Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by established artists coming together to attack the charts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9cRHDGPDU8MrbUL8QYMn-4] Tracklisting: Sigma ft. Ella Henderson – Glitterball Disclosure ft. Gregory Porter – Holding On Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye Natalie La Rose ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: We’re On Each Other’s Team
Future Stars: Rachel Platten (RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Rachel Platten fits into a strange little set of artists that can have huge hits with pop songs without having any particular star quality or following current chart trends. Think Sara Bareilles, Christina Perri, Passenger and Magic!. It’s pop with the edges smoothed out,… Continue reading Future Stars: Rachel Platten (RCA)
Future Stars: Loren Kramar (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Amid the endless thinkpieces on Apple Music, this one from Music Business Worldwide stood out, with its insightful projections on how the new streaming service will affect record labels. The idea that Apple could single-handedly launch an artist without label involvement was particularly interesting.… Continue reading Future Stars: Loren Kramar (Unsigned)
Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Norwegian-Indian singer Samsaya released a very poptastic single, Stereotype, in 2013, but none of her other tracks have captured its brilliance. Beginning at the End isn’t a chaotic, bouncy tune like Stereotype, but it may be even better in its own way. It’s a… Continue reading Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End
Future Hits: Pure and Sample
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles with samples from old hits from the 70s and 90s [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9_QCXB7xdzc5hKcrQVDUrQ] Tracklisting: Tough Love ft. Ginuwine – Pony (Jump On It) Joe Stone ft. Montell Jordan – The Party (This Is How We…) Tinie Tempah ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: Pure and Sample
Future Stars: Charlie Puth (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It seemed like Charlie Puth (pronounced “Pooth”) came from nowhere to hit no.1 with his Wiz Khalifa collaboration See You Again, from the Furious 7 soundtrack, but in fact he’s been hanging around the edges of the music industry for years. He began posting… Continue reading Future Stars: Charlie Puth (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Tink (Mosley Music Group/Epic Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A couple of years ago, there seemed to be a new female rapper for me to feature here every week. Now the dust has settled, Iggy and Nicki are miles ahead of the pack, but they shouldn’t get complacent – it’s never too late… Continue reading Future Stars: Tink (Mosley Music Group/Epic Records)
Song of the Week: Rozzi Crane – Psycho
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Rozzi Crane is the first artist signed to Interscope from Adam Levine’s label 222 Records, and as such she got to make her debut TV performance on The Voice US. I knew nothing about her at the time, but was impressed by the quality… Continue reading Song of the Week: Rozzi Crane – Psycho
Future Hits: Summertime Ballers
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles from the line-up of the weekend's Capital Summertime Ball. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-7easwgUi7BQ_5W_U1DnlE] Tracklisting: Little Mix – Black Magic Jason Derulo – Cheyenne Nathan Sykes – Kiss Me Quick Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink – Worth It Flo Rida ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: Summertime Ballers
Future Stars: Izzy Bizu (Epic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Considering teen girlband Soundgirl’s highest chart position was no.45 (unfairly – the single was very poptastic), it’s impressive that all three members went on to have solo careers. Olivia, under the name LIV, is working with Xenomania, while Little Nikki had a record deal… Continue reading Future Stars: Izzy Bizu (Epic)