Pixie Lott debuts Young Foolish Happy megamix-medley-mash-up-thing

June 22, 2012 in Music, Playlist with 0 Comments

The three singles from Pixie Lott’s ill-fated Young Foolish Happy LP have been given a mish-mash for the new Clubland 21 compilation, out on Monday (June 21).

‘All About Tonight’ (amazing), ‘Kiss The Stars’ (average) and ‘What Do You Take Me For?’ (somewhere in the middle) come together quite nicely – of course it’s nowhere near as good as a Turn It Up album medley would have been, but this is the way Pixie’s career is going “sound-wise” and we’ll all just have to deal with it *wipes running mascara from face, forces a smile*

She’s off to New York soon apparently to work on “the guys who produced the original Motown records” (think most of them are dead or retired, Pix) for her third album, so her earlier promise of “lots more singles” from YFH looks like it may have hit a snag in the form of record label bosses wanting to move swiftly on ASAP.

Anyhoo watch the megamix below.

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Good luck trying to watch this goofy Cover Drive clip without smiling

May 4, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

Popstars who don’t take themselves too seriously, WE SALUTE YOU.

This clip of Cover Drive teaching their celebrity pals how to do it ‘Bajan Style’ is a bit silly but there comes a point about half way through when you realise you’re grinning like a loon and you kinda want to watch it again.

Check it out as they try to teach Rita Ora, Wretch 32, Dappy, Chipmunk, LMFAO, Far East Movement, Kate Thornton, T4 presenters, Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry from Capital FM, Lawson, Pixie Lott and their own fans how it’s done.

Their album Bajan Style is out Monday.

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Marcus Collins’ Seven Nation Army unable to march into Top 5

March 7, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

I’ve had a listen to Marcus Collins’ debut album (review to follow), and it’s a lot better than I was expecting to be, considering the hasty time-frame in which it’s been recorded.

So his (or rather his label’s) decision to release ‘Seven Nation Army’ as the lead single is a perplexing one, especially considering – as expected – the music-buying public aren’t completely convinced by it.

Midweek sales figures released today show the track just outside the Top 5 at No. 6, behind StooShe with this week’s highest new entry at 5 and a stubborn Gotye holding on at No. 1.

It’s not exactly a bad position – in fact it’s better than Rebecca Ferguson’s ‘Nothing’s Real But Love’, and look how phenomenally her album has sold – but the fact the song has already tumbled to No. 10 on iTunes suggests it’ll have to fight to even remain in the Top 10 at all by the end of the time the chart is announced on Sunday.

Likely to go in the opposite direction however are Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott, whose excellent ‘Bright Lights’ duet is at No. 8 at the moment. It’s at No. 5 on iTunes however, so expect it to ascend over the coming days.

The final list will be announced by the Official Charts Company on Radio 1 on Sunday.

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Pixie Lott in the Live Lounge: Lloyd’s Dedication To My Ex

January 31, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

Pixie Lott’s got quite a good track record with cover versions. When she first broke onto the scene almost three years ago, her cover of Kings Of Leon’s ‘Use Somebody’ became incredibly popular, and her Live Lounge spin on David Guetta and Kelly Rowland’s ‘When Love Takes Over’ went down a storm at the back end of 2009 as well.

She returned to Maida Vale today to perform ‘Kiss The Stars’ and Lloyd’s ‘Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)’.

Unfortunately with Pixie, the tuning is always touch and go with live performances, and today it was decidedly “go”.

What would be a good idea, taking everything over the past few months into consideration, is if we forget this whole second album thing ever happened, hold on to the memories of how good the first one was, and try again in another year or so.

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Friday’s midweek chart: Jessie J, Kelly Clarkson, Pixie Lott

January 20, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

The new Official Charts are announced on Sunday, so with two days’ worth of sales still to be accounted for, here are the latest movers and shakers…

Jessie J is still looking snug at the top of the singles countdown, with ‘Domino’ a certainty to hold No. 1 for the second consecutive week. Swedish House Mafia are at No. 2 with Knife Party hook-up ‘Antidote’, whilst Rizzle Kicks are on for another week in third with ‘Mama Do The Hump’.

