fun. Is Back at #1 for the Second Time

fun. returns to the #1 spot this week, as Sight of the Sun, from the Girls soundtrack, moves from #2 to #1 this week.  Last year, Some Nights went to #1.  Nate Ruess also went to #1 as a solo artist, in a duet with Pink for the song Just Give Me A Reason.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 31, 2013 -

#1 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#2)

#2 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#4)

#3 Jason Mraz - I'm Coming Over (#5)

#4 Cast of The Full Monty - Breeze Off the River (#6)

#5 ReConnected - One in a Million (#7)

#6 Robbie Williams ft Lissie - Loser (#10)

#7 Norah Jones - Say Goodbye (#9)

#8 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (#22)

#9 RADWIMPS - Dreamers High (#12)

#10 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate (#14)

Britt Nicole Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Britt Nicole tops my personal countdown this week with her hit, Gold.  It's her very first #1 hit in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 24, 2013 -

#1 Britt Nicole - Gold (#14)

#2 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#15)

#3 Judy Collins - Song for Judith (#28)

#4 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#30)

#5 Jason Mraz - I'm Coming Over (#1)

#6 Cast of The Full Monty - Breeze Off the River (#16)

#7 ReConnected - One in a Million (#18)

#8 Anna Kendrick - Cups (#20)

#9 Norah Jones - Say Goodbye (#31)

#10 Robbie Williams ft. Lissie - Loser (#32)

Alexis Jordan Tops My Personal Countdown for the Second Time

Alexis Jordan burst into the scene in 2010 when her song Happiness topped my personal countdown.  Three years later, she gets to the top spot again with Hush Hush.  This is her third top ten hit in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 26, 2013 -

#1  Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (#2)

#2 Ne-Yo ft Jessica Sanchez - Tonight (#7)

#3 Britt Nicole - Gold (#5)

#4 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#28)

#5 Lee Hi - Scarecrow (#12)

#6 Lee Seung Gi - Return (#18)

#7 Valerie Bonneton - Ca M'Ennerve (#8)

#8 Tegomass - Sayonara Ni Sayonara (#4)

#9 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#9)

#10 The 1975 - Chocolate (#14)

A Spanish Song From A Colombian and Brazilian Singer Tops My Personal Countdown this Week

Carlos Vives from Colombia and Michel Telo from Brazil, both big superstars in the world of Latin music, get their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo moves from #2 to #1.  It's also the second top 10 hit for both guys in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite song for the week ending April 5, 2013 -

#1 Carlos Vives / Michel Telo - Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo (#2)

#2 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4 - (#3)

#3 Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush  (#6)

#4 Tegomass - Sayonara Ni Sayonara (#7)

#5 Leighton Meester - Words I Couldn't Say (#8)

#6 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (#1)

#7 Ronan Keating - NYC Girl (#10)

#8 One Direction - Heart Attack (#11)

#9 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#17)

#10 Lee Seung Gi - Return (#16)

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette has thirty-four top forty hits in my personal countdown, 33 of them going top 10, and 23 #1 songs.

1995 - You Oughta Know (#1)
1995 - Hand in My Pocket (#1)
1996 - Ironic (#1)
1996 - You Learn (#1)
1996 - Head Over Feet (#1)
1996 - All I Really Want (#1)
1996 - Perfect (#3)
1996 - Right Through You (#1)
1996 - Not the Doctor (#1)
1998 - Uninvited (#1)
1998 - Thank U (#1)
1999 - Unsent (#1)
1999 - So Pure (#1)
2002 - Hands Clean (#1)
2002 - 21 Things I Want In A Lover (#1)
2002 - Flinch (#1)
2002 - That Particular Time (#1)
2002 - So Unsexy (#1)
2002 - Narcissus (#3)
2002 - Precious Illusions (#3)
2004 - Doth I Protest Too Much (#1)
2004 - Knees of My Bees (#1)
2004 - Everything (#1)
2004 - Eight Easy Steps (#1)
2004 - Out is Through (#3)
2004 - Excuses (#1)
2008 - Torch (#1)
2008 - In Praise of the Vulnerable Man (#5)
2008 - Not As We (#7)
2008 - Underneath (#6)
2012 - Woman Down (#2)
2013 - Guardian (#29)
2013 - Havoc (#34)
2013 - Empathy (#2)

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill Top my Personal Countdown List This Week

 

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill become the second duet to top my personal countdown this year with their song Don't Rush.  Earlier this year, Gotye and Kimbra hit #1 with Somebody I Used to Know.   This week, the song jumps from #10 to #1.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending December 7, 2012 -

#1 Kelly Clarkson / Vince Gill - Don't Rush

#2 Ke$ha - Die Young

#3 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath

#4 Alanis Morissette - Woman Down

#5 BB Brunes - Coups et Blessures

#6 Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home

#7 Sakanaction - Yoru No Odoriko

#8 Frank Ocean - Thinking About You

#9 Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

#10 Cassadee Pope - Over You

Japanese Band Sakanaction Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

Here are my favorite foreign songs for the week ending November 16, 2012 -

#1 Sakanaction - Yoru No Higashigawa (3)

#2 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (2)

#3 P!nk and Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (1)

#4 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (5)

#5 Mary J. Blige - Need Someone (NEW)

#6 Alanis Morrissette - Woman Down (NEW)

#7 Nicki Minaj - Marilyn Monroe (RE)

#8 Ryan O'Shaughnessy - No Name (NEW)

#9 Imagine Dragons - It's Time (NEW)

#10 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (NEW)

Chart Performance: Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette gets her sixth top 10 album in the US this week, as Havoc and Bright Lights debuts at #5.  Below are her top 10 albums in the US -

1995 - Jagged Little Pill (#1)

1998 - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (#1)

2002 - Under Rug Swept (#1)

2004 - So Called Chaos (#5)

2008 - Flavors of Entanglement (#8)

2012 - Havoc and Bright Lights (#5)

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Alanis Morissette In 'Guardian' Mode

The torchbearer of angst in the mid-90s is now a first-time mother and her first single from her latest album, Havoc and Bright Lights, out this August, is aptly entitled 'Guardian'.  I've practically loved everything Alanis has dished out since her first album - as each of her albums have been accurate portraits of where she was at that point in her life.  Throughout her career - her songwriting has always reflected her honest feelings and I'm sure it will be the same thing in her new album.  I am so looking forward to listening to it.  For now, just give a listen to her first single -

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