I hate admitting this, but Taylor's album is actually pretty good, definitely better than Fearless, especially production-wise. Haunted has quickly become one of my favorite songs of 2010. I still think she needs more variety in her catalogue, so I'm hoping her next album has less songs about boys and relationships. Dear John, Haunted, and Last Kiss have displayed some growth on her part, so that was good to see/hear. I won't be surprised if she gets another AOTY grammy with Speak Now, tbh.
Rihanna's Loud is starting to leak, so keep an eye out for it if you're interested.
Firework is a good song but Katy's voice sounds a little strained in it at times. The video for it, or what I've seen (haven't seen the whole thing), seems to me like it's probably her best video.
lol I'm sorry, but I hate Messy Little Raindrops.
I feel like Cheryl could have done a lot better, but she's had a bad year, so I won't bash her for it. I still have to check out Nadine's album, if I can find it anywhere. I just want Girls Aloud back together already. Cheryl said they'll reunite in 2012...so hopefully it happens.
We R Who We R is a fun song. I think Cannibal will have some more catchy, not-so-serious songs. I think Ke$ha's next album will have some more serious songs, or at least, that's what she's said in the past.
Express is an ok song, but it feels like it's missing something. A song on the soundtrack called Beautiful People was confirmed to be the lead single, so I think Express is just a buzz single. You can hear the snippet of Beautiful People (and every other song on the soundtrack)
here. Not sure how I feel about it yet.