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The Top 40 Girl Group Videos Of All Time

In honor of Danity Kane’s reunion (praise!!!!) I’ve been having major girl group cravings. It’s impossible to really rank the greats. The Supremes didn’t really make videos but how can you not have the prototype for girl trios to come? Does it count as a girl group if they play instruments, like the Bangles? Does Destiny’s Child’s choreography put them a step ahead of The Saturdays, who don’t dance?

But, here it is anyway. My favorite girl group videos. I threw this together really quick, so who did I miss? Let me know. Maybe there’ll be a part two.

Look at this photo.

Finally decided +44 was better than Angels & Airwaves or blink-182 for the sheer fact that Tom is kind of a dick and he still sings like a brat.

Plus: Remember that time Samantha Mumba went from being the next black Britney Spears to playing one of those creatures underground in The Time Machine? Real smooth, Samantha…that was a great idea…

Top 100 Songs of 2012 (Top 20)

These are the best songs of last year according to me, because everybody else’s list is awful.

Previous: 100 - 81, 80-61, 60-41, 40-21.

(Also, these were 2011’s tracks.)

20. Anita Baker “Lately”
The Grand Dame of late-night mumblecore R&B updated one of Tyrese’s early hits and snagged a Grammy nomination for it.

19. Grimes “Genesis”
I never know what Claire Boucher is saying. Does it mean anything? Do we even care? Experimental indie pop that remains accessible for normal people is hard to come by.

18. The Vaccines “Teenage Icon”
The Vaccines have been bringing 2001 back to indie rock for a couple of albums now, especially with their second single from Come of Age.

17. Madonna “Girl Gone Wild”
Easily Madonna’s best single since “Hung Up,” “GGW” proves Madonna is still at the top of the heap for infectious dance music.

16. Fiona Apple “Hot Knife”
Fiona Apple gets a little sassy and a little tounge-in-cheek on this bouncy jazz-influenced cut.

Watch this video.

The Saturdays “What About Us”

Perfection. Just what I need this Saturday.

I don’t even care that only 2/5 of them can dance. They are just too cute and California chic.

Look at this photo.

JSYK, this new Girls’ Generation album is everything. Seohyun is singing her little face off. Get it girl.

Also, why didn’t y’all tell me Japandroids had the best rock album of last year? It’s like 2004 all the way through! The only things missing were a PBR, a healthy dose of shame, and hooking up in the bathroom with the guy who sells drugs of questionable quality at all of the shows.

That was my 2004 anyway. I don’t know what y’all were doing.

Weekly Charts.

The Saturdays are coming!!!

America is in desperate need of a girl group and since I don’t see any on the horizon, maybe the Saturdays can fill the void. I’m a rational enough person to realize that in terms of the best girl groups ever, they are really lacking.

They don’t have the voices of En Vogue or the swagger of TLC. There’s no superstar centerpiece like Destiny’s Child or The Supremes and they don’t have a consistent catalog of hits like the Sugababes. They certainly don’t have the larger-than-life personalities of the Spice Girls. My favorite k-pop groups like 2NE1 and miss A throw in dance moves and The Saturdays don’t even do that.

But they are so cute and I love them and their music is so catchy and they sound so good together and I love their outfits and they make me so happy!!!