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A.P. Magazine's 10 Essential Guilty Pleasures, as selected by A.P. readers. subtitle:

5. Christina Aguilera, Stripped
Final Score: 6 percent of you wish she would've have taken the album title more seriously.
What the @#$%? As with Justin, you're more into Christina for her looks than for her songs (we're dying to know how many of you bought tickets for the tour). While we won't argue either point, we'll contend that Stripped is less consistent than Justified, although moments like the Lil' Kim...Christ, we're actually talking like the crtics about this stuff.(RCA 2002)

6. Shakira, Laundry Service
Final Score: 5 percent of you prefer the bold taste of Pepsi to Coca-Cola Classic.
What the @#$%? We admit to blissful ignorance before Shakira's English-langugage debut, to mild curiosity after being unable to get "Objection (Tango)" out of our heads for weeks, and to willing ignorance after the millionth viewing of her Pepsi commerical. What's your excuse?(Epic 2001)

7. Michelle Branch, The Spirit Room
Final Score: 5 percent of you probably aren't a lot of fun at parties.
What the @#$%? This one made us happy, 'cause it's got that "A Thousand Miles" song that makes us misty every time we hear it over the grocery-store PA, and... Wait, you mean that's Vanessa Carlton? So, who's Michelle Branch? Whatever--you try writing about this crap and keeping your facts straight. (Maverick 2001)

9. Kelly Clarkson, Thankful
Final Score: 2 percent of you aren't getting invited to our next party.
What the @#$%? Et tu, A.P. reader? Maybe we're jaded; maybe we've been listening to the Locust too much--but even though we were rooting for Kelly in American Idol's first season, we've been more moved by a bowl of Raisin Bran than by this stack of my-producer-made-me-do-it whitebread R&B. (RCA 2002)

meow. this chick (guy?) should enter fandom. such bitchiness needs a smallville or a harry potter rabble to back it up.