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First there was Rose, Becki and Julia. Then Julia decided she didn’t want to be a popstar, and in came poptastic Gwenno to replace her. The band became a success, but after only one album, Becki and Rose also decided to leave the band. By this time, they had even outdone the Sugababes, with no… Continue reading Pipettes Update

If you liked High School Musical, The American Mall, or even Camp Rock, you have to see the latest addition to the teenpop musical genre: Spectacular! It was shown on Nickelodeon USA last week and I presume it will be quite a while til we Brits get a chance to see it (especially for those… Continue reading No words in the vernacular can describe this great event

Marina & the Diamonds performed live on Dermot O’Leary’s radio show last weekend, and did a brilliant cover of What You Waiting For by Gwen Stefani, as well as her own song Obsessions. Click here and skip to 16:30 to hear it. She’s also set up a Twitter account – click here to follow her.

with Vanessa and Amanda: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gddSkTnCgMU&hl=en&fs=1] A great move, I think you’ll all agree!

Kelly Clarkson – I Do Not Hook Up (Listen)If you thought that My Life Would Suck was just a retread of Kelly’s past work, you’ll certainly think the same of her next single, and this one doesn’t even have any Swedish people involved in it! Even worse, guess who was involved? Only the one rock-pop… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

ElouiseWith the success of retro-pop female singers in the past few years, and the current 50th anniversary celebrations for Motown, it’s no surprise that Elouise is going for a Motown sound with her music. She even samples the classic Marvelettes single, Needle in a Haystack on her song Since You’ve Been Gone. It’s a lovely,… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

In a wonderful case of ‘anything the USA can do, we can do better’, Tinchy Stryder and N-Dubz have made Kanye, Ne-Yo and Akon seem like total novices. If you’d told me a few months ago that I would be excited to hear of a collaboration between Tinchy and N-Dubz, I would certainly not have… Continue reading Number One? I think so!

Time to review this week’s Melodifestivalen entries. Yay! You can listen to them all here. BWO – You’re Not AloneIt is well known that I adore BWO, but with the exception of Will My Arms Be Strong Enough, I definitely favour their upbeat numbers to their ballads. They’ve done much better in MF with upbeat… Continue reading Lost in a Melody

I realise I completely forgot to do this last year, but in the years before I always did my own version of the Brits, usually because I was so disgusted with the results. By now I am so used to that being the case, that tonight when Best Single was given to its deserving winner… Continue reading The DP Awards 2009!

Remember Kesha, the girl who sings on Right Round by Flo Rida, making it sound like Infernal? I also posted one of her solo songs, Backstabber, on Into The Groove recently. Well, she’s been signed to major label RCA in America, and will be working with the almighty legends Dr Luke and Max Martin on… Continue reading Ace Kesha News