best new pop album - Dev

Deadpan vocalist/MC Dev (Devin Tailes), a California native, released her first single, “Booty Bounce,” in August 2010. After it was sampled on Far East Movement's similarly mindless Hot 100 topper “Like a G6” -- a Cataracs production -- the song gained widespread notice and its video generated over three million views on YouTube. After signing a deal with Universal Republic, Devcollaborated in the truest sense with the Cataracs duo on “Bass Down Low,” a single that reached the Hot 100 in December. Her first album for Universal Republic, The Night the Sun Came Up, appeared in 2011.