My sister is the only reason I own any 'relevant' music.

Fact:  my sister Gabi's CD collection will kick your CD collection's pasty non-comprehensive bum.  And not just because nobody buys CD's anymore.  She has hundreds of them.  Even the ones that are technically mine are hers; I'm just "leasing" them from her and she has the right to take any of them back at any time.

I, too, have awesome taste in music, but most of it is music that nobody's really heard of, or music that people associate with very specific things.  For instance, I told a guy that Sarah McLachlan is my favorite artist, and while I'll give him props for knowing that Sarah is the founder of Lilith Fair, I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm a lesbian now (I do wear Tevas, but that's irrelevant).  I don't really listen to the Top 40 radio stations very often, because very often, what they're playing is really the top eight or nine.  Gabi, however, is an expert in all radio stations, including the ones that play the new, hip music.

Because I have an iTunes account, Gabi regularly requests that I make mix CD's and gift them to her on special occasions.  For her coming birthday, she has requested one with a high concentration of modern pop music, and for this reason, I am now the owner of lots of songs that people can actually hear on the radio today!

Here's what's on her 31st Birthday Playlist:

1. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris
2. Look At Me Now - Karmin
3. No One - Alicia Keys (This one is actually for my Mom.  She decided that she likes Alicia Keys.) 
4. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (Also a "for Mom" one:  she really likes his voice even though she didn't realize that he was a he until recently.  Same thing happened with me and Michael Jackson in the early 90s)
5. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys
6. Wild Horses (Unplugged) - Alicia Keys featuring Adam Levine
7. Give Your Heart a Break - Demi Lovato 
8. Brokenhearted - Karmin
9. I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding
10. Your Song - Ellie Goulding (This is one that I actually bought for myself.)
11. Why Am I the One - Fun. (Also this one I bought for myself.)
12. You've Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block (This song was 100% requested by Gabi.)
13. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (Ditto.)
14. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men (My sister discovered this one, but I also like it.)
15. Ho Hey - The Lumineers
16. I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons (This one is one that I bough for myself.)
17. Some Nights - Fun. (They have an edited version for sale now!!!  But it's cheaper on Amazon than on iTunes, so keep that in mind when you buy it for yourself.)
18. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawio'ole (Because I live in Hawaii.  Also because it starts out saying "this one's for [Gabi]")