Posts Tagged ‘Alesha Dixon’

LOL! Listen To Sabrina Washington’s “OMG”

Wed Feb 3 2010 by Robbie Daw
Poor Sabrina Washington. Until now, the former lead vocalist for UK girl group Mis-Teeq has had to sit back and watch her onetime bandmate Alesha Dixon rack up a string of solo hits—and a 2010 Brit Award nomination—in their home country, while Sabrina herself has been stuck doing gigs like I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! (American listeners will know Mis-Teeq best from minor hit "Scandalous," which appeared on the Catwoman soundtrack a year before the trio split up.)

But the 31-year-old singer is finally recording her own solo album, and the Sugababes-esque first single "OMG" is due out in March. Is the tune worthy of its title? Find out below! More »

Popjustice Continues “Be Proud Of British Music Day” With Its Own Shortlist Of Perfect Pop

Tue Jul 21 2009 by Maura

Now that the British music establishment has declared its favorite home-grown albums of the year with the Mercury Prize nominations, the cheeky British pop site Popjustice has seen fit to announce its shortlist for The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize, which honors the best British single of the year. The artist behind the winning song gets twenty pounds, and the voting is decided by you! (And me, and anyone else.) So all you commenters who want to avenge Lily Allen’s being left off the Mercury Prize list can. Other nominees include the Pet Shop Boys’ “Love Etc” and Saint Etienne’s “Method Of Modern Love”; I’m probably going to throw my weight behind Girls Aloud’s “The Promise,” what with it being completely overplayed (yet not played enough) by my assortment of digital-music players in recent months. All the nominees, after the jump! More »