POP MUSIC 2013: does your fav even have a #1 hit?

[HoennMaster]

LOL, Kidz Bop...nothing sounds like them at all. I like both, but 1D by far. I get bored listening to The Wanted after a while. However this is mostly because I'm a big fan of dance music and I gravitate more towards dance and faster pace music. Although I absolutely love Lightning. One of my favorite songs. And of course The Wanted have a more mature sound....they're older. The guys of 1D are 18 and 19 with the exception of Louis and the Guys of The Wanted are 22-24 except for Nathan

Meanwhile in Ke$ha land.....

I don't know what to think.

[Silent Conversation]

Meanwhile in Ke$ha land.....

I don't know what to think.

Well, I'll be having animal-related nightmares for the next month...

[Geekachu]

    Spoiler:- MAJOR MUSIC NEWS:

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    Spoiler:- Beyonce Announcement:

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Columbia recently released this image. Beyonce's new music is to be expected in the next few weeks.

Beyonce also did an interview for GQ. After gawping at the photo shoot, she soon reveals little titbits about her album: "R&B inspired" with "collaborations with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and the Dream".

I think that Beyonce's going to have the biggest era this year. Look forward to a single in the next few weeks.

Britney's confirmed that she's not going to return to judging the X Factor USA next year. Werk it. Get your 15 million, disprove Simon's hopes (i.e., he wanted crazy breakdown Britney) and go on to record Blackout 2.0

Justin Timberlake is to release an album soon. And a single is said to be dropping on Sunday. Apparently there's a countdown on his website or something.

Other things to expect: Azealia Banks is soon to release "Broke With Expensive Taste" which is going to be brilliant, especially if she has worked with Kanye, Gaga and MIA. And we can probably expect Gaga to try and steal the Grammy's weave like she did with the AMA's with a single announcement.

2013

 

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I dunno, I'm not as sure that "ARTPOP" will be such a commercial success as everybody else seems to be. I'd love to be proven wrong and I really hope that it does become one of her biggest eras, but I think that not releasing anything in all of 2012 kind of hurt her. She's gone from building up hype for her next release to slowly being forgotten. Aside from the Monsters and the major pop music followers, a lot of people don't really care about Gaga anymore because of how quiet she's been. Plus, apparently she said that "ARTPOP is risky", so if she doesn't end up releasing a super radio friendly first single - and by the sounds of it, she might not - she could be in a bit of trouble, especially considering there are a lot more radio friendly artists releasing during the year.

I'm in two minds about the commercial reception of ARTPOP. On the one hand, I think that if Gaga goes commercial pop this time again the mainstream audience would become re-enamoured with her music. When it comes to mindless commercial pop, she's one of the strongest artists in the game. On the other hand, I have a feeling that ARTPOP could easily Lotus at the same time. Either way, I'm only here for her to give us a great pop album.

That is, unless it's the rumored song Burqa, which could be really bad for her image just because of the name. Then again, we don't really know what anything sounds like at this point.

Burqa is such a cool song name. I'd love it to be the first single.

Grammy nominations:

Record of the Year: This category is really strong. I haven't heard The Black Keys' track but I bet it's awesome anyway. Even WANEGBT is endearing in some way, although I'll be pissed if it does win. Generally not concerned, but it would be awesome to see Thinkin Bout You win. It's too close a call to predict the winner.

Album of the Year: Really didn't enjoy some nights as an album. Channel Orange has a great chance of winning. Sonically appealing to the voters, the whole coming out thing. I think it has a strong chance of winning, unless the Grammy's decides to do another 'The Suburbs'.

Song Of The Year: I would love to see Call Me Maybe win this category and prove it's worth as a brilliantly composed pop song. Otherwise, We Are Young basically has it's name engraved on the award.

Best New Artist: Frank's award tbh

I just think they're a sham, especially last year; snubbing good efforts and hopping on the Adele bandwagon.

PREACH!

Meanwhile in Ke$ha land.....

I don't know what to think.

lol

C'mon is such a better song that Die Young. In fact, Die Young was probably one of the worst tracks off the album. Cool video though.
 

[Silent Conversation]

Thank god Britney isn't returning to X Factor next year. She had literally nothing insightful to say to any of the contestants on the show (and I'm sure even her most die hard fans would agree with that statement). Plus, even though everyone said she was an OK mentor, I credit that more to her contestants being extremely talented instead of her mentoring ability, considering she pretty much just let them pick the song they want every week.

But this should be really interesting. LA and Britney are out for sure, while Demi's fate is still unknown (she kind of ruined every act in her category, so there's a strong possibility she might be asked to leave), so we're going to have 2/3 new judges joining X Factor next season. I wonder if this show will ever manage to get a group of judges that they don't have to completely replace the next season...

[Ke$ha]

I missed alot of news huh. Allright 1st I think Ke$has new video is great really funny and really original I like that she can always make fun videos becuz she doesnt take her self too seriously. 2nd Im surprised that Brit isnt on x factor any more I thought she was a good judge but I think its better if she does another album instead of judging. 3rd I cant believe its 2013 already! Im so excited for new music this year and i hope its better than last year becuz I didnt like Nickis new music or the other popular artists like 1 Direction and gotye and Psy I just want good music.

