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Label: boybands

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File under 'will be great or hilarious'

This will be one to keep an eye on: Simon Fuller, Jamie King, gossip blogger Perez Hilton and someone with access to a clipart library have teamed up to launch…
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Five things we want from The X Factor this weekend…

I Cheryl Crying (Due to some sort of sob story about 'my struggle' etc etc.) (Yes we know it's not good to want someone to be a‑weepin' but that's enter­tain­ment innit.)…
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Look if we don't make the shiny helmet joke someone else is going to

JLS may have put boybands back at the top of the charts in the UK but we might not yet be ready for all-German, all-gay boyband The Village Boys. Mainly…
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Marina, Blackout, Pet Shop Boys and The Saturdays: what's happening on the Popjustice Almighty?

1. Marina We're going to do a seperate thing about her later today (we just can't help following Perez's tips!!!) so watch this space. 2. The Diamonds We like the fact…
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It's 'boybands in the snow' Monday

A1 — 'Caught In The Middle' httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q5c1hPPdo One of the 134 greatest pop singles of all time and that is solid FACT.  Take That — 'Babe' httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ROU5XQ0_Q Weird paternity test-themed nonsense…
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That's snow small achievement

A few people (trans­la­tion: precisely no people) have asked us a very inter­est­ing question: what was the first music 'biz' email Popjustice received in 2009? Well the winner of this…
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Wishing all Popjustice readers a happy 8/8/8

A day, perhaps, to consider boybands we have loved and lost, and to cross our fingers for Avenue. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3LfzYrb9K0 That song hasn't aged par­tic­u­larly well, has it.
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Who is the worst boyband of all time?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX4JwurvZoU We've been thinking about boybands a lot recently, as one does. We reckon the worst we've ever seen is E‑Male, who performed a showcase at some theatre or other…
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Go:Audio Go:Video

Since all anyone cares about this year is Adele we didn't bother naming anyone as 'tips for 2008'. We did however tip the ludicrously punc­tu­ated Go:Audio as a band worth…
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Gaying up the greatest song of all time

'What Hurts The Most' is quite obviously one of the greatest songs of the past ten years. In fact, it's is one of the greatest songs of all time, no…
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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • 2
    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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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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