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May 11 2011 
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With the festive season rapidly approaching, what better way to celebrate – with Universal’s Pop Party 7. Full of banging tunes it’s guaranteed to make any party swing, whatever your tastes. Pop divo Mika gets things moving with latest hit and first single We Are Golden from his new album The Boy Who Knew Too Much. Featuring a gospel and kids choir, it made its UK radio debut on 20 July on BBC Radio 2, guaranteeing instant success on its download availability on September 6 and CD on September 7. New babes on the block The Saturdays roll out Forever Is Over from hit album Wordshaker. It came out on October 5, and this week, commencing 2 November, it’s slipped from 14 to 23 on the singles chart, not having the same ‘pop’ quality as If This Is Love . Teen sensation, 18 year-old Pixie Lott can put a foot wrong. Raucous Boys And Girls, follow-up to this summer’s debut hit Mama Do, is already a club/party favourite, hovering at 32 after nine weeks on chart. Six-pack Danish popsters Alphabeat have a massive European following with many hits on the mainland like Fascination. The Spell, just made 20, but has dropped ten places this week. Look out for album The Spell now re-arranged for release in the new year. Still, it’s Euro-Pop at its best with a great singer in Anders SG. Sugababes’ Get Sexy did well, despite being their worst single, ever. It’s now out of the Top 40.
One of the best songs this year, I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, is still knocking around at number 10, down from 7 last week, after an astonishing 21 weeks on chart. Club fodder Evacuate The Dancefloor doesn’t do what it says on the tin, thankfully. This stomping track has more sophistication than German Euro-dance Cascada , featuring Natalie Horler, have displayed before , sure to keep you groovin’. Swedish pop star Agnes (Emilia Carlsson) also hits the Euro-beats with the stunning Release Me while Lady Ga Ga had one of the biggest hits of 2009 with electro-pop classic Poker Face containing its robotic hook. Pussy Cat Dolls’s ballad Hush Hush is daft addition, though BA graduate Kwasi Danquah aka Tinchy Stryder’s Number 1 from debut album Rokstarr, is an obvious floor-filler. It’s been seven weeks on chart, dropping six places to 12 this week. Now six years together, Girls Aloud’s The Loving Kind from 2008 album Out Of Control, has enough beats per minute but it’s a weak song, though Danish dance pop group Aqua shake off the horrors of Barbie Girl with a half decent Back To The 80s. It’s their first single in eight years. Swedish fusion /pop/alternative musician Tommy Sparks released She’s Got Me Dancing this May. It’s cool groove has seen it used on Play Station 3 game EyePet, EA Sports video game FIFA 10 and iPod’s Touch promotions. The verdict – Party on!
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As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B 37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier. PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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