Best of 2022

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I wasn't able to get it finished yesterday. :)

It's a new year so it's time for my annual Best Of post! Here is a round-up of 2022's posts. :) I wasn't able to get it finished before the end of the year, so I'm posting it today instead. You can see my previous Best Of posts at these links:

2016's Best Of: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/best-of-2016.html

2017's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/best-of-2017.html

2018's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/best-of-2018.html

2019's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/best-of-2019.html

2020's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/best-of-2020.html

2021's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/best-of-2021.html

Music

As with previous years, I wrote a couple of posts sharing new music for the new year. There were two this year, similar to 2021:

New Music for 2022- Bollywood:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-bollywood.html

New Music for 2022- Various: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-various.html

African

In October I did a post rounding-up the African music posts from 2021 and the 2022 ones I had done up to then. And I also featured a couple of African songs as Weekly Music Videos afterwards. Plus, some African dance videos (see the first Dance Videos Round-up post under the Dance section).

 

Afropop Round-up 2021-2022: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/afropop-round-up-2021-2022.html

Yemi Alade- Baddie (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekly-music-video_9.html

Mr Eazi feat. D JTárico and Joey B (pan-African): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/weekly-music-video.html

 

C-pop

I did 4 posts in my semi-regular series C-pop Saturday during 2022. I also shared some Chinese dance in Public (see the first Dance Videos Round-up post under Dance) and ended the year with a Weekly Music Video from WayV. I did also write some general Asian music posts that featured C-pop (see below).

 

WayV- Diamonds:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/weekly-music-video_28.html

 

C-pop Saturday:  

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/08/c-pop-saturday.html 

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/c-pop-saturday.html

 

Eurovision

I wrote 4 posts in the lead up to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. It was significant for the UK because we came 2nd with Sam Ryder's SPACE MAN,  our best result in a long time! The winner was Ukraine with Kalush Orchestra's Stefania. Unfortunately, Ukraine is not able to host this year's Eurovision due to the war, so we will host. The 2023 contest will be in Liverpool. 

 

Eurovision Countdown- Past Contestant Hadise: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/eurovision-countdown-past-contestant.html

Eurovision Countdown- ASC Contestant AleXa: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/eurovision-countdown-asc-contestant.html

Countdown to Eurovision 2022!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/countdown-to-eurovision-2022.html 

Eurovision 2022 Favourites: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/eurovision-2022-favourites.html

 

J-pop

Not much J-pop this year. I featured my fave Koda Kumi song feel in a post about my favourite love songs (see below under Various). And I shared some J-pop in Public dances (see the second Dance Videos Round-up under the Dance section). Apart from that I included a J-pop video in a post featuring some new-(ish) K-pop music in May and my general Asian music posts (inluding Asian Music Round-up 2) featured Japanese pop. I plan to share more J-pop in 2023!

 

New(ish) K-pop (and J-pop) Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/newish-k-pop-and-j-pop-videos.html

K-pop 

There were several K-pop posts in 2022. I included a couple of songs in the New Music for 2022- Various post (listed under New Music), although one is an English language song . And I featured BTS' Home in my Current Favourite Songs post in February (see under Various for that) and TWICE'S Talk that Talk in my August New Music Releases post (listed under New Music Releases). Plus, there was more K-pop in my general Asian music posts (including Asian Music Round-up 2).

There was some K-pop dance too, included in a post called K-pop in Public Dances (2022) which you can find listed in the first Dance Videos Round-up post (under the Dance section).

 

Here are the stand-alone K-pop posts: 

OMEGA X- LOVE ME LIKE: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/weekly-music-video_23.html

MONSTA X- LOVE: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/weekly-music-video.html

New(ish) K-pop (J-pop) Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/newish-k-pop-and-j-pop-videos.html

New K-pop Videos (July): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/07/new-k-pop-videos.html

HUTA (of BTOB)- BOOM: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/08/weekly-music-video.html

2022- VMA Performances- BLACKPINK: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/2022-vma-performances-blackpink.html

THE BOYZ- WHISPER: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/weekly-music-video.html

BLACKPINK- Shut Down: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekly-music-video.html

K-pop Christmas Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/k-pop-christmas-songs.html

 

New Music Releases

Only a few posts on new music releases this year: 

New Music for 2022- Bollywood:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-bollywood.html

New Music for 2022- Various: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-various.html

New Music- B Young and BANKS: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/new-music-b-young-and-banks.html

New BANKS Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/new-banks-album.html

 

Weekly Music Videos

My favourite Weekly Music Videos from the year:

B Young- Livin Easy?: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/weekly-music-video_12.html

