Here are my top 20 singles of August, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! I’ve also updated my Spotify playlist, which features all the songs from my monthly charts of 2015 (or the ones available on Spotify, at least), and you can listen to that here.… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of August 2015
Month: August 2015
Song of the Week: Becky G – Break a Sweat
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s been 3 years since I featured Becky G here with high hopes for her future, and it’s kind of hard to say whether she’s been a success. She featured on the brilliant Oath by Cher Lloyd, and I enjoyed her catchy 2014 single… Continue reading Song of the Week: Becky G – Break a Sweat
Future Hits: On-air On-sale
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles that are set to be released “on-air on-sale” in the coming weeks. We can’t hear them yet, but I think they all stand a great chance of success… Tracklisting: Little Mix – Hair Justin Bieber – What… Continue reading Future Hits: On-air On-sale
Future Stars: Melanie Martinez (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Melanie Martinez was one of my all-time favourite contestants on The Voice US. In 2012’s Season 3, she stood out as a cool, distinctive, chart-ready teen pop star on a show that is meant to prioritise vocals over looks, style and personality. She came… Continue reading Future Stars: Melanie Martinez (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Jidenna (Wondaland/Epic Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. New female artists are often promoted as the protegée of a more established male (Rita Ora, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj all emerged this way), so it’s refreshing to see a role reversal in the relationship of Jidenna and Janelle Monae. R&B singer Jidenna Mobisson… Continue reading Future Stars: Jidenna (Wondaland/Epic Records)
50 Pop music facts to blow your mind
I can’t list any prime ministers before Margaret Thatcher or tell you the difference between a tortoise and a turtle. I’ve never read War and Peace or seen an Alfred Hitchcock film. I don’t know how to drive a car or cook anything even vaguely impressive. But don’t worry, I haven’t wasted my life. I’ve… Continue reading 50 Pop music facts to blow your mind
Song of the Week: Emmelie de Forest – Hopscotch
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You may remember Emmelie de Forest as the Danish winner of Eurovision 2013, but her new single Hopscotch is quite different to the folky ethno-pop of Only Teardrops. Hopscotch is a quirky, chanty number, pitched somewhere between Icona Pop and a children’s TV theme… Continue reading Song of the Week: Emmelie de Forest – Hopscotch
Future Hits: Love at First Sight
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles that are set to be the artist’s first hit. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8MXm-IuvJZnVjAygJ_eDp5] Tracklisting: Alessia Cara – Here Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself Jidenna ft. Kendrick Lamar – Classic Man Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown & Tyga – Do It… Continue reading Future Hits: Love at First Sight
Future Stars: Fetty Wap (300 Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Fetty Wap is already quite famous, but I didn’t feature him as a Future Star when Trap Queen hit the charts because it seemed like an obvious one hit wonder. Now he’s proving me wrong, with three singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top… Continue reading Future Stars: Fetty Wap (300 Entertainment)
Future Stars: Mahogany LOX (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Social media stardom and famous family members can be enough to launch a new pop star on their own, so with both those boxes ticked, Mahogany LOX is certainly one to watch. Real name Mahogany Gordy, the 20-year-old singer is the granddaughter of Berry… Continue reading Future Stars: Mahogany LOX (Unsigned)