The return of the boy band has been a long time coming. The Jonas Brothers look surprisingly clairvoyant and avant-garde, what with their quick rise and fall between 2006 and 2008. Justin Bieber followed soon after, and, now, the British are coming. Or they already came.

Last April, “The Voice” premiered on NBC and became an instant hit thanks to those big red chairs. Audiences were dazzled by the strange audition process, which featured four superstar judges (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine) turning around when they heard a voice they could just not resist.

Kelly Clarkson has returned to the music scene with her fifth studio album, “Stronger.” The album doesn’t deviate much from Clarkson’s typical formula of catchy, sing-along anthems about how ignorant boys are. “Stronger,” however, never fully achieves the success and repeatability of her previous album, “All I Ever Wanted.