Here are my top 20 singles of April, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9rni0Yqz8ndQAJOwy19km_] MT – Dear One Afrojack ft. Wrabel – Ten Feet Tall Lily Allen – Sheezus Alexa Goddard – Marilyn Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. Wrabel – Ten Feet Tall Chvrches – We… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of April 2014
Month: April 2014
Song of the Week: MT – Dear One
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week I’m introducing a new section in Future Pop, where I will feature my favourite new song of the week, regardless of its chances of being a hit. The aim is to give the song some deserved exposure and bring a bit more… Continue reading Song of the Week: MT – Dear One
Future Hits: Pop Stars
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new singles by some of the world’s biggest pop stars. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-D-PKfUnW1y8huL8RMM20s] Tracklisting: Ed Sheeran – Sing One Direction – You & I Pharrell Williams – Marilyn Monroe Katy Perry – Birthday Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart
Future Stars: Twin Atlantic (Red Bull Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wrote a blog post last week which discussed why I think rock and indie doesn’t appear in the singles chart anymore. Listening to Twin Atlantic’s new single Heart and Soul, and seeing them mentioned increasingly often online (outside of rock media), I wonder… Continue reading Future Stars: Twin Atlantic (Red Bull Records)
Future Stars: Ella Henderson (Syco)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I found Ella Henderson a bit overrated on The X Factor, and the acoustic songs she put online last year (Five Tattoos and Waiting) were dreary. But as rumours circulated in recent weeks that her first single was well worth listening to, I began to… Continue reading Future Stars: Ella Henderson (Syco)
Eurovision 2014 Cheat Sheet
I watched all this year’s entries and picked out the five you need to know about before the big day (or week, since some of these probably won’t make it past the semi-finals!)… France: Twin Twin – Moustache [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJFfnHNOWI] Here is a French Eurovision entry which showcases the quirky electro-pop that France should be better… Continue reading Eurovision 2014 Cheat Sheet
Popping The Question: 10 years on, how has legal downloading changed the UK Singles Chart?
On Monday, Radio 1 are celebrating 10 years of legal downloading by counting down the top 100 best-selling downloads of all time. The UK Official Download Chart was launched in 2004, but it wasn’t until 2005 that download sales were counted in the UK Singles Chart, and only in 2007 were songs able to chart… Continue reading Popping The Question: 10 years on, how has legal downloading changed the UK Singles Chart?
Future Hits: European Invasion
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new dance tracks from Europe that I predict will be taking over the UK charts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8g4irxH9LTsMaRqHpgezT7] Tracklisting: Mr. Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) Afrojack ft. Wrabel – Ten Feet Tall David Guetta & Showtek ft. Vassy –… Continue reading Future Hits: European Invasion
Future Stars: Meridian Dan (PMR/Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Considering the only British rapper to make the UK top 10 so far this year is Tinie Tempah (featured on a dance track), I was surprised recently to see an article hailing the revival of grime. However, a week later it made a lot more… Continue reading Future Stars: Meridian Dan (PMR/Virgin EMI)
Future Stars: Cherub (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. After selling 100,000 singles in the US, electro-pop duo Cherub have signed to Columbia for the release of their forthcoming second album, Year of the Caprese. The band is made up of Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber, who surprisingly (considering their sound) hail from… Continue reading Future Stars: Cherub (Columbia)