Posted April 13Apr 13 This series of rates is back with the second of my planned trilogy! Pop Princesses 2 was another female led pop compilation album released by Universal music. This 2005 follow-up didn't perform quite as well as its top 3 predecessor, as it peaked at #15 in the compilation chart, during its third week. An EMI Virgin collection called Happy Songs was at #1 that week. Nevertheless, it houses some '00s pop gems... and wraps up with a Kylie classic from 1990, sure why not. Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 'Murder On The Dancefloor' was victorious in the inaugural Pop Princesses rate and now it's time to find out who will follow in her footsteps.Please score all of the songs from 0 to 10, with one 11 and -1 allowed if you wish. 💖💜 .5 scores are acceptable but no 0.5 or 10.5 please. Pop Princesses 2xx Girls Aloud - Wake Me Upxx Britney Spears - My Prerogative xx Rachel Stevens - More, More, Morexx Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)xx Natasha Bedingfield - These Wordsxx Avril Lavigne - My Happy Endingxx Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Mexx Sugababes - Freak Like Mexx JoJo - Leave (Get Out)xx The 411 - Dumbxx Jennifer Lopez - Playxx Ashanti - Only Uxx Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wantsxx Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)xx Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)xx Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Mexx Verbalicious - Don't Play Nicexx P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Mexx Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstarxx Anastacia - Left Outside Alonexx Lucie Silvas - Breathe Inxx Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You KnowThis rate will be open until Sunday 3rd May 23:59 BST.
April 13Apr 13 Three songs stand out for me - need to check the whole thing out for a proper ranking.
April 13Apr 13 Looking forward to this - however one of the song titles doesn't quite match the one on the tracklist...On 10/02/2026 at 16:13, Jade said:Omg yes, Pop Princesses 2!This post inspired me to dig out my copy:On 10/02/2026 at 23:25, Tafty said:What a Girls Wants!Omg this tracklist though!!On 01/04/2026 at 22:21, AllStarBySmashMouth said:I also would like to rate Pop Princesses 2, especially for 'What A Girls Wants'!
April 13Apr 13 Author I may have tidied up the credits but 'What A Girls Wants' [sic] you'll always be famousgreat to see the early interest, maybe we can push for 30+ participants this time
April 13Apr 13 YES!!!! Willing for this series to continue on and on. Some essential 00s pop on first glance!!
April 13Apr 13 Some sensational pop songs on here, some ok pop songs and some I don’t think I’ve heard at all.
April 13Apr 13 Kim-Lian fresh from Bop Idol!I wonder what the logic was of including a Kylie song that was a decade older than the second oldest song.Verbalicious Natalia Kills could never.
April 13Apr 13 1 hour ago, gooddelta said:Kim-Lian fresh from Bop Idol!I wonder what the logic was of including a Kylie song that was a decade older than the second oldest song.Verbalicious Natalia Kills could never.Good point re: KylieThey could’ve used On A Night Like This or In Your Eyes or obviously Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.It can’t have been a licensing thing surely, as they had Spinning Around on the first edition.
April 14Apr 14 Guess i'll go first! 09 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up10 Britney Spears - My Prerogative09 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More - So tempted to give it a 10 05 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) - I KNOW this is low and i'm sorry... I just think it's okay, like I never think "oh i'd love to play Crazy In Love right now".09.5 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words11 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending Lyrically, such a relatable song at the time when first understanding feelings like this. Brilliant.10 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me A pleasantly surprising debut album.09 Sugababes - Freak Like Me10 JoJo - Leave (Get Out) Oh miss JoJo didn't miss with most of her singles.10 The 411 - Dumb God it's terrible isn't it really but honestly, iconic. So problematic randomly throwing in an extra band member to make them more marketable and her so obviously standing out like a sore thumb. But I so often reference this with @Lee_J11 that I think I have convinced myself that it's brilliant 09.5 Jennifer Lopez - Play - Loses 0.5 because I find her so unlikable, but no denying this is a banger.08 Ashanti - Only U-1 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants - Not even sorry, a truly unlikable woman with the most deluded and vile fan base i've ever personally come across. 99% of her music irks me something rotten.09 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden) - This would be a 10 if ever thought to play it more but it just not stand out in that way.07 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)06 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me But i've forgot about this song though 05 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice10 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me This album was just superb. Seen her live 3 times and she is just the definition of a performer. This being an absolute stand out of hers that sums her perfectly.04 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar05 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone09 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In Such a nice album! Shame there wasn't much more from her in the future, lovely voice.08 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know Well it's no Steps is it Some of these are just delightful! Thanks @Jade for posting these! Let's celebrate fun female pop Edited April 29Apr 29 by Viper*
April 14Apr 14 07 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up09 Britney Spears - My Prerogative09 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More06 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)08 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words07.5 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending07 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me08 Sugababes - Freak Like Me07.5 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)09 The 411 - Dumb08 Jennifer Lopez - Play08 Ashanti - Only U07.5 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants07 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)07 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)08.5 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me09 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice08 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me04 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar11 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone07 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In06 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know Edited April 24Apr 24 by Lee_J11
April 14Apr 14 09 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up06 Britney Spears - My Prerogative05 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More07 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)08 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words10 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending09 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me09 Sugababes - Freak Like Me07 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)09 The 411 - Dumb09 Jennifer Lopez - Play08 Ashanti - Only U07 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants09 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)06 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)10 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me05 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice10 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me07 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar10 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone05 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In11 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You KnowI actually really love that Kim-Lian song 🙈 but really it is such tat that I can't rate it any higher than that amongst others.
