Top 10 New Pop Albums November 12, 2013
The eagerly awaited Artpop from Lady Gaga leads this week's new releases. It was announced with an interactive art and music extravaganze titled artRave.
Lady Gaga's new album is her eagerly awaited follow up to Born This Way. The new set includes two top 10 pop hit singles, "Applause" and "Dope." It is also includes the critically acclaimed single "Do What U Want" featuring R. Kelly. Among those lending songwriting and production talent are will.i.am, RedOne, and Rick Rubin.Buy from Amazon »
Las Vegas based band The Killers was formed in 2001. Their first studio album Hot Fuss appeared in 2004. This is the first collection of the group's best moments over the past decade. They have reached the top 10 on the alternative songs chart eight times and one of those, the debut single "Mr. Brightside," reached the pop top 10.Buy from Amazon »
The first US NOW That's What I Call Music! collection was released in 1998. This 48th volume of the series includes two #1 pop hit singles, Katy Perry's "Roar" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." The last album in the series debuted at #2 on the album chart.Buy from Amazon »
Electronic pop duo Erasure released their first album in 1986. It was followed by five top 10 hit albums in the UK, four of those going all the way to #1. Snow Globe is the fifteenth studio album overall by the duo. It is their first holiday collection and includes classic Christmas songs as well as new material written by the duo.Buy from Amazon »
Jhene Aiko is a Los Angeles based R&B singer-songwriter. She began her career contributing backing vocals to recordings by the R&B boy band B2K. Her first mixtape Sailing Soul(s) was self-released in 2011 to critical acclaim. This new EP is Jhene Aiko's first major label release.Buy from Amazon »
R&B singer and actress Tamar Braxton released her second solo album earlier this fall after a hiatus of more than a decade. It topped the R&B album chart and hit #2 on the overall album chart. This is her first holiday collection and includes two new songs with the rest being cover versions of Christmas classics.Buy from Amazon »
This is the fifth live album from rock band Counting Crows. It includes performances of classic songs by the group as well as cover versions of songs by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. The first five studio albums from Counting Crows were all top 10 hits on the album chart.Buy from Amazon »
Ska punk band Less Than Jake was formed in Florida in 1992. They reached a commercial peak with the 2003 album Anthem. See the Light is the ninth studio album from the group. Guitarist and vocalist Chris DeMakes says the new album is, "pure Less Than Jake."Buy from Amazon »
Katey Sagal is best known as an actress on the TV shows Sons Of Anarchy and Married...with Children. However, she is also an accomplished vocalist. She has been a member of Bette Midler's backup vocal group the Harlettes. This is her first new solo album in nine years.Buy from Amazon »
1. Lady Gaga - Artpop
Lady Gaga's new album is her eagerly awaited follow up to Born This Way. The new set includes two top 10 pop hit singles, "Applause" and "Dope." It is also includes the critically acclaimed single "Do What U Want" featuring R. Kelly. Among those lending songwriting and production talent are will.i.am, RedOne, and Rick Rubin.Buy from Amazon »
2. Beatles - On Air: Live At the BBC Volume 2
The Beatles recorded live in studio performances for BBC radio in 1963 and 1964. The first volume of those performances was released in 1994. There are 63 previously unreleased tracks on this new collection. This album has received strong critical acclaim as it helps flesh out the legend of the Beatles.Buy from Amazon »
3. The Killers - Direct Hits
Las Vegas based band The Killers was formed in 2001. Their first studio album Hot Fuss appeared in 2004. This is the first collection of the group's best moments over the past decade. They have reached the top 10 on the alternative songs chart eight times and one of those, the debut single "Mr. Brightside," reached the pop top 10.Buy from Amazon »
4. Various Artists - NOW 48
The first US NOW That's What I Call Music! collection was released in 1998. This 48th volume of the series includes two #1 pop hit singles, Katy Perry's "Roar" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." The last album in the series debuted at #2 on the album chart.Buy from Amazon »
5. Erasure - Snow Globe
Electronic pop duo Erasure released their first album in 1986. It was followed by five top 10 hit albums in the UK, four of those going all the way to #1. Snow Globe is the fifteenth studio album overall by the duo. It is their first holiday collection and includes classic Christmas songs as well as new material written by the duo.Buy from Amazon »
6. Jhene Aiko - Sail Out EP
Jhene Aiko is a Los Angeles based R&B singer-songwriter. She began her career contributing backing vocals to recordings by the R&B boy band B2K. Her first mixtape Sailing Soul(s) was self-released in 2011 to critical acclaim. This new EP is Jhene Aiko's first major label release.Buy from Amazon »
7. Tamar Braxton - Winter Loversland
R&B singer and actress Tamar Braxton released her second solo album earlier this fall after a hiatus of more than a decade. It topped the R&B album chart and hit #2 on the overall album chart. This is her first holiday collection and includes two new songs with the rest being cover versions of Christmas classics.Buy from Amazon »
8. Counting Crows - Echoes Of the Outlaw Roadshow
This is the fifth live album from rock band Counting Crows. It includes performances of classic songs by the group as well as cover versions of songs by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. The first five studio albums from Counting Crows were all top 10 hits on the album chart.Buy from Amazon »
9. Less Than Jake - See the Light
Ska punk band Less Than Jake was formed in Florida in 1992. They reached a commercial peak with the 2003 album Anthem. See the Light is the ninth studio album from the group. Guitarist and vocalist Chris DeMakes says the new album is, "pure Less Than Jake."Buy from Amazon »
10. Katey Sagal - Covered
Katey Sagal is best known as an actress on the TV shows Sons Of Anarchy and Married...with Children. However, she is also an accomplished vocalist. She has been a member of Bette Midler's backup vocal group the Harlettes. This is her first new solo album in nine years.Buy from Amazon »