SPIN’s 20 Best Pop Albums of 2011

Here’s a little something to enjoy with your boof boof. SPIN celebrates the girls that run the world, the Girls that run Korea, and one Fall Out Boy running dry. We rolled in pop’s deeps for the year’s best: Hold it against us.

20. Jessie J Who You Are

19. CocknBullKid Adulthood

18. Girls’ Generation Girls’ Generation

17. Sky Ferriera As If EP

16. Ellie Goulding Lights

15. Roxette Charm School

14. Perfume JPN

13. Oh LandOh Land

12. Patrick Stump Soul Punk

11. Patrick Wolf Lupercalia

10. Rihanna Talk That Talk: Deluxe Edition

9. Kelly Clarkson Stronger

8. Coldplay Mylo Xyloto

7. Florence + the Machine Ceremonials

6. 2NE1 2nd Mini Album

The TLC of K-Pop dropped this stopgap, six-song EP compilation in July, and for pure (purely impure?) sonics, it might be the year’s most boldly thrilling recorded statement. A collision of electro-house, hip-hop, and pop-rock guitar, with yet another undeniable hook cropping up every 15 seconds, it is the primary work of producers Teddy Park (formerly of Korean-American rap group 1TYM) and Kush. But this all-female foursome clearly own their persona more than most K-Poppers, particularly on the spicy, playalistic “I Am the Best” and the body-image throwdown, “Ugly.” There’s even a solo turn by the group’s vocal powerhouse Park Bom, who considers the cosmos over a springy sprint to a piano-plinking chorus. 

5. Adele 21

4. Katy B On a Mission

3. Britney Spears Femme Fatale

2. Beyoncé 4

1. Lady Gaga Born This Way

Source: Spin