20. Miranda Cosgrove (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Beautiful Mess)
19. Christina Aguilera (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Not Myself Tonight)
18. Charice (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Reset)
17. Shontelle (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Impossible)
16. P!nk (Favorite Song From Her This Year: F**kin' Perfect)
15. Timbaland (Favorite Song From Him This Year: Carry Out (with Justin Timberlake)
14. Esmee Denters (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Love Dealer)
13. Demi Lovato (Favorite Song From Her This Year: Work Of Art)
12. Paramore (Favorite Song From This Year: Careful)
11. Chris Salvatore (Favorite Song From Him This Year: Dirty Love)
Now the Top 10. I will give out Last FM links to the artists you don't totally know.
#10: Hannah Montana
Miley's alter ego opens up this year. I absolutely love the soundtrack from the current season, especially the ballads. The ballads on the Hannah Montana Forever album were superb, especially I'll Always Remember You, Love That Let's Go, Wherever I Go, and Been Here Along. Actually I think that's all of them. Plus, I enjoyed the electric power vibe of "Kiss It Goodbye" and the Hip Hop/R&B vibe of "Gonna Get This". Ultimately, it deserved Hannah a spot in the Top 10. Her alter ego will show up later.
#9: Rihanna
In the beginning of the year, I was jamming to Rated R, and later in the year it was Loud. However, it took me awhile to get into Only Girl, but I finally got into this month. But I've grown tired of the singles from Rated R, except for Russian Roulette and Hard. But I've enjoyed a good amount of songs from Loud, Rated R, and even the leaked songs Goodbye and Sexuality. So that's why she's here.
#8: Katy Perry
Both of her first two singles this year I can't bear to listen to anymore, and Firework is getting their as well, but the non-singles off of Teenage Dream are why Katy is in the Top 10...Last Friday Night, Pearl, E.T., Circle the drain, and Hummingbird Heartbeat are MILES better than Cali Gurls and Teenage Dream, and I can listen to them a lot more than Firework. Peacock was ok, but funny and sexual so whatever. Overall, she deserves to be here.
#7: Fefe Dobson
I knew Fefe has existed for at least two years, but her older music never really interested me. Her voice is kinda...you know...a bit squeaky. But I her Ghost on Evan's Last Fm and I fell in love with it...I have ended playing Ghost over 300 times since July. Stuttering to awhile for me to like but I've grown to like it too. I also checked out a few of the songs off of Joy...and I plan to check out more. I really like "You Bitch". Anyways, Fefe has finally satisfied.
#6: Blake McGrath
This guy I looked up on Youtube after finding him on Evan's Last FM. I really like him. He's hot and his voice gives me an eargasm. I've listened to several tracks off of his first album "Time To Move" and he's just a turn-on in every song so far...I just wanna have sex to this album...and him!
His Last FM Page: http://www.last.fm/music/Blake%2520M...lake%20McGrath
Recommend: Relax, Burn the Floor - The first song is a strong danceable sex song, and you should be able to figure out the sexual metaphors. Burn the Floor is a dance club anthem, so please check that out!
#5: Girlicious
These ladies were smart to get rid of that gangsta Bitch...Tiffany right?...yeah. I don't care about her. The group is better without her. I absolutely LOVED Maniac and I liked 2 In the morning, and I also liked their cover of Sexy Bitch. I need to see if "Rebuilt" but Girlicious got enough scrobbles from me to be Top 5.
#4: Cascada
My favorite dance band comes in at #4. I was SUPER addicted to Pyromania, and I Liked Night Nurse as well. I also jammed out to Fever, and two songs that I think you should try:
Breathless is a pretty good non-single, and this remix of Dangerous adds more UMPH to to the song!
#3: Ke$ha
What can I say, she's one of the main three I have *****d the heck this year. I *****d the hell out of Animal, and I just love all her songs. Plain and simple
#2: Selena Gomez & The Scene
I *****d the heck out of Naturally...I just recently hit 700 plays with that song. And I also *****d the heck out of the latest album, A Year Without rain. Especially Off the Chain. I just love this band to death. Yes guys, it's a band!
It's #1 finally...the answer is obvious!
#1: Miley Cyrus
No surprise! That Miley Cyrus reign just won't let up! I *****d the heck out of Can't Be Tamed, and When I Look At You, and her unreleased tracks. And even remixes! Miley was just awesome this year in music, and she climbed to the Top of my Last FM. And I'll prove it. http://www.last.fm/user/MusicLoverDude
6,524 plays of Miss Miley Ray Cyrus! It's not as huge as Pedro and his 20,000+ plays of Britney Jean Spears...but for me...it's huge.
