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. Tracklisting: Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion Craig David & Sigala – Ain’t Giving Up Nick Jonas ft. Ty Dolla $ign –… Continue reading Future Hits: I am the greatest, hey this is the proof
Month: September 2016
Future Stars: Ward Thomas (Sony Nashville UK)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last year The Shires were the first UK country act to reach the album chart top 10, but now they’ve been outdone by fellow country duo Ward Thomas, who I first featured here in 2014. On Friday, twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas… Continue reading Future Stars: Ward Thomas (Sony Nashville UK)
Future Stars: Alexandra Savior (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. With so many new female artists targeting the spot between indie and pop, Alexandra Savior has the advantage of having a big name in the NME-reading world to reassure uptight indie kids that she’s allowed in. The 21-year-old American singer, real name Alexandra McDermott,… Continue reading Future Stars: Alexandra Savior (Columbia)
Song of the Week: Kideko & George Kwali ft. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I featured Nadia Rose as a Future Star earlier this year, before she signed to Relentless. Although I was instantly a fan of her lively vibe, my concern was how she’d manage to reach the mainstream, when other British female rappers such as Lady… Continue reading Song of the Week: Kideko & George Kwali ft. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
Future Hits: Oh my god, what is this?
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. Tracklisting: Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj – Side To Side Zara Larsson – Ain’t My Fault TIEKS ft. Dan Harkna – Sunshine John Gibbons – Would I Lie… Continue reading Future Hits: Oh my god, what is this?
Future Stars: Gryffin (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. We’ve recently seen music producers come out from behind the scenes and take credit for their work. Where once they’d be happy with a mention in the album sleeve, now their name comes first, and the vocalist is no more than a featured artist. It… Continue reading Future Stars: Gryffin (Interscope)
Future Stars: The Bomb Digz (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last month I introduced you to Citizen Four, the new US boyband formed by Island Records. They may have some competition from a younger group who have been working hard without a label, and have already built the foundations of a very strong following… Continue reading Future Stars: The Bomb Digz (Unsigned)