Anatomy of a Hit is a new feature on This Must Be Pop, where my task is to analyse the highest new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week. This week another dance hit outsells the Q4 blockbusters… #1 – Martin Garrix – Animals The days of cheesy Europop hits like DJ Otzi… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Martin Garrix – Animals
Month: November 2013
Tonight: It’s the Pop Industry Meetup!
Tonight This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup returns, following last month’s event, which saw our biggest turnout yet. If you work in pop music or want to do so, this is your chance to meet likeminded people, to make new contacts and friends. Come and join us from 7pm at Match Bar, just around the… Continue reading Tonight: It’s the Pop Industry Meetup!
Future Hits: International Hits
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five international hit singles which I think could be just as big if promoted in the UK. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_VgrusrS0KJhGNjHK35xNq] Tracklisting: Yellow Claw ft. Rochelle – Shotgun (Netherlands) Hozier – Take Me To Church (Ireland) Vance Joy – Riptide (Australia)… Continue reading Future Hits: International Hits
Future Stars: Kid Ink (Sony/RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. After reaching the top 20 with his independently-released debut album, tattoo-covered LA rapper Kid Ink (or Brian Collins, as he’s known to his mum) was snapped up by Sony Music. His second album will be released next year, and he got off to a… Continue reading Future Stars: Kid Ink (Sony/RCA)
Future Stars: A Great Big World (Sony/Epic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A Great Big World's single Say Something shot up to no.2 on the US iTunes chart after they performed a new version with Christina Aguilera on The Voice. This wasn't just down to Christina as her last top 10 US hit (apart from songs she featured… Continue reading Future Stars: A Great Big World (Sony/Epic)
Future Stars: Mapei (Sony/Downtown Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Usually Swedish artists achieve success at home before they break the US, but Mapei has skipped ahead and signed to Downtown, the Sony subsidiary which is also home to Major Lazer and Santigold. The fact that she was born in Rhode Island undoubtedly helped… Continue reading Future Stars: Mapei (Sony/Downtown Records)
Anatomy of a Hit: Storm Queen – Look Right Through
Anatomy of a Hit is a new feature on This Must Be Pop, where my task is to analyse the highest new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week. This week it’s a song that’s been bubbling under for a while… #1 – Storm Queen – Look Right Through Most of you will… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Storm Queen – Look Right Through
Future Hits: Club Hype
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five dance tracks which have been building up buzz for months before finally being released. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_s6p1rAbJ9QNlW_sXcjol9] Tracklisting: Storm Queen – Look Right Through Martin Garrix – Animals Avicii – Hey Brother Breach ft. Andreya Triana – Everything You… Continue reading Future Hits: Club Hype
Future Stars: New Politics (Sony RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It's weird to predict someone will be a one-hit wonder before they even have a hit, but Danish electro-rock band New Politics are a confusing prospect. I think their single Harlem could be huge, and support tours with P!nk and Fall Out Boy will… Continue reading Future Stars: New Politics (Sony RCA)
Future Stars: Kafka Tamura (DIA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The time for Kate Nash's comeback might not be as far away as we think – not only are fellow mid-'00s one-album wonders James Blunt and Mika doing quite well at the moment, but there are several cool, young new artists who sound like… Continue reading Future Stars: Kafka Tamura (DIA)