Jennifer Paige. She has one CD out, maybe working on another one. I've only heard "Crush" on the radio and seen the video. It's a neat song but that wouldn't have done it by itself. Maybe it was a performance at the World Music Awards. No, wait I remember. She appeared on Later and performed a song and talked about herself. That did it.

Roxette. I've loved this duo since college. I'm not too sure why. But I've had their CDs, went to the concert, saw "Super Mario Bros." just because they did a song in the movie (saw "Pretty Woman" for another reason). Per Gessle and Marie Fredrickson had successful music careers before Roxette, although mainly in Sweden and Europe. So they started the group late and now are both over 40 and still putting out the occasional Roxette CD (as well as doing their own projects).

Shampoo. This British teen duo did bubblegum pop before the Spice Girls and they were good at it too. After the Spice Girls though, they disappeared for a while. But they released their third album a month or two ago (which is self-published and only available direct, quite an accomplishment) so they're not dead. For some reason I must have been in some sort of state where I get obsessed over one song. The song for Shampoo was "Trouble" which I heard only once when it was included in the Power Rangers movie (which I haven't seen).

SHeDAISY. See SherriŽ Austin for why I bought their CD. Three sisters from Utah form their own singing group. They don't play instruments, but they do write all their songs. They're the first group signed by Lyric Street Records, a new record label created by Disney. They have smooth harmonies and their Christmas CD has not the staid version of Christmas songs that most everyone else seems to have.

Britney Spears. Gosh, I don't want to speculate why I bought her CD. It is a good CD and her second CD is even better. There has been a lot of mean things heaped on her at times, but either she's a great actress or she doesn't let it affect her. I think I've said that my favorite song is "Stronger", the second cut of her second CD.

Shania Twain. Another one song obsession. "You're Still the One" was a song I couldn't get out of my mind. I bought Come On Over and listened to it all the time at gaming. I just set the CD on auto loop and listened to it over and over again. And since it's 60.5 minutes long, it was easy to mark the hours as they passed by. During that phase I also listened to The Corrs' Talk On Corners for a whole days and Shampoo's two CDs.

Warrant. Heck, I had to choose one 80's-big-hair band. I remember "I Saw Red" being a great song. "Heaven", "Sometimes She Cries", all good ballads. Their 3rd through 5th CDs were ok, not spectacular. They haven't done anything in a while, though they're still a band.

Chely Wright. See SherriŽ Austin. Chely has four CDs and a nice web site run by a really dedicated fan. "Single White Female", the first single from her fourth CD, was her first #1 country hit. For the most part very traditional country. Let Me In was her first CD that I bought and it still holds a special place in my heart.

Michelle Wright. A final one song obsession. I listened to the Due South Vol 2 CD a lot and one of the songs is Michelle Wright's "Nobody's Girl". Now, I looked for her CDs at the local Tower Records and all they had was her greatest hits CD, which is her 7th CD. Eventually I bought it in a moment of weakness when I was looking for any CD to buy. There have been other groups whose CDs I want to get based on their songs in the Due South V2 CD, but most of them are obscure Australian bands whose CDs I can't find at all.

Well, that's it. The final official version of why I have these artists in my list of artists whose CDs I buy. There are other artists I want to add, mostly for sentimental reasons: Oingo Boingo, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Bon Jovi and others. Right now my plate is full, there are still quite a few CDs I need to buy from the artists already on the list. But in the near future I may add one or two of these artists.