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The Popjustice A‑Z Of 2006

The Popjustice A‑Z Of 2006 Well what a year it's been, eh readers? Here's some of the stuff that happened, in an alpha­betu­lar fashion… A AT THE END OF THE DAY…
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Fluffling off

This man (right) is dead.  His name is Alan 'Fluff' Freeman and he spent about half a century playing pop music on the radio. He didn't exactly invent pop music but he…
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Popping back

There's going to be a Christmas Day Top Of The Pops, meaning that years of tradition involving arguing with parents over exactly when Christmas lunch will be finished can continue.…
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The Truth About Pop

The results of our Truth About Pop survey — from 5000 completed forms — are in. Apart from the fact that everyone likes a good survey, we have discovered: Madonna is…
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TOTP update

MediaGuardian reports today that Top Of The Pops magazine is launching a digital edition. A bigwig explains that "we see this digital edition as a com­ple­ment­ary purchase that offers up…
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Dregs & Co

Last night the BBC really went overboard, ded­ic­at­ing a whole sixty minutes on BBC2 to the last ever Top Of The Pops. Their tactic was to pay tribute to Top…
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"Is that a boy or a girl?"

"This music is just bang bang bang.""With the money they earn you'd think they could afford jeans without rips in them.""Do people actually enjoy listening to this?""They've murdered this song.""She's…
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Get the new Popjustice Podcast

The Pet Shop Boys are the 'stars' of the new Popjustice Podcast, which is online and down­load­able RIGHT NOW. Download through iTunes During the interview — which lacks the hysteria of…
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10 Years Since… the release of 'Wannabe'

The ultimate truckdriver song. Number One in 37 countries including America, where it topped every Billboard chart for which it was eligible, Australia, where it topped the charts for 11 weeks,…
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Ask Pet Shop Boys a question…

We're doing 'a thing' with the Pet Shop Boys next Tuesday and we would like to ask them some questions supplied by you, the Popjustice viewer. If you would like…

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Welcome to Popjustice, a glorified pop blog celebrating 21st Century Pop, the people who make it, and the people who make the people who make it. More
9 years, 5 months, 10 days since the last Rihanna album
Outlook for July 6: Sunny spells with a chance of Billie Eilish
Burning Bridges by Sigrid is the biggest song right now
The best popstar is currently Charli XCX and that's that
Further listening
Greatest hits
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  • Lou Pearlman interview: "Once in a while we get it wrong"
  • A variety of papier mache Britney Spears heads
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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
  • 3
    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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