Poptimists 2006 Poll: Act of the Year!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Today's category is the slightly nebulous Act of the Year - six acts got more than one vote and we present them below: interesting to note the Poptimists heavyweights who didn't get multiple nominations.

Girls Aloud put out a Greatest Hits record.
Lily Allen MySpaced her way to stardom.
Justin Timberlake brought sexy back.
Paris Hilton was much talked about.
Aly and AJ were the salvation of teenpop.
Cassie stripped R&B down.

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Lifetime achievement and Track of the Year to follow!

Comments

Re: Not much has changed but they live underwater

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I think I featured Katelyn Tarver on one of the Myspace things once, decent Xtian bubblegum pop now getting slight Disney treatment. Tommy2 started as a personal site (of a guy named Tommy) and has become something of an underground publicity arm of Disney/Hollywood. Not sure whether this is payolaish or just a matter of taste (not like you'd really be able to tell either way, although they seem to get lots of Disney concert/promo freebies) but they do have the best updates on the world of Disney. They're also way more in touch with Christian rock radio than any other pop site I pay attention to (I'm sure there are plenty devoted exclusively to CCR, but I need secular dilution).

Drew Seeley tried to launch a solo career (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am_iC7KN-ps) without much success ("Chicken" Corbin Bleu is doing much better, but then he has his own DCOM to back up his single), so I'll bet that's partially what they're basing that placement on.

Tommy2 was a major A*Teens fansite when they (the A*Teens) were still going strong -- them and Jump5 pretty much had daily coverage a few years ago. So that would explain the love for Marie but the lack of any other great Europop on the list. I wish they'd find Rolling Teenpop or Teen Cultural Revolution or Poptimists or Bedbugs already, since their own site isn't comment-friendly.

Re: Not much has changed but they live underwater

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Well, technically Drew's single was part of Cheetah Girls 2, but Corbin's the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzsqUOwO4A>star of the show</a>.

Re: Not much has changed but they live underwater

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

woops (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzsqUOwO4A).