Best Singing Actresses

For all those accustomed to the earache-inducing musical stylings of Bruce Willis and Lindsay Lohan, 2008 brought a pair of welcome surprises: two pretty good albums by actors!

(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage (Deschanel); Fotonoticias/WireImage (Johansson))

Actor / Singer	Zooey Deschanel	Scarlett Johansson
Album	She & Him Volume One	Anywhere I Lay My Head
Cred-lending Colaborator	Indie Folkie M. Ward	TV on the Radio's David Andrew Sitek
Concept	Upbeat country-tinged pop originals decorated with pedal steel and Deschanel's endearingly deadpan vocals.	Spacey, futuristically produced Tom Waits covers delivered in Johansson's sonorous baritone
Forgivable Actor - Album Mistake	Inexplicable Hawaiian-style version of the Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better".	The tuneless "Song For Jo" the album's lone orignal
Highest Achievement	The awesome girl-group-inspired "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here."	The shoe-gaze-y "Falling Down."