Anthony Hamilton/Estelle/Antoine Dunn

When you shuffle through and sort out the love-song R&B singers who matter most these days, Anthony Hamilton has got to place somewhere in the Top 5. No question about it. For almost a decade now the 41-year-old the singer and songwriter has been making reliably strong neo-soul records that sound just as good floating in your bedroom as they do booming from your car speakers. Hamilton's latest album, last year's Back to Love, is one of his best, even if he never busts out of his comfort zone. (Gallucci)