Around the start of 2011, I had started to hear great things about Jessie J. Her debut song, the now infamous Rihanna inspired Do It Like a Dude had become a hit and made its way into my iPod’s Big Tunes playlist. Follow up Price Tag was much more straightforward chart friendly pop, but with … Continue reading
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Preparing for a Concert.
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Is play count watching a step too far: 1 year on
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-11176202-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); A year ago (give or take a few days) I collated my iTunes top 10 most … Continue reading
Grammys 2011 Predictions Overview
So there are the main 4 awards set to be given on the night, which makes my Wishes/Predictions look something like this. My predictions are in brackets and yellow. Album of the Year – The Fame Monster – Lady GaGa – (Recovery) Record of the Year – Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys – (Empire … Continue reading
Who should win Best New Artist at the 2011 Grammys?
Here we are, the final award in the big 4 set to be given out on Sunday. Best New Artist has become a great indicator of future commercial success, winners like Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse and even The Beatles leaving the show with the award. Following the major controversy caused last year when the artist … Continue reading
Who should win Record/Song of the Year at the Grammys?
The 2nd most important awards of the night for any artist/songwriter, a song has to be produced or written to perfection to garner a nomination here. Looking down the nomination list, 3 tracks make appearances in both, proving that you can pull off magic in both areas of the process. I’ll take a look at … Continue reading
Which album deserves Album Of The Year at the Grammys?
With the Grammys a week away, I decided that I would spend my Sunday listening to all 5 nominated albums and give my views on whether each is a deserved nominee/winner and my prediction for who will walk away with the award on the night. I’ll go through each album in alphabetical order, then close … Continue reading
Brit Awards 2011 Predictions/Wishes: International Awards
Next batch of Brit Award nominees. Less awards to choose this time round, but still as many tough decisions and baffling omissions from the nominees. International Male A definite two horse race here, there’s one deserving winner, and one who isn’t. Eminem and Kanye West have both received this award three times before so whoever … Continue reading
Brit Awards 2011 Predictions/Wishes: British Awards
As judged by the articles that have been viewed most on 808sandformulae, you all know i love a good list, and in turn a good award show. I’m always interested to see whether any music award shows actually get it right (as in, agree with me), even though I understand how unimportant they actually are. … Continue reading
Best of 2010: Most Anticipated in 2011
With 2010 well and truly gone, were a full 13 days into 2011 now, I’m looking ahead to the 3 things I’m most anticipating this year. As the final list, I must also thank everyone who read any of these, I’ve got the most hits on my blog since I started with these articles, and … Continue reading
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