Offering up the sights and sounds of the UK singles charts from the year it reached its 50th anniversary, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: more record breaking shenanigans abound for Ireland's premier boys of 21st century pop... Artist: WestlifeSong: World Of Our OwnReleased: 18/02/2002Writers / Producers: Steve Mac / Wayne Hector … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 8)
Over the last 12 months, we've bought you the weekly retelling every Thursday of all the big hits from the UK singles chart of 20 years ago with The Story of Pop: 2000. Today, we make our final stop on our nostalgic pop journey - with the extraordinary story of one of the most bonkers … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 51)
Taking you back to the chart toppers and shakers from the top of the 21st century every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And one of Ireland's biggest boybands write themselves further into the record books for this week's entry... In a year of such rapid chart turnover, there was one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 45)
It's Thursday, it's midday, and - sadly - it's time for the last installment of The Story of Pop: 1999. Over the last 12 months on this here blog, we've retold the story of the songs and the artists that were riding high at the top of the UK charts twenty years ago, but today … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 51)
If 2019 is going to be remembered as the year of anything music wise, it'll be of those unexpectedly brilliant pop comebacks from bands and artists that many thought were lost to time forever. Busted? Delivered the best album of their career. Jonas Brothers? One of the catchiest modern pop singles of the year with … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Westlife (@westlifemusic) – ‘Spectrum’
ARTIST: Westlife SONG: Better Man SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think before we go any further, it's worth having a customary refresh of my words twelve weeks ago, back when we had Westlife's last single 'Hello My Love' as my #SongoftheWeek. Chiefly, that I said I could see it … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Westlife – ‘Better Man’
ARTIST: Westlife SONG: Hello My Love SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I have to come clean here: if you'd told 9 year old me back in 1999 that I'd be awarding the best new surefire hit of the week to a Westlife song, he would probably be screaming at the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Westlife – ‘Hello My Love’
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