By Annie ZaleskiPop 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 Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity.
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​Nayo Jones
My Name Is Nayo Soul
(PowerMove Records)
Grade: C
Critics have been commenting on the death of R&B for a few years now, to the point it's almost universally accepted that the genre is artistically bankrupt, with few if any quality acts still practicing the time-honored craft of marrying rhythm to blues. As we've said in print before, guys like John Legend pretty much show the boring things have gotten in the scene.The fact remains, there are two semi-successful brands of R&am
