Top 10 singles of 2009!

The rest of the songs that deserved recognition include: Röyksopp Featuring Robyn "The Girl and the Robot", Miranda Lambert "Dead Flowers, Kid Cudi "Day N Night", Mr Hudson "Supernova", Kanye West "Amazing", Alicia Keys "Doesn't Mean Anything", Chris Brown "I Can Tranfsform Ya", Ne-Yo "Mad", Beyonce "Halo", Alphabeat "The Spell", Nelly Furtado "Mas", Lady Antebellum "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Lily Allen "The Fear", Kenny Chesney "Out Last Night", Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero", Ciara & Justin Timberlake "Love Sex Magic", Daniel Merriweather & Adele "Water and a Flame", The Dream & Kanye "Walkin' On The Moon", Jay-Z "D.O.A.", Drake "Best I Ever Had", Ryan Leslie "How It Was Supposed To Be", Shakira "She Wolf", The Lonely Island "I'm On A Boat", Calle 13 "Movimiento Electrico", Drake Featuring Eminem, Kanye West & Lil'Wayne "Forever", Timbaland "Morning After Dark", Keri Hilson "I Like", Sugarland "It Happens", Rihanna "Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova)" and Jamie Foxx "Blame It".

What do you think of my list? Who do you think deserves to be in the top 10?

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Albums of the Year!

In a year where Lil' Wayne sold over 1 million copies in a week and great artists like Nas, N.E.R.D., Christina Aguilera, Danity Kane, Jesse McCartney, Lloyd, Michelle Williams, Nelly, Ashanti, Nickelback, Pink, James Blunt, Natasha Bedingfield, Pussycat Dolls, J. Holiday, Colby O'Donis, Soulja Boy, One Republic, Maroon 5, Robin Thicke, Panic at the Disco, Ludacris, Brandy, Matchbox Twenty, Jennifer Hudson, Solange and Usher all failed to sell that much in a year is crazy. Billboard Magazine just called the compact disk DEAD! CD sales are down 23% from 2000 and they are expected to go down more every year.

Here is my list of my favorite CD's of the year:

1. Robyn-Robyn

2. John Legend- Evolver

3. Alicia Keys- As I Am

4. Nas- Untitled

5. Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It

6. Coldplay- Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

7. Janelle Monae- Metropolis Suite I

8. Jason Mraz- We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

9. Estelle- Shine

10. Miranda Lambert- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

11. Kanye West- 808s and Heartbreak

12. Ne-Yo- The Year of the Gentlemen

13. Kings of Le0n- Only By The Night

14. Beyonce- I Am...Sasha Fierce

15. Al Green- Lay It Down

16. Santogold-Santogold

17. TV on the Radio- Dear Science

18. M.I.A.- Kala

19. MGMT-Oracular Spectacular

20. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)

21. Common- Universal Mind Control/Q-Tip- The Renaissance

22. Calle 13- Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo

23. Zac Brown Band- The Foundation

24. Jazmine Sullivan- Fearless

25. Lil' Wayne- The Carter III/Radiohead In Rainbows

Not so great year:

1. 50 Cent (album pushed back twice!)

2. Solange (snubbed by the Grammy's)

3. N.E.R.D. (208,000 albums sold)

4. Eve (album pushed back 2 times)

5. Robin Thicke (140,00 albums sold)

6. Guns N' Roses (ouch!)

7. Amerie (album pused back 3 times)

8. Mya (album released in Japan)

9. Solo Efforts: Michelle Williams & Will.i.Am (album flops)

10. Danity Kane (2 members gone)

11.Lady Sovereign and Lil' Mama (dropped from her labels)

12. Christina Aguilera (greatest hits has sold 220,000)

13. Diva Letdowns: Janet Jackson & Mariah Carey (backlash?)

14. Pussycat Dolls a.k.a. Nicole Scherzinger (commercial dud)

15. Duffy/Adele/Amy Winehouse/Lily Allen (1 hit wonders)

Best New Artists:

1. Janelle Monae

2. Estelle/MGMT

3. Keri Hilson/Sam Sparrow

4. Leona Lewis/Jennifer Hudson

5. Jazmine Sullivan/Lady Gaga


BIG in '09:

1. Jay-Z

2. Sasha Fierce

3. Rihanna

4. Timbaland

5. Keri Hilson