My OPM Top 10 (January 29, 2016) #5 Bamboo - Firepower

The fourth of Bamboo's top 10 hit is Firepower.  It climbs up this week to #5.

My OPM Top 10 (January 29, 2016) #6 Bamboo - Nothing Like You

Bamboo has two hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown this week.  The first one, Nothing Like You, comes in at #6.  This brings to four, the total number of top 10 hits of Bamboo in my local countdown.

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Bamboo has four top 10 hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown.  Two of them went all the way to #1.

2013 - Ikot ng Mundo (#1)

2013 - In This Life (#1)

2016 - Nothing Like You (#6)

2016 - Firepower (#5)

An Embarrassment of Riches in The Voice Kids

The director of the Bourne Legacy once said that the talent here in the Philippines was "an embarrasment of riches". Obviously, he referred to the acting pool in our country.

We can safely say that it also applies to the overabundance of singing talent in this country.

Thanks to Ma'm Ligaya Salonga and Jennifer Sy, I was lucky again to see the latest incarnation of The Voice series here in the Philippines! This time, the contestants were kids!! Last night, I watched six very talented kids vie for four slots in the final round of the competition. Sa totoo lang, ang hirap pumili kung sinong i-eliminate. 

Jennifer Sy and I were discussing it after dinner and I candidly told her who I wanted to stay in the competition, and we realized, walang matitira sa Team Lea!! 

If I were a judge kasi, just basing from last night's performance, I would pick Edray as my first pick, because she really has 'the voice'! Then Juan Karlos as second pick because he's guapo and malakas ang stage presence, then Darren as a very close third pick. This kid performs like Bruno Mars! He can sing and he can move and he can belt as well!

My fourth pick and sentimental choice is Lyca who was so earnest and sweet and so innocent in her responses to the questions. The funny thing is, among the performances last night, it was hers that I was almost choked to tears! She had that 'paawa' effect kasi and she did a great version of Sharon Cuneta's song

2013 myFABE Awit Awards: Favorite Rock Performer of the Year

The five different nominees in this category this year represent different rock styles unique to the sound of each artist.  Here are the nominees in this category -

Ebe Dancel

Bamboo

Rico Blanco

Yeng Constantino

Zelle

and the Awit award goes to Rico Blanco.

Rico Blanco Gets His Fifth #1 Song in My OPM Countdown

Rico Blanco gets his fifth #1 song in my personal countdown this week as What It Is, moves from #3 to #1.

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

#1 Rico Blanco - What It is (#3)

#2 Chris Cantada - Other Side (#1)

#3 Roxee B and Q-York - Wow  (#5)

#4 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#2)

#5 Bamboo - Carousel (#4)

#6 Jaya - At Your Best (#6)

#7 Save Me Hollywood - Reckless (#7)

#8 Drop Decay - Charades (#8)

#9 Shuffled - The Existence (#9)

#10 Callalily - HKM (#10)

Chris Cantada Tops My OPM Countdown For the Second Time This Week

Chris Cantada's album is turning out to be a treasure trove of hits as Other Side, tops my OPM countdown this week. It's his second #1 hit in my OPM countdown after Scarred went to #1 around this time last year.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending July 19, 2013 -

#1 Chris Cantada - Other Side (#3)

#2 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#2)

#3 Rico Blanco - What It is (#10)

#4 Bamboo - Carousel (#9)

#5 Roxee B and Q-York - Wow  (#7)

#6 Jaya - At Your Best (NEW)

#7 Save Me Hollywood - Reckless (NEW)

#8 Drop Decay - Charades (NEW)

#9 Shuffled - The Existence (NEW)

#10 Callalily - HKM (NEW)

Chicser Tops My OPM Countdown This Week with Hello I Love You

The all male teen group Chicser tops my OPM countdown this week as Hello I Love You rises from #2 to #1.  It's their very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending July 12, 2013 -

#1 Chicser - Hello I Love You (#2)

#2 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#1)

#3 Chris Cantada - The Other Side (#3)

#4 Gloc-9 ft Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (#4)

#5 Kris Lawrence - Sabihn Mo Na Lang (#5)

#6 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#6)

#7 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow (#7)

#8 Emmanuelle - Tonight (#8)

#9 Bamboo - Carousel (#10)

#10 Rico Blanco - What It Is (NEW)

Liezel Garcia Tops My OPM Countdown This Week with Annaliza

Liezel Garcia gets her very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as Annaliza moves from #7 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs this week -

#1 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#7)

#2 Chicser - Hello I Love You (#2)

#3 Chris Cantada - The Other Side (#10)

#4 Gloc-9 ft Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (#5)

#5 Kris Lawrence - Sabihin Mo Naman (#6)

#6 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#3)

#7 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow (#8)

#8 Emanuelle - Tonight (#9)

#9 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart (#1)

#10 Bamboo - Carousel (NEW)

Bamboo Gets His Second #1 Song in My OPM Countdown This Week

Bamboo posts his second #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as In This Life, moves from #2 to #1.  Last year, Ikot ng Mundo, went to #1.

