October 12, 2024Oct 12 2014 was the strongest year for dance music in the UK chart performance-wise since 2000 probably.
October 12, 2024Oct 12 Had a peek at this one and Rob and Wardy have done a fab job covering a solid year - a lot of dance indeed!
October 14, 2024Oct 14 Author Some more revealings along with those posted in the music lounge the other day. Disc 1 10. Kylie Minogue – Into The Blue 23. Molly - Children Of The Universe Disc 2 10. Royal Blood - Figure It Out 25. Idina Menzel – Let It Go Disc 3 15. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What 23. Lana Del Rey - West Coast Disc 4 11. Vance Joy – Riptide 13. Milky Chance - Stolen Dance Any guesses on the opening tracks for each? Discuss!
October 14, 2024Oct 14 Disc 1: Pharrell Williams - Happy [if it counts as 2013] Disc 2: Taylor Swift - Shake It Off Disc 3: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be [unless 'Happy' doesn't count, in which case this on Disc 1 and Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass here instead] Disc 4: George Ezra - Budapest (no idea really)
October 14, 2024Oct 14 I was thinking 'Prayer in C' would open the dance disc but unlikely. EDIT: I also forgot 'Lovers On The Sun' was a dance #1 too. Edited October 14, 2024Oct 14 by TheSnake
October 25, 2024Oct 25 Author Hands will be thrown if there's no Neon Jungle Well... your in luck then :P
October 25, 2024Oct 25 Author On behalf of me and Wardy, we are happy to bring to you BuzzJack presents... 2014! :cheer: Let's take a trip back in time, ten years ago, and relive some of the best bits the year had to offer. 2014 may only have been a decade ago but it has a lot to be proud of. Kicking things off on Disc 1 we have the biggest selling single of the year, made famous by its inclusion in Despicable Me 2, and that was the infectious Happy by Pharrell Williams with Taylor Swift's infectious pop anthem 'Shake It Off' following after him. The opening disc also introduces us to acts like Meghan Trainor, Ella Henderson, Years & Years and Jax Jones, who would all go on to enjoy many more hits in the UK. Some of the year's dance music is included here and the disc finishes with Eurovision entries by Molly and drag queen Conchita Wurst from Austria who won the competition in 2014. The second disc opens with Ed Sheeran who was growing into the peak of his career with love ballad Thinking Out Loud taken from his multi-platinum album x. Some of the year's more alternative and indie music can be found amongst the tracks on this disc, including Imagine Dragons, Twin Atlantic and Royal Blood. Pop music continues to flourish over the remaining tracks reminding us that in 2014 it was not uncommon to see pop bands most weeks in the chart. The last X Factor Christmas chart topper in Ben Haenow also features and we finish this disc with the inescapable 'Let It Go' by Idina Menzel from the accompanying film Frozen. Disc 3 takes us back to some of the many dance highlights 2014 had to offer kickstarting with the mammoth smash from Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne with 'Rather Be'. There really was a plethora of producers around making music that impacted the UK music industry. From Avicii to Zedd, from Calvin Harris to Sigma, there is something for everyone here. R&B still had a place in the charts in 2014 and some of the big hitters are right here on this disc. The disc concludes with some moody pop from some of the most up and coming artists of the time. Concluding this project, our final disc begins with what was our first introduction to Ariana Grande, a pop sensation with her first big hit and UK #1 in Problem which also made chart history when streaming officially was introduced at the end of June and topped the chart on both sales and streams. She would go on to have several more #1's over the next decade. One hit wonders from Nico & Vinz, Mr. Probz, MAGIC!, Vance Joy and John Martin all make an appearance. Riptide has been especially noteworthy for its long-term endurance, regularly making appearances in the UK Top 100 chart all these years later. We also see Take That's first #1 as a trio follow suit at track 12. The disc is played out to some remaining dance music from the year which was possibly one of the most represented genres in the charts at this time.
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