 | The Fame by Lady Gaga
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.14 She's here to put you in a chokehold with her infectious blend of pop, electro, and some hip-hop. One of the most genuinely individual and unique major pop artists to come out in a while.
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 | All I Ever Wanted (Limited Edition CD/DVD) by Kelly Clarkson
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $6.74 Mixing the in-your-face, uber-catchy spunk of "Breakaway" and the snarling, throaty growls of "My December," "All I Ever Wanted" is a well-rounded pop/rock album that further cements KC in the pantheon of mainstream pop music consciousness.
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 | Circus by Britney Spears
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.90 It's nice to hear Brit-Brit sound a little bit more "involved" with her craft...Even if it means shelving out more $$$ to make her sound more robotic than ever. Quickly, get this before she snaps and goes crazy again!
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 | Hook Me Up by The Veronicas
Buy used from: $4.07 If you thought "Untouched" was great, try multiplying that by 13...How convenient. That's exactly how many obnoxiously catchy tracks there are in the album.
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 | Fearless by Taylor Swift
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.96 If The Veronicas are quite capable craftsmen for energy-fueled pop/rock, then Taylor Swift might just be their country-pop equal.
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 | One of the Boys by Katy Perry
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.38 Katy Perry may know a thing or two about a great pop/rock. Image + hooks = $$$. Not as theatrical and over-the-top as her 2009 contemporary Lady GaGa, but her tunes are always reliably catchy.
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 | I Am...Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Edition) by Beyoncé
Buy used from: $8.69 A little bit "human," mostly man-eating, fembot tornado. "I Am...Sasha Fierce" might not really show anything that we don't already know, but it does force you at gunpoint about one thing: Beyoncé Knowles is R&B/pop's most powerful force during the noughties.
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 | It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $26.55 Continues her potty-mouthed, clever tirade towards anything that comes across her path. Gone is her ska-pop, pseudo-hip-pop and in its place a melancholy world of chilled out electronica. Don't fret though, she's still got a razor tongue and some infectious tunes in her arsenal.
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 | Hands by Little Boots
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $15.68 Hipsters, music snobs, audiophiles, and electro-nerds everywhere: meet your new Pop Princess. Hers is the type of pop that might sound too clever and bookish for its own good. "Stuck On Repeat" is IMMENSE.
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 | How to Be a Lady, Vol. 1 by Electrik Red
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.36 Fiestiness and sass (or at least attempting to possess them) seem to be the common marketing ploy for girl groups these days, but there's one thing these girls can credit their own: humor. Did I mention Tricky Stewart (of "umbrella...ella...ella...ella" fame) cranked out the album with the girls in just 2 weeks? Applause...
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 | Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.71 Demi Lovato is FAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR more talented and charismatic a vocalist than any of her Disney contemporaries. She should ditch the Disney schtick and make music her way because I have a feeling she could finally get the thing she desperately craves: credibility.
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 | BoA by BoA
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $11.99 As far as being a dancer, she's arguably better than any of her contemporaries (name any female pop artist in Western pop music that you think has the best dance skills...BoA can pretty much crap all over thought-of artist). Her album sounds pretty expensive.
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 | Next Level (2CD+DVD) Edition by Ayumi Hamasaki
The label "Japanese Madonna" is definitely farfetched...Then again, who is like Madonna in Jpop? Sounding more calculatingly cutting-edge in the electro-pop vein, Ayumi Hamasaki proves that as far being a genuine Jpop superstar, there isn't anyone quite like her.
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