Best of POP 2009

These are my 5 favorite pop songs this year.


1) "Empire State of Mind" The Blueprint 3- Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys

Credits:
  Co-producer - Angela Hunte , Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic*
  Mixed By - Ken "Duro" Ifill
  Mixed By [Assisted] - Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young*
  Producer - Shux
  Vocals [Featuring] - Alicia Keys
  Written-By - A. Shuckburgh* , A. Keys* , A. Hunte* , J. Sewell-Ulepic*
  Mastered By - Tony Dawsey
  Mixed By - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15)
  Recorded By - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton

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2) "Sleepyhead" Chunk of Change- Passion Pit

Credits:

Artwork By- Frank Napolski

Engineer- Ian Hultquist

Performer- Ayad Al Adhamy, Ian Hultquist, Jeff Apruzzese, Michael Angelakos, Nathan Donmoyer

Written By, Recorded by- Michael Angelakos

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3) "1901" Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix- Phoenix

Credits:
     Artwork By - Laurent Brancowitz
     Artwork By [Typography] - Marc Alary
     Bass - Deck D'Arcy
     Drums [Sampled From And Played By] - Thomas Hedlund
     Engineer [Assistant] - Florent Livet , Julien Naudin
     Engineer [Technical] - Fabien Courtois
     Guitar - Christian Mazzalai , Laurent Brancowitz
     Lyrics By, Music By, Producer - Phoenix
     Mastered By - Mike Marsh
     Mixed By - Philippe Zdar Cerboneschi*
     Photography - Shoichi Kajino
     Producer - Zdar*
     Recorded By [Additional] - Cedric Plancy , Julien Delfaud
     Vocals - Thomas Mars


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4) "My Girls" Merriweather Post Pavilion- Animal Collective

Credits:
Artwork By [Cover Image Pattern] - Akiyoshi Kitaoka
Artwork By [Design And Layout] - Rob Carmichael
Artwork By [Interior Image "devil's Eye Spring"] - David Doubilet
Mixed By - AC*
Recorded By [Assistant] - Aaron Ersoy
Recorded By, Mixed By - Ben Allen
Written-By - Animal Collective


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5) "Skeletons" It's Blitz!- Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Credits:
Artwork By [Art Direction] - Karen O , Seb Marling , Urs Fisher
Drums, Cymbal, Percussion - Brian Chase
Engineer [Assistant] - Aaron Dembe , Alyssa Pittaluga , Atom (10) , Charles Godfrey , Chris Coady , Chris Moore (3) , Justin Leah , Mike Laza
Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Electronics [Drum Machine] - Nick Zinner
Mastered By - Ted Jensen
Mixed By - Mark "Spike" Stent*
Mixed By [Assistant] - Chris Kasych , Matty Green (2) 
Photography [Cover & Inside] - Urs Fisher
Photography [Live Band] - Autumn de Wilde
Photography [Live Karen & Brian] - David Belisle
Photography [Live Nick] - Eric Uhlir
Recorded By - Dan Huron , David Andrew Sitek , Nick Launay
Vocals - Karen O
Written-By - Yeah Yeah Yeahs


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