The surprisingly rapid momentum of Pixie Lott’s ‘Kiss The Stars’ has come to an end. The track was No. 6 on Tuesday’s update, No. 7 on Wednesday’s, and today it’s at No. 8. It’s at the same position on iTunes right now, so it should still be safe to finish within the Top 10 come Sunday. It’s also worth mentioning that, despite selling over a million copies, her debut album Turn It Up only yielded two Top 10 singles – ‘Mama Do’ and ‘Boys and Girls’ – with subsequent cuts only peaking inside the bottom half of the Top 20. So despite being a relative flop, at least sophomore set Young, Foolish, Happy will be able to go one better and boast three hits that have cracked the Top 10.

Kelly Clarkson‘s ‘What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)’ has shot from No. 11 to No. 6 on iTunes over the past couple of days, but apparently that hasn’t been enough to take it any further than No. 11 in the midweeks. It was at that position on Wednesday and it remains there today. Hopefully by Sunday it will have penetrated the Top 10.

Oh, and Cher Lloyd‘s ‘Want U Back’ – the non-Astro version – has advanced to No. 26, a good month ahead of its official release.

Over on the albums chart, Enter Shikari are still in possession of their earlier midweek lead, with Ed Sheeran, Adele, Bruno Mars and Coldplay rounding off the Top 5. Florence and the Machine‘s Ceremonials is set to return to the Top 10 for the first time in two months, following televised performances of ‘No Light, No Light’.

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Midweek Chart Update: Jessie J extends lead; Pixie and Kelly sales skyrocket

January 13, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

Jessie J‘s ‘Domino’ was a narrow 1,000 copies in front on Wednesday, but today it’s edging further and further ahead of Flo Rida’s ‘Good Feeling’ and is pretty much certain to be No. 1 on Sunday.

The best news comes a little further down the rankings, with Pixie Lott and Kelly Clarkson seeing their next singles come along leaps and bounds.

Their respective tracks ‘Kiss The Stars’ and ‘What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)’ have been soaring up the iTunes rankings as their radio airplay gathers momentum, and on Wednesday both of them had poked their heads inside the Top 40.

48 hours later, both have bounded into the Top 30, with Pixie the highest new entry at No. 21 and Kelly not far behind at No. 26.

Given that the Essex-born 21-year-old is now No. 9 on iTunes and the original (and still the best) American Idol champ is No. 12, expect both songs to be inside the Top 20 by Sunday’s rankings.

It’s incredibly tight over on the albums chart, with The Maccabees holding on by a hairline at No. 1. Bruno Mars is close behind at No. 2, with Adele only 35 copies behind him at No. 3. Both the latter two records have been out for nearly exactly a year.

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Watch: Pixie Lott’s excruciating Kiss The Stars music video

January 10, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments

Sozza, Pixie Lott – but what the genuine fuck is this video?

 

Seeing as the new album did terribly in comparison to her debut, ‘Kiss The Stars’ is a good choice of single. But an awful video like this is hardly a wise move.

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Watch: Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott premiere ‘Bright Lights’ duet video

January 5, 2012 in Music with 0 Comments


Tinchy Stryder recreates some of the magic from his three-year-old Amelle Berrabah duet on his new single ‘Bright Lights’, which enlists Pixie Lott for guest vocals.

The recording contracts of both artists are looking a bit endangered at the moment, given that their recent albums each struggled to match their previous successes in the charts.

They’re doing a bit of a Jay-Z and Alicia Keys with ‘Bright Lights’ – Pixie lends her pipes to the chorus of this version, but she also has a ‘Bright Lights (Part II)’ on her Young, Foolish, Happy set which sees Tinch appear only briefly.

