Popjustice
  • Home
    • Briefing archive
  • Features
  • Playlists
  • Get Popjustice emails
  • About Popjustice
    • About
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Contact
    • General contact details
    • Submit music
  • Forum
Recent Posts
  • Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
Hello! In theory you should only be seeing this if you're using a mobile or tablet. How's the site looking? If anything's wonky click here and tell us so we can fix it. Thanks! x
Popjustice
  • Briefing
  • Features
  • Playlists
    • New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit
    • Big Hit Energy
    • 21st Century Pop
    • 2018% Solid Pop Music
    • Full archive
  • About
    • About Popjustice
    • Contacting Popjustice
    • Send music
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Forum
  • The Briefing

Nicki, Natalia, Robyn and Patrick: what's happening on the Popjustice Almighty?

  • November 23, 2010
  • Popjustice



1.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki's place 'atop' the Popjustice Almighty has been a long time coming and as 'Pink Friday' finally hits shelves the right time for an Almighty position feels like right about now. About one third of the album borders on ropey, but for those who like to sequence albums to their own liking Nicki has had the foresight to guest on one or two other tracks over the last year or so, meaning that there are some potential replace­ments for your 'Ultimate Pink Friday' playlists. Meanwhile the songs com­pris­ing the 66% of 'Pink Friday' that isn't ropey represent some of the most spec­tac­u­lar music of 2010. At its best, 'Pink Friday' also estab­lishes an immensely fas­cin­at­ing persona which seems to hint at the only serious current threat to the reign of Lady Gaga — another 'chanteuse' who didn't exactly do too badly with the whole 'one third ropey debut album' trick. 
More Nicki Minaj

2.
Natalia Kills (pictured above)
We've talked about her before. Don't be put off by some of the slightly self conscious artsy stuff, she's amazing. Here's 'Break You Hard'.
[youtube]V1mv5VFD2IU[/youtube] More Natalia Kills

3.
Robyn
The whole 'Body Talk' thing has been a bit long winded but we've got there in the end and, GOOD LORD, what a triumph. Robyn is currently the best Robyn in pop, although Robyn Fenty is a solid second. Sometimes Fenty overtakes Carlsson. Best Pop Robyn is a fiercely contested accolade. As you might expect. 
More Robyn

4.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga did a nice thing recently that it would not be polite to talk about, but it is deffo worthy of a Number 4 PJ Almighty placing. Also, while we are aware that it might be con­sidered slightly premature to project some sort of world-saving pop halo onto 'Born This Way', the next album's basically going to be the best thing ever. 
More Lady Gaga

5.
Patrick Wolf
The new single is very nice indeed. In case you have forgotten what it sounds like here it is. 

[youtube]Boyl6Iaw2Y4[/youtube] (That is not the proper video but it is still better than that scary one with the rumpo business.)
More Patrick Wolf

666.
'Waissel'

Oh just get off the stage woman. 
More 'Waissel'
  • Lady Gaga
  • Nicki Minaj
  • patrick wolf
  • pink
  • Robyn
Previous Article
  • Songs

Kylie Minogue — 'Better Than Today' (Monarchy Though The Wormhole mix)

  • November 23, 2010
  • Popjustice
Have a read
Next Article
  • The Briefing

It's the SoundGirl video. And jolly watchable it is too.

  • November 23, 2010
  • Popjustice
Have a read
Further listening
Greatest hits
  • Alison Goldfrapp interview: "I feel good about this"
  • Madeon interview: "I say one funny weird thing and that becomes the headline."
  • Robyn talks 'Body Talk': "I'm always going to feel like an outsider"
Further reading
  • 1
    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • 2
    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 3
    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 4
    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • 5
    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
  • 6
    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
Est 2000. Still going.
Socials

 Spotify
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Instagram
 Soundcloud

'Quick links'

About Popjustice
Contact Popjustice
Sign up for the newsletter 
Submit music
Est 2000
Twenty Quid Music Prize 

Playlists

21st Century Pop 
New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit 
2018% Solid Pop Music 
The Sound Of Popjustice 
Playlist archive

© 2020 Popjustice Ltd. Scrolled to the bottom now you're here
  • Privacy, Ts & Cs, cookies etc
  • Corrections

Input your search keywords and press Enter.