My top 40 singles of 2014 including acts like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Kiesza. Continue reading
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The Definitive Ranking of Carrie Underwood Singles
As Carrie Underwood releases her first Greatest Hits collection, I take a look at my personal favourite songs from the album and try to make some sort of definitive ranking. Continue reading
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Grammy Award 2015 Nomination Predictions: Pop
It’s time to take a look at the genre specific awards at Grammys 2015. First up are the Pop categories. Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2015 Nomination Predictions: Album Of The Year
This time last year I was under the impression that my predictions for Album of The Year were pretty much right. I didn’t expect 2 of my 100% certain choices to miss out, replaced with the well deserved Kendrick Lamar and the huge surprise of Sara Bareilles for nominations. I was so certain that Justin and Bruno would make the cut, so I’m attempting to be more conservative with my nominations this year. Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2015 Nomination Predictions: Best New Artist
Best New Artist is a tricky award to decide this year, 2014 has seen plenty of relatively new acts make their mark worldwide, but few of them are eligible here. There have been some huge one off hits as usual, but none have really converted into much for the acts themselves, unlike the huge year long success of acts like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and fun. that have won this award. Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2015 Nomination Predictions: Record Of The Year
A category that is much easier to find potential nominees for, narrowing down Record Of The Year to just 5 songs is much tougher. Last year saw Get Lucky and Blurred Lines miss out on Song Of The Year nominations, despite the former winning the award for Record; success in both categories is often not a sure thing. There have been quite a few big hits in the last 12 months, so a few of them may not even make the cut here. Continue reading
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Grammy Awards 2015 Nomination Predictions: Song Of The Year
You know what that header means. Grammy season is soon upon us. As the eligibility period ends lets take a look at my persona predictions for the 2015 awards. Kicking things off are the awards for Song of the Year. Continue reading
We need to put an end to terrible live performances.
We all know the feeling. You hear a song on the radio, or on Spotify, or blasting from a phone on the train, how you discover the song is irrelevant to be honest, but you like it. It’s a tune. A tune in the best sense of the word and you find yourself humming along to … Continue reading
Drake Vs Lil Wayne Tour – Setlist Predictions
One of the most obvious joint tours of the year, Drake and Lil’ Wayne have been vital to each other’s careers for most of the last decade. Drake gained the exposure he needed early on thanks to his mentor, while Lil’ Wayne managed to stay relevant so late into his career by featuring on some … Continue reading
UK Top 40 Recap 13th July 2014
Ariana Grande made her chart debut at the top spot last week with a little help from Iggy Azalea. Will Problem make it 2 weeks at #1? In a week with few new entries we have Matrix & Futurebound with Don’t Look Back at number 38. The duo’s 4th top 40 hit, their 2013 single Control … Continue reading
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