Top 10 New Pop Albums April 24, 2012

British boy band The Wanted burst on to the US pop singles chart this year with the massive top 3 pop hit "Glad You Came." They also set out on a successful concert tour. Now the group will attempt to keep the ball rolling with a 10 track mini-album that includes the group's UK hit singles as well as two new tracks.

Carole King is one of the most successful pop songwriters of all time. This new album puts together original demo versions of songs she wrote both for her own albums and to be recorded by others. There is an intimate feel here that is revelatory of the pop music recording process.

Jack White, leader of the White Stripes, Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather, is one of the most celebrated of rock musicians. Now he has released his first solo album. The collection includes the singles "Love Interruption" and "Sixteen Saltines."

Singer-songwriter Greg Laswell has seen a number of his songs used on soundtracks for dramatic TV shows. He is married to singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. This is Greg Laswell's fourth studio album.

Rock band Eve 6 are best known for their top 40 pop hit singles "Inside Out" and "Here's To the Night." The group broke up in 2004, but then reunited three years later in 2007. Speak In Code is Eve 6's first new studio album in nine years. The new collection is released through independent label Fearless Records.

The death earlier this year of Davy Jones, former member of the Monkees, at age 66 saddened many pop music fans. This album is a collection of the solo music he recorded for Bell Records in the early 1970s. Included are all of the songs from the album Davy Jones. "Girl," featured in Davy Jones' appearance on The Brady Bunch, was a single from the album.

Brendan Benson is a solo rock artist and also a member of The Raconteurs with Jack White. This is his fifth solo album. Brendan Benson's last album My Old, Familiar Friend peaked at #110 on the album chart in 2009.

Tiesto is one of the world's most celebrated DJs. Most recently he has been listed as #3 among the world's best. This new album was inspired by the club scene of Miami. It follows his first Club Life collection which was inspired by Las Vegas. This new album includes a celebrated remix of the #1 pop hit "Somebody That I Used To Know."

Hard 2 Love is the second album from country singer Lee Brice. His first Love Like Crazy reached the top 10 on the country chart. The new album includes the #1 country hit single "A Woman Like You." It is his second gold certified single.

The Dandy Warhols are a celebrated alternative rock band who formed nearly 20 years ago in 1994. The group's first alternative rock hit was the top 30 modern rock chart single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth" from the group's major label debut album ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down released in 1997. The Dandy Warhols reached the top 30 of the modern rock chart three more times.This Machine is the eighth studio album from the group.