HOT Right Now – Various Artists (Sony Music) – Rs. 499/-

Its been an incredible year for music and here are 18 super tracks. From the best of the lot to up-and-coming artists, its all here. Featuring your favorite artists and their best songs of the year, the album playlist has the hottest rising hits with most of the tracks here having reached the top 10 of the Charts worldwide.

Merry Christmas II You – Mariah Carey – (Universal Music) Rs. 395/-

13 beautiful tracks of the festive season done splendidly by American pop diva Mariah Carey. A delight to listen to while the fairy lights twinkle on the tree.

Christmas Duets – Elvis Presley - (Sony Music) Rs. 399/-

Celebrate Christmas with the King of rock and roll – Elvis Presley! You get to hear 10 Christmas carols by Elvis, remixed and re-mastered with added vocals by artists such as Martina McBride in ‘Blue Christmas’, Carrie Underwood in ‘I’ll be home for Christmas’ and Olivia Newton John in ‘O Come all ye Faithful’.

Me, I am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse – Mariah Carey – (Universal Music) Rs. 395/-

It’s been five years since Mariah Carey's last studio album, and since then the singer has given birth to twins, served a stint on "American Idol," and reaffirmed her acting skills with a couple of movies too.

Sex and Love – Enrique Iglesias – (Universal Music) Rs. 395/-

Iglesias has been away for quite some time, for the pop world anyway, his last record Euphoria was released to wild success back in 2010. Since then we have heard him bringing out singles, but the long awaited album was due anytime. But then we have a look at the playlist what we find is the guest spots; we have 6 guests artists, while just 5 tracks are purely Iglesias.

Eric Clapton and Friends – The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (Universal Music) – 395/-

Eric Clapton brings in close friends Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and John Mayer to play tribute to the late guitarist and songwriter JJ Cale who died in 2013 at the age of 74. The tracks here are very symbolic of the Oklahoma native and not many of the 16 tracks really take a new reinvention down the line. The set also has former Cale bandmate Don White, who gives a helping hand to contribute renditions honoring the late musician.

Pyaas – Jal – (Universal Music) Rs. 150/-

With the recent turmoil over Pakistani bands playing in India, it was sad to notice that Mekaal Hasan one of Pakistan’s well respected rock outfits had to cancel their press conference in Mumbai after the MNS led Shiv Sena raised slogans over their forming an Indo – Pak band.

5 Seconds of Summer – (Universal Music) Rs. 395/-

Australian pop - punk rock band 5 SOS as they have come to be known all over the world, bring you a guitar heavy album of 15 tracks one overlapping the other. With the exception of a few catchy numbers with equally catchy choruses, most of the songs here get repetitive and hard on the ears, but if you like your music loud and brash, which is what 5 SOS bring you, take your fill of the newest under 17s on the block, who have made a name for themselves closely after boy band One Direction.

Pure Heroine – Lorde - (Universal Music) - Rs. 395/-

Lorde certainly stole the show at the 56th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this year. Nominated in four categories (Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Pure Heroine), the singer took home gold trophies for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for 'Royals'. Today, Lorde is the third-youngest Grammy winner in history.

Max Hits 2014 – Various Artists (Sony Music) Rs. 499/-

With seven months passed in 2014, it's already extremely difficult trying to package together a best-of songs list for the year, as it’s rather too early, as the hits keeping coming with each passing day. Down the year, there have been thousands of great songs released since January and putting them into the Best of or Hits compilation would be a tough job.