As much as I hate to admit it, Britney wins this one. Kelly and Mariah will be looked at because they're both coming off of huge surges. But they're riding in on top. Britney has been through so much in the past couple years, as far as - and I think this is what you meant by expecting - anticipation goes, Britney has the competition beat.
I don't really care that much about next year since Christina and Justin came this yr. but I really want some new songs from Gavin DeGraw. But I would say for me, Beastie Boys, only because they are claiming that it's going to be the best album that they have ever done.