Two years ago today, a certain little pop music blog first went live with a rather glowing appraisal of Cyndi Lauper’s new album ‘Bring Ya To The Brink’ (we said at the time “this album, if anything, proves she’s still ready, willing and more than able to challenge for a position in the upper reaches of pOp royalty!”)
After two years online, we’ve been consistently tweaking and improving auspOp to bring you a music site that offers reliable, up to date information on all things pop in Australia.
We had some pretty basic graphics and some pretty basic stories to start off with. We used to use the capital ‘O’ every time we wrote the word ‘pop’, we even had silly little bullets either side of our name (•auspOp•). Thankfully we got over that little phase and motored along.
In the two years we’ve been online, we’ve brought you more than 3500 stories, interviewed Ricki-Lee, Paulini, Boyzone, Sam Clark, Gabriella Cilmi, Operator Please, Brian McFadden and many more, we’ve brought you countless prizes (more of them later today), there’s been the weekly chart wraps, the new release schedule, the tour news, the debates, the diary, new videos, new artwork, a new url (www.auspOp.net), a new Twitter account (twitter.com/auspOp), new graphics and much more.
And thanks to you and your incredible support, and with the support of all the major record and touring companies, we continue to grow bigger and stronger.
We now reach more than 35,000 unique visitors every month (and more than 13,000 returning visitors per month).
So thankyou for your truly amazing support.
We hope to continue to bring you everything you love about pop and more in the months and years ahead.
The auspOp team
(Now what about those prizes? Stick around – they’re about to go OFF!)
Australia's first stop for pop!
MusicMan says
Sorry if I’m late Auspop! Been busy lately! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSPOP!!!! My FAVOURITE blog on the net and not forgetting the awesome prizes!!
(Remember my Agnes obsession?)Hahaha!
I hope Auspop will continue to live on as the best blog for music fans all over the world! Cheers from Malaysia!
Phil says
Happy Birthday!!!
I visit this blog practically every day and check up on what’s happening in the world of pOp music! I love it, keep up the awesome work!!!
Alex says
Congrats guys. I am really impressed with your work. You’re an ever-reliable source for pop news! Amazed at the traffic numbers too! Well done!
Aaron says
AAAAWWWWWW!!!! – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAAAPPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR auspOp – HAAAAAAAPPPYYY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
The site is absolutely amazing, and always has been a huge inspiration and guide for me and my site – It’s amazing, and I really hope we have a LONG LONG time with your blog in it!
Anonymous says
CONGRATULATIONS. happybirth day!
Auspop you’re best and most credible music blog!
Henry says
Congratulations on 2 great years. I check the blog every few hours. My friends are always amazed how I find out about things first. Thanks to you I managed to get tickets to the special Robbie Williams concert last year.
Anonymous says
I come on here nearly everyday, often many times in a day, haha! Sad, I know…
I even remember the Cyndi Lauper story.
Its a great escape from the world and good to read about up to date info on what I love – pop music.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers
Tuvak
outoutout says
Happy Birthday, auspOp! Hip hip! (Hooray!)
twistoftroy says
Congrats and your site is fantastic for Music Lovers to found out news. You do such a great job. I love this Blog.
JimJim says
Massive CONGRATULATIONS! :D
AuspOp is quite possibly my favourite blog on the internet, constantly up-to-date, incredibly reliable and you listen and respond to your readers as well. Keep up the good work – here’s to another year!
~JimJim
Fernando says
Hiya! Congratulations for this two year journey and hopefully there’s a lot more to come! :)
I’m Brazilian, but I love reading the posts here because I love your spot on humour and excellent music taste.
All the best xx
(www.danniibrasil.com)
eye heart Damien Leith says
Happy 2nd birthday to you. It has been great following your site for the last 6 months or so.
Keep up the good work.
Henry says
Happy Birthday auspOp!!!