Universal Music/Virgin Records

The final artist we recommend you check out at the Great Escape Festival is Danish pop star, Jada. Raised in...

Virgin Music

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2022 is the talented Brighton-raised singer-songwriter Max Pope. He first started by busking in...

Virgin Music

Starting our third week of Ones To Watch 2022 is an artist that should be familiar to regular readers. We...

Virgin EMI

With over 2bn combined audio and video streams and more than a million album sales, Spanish-German singer-songwriter Alvaro Soler has...

Virgin EMI

It’s been a remarkable year for our Record of the Year artist Lewis Capaldi who first broke onto the scene...

Virgin EMI/Mercury

French producer and composer Agoria, aka Sebastien Devaud, shapes a rather beautiful and captivating dose of stirring electronica in his...

Virgin EMI

We have been long-time admirers of Scotland’s Lewis Capaldi ever since we first heard his debut track Bruises last year....

Virgin EMI

It’s been well worth the wait, five years in fact, since the last solo release from Liverpool’s Miles Kane and...

Closer Recordings via Virgin EMI

OUTLYA, the clandestine purveyors of star-spangled pop glory, follow up a succession of brilliant taster tracks Heaven, Higher and The...

unsigned [UK] / Virgin Records [G/S/A] /Universal [Ireland] / Dox [Benelux]

We’ve featured Marc O’Reilly in the past, most memorably with his superb song Bleed, which has racked up more than...

Virgin EMI

With another quality song to add to her impressive list of releases, Norma Jean Martine is an artist we’ve supported...

Virgin / Mercury Music Group (Universal Music France)

We pretty much could’ve featured any track from the remarkable EP by 24-year old French musician Adam Naas, but we’ve...

Vertigo / Virgin EMI

Norma Jean Martine first featured as an unsigned artist in our magazine's weekly Compass section in 2013. Originally from New...

Virgin EMI

Norma Jean Martine is an Anglo-American London-based artist we’ve kept an eye on since she first impressed us three years...

Virgin EMI

We first wrote about Norma Jean Martine in the Compass section of our weekly magazine back in 2013. At the...

Virgin EMI

Currently sitting comfortably in the Shazam Pre-Release Top 10, just added to the B list at Radio 1, B-listed too...

Universal Republic/ VirginEMI

If ever there were an artist who's shaping up to have a spectacular 2015, it's 23 year-old singer-songwriter James Bay. Currently...

Positiva/Virgin EMI

Teenage superstar DJ and producer Martin Garrix has been a regular favourite of ours since we first featured his anthem...

Virgin EMI

One of the great things we love about the sound that Kan Wakan make is that it's incredibly hard to...

Virgin EMI

Sometimes a big pop dance track comes along and smacks you straight between the eyes and ears, so resistance truly...

Positiva/Virgin EMI

2013's debut UK No.1 smash Animals put Martin Garrix firmly on the musical map, selling over 500,000 downloads in the process and bouncing around...

Virgin EMI

Brooklyn boys American Authors have already had this ridiculously-infectious track synced on major ad campaigns for Hyundai in the US and Centre...

RAM / Virgin EMI

Wilkinson's knack for delivering massive drum and bass bangers straight from the club into the mainstream is in evidence again on Too...

Black Butter / Virgin EMI

Combining the talents of two of 2014's hottest new acts, Gorgon City and MNEK team up for their smash new...

Positiva/Virgin EMI Records

Swedish House Mafia's Axwell teams up with rising electro-house duo Sick Individuals and Californian vocalist Taylr Renee on I Am, a Beatport-topping...

Positiva/Virgin EMI

We probably aren't the first and almost certainly won't be the last to point out that the last time daytime...

Positiva / Virgin EMI

There was a time when the pinnacle of achievement at the age of seventeen was passing your driving test first...

RAM/Virgin EMI

Winding up for the release of debut album Lazers Not Included on October 28, RAM Records' Wilkinson drops his strongest single...

Strange Cargo / Virgin Records

That Thomas Dybdahl isn't more well known outside his native Norway, where he boasts multi-platinum status and Norwegian Grammy awards aplenty, could...

Positiva/Virgin

As if to prove his credentials as dance music royalty, in April this year Armin van Buuren was invited to perform at the...

RAM / Virgin EMI

You may not know the name yet, but you will definitely recognise previous smashes Take You Higher and the Radio...

Positiva/Virgin

This Is What It Feels Like sees enormously popular trance DJ and producer Armin Van Buuren joining the Positiva stable in...

Positiva/Virgin

Fresh from huge hits with Avicii and David Guetta, Dutch superstar DJ Nicky Romero delivers yet another big room banger,...

Positiva/Virgin

Two of EDM's finest join together for one of dance music's most anticipated records of recent years. Both Scandinavian producer Avicii...

Virgin/EMI

Bastille AKA Dan Smith's second single on Virgin is another show of energetic pop writing, and coupled with a rapidly expanding...

Virgin

Read All About It is a big R&B pop track that has hit written all over it. The deeply personal...

Virgin

You may recognise Emeli Sandé's name from her credits as an in-demand collaborator and songwriter for the likes of Tinie...

Virgin

The Japanese Popstars' forthcoming album Controlling Your Allegiance cooks up some fine collaborative efforts - among them this next single...

RMR/ Virgin

All The Same was featured as a Record of the Day way back in November 2006, just as Sick Puppies'...

