Here are my top 20 singles of January, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment… no prizes for guessing the no.1 this month! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-mhxL5J20mC6qLmpWBneKf] Neon Jungle – Braveheart The Vamps – Wild Heart Chloe Howl – Rumour Lucy Hale – You Sound Good To Me Katy B – Crying for No Reason Kylie Minogue… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of January 2014
Month: January 2014
Announcing February’s Pop Meetup
It’s time to announce the next Pop Meetup! We’ll be back at Match Bar near Oxford Circus for the second meetup of 2014 on 18th February. Join us in the VIP area from 7pm for drinks and pop chat. It’s a chance to meet new friends and contacts in the music industry, and everyone is… Continue reading Announcing February’s Pop Meetup
Future Hits: One Hit Wonders To Be
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five US breakthrough hits which I think could achieve the same success in the UK… though I'm not convinced any will be more than a one hit wonder. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-om2yT_0fSAosl-z23SbDF] Tracklisting: A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera – Say… Continue reading Future Hits: One Hit Wonders To Be
Future Stars: MAGIC! (Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Nasri Atweh was a solo artist who, like many, became a songwriter and producer for other artists once his talent was discovered. Now that he’s had over 60 tracks released by major label artists like Bieber, Cheryl and Iggy (he won a Grammy for F.A.M.E. by Chris… Continue reading Future Stars: MAGIC! (Sony Music)
Future Stars: Jungle (XL Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s only January but we might have already found the most pretentious new act of 2014. After playing the “mysterious” (i.e. we’re actually quite old/ugly so we won’t post any photos) card for a few months, BBC Sound of 2014 nominees Jungle have recently… Continue reading Future Stars: Jungle (XL Recordings)
Future Stars: Kiesza (Lokal Legend)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I considered featuring Kiesza (pronounced “Kaiser”) a few months ago when she was bigged up by “tastemakers” from Radio 1, Black Butter and Sony/ATV. However, Google brought up such atrocities as this performance. She appeared to be a cringey Canadian 2010s version of Lolly.… Continue reading Future Stars: Kiesza (Lokal Legend)
Future Hits: Dance Collabs
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new releases from the genre that seems to have the best chance of chart success at the moment: dance music collaborations. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9Ygnok4hrLLNgDIqOMnvk9] Tracklisting: DJ Fresh vs. Jay Fay ft. Ms Dynamite – Dibby Dibby Sound Duke Dumont… Continue reading Future Hits: Dance Collabs
Future Stars: Ms. D (Turn First)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You might not know her, but Ms. D has already had a no. 1 hit. She featured on Heatwave by Wiley, which was no.1 in 2012, and she appeared uncredited on Chipmunk’s Oopsy Daisy back in 2009. Since then Ms. D (real name Dayo Olatunji) co-wrote Iggy… Continue reading Future Stars: Ms. D (Turn First)
Future Stars: DJ Snake (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. There are a few different places you might have heard of DJ Snake, depending on your taste in music. Most interesting to me, he co-wrote three of Lady Gaga’s strongest ARTPOP tracks: Applause, Do What You Want and Sexxx Dreams. However, the French DJ… Continue reading Future Stars: DJ Snake (Columbia)
Future Stars: Becky Hill (Parlophone)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. We haven’t seen any real success stories from The Voice UK so far, but that might be about to change, in a rather unexpected way. Do you remember the stroppy teen from the first series, Becky Hill? She didn’t make the final, but after… Continue reading Future Stars: Becky Hill (Parlophone)