The 2014 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: as it happened
As you now know, Little Mix's 'Move' won last night's Twenty Quid Music Prize. As ever, judging was a complete bloody shambles but it did follow a strange sort of…
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Little Mix's 'Move' won last night's 2014 Twenty Quid Music Prize
In a democratic shouting match held in a London hostelry last night, Little Mix's 'Move' was voted the best British pop single of the last twelve months. Hurrah. Beating off…
And it FEEEEEEEELS like victory
Last night in London, Will Young's 'Jealousy' became the tenth recipient of the Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize. Judging was a long, booze-strewn and sometimes 'high-spirited' process. Here's what happened. Round…
The 2012 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: TONIGHT!
We live in exciting times, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight in a semi-secret London location 55 judges will sift through the twelve best British pop singles of the last twelve months…
We might chuck in a carriage clock too
We are quite sad about Lily Allen retiring from being a popstar so, on our way to the Twenty Quid Music Prize judging event the other week, we purchased a…
Four things things we have done in the last seven days
1. Used the 'Volume adjustument' setting in iTunes to increase the volume of Jason DeRulo's 'What If', a song which can never really be loud enough. 'What If' is now…
Tonight in London: the 2010 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
The stage is set. The iTunes playlist of twelve amazing British pop tunes has been synchronised with a portable media playing device. The invited judges are choosing what to wear…
Six years ago in London: the 2004 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
For the 2004 Twenty Quid Music Prize we produced a programme featuring, quite amazingly, interviews with each of the shortlisted acts. The interviews included Cheryl Cole, Brian Higgins, Rachel Stevens, Richard X,…
12" picture discs: a guide
Behold: the world's greatest 12" picture disc. It arrived in the post yesterday. It's got some Calvin Harris music inside its grooves but that's not really the important factor here.…
The 2010 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist revealed
It's that time of the year again. Here is the shortlist for the 2010 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize. ‘Bad Boys’ by Alexandra Burke ‘One Touch’ by Mini Viva ‘Left My Heart…