[flamebeam]

Britney Leaves The XF: i was actually surprised to hear this, considering that i also thought she was a great mentor. i know some people (like silent conversation) say she didn't do anything and they don't care, and i agree that she didn't offer any input as a judge - in fact, i thought she was the worst judge - but, unless they faked it in the videos before each performance, Britney was the one choosing songs. for example, she chose ALAYLM for carly rose, which carly thought was a crazy bad idea, but it worked so well. so if anything, Britney knows what makes a good show (if she was actually the one calling the shots). plus, i think she'd be more successful as a judge instead of an artist because, let's face it, she's already hit her high point as an artist

i also think this is bad for the xf that they can't keep a consistent panel. at this rate, even though i love the show, i don't see it lasting much longer

Beyonce: yay come back to us! one of my favorite things about her is that she's only like 32 so she still has many years to be divalicious

Justin Timberlake: you mean he still sings? i thought he stopped that after his acting career skyrocketed. i just don't see a successful return for him. but i would like something similar to "what goes around"

THE VERY FEW THINGS I CAN SAY ABOUT THE GRAMMY'S (I SHOULDN'T EVEN BOTHER)

Record of the Year: meh. i can see why these songs were chosen, but i didn't really get into these artists. I guess I'm rooting for kelly because her song is motivational, the lyrics are pretty strong, and her voice is killer. WANEGBT is the one that surprises me; that's probably my least favorite t.swift single

Album of the Year: No comment; I'm not much of an album-purchaser, nor am i all in all a listener to any of these albums. oh well, sue me

Song of the Year: idrc who wins, as long as it's not carly. i guess I'm officially the last person who can't stand that song and cannot understand why everyone (including the Grammy's) loves it

Best New Artist: Frank Ocean for me, as my vote and prediction

[Kingsley]

C'mon is a great song

I like the video too I guess, but Ke$ha just looks so different to me. I don't think she's fat at all, I actually think she's very pretty, but it looks like her body shape or something has changed. Like look at the Blah Blah Blah video and compare it to C'mon... like how does that happen?

[flamebeam]

i seem to only pop in for mediocre-level news, but what the hell...

Adele won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. for those who really can't figure it out, it was for "skyfall," which is featured in the movie "skyfall". i personally agree with this because i think skyfall is very well written and adele has great control in the song. people call her overrated; i call her talented

[Kingsley]

I guess Justin Timberlake's single came out, and I'm not liking it so far (I couldn't even listen to it all the way through lmfao)

In other news, Neon Hitch released an EP today. You can listen to it hereeeeeeee. I think it's really good.

[Silent Conversation]

Here's the Top 10 for the Hot 100 coming out tomorrow (dated January 26th):

1. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars (=) (6th week @ #1!)
2. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz (+3)
3. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers (+1)
4. "I Knew You Were Trouble." - Taylor Swift (-1)
5. "Diamonds" - Rihanna (-3)
6. "Scream & Shout" - will.i.am ft. Britney Spears (+2)
7. "Don't You Worry Child" - Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin (+4)
8. "Beauty And A Beat" - Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj (-1)
9. "Home" - Phillip Phillips (-3)
10. "I Cry" - Flo Rida (=)

-LOOH is getting more and more boring every week it spends at #1. Please leave
-Oh my god, Thrift Shop could be #1 as early as next week!! So excited for this to begin its epic reign!!
-Ho Hey is following Pumped Up Kicks and Some Nights with its multiple weeks peaking at #3... will all good alternative songs have this fate?
-Poor Taylor, her label was so stupid not to put IKYWT up for streaming, she could have had a multi-week #1 by now
-I'm liking S&S the more I listen to it, so I'm all for its climb this week
-Not really a huge fan of Don't You Worry Child, but it's kind of nice, so congrats to SMH on their first Top 10!

[Cup of Tea]

2013 is a great year for music in general. Personally, I can't wait for Gaga's ARTPOP. (not pop, but I can't wait for Paramore's new album either). But yeah ARTPOP is going to SLAY.

Rumored songs include:
-ARTPOP
-RATCHET
-Burqa (tweeted by Gaga as **rq*)
-Tea

CAN'T WAIT

[flamebeam]

Here's the Top 10 for the Hot 100 coming out tomorrow (dated January 26th):

1. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars (=) (6th week @ #1!)

yeah, okay, I guess, maybe, possibly, LOOH could've perchance overstayed its welcome at #1... maybe

2. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz (+3)

i guess this is the next #1. keep forgetting about its existence, so no comment for now

3. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers (+1)

the song i thought would be the next #1. oh well

4. "I Knew You Were Trouble." - Taylor Swift (-1)

it's funny; I'm pretty sure the title of this song is exactly what bradley cooper was thinking

5. "Diamonds" - Rihanna (-3)

why is LOOH #1 and this is #5? the margin shouldn't be that huge, i.e. people, specifically girls, need to hop off bruno mars. no, you are NOT the girl he is referring to in his song

