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Future Pop: Stars of 2018 - the winners announced

Future Pop: Stars of 2018 – the winners announced

Earlier this month I shared the 10 rising pop acts I felt could be the breakthrough stars of the year ahead, and invited This Must Be Pop readers to tell me which they thought, and hoped, would have the greatest success in 2018. And now, the results are in! The act you think will be huge this year is… 1. BTS (29%) 2. Lauren Jauregui (19%) 3. Rak-Su (14%) And the one you want to be the biggest new…

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#Billie Eilish #BTS #Lauren Jauregui #Pretty Much #Rak-Su #Sigrid

Future Pop: Stars of 2018

Now that we’ve surveyed the state of pop at the start of 2018, it’s time to review the candidates for this year’s biggest breakthrough acts. Here are the 10 future stars I think will capture pop fans’ hearts. Read on to learn more about them and have your say on which you think, and hope, will make it big. Billie Eilish Billie is a perky blonde teen star from a musical family based in LA, but…

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#Billie Eilish #BTS #Eves Karydas #Lauren Jauregui #Pretty Much #Rak-Su #Sarah Close #Sigrid #Why Don&039;t We #Yungblud

Future Pop Festival Guide: Where to see the best new acts this summer

Posted in association with Get To The Front. When choosing which festival tickets to buy, most people look at the headliners, but I’m usually more interested in the up-and-coming acts I can see on the smaller stages before they get big. Each of the major UK festivals has many Future Pop featured acts on the line-up this year, so here’s my guide to the superstars-in-waiting you can catch at…

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3 things to love about Eurosonic and 1 thing that HAS to change

Earlier this month I headed over to Groningen, a small city in the Netherlands, for one of Europe’s biggest showcase festivals. Taking place in mid-January, Eurosonic Noorderslag is the first gig of the year for most of the artists and attendees, which means it sets the tone for the year ahead. It’s a chance for new stars to jump ahead of the predicted ones-to-watch, and for the music industry to…

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#Eurosonic

5 acts every pop fan needs to see at Eurosonic 2017

Next week I’m off to the Netherlands for Eurosonic Noorderslag, one of the biggest festivals for new and emerging artists in Europe. Last year I got the chance to see exciting new pop acts such as Aurora, Dua Lipa and Astrid S, so I’ve been busy reviewing the very large line-up to decide who I have to check out this time. If you’re going too, firstly tweet me so we can say hi, and secondly, read…

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#Alma #Bearoid #Best Youth #Era Istrefi #Glowie

Future Pop: Stars of 2017

It’s that time of year again: All the tastemaker music brands are releasing their lists of the most promising new artists for 2017, and I’m scouring them for any sign of a pop star; any hint of a catchy melody; any glimmer of hope. While VEVO’s Dscvr Ones To Watch has a few pop acts in the mix, the BBC Sound of 2017 longlist is duller than ever (save for a few promising urban acts), and the…

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Popping the Question: What is the future of the TV talent show?

This week sees the first episodes of both the last BBC series of The Voice and the last ever series of American Idol. The future of Britain’s top singing show, The X Factor, also looks uncertain. 2016 will give us one final year of the big music contests in the familiar scheduling pattern, but from there the future is open. Will new talent shows take their place or will it be the end of an era?…

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Stars of 2016: The Winners Announced!

Happy New Year! It’s time to reveal the results of the Stars of 2016 poll that you’ve all been voting in for the past few weeks. Basically, it’s like the BBC Sound of 2016 poll without the boring stuff: Only pop stars allowed! The votes were spread widely between the 10 nominees, but two singers took the lead early on and came out on top. The artist that pop fans THINK will be huge in 2016 is… 1.…

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#Troye Sivan #Zara Larsson

The No.1 Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Taylor Swift - Style

The No.1 Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Taylor Swift – Style

Released: 9th February Writer: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback, Ali Payami Best bits: 1. “Just take me ou-ou-out!” 2. “Ohh, you got that James Dean, day dream, look in your eyes” 3. “We never go out of style” When I chose Taylor’s Out of the Woods as my Most Poptastic Single of 2014 (a promotional single at the time, and ironically set to become an official single in 2016, with the video…

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#Taylor Swift

The 2nd Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Susanne Sundfør – Delirious Released: 12th January Writer: Susanne Sundfør Trivia: Whenever anyone has asked me for a music recommendation in 2015, regardless of their personal tastes, I've told them to listen to Susanne Sundfør's album, …

#Susanne Sundfør

The 3rd Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Years & Years – King Released: 1st March Writers: Michael Thomas Goldsworthy, Mark Ralph, Andrew Smith, Oliver Alexander Thornton, Resul Emre Turkmen…

#Years and Years

The 4th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself Released: 7th August Writers: Hailee Steinfeld, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Oscar Holter, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter…

#Hailee Steinfeld

The 5th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Little Mix – Black Magic Released: 10th July (UK) Writers: Edvard Forre Erfjord, Henrik Michelsen, Ed Drewett, Camille Purcell Trivia: Black Magic was the winner of the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize this year, which I attended.

#Little Mix

The 6th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Taylor Swift – Bad Blood Released: 17th May Writers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback Trivia: This track attracted a lot of hate from pop fans when the 1989 album was first released, and when it was announced as a single, but it was certainly Taylor's biggest hit of 2015.

#Taylor Swift

The 7th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Best Coast – Feeling OK Released: 14th April Writer: Bethany Cosentino Trivia: I'd never been that into Best Coast before, but their new album California Nights is one of my favourites of 2015.

#Best Coast

The 8th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Kero Kero Bonito – Picture This Released: 10th March Trivia: Kero Kero Bonito's lead singer Sarah Midori Perry is half-British and half-Japanese, and was recruited for the group by the founding members as they were obsessed with all things Japanese.

#Kero Kero Bonito

The 9th Most Poptastic Single of 2015: Alessia Cara – Here Released: 30th April Writers: Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole, Myron Birdsong, Samuel Gerongco, Anthony Life, Robert Gerongco, Terence Lam…

#Alessia Cara

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