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A Newsdump for 28 March 2012: From 1D's sex ban in the USA to Ke$ha’s blood for Record Store Day

In stories placed by pub­li­cists in order to make specific band members seem more popular and all band members seem even more in demand news, One Direction frontman Niall Horan is…
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This is a thing about Marcus Collins being fondled by women in his video

When Marcus Collins walked onto The X Factor audition stage last year, it felt like here finally was the chance for The X Factor to feature a popstar who was openly…
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Popjustquiz 3: April 10

We've announced the third Popjustice Popjustquiz thing, and it's on April 10. Click here to register your team.
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A Newsdump for 27 March 2012: From Madonna’s Q&A to Mariah Carey’s birthday

Here is a 'rundown' of some of the things that happened during the Madonna Twitter Q&A last night, with high­lights including her inviting Justin Bieber to join her on stage…
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A Newsdump for 26 March 2012: From a Party Rock remix to Gotye being eclipsed

In other news, the Far East Movement track 'Live My Life' featuring Justin’s vocals now has an entirely necessary Party Rock remix and video. (Ace Showbiz) WARNING: video includes Redfoo…
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Enya deserves your love

If you were to go through my record col­lec­tion you’d find a lot of sup­posedly ‘cheesy’ stuff — Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, David Bowie's soundtrack to Labyrinth, Ultravox etc —…
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"Forgive us for what we have done, cos we're young"

[youtube]eP_eI5T_deU[/youtube] The well-timed appear­ance of Tulisa's debut single — we believe it is known in the trade as 'changing the con­ver­sa­tion' — reveals a strong and strangely beautiful debut. Tulisa's…
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The new song by The Recording Artist Bright Light Bright Light is Popjustice-approved

[youtube]63be1vu88TE[/youtube] This is a new Bright Light Bright Light song — it's called 'Waiting For The Feeling', titles of songs fans — that we hadn't heard before and it is…
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The problem with Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' is that it is not quite ridiculous enough.

Fortunately someone has put together a ludi­cro­maz­ing sort of mashup thing which involves 'Starships' being bolstered by The Popular Hits Of artistes like Example, Hurts, Madonna, Daft Punk, Britney Spears,…
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A Newsdump for 22 March 2012: From Katy Perry becoming a Marine to Nicki Minaj performing on US TV

Katy Perry’s video for 'Part Of Me' – which shows her breaking up with her boyfriend, joining the Marines and wrestling under­wa­ter – is now available to watch. (YouTube) It…

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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 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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