Best of 2000s: Robyn - Robyn (4.5/5)

While finding an audience can't be a snap for any hit album, it's difficult to imagine any album having as hard a time as Robyn. Released in 2005, the set was a success in Scandinavia, but the English-speaking world, which had made a hit of her "Show Me Love" in 1998, largely ignored it. Then new recording "With Every Heartbeat" came along and topped the UK singles chart in the summer of 2007, renewing interest in the album. Suddenly Robyn was a hit, scoring three other UK top 40 hits. The Swedish singer manages to imbue more than an average amount of attitude into her unique brand of electro-pop, such as on "Handle Me" and "Be Mine," in which she declares herself untouchable to her would-be male suitors. Sadly, this wasn't a hit stateside.

Best: With Every Heartbeat, Be Mine, Handle Me, Who's that Girl, Crash and Burn Girl