Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM.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
R&B sensation Bobby Valentino, whose sophomore album The Rebirth hit stores on Tuesday, February 10, grabbed the top spot on Independent Records' top sellers list for the week of February 16. Potluck and Ne-Yo grabbed the second and third slots while the Fray came on fourth. See the full breakdown after the jump.
