Top Pop albums

Each song on Adele's sophomore effort 21 is literarily filled with either nostalgia, hope and love which is not over yet or anger and suchlike love. It really exceeds all expectations and sets the modern pop music's level really high

Viva La Vida is a result of a fruitful collaboration of Coldplay and producer Brian Eno, an example of how the sounding of a band can be given a new tint with the help of almost unnoticeable strokes leaving the basic palette practically unchanged

The US indie-rock band Kings Of Leon issued the fourth disc Only By The Night. With the more polished sound, they presented to the public the collection of excellent tracks with the stylish Southern rock slant

On FutureSex/LoveSounds the pop, R&B, funk, soul and rock music of the 1980s combines with the modern trends of production and studio processing, and Justin Timberlake's singing reechoes the performace manner of Prince and young James Brown

Every track on the record Doo-Wops & Hooligans is a combination of a danceable or an R&B beat and a successful melody which is made even more expressive with Bruno Mars' praiseworthy vocals

Nelly Furtado's greatest strength has always been her musical versatility. On Loose the folksy blend of styles that made the pop chanteuse famous is still there. It's principally a beat driven collection, most capably described by Nelly as “punk hop”

Katy Perry reminds of both Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani with the manner of performance and this is far from all the interesting moments on One Of The Boys so there surely will be nobody disappointed with the beginning star's work

The album Loud is the reflection of Rihanna's very essence. It is quite a varied dance collection with a couple of deeply thought numbers, naturally, offering several ready club hits at once

As on the debut album, on Back To Black Amy Winehouse reveals herself as quite a frank person, who is not afraid of disclosing her personal mishaps to the audience such as alcohol addiction fight and a breakup from which it has been hard to recover

A new material, with a name that speaks for itself, Good Girl Gone Bad, recorded with the participation of Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and of course Jay-Z demonstrates Rihanna's desire to sound more provocative and defiant