Future Hits: It Takes Two

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five tracks by artists who have enlisted a little help from their friends to make their next hit. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9JLV-b_gDisewE9PTQgF0J] Tracklisting: Sigma ft. Labrinth – Higher Dimitri Vegas ft. Julian Perretta – Body Talk (Mammoth) LuvBug ft. Mark Asari – Revive… Continue reading Future Hits: It Takes Two

Future Hits: Me and You

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five new dance tracks featuring singers who are known in their own right. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9yewPyk24Y2Ysfp8qK7Bhp] Tracklisting: The Magician ft. Years & Years – Sunlight Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – Blame Steve Angello ft. Dougy from The Temper Trap – Wasted… Continue reading Future Hits: Me and You

Future Hits: British Boys

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new singles by British male artists that I think could be big hits. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_j7wnEmq9VmvT5jbS04n-j] Tracklisting: Sigma – Nobody To Love Calvin Harris – Summer Tourist ft. Will Heard – I Can’t Keep Up Sam Smith – Stay With… Continue reading Future Hits: British Boys

Anatomy of a Hit: Calvin Harris & Alesso ft. Hurts – Under Control

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 yet another Q4 dance smash… #1 – Calvin Harris & Alesso ft. Hurts – Under Control This year there’s been a lot of talk (mainly from Popjustice) about Q4, the music industry term… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Calvin Harris & Alesso ft. Hurts – Under Control

Future Hits: International Collaborations

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five collaborations between artists from different countries. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-v0n4s15ZHfi4XYO8HhIBu] Tracklisting: Iggy Azalea ft. T.I. – Change Your Life Dizzee Rascal ft. will.i.am – Something Really Bad Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont ft. Malin – Safe With You Tinie… Continue reading Future Hits: International Collaborations

Future Hits: Album Tracks

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features the next releases from five huge hit albums. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux98UKYo70xB7pvXtYF2sjze] Tracklisting: Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed Calvin Harris – Thinking About You The Script – Millionaires Rihanna ft. David Guetta – Right Now Bruno Mars… Continue reading Future Hits: Album Tracks

Future Hits: 1 + 1 = HIT

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not confident your song is going to be a hit? Make it a collaboration! Here are five upcoming releases which have wisely employed this trick… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-unXtJhPZxMvwr5kBaTtY-] Tracklisting: Devlin ft. Diane Birch – Rewind Conor Maynard ft. Wiley – Animal Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris –… Continue reading Future Hits: 1 + 1 = HIT

Future Hits: Is it 2013 yet?

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. November’s almost over, so all that remains for this year is the usual sprinkling of underwhelming Christmas singles, then we’re onto 2013. Here are a few new songs already on the release schedule for next year which I think could be big. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_im3-uqFq53eq4uIeOWiVx] Tracklisting:… Continue reading Future Hits: Is it 2013 yet?