Month: January 2009

It’s Flo Rida! His new single is poppier than the music most actual pop acts are making these days. It’s not bad either, better than the Akon, Ne-Yo, TI or Kanye attempts. The singer sounds like her out of Infernal! This has to be the most unexpected trend of the century, but if boring, ugly… Continue reading The latest US hip-hopper to go Euro-pop

Daniel MerriweatherThe new… Gavin, Paolo and JamieThis 26-year-old Australian has already had two big hits, so he’ll certainly get some attention for his solo work, but he isn’t necessarily guaranteed hits. He has to make good songs first. His new solo single, Change, is not too bad but personally I was more impressed by the… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A to Z of 2009 – Part 2

1. Pixie has posted up the latest installment of her YouTube video diary, and it’s a performance of a new song which sounds really good. It’s called Hallucination and you can listen to it here. Pixie is definitely going to be big in 2009. 2. I just discovered that the new N-Dubz single is written… Continue reading Poptastic News Round-Up!

I am supposed to be writing an essay (8000 words to write over the holidays and so far I’ve done none. Eek!), but all of the posting on Dirrrty Pop I’ve done lately has got me thinking about the state of pop music today. Compiling my top 100, I felt that while in previous years… Continue reading Popping the Question: Has pop gone poo?

The UK obsession with Lady GaGa, which I have been patiently awaiting for almost a year now, has begun. She shot right up the charts to no.3 this week, only selling less than Alexandra and Leona. Obviously the British public have been listening to me, since I chose the song as my top single of… Continue reading Finally!

N-Dubz – Strong Again (Watch)It seems that N-Dubz have looked to the past for their new single, but bizarrely they only got as far as the early 00s and their time machine took them to Germany by accident. However, Strong Again is without doubt their most poptastic song yet. Well, it is actually their first… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

I always find it difficult to decide who to include in my yearly predictions list, as there are some acts who will obviously be huge, some very unlikely to be, but many more who could just as easily be megastars or total flops. Therefore I have decided to make a list of every act I… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A to Z of 2009 – Part 1

Don’t you think it’s time to give up now? Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn’t want you, and neither do we!

With the UK’s Eurovision selection show beginning tonight, I’ve been looking into who may be their competition. As I’ve mentioned, the Swedish finals are set to be utterly brilliant this year as many of my favourite acts are competing. Also of interest is Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix, which this year features the brilliant (and crazy)… Continue reading The Eurovision Excitement Begins Here!

1. Lady GaGa ft. Colby O’Donis & Akon – Just Dance2. BWO – Lay Your Love On Me3. David Archuleta – Crush4. Alphabeat – Boyfriend 5. Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown – No Air6. Jordin Sparks – Tattoo (Jason Nevins Radio Edit)7. Amy Diamond – Thank You8. Darin ft. Kat DeLuna – Breathing Your Love9.… Continue reading The 100 Most Poptastic Singles of 2008!