Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity.
CHRIS BROWN
"Forever"
Pamela WasabiBritish R&B singer Estelle performs at The Fillmore Miami Beach Friday night. Estelle and John LegendFriday, January 30, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Being sung to by the girl of your dreams. Or close to it anyway.Okay, I'm gonna get a lot of flack for this, so I may as well get it over with quickly:Last night at the Fillmore Gleason, John Legend got his ass kicked by Estelle.Really.Obviously, it wasn't a one-on-one, in-the-ring-with-glo
The temperature dropped again this weekend, but we our counting our blessings because we aren't freezing our asses off in the dark like some people in Kentucky. We'll take post-hurricane humidity over freezing-cold any day.So while we warm up, here is what you missed over the weekend:Estelle and John Legend at The Fillmore Miami BeachPamela WasabiYou could have been Estelle's "American Boy" if you caught her opening for John Legend Friday night at The Fillmore Miami Beach. Click here to read our
