ARTIST: Jordan Mackampa SONG: Magic SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Jordan Mackampa is one of those rare artists that comes along every so often, who you can't place to any one specific time, as they have such a timeless sound from the off. After releasing two EPs that have amassed … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jordan Mackampa – ‘Magic’
Welcome one and all to this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 2000, as we continue our look back, week by week, of the runners and riders - and all the big hits - from the UK charts of two decades ago. This week: one of the Nineties' foremost girl groups return with that … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 8)
It's midday on Thursday, and time once again to take a look back at the movers and shakers in the UK hit parade of two whole decades ago, in The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: one of the 90s' biggest Britpop acts make a - slightly underwhelming - return to the top after a … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 7)
Bringing you the hits from the year that Big Brother started watching its first set of housemates on Channel 4, and when the Ford Mondeo ruled the roads, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the only top 10 hit from one of that year's most notorious new pop acts... 2000 was the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 6)
ARTIST: Planet 1999 SONG: Party SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? How very annoying. We finish up writing a series of blogs about pop music from 1999, then a brand new pop act comes along named after that very fine year. Still, we'll forgive Planet 1999 for their tardiness. The French … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Planet 1999 – ‘Party’
The Story of Pop: 2000. It's our series of posts, week by week, where we retell the story behind the biggest hits in the UK charts from two whole decades ago. This week: our first chart topper of the series from a lady who returned there seven years after her first visit... Cast your minds … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 5)
ARTIST: Jonas Brothers SONG: What A Man Gotta Do SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Really, this shouldn't have happened. Jonas Brothers' "Sucker" was one of our surprise pop bops of last year, in constant rotation on our Spotify, number one across the world and still to this day it remains … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jonas Brothers – ‘What A Man Gotta Do’
It's Thursday, and midday, which would thus make this the optimum time to revisit another UK chart smash from exactly twenty years ago. It's time for The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the last of our 1999 hangover hits that gained a second wind in the new millennium... The groundswell of support for UK … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 4)
Bringing you the sights and the sounds of the UK charts from the year that Keanu Reeves stepped into The Matrix on the big screen and when Sara Cox joined the breakfast show on Radio 1, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: a lesser spotted gem of turn of the millennium R&B... … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 3)
ARTIST: No Rome feat. Dijon SONG: Trust3000 SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? A small disclaimer, readers. The older we, the present writer get, the more aware of the fact we sound decidedly less hip when introducing a new name in music then we did say, a decade ago, particularly when … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: No Rome feat. Dijon – ‘Trust3000’
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