Another Year In Pop: 26

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

We're halfway through the year, and Ne-Yo and Jordin/Chris have Coldplay trapped at no.2 in a cunning pincer movement! Elsewhere Mariah finally hauls her dead grandmothers into the top 40, and enough people downloaded '99 Problems' in 2 hours to get it to number 95...

[Poll #1213640]

(apologies for the deleted entry - forgot to put the last two options in!)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Mimi - THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLES WHO LOST THEY GRANDMOTHERS. Yes for that line alone but it's a lovely song, if a wrong choice of single.

Ironik - when I first heard this I googled the pitch-shifted chorus lyrics because the melody was so familiar, only to find...it's a Westlife track I've never knowingly heard?? Sampled on a grime track?? Points for the wtf-ness of chipmunking up Rozalla AND Westlife, the narrative is rather sweet too.

Freemasons - Belting house diva is promising for the first 30 secs but it goes nowhere/does nothing but clump around boringly. Choreography in video is shit.

The rest - boring indie crap.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also wtf to the shitty track with Linkin Park being the Jay-Z single which benefited most from Glastonbury? '99 Problems' I can understand even though it's not my favourite by a long way but surely 'Can I Get A...' or 'Big Pimpin' or 'Girls Girls Girls' or 'Izzo (HOVA)' would get a boost above 'Numb'?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

he is doing a gig with them shortly so maybe it's been getting lots of plays on kerrang or similar leading to downloads leading to chart. i think we'll get a better picture next week when i predict a rash of Jay-Z across the chart :)