16 tracks of "80's Love Songs" compilation from Sony Music Hong Kong Ltd. Featured artists are Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Earth Wind & Fire, The Bangles, Michael Bolton, and many more.

Smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz gathers a bevy of big-name guests on his holiday album, "The 25th of December". This is a warm-hearted and laid-back album full of traditional songs, standards, and a few contemporary originals. Joining Koz here are such artists as Kenny G, Jonathan Butler, India.Arie, Johnny Mathis, Trombone Shorty, and others.

Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul), Gloria Estefan's third Spanish-language album, is another assured, varied effort in the tradition of its predecessors, Mi Tierra (1993) and Abriendo Puertas (1995), both of which were popular successes. The album is a virtual tour of the Caribbean Islands, not only presenting styles from the singer's native Cuba but also from other Latin American countries.

VH1 Divas Live brings VH1's original 1998 gathering of superstar songbirds to SACD. Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, and Shania Twain perform some of their biggest hits, including Carey's "My All", Twain's "You're Still the One", Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", and Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around". All five divas share the spotlight – to the extent that a diva can share the spotlight – on the set's finale, "Natural Woman" and "Testimony". A worthwhile set for those who want to see as well as hear their VH1 Divas Live album, the disc offers little in the way of additional features but remains a faithful translation of the special TV concert.

It takes only 20 seconds of rhythmic rapture on “Samba” before a familiar melodic refrain emerges. Not long thereafter, Gloria Estefan’s distinct voice cuts through and reveals the self-referencing interpolation at play, a culture-blending revival of Miami Sound Machine’s 1985 smash “Conga”. Such boldness sets BRAZIL305, the 13th studio album of her decades-long career, off to a truly memorable start.