Future Hits: I know you love her but it’s over, mate

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. Tracklisting: Silk City ft. Dua Lipa – Electricity Dean Lewis – Be Alright Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor ft. French Montana – Just Got Paid David Guetta… Continue reading Future Hits: I know you love her but it’s over, mate

Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. All my Songs of the Week are featured on my Top of the Poptastic playlist, along with the rest of my faves from the year so far. I know it’s terribly unfashionable to support Meghan Trainor these days, but I don’t care. That’s not a good enough… Continue reading Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways

Future Hits: She must think I’m a rapper

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. Tracklisting: King Princess – 1950 Hardy Caprio – Rapper Meghan Trainor – No Excuses Xxxtentacion – SAD! DJ Khaled ft. Jay-Z, Future & Beyoncé – Top Off For… Continue reading Future Hits: She must think I’m a rapper

Future Hits: Waitin’ on that sunshine

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux__upCyoINBaef33WTY3Edg] Tracklisting: Rihanna – Kiss It Better WSTRN – Come Down Meghan Trainor – NO Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo – Close Jason Derulo – If It Ain’t… Continue reading Future Hits: Waitin’ on that sunshine

Future Hits: Future Pop Alumni

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by artists I’ve featured here as Future Stars. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_rT8OAaF9t_MMpYzP_9QMk] Tracklisting: Sigala – Easy Love 5 Seconds Of Summer – She’s Kinda Hot Jack Garratt – Weathered Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend – Like I’m Gonna Lose… Continue reading Future Hits: Future Pop Alumni

Future Hits: We’re On Each Other’s Team

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by established artists coming together to attack the charts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9cRHDGPDU8MrbUL8QYMn-4] Tracklisting: Sigma ft. Ella Henderson – Glitterball Disclosure ft. Gregory Porter – Holding On Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye Natalie La Rose ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: We’re On Each Other’s Team

Popping The Question: What does Meghan Trainor’s success say about the music-buying public?

As soon as I heard All About That Bass, I loved it, and I bumped whoever I was planning to feature in Future Pop the next Monday to put Meghan Trainor in their place. But in my write-up I had to express a concern: Did her label, Epic, intend to use her weight to create… Continue reading Popping The Question: What does Meghan Trainor’s success say about the music-buying public?

The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2014 – Part 4

Let me know what you think of my choices in the comments box below, or tweet me @Poptastic. The 10th Most Poptastic Single of 2014 Ace Wilder – Busy Doin’ Nothin’ Released: 22nd February (Sweden) Writers: Ace Wilder, Joy Deb, Linnéa Deb Trivia: Busy Doin’ Nothin’ came second in this year’s Melodifestivalen, the contest to… Continue reading The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2014 – Part 4

Future Hits: New Year, New Hits

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles that could be the first big hits of 2015. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-KyD5-XWVcbInbDjY4B2qv] Tracklisting: Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – Up The Avener – Fade Out Lines Meghan Trainor – Lips Are… Continue reading Future Hits: New Year, New Hits