This week marks a year since the very first Future Pop mailer! In that time many of the artists, including Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, fun. and Carly Rae Jepsen, have become major chart stars, while others are currently speeding along to the highway to success. Here’s an update on their progress… Gabrielle Aplin is currently… Continue reading A Year of Future Pop!
Category: Future Pop
Future Hits: Reality TV Season
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. For the past decade the last quarter of the year has been all about the reality TV releases, and this year is no different with singles from talent show stars old and new likely to feature heavily in the charts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_Euk74WU-G96pe-XJFU2iD] Tracklisting: Little Mix… Continue reading Future Hits: Reality TV Season
Future Stars: Hunter Hayes (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Take one Justin Bieber, add a pinch of Taylor Swift, pop it in the oven and you'll get Hunter Hayes. He's a 21-year-old country singer who's the latest heartthrob for American teens, thanks to his hits Storm Warning and Wanted. But could he cross… Continue reading Future Stars: Hunter Hayes (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Willy Moon (Island/ThirdMan Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I've toyed with featuring retro-pop/rocker Willy Moon in Future Pop for months, but the premiere of his debut US video has finally convinced me to do it. Yeah Yeah sounds more like an advert soundtrack (and soon after writing this I discovered it is… Continue reading Future Stars: Willy Moon (Island/ThirdMan Records)
Future Stars: Miguel (RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Californian singer Miguel takes R&B back to what it used to be with his soulful, romantic songs, in sharp contrast to the innuendo-filled cheap dance sound that has replaced it in recent years. While other current male R&B singers Frank Ocean and Trey Songz… Continue reading Future Stars: Miguel (RCA)
Future Hits: Don’t Call It a Comeback
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five lead singles from make-or-break albums by major pop artists. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_LbuL0bhpsWxXU33ZYZo3R] Tracklisting: McFly – Love Is Easy Nicki Minaj – The Boys Robbie Williams – Candy Christina Aguilera – Your Body Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen
Future Stars: Relics (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Relics are the latest boyband-with-instruments from Prestige, the management company behind Busted and McFly. Lead singer Jake Roche has already had a few brushes with fame, as his parents are Coleen Nolan and Shane Ritchie, and he used to be in Emmerdale, although I… Continue reading Future Stars: Relics (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Chip (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Being dropped by Jive may end up being the best thing that ever happened to Chipmunk, or Chip as he's now known. A few months later he signed a new deal with Grand Hustle, a label run by US rapper T.I. which is part… Continue reading Future Stars: Chip (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Future Stars: Deap Vally (Island/Communion)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Californian duo Deap Vally follow Haim and Black Belles in the trend for very cool American girls making retro rock music. Deap Vally are the rockiest of the three, with powerful shouty vocals and heavy guitars leading them to be described as an all… Continue reading Future Stars: Deap Vally (Island/Communion)
Future Hits: New Pop Premieres
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles just premiered by major pop acts. They’ll all be hits but I expect some may not be as big as the record label is hoping! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8QwOvrTLSXvTnAJ6tXcrVK] Tracklisting: Cher Lloyd ft. Becky G – Oath The Wanted –… Continue reading Future Hits: New Pop Premieres