Return of the Singers

Beyonce's new album '4' debuted at #1 with over 300K sold last week, with nary a "hit" single in sight (although "Best I Never Had", with its beautiful video and even more beautiful and fit Beyonce, is shaping up to be the dark horse), and Adele has the biggest selling album of the year with over 2 mil sold in a year when both Britney and GaGa (a phenomenal vocalist in her own right) dropped highly anticipated projects...looking at where music is trending now, it appears that the game is switching away from the gimmicks and back to true vocalists yet again. All things go in circles; if this is true, we're heading back to the 90's, when groups like Jodeci and Boyz II Men reigned supreme with ridiculous vocal ability, soul, and passion, and divas such as Mariah and Whitney had chart topping smash records consistently. This is a welcome respite from the prefabricated schlock that we're fed by labels, although, to be honest, it's not going anywhere juuuust yet. I'll take real singing anyday. Now, I just need the MALE saaaaangers to step to the plate. Paging Maxwell, paging Maxwell....