Not a good year for the divas' return, you can see example in Whitney, Madonna, and Mariah. Their singles is not doing that good, and it is not because their music. The music is still delicious and not thing to complain. H.A.T.E.U. is considered as a flop single too, a messing video is coming along. Anyway, I love this song when it is only 30s preview, then The Dream version, and when it is leaked, I was whoring it every day, definitely my favorite of 2009.
Taking huge risk, Rihanna releases the first single - Russian Roulette which is a haunting ballad. And yes, she was not doing that ballad well so she moves on with Hard. But for me, Russian Roulette still is one of the best songs in the album. The vocal is much better from the last album and the video is quite good, especially the underwater scene.
Whatever others say, I love this song. It may contemporarily flops, but who cares if she still delivers such amazing tune. Easy to listen, to sing, to dance, if you don't like it first time, try again and again, cause this is a grower. Next time you hear, it come better.
Just Dance is amazing; Poker Face, Papa, LoveGame are also fantastic too. But when Bad Romance was released, I feel this is GaGa I want, this futuristic but not awkward GaGa. That time, I was whoring the fashion show which is world premiere of the song on Youtube. I feel this will become huge and remarkable in GaGa's career immediately.
With the 3rd song in Top20, Lady GaGa already owns my year. This song to me is a whole new level of GaGa, she develops her sounds by mixing a lot of others elements. Why this song is higher than Monster and Bad Romance? Cause, in my opinion, it is lyrical genius and producing perfection. Below is a ballad cover from a youtube member, this version is crazy, you guys really can't miss it (and the guy who covers it is damn cute).
The first song off the greatest hits from Madonna. It's amazing-ingggggggg, fits perfectly with every different remixes. I remember the time I listened to it. I played it like 200 times for a few days and it went straight to the top songs. I don't know how to tell the reason why I love it, I just got addicted to it. Maybe I love the dance vibes, the hard beat, electronic sounds. It makes my body move!
^ IKR, they returned like the same time too, Madonna, Whitney, Mariah, JLo. And they still delivered as always but seems like ppl are not obsessed about music anymore. One more reason is the new comers who are coming way too hard!