Wrong.
The poll of music industry experts placed Gaga as the sixth most likely artist to succeed in 2009.
Earlier in the week, the fifth, fourth and third spots were conferred upon La Roux, Empire of the Sun and Florence and the Machine respectively and yesterday White Lies were declared runner-up in the list.
[Image: bandweblogs]The lone 'rock' act in an especially poppy Top 5, the London based trio make moody rock music that combines heavy guitar riffs with earthy vocals from vocalist Harry McVeigh. Of the artists in the Top 5, this act is the one I'd be least likely to listen to but I reckon they are one of the most likely to enjoy major success.
Here's the video to their morbidly titled new single 'To Lose My Life'
Today, Little Boots (known as Victoria Hesketh to her mammy and daddy) was unveiled as the number one artist likely to succeed this year. Yet another synth-pop princess, the Little Boots project was born after Hesketh's involvement in a band called Dead Disco (who I always felt had the ingredients to be quite brilliant but somehow weren't) came to an end in 2007.
Over the past twelve months, she has amassed a substantial online following as a result of regularly posting cover versions of songs by other artists on her Youtube channel. Theses songs ranged from Hot Chip and Girls Aloud to The Human League and Estelle.
[Image: The Fader]Later, Little Boots' own material began to surface and generated considerable blog hype. In November, she appeared on Later with Jools Holland playing a Japanese gadget called a Tenori-on in a performance that no doubt widened her fanbase. Check out the video below as well as her single, Stuck on Repeat, whose title aptly sums up how much I've been playing the Fake Blood remix of the song the past few days.
Frankmusik didn't even make the Top 10 on the list. Better luck next year, eh?
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