Another Year In Pop: 45

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Blimey! A bumper crop of new entries this week, with four lovely ladies barging their way into the top ten. None of them have knocked off the X Factor mess at the top yet, but give it time...

[Poll #1294584]

Bizarre re-entry watch: last week a competitive singing television programme had a disco theme which explains Blondie at no.91, but why is 'Mr Brightside' by the Killers in at 60? In the battle of the 'Hero's, Enrique is now ahead of Mariah (94 and 100 respectively), but expect that to change after Mariah's triumphant pulverising of everyone else on Saturday's X Factor...

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[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Solid work from Britney, Christina and Beyonce (even if If I Were a Boy is a bit AH DO YOU SEE?!), and Alesha's sub-Girls Aloud bounce at least has a mega-chorus. Shouldn't it have been around for the summer, though? It hardly feels like November fare.

Leona Lewis is the biggest criminal of the week for singing different words over Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape. It's still fresh in our minds, Lewis, and your song is identical... except no Akon and crucially NO GOOD.