Even with the huge sales for his fellow finalist and Pop Idol winner Will Young, Gareth Gates proved he had a sizeable fanbase awaiting his debut with an equally record setting number one smash with a song as old as the charts themselves...
After Popstars came Pop Idol, a show that truly put the power to make stars into the hands of the public - and for Will Young, it cemented him into the hearts of millions of viewers and record buyers...
It's Thursday and it's midday - it therefore must be time for me to trawl my personal playlists of yore to bring you another lost gem in Pop Essays. This week: an album track from one of Britain's most promising teen protégés in the early 00s... Artist: Amy StudtSong: Carry Me AwayRelease Date: 30/06/2003 (on … Continue reading Pop Essays #25: Amy Studt, ‘Carry Me Away’
ARTIST: Now United SONG: Crazy Stupid Silly Love SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been just over a year since we first wrote about Now United, the fourteen membered(!) mixed gender pop combo that are the latest brainchild of one Simon Fuller (and if you don't know who that is … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Now United – ‘Crazy Stupid Silly Love’
ARTIST: Now United SONG: Summer In The City SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Boybands and girl groups are frequent fixtures of the charts. But mixed gender pop groups are a bit like buses. How so, I hear you ask? Because you wait for one, and then along comes one with … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Now United – ‘Summer In The City’
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