The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2013

We all know that music success is really impossible to predict, but it’s fun to try. Last year I did pretty well, with artists including Little Mix, Rita Ora, Jake Bugg and Azealia Banks on my list. Ariana Grande hasn’t quite taken her place as the next Miley Cyrus yet, but maybe 2013 is her… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2013

Future Stars: Nikki Williams (Island Def Jam)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Nikki Williams seems to be the new Katy Perry: An unremarkably pretty girl in her twenties with a boring name, who appears seemingly out of nowhere with a collection of songs written and produced by some of the world's biggest and best names. A… Continue reading Future Stars: Nikki Williams (Island Def Jam)