or just surfing the net. That and it sold greatly.
Favorite Tracks: Take Care, The Motto, Make Me Proud, HYFR
10. BEYONCE - "4"
This is Beyonce's fourth album released, and it's honestly my favorite of her whole discography. The album opened to a great 310,000 copies and debuted atop of the Billboard 200 charts. The singles have been successful at all despite two of them charting inside the top 20 of the Hot 100. Most of the album's song structure are power ballads. There are great tracks that Bey had help writing (Love on Top, Countdown, Best Thing I Never Had) on but she did contribute and even produced most of the album and there's only one problem with the album.. Who Runs The World (Girls) otherwise it is an amazing album!
Favorite Tracks: Party, Love On Top, Best Thing I Never Had, I Was Here
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That's it until tomorrow!
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Thanks!
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LMFAO, Selena, Joe & Drake good set!
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LMFAO, Selena, Avril, Bey
1 song from Joe's, 3 songs from Drake's
If you're interested, the link to my Best Of is in my signature, 2 updates a day! I also highly suggest that you send me wall posts when you update.
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"4" Bey
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Perfect set
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9-5 Top 15 Albums.
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9. JASON DERULO - "Future History"
Jason Derulo's sophomore album was definitely not as successful as his first, but in Future History he stepped up in music quality. His first two singles had a mediocre performance, and his most recent singles are practically non-existent. I respect him for helping to write on the album, but there are very many writers on it. Most of this album is songs for clubs/partys with a couple power ballads, and an average album from a pop artist.
Favorite Tracks: Breathing, Fight For You, It Girl, X
8. JLO - "Love?"
The album produced during her pregnancy was released April 28th. Jennifer says it's her most personal album to date, but to me, it's really just a fun Dance-Pop album. Love? has produced one major hit this era-- On The Floor and it was a great comeback single that took the world by storm. She certainly hasn't disappeared from the public eye, and knows what's hot right now. She delivers some odd lyrics, and then catchy lyrics. Producers such as RedOne and StarGate really helped the album out.
Favorite Tracks: Good Hit, One Love, On the Floor,
7. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Femme Fatale"
Britney returns with a great seventh album after three years of no new music. Two of the biggest producers helped produce this album and there is absolutely no filler on it. Femme Fatale is definitely a party record, and Britney went in a different direction with this album with all of the techno. The only wrong with this is that I wished they hadn't made her voice sound all robotish, and autotuned it so much. Britney has a great voice, and they should let her sing.
Favorite Tracks: Trip To Your Heart, How I Roll, Inside Out, Hold It Against Me
6. KELLY CLARKSON - "Stronger"
Though not quite as popular as before, Kelly Clarkson comes back with a great album that sold 163k in the first week. Kelly is has one of the strongest voices in Pop music today. To me, this is her best album yet and she had a great production team. I was kind of disappointed because Kelly only wrote a few of the songs, but the ones she did write are great. This album really deserves more recognition, and I hope they choose good singles.
Favorite Tracks: What Doesn't Kill You, I Forgive You, The War is Over, Let me Down,
5. RIHANNA - "Talk That Talk"
Rihanna's rushed sixth album focuses greatly on sex. Though rushed, the album turned out to be great, and I like it a tad better than Loud. The album is mostly Dance-Pop, but I feel a bit of R&B in there too. There are a lot of tracks that involve love, but they're fun songs. Rihanna helped write one of my favorite songs on the album, You da One. I wished she would have written more and worked with different producers instead of Dr. Luke (he's over-used). Someone on Rihanna's team stated they wrote the album for hits, well this album surely is all hits besides Birthday Cake and Cockiness.
Favorite Tracks: Watch n' Learn, Do Ya Thang, You Da One, Talk That Talk, Where Have You Been
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Top four tomorrow!
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ttt and Femme Fatale
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GL and 4 too
I need that Joe Jonas album.
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some mediocre tracks written (4 Real, Darlin', Goodbye).
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I stopped reading there.
those are beautifully written songs.
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I stopped reading there.
those are beautifully written songs.
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I like them, but I just don't think they're written that great.
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OMG yes!!!
Absolutely perfect set.. especially Future History and Talk That Talk
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I ACTUALLY LOVE ALL!!
and username..so ****y!
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