Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity.
CHRIS BROWN
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Pamela WasabiBritish R&B singer Estelle performs at The Fillmore Miami Beach Friday night. Estelle and John LegendFriday, January 30, 2009The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason TheaterBetter Than: Being sung to by the girl of your dreams. Or close to it anyway.Okay, I'm gonna get a lot of flack for this, so I may as well get it over with quickly:Last night at the Fillmore Gleason, John Legend got his ass kicked by Estelle.Really.Obviously, it wasn't a one-on-one, in-the-ring-with-gl
