Music Features

15 January 2013

HMV And The Fall Of High Street Music

HMV, one of the most established names in the world of music sales, announced yesterday that it was going into administration. The latest big name to hit the rocks in ...
15 January 2013

Top Ten Best Cover Songs Part 1

Cover versions are a mysterious art. When done right, they can propel an artist to stardom and redefine a loved song in the heads of millions. After a discussion here at ...
12 January 2013

Adam Lambert - Defying All Expectations

Adam Lambert’s is one of the biggest success stories from American Idol, with the Indianapolis born singer going from the musical stage to topping the charts with a devoted fan ...
9 January 2013

Is Taylor Swift In Danger Of Hurting Her Music With Her Private Life?

With the news being confirmed today that Taylor Swift and Harry Styles’ brief fling is no more, the jokes starting coming in about ‘Fake Song Titles’ for her next album ...
8 January 2013

Best Debuts Albums Of The Decade Part 2

We continue our look at the best debut albums of the last ten years with our second half-dozen of choices, so with no further ado, here’s our second batch of ...
7 January 2013

Best Debuts Albums Of The Decade Part 1

The debut album is always a statement of intent. An opening salvo from an artist just starting out and at the height of their creativity. When done right, like Frank Ocean ...
5 January 2013

Debut Albums Of 2013 We Can't Wait To Hear

With A$AP Rocky finally releasing his full debut album next week, we’ve had a look through the release schedule for this year and nailed down which other debut albums we ...
31 December 2012

Most Anticipated Albums Of 2013

Over the last year we have had a fantastic crop of albums, but the world of music never sits still. It's an occupational hazard. So as we’ve wistfully glanced gazed over ...
28 December 2012

Artists We Wish Would Make A Comeback

With 2012 having so many brilliant reunions and The Rolling Stones currently setting the world on fire on tour, it got our little heads thinking over here at FemaleFirst about ...
27 December 2012

What Defined Music In 2012

As we come to the very end of 2012, we thought it’s only fitting to look back over the last twelve months and look as to what defined music in ...
24 December 2012

Best Albums Of 2012 - Numbers 5 To 1

As we reach the very end of 2012, it’s time to unveil our five favourite albums of the year. Make sure to check out the other members of our top ten ...
23 December 2012

Best Albums Of 2012 - Numbers 10 To 6

While the album charts have all been dominated by the continuing presence of Adele and Ed Sheeran, 2012 has thrown up a raft of great albums (along with some real ...
21 December 2012

Best Songs Of 2012

2012 may have thrown up some stinkers, look right here for our least favourite tracks to hit the singles charts over the last year, we also saw some brilliant entrants ...
20 December 2012

Worst Songs Of 2012

While 2012 saw some fantastic artists breakout into the wider musical world, saw some greats come back just as strong and a few bands prove their cracking debuts weren’t just ...
18 December 2012

Does Christmas Number One Matter Any More?

Christmas number one was the wanted accolade in UK music the nineties. Nuts to the Mercury Music Prize, you can even keep your BRITs, being top of the charts when ...
18 December 2012

The Biggest Songs Of 2012

With 2012 coming to its end, we’ve decided to have a look back at the year and find the biggest songs to have hit the airwaves this year. While we may ...
15 December 2012

Worst Christmas Songs Ever

While there are a few good ones, check out the best Christmas songs over here, the list of terrible cheesy numbers goes into the hundreds. But even amongst the usual tripe ...

14 December 2012

The 12 Songs of Christmas

Santa’s written his list, and is now probably in the process of checking it twice, so we’ve decided to take a look at our favourite tunes in our best ever ...
12 December 2012

What Your Favourite Christmas Song Says About You

Christmas songs are just like biscuits, everyone’s got a favourite. From Mariah Carey to The Pogues, there’s a Christmas song for all of us out there, but have you ever stopped ...
11 December 2012

7 of the Best Bands in the Business

If you strip back all the highly commercialised groups of today, you can get to the core of what is really important about a band. Not many can make it ...

11 December 2012

Singers To Watch In 2013

With the BBC having put out their shortlist for their prestigious, and often clairvoyant, ‘Sound Of 2013’ award, we have a look five singers who we think you’ll be hearing ...
6 December 2012

Who Will Make It As A Future Music Legend?

With so many stars trying to make their mark in the music industry, who will make an impression good enough to join the ranks of legends such as MJ, Elvis ...

6 December 2012

X Factor Final - Who Has The Brightest Future?

The X Factor comes to a close this weekend and we’ve decided to have a look at each of the remaining three finalists and see what we expect them to ...
4 December 2012

Is Nicki Minaj Re-Defining the Genres of Rap and Hip-Hop?

There’s no definitive answer to this question that could possibly please every person reading, but doting fans of the big-bottomed star would most likely say yes. Unless you’re an avid listener ...