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On his sixth album, McKnight once again puts the focus on love songs. Don't be surprised if you hear the album's lead single, Love of My Life, at upcoming weddings.

The veteran is back with a new album where he touches on some gay issues and mourns the 1998 death of a young gay man who was beaten and left to die.

On this "strange" cover album, Tori Amos gives 12 songs written and performed by men including Neil Young, Depeche Mode and The Beatles a gender makeover. Not to be missed is her interpretation of Eminem's controversial song about murdering his wife in front of his daughter.

The Space Cowboy has returned with (unsurprisingly) more tunes about space. That sentence alone will have devoted fans slobbering�and critics retching.

Ikram Khasim reviews Mariah Carey's latest album, Glitter. The album was released three weeks after its original August 21 date as the singer recovered from an emotional and physical breakdown she suffered in late July.

Ikram Khasim reviews the late Aaliyah's third, latest, and last self-titled album.

With approximately 1.88 million copies sold in its first week of release, *NSYNC's third album shows the boys writing and co-producing much of its material, with potent forays into hip-hop and more daring ballads.

Featuring the raspy vocals of Nicole Kidman and the "we-didn't-think-he could-sing" cutie Ewan McGregor, the soundtrack from Moulin Rouge looks set to become a favourite.

Post Culture Club, this flamboyant cross-dresser is back in the scene, but this time as a DJ with his new but rather generically titled CD.

Is Destiny's Child still the great pop group ruling the radio waves with fluid R&B harmonies? Ikram Khasim reviews Survivor.