Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of August 2015

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

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)

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