Estelle, Shine

Written off when her 2004 debut album barely made the top 40, singer/rapper Estelle Swaray can be permitted a smirk as she contemplates this week's singles chart, which is topped by her comeback song, American Boy. Twinkling, breezy and unintentionally funny thanks to guest Kanye West's verses about British phenomena like Ribena and Wags, it typifies the album's uplifting vibe. Now based in Brooklyn and chummy with the likes of John Legend (who makes a creamy-voiced appearance on You Are), the Londoner has constructed something lovable in Shine. Equal parts reggae, pop and hip-hop, it's stuffed with potential singles - the Fugees-style No Substitute Love and the Barry White tribute In the Rain are nigh-on irresistible. It's fairly lightweight - well, apart from Wait a Minute's think-before-you-have-sex theme - and, thanks to its phalanx of American producers, incredibly glossy. But so is the similar and equally delicious Rihanna, so go and indulge.