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

#1 Bamboo - In This Life (#2)

#2 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin' (#3)

#3 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#1)

#4 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#5)

#5 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#6)

#6 Maldita - Dehado (#8)

#7 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#9)

#8 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#10)

#9 She's Only Sixteen - Amygdala (NEW)

#10 Gloc-9 ft Zia Quizon - Katulad Ng Iba (NEW)

Itchyworms Notch their Fourth Consecutive #1 Song in My OPM Countdown

Itchyworms makes it 4 out of 4 this week, as After All This Time, becomes their fourth consecutive #1 song in the my OPM countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 17, 2013 -

#1 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#2)

#2 Bamboo - In This Life (#3)

#3 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin' (#7)

#4 Ebe Dancel - Bawat Daan (#4)

#5 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#6)

#6 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#10)

#7 Wynn Andrada - Tamang Panahon (#1) 

#8 Maldita - Dehado (#8)

#9 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#9)

#10 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (NEW)

Wynn Andrada Tops My OPM Top 10 Countdown This Week

Young male singer-songwriters have been making their presence felt in my OPM countdown this year.  Young JV, Jensen Gomez, Chris Cayzer, and now, Wynn Andrada have all topped my OPM countdown this year.  This week, Wynn's song Tamang Panahon, moves from #2 to #1.  It's his first trip to the top spot.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 10, 2013 -

#1 Wynn Andrada - Tamang Panahon (#2)

#2 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#3)

#3 Bamboo - In This Life (#10)

#4 Ebe Dancel and the cast of Sa Wakas - Bawat Daan (#1)

#5 Yeng Constantino - Alaala (#9)

#6 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#8)

#7 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin' (NEW)

#8 Maldita - Dehado (NEW)

#9 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (NEW)

#10 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (NEW)

Ebe Dancel's 'Bawat Daan' Spends A Second Week at the Top of My OPM Top 10

Ebe Dancel's Bawat Daan, becomes the second OPM hit this year to spend a second week at the top spot.  Earlier this year, Juris spent two weeks at the top with Hanggang Wakas.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 3, 2013 -

#1 Ebe Dancel and the Cast of 'Sa Wakas' - Bawat Daan (#1)

#2 Wynn Andrada - Tamang Panahon (#3)

#3 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#4)

#4 Jensen Gomez - Umpisa (#5)

#5 KZ Tandingan - Scared to Death (#2)

#6 Angeline Quinto - Sana Ngayon Lang Ang Kahapon (#6)

#7 Erik Santos - This Song is For You (#7)

#8 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#8)

#9 Yeng Constantino - Alaala (#9)

#10 Bamboo - In This Life (#10)

Ebe Dancel Gets His Third #1 Song This Week in My OPM Top 10 Countdown

Ebe Dancel's song from the musical, Sa Wakas, which is showing this weekend at the PETA Theatre, Bawat Daan, debuts at #1 in my OPM Top 10 countdown this week - the first OPM act to ever do that.  It's also Ebe's third #1 song in my countdown.

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

#1 Ebe Dancel ft the cast of Sa Wakas - Bawat Daan (NEW)

#2 KZ Tandingan - Scared to Death (#3)

#3 Wynn Andrada -  Tamang Panahon (#7)

#4 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#9)

#5 Jensen Gomez - Umpisa (#1)

#6 Angeline Quinto - Sana Ngayon Lang ang Kahapon (NEW)

#7 Erik Santos - This Song is For You (#8)

#8 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#10)

#9 Yeng Constantino - Alaala (NEW)

#10 Bamboo - In This Life (NEW)

Bamboo's Solo Effort Finally Pays Off

It would be hard to stifle the musical creativity of Bamboo so that even if he goes from band to band and now as a solo artist, he would most likely come up with a song that the public would love.  Since his namesake band broke up last year, Bamboo has gone solo and released No Water, No Moon, his first solo album.  He tops the OPM Myx Countdown this week with Ikot Ng Mundo, one of the tracks from that album.

I'm still warming up to the song. Even though he's a rock icon here in the Philippines, I haven't exactly warmed up to his kind of rock.