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The X Factor final: who deserves your vote?

It's the X Factor final this week so, in case you're not quite sure who to vote for, we thought we'd give you a quick run through the finalists.  MATT…
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About 25 percent of the Shayne Ward album: reviewed

The other day we received an envelope con­tain­ing a Shayne Ward album sampler. Album samplers send to be four or five songs long. Sometimes they are longer in order to…
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That Bowling For Soup sleeve decoded 'at last'

You may recall that last week we featured the sleeve for last year's Bowling For Soup single 'My Wena' alongside efforts by Shayne Ward and Belinda Carlisle in a roundup…
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An assortment of woeful record sleeves

We had a CD clearout recently and while we were sifting through the debris we found some aston­ish­ingly bad artwork.  Here's a small selection. 1. Danielle Spencer — 'Calling All…
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Shayne Ward's career: let's get it back on track

Over the weekend a posse of furious Shayne Ward fans got together to protest outside Manchester radio station Key 103. They're not happy with the way Simon Cowell has managed…
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The Eoghan Quigg album: it's turned out not to be very good

When people say that the best album of all time is Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', they tend not to mean that the best album of all time actually is 'Thriller'. 'Thriller'…
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It's 'quite good single sleeve' o'clock: We Are Scientists — 'Chick Lit'

Better-in-inter­views-than-on-record indie duo rounding up miniature dog: amazing. Slightly dis­ap­point­ingly the image is not a self-contained work of pop art — it was taken during the 'Chick Lit' video shoot.…
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Leon Jackson: he's not Rhydian and he's not Same Difference. And, er…

Well, it's getting on for two days since Leon Jackson (crazy name crazy guy etc) won X Factor and we're still stumped for something to say. All we could think…
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The new Top 40, then… 9

What have we learned? Mostly that Leona Lewis isn't getting on the country's col­lect­ive record-buying tits just yet, but anyway… Number One: Is the Leona Lewis hysteria going to end…
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Facebook groups you can (and should) join today

It is very nearly the end of the week so there are only a few more hours left in which to refresh Facebook before you can go to the pub.…
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Burning Bridges by Sigrid is the biggest song right now
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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