Here is Press Play’s annual review of all things we loved about 2019.

Highlights from 2019

• Keith’s son’s Bar Mitzvah!!!
• DJing a wedding from a past Bat Mitzvah client (our 3^rd year in a row doing so)
• Press Play welcomed Big Mouth Jojo from Kiss 108 into our SuperStar DJ rotation
• Miguel joined our ranks as a dancer/party motivator
• We performed at our biggest wedding (over 400 people) @ Empire Garden Restaurant in China Town
  • We saw our first live Lion/Dragon Dance at the wedding
• Received wedding requests from Buffalo, NY and Washington DC
• The 1000s of compilations and remixes that were released in 2019
• DJ Jay turning the BIG 40
• Baby Yoda
• Our continued partnership with the Biggsteps event in Needham in support of the Sean D Biggs Memorial Foundation (http://www.seandbiggsmemorialfoundation.org/)

Top Requested Songs of 2019

1. Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
2. Mark Ronson f. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
3. Cupid – Cupid Shuffle
4. Toto/Weezer – Africa
5. Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
6. Pitbull f. Kesha – Timber
7. Jonas Brothers – Sucker
8. Lizzo – Juice
9. Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance
10. Shek Wes – Mo Bamba

Press Play’s Favorite Artists & Songs from 2019 (in no particular order)

• Lizzo – who didn’t love this breakout performer?!
• Halsey – just keeps getting better with every new release and her Live performances of “Graveyard” were incredible
• Post Malone – his new album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” was one of the best of the year
  • “Take What You Want” with Ozzy and Travis Scott is Keith’s favorite song of the year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYa_ReqRlcs)
• Ed Sheeran – another great year for the redhead. “No. 6 Collaborations Project” had so many great tunes.  Here are some of our favorites
  • “Blow” with Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93NCuXt7x4)
  • “Beautiful People” with Khalid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0XInqZMHY)
  • “Antisocial” with Travis Scott (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkxLRuSteI)
• “Only Human” by Jonas Brothers
• NF – Dylan’s favorite new artist
• Logic – has only gotten better since his first hit
  • “Wu Tang Forever” featuring the entire Wu Tang Clan is an 8 minute banger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3-skAbrO2g)
• Dua Lipa – her 2 end of the year song releases are great to get folks on the dance floor
  • “Don’t Start Now” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygrmJFKYZY)
  • “Future Nostalgia” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ-vZyBzOQ)
• “Dance Monkey” – Tones and I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hyYWKXF0Q)
• Songland on NBC – not only a great show for any music lover, but also produced some great songs in 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=songland+tv+show)
  • “Shadow” by Macklemore Featuring IRO
  • “Getting Started” by Aloe Blacc
  • “Greenlight” by Jonas Brothers
• The remix and music video for “No Guidance” by Chris Brown & Drake
• Mabel – one of the underappreciated artists of the year in our opinion
• A big year for some great collaborations (including ones already listed)
  • “Seniorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
  • “Dancing with a Stranger” by Sam Smith and Normani
  • “Me!” by Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
  • “11 Minutes” by Yungblud and Halsey
  • “I’ve Been Waiting” by Lil Peep, ILoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy

Did we miss any of your favorites?  Let us know in the comments.

We are looking forward to creating our new lists and favorites for 2020!

Press Play Entertainment’s Year in Review 2018

Here is our 3^rd annual Year in Review!  And, what a year it was for Press Play in 2018!  I want to extend a big THANK YOU to all our clients who chose us to help them celebrate their special occasions!  We also want to give a big SHOUT to our AWESOME vendor partners, who have become some of our closest friends in the industry and have helped us throw some great parties; Rachel @ Rachel G Events, Deb & Jen from sh Events, Elin from Elin Photography, Christian from Boston Photo Booth Rentals, Marc from Memories in an Instant, Scott and family from DJ Scott Events, and many more!  Another special THANK YOU to Rebecca Moran from Moran Media, who continually helps us with our website.

I, personally, want to thank my incredible team of Super Star DJs, Emcees, and dancers; Jay, Alan, Mikey V, Tony, Russ, Aly, Danaysha, and Rob, you make this job fun and memorable, not only for our clients, but for me as well.  I would not want to party with anyone else.

With 2019 right around the corner, we wanted to share some of our top lists and things from 2018.

Press Play Highlights from 2018:

• Mikey V from Kiss 108 begins joins the Press Play stable of DJs and Emcees
• Press Play finally joins The Knot and was selected as a 2019 winner
  in “The Knot Best of Weddings”, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals
  as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot
• DJ Tony started helping us throw incredible parties for clients
• Aly did her 1^st gig as a DJ for us, after years of being our lead party motivator (she got incredible reviews from the client)
• After over 25 years, we finally did a back-to-back gig at the same venue, on the same day.
• We released our new website. Fantastic job Rebecca!
• Press Play FINALLY joined Instagram
• We had the honor and privilege of helping these INCREDIBLE foundations and organizations in 2018
  • Sean D Biggs Memorial Foundation
  • The Jimmy Fund
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Needham
  • Cradles to Crayons

Top Requested Songs from 2018 – Overall

10.Despacito – Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber

9.Cha Cha Slide – DJ Casper

8.24K Magic – Bruno Mars

7.God’s Plan – Drake

6.The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

5.New Rules – Dua Lipa

4.Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

3.I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin

2.Perfect – Ed Sheeran

1.In My Feelings – Drake

Top Requested Songs from 2018 – Weddings

10.Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

9.Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

8.A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

7.Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars

6.Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

5.I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston

4.This is How We Do It – Montell Jordan

3.Despacito – Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber

2.24K Magic – Bruno Mars

1.Perfect – Ed Sheeran

Most Played Artists of 2018

10.Dua Lipa

9.Camila Cabello

8.Taylor Swift

7.Ariana Grande

6.Post Malone

5.J Balvin

4.Ed Sheeran

3.Cardi B

2.Drake

1.Bruno Mars

Finally, all of us at Press Play Entertainment would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year!  Let’s keep the momentum going on another great year!

Now booking into 2021.  Contact us today for details.  https://pressplayboston.com/contact-us/