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Pop Entity Of The Year 2014

We had a big post planned for this. A big explan­a­tion of why how and why the Popjustice Pop Entity Of 2014 was so amazing, going into all the various…
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2014 A‑Z: Z is for ZOOMING AROUND IN A CAR BECAUSE YOU'RE DAVID GUETTA

Popjustice's 2014 A‑Z endurance test comes to a close now with one of our favourite videos of the year. It's hard to imagine who — apart from David Guetta — could…
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2014 A‑Z: Y is for YOU GOT THAT JAMES, DEAN, DAY, DREAM, LOOK IN YOUR EYE

Taylor Swift's 'Style' might not have been a single in 2014 but it was the song of 2014. Do you remember life before 'Style'? It's hard to recall exactly how we went…
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2014 A‑Z: X is for XCX

Charli XCX is pretty good. Here are ten pretty good things she did in 2014. I. The 'Fancy' chorus The best bit is the second chorus where it goes into the "trash the…
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2014 A‑Z: W is for WILL THIS DO

They usually talk about Steve Brookstein being the archetypal X Factor 'failure', don't they? Sometimes Leon Jackson too. Sometimes Matt Cardle. Obviously these people aren't really failures in the proper sense, just artists who…
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2014 A‑Z: V is for VENDING AT POPULAR MUSIC EVENTS

A lot of people think the best thing about going to concerts is the chance to see songs you really love performed in a fashion only drunk­en­ness prevents you from…
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2014 A‑Z: U is for URINE

As 2015 toots it horn and 2014 draws reluct­antly to a close, thoughts turn to the news events that have shaken the world and shaped humanity in the past twelve months.…
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iTunes are now offering refunds and the world of pop might go totally berserk

It hasn't always been easy to tell just how well an artist's music is selling. For instance, those platinum, silver and gold discs you often see on popstars' walls only represent the…
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2014 A‑Z: T is for TOVE LO AND BEHOLD

One of the song­writ­ing rev­el­a­tions of the year also just happens to be one of the pop­s­tar­ring rev­el­a­tions of the year. But enough about Charli XCX, because Tove Lo had…
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2014 A‑Z: S is for SPOT THE DIFFERENCE!!

Well, we've reached that point in our 2014 A‑Z recap where it's time to kick back and relax with a good, old fashioned spot the dif­fer­ence game. Below, you'll see two pictures from…

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The best popstar is currently Charli XCX and that's that
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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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