Best of 2025: Top 40 Singles
My Top 40 singles of 2025 including Self Esteem, JADE, Lady Gaga, Bon Iver and Fred again..
Latest Entries
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2020
Grammy Awards 2020: Nomination Predictions – Best New Artist
Last year I incorrectly predicted that Album of the Year nominee H.E.R. would win Best New Artist in an interestingly diverse category that didn’t have the biggest breakout stars of the year even in contention. This year surely will, I think that there’s 4 or 5 names here that would easily win in any other … Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2020
Grammy Awards 2020: Nomination Predictions – Country
Best Country Solo Performance Beautiful Crazy – Luke Combs GIRL – Maren Morris God’s Country – Blake Shelton Bring Me Flowers Now – Tanya Tucker Love Wins – Carrie Underwood (Alternatives: Living – Dierks Bentley, Look What God Gave Her – Thomas Rhett, Whiskey Glasses – Morgan Wallen) Best Country Duo/Group Performance Speechless – Dan … Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2020
Grammy Awards 2020: Nomination Predictions – Pop
I’m kicking this year’s Grammy Nomination Predictions with Pop, where some of the biggest hits of the year will be vying for the few spaces available in the nominations here. Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2020
Grammy Awards 2020: Nomination Predictions – Not Even Close to a Halftime Report
You’ll notice that I’ve titled this article Not Even Close to a Halftime Report. I’ve attempted to do this sort of piece here on my blog around 6 months into the eligibility period to give a clear picture of how things are looking so soon after the previous Grammy night. This year I’m writing this … Continue reading
Grammy Awards 2019: Who should win Album of the Year?
The final of the big 4 categories, Album of the Year contains some of the best music of the last 12 months, as well as a Post Malone album. Who deserves to win? Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2019
Grammy Awards 2019: Who Should Win Record/Song of the Year?
The categories that seemed to ‘benefit’ the least from the expansions of nominees from 5 to 8 this year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year remain, for the most part, quite predictable. All but one of the nominees were top 10 hits on the Hot 100, but there were still a few … Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2019
Grammy Awards 2019: Who Should Win Best New Artist?
I take a look at the artists who are nominated for Best New Artist at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Jorja Smith, H.E.R., Luke Combs and Dua Lipa feature. Continue reading
Best of 2018: Top 25 Albums
Another year gone, another list of albums that I loved. The likes of Christine and the Queens, Robyn, Years & Years and Kacey Musgraves feature in the list. Continue reading
Best of 2018: Top 40 Singles
It’s that time of the year agin when I look back on the songs that made my year. Appearances from the usual suspects Drake, Florence and the Machine and Lady Gaga sit side by side with some brand new artists like Maggie Rogers and Cardi B. Continue reading
808s / Grammys / Grammys 2019
Grammys 2019: Nomination Predictions – Album of the Year
There’s less than a month to go until the nominations for the 2019 Grammys are revealed and I have just one more of the general field categories to cover. While the expansion of nominees to 8 means a lot for the likes of Best New Artist, for Album of the Year it could mean even … Continue reading
8OH8s 