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#WOWBestof2015: 7 Albums You Should Be Listening to From 2015

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One last #WOWBestof2015 post! If you read the WOW Report, you know what’s up when it comes to good music for the most part, right? I mean, who am I to be telling you what you should be listening to? I’m sure most of you could introduce this pop-loving princess to a new album or 10 (and please do on WOW’s Facebook page!) Regardless, these are my picks for albums you may have looked over but should give another chance.

Honorable Mention:  Selena Gomez – Revival

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I’ve been a huge fan of Selena Gomez the pop star since her first album, Kiss & Tell, with her “band” Selena Gomez & the Scene. Sure, her early stuff was basically teeny-bop to the nth degree, but she matured with every album and my inner tween loved every minute of it. Until this album. On my first listen I hated it. But since then, it’s grown on me with every spin. Enough so that I put it on this list. Get Revival on iTunes.

7) Grimes – Art Angels

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Everyone always told me I would love Grimes; I just never really listened to her music. That changed this year with her newest album, Art Angels, with its lead single “Flesh without Blood.” It blew me away! If any of her past albums are like this one, I’m going to be spending a lot of money on iTunes in 2016 catching up. Get Art Angels on iTunes.

6) Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

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I have to admit I only recently discovered Courtney Barnett in the past couple of weeks. Her album was released in March to critical acclaim, and rightfully so! Her big single “Pedestrian at Best” sounds like a cross between namesake Courtney Love, “If It Makes You Happy”-era Sheryl Crow, and The Breeders. In other words, ’90s bliss in 2015. Get Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit on iTunes.

 Tame Impala Currents
The same hipster misfits who brought you 2013’s radio-friendly hit “Elephant” released Currents earlier this year to critical acclaim, but without a radio hit. At least so far. But is that a bad thing? I actually bought this album WAY BACK when it was released in July, but quickly forgot it. I only revisited it after I heard “Eventually” in American Eagle in the Hot Springs Mall over Thanksgiving. Don’t judge me. Get Currents on iTunes.
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I LIVED for Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire back in the day on the Disney Channel, and “Come Clean,” which was the theme song to Laguna Beach, was MY SHIT. Fun fact: I once got a perfect score singing that song on some PlayStation karaoke game. Anyway, who even knew Hilary was planning on doing the singing thing anymore. I thought she was having fun being a mom and would stick to acting. She is, after all, on Younger on TV Land, and I’ve heard it’s really good. Lucky us that she decided to release another album, my favorite of hers ever! It’s super poppy, and the girl has NEVER looked better. She better work. Get Breathe in. Breathe out. on iTunes.

Ellie Goulding Delirium
I was never a big Ellie Goulding fan. Her first couple of albums seemed so boring, and then I remember her and then-boyfriend Skrillex having the same stupid shaved-on-one-side-really-long-on-the-other haircut, but then I heard “Love Me Like You Do” from that 50 Shades soundtrack and loved it! I know what you’re thinking. I’m SO FUCKING SICK OF THAT SONG, but just think of the first 9,000 times you heard it. “On My Mind,” the official lead single from her third album is AMAZING, and don’t be surprised if you hear a lot more from her on the Top 40 stations. “Codes” & “We Can’t Move to This” deserve to be hits. Get Delirium on iTunes.
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This album took me a little while to warm up to, but once I did, it was hard for me to listen to much else. “Happy” and “I’m a Ruin” are close to perfect, and the acoustic versions of them are even better than the originals. And “Blue” is one of my favorite songs (and videos) of the year. I got the chance to see Marina & the Diamonds live this year at the Greek Theatre, and it was the best show I’ve seen all year, split into three acts, one for each of her albums. Simple, but perfect. Get Froot on iTunes.
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The year’s very best pop album hands down is Carly Rae Jepson’s Emotion. Yes, THAT Carly Rae Jepson. The entire album is pop bliss, from the first saxophone riff of “Run Away With Me” (which seems SO CHEESY) to the fade out of “When I Needed You,” which my BFF Stephan Horbelt (editor-in-chief of Frontiers) says sounds like a song that would fit perfectly on the soundtrack to the 1989 movie Teen Witch (which also sounds super cheesy). It all sounds really weird if you think about it too much, but trust me. Hell, not only me. There’s a reason this album tops a ton of the Best of 2015 lists. Get Emotion on iTunes.

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