April 15Apr 15 For me PP2 is on a lower level than PP1. It still has several highlights, but on average my ratings are lower than for PP1. This may also have to do with the type of production, which I found on average more catchy on PP1. I am not a fan of this poppy midrange guitar wall sound. Just take the P!nk song as example - for me this has not aged very well and is for me in the lowest decile of all her songs.06 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up (an average Girls Aloud song - not among their best)03 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (if you know the original this one sounds two classes weaker - it does not really add anything)06 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More (another cover version, but here the singer fits better to the song)10 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) (awesome)11 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words (awesome)09 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending07 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me09 Sugababes - Freak Like Me (nice use of the melody from "Are Friends Electric")09 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)07 The 411 - Dumb09 Jennifer Lopez - Play05 Ashanti - Only U (not really catching me)03 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants (boring, generic instrumental, vocals not really catchy)07 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)08 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)07 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me (Dannii's vocals are good as always, but the production don't really catch me, maybe a remix would do the job ;))02 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice (vocals are quite annoying)06 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me (a weaker P!nk song)05 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar10 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (awesome)09 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In10 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know (so good)
April 15Apr 15 07 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up06 Britney Spears - My Prerogative07 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More-1 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) (overplayed to death, get in the bin)09 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words08 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending08 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me09 Sugababes - Freak Like Me09 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)10 The 411 - Dumb (leww's old signature vibes)08 Jennifer Lopez - Play08 Ashanti - Only U07 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants05 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)10 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba) (shoutout to Jabba and his 36 monthly Spotify listeners *_*)05 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me (but I will this song)06 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice (*sigh* does she not have any value or respect for originality? she's a laughing stock)10 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me07 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar11 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (THE greatest pop song of all time)06 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In08 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You KnowWell I gave the first compilation an average score of 7.04 per track whereas here it's up to 7.40 so for me, PP2>PP1!
April 15Apr 15 9.0 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up8.5 Britney Spears - My Prerogative7.5 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More8.0 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)9.0 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words6.5 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending7.0 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me10.0 Sugababes - Freak Like Me8.5 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)11.0 The 411 - Dumb9.0 Jennifer Lopez - Play7.0 Ashanti - Only U7.5 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants6.0 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)6.0 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)10.0 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me3.0 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice9.0 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me6.0 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar9.0 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone7.0 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In9.5 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know
April 15Apr 15 I feel like this was more patchy than the first edition. Ideally, MMM would be swapped for Some Girls, POM for La La and TW for Unwritten.9 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up9 Britney Spears - My Prerogative4 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More6 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)6 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words10 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending3 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me8.5 Sugababes - Freak Like Me8 JoJo - Leave (Get Out)8 The 411 - Dumb-1 Jennifer Lopez - Play7 Ashanti - Only U8 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants8 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)7 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)7 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me6.5 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice9 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me9 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar11 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone6.5 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In10 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know
April 15Apr 15 09 Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up04 Britney Spears - My Prerogative09 Rachel Stevens - More, More, More08 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)10 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words10 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending05 Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me08 Sugababes - Freak Like Me03JoJo - Leave (Get Out)09The 411 - Dumb05Jennifer Lopez - Play07 Ashanti - Only U06 Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants05 Christina Milian - Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)05 Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (feat. Jabba)07Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me06 Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice10 P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me04 Kim-Lian - Teenage Superstar11 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone05 Lucie Silvas - Breathe In10 Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know
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