Watch the vid below:

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Top 50 Singles of 2011: 30-21

December 21, 2011 in Music with 0 Comments

Beginning with Jennifer Lopez at No. 50 and pausing with Rihanna at No. 31, we’re around half-way through our countdown of the year’s 50 best pop singles. Catch up on 50-41 here and 40-31 here.

In 2009 we deemed Jordin Sparks’ ‘Battlefield’ the most amazingest piece of amazing, and then last year Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ got the same honour. Soon, a track from 2011 will join them – but before any of that, here is the bottom third of our top 30.

IT’S GETTING EXCITING, LADIES AND GENTS.

30. Pixie Lott – ‘All About Tonight’
September, Peak #1
To say Pixie came back with a bang would not only be an understatement but a downright lie. Her second album absolutely tanked and its second single ‘What Do You Take Me For?’ failed to match the radio-hogging success of most of its predecessors. The one silver lining? ‘All About Tonight’, the infectious No. 1 song that sounded a little beige on first listen, but maintains to this day an uplifting feel-good treat. The success of this song may be all that’s keeping Pixie’s record deal from being ripped up.

29. The Saturdays – ‘My Heart Takes Over’
November, Peak #15
The Saturdays were having such a good year until they decided to launch their third album in the busiest time of the year with this non-commercial slowie as its lead-in single. BLUNDER. ‘My Heart Takes Over’ may not sound like your everyday chart-topper (probably why it’s their lowest-selling single ever), but it’s fantastic; a marching drum beat undercuts a touching chorus and the song stands out among the the annual onslaught of winter ballads.

28.  Pink – ‘Fuckin’ Perfect’
February, Peak #10
If Pink’s not shouting about how empowered she is, she’s singing a ballad about how vulnerable she is. Cue ‘Fuckin’ Perfect’, a track that had its controversial video heavily edited for daytime TV but became a (censored) radio hit and one of her best-loved singles so far. With lyrics just crying to be turned into angsty tweets and Facebook statuses, the track became an unexpected anthem and proved that, despite becoming a mother and releasing a Greatest Hits, Pink’s got plenty of fire left in her.

27. Christina Perri – ‘Jar Of Hearts’
July, Peak #4
If you haven’t heard this song, congratulations on being the only person on the planet to have avoided it. Since its low-key release six months ago, it’s become inescapable,  be it on Glee, on The X Factor, or on every single radio station nationwide; and its popularity has made it one of the year’s biggest-sellers. With a sound similar to (but slightly darker than) the work of heartbreak queen Adele, Christina Perri debuted with a bang. Her uphill struggle now will be following it up.

26. Ke$ha – ‘Blow’
April, Peak #32
Ke$ha chatted her way through another brilliant floorfiller on ‘Blow’, a provocatively titled minor hit that had Mr Dawson’s Creek in the video. Somehow managing to be both on trend and non-commercial, the track stalled outside the Top 30 in the charts, but as the 18th (or something) single from her debut album it did well to get that far at all. It also says something that the umpteenth single she releases with a “fuck-it-let’s-party” theme can still be as addictive as ‘Tik Tok’.

25. Coldplay – ‘Paradise’
October, Peak #2
Coldplay went poppier than ever in 2011 with two amazeballs singles. The other one may or may not be yet to appear in our rundown, but let’s not lose focus on ‘Paradise’ – a hands-aloft festival-baiter that maintained the classic Coldplay vibe whilst introducing them to a whole new audience. Their amazing performance of the track at Wembley Arena for The X Factor’s final will make their live gigs a must-see for thousands more people than were already fans.

24. Jessie J ft. B.o.B. – ‘Price Tag’
January, Peak #1 
Back before Jessica Cornish began precariously treading the thin line between confident and annoying, she marked her arrival good and proper with ‘Price Tag’, perhaps the best example ever of how the On Air/On Sale release system can actually be a good thing. Even the rent-a-rapper cameo from B.o.B. sounds good, and it’s easily Jessie’s best – and least annoying – song so far. She doesn’t over-sing it, she doesn’t push her ‘message’ too far in-yer-face (though it is undeniably obvious), and the result is one of the year’s best chart-toppers.

23. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Mr Know It All’
October, Peak #4
The original and still the best, American Idol Winner The First returned in 2011 with her long-overdue fifth album… and made it all worth the wait. ‘Mr Know It All’ took a few spins to take off, but it’s Clarkson at her best – kissing off a bad boyfriend and giving herself a ballsy fuck-you-I’m-worth-it persona in the process. She’d been absent for two and a half years, but good grief was it great to have her back. DON’T EVER LEAVE AGAIN.

22. Lady GaGa – ‘You And I’
September, Peak #23
GaGa stormed back in 2011 with five new singles and one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated albums. ‘You And I’ stood out as a fave on Born This Way and made a natural choice for Single #4, despite not really setting the charts ablaze in the same way The Fame/Monster‘s late-campaign cuts ‘Alejandro’ and ‘Paparazzi’ did. The ‘NEBRASKA NEBRASKA ILOVEYAAAA’ is dying to be shouted at top volume, and the production is nicely different to the been-there-done-that anticlimax known only as ‘Judas’.

21. Avril Lavigne – ‘Wish You Were Here’
October, did not chart
Avril seemed to hit the rocks in 2011, despite kicking off her Goodbye Lullaby campaign with one of her best songs ever and following it up with two more gems. ‘Wish You Were Here’, probably the final single from the album, is everything you want in an Avrilballad – an epic chorus, an I’m-not-so-tough-after-all cluster of lyrics, and a big soaring finale. As with all other of her recent videos, the promo clip for this song was bad; pushing the emotion a bit too far towards being over-wrought. But judge the song as just a song and it’s fucking brilliant. What a shame it never took off.

Coming up in Nos. 20-11, we enter the upper end of the list with two more tracks from an act who have appeared once in our list already, the fourth of only five male solo artists on the entire countdown, and a bit of that boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass.

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Midweek Chart: Good news for Snow Patrol and One Direction, average news for The Sats, bad news for Pixie Lott

November 15, 2011 in Music with 0 Comments

It’s yet another close week in both the singles and albums charts.

On the albums list, Susan Boyle’s record-breaking No.1 Someone To Watch Over Me is set to dive all the way down to No. 6, with Snow Patrol’s Fallen Empires, JLS’ Jukebox, Michael Buble’s Christmas, Florence + The Machine’s Ceremonials and Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto all due to complete the Top 5. The top two are the new ones, with Snow Patrol leading JLS by a 200-unit hairline.

Disappointingly for Pixie Lott, Young Foolish Happy is right the way down at No. 13, which surprises me. Turn It Up only peaked at No. 6 but it did go on to spend 96 weeks in the charts, racking up more than 1m sales. Is it just too busy a time of year for another record? What’s going wrong?

Drake and REM are also due to enter the Top 20 with their latest album releases, but unsurprisingly I can’t find word anywhere on how Parade are getting on with their little-promoted debut album.

Over on the singles charts, One Direction are leading Rihanna by a slim 400 copies with ‘Gotta Be You’, but I expect her to cause yet another midweek upset by replacing them by the end of the week. She’s No. 1 on iTunes and, as 1D sales will probably be front-loaded, they will drop off as the week goes on. RiRi’s already ended midweek reigns from The Wanted and JLS – why not go for the boyband hat-trick?!

The Saturdays are at No. 9 with ‘My Heart Takes Over’, though seeing as it’s not far lower on iTunes I think they’ll have to settle for only their second ever single to miss the Top 10. If you recall ‘Work’ only peaked at No. 22 back in 2009, but at least that could be attributed to fans already owning the song on its parent album. ‘MHTO’ however is a brand new track.

Westlife’s ‘Lighthouse’ is looking at a Top 20 debut, and apparently its B-Side ‘Poet’s Heart’ is also looking likely to chart.

Oh, and bloody Christina Perri is back AGAIN with ‘Jar of Hearts’, vaulting back to No. 5 for the billionth time thanks to a performance on Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend.

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