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Best Of 2016

In the latest Weekly Music Video post I mentioned that I was doing a  Best Of 2016 post. So here it is! These are my favourite posts on the blog for this year. :)



Music


C-pop

I don't listen to C-pop as much as J-pop and K-pop but this year I did listen to some new artists and featured two of them on the blog:

Jolin Tsai vs Jay Chou: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/girls-vs-boys-c-pop.html




Eurovison

This year's Eurovison Song Contest post: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/current-eurovision-acts-nostalgia.html



J-pop

Not so much J-pop in 2016 but I plan to listen to more next year. Here's a post on some J-pop artists:
  
http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/more-j-pop-acts.html




K-pop

I've liked K-pop for a few years now but I got more into it this year, especially when Arirang TV started being shown in the UK in October! I posted quite a few K-pop Weekly Music Videos (see below for some of them). In addition to that here are two more K-pop posts:

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/girls-vs-boys-k-pop.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/new-k-pop-releases.html





Lyrics

Nelly Furtado: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/nelly-furtado-te-busque-lyrics.html

Jennifer Lopez: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/jennifer-lopez-dame-lyrics-and.html



New releases

Quite a lot of new music came out in 2016 and I did a few posts on the new releases:

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/new-ariana-grande-songs.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/katy-bs-honey-album.html

 http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/new-ariana-grande-videos.html

 http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/new-nick-jonas-album.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/new-alunageorge-album.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/new-banks-album.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/new-jojo-album.html



Weekly Music Videos:

Tiwa Savage- Wanted: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/weekly-music-video_27.html

Christina Milian- Rebel: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/weekly-music-video_9.html

Reddy feat. Jay Park- Think: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/weekly-music-video_16.html

NCT U- The 7th Sense (K-pop): http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/weekly-music-video.html

Hoody- Like You (K-pop): http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/weekly-music-video_22.html

Zara Larsson- Lush Life: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/weekly-music-video.html

Snakehips feat. ZAYN- Cruel: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/weekly-music-video_31.html

Nicole Scherzinger- Bang: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/weekly-music-video_14.html

Era Istrefi- Mani Per Money: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/weekly-music-video_12.html

DJ POLIQUE feat. Atiye and 9Canlı- Kalbimin Fendi: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/weekly-music-video.html

Joss Stone- Stuck On You: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/weekly-music-video_20.html

Kris Wu- JULY: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/weekly-music-video_30.html

Meng Jia- Drip (C-pop): http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/weekly-music-video_14.html



World

I did a World Music round-up of posts on Star Sparkle up till June and July 2016:


 http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/world-music-round-up-africa-and-asia.html

 http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/world-music-round-up-america-canada.html


Also here is a post on  Albanian music: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/albanian-music.html




Various

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/more-fave-female-solo-singers.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/jojo-through-years.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/top-10-summer-songs.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/top-10-christina-aguilera-songs.html


Films/Music


Bollywood  

I haven't posted much about Bollywood this year, in fact I only did two posts! But here's my favourite out of them: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/nisha-kothari-and-emraan-hashmi-videos.html


Films

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/top-10-true-movies.html



Dance/TV

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/dance-moms-choreography-video.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/another-dance-moms-girls-video.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/la-clippers-dance-squad.html



TV

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/new-x-files-series.html

 http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/quantum-leap.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/teen-mom-uk.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/mariahs-world.html



Various

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/halloween-faves-round-up.html

http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/christmas-round-up.html




So that's it for 2016. Happy New Year and wishing you all a great 2017! :)



P.S. Since it's New Year's Eve here's a link to 2011's NYE post where I featured Mariah Carey singing Auld Lang Syne: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/happy-new-year.html

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