Oops!…I Did It Again – Britney Spears – 2000 Claimed Sales: 20m First listen?: No Format Listened?: CD Oops!… Britney did it again and managed to produce a second album that nearly became as popular as her debut. Opening with sales over 1 million copies in her home territory, the anticipation for the follow up to …Baby … Continue reading
…Baby One More Time – Britney Spears – 1999 Claimed Sales: 28m First listen?: No Format Listened?: CD Open a list of classic songs from the 90s, pop leaning or otherwise and it’s more than a certainty that opener and title track …Baby One More Time will make appearance. The opening three notes echo across pretty much … Continue reading
Appearing both on her standout album Blackout and its follow up Circus, Radar’s journey to being released a a single was one that continues to baffle me to this day. The now infamous video that takes cues from Madonna’s Take A Bow ‘polo themed’ clip is hilarious given the thumping bass of the track. Continue reading
10) Bon Iver – Bon Iver Kicking off the top 10 is a truly expansive album. I hadn’t heard of Bon Iver until he appeared on Kanye’s record last November. Then came the cover of Skinny Love by Birdy that made it’s way onto the charts, and Justin Vernon was a bonafide Blogger’s darling. The … Continue reading
10) Chase and Status – Blind Faith (Feat. Liam Bailey) Kicking off the top 10 we have the Bass song of the year. It has been a brilliant year for Chase and Status and this is their crowning achievement. Expansive dub production with a vocal as massive in scale, this is a grand achievement in … Continue reading
20) Jay-Z and Kanye West – Otis (Feat. Otis Redding) Otis is the sound of two of the industry’s best rappers messing around in the studio over an Otis Redding sample. The fun these guys are having is so infectious you can’t help but want to join in with your own verse. Watch their faces … Continue reading
Break The Ice – Britney Spears – Blackout – 2008 Bvar _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 song I gushed over when … Continue reading
25) My Love (Feat. T.I.) – Justin Timberlake – Futuresex/Lovesounds – 2006 2var _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); })(); Production so entrancing only … Continue reading
Toxic – Britney Spears – In The Zone – 2004 Bvar _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); })(); Kicking things off with the pop … Continue reading
This is where things get very difficult, I’ve been making changes to the top 10 even after putting up my 20-11 article. What I can say, is that these 10 songs are up there with the best Pop songs of the last decade. Tvar _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-11176202-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var … Continue reading
