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Oh dear.

The Rage Against The Machine campaign was a stag­ger­ing piece of work but as piss-poor attempts to do it again begin to trickle through, a rather grim picture of the…
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"Cheryl Cole rocks."

Magfact: it's ACTUALLY ALRIGHT to put a popstar on the cover of a purported rock magazine but only if you say that they 'rock', because then you have made them…
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The Christmas Number One: an alternative to the alternative

All this "ooh let's get Rage Against The Machine to Number One" business is seriously starting to grate now. Do you know which song would have been better to pick?…
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Oh God is it that time of the year again

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ZjMzuprWc Regular Popjustice viewers will know how tiresome we find sup­posedly 'viral' campaigns of the 'get this song to Number One LOL' variety and one of this year's Christmas efforts…
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Shayne Ward's career: let's get it back on track

Over the weekend a posse of furious Shayne Ward fans got together to protest outside Manchester radio station Key 103. They're not happy with the way Simon Cowell has managed…
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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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A brief 'in the studio' report involving Diana Vickers

We went to see Diana Vickers 'in the studio' yesterday. We met her once before, last year when we got quite drunk backstage at The X‑Factor and slipped into full-on…
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DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF LEONA LEWIS MIGHT HAVE NEW MATERIAL COMING OUT?

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Seriously, 10/10. A round of applause. A standing ovation. Well done to everybody involved in this news story. We love the way it's been reported in The…
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'Hallelujah': let's just agree it's better than Bono and move on

Things we don't want to hear any more about until 2009: "Isn't Alexandra's version of 'Hallelujah' pointless/amazing, isn't it pointless/amazing that Jeff Buckley's version is back in the Top 3,…
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Don't worry, Christmas will be over in a couple of weeks

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kmPz5IbU90 As a reminder that you can certainly never accuse Peter Kay of flogging a joke to death until it's just not funny any more here's the video for the…

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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 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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