@engineer,
I know sozlet doesn't like him. Maybe she doesn't know that one though.
She likes several different genres, one is "outlaw country" (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, etc.) and from that perspective she hates what passes for country these days. (Yeah, she's 11.) She also likes some pop now though, including some Taylor Swift, so it's possible.
edit: just saw the Queen recommendation, maybe. If I do a couple of Beatles songs and the B52's, I think I need the rest to be current pop.
I don't actually know a lot about that, I've about exhausted my stores there.
Linkat? Others who have tween-teen kids or happen to like pop?