Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A Great Big World's single Say Something shot up to no.2 on the US iTunes chart after they performed a new version with Christina Aguilera on The Voice. This wasn't just down to Christina as her last top 10 US hit (apart from songs she featured… Continue reading Future Stars: A Great Big World (Sony/Epic)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Mapei (Sony/Downtown Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Usually Swedish artists achieve success at home before they break the US, but Mapei has skipped ahead and signed to Downtown, the Sony subsidiary which is also home to Major Lazer and Santigold. The fact that she was born in Rhode Island undoubtedly helped… Continue reading Future Stars: Mapei (Sony/Downtown Records)
Future Hits: Club Hype
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five dance tracks which have been building up buzz for months before finally being released. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_s6p1rAbJ9QNlW_sXcjol9] Tracklisting: Storm Queen – Look Right Through Martin Garrix – Animals Avicii – Hey Brother Breach ft. Andreya Triana – Everything You… Continue reading Future Hits: Club Hype
Future Stars: New Politics (Sony RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It's weird to predict someone will be a one-hit wonder before they even have a hit, but Danish electro-rock band New Politics are a confusing prospect. I think their single Harlem could be huge, and support tours with P!nk and Fall Out Boy will… Continue reading Future Stars: New Politics (Sony RCA)
Future Stars: Kafka Tamura (DIA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The time for Kate Nash's comeback might not be as far away as we think – not only are fellow mid-'00s one-album wonders James Blunt and Mika doing quite well at the moment, but there are several cool, young new artists who sound like… Continue reading Future Stars: Kafka Tamura (DIA)
Future Stars: Ryan Beatty (OcSkee Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I've been keeping an eye on teen singer Ryan Beatty for over a year, planning to feature him when he inevitably signed a major record deal. He has 31 million YouTube views and 600,000 Facebook fans and yet, he remains unsigned. With numbers like… Continue reading Future Stars: Ryan Beatty (OcSkee Entertainment)
Future Hits: British Big Guns
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five of the biggest British artists of the 2010s so far, who are hoping for a megahit to give their album sales a pre-Christmas boost. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9mr9hMXAITUkrrDfg7j5G_] Tracklisting: One Direction – Story Of My Life Ellie Goulding – How Long… Continue reading Future Hits: British Big Guns
Future Stars: Breach (Atlantic/Warner)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. English DJ/producer Ben Westbeech, better known as Breach, had a no.9 hit with Jack in July and I think his new song Everything We Never Had (We Had It All) is going to be even bigger. It starts quite simple and adds more layers… Continue reading Future Stars: Breach (Atlantic/Warner)
Future Stars: SoMo (Universal Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I have to be honest: If I’d seen SoMo‘s Ride music video before he was signed, I wouldn't have watched more than 30 seconds. Apart from their naughty lyrics, his songs are unremarkable, as are his looks, and his performance is way too OTT.… Continue reading Future Stars: SoMo (Universal Republic)
Future Stars: Prince Royce (RCA/Sony Music Latin)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin both released several hit albums in Spanish before they sang in English and achieved mainstream success, and Prince Royce is hoping to do the same. Born Geoffrey Royce Rojas in New York to Dominican parents, his music is influenced… Continue reading Future Stars: Prince Royce (RCA/Sony Music Latin)