Best Bets 2011: The Year In Music Ahead | Billboard.com

The burning questions for 2011: who'll win the battle of the blondes, Gaga or Britney? Can the Strokes and Foos revive rock? Will Brad Paisley keep Country's reign alive? And how stoked is Willow Smith's chiropractor? It's the top of the new year, and the time is nigh to check in with 2011's hottest upcoming releases. Click on a name below to read each album preview.

Fiona Apple B.o.B The Beastie Boys Beyoncé Justin Bieber Mary J. Blige Big Boi Greyson Chance Choc Quib Town Coldplay Andrae Crouch Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Death Cab For Cutie Dr. Dre Drake Steve Earle

Estelle Sara Evans Lupe Fiasco Melanie Fiona Fleet Foxes Foo Fighters Nelly Furtado Gang Gang Dance David Guetta Jane's Addiction Jay-Z & Kanye West Wiz Khalifa Lady Gaga Lykke Li Lil Wayne Maná

My Morning Jacket Stevie Nicks Brad Paisley Panda Bear Panic At The Disco Christina Perri Peter Bjorn & John Ray J Red Hot Chili Peppers R.E.M. Willow Smith Snoop Dogg Britney Spears The Strokes 3 Doors Down The Ting Tings Tinie Tempah U2

Best Bets 2011: The Year In Music Ahead | Billboard.com