Here are my top 20 singles of January, 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 (or the ones available on Spotify, at least), and you can listen to that here. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8MDYmiFc81vLErWQjx9T3C] Grimes… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of January 2016
Month: January 2016
Song of the Week: Awreeoh – Can’t Bring Me Down
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Pharrell is undoubtedly one of the most talented and versatile writer/producers around today, but his work is pretty hit and miss. I think he may have exhausted himself by creating two of the best songs of his career, Get Lucky and Happy, within a… Continue reading Song of the Week: Awreeoh – Can’t Bring Me Down
Future Hits: You lift me like a major chord
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_3el0en5mQlrYj0tNnaL9g] Tracklisting: Tiësto & Oliver Heldens ft. Natalie La Rose – The Right Song Sigala ft. Imani & DJ Fresh – Say You Do Netsky ft. Digital Farm… Continue reading Future Hits: You lift me like a major chord
Future Stars: Bryson Tiller (RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you want to be a superstar in the hip-hop world, it’s not enough just to sing, rap, write or produce. You need to do it all. 23-year-old Bryson Tiller is pretty close, ticking three of those boxes (he leaves the production to the… Continue reading Future Stars: Bryson Tiller (RCA)
Future Stars: Daya (ArtBeatz/Sony RED)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. On this week’s US Billboard Hot 100, 17-year-old singer Daya has risen to no.31 with her debut single Hide Away. She also recently peaked at no.8 on Shazam and no.11 on iTunes. This campaign has been interesting to follow, as a very rare case… Continue reading Future Stars: Daya (ArtBeatz/Sony RED)
Song of the Week: Tempo Elektrik & PKay ft. Martin Carr – Going Out
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Every so often on a Friday night I get a craving for some cheap ’n’ cheerful dance music, so I tune into Steve Smart’s show on Kiss FM. I’ve discovered some brilliant remixes and club hits, and I’ll always find something to Shazam. A… Continue reading Song of the Week: Tempo Elektrik & PKay ft. Martin Carr – Going Out
Future Hits: I got a problem with your shoes and your tunes
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-QifPFMaKmukpx0gqmZ-l8] Tracklisting: Jonas Blue ft. Dakota – Fast Car The 1975 – The Sound Tom Zanetti – Darlin’ Mike Posner – I Took a Pill in Ibiza Jess… Continue reading Future Hits: I got a problem with your shoes and your tunes
Future Stars: Saveus (Copenhagen Records/Polydor)
As seen at Eurosonic Festival – click here to find out more. Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Like Rationale, Saveus also has a history in pop under another name. In 2008, at age 15, Martin Hedegaard won the first series of The X Factor in Denmark. He had a… Continue reading Future Stars: Saveus (Copenhagen Records/Polydor)
Future Stars: Rationale (Best Laid Plans/Warner Brothers)
As seen at Eurosonic Festival – click here to find out more. Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Back in 2010, I first wrote about a British-Zimbabwean indie-pop artist signed to Island called Tinashé Fazakerley, known simply as Tinashé. I saw him live, enjoyed his album (you can see a… Continue reading Future Stars: Rationale (Best Laid Plans/Warner Brothers)
Song of the Week: Venior – Sugar Rush
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’m heading to Sweden’s Where’s The Music festival next month, and it’s a great opportunity to discover some new Scandi talent that hasn’t reached our international ears quite yet. One artist who’s on my “must see” list is Venior, aka 21-year-old Emelie Sederholm. She’s… Continue reading Song of the Week: Venior – Sugar Rush