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 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=PLw0LjVTuPux9R1930HIMNRUW6WutIg3su] Taylor… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of March 2016
Month: March 2016
Song of the Week: King Deco – Castaway
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My favourite musical discovery of the past week is Castaway by King Deco, which I found on the brilliant H&M In Store Music playlist on Spotify. I’d decided I loved it before I even reached the chorus, because its youthful, summery electro-pop sound is like… Continue reading Song of the Week: King Deco – Castaway
Future Hits: I got me and that’s all I need
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_chbXdG6s4v2jmiqyZgO7P] Tracklisting: Digital Farm Animals x Youthonix ft. R. Kelly – Wanna Know Kygo & Labrinth – Fragile Iggy Azalea – Team James Bay – Running Shawn Mendes… Continue reading Future Hits: I got me and that’s all I need
Future Stars: Walking On Cars (Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Speeding Cars is the current single from Irish band Walking On Cars, and it grabbed my attention when I heard it on Radio 2 recently. First I thought it was a new Busted song, as the lead singer sounds remarkably like Charlie Simpson, and… Continue reading Future Stars: Walking On Cars (Virgin EMI)
Future Stars: Niykee Heaton (Capitol Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. There have been many new female pop-R&B artists signed in the past few years, but even those with the most potential, such as Tinashe and Kehlani, so far haven’t been able to truly cross over to the mainstream and become superstars. 21-year-old singer-songwriter Niykee… Continue reading Future Stars: Niykee Heaton (Capitol Records)
Song of the Week: The Electric Sons ft. Scavenger Hunt – Reappear
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Soundcloud’s auto-play function is 99% annoying, but I never turn it off because every so often it will randomly introduce me to a poptastic tune I never would have discovered otherwise. That’s how I found Reappear, a soaring, anthemic electro-pop song from Atlanta male… Continue reading Song of the Week: The Electric Sons ft. Scavenger Hunt – Reappear
Future Hits: Nothing to prove and I’m bulletproof
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=PLw0LjVTuPux9S8PGHp8Smy3vRZe1v-Wa3] Tracklisting: Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Blonde & Craig David – Nothing Like This Zayn – Like I Would Birdy – Wild Horses twenty one pilots –… Continue reading Future Hits: Nothing to prove and I’m bulletproof
Future Stars: Frans (Cardiac Records/Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Following last year’s Eurovision win, Sweden has been more excited than ever about their qualifying contest, Melodifestivalen, and the level of entries this year was fantastic. The winner was chosen on Saturday, and 17-year-old singer Frans Jeppsson Wall will represent Sweden in Eurovision 2016… Continue reading Future Stars: Frans (Cardiac Records/Sony Music)
Future Stars: gnash (label TBC)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. i hate u i love u is one song that could launch two new artists’ careers. It was originally released as a demo last June by Olivia O’Brien, and LA artist (and fellow lower case troll) gnash put his own spin on it in… Continue reading Future Stars: gnash (label TBC)
Song of the Week: Ashley Monroe – The Blade
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’ve become quite a fan of country (well, country-pop…) over the past few years, so I’m looking forward to the return of the Radio 2 Country digital pop-up station this week. Its arrival is timed to coincide with the Country 2 Country music festival… Continue reading Song of the Week: Ashley Monroe – The Blade