Last Week, Chris Molanphy from Idolator says (in Such Great Hoots? Owl City Is A Rare Boy-Pop Chart-Topper) Aiken’s and Hicks’ tracks can be eliminated right away. These were American Idol coronation songs that each topped the Hot 100 based on a couple of fluke weeks of massive CD-single sales. I defy anyone reading this column, pop fan or no, to hum me a bar of those two tracks.

8 Months Ago, Chris Molanphy from Idolator says (in The Reverse Swift: Cyrus Scales Charts with Less Funky, More Honky (Tonk)) Lately, when I look at images of teen-pop dominator Miley Cyrus, she's looking less and less like a typical starlet. The big hair, the husky voice, that Bubba smile: Does this girl look like a future Viper Room denizen to you? 'Cause to me, she's all Opry. Maybe it's her Nashville lineage fina...