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The Best Album of 2009
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Nikki
on
Thursday, December 31, 2009
6 comments
Excited? Excited? lol. It's been a long year for me and it marked the start of my kpop addiction. Is the best album of 2009 Korean or no...
The 9 Best Albums of 2009: #9 - #2
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
6 comments
Last year I didn't really re-write anything for my list of best albums - this year I've given it a lot of thought and while I'm ...
The Best Songs of 2009: Rankings.
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
6 comments
This year I did the impossible - I ranked a total of 109 songs. YES, I did.
Best of 2009: December #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, December 28, 2009
0 comment
*jumps around* THE LAST POST FOR THE BEST OF 2009. Except for the wrap-up and final rankings, at least. I cannot believe it. Hahah.
Best of 2009: December #8 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, December 27, 2009
2 comments
YES! We've made it to the end of the year. FINALLY! 8 songs this month - let's get started.
Best of 2009: November #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, December 26, 2009
3 comments
Two amazing songs from opposite sides of the world. Hahah.
Best of 2009: November #6 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, December 25, 2009
3 comments
I have to say it first - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!! Hope you have a great day with the people you love. (LOL.) I'll be asleep wh...
This Year's Christmas Playlist
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by
Nikki
on
Thursday, December 24, 2009
2 comments
I've been as lazy has hell compared to my other blogger friends when it comes to Christmas-themed posts so I guess I'll just sum ev...
Best of 2009: November #12 - #7
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by
Nikki
on
2 comments
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!! Hope you guys have a lot planned for tonight and tomorrow - I do! LOL. November was the month I was most worri...
Best of 2009: October #3 - #1
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
4 comments
Who made an impact in October? LOL.
Best of 2009: October #6 - #4
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
0 comment
October was an all-kpop month. See which songs made the cut.
Best of 2009: September #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, December 21, 2009
3 comments
You don't know how excited I am about this post. An all-Korean top 2 in September but beware, this is just a teaser for the next months!
Tohoshinki - Break Out
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, December 20, 2009
5 comments
For those who aren't into kpop, Tohoshinki is DBSK's name for Japan and since this is a Japanese single, I better credit them corre...
Best of 2009: September #7 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
2 comments
YES! We've finally made it to September, my birth month. But aside from that, this post will be monumental because it'll mark the fi...
Best of 2009: August #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, December 19, 2009
0 comment
Who came out victorious this month? Kpop and CCM. LOL. Just read the thing, will you?
Best of 2009: August #6 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, December 18, 2009
4 comments
August is the month with the least number of entries. Awww.
Best of 2009: July #6 - #1
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by
Nikki
on
Thursday, December 17, 2009
6 comments
Who topped my list for July? Kpop or not kpop?
Best of 2009: July #10 - #7
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
2 comments
July. Just find out for yourselves what the crap I was listening to, OK? LOL. Let's get to business.
*dances around room* GUESS WHAT I GOT!!!
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
3 comments
OH YEAH! I've done my waiting, my getting nervous as hell 'coz when I got to the store the shipment hadn't arrived yet (UGH) bu...
Best of 2009: June #6 - #1
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by
Nikki
on
4 comments
June was the month of kpop for me - the top 2 songs are from Korean artists. Just guess who. LOL.
Best of 2009: June #12 - #7
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, December 14, 2009
2 comments
June marked my slow but obvious shift to kpop but from #s 12 - 7 there's only ONE Korean artist. Can you guess who?
Best of 2009: May #4 - #1
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, December 13, 2009
3 comments
Kpop and Glee in the same post? Yes, be very excited.
Best of 2009: May #8 - #5
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, December 12, 2009
3 comments
May marked the beginning of my kpop addiction and dammit, I'm excited just thinking about it.
Best of 2009: April #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, December 11, 2009
1 comment
Who came out victorious in April? The songs are memorable, that's all I can say.
Best of 2009: April #7 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
Thursday, December 10, 2009
4 comments
April was a month of change for me and I guess my musical tastes kinda mirrored that. Let's start, shall we?
Best of 2009: March #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
3 comments
If February had an all-girl top, March was the month of the guys! Find out who came out victorious this month.
Best of 2009: March #6 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
2 comments
And we start another month - March was filled with milestones for me personally so how did the music I was listen to reflect that? LOL. Enou...
Best of 2009: February #2 & #1
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, December 7, 2009
3 comments
The two best songs for February. Who do you think it is?
INTERVIEW: Kate Miller-Heidke
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, December 6, 2009
0 comment
Classically-trained, critically acclaimed - WHOA. To be able to interview someone like Kate Miller-Heidke is an honor and puts this right be...
And WE'RE BACKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!
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by
Nikki
on
6 comments
Say goodbye: And hello: Took less than 5 hours but whatever - I had to put as much allowance as possible.
Best of 2009: February #6 - #3
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by
Nikki
on
2 comments
Who just barely missed the top in February? Read on!
Best of 2009: February #9 - #7
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2 comments
January's out of the way, what songs made an impact on me during this February?
Best of 2009: January #4 - #1
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, December 4, 2009
4 comments
And who came out victorious in January? Find out for yourself after the jump.
