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PopJustice’s Best Songs And Albums Of 2011
Thu Dec 22 2011 by Becky Bain
Our pop peers over at UK music site PopJustice unveiled their picks for the Top 33 Albums and the Top 45 Singles of 2011, and their lists offer both the familiar and the fresh — Lady Gaga's Born This Way topped their album picks, while Martin Solveig's collaboration with Dragonette on "Hello" was their favorite tune from 2011. Their taste is heavy on dance tracks and larger than life melodies, so if your heart beats pure pop, you'll be pleased with these picks, especially if you crave some tunes yet undiscovered here in The States. Top 10 for both lists below. More »
Popping Up: Emeli Sande
Wed Nov 23 2011 by Robbie Daw
Popping Up is our recurring look at new artists making noise on the music landscape. Because, hey—Madonna and Britney were once unknown, too.
Emeli Sande knows a thing or two about writing successful singles — after all, before heading out on her own, the Scottish singer cut her teeth by writing songs for several of her fellow UK artists. "I think it’s probably melody and I think a lot of people forget that you have to understand melody and what people want to hear," she said in a recent interview with MTV UK. "I mean, you can have the coolest words used, but if you don’t have something that people want to sing back, it’s not gonna be a hit."
Emeli has been putting cool words to paper and laying down catchy melodies over the past year for her debut album, which is due out in February. Ahead of that, she released "Heaven", a sweepingly-epic, soulful summer hit on the UK chart, and paired up with London rapper Professor Green on his latest single "Read All About It".
Now we're just waiting for this talented singer-songwriter to make a splashy stateside debut. Until that happens, find out just why Emeli Sande has been popping up on our radar below. More »
Emeli Sande knows a thing or two about writing successful singles — after all, before heading out on her own, the Scottish singer cut her teeth by writing songs for several of her fellow UK artists. "I think it’s probably melody and I think a lot of people forget that you have to understand melody and what people want to hear," she said in a recent interview with MTV UK. "I mean, you can have the coolest words used, but if you don’t have something that people want to sing back, it’s not gonna be a hit."
Emeli has been putting cool words to paper and laying down catchy melodies over the past year for her debut album, which is due out in February. Ahead of that, she released "Heaven", a sweepingly-epic, soulful summer hit on the UK chart, and paired up with London rapper Professor Green on his latest single "Read All About It".
Now we're just waiting for this talented singer-songwriter to make a splashy stateside debut. Until that happens, find out just why Emeli Sande has been popping up on our radar below. More »
Justin Bieber Lands Second Chart-Topping Album Of The Year
Wed Nov 9 2011 by Robbie Daw
The Mariah Yeater baby scandal didn't seem to affect Justin Bieber's album sales during Under The Mistletoe's first week of release, as Billboard reports that Beliebers snatched up 210,000 copies of the holiday LP — enough for a #1 debut on the Top 200. This marks Justin's second trip to the top of the album chart in 2011, following Never Say Never: The Remixes. Billboard also notes that Under The Mistletoe is the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at #1 on the Top 200 in the chart's history.
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Whatcha Say: Justin Bieber’s Baby Drama (And New Haircut) Got Readers Talking This Week
Fri Nov 4 2011 by Robbie Daw
Over the past week, Justin Bieber shocked his fans with his brand new haircut, and then shocked the world when rumors surfaced that the 17-year-old singer had fathered the child of a 20-year-old Californian. In other news, Adam Lambert was a winner at MTV's O Awards, JoJo's new music video premiered and Rihanna landed her 11th chart-topping hit on the Hot 100. Naturally our readers had plenty to say about all this pop hustle. Read on!
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Susan Boyle Looks At Life From “Both Sides Now” On The ‘Today Show’
Wed Nov 2 2011 by Robbie Daw
Susan Boyle jettisoned performing her eyebrow-raising Depeche Mode "Enjoy The Silence" cover on the Today Show this morning, and instead opted for her somber take on Joni Mitchell's whimsical '60s classic "Both Sides Now". The song is just one of 10 tracks that appear on Boyle's third LP Someone To Watch Over Me, which was released yesterday. Will it top the album chart, as her first two records did, come next week? If our poll in the right sidebar is any indication, it's sure looking that way.
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Susan Boyle Goes For A Classic & Classy Look In “You Have To Be There” Video
Thu Oct 6 2011 by Robbie Daw
The video for Susan Boyle's cover of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' Kristina musical number "You Have To Be There" is a black and white affair that finds the Scottish songbird trilling away in front of a full orchestra. (What, did you expect her to be dressed up like a mermaid or attending a wild house party with Rebecca Black?) It's pretty standard fare for SuBo, but as we know, that usually translates into millions of CDs being sold. Her third album Someone to Watch Over Me arrives stateside on November 1. Does this video have you wanting to pick up a copy?
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Whatcha Say: The Good, The Bad & The Cudi In This Week’s Reader Comments
Fri Sep 30 2011 by Robbie Daw
Over the past week, we heard Susan Boyle's cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence" and Bruno Mars' new single from Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. We also saw Kelly Clarkson's "Mr. Know It All" video, Kid Cudi's comical interview with Conan O'Brien and Adam Lambert's sitdown with Heidi Klum. So, how did our readers react to all this pop mayhem? Read on!
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Susan Boyle’s Depeche Mode “Enjoy The Silence” Cover: Compare The Versions
Thu Sep 29 2011 by Robbie Daw
On her previous two albums, golden-voiced Scottish vixen Susan Boyle has covered such unlikely artists as Madonna, the Monkees and Lou Reed. And as we know, her upcoming LP Someone To Watch Over Me (out November 1) will contain what some may consider to be another musical leap: Susan's eerily slowed-down rendition of Depeche Mode's 1990 smash "Enjoy The Silence." Rolling Stone premiered the track today. Give it a listen, and compare it to DM's original version below.
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Susan Boyle Reveals ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’ Track Listing And New Song
Tue Sep 20 2011 by Becky Bain
Susan Boyle is about to release her third album in three years (is she in a race with Rihanna?), and the Scottish gem is feeling pretty 80s this time around, adding covers of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence" and Tears For Fears' "Mad World" to her compilation of classics. All that's missing is her rocking a side ponytail with a hot pink scrunchie on her album cover. Check out SoBu's Someone To Watch Over Me track listing, and listen to her new sweeping epic of a song "You Have To Be There". More »
Whatcha Say: The Good, The Bad & The Bennett In This Week’s Reader Comments
Fri Sep 16 2011 by Robbie Daw
Over the past week, we previewed J. Cole's upcoming debut album, rounded up reviews for Joe Jonas' sexy new video and Coldplay's moody new single, and weighed in on Susan Boyle's latest album cover and Tony Bennett's duets with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga. Head below to see how our readers processed all of this pop uproar!
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