The Best Swedish and Australian Pop Singles of 2012

Australia1.  Kylie - TimebombA seamless disco romp such as only Kylie can provide.

2.  The Veronicas - Lolita
With their edgy-vulnerable, biting take on contemporary pop-rock fusion, the Veronicas have been much missed since their last album five million years ago.  It's so effing exciting that they're back.

3.  Delta Goodrem - Dancing with a Broken Heart

An elegant, classy, yet essentially bubblegum concoction.

Sweden

1.  Saint Lou Lou - Maybe You

A gently yearning masterpiece.

2.  Agnes - One Last Time

As bittersweetly melancholic break-up anthems go, one can't do any better than this.

3.  Faye - Mad Dog

Faye burst onto the scene this year with some head-turningly pretty odes to angst.

Canada 

1.  Dragonette - Let it go

This is what Dragonette do best: synth-drenched, deceptively peppy pop brilliance.

2.  Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss

Pure, unfiltered cheesy goodness.  Bonus points for the lyric "something so sentimental / you make so detrimental."  WHAT.