We weren't quite over #MartineMcCutcheon when she released her album #Wishing, 25 yrs ago #onthisdayinpop in 2000 - but you only got to hear two singles #OnTheRadio because the project was abandoned way too early. Both those tracks went top 10 but then it was on to #MyFairLady!

Just three songs yet something for everyone on the new Christmas EP from country superstar Luke Bryan - from the reverence of #OHolyNight, via exuberance of #RunRunRudolph to charm of #WinterWonderland (w/ a delightful Ella Langley)! Full review: myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2025/11/luke-b…

20th anniversary of my all time fave #GirlsAloud song - #Biology was released #onthisdayinpop in 2005. It feels like three songs in one, yet is so cohesively put together it is some sort of magical, musical alchemy. Brilliant cabaret pop from the sauciest of saloons! 10th top 10!

Parlez vous Francais? Third consecutive year of writing about the Whispers of Christmas Magic that #NatashaStPier sings with such enchantment. This year, there are 3 new songs to accompany her holiday book #ContesEtChantsDeNoël. Check it out myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2025/11/natash…

20th anniversary of my all time fave #WillYoung single - the insanely catchy #SwitchItOn was released #onthisdayinpop in 2005. I remember it was released on download only a few weeks earlier than the physical release, probably denying him another number one. Loved the video too!

5th anniversary of the lovely Limahl_Official holiday song, #OneWishForChristmas - a track I called mellifluous magic in my review! Still casts an enchanting spell and is now part of my annual holiday playlist. Blooming charming! myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2020/11/limahl…

What a great day for new pop it was 20 years ago, #onthisdayinpop in 2005. New singles from #WillYoung, #GirlsAloud - and this ace cover version from #LibertyX. Thoroughly enjoyed a contemporary take on #ANightToRemember (for #ChildrenInNeed) backed with #Chic's #EverybodyDance!

Everyone waits for Mariah to defrost but I'm always checking my (holiday play)list & checking it twice for new Ingrid Michaelson music - and this year we get some whispers of Christmas magic via her lovely take on #SongForAWintersNight. Charming as ever. myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2025/11/ingrid…

Giving me 90s banger vibes and I love it #JamesLeon #IWasAPhotograph

Happy 20th to #Madonna's epic #ConfessionsOnADancefloor album - released #onthisdayinpop in 2005. Like #KylieMinogue's #LightYears, this was a return to the dancefloor. Spawned two UK number one in #HungUp & #Sorry. If this album were a song it would be super pop! What's ur fave

20th anniversary of #SavageGarden's greatest hits compilation, #TrulyMadlyCompletely - released #onthisdayinpop (ish) in 2005. Included all their nine UK top 40 hits, some Oz only singles & two new #DarrenHayes songs. #SoBeautiful was Darren's 6th UK top 20 hit, promoting the LP!

20th anniversary of #TakeThat's return to the world of pop via #NeverForget, the Ultimate Collection of their 90s hits was released #onthisdayinpop in 2005. Not too dissimilar to their 1996 hits collection (which sold 1.2m copies), this still hit no.2 & sold double that amount!

5 consecutive years of writing about A Very Tyler Shaw Christmas - this year, he continues his tradition of adding new songs with a lovely take on #DarleneLove's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2025/11/tyler-…

33 yrs since #KylieMinogue's most festive single to date (at the time) - #Celebration was the perfect X-M-A-S party anthem, released just in time for the holiday season #onthisdayinpop in 1992. Her final PWL The Hit Factory single - & 19th top 20 smash in a row onthisdayinpop.com/2022/11/kylie-…

33 yrs since #JasonDonovan released his take on the #Casablanca song, #AsTimeGoesBy - his 2nd single from #AllAroundTheWorld LP was out #onthisdayinpop in 1992. Jase always did give good cover & I thought pitching him as a crooner for Christmas was spot on onthisdayinpop.com/2022/11/jason-…

So Ben Barnes has two new Christmas songs out this year - the sumptuous romance of original track #WrappedUpInYou & the hopeful hopelessness of #IllBeHomeForChristmas, a charming piano-vocal duet. myfestivepop.blogspot.com/2025/11/ben-ba…

#PleaseYourself is one of my fave #Bananarama albums so I was shocked when #LastThingOnMyMind (released 33 years ago, #onthisdayinpop in 1992) didn't even make the top 40 (tho would be the first top ten hit for #Steps six years later). PWL The Hit Factory onthisdayinpop.com/2022/11/banana…

Ah #Erasure! 33 yrs ago, they capped off the halcyon days of phase 1 of their career with #PopTheFirstTwentyHits - released #onthisdayinpop in 1992. Contained a whopping 18 consecutive top 20 hits and was their 4th consecutive no.1 album. Superstars! What was your fave?

33 yrs since #DianaRoss released the lovely #IfWeHoldOnTogether in the UK, #onthisdayinpop in 1992. Capped off a stellar year for Diana here where #TheForceBehindThePower LP spawned two top 10 hits (with two other top 30). This made no.11 - a fave of mine! onthisdayinpop.com/2022/11/diana-…

33 yrs since #WhitneyHouston ruled the box office and the pop charts when #TheBodyguard was released, #onthisdayinpop in 1992. Stunning lead single, #IWillAlwaysLoveYou, was the Christmas number one here in the UK, followed by four more top 15 smashes! onthisdayinpop.com/2017/11/whitne…