6. "Scream & Shout" - will.i.am ft. Britney Spears (+2)

because it feels like will.i.am didn't do s**t when making this song, i cannot get into it. it could not be more indifferent for me

7. "Don't You Worry Child" - Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin (+4)

this song just gives me an easy feeling. i hope it continues to rise

8. "Beauty And A Beat" - Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj (-1)
9. "Home" - Phillip Phillips (-3)
10. "I Cry" - Flo Rida (=)

i expect these all to be gone next week. well, maybe not bieber, and nicki's idol gig might even boost the song's popularity. it's kind of grown on me, so idc. my tolerance of justin bieber has really risen since carly rose's rendition of "as long as you love me"

[Hammerheart]

I'm puzzled. Why does the perfectly functional thread in a sub section that has it's own rules about continual use of genre based threads, need to be remade? The metal thread has been going since 2008 and is still perfectly fine, As was the old pop one. In fact it was more than fine, it had activity up until a couple of days before closure. I know I didn't really contribute to it, but it doesn't make the remaking of the thread any less puzzling.

[flamebeam]

I'm puzzled. Why does the perfectly functional thread in a sub section that has it's own rules about continual use of genre based threads, need to be remade? The metal thread has been going since 2008 and is still perfectly fine, As was the old pop one. In fact it was more than fine, it had activity up until a couple of days before closure. I know I didn't really contribute to it, but it doesn't make the remaking of the thread any less puzzling.

i was wondering the same thing, but i didn't say anything because I've only been in this forum for 6 months so i just assumed renewing threads was a regular thing around here

[Coyote_Dynamo]

My favorite voice from the past three years has to be Adele, I had her first album and thought it was very good, but what she has become over the past 2 years is amazing.

Mother Monster and Britney are tied for my favorite Pop Divas of all time.

[Popboi]

Someone better change the title before this thread sinks like Lotus

[Kreis]

I'm puzzled. Why does the perfectly functional thread in a sub section that has it's own rules about continual use of genre based threads, need to be remade? The metal thread has been going since 2008 and is still perfectly fine, As was the old pop one. In fact it was more than fine, it had activity up until a couple of days before closure. I know I didn't really contribute to it, but it doesn't make the remaking of the thread any less puzzling.

Think of it as rearranging the furniture. It's just so things don't get stale. It has been done several times in the past, and 2013 was a good year to remake the thread. New year after the 2012 apocalypse and all.

Someone better change the title before this thread sinks like Lotus

ahahahaha, love it.

[Hammerheart]

That still doesn't make sense to me though, to use your furnature analogy, it's like throwing a table away and then buying exactly the same one later that day. There's absolutely no difference between this thread and the last, and given genres are ever evolving topics of discussion, a point highlighted with genre threads being exempt from the no bumping after x amount of days rule, there's never not something to discuss, and the very nature of the thread accomodates people dipping in and out. It just seems a lot of effort to go to for no logical reason. Unless I'm missing something, are there any benefits to duplicating the thread?

[GenosectArceus]

That still doesn't make sense to me though, to use your furnature analogy, it's like throwing a table away and then buying exactly the same one later that day. There's absolutely no difference between this thread and the last, and given genres are ever evolving topics of discussion, a point highlighted with genre threads being exempt from the no bumping after x amount of days rule, there's never not something to discuss, and the very nature of the thread accomodates people dipping in and out. It just seems a lot of effort to go to for no logical reason. Unless I'm missing something, are there any benefits to duplicating the thread?

Please re-read this Post

Think of it as rearranging the furniture. It's just so things don't get stale. It has been done several times in the past, and 2013 was a good year to remake the thread.

Kreis clearly said re-arrange. Even though the previous thread was ditched, the Pop threads refer to Pop music of the current year, and new music has many opinions on it, after seeing the posts concerning songs by Lady GaGa in 2011. We will be bringing up old songs in our arguments and referrences for our posts (thus the old furniture for your analogy, HH, but it's just rearranged).

Moving on to Pop Music, I'm really liking Nobody's Business by Rihanna. I can't stop walking to its beat. I almost caught myself twirling once during its playtime on my iPod (received lots of questioned looks ). Even though I don't like the combo, it's just too good of a song to refuse.
What are your opinions on Rihanna's album Unapologetic?

[Ke$ha]

That still doesn't make sense to me though, to use your furnature analogy, it's like throwing a table away and then buying exactly the same one later that day. There's absolutely no difference between this thread and the last, and given genres are ever evolving topics of discussion, a point highlighted with genre threads being exempt from the no bumping after x amount of days rule, there's never not something to discuss, and the very nature of the thread accomodates people dipping in and out. It just seems a lot of effort to go to for no logical reason. Unless I'm missing something, are there any benefits to duplicating the thread?

I think its suppose to be like spring cleaning just making every thing fresh again. I only posted two times in the old thread so it doesnt bother me that there is a new one

@ GenosectArceus -- I also really like Nobodys Business by Rihanna because it has a nice beat I dont like CB but I liked Rihannas vocals also heard Stay and Pour it up r the new singles. I dont like them too much but I really wanna see the music videos for the 2 songs