Best of 2009: January #10 - #5
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by
Nikki
on
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4 comments
Let's get straight to business, shall we? There's a lot to cover in so little time.
Best of 2009: The spill-overs from 2008
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
4 comments
These two are the songs that were on albums released in 2008 but were later released as singles in 2009. Doesn't matter which month they...
The Best of 2009 starts tomorrow!
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
8 comments
It's December and aside from Christmas being just around the corner, it's also year-end countdown time! *clap clap clap*
Top 20
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, November 30, 2009
3 comments
Alesha Dixon takes her second week at the top of my chart but the girls of After School are proving to be tough competition - Because of You...
Westlife - Sound of a Broken Heart
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, November 29, 2009
2 comments
I said recently that I've given up on Westlife and really, I'm not the big fan I used to be - What About Now was the last straw aft...
IT'S COMINGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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DBSK may have ruined by day because of the three rules that SM gave them (3 guys who filed the lawsuit can't talk to the other two, are ...
The state of DBSK from a musical standpoint.
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by
Nikki
on
8 comments
I know I've posted a ton about this DBSK thing but this is my only place to rant to my heart's content and not get shot by a billion...
Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, November 27, 2009
4 comments
Ever since If I Ain't Got You , Alicia Keys has been a staple in my music library - I vividly remember the day I bought The Diary of Ali...
After School - Because of You
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by
Nikki
on
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
0 comment
Relatively short review. I'll admit that I've never been the biggest After School fan - when I was first getting into kpop they were...
Top 20
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, November 23, 2009
1 comment
Alesha Dixon zooms in out of nowhere and takes the top spot, preventing DBSK's Survivor from moving and toppling B2ST's Bad Girl d...
I'm furious.
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, November 22, 2009
7 comments
Need to rant. Of course I can't do that over at the kpop site because people are gonna clobber me. FOR CRAP'S SAKE WHAT IN THE WORLD...
What's been going on???
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, November 21, 2009
5 comments
I've been super, SUPER MIA these past few days because as most of you know, I'm also a writer for a kpop news site and I had a littl...
Top 20
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, November 16, 2009
2 comments
Picking up where we left off with the last non-'special' top 20, here's this week's chart! Yay. B2ST take the top spot. Why...
The perfect pop Christmas song: 1. Bells
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2 comments
You can't go wrong with bells. Christmas = Church = Bells . If you take history as an example, we were told that when the Spanish took o...
What makes the perfect pop Christmas song????
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, November 14, 2009
0 comment
It's almost December. December means Christmas in most parts of the world - time to cash in on the holiday. Or not. Last year I just put...
One of the many reasons why I cannot stand stupid people.
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, November 13, 2009
2 comments
(watch before you read, just so you know what I'll be talking about) This is the new single from IU, one of the kpop artists I featured ...
Top 20: Special.
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by
Nikki
on
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
4 comments
This is a special top 20, mainly because just last week (can't believe it's only been a week - it's like so much time passed!) I...
Interview: Agnes Carlsson
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by
Nikki
on
Monday, November 9, 2009
7 comments
Yes, I know what you must be thinking - HOW THE CRAP DID I GET AN INTERVIEW LIKE THIS? Thank a close online friend of mine, beE (we go WAY b...
Here begins a new chapter of my blogging life..
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by
Nikki
on
Sunday, November 8, 2009
10 comments
OK, NO I'm not closing PRN down. What gave you that idea? Oh, right - the title. ANYWAY. Just yesterday I applied for a writing position...
Leona Lewis - Echo
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by
Nikki
on
Saturday, November 7, 2009
9 comments
If you know me and my taste in music really, REALLY well, you'll know that Leona is not someone I like and she's not someone I jump ...
JLS - JLS
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by
Nikki
on
7 comments
I've pretty much given up on Westlife at this point so my only hope of a solid boyband album this year is JLS' debut offering. If th...
It's a sad, sad day for music today.
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by
Nikki
on
Friday, November 6, 2009
1 comment
I've accepted processing (or auto-tune as everyone else calls it - my dad says it's not actually autotuning but whatever.) on songs ...
My 'kicking and screaming' opinion on all this DBSK crap.
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by
Nikki
on
Thursday, November 5, 2009
2 comments
This is mainly for my personal use, just so I don't lose what I've tweeted about during the height of it all. If you'd like to r...
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The Best Songs of 2009: Rankings.
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Best of 2009: November #6 - #3
This Year's Christmas Playlist
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Best of 2009: October #3 - #1
Best of 2009: October #6 - #4
Best of 2009: September #2 & #1
Tohoshinki - Break Out
Best of 2009: September #7 - #3
Best of 2009: August #2 & #1
Best of 2009: August #6 - #3
Best of 2009: July #6 - #1
Best of 2009: July #10 - #7
*dances around room* GUESS WHAT I GOT!!!
Best of 2009: June #6 - #1
Best of 2009: June #12 - #7
Best of 2009: May #4 - #1
Best of 2009: May #8 - #5
Best of 2009: April #2 & #1
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Best of 2009: February #2 & #1
INTERVIEW: Kate Miller-Heidke
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