"Call My Name" Cheryl Cole

Stateside, Cheryl Cole is best known as the judge that Simon Cowell fired so Nicole Scherzinger could ruin the first season of the U.S. X Factor. But back in Britain, she's one of the country's biggest pop stars, a former member of quintet Girls Aloud (created on another TV talent show, Popstars: The Rivals) with two #1 albums and two #1 songs of her own. Her latest is "Call My Name," a fizzy techno collaboration with Calvin Harris that captures all the hypnotizing pleasure of love's smallest joys. As the titular name, however, Cole remains a surprisingly anonymous presence amidst the blaring synths. B+