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Flashback Friday: These songs were #1 in the U.S. and the U.K. 10 years ago today
We're taking it back, way back, 10 years back to June 10, 2006. (Doesn't your brain just immediately want to say 1996? Ugh.) These were the number one singles in the United States and the United Kingdom on that date.
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Watch: Fifth Harmony are now country artists?
Fifth Harmony's sophomore studio album '7/27' is still in heavy rotation around the globe with its mature pop beats, but now it seems that the girl group—formed on the US edition of The X Factor—have now turned to country music, and it's…
Fifth Harmony achieve new U.S. sales milestone… but what does it mean?
Fifth Harmony's 'Work From Home'—the lead single from the five-piece's sophomore studio album '7/27'—has reached a new sales milestone in the US, recently being certified as 4x Platinum by the RIAA.
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Your new anthem for this weekend: MarieLine’s ‘I Don’t Have Time For This…
Sometimes you really need an electro-pop jam to take you from week to weekend, and MarieLine's 'I Don't Have Time For This S#!t' is exactly that. This is the first track off of MarieLine's (pronounced like Marilyn, FYI) EP due out later…
Find out what Justin Bieber gets up to on tour in his ‘Company’ music video
Fresh from chilling in a park barefoot with squirrels and playing sold out shows around the world, Justin Bieber's released his music video for 'Company' taken from his 2015 album 'Purpose'.
'Company' documents…
Shay Mitchell teams up with Nick Jonas for the ‘Under You’ video
Shay Mitchell, from Pretty Little Liars and Nick Jonas, from the Jonas Brothers have teamed up for what looks like a very steamy, interesting video for 'Under You'.
Tweeting almost simultaneously about it, the pair released…
Do you remember Roxy Mitchell’s popstar past?
For those of you American readers (and some British) who have no idea who Roxy Mitchell is, she is one of the main characters in one of the UK's longest running soap operas, Eastenders.
Portrayed by Rita Simons, Roxy burst onto…
Number one this week in… 1999
We're all nostalgic at heart, aren't we? So as well as bringing you the latest on your pop faves, we thought we'd also take you on a trip through memory lane. That's why it's been my job to find out what was number one in the UK and USA…
Five pieces of amazingly bizarre popstar merchandise
If you're anything like us at United By Pop, you look forward to buying your favourite artists' tour merchandise as much as watching the artist perform. The more unique the merchandise, the better, right? That's why I've put together this…
What is a Help to Buy ISA? Do you need one in your life?
Adulting and saving money is horrific, we're constantly bombarded with news pieces stating how much living costs are increasing and how our wages aren't. Year on year we see rental prices steadily climbing and we're just sat in our parents…
5 UK artists and 5 US artists you really need to know about
As you may be aware of by now, here at United By Pop we aim to bring you the best bits from the UK and the best bits from the US pop cultures scenes. That's why, today, I will educate you in five acts from across the pond (and maybe even…
The definitive “winning doesn’t matter” X Factor playlist
Obviously we're massive fans of Little Mix and, erm... the other eleven winners of the UK version of The X Factor, but to celebrate 2015 runner ups Reggie N Bollie releasing what is possibly the best summer anthem ever, we've put together…
Should we be paying to watch artists on YouTube?
For year's consumers have been listening to music for free on YouTube, whether you're watching an official video uploaded by an artist or a version that's been ripped and then uploaded by a user. The rise in popularity of digital streaming…
How long will we have to suffer One Direction’s marketing campaigns?
Go to a pop concert today and I guarantee you’ll see a variety of age groups. There are younger children with their parents, teens and groups of adults out having the time of their lives. This all seems pretty self explanatory given the…