Fleur East flew into the minds of the masses this year with her deliciously infectious single ‘Sax.’
Omnipresent on the British charts since its premiere in October, the track has launched what promises to be an electric career for the X Factor graduate.
Celebrating the track’s success, the Londoner opened the Top of the Pops Christmas Special with a dazzling rendition of the song (which is housed on debut album ‘Love, Sax, And Flashbacks’).
Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.
So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.
This week, we’ll run back a decade and get our krump on to Grammy winning R&B bad boy Chris Brown‘s inaugural hit ‘Run It.’ Bursting onto the scene in late 2005, the club banger – produced by Scott Storch & Sean Garrett – introduced the music scene to a promising stageblazer from Virginia. Quickly drawing comparisons to the likes of a young Michael Jackson, Brown’s smooth footwork and hot bop glided him straight to the top of the Hot 100 for a five week stay (his longest to date).
This week in 2005 would see the last of its tenure before a brief dethronement by Billboard queen Mariah Carey. Tuck in below to see what other familiar names you see in the top 20 this week 10 years ago:
From myself (Sam) and all of us here at That Grape Juice, we take this opportunity to wish you – the TGJ faithful – a very Merry Christmas.
2015 has been particularly great for That Grape Juice, yet none of that would have been possible without all of YOURsupport. From the longtime readers to those who may be visiting for the first time. To the dedicated commenters. To the RT’ers and LIKE’ers. Everyone.
We are so very thankful for you all.
So here’s hoping you soak up all the happiness the holidays have to offer.
Merry Christmas!
Tidbit: Be sure to keep to locked on TGJ today and over the Holidays – we don’t “do” days off!
Timbaland has made an (iconic) career out of gifting artists chart-topping beats.
However, this Christmas, the hitmaker re-affixes the focus on himself with new mixtape ‘King Stays King.’
Available at the affordable price of “free.99,” the set sees the producer enlist the contributions of artists such as the late great Aaliyah (on the track ‘Shakin’) as well as Tink.
With over 100,000 votes cast, the time has finally arrived for the winners of the That Grape Juice End of Year Awards 2015 to be announced!
The last week may have seen category winners change almost hourly, however, upon the penultimate cut-off point, the final list brought with it many last minute surprises.
Check out the full list of winners below. Prepare yourselves for what awaits…and sound off!
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannoncalled time on their five year marriage last year, but there is clearly no bad blood between the former boos.
Mimi is currently on her annual Aspen trip for the holidays (with new beau James Packer) and brought along Cannon and their twins four year twins Monroe and Moroccan.
A proud Nick took to Instagram to share the adorable Carey-Cannon family snaps.
Tis the season of giving and JoJo is gifting fans handsomely this holiday window.
Just last week, the pint-sized powerhouse made quite the splash with her surprise ‘#LoveJoJo2’ EP, and today – the eve of Christmas – the 25-year-old has unleashed an appropriately titled new song ‘Right On Time.’
Revealed in tandem with a behind the scenes look at the singer’s US tour, the track arrives after the release of this summer’s “tringle” (three simultaneous singles).
‘Right On Time ‘awaits for your listening pleasure below…