Listening to these days....

• "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis - The UK's latest big breakout star is a former X-Factor winner. This is the first single from her debut album, Spirit, out Monday. It's a good pop ballad that has the sort of immediacy that Mariah Carey's debut, "Vision of Love," had. Perhaps we can just forget that Leona actually debuted a year ago with a tepid remake of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This." The new single is much better.
• "Headlines (Friendship Forever)" Spice Girls - Back at last and out with a new single that easily slips into their ouvre of #1 hits from the '90s, thanks to the re-teaming with producer Richard Stannard, who was responsible for many of them.
• "Too Many People" Wet Wet Wet - Still known mostly for their 1994 hit "Love Is All Around," featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral and skewered in Love Actually. The new single has a smooth disco groove like a lost George Michael track.
• "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)" Craig David - Best use of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" since Puff Daddy's "Been Around the World." This is a fun song, more energetic than any of the singles from David's last album.
• "I Found Out" The Pigeon Detectives - Favoring short songs like Arctic Monkeys this high-energy number by the English band clocks in at just over 2 minutes.
• "Teddy Picker" Arctic Monkeys - Speaking of the Monkeys, their album, which I was initially ho-hum about, has grown on me a lot lately. This third, bass-driven, single is darker and tighter than their last, the radio-friendly "Fluorescent Adolescent."
• "Handle Me" Robyn - This should have been a bigger hit, but clocked in at a lousy #17 Sunday. Pity, it's another fun electronic pop song from Robyn's fantastic album.
• "D.A.N.C.E." Justice - This song sounds like what would happen if Jamiroquai gave a song to an elementary school class. It also snagged a surprise nomination at the MTV VMAs for video of the year, along with much more established acts like JT, Kanye, Beyonce, and Rihanna. Funky electronic dance music at its best.
• "Cant Get Along (Without You)" Hard-Fi - Swaggering second single from Hard-Fi's latest has a Smash Mouth feel to it. It comes off like a fun Saturday night singalong with your friends at the bar.
• "2 Hearts" Kylie Minogue - I've already said enough about this. Listen to it and love it. Sounds clips for the album are out now.