Here are my top 20 singles of March, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! I’ve also updated my Spotify playlist, which will feature all the songs from my monthly charts of 2015 (or the ones available on Spotify, at least), and you can listen to that… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of March 2015
Month: March 2015
Song of the Week: Grace ft. G-Eazy – You Don’t Own Me
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Grace appeared out of nowhere last week with a cover of You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore, which made no.1 on the Spotify viral chart. Her version features Californian rapper G-Eazy and was produced by Quincy Jones, who worked on Lesley’s original version… Continue reading Song of the Week: Grace ft. G-Eazy – You Don’t Own Me
Future Hits: Dance With Me
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hits from British dance acts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9cHbk3GP6rqHAm7vkCQhoQ] Tracklisting: Blonde ft. Alex Newell – All Cried Out Duke Dumont – The Giver DJ S.K.T ft. Rae – Take Me Away Fono – Real Joy Shift K3y – Name & Numbers
Future Stars: Thirdstory (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Considering how many artists are attempting to launch themselves as “YouTube stars” these days, those managing to achieve mainstream success are few and far between. The trick now is to use YouTube to get signed, then go into development and launch to the general… Continue reading Future Stars: Thirdstory (Unsigned)
Future Stars: QT (XL Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The label/genre PC Music has been on my radar for a while but I haven’t featured any of the acts for two reasons. Firstly, Future Pop is about predicting the next big thing, and I don’t believe PC Music is going to be a… Continue reading Future Stars: QT (XL Recordings)
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The story of how young singer Honor was discovered sounds more like a fairytale than real life. The unbelievable and inspiring tale involves a lost USB stick, an influential YouTube star, and an Italian music company. What started out as very bad luck resulted in Honor’s dreams coming true. Aspiring musician Honor was travelling by… Continue reading Sponsored Post: Spaceship Management announce signing of new artist Honor after fairytale discovery
Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – Credit
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wasn’t keen on Meghan Trainor’s album at first, because the first half is quite weak, but a few listens later I found myself in love with cute, witty pop songs like Credit. I was shocked when I realised that Credit, along with some… Continue reading Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – Credit
Future Hits: Hey Mr DJ
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s future hits playlist features five future hits from some of the world’s top DJs. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9AEfWyBVJHVE4FP1B_gi7A] Tracklisting: Martin Garrix ft. Usher – Don't Look Down Avicii ft. Chris Martin – Heaven Axwell ^ Ingrosso – On My Way Deorro ft. Chris Brown –… Continue reading Future Hits: Hey Mr DJ
Future Stars: Astrid (Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 18-year-old Norwegian artist Astrid Smeplass could be the next Tove Styrke. Like Tove, Astrid is a talented blonde singer with a pretty yet strong voice, who did well in the local version of Idol as the season’s quirky pop girl. After the show, she… Continue reading Future Stars: Astrid (Universal)
Future Stars: Only Real (Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I recently realised that Only Real and Real Lies (recently featured in Future Pop) are two different acts. It turns out they are similar not just in name, but also in musical concept. Both emulate the sound and styles of the early 90s. Only… Continue reading Future Stars: Only Real (Virgin EMI)