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In this week's edition of Pop is Not a Dirty Word, columnist Douglas Greenwood unpacks the breakout success of young singer/songwriters going against the grain of glitzy pop stardomI can’t tell you how sad it was to see my queen Rita Ora‘s long-awaited sophomore album ‘Phoenix’ chart outside of the UK Top 10. It was like watching your little sister slip and fall on her face some 10 feet from the finish line on Sports Day. How long I’d waited for the pop […]The post Pop Is Not A Dirty Word: warbling, twee, ‘authentic’ EmotiPop anti-stars are ruining my beloved trashy pop culture appeared first on NME.
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A mix of beloved classics and newer titles make the listFreddie Mercury of Queen, Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi.Records by Queen, Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi and Foals rank among the UK’s best-selling vinyl albums of 2019 so far. According to Official Chart Company data, Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ has sold 15,700 copies on vinyl to becom...
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