The Exciting Connie Francis
After her breakthrough in early 1958 with her single "Who's Sorry Now?", a rock 'n' roll oriented version of the 1923 standard, and a subsequent album of the same title, Francis chose to take a more adult approach to her second album. For "The Exciting Connie Francis", she chose twelve American standards. Francis clearly marked the album as a concept album by dividing it into two sections with different moods: Side A is filled with songs differing between mid-tempo and up-tempo, while Side B consists solely of ballads.
List of songs recorded by Kylie Minogue
Returning to more dance-oriented music, Minogue signed to Parlophone in 1999 and released "Light Years" the following year. "Fever" (2001) contained disco elements, while "Body Language" (2003) references to songs from the 1980s and explores genres like R&B and hip hop. She worked with Stuart Price, Greg Kurstin and Calvin Harris during her tenth and eleventh album, "X" (2007) and "Aphrodite" (2010), which mostly continued her dance-pop style of music. "Kiss Me Once" (2014), released under her short-lived contract with Roc Nation, featured production and songwriting from Sia and Pharrell Williams. Her first Christmas release, "Kylie Christmas" (2016) contains sixteen holiday-themed tracks, was released in 2015. She co-wrote every song on "Golden" (2018), which was heavily influenced by country and dance music.