Needing a trip back to a time when the UK singles chart was chock-a-block with pop and a new number one every week? Then you have come to the right place, for you're just in time for this week's edition of The Story of Pop: 2000, our week-by-week retelling of this altogether crazy time for … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 30)
Time once again to bring you another slice of the delectable chart pop cake that was the new millennium with this week's edition of The Story of Pop: 2000. So buckle up and get onto the rollercoaster that was about to take off for the leading man from Ireland's biggest boyband of the 90s... Though … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 29)
Hello, it's Thursday, and midday, and thus time to bring you our look back at more huge UK chart smashes from 20 years ago with this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 2000. And our trinity of Irish entries continues, with the first and only chart topper from the Emerald Isle's most successful family … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 28)
Bringing you the sounds and sights of the UK charts from the year Prince William received his A Levels, and when the Slaters arrived on Albert Square in EastEnders, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week - the first of three Irish acts we're covering in the coming weeks, and this one's a … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 27)
It's midday on Thursday, which can only mean it's once again time for our revisit of all the big UK chart smashes of 20 years ago, with The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: an Aussie pop legend begins her second phase of success... The 90s had been an interesting decade for Kylie Minogue. She … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 26)
Taking you back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as they were two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And would you believe it - we're at the halfway point of the series already, so let's crack on with this week's entry... A collaboration of two Italian DJs … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 25)
This is The Story of Pop: 2000, our week by week revisit back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts and the acts behind the hits from the turn of the new millennium. Let's crack on with this week's huge hit... 2000 had a lot in common with 1999. Chiefly - as we'll … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 24)
ARTIST: Four of Diamonds & Mr Eazi SONG: The Writer SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? By rights, the Four of Diamonds girls should be, if not globally huge, then at least of consistent top 10 hitting heights levels of success. That they remain slept on by Joe Public in 2020 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Four of Diamonds & Mr Eazi – ‘The Writer’
Always here every Thursday at midday to revisit the sights and sounds of the UK chart as it looked two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. Onto this week's entry then - and by my reckoning, it's time for a bit of an S Club party... The new millennium had undoubtedly … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 23)
ARTIST: Izzy Bizu SONG: Faded SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Unlike most people, my knowledge of Izzy Bizu came prior to her break through as a solo artist in 2016. Prior to that, she was a member of SoundGirl, a clever if not quite big pre-Little Mix who supported Pixie … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Izzy Bizu – ‘Faded’
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