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Best of 2020

The year is almost over, so it's time for my annual Best Of post! You can see my posts for previous years at the links below: 

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 has been a strange and difficult year for most of us, but there have been some good things, including lots of new music! Here are some of my favourite posts from this year. :)

 

Music 

Like the past couple of years, I did some posts featuring new music for 2020: 

 New Music for 2020- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-music-for-2020-part-1.html

New Music for 2020- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html

New Music for 2020- Part 3:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html


African

I featured more African music this year, mainly in my Weekly Music Videos. It was mostly Nigerian,  but I also did a post about East African singers.

 

Ezi Emela- Mixed Emotions (British Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-music-video_19.html

Tiwa Savage- Attention (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video_18.html

emPawa Africa and Mr Eazi- I No Go Give Up On You (Nigerian/Ghanaian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-music-video_17.html  

East African Singers:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/east-african-singers.html

Yemi Alade- Boyz (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/weekly-music-video.html 

Krizbeats feat. Mr Eazi and Vanessa Mdee- Pamela (Nigerian/Ghanaian/Tanzanian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/weekly-music-video.html

NINIOLA- ADDICTED (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/weekly-music-video_28.html


C-pop

I planned to make C-pop Saturday more of a regular feature, and I did 5 posts this year, the same as in 2019. I also shared a Kris Wu song as a Weekly Music Video, and more Chinese music in my Summer Songs Round-up post (se under the Various section in Music.


Kris Wu- AURORA: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/weekly-music-video_20.html

 

C-pop Saturday:

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/c-pop-saturday.html

 
https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/c-pop-saturday.html 

 

Eurovision

Eurovision was very different this year, due to the semi-finals and grand final being cancelled because of the coronavirus. However, the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) still showed home concerts on YouTube, and they held the special event Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light on what would have been the Grand Final day. I wrote my usual two Eurovision themed posts:

Countdown to Eurovision (At Home) 2020!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/countdown-to-eurovision-at-home-2020.html

Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/eurovision-europe-shine-light.html

 

J-pop

I wrote several J-pop posts this year, and included some in Part 2 of New Music for 2020 .

New(ish) J-pop Videos:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-ish-j-pop-videos.html

RIRI- luv luv: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/weekly-music-video_27.html

Selection of J-pop Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/selection-of-j-pop-videos.html

More Videos from My YouTube Playlist- J-pop + K-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/more-videos-from-my-youtube-playlist-j.html

Happy 20th Anniversary Koda Kumi!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/happy-20th-anniversary-koda-kumi.html

 

K-pop

Quite a few K-pop posts during 2020, including in the New Music posts:

Tigers K Zero- NOW: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-music-video.html

 Videos from My YouTube Playlist- K-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/videos-from-my-youtube-playlist-k-pop.html

New K-pop Releases:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/new-k-pop-releases.html

BAEKHYUN- Candy: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/weekly-music-video_8.html 

K-pop Male Solo Stars: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/k-pop-male-solo-stars.html

 KARD- GUNSHOT: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-music-video.html

 MONSTA X- Love Killa: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/weekly-music-video.html

 

New Releases 

I wrote quite a few posts featuring new music releases: 

New Music for 2020- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-music-for-2020-part-1.html

New Music for 2020- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html

New Music for 2020- Part 3:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html

MONSTA X Debut English album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/monsta-x-debut-english-album.html

Alina Baraz Debut Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/alina-baraz-debut-album.html

New Music Releases (July): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-music-releases.html

New Music Releases (August): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-music-releases.html

New JoJo Deluxe Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-jojo-deluxe-album.html

New Mariah and Christina Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-mariah-and-christina-songs.html

New Music Releases (October): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-music-releases.html 

New Mariah Carey Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-mariah-carey-album.html

New Ariana Grande Album: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/new-ariana-grande-album.html


Weekly Music Video 

CORBYN- Breathe Again: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/weekly-music-video_8.html

Summer Walker- Playing Games: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/weekly-music-video_15.html 

J Balvin and Bad Bunny- LA CANCION:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-music-video_64.html

Mabel- Boyfriend: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-music-video_26.html

MIREI- Lonely in Tokyo:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video.html

Kristian Kostov- Honest: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video_11.html

Nguyen Phước Thin- Still Loving You (Vietnamese): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video_25.html

Ronisia-  Désolée (French): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-music-video.html

Anitta- Bang (Brazilian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/weekly-music-video.html

Jessie Ware- Spotlight: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/weekly-music-video_15.html

Jhené Aiko- Summer 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/weekly-music-video_22.html

Aiipo Rangela from thew Tollywood film Beautiful: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/weekly-music-video_12.html

Janine- Best Thing: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-music-video_9.html

A.CHAL- Pink Dust: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-music-video_16.html

Pia Mia- HOT: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-music-video_23.html

Hadise-  Küçük Bir Yol (Turkish(): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/weekly-music-video_21.html

Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber- Monster: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/weekly-music-video_25.html

John Lindahl feat. Pia Mia- Cuddled Up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/weekly-music-video_17.html

Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson- Oh Santa!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/christmas-is-now-2-days-away-so-time.html

 

Various 

Happy 50th Anniversary (Bday) Mariah Carey!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/happy-50th-anniversary-bday-mariah-carey.html

Current Favourite Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/current-favourite-songs.html  

Chillout Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/chillout-music.html

Summer Songs Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-songs-round-up.html

Asian Songs for Summer: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/asian-songs-for-summer.html

Christmas Songs for 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/christmas-songs-for-2020.html

 

Films/Music

Bollywood 

I did a round-up of Bollywood posts from 2019 to 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/bollywood-round-up-2019-2020.html 

 

Films

One film specific post this year:

Selection of True Movies: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/selection-of-true-movies.html

 

Dance 

I did quite a few dance videos in 2020, including Bollywood and K-pop in Public specific ones. You can see them all up to September in this post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/dance-videos-round-up-2020.html

K-pop in Public- EVERGLOW Dances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/k-pop-in-public-everglow-dances.html

World Dance Videos 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/world-dance-videos-2020.html

 

TV

New Teen Mom UK: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/new-teen-mom-uk.html

New Teen Mom YP + Teen Mom Australia: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-teen-mom-yp-teen-mom-australia.html

New Unexpected: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-unexpected.html

 

Various  

Hallowe'en Round-up 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/halloween-round-up-2.html

 

Well, that's it for 2020! The 2nd post is later this time because Christmas was on Friday, and I was a bit behind with posts. Hope you had a good Christmas, or other festival if you celebrated another one. :)

New Year's Day is on Thursday, so Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a better year in 2021! :)

 

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