Her Name Is Nicole

‘Name Is Nicole’ is Scherzinger’s 2007 solo album that never was, but keeps on giving. Today three new tracks from the album leaked: Sexy Fresh, I M.I.S.S.U. and I’m A Cheat. After many push backs, the album never was released although some tracks were recycled for the last Pussycat ‘Doll Domination’ album. Now that the Pussycat Dolls in their original line up are over, we’ll probably be seeing a new solo project from Nicole soon. Are you looking forward to her solo efforts?
I M.I.S.S.U ft. Pharell Williams

Sexy Fresh (30s sample)

I’m A Cheat (produced by Tricky Steward)

Robin Antin, the creator of the Pussycat Dolls, appeared on the Wendy Williams Show to announce the Dolls have not broken up. However, she continued that there will be some new faces. Let’s see how many new girls they’ll bring in…

PS How scary is her face?!

It’s been a busy year in pop, and WAPS has been delighted to guide you through it!

Looking back over our articles prompted us to compile a rundown of 2009’s best pop songs – you know, because there really aren’t enough lists flying around at the moment…and with this in mind, we whittled a shortlist of almost 200 tracks down to 50. There were arguments, believe us, but here they are.

We hope you’ll agree that our selection represents the year in pop rather well, and we apologise if your favourite song or artist fell by the wayside. The list is presented in alphabetical order by artist because we think each track is equally important (not very scientific, but there you go.)

Finally, to celebrate our Top 50, Nokia Music have generously supplied us with two vouchers – worth 50 songs each! – which we are giving away to two lucky readers (one per winner). If you’re a winner you could download our entire Top 50 from the Nokia music store – or 50 entirely different tracks, the choice is yours!

To be in with a chance of winning*, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us your favourite track of 2009 and why you love it. The winners will be selected at random.

* Nokia Music Store is only supported on PC with Internet Explorer. Prize draw open only to UK residents. Competition closes at 31st December 2009. Terms and conditions apply.

	Alexandra Burke ft Flo Rida – Bad Boys With the public behind her and celebrity backing from Beyonce, X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke couldn’t go wrong with her first ‘proper’ single, ‘Bad Boys’ -and yet for some curious reason Flo Rida was roped in for a cameo. If you’re reading, Flo, she’s not called Alexander. Mispronunciation-issues aside, ‘Bad Boys’ was a pop song you couldn’t help but bounce along to. Swanky video, too.
	Alphabeat – The Spell Exuberant Danish pop group Alphabeat bounced back from label limbo with their strongest single to date. ‘The Spell‘ was an irresistible take on early 90s dance acts such as Black Box and Snap, but sadly failed to translate into mega chart succes
	Beyonce – Halo Although ‘Halo‘ pretty much marked the point that Ryan ‘One Republic’ Tedder’s sound became overly familiar to the world and his wife, nobody minded because the sound was coming from Beyonce. Emotional pop of the highest order.
	Beyonce – Sweet Dreams A ferocious slab of electropop that showed Beyonce – sorry Sasha Fierce – at her most deadly. Ms Knowles stole the show with her rendition of this single at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
	Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow WAPS declared BEP’s ‘Boom Boom Pow‘ almost unlistenable the first time round, yet by the end of the summer it was rarely off our ipods. A bizarre dancefest of epic proportions that kickstarted six months of world domination from the Peas.
	Britney Spears – 3 An odd year for Britney – her ‘Circus’ tour ran to 97 dates and made millions, while its star released a series of increasingly lackluster singles that she failed to promote. ‘3‘ was the only new one, and was intended to showcase her frankly unnecessary ‘Singles Collection’. The pervy ode to threesomes divided fans, but WAPS loved it.
	Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone Scottish producer/electro-bod Calvin Harris was unavoidable in 2009, and unfortunately so were his vocals – but his refusal to hire a guest vocalist didn’t stop ‘I’m Not Alone’ from storming to the top. His mega-wacky Jedward stage-invasion, however, may yet become his defining career moment. D’oh.
	Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love What is there to say about Cheryl Cole that you haven’t heard already? How about: ‘Fight For This Love‘ is actually brilliant and deserved to be a number one smash. It also resulted in one of the best X Factor performances of the year. Shame her album’s a bit ropey, but hasn’t she got lovely hair?

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Everyone’s after the gays – the pink pound that is! Earlier today it was the Pussycat Dolls with their camp-fest ‘Hush Hush’ and now it’s Gossip with this very interesting infomercial to promote their new album ‘Music For Gays Men’…

Their new single ‘Heavy Cross‘ is very good, and for the more electro-inclined readers, make sure you check out the brilliant Fred Falke remix.

If you thought the Pussycat Dolls couldn’t get more camp, think again. Their new video ‘Hush Hush‘ starts off as a empowering ballad, before turning into a big gay rave, incorporating Gloria Gaynor’s anthem ‘I Will Survive’. Oh, and did we mention roller skates, feather boas and gossip blogger Perez Hilton?