I am now revealing my Top Albums List. It is only 10...so I will only talk about the Top 5.
10. Miranda Cosgrove - Sparks Fly (Highlights: Beautiful Mess, BAM, Brand New You)
9. Rihanna - Loud (Highlights: California King Bed, S&M, Love the Way You Lie Part II)
8. Chris Salvatore - Dirty Love EP (Highlights: Dirty Love, Broke Another Heart)
7. Blake McGrath - Time To Move (Highlights: Relax, Burn the Floor, Stage Fright)
6. Ke$ha - Cannibal (Highlights: The Harold Song, Cannibal, Grow a Pear, We R Who We R)
Notes about 10 - 6: Miranda's EP was better than I expected, and Beautiful Mess is a nice ballad. Rihanna didn't deliver as much as I had wished from her but she did ok. Gay artist Chris Salvatore and bisexual dancer/singer Blake McGrath take up 8 and 7 with their EP and full album respectively. Ke$ha's Cannibal is good, and shows she is starting to branch out!
Now here's the Top 5:
#5: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Katy Perry certainly had a big year, with 3 #1s from one album! Talk about crazy ****! But unlike the major hits from One of the Boys (IKAG and Hot N Cold) I got tired of Cali Gurls and Teenage Dream. I Haven't gotten tired of Firework thankfully, but you know, it's getting overhyped. I find it much more enjoying to listen to the non-singles. In particular, Hummingbird Heartbeat, E.T., Pearl, and Last Friday Night. The album is a step-up from One of the Boys, and even though her singles were more annoying this time around, her album was really good!
Top 5:
1. Hummingbird Heartbeat
2. Pearl
3. Firework
4. E.T.
5. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
As Miley continues to slay my countdown, her alter ego released the last album to the series! This album was quite good although she had at least three unbearable tracks: Que Sera, Need a Little Love (which featured Sheryl Crow) and Barefoot Cinderella. Other than that, it was a nice close to the series music. Hannah's ballads were the gems on here, but they also some good synth-pop songs.
Top 5 Songs:
1. I'll Always Remember You
2. Wherever I Go
3. Love That's Let Go (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)
4. Been Here All Along
5. Are You Ready?
Close-calls
6. Gonna Get This (feat. Iyaz)
7. Kiss It Goodbye
8. Ordinary Girl
#3: Selena Gomez & The Scene - A Year Without Rain
With Kiss & Tell, the band made it to this same spot last year. And they once again make it to #3 with "A Year Without Rain". I personally thought electro and dance-pop fit Selena's voice better. And I'm glad they took to this route! It worked to their benefit! And it was genius to have Katy Perry on backup vocals for "Rock God" and to use Kevin Rudolf and Fefe Dobson on "Round & Round" as well as a song meant for Leona Lewis and Rihanna "A Year Without Rain", and lastly, to include the pop rock song Live Like There's No Tomorrow! Overall, it was good for them!
Top 5 Songs:
1. Off The Chain
2. Round & Round
3. Rock God
4. Live Like There's No Tomorrow
5. Sick Of You
Close-calls:
6. A Year Without Rain
7. Summer's Not Hot
8. Intuition (feat. Eric Bellinger)
#2: Ke$ha - Animal
For starters, the albums that made the Top 2 were well deserved, as both albums have received over 2000 plays. With Ke$ha, her album was fun, partyful, good to dance to, and everything cool. From the bitch-slapping track "Backstabber" to the heart-breaking electro ballad "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" to the gayish like "Take It Off", I just had everything.
Top 5 Songs:
1. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
2. Take It Off
3. Backstabber
4. Your Love Is My Drug
5. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)
Close-calls
6. Tik Tok
7. Party At a Rich Dude's House
8. Dinosaur
And we have made it to #1! And...we all know who it is!
#1: Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed
Miley Cyrus slays for the fourth time in categories! I absolutely LOVED this album. I was SO glad Miley was finally shedding her Hannah Montana image and this was her TRUE "Breakout". The electropop fit her perfectly, especially on "Permanent December" "Who Owns My Heart" "Can't Be Tamed" and "Liberty Walk". Her ballads as usual are good, with the exception of that disaster "Forgiveness and Love". That song is just crap! But overall, I loved the songs, with the exception of three. Miley is who she is, AND THE HATERS CAN SHUT UP
Top 5 Songs:
1. Permanent December :heart:
2. Can't Be Tamed
3. Who Owns My Heart
4. Stay
5. Liberty Walk
Close-calls:
6. Robot
7. Two More Lonely People
8. My Heart Beats For Love