Beyoncé - "Countdown"
I've been trying to find a place in these year end lists for the group of critically-acclaimed pop ingenues coming out the UK. Singers like Adele and Florence Welch have been praised for crafting edgy new takes on female pop music, and while I liked Florence + the Machine's album as well as "Rolling In The Deep", I couldn't bring myself to include them. Maybe it's because those singers have to stray too far from what pop music is in order to make their music unique, so you get dour black & white of Adele or the new found piety of Florence. Beyoncé Knowles has never had that problem. She makes 100% Grade A American Pop Music, and she makes it incredibly well. God bless her for it.
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