Sinead Harnett- Let Go: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/weekly-music-video_23.html

Justin Bieber feat. Don Toliver- Honest: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/weekly-music-video_11.html

thuy feat. P-Lo- inhibitions: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/05/weekly-music-video_18.html

Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa and Young Thug- Potion: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_8.html

Nija- Beautiful Lies: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_15.html

Lolo Zouai- Give Me a Kiss: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_22.html

SiR- Nothing Even Matters: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/weekly-music-video.html

Denise Julia- superficial energy: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekly-music-video_16.html

Era Istrefi and Buta- 5AM (Albanian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekly-music-video_30.html  

RINI- Pressure: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/weekly-music-video_14.html

 

Various 

Current Favourite Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/current-favourite-songs.html

My Favourite Love Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-favourite-love-songs.html

Asian Music Round-up 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/more-asian-music.html

Live Performances Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/live-performances-round-up.html   

Asian Boy Bands- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/asian-boy-bands-part-1.html

Asian Boy Bands- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/07/asian-boy-bands-part-2.html

Summer Vibes: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/07/summer-vibes.html

Mabel- Live Performances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/08/mabel-live-performances.html

Filipino Groups: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/08/filipino-groups.html

2022- VMA Performances- BLACKPINK: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/2022-vma-performances-blackpink.html

2022 VMA Performances- Jack Harlow feat. Fergie + Anitta: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/2022-vmas-jack-harlow-feat-fergie-and.html

More JoJo Live Performances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/more-jojo-live-performances.html

25th Anniversary of Mariah Carey's Butterfly Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/25th-anniversary-of-mariah-careys.html

Ashanti Through the Years- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/ashanti-through-years-part-1.html

20th Anniversary of J.Lo's This is Me... Then Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/20th-anniversary-of-jlos-this-is-me.html 

More Asian Groups: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/more-asian-groups.html

Favourite Songs of 2022: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/favourite-songs-of-2022.html

 Films

Just one film specific post in 2022:

True Movies Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/true-movies-round-up.html

 

Films/Music

 

Bollywood  

A few Bollywood posts this past year, similar to 2021:

New Music for 2022- Bollywood:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-bollywood.html

Kenishaa Francis and Tejas Agarwal- Blue Naina (not actually Bollywood but a Hindi song): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/weekly-music-video_9.html

Bollywood Covers/Remakes:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/04/bollywood-coversremakes.html  

Kala Sha Kala from OM: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_29.html

Manike from Thank God: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/weekly-music-video_19.html

 

There was also some Bollywood dance and the Selection of Hallowe'en Treats! post (see under Various at the bottom of the post) included a Bollywood song.

 

Tollywood

Only one Tollywood post, although the New Music for 2022- Bollywood post featured a song from Radhe Shyam, which is a multilingual film (Hindi/Telugu) film.

Jala Jala Jalapaatham from Uppentha: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/weekly-music-video_16.html

Dance

Quite a lot of dance videos this past year! I did two round-ups of posts for 2022, so I'll share them below:

Dance Videos Round-up 2022- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/07/dance-videos-round-up-2022-part-1.html

Dance Videos Round-up 2022- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/dance-videos-round-up-2022-part-2-new.html

 

TV 

Only a few TV posts:  

True Movies Round-up (included this because they're TV movies): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/true-movies-round-up.html

New Jennifer Lopez Documntary (it's on Netflix, but I'm listing it under TV): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/new-jennifer-lopez-documentary.html

Teen Mom: The Next Chapter: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/teen-mom-next-chapter.html

 

 

Popular Posts

This is a newer section that I introduced in 2021, featuring the most popular posts on the blog from the past year.

 

More JoJo Live Performances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/more-jojo-live-performances.html

Asian Boy Bands- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/asian-boy-bands-part-1.html

Lolo Zouai- Give Me a Kiss (Weekly Music Video): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_22.html

Kala Sha Kala from OM (Weekly Music Video): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/weekly-music-video_29.html

K-pop in Public Dances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/06/k-pop-in-public-dances-2022.html

Pérola- Sincera (Weekly Music Video): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/07/weekly-music-video.html

B Young feat. King Promise- Rolling Stone: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/weekly-music-video_28.html

Teen Mom: The Next Chapter: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/09/teen-mom-next-chapter.html

 

It's interesting to see which posts were the most popular. Thank for all the views :) 

 

Various

Selection of Hallowe'en Treats!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/10/selection-of-halloween-treats.html

 

So that's it for 2022! Hope everyone's New Year has started off well. Thank you again for visiting the blog and I hope you will continue to come back during 2023. :)