Virgin

Essex singer-songwriter Ed Drewett is already a familiar voice to many, having featured on Professor Green’s No.3 hit I Need...

Virgin

Professor Green is one of our favourite pop stars at the moment, probably because he delivers pop hits with a...

Virgin

Northern Ireland trio The Japanese Popstars released their 2008 debut 'We Just Are' to praise from The Guardian, Word, NME,...

Virgin

Using the hook from INXS' 1988 hit as raw material is a great idea for Professor Green's first single on...

Virgin/Positiva

What a great idea for a house tune this is, and how brilliantly executed it is too. Gramophonedzie – better...

Relentless/ Virgin

Wiley's take on White Town's 1997 No.1 Hit 'Your Woman', 'Never Be Your Woman' comes out on Relentless in March...

Virgin/Mau5trap

Canada's Deadmau5 releases his second compilation album ‘For Lack Of A Better Name’ in October. It will be preceded by...

Relentless/Virgin

As sub-genres of UK dance music seem to evolve at an excitingly fast rate, and get re- packaged regularly, this Egypt...

Positiva/Virgin

Premiered at Miami's Winter Conference and gaining radio play ever since, When Love Takes Over is about to be the...

Virgin

Aussie duo Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jacksons) and Nick Littlemore's (PNAU) collaboration Empire of the Sun seems to have caught...

Virgin

A huge number one in the US - now in its fourth week at the top with sales at almost...

Virgin

Palladium, in their own words, 'make music that is epic, joyful and ludicrous'. Formed last September, the quartet delivers High...

Virgin

Someone to Love is taken from Fountains Of Wayne's fourth studio album, Traffic and Weather. The album is full of...

Virgin

Jamie T’s debut album is released next month, one we’re looking forward to massively since we first featured him with...

Virgin

Kelis returns with her fourth album, Kelis Was Here. A stellar line-up sees production by Will.i.am, Scott Storch, Max Martin...

Virgin

We had this track down as a future indie classic when we featured it last year. The seven piece from...

Virgin

Brighton's The Kooks are in such a great position right now - their album is a fixture in the top...

Narada/Virgin

Singer-songwriter Kathleen 'Bird' York – also an actor and screenwriter – composed this Oscar-nominated song for Best Picture winner Crash. This...

Pacemaker/Virgin

This kid has the freshest sound we've heard in a long time. Is it indie? Is it hip hop? Whatever...

So So Def/Virgin

Urban A&R, producer and writer Jermaine Dupri is now urban music president of Virgin US, and Young, Fly & Flashy...

Virgin

We’ve been big fans of Sondre Lerche’s understated, classy songwriting for some time. Now the title track from his album...

Virgin

We generally find Fountains Of Wayne irresistible but we make no apologies for supporting Maureen as they really pull off...

Virgin

First featured here a year ago, Two Way Monologue follows all the great traditions of Scandinavian songwriting. Like fellow Nordic...

Virgin

This charming retro garage rock smash was one of our first Records of the Day. Now it has been revised...

Virgin

The Bees' debut LP on Wall Of Sound was Mercury- nominated and there was nothing surprising about the quality of their...

Grandma's Basement/ Radiate/Virgin

This is the song that's inspiring us as we start the new year. We hope it inspires you too -...

Grandma's Basement/ Radiate/Virgin

There's a big and growing buzz on this track, and no wonder. It's that rare thing - a wonderful, intelligent...

Freestyle Dust/Virgin

You'd have to confess, with a ten year recording career, a best of album and Grammy awards behind them, you...

S-Curve/Virgin

Fountains Of Wayne are masters of charming, concise, good old-fashioned pop songs as Hey Julie proves once more. This is...

Source/Virgin

We featured this back in April as it was part of Orange mobile Try campaign. It's now C listed at...

Virgin

This David Dorrell-managed act is a major signing and priority for Virgin. Take a listen to this first taster of...

Virgin

Quirky, rich and fully-developed, Two Way Monologue follows all the great traditions of Scandinavian songwriting. Like fellow Nordic acts such...

Virgin

Virgin have Kelis outside of North America (where she's now moved from Arista to Jive), and we're delighted they've elected...

Virgin

Stacey's Mom was a natural, attention grabbing and indeed highly successful first single from FoW's comeback album and we were...

Source/Virgin

We should have featured Cherry Blossom Girl, which (we realised too late) sounded like a major crossover hit. This future...

Virgin

Several weeks ago we wrote that Beenie Man's new single is destined to be huge. Now it's on the Radio 1...

S-Curve/Virgin

Fountains Of Wayne haven't changed a bit since they first emerged in 1996 (even their A&R is the same -...

Virgin

No drama for Courtney's return, just a handful of big name collaborators and an instantly recognizable, accessible comeback single. It's...

Virgin

Beenie Man's new single is destined to be huge for several reasons. First, it's a fiesta riddim, which has similar...

Virgin

Neptunes never cease to amaze us. They’re classic ‘one sound’ producers but time and time again they manage to dazzlingly...

Virgin

Stacie's first single Stuck is one of the surprise real hits of the year - not only here but across...

Virgin

Rishi is one of the hottest producers in the land and is currently working on the new Britney single. Juggy...

S-Curve/Virgin

Fountains Of Wayne haven't changed a bit since they first emerged in 1996 (even their A&R is the same -...

Virgin

We've been fans of this track for ages and are delighted that Virgin are taking a punt and releasing it...

Delores Recordings / Virgin

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Messy / Virgin

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