Blog: Idolator

It might feel a little premature to publish a list of the best albums of 2012... before summer. But why wait when the first crop of the year's pop albums alone have made 2012 a year for the record books? We've already seen the first #1 Billboard chart-topper by an openly gay artist and "one of the worst outings in SNL history" . Besides, the music itself has been, in its best moments, transcendent — especially when you consider the dearth of pop divas currently on the charts. Aside from a few high-profile [...]