I’ve set myself a challenge to analyse the highest new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week. This week it’s the best new Christmas single in quite a while… #3 – Leona Lewis – One More Sleep Leona Lewis has experienced an unusual chart run for an X Factor act with her new… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Leona Lewis – One More Sleep
Future Hits: The Last Hurrah
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new singles by established pop acts which could be the last big hits of 2013… [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8iiY2t0DVGHdLIrCGcBphD] Tracklisting: Jason Derulo – Trumpets Katy Perry – Unconditionally James Arthur – Recovery John Newman – Losing Sleep Robbie Williams ft. Lily… Continue reading Future Hits: The Last Hurrah
Future Stars: MT (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Remember in the mid-'00s when you could reel off an endless list of artists making fun indie-pop music? Patrick Wolf, The Pipettes, I'm From Barcelona, Long Blondes, CSS and so on. MT (which stands for Many Things) feel like they're from that era. Their… Continue reading Future Stars: MT (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Kelela (Saint Records/Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The BBC Sound of 2014 shortlist includes a mixture of acts with real commercial potential and "tastemaker" faves that the indie-ocracy will spend 2014 trying to convince us have commercial potential. American singer Kelela Mizanekristos is definitely in the latter camp, but that doesn't… Continue reading Future Stars: Kelela (Saint Records/Sony Music)
Future Stars: Style of Eye (Ultra/Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The brilliance of I Love It is largely credited to Charli XCX and Icona Pop, but co-writer/producer Linus Eklöw (aka Style of Eye) must have played a big part too, if his exciting, fun and inventive new single is anything to go by. Kids features… Continue reading Future Stars: Style of Eye (Ultra/Sony Music)
Anatomy of a Hit: Avicii – Hey Brother
I’ve set myself a challenge to analyse the highest new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week. This week it’s a song that represents my favourite music trend of 2013… #8 – Avicii – Hey Brother I’ve been citing electro-country as one of my favourite genres since I discovered a brilliant Taylor Swift… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Avicii – Hey Brother
Future Hits: It’s Christmas!!
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new Christmas singles being released to capitalise on the festive market… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-d3t9zgK7dUGhJV3OHObGv] Tracklisting: Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree Leona Lewis – One More Sleep Susan Boyle with Elvis Presley – O Come, All Ye Faithful The… Continue reading Future Hits: It’s Christmas!!
Future Stars: All About She (Disturbing London/Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you've heard a song on the radio recently that you thought was a lost Mis-Teeq classic, chances are it was the new single Higher (Free) by All About She. They started out as a two-man British production team, and became a proper pop… Continue reading Future Stars: All About She (Disturbing London/Atlantic)
Future Stars: James Newman (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Born with a boring name, James Newman picked James Valentine as his pop pseudonym. However, when his younger brother John became famous, he quickly changed it back. Could the Newmans be the new Bedingfields? Although John may have had the first hit, James has… Continue reading Future Stars: James Newman (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Awolnation (Red Bull Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Here's a heart-warming tale for Christmas: A few years ago a band called Under The Influence of Giants made a brilliant album, which no-one really noticed. Luckily, talent usually finds a way to the top eventually, and UTIOG lead singer Aaron Bruno is now… Continue reading Future Stars: Awolnation (Red Bull Records)