Beyonce: Will She Be the Queen of Grammy's 2017?

Beyonce may finally win her first Grammy Album of the Year award for Lemonade, which for most music performers, is THE award to win.

However, except for two songs in that album, this one and All Night, none of the other songs appealed to me. I find this work a bit pretentious and although they say it preaches feminism and women doing for themselves, I could name ten other albums of women that showed real feminism without having to preach it to the rest of the world.

I feel that her previous album, the self-titled album, Beyonce, SHOULD'VE won the Album of the Year, the year it was nominated!

Now, that album was hiphop music on an operatic scale! The album was such a beauty I would listen to it for days, discovering new bits of grooves here and there, every time I listened to it.

And I loved each one of the songs there - walang filler - as they say.

My Weekly Top 10 (Oct. 23, 2015): Deorro and Chris Brown's Five More Hours Dominate the Top 10 This Week

Deorro gets his second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week and Chris Brown gets his 12th, as their collaboration, Five More Hours, zooms to #1 this week.  This is thanks largely to its inclusion in the new Body Jam release 74.  I just love dancing to this song!

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending October 23, 2015 -

#1 Deorro / Chris Brown - Five More Hours (#5)

#2 GTA / JTR - Mic Check (NEW)

#3 Flosstradamus / GTA / Lil Jon - Prison Riot (#9)

#4 Jarryd James - Do You Remember (NEW)

#5 Paris Blohm / Taylr Renee - Left Behinds (NEW)

#6 Emma White - Rewind (Mikkas Remix) (NEW)

#7 Beyonce - 7-11 (NEW)

#8 Tori Amos - Selkie (#2)

#9 Toni Braxton / Babyface - Take It Back (#3)

#10 Ricky Martin - Adios (#4)

My Weekly Top 10 (Oct. 23, 2015) #7 Beyonce - 7-11

Beyonce scores her 31st top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, as 7-11, debuts at #7.

MY TEN FAVORITE FOREIGN SONGS OF 2014 #8 Beyonce and Jay-z - Drunk in Love

I admit I wasn't immediately bowled over with Beyonce's last self-titled album.  It took months and a lot of hip hop classes with the G-Force for me to appreciate the fantastic work she did with that album.  Not surprising that she got a Grammy Album of the Year nod for it and I think she has enough fans in the Academy to snag her first Grammy for that prestigious category!

Funny thing is I also didn't immediately like this song when I heard it the first time at last year's Grammy awards.  Eventually, it became my most favorite song from that album of hers for obvious reasons, it's also the most raunchy!

Beyonce's Mine Tops the FABE Weekly Top 10 This Week!

It's actually tougher to get a #1 song nowadays as the competition is fierce. So for Beyonce to come up with four #1 songs from her latest album is an incredible achievement. It also shows how impressed I am about the work she has done on her latest work.

It's also Beyonce's 22nd 31 song.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending July 4, 2014 -

#10 Vertical Horizon - Consolation (RE)

Vertical Horizon's song 'Frost' became their second 1 song this year.  They follow it up with this song, 'Consolation' which has already peaked at #3, the week Vertical Horizon was here in Manila.  It starts its chart run now at #10.



#9 Lady Gaga - Do What You Want (NEW) 

Lady Gaga returns to the FABE Weekly Top 10 countdown with her 25th hit, Do What You Want.  It was featured in the current Body Jam release that's why the song has charted.  It's also the fifth top 10 hit from Lady Gaga's Artpop.




#8 Christina Perri - Human (#9)

Christina Perri's Human moves a notch to #8. It's her second top 10 hit after A Thousand Years which reached #6 last year.




#7 Lady Gaga - Swine (#8)

Lady Gaga's Swine moves up a notch to #7. It's already her 24th top 10 hit in my personal countdown, and the fourth from her album Artpop.




#7 James Blunt - Face the Sun (RE)




James Blunt's Face the Sun stays at #7 for another week this week. It's his second top 10 hit from his latest album, Moon Landing.  Bonfire Heart peaked at #5 earlier this year.  This is his eleventh top 10 song in my personal countdown.


#5 Kylie Minogue - Into the Blue (#6)




Kylie Minogue's 23rd top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Into the Blue, moves up a rung to #5 this week, its new peak position. It's her first top 10 hit from her latest album Kiss Me Once.  



#4 Katy Perry - Birthday (#3)

Katy Perry's Birthday slips to #4 this week. It's also her 16th top 10 hit in my personal countdown and the second top 10 hit from her latest album Prism.

#3 Jennifer Lopez feat. French Montana - I Luh Ya Papi (#4)

Jennifer Lopez latest hit "I Luh Ya Papi" moves up a notch to #3 this week.  It's her fifteenth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

It's her first top 10 hit as well from her tenth album, AKA.

It's also French Montana's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.




#2 A Great Big World - I Really Want It (#5) The duo, A Great Big World's second top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, I Really Want It, zooms from #5 to #2 this week.



#1 Beyonce - Mine (#2)





Beyonce's Mine becomes her 22nd #1 song. We danced to this song in my GForce class under Ishii and since I love the choreography so much, the song has just exploded in my personal countdown. It's already the fourth straight #1 hit from Beyonce's latest album.

#1 Vertical Horizon - Frost (#4)

The band Vertical Horizon gets their seventh #1 song in my personal countdown as Frost moves up from #4 to #1 this week. The band performed here in Manila a few weeks ago.  However, they did not perform this song.

Beyonce's 'Partition' Tops the FABE Weekly Top 10 Countdown This Week

Beyonce rules my countdown this week, as two songs from her latest album are in the top echelons.  Partition finally ascends to #1, making it the third straight #1 song from her latest album.  It's also her 21st #1 song all in all - and that is as a solo artist!  Amazing!

Also amazing is the ascension of Mine, which we danced in Ishii's GForce open class.  The song debuts high in this week's countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 20, 2014 -

#10 Jennifer Lopez feat. French Montana - I Luh Ya Papi (NEW)

Jennifer Lopez returns to my personal countdown this week with her latest single "I Luh Ya Papi".  It's her fifteenth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

It's her first top 10 hit as well from her tenth album, AKA.

It's also French Montana's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.




#9 Christina Perri - Human (NEW)

Christina Perri's Human reenters the chart this week at #9.  It's currently the peak position of this song.  It's Christina's second top 10 hit after A Thousand Years which reached #6 last year.




#8 Lady Gaga - Swine (RE)

Lady Gaga's Swine already peaked at #8 a few weeks back.  This week, it returns to the same peak position. It's already her 24th top 10 hit in my personal countdown, and the fourth from her album Artpop.





#7 James Blunt - Face the Sun (RE)




James Blunt's Face the Sun moves up my personal countdown this week to #7, its original peak position.  It's James second top 10 hit from his latest album, Moon Landing.  Bonfire Heart peaked at #5 earlier this year.  This is his eleventh top 10 song in my personal countdown.

#6 Kylie Minogue - Into the Blue (#9)




Kylie Minogue's 23rd top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Into the Blue, moves up this week from #9 to #6, its original peak position.  It's her first top 10 hit from her latest album Kiss Me Once.  

#5 Katy Perry - Birthday (#6)




Katy Perry's Birthday moves up from #6 to #5 this week. The song has already peaked at #3. It's also her 16th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

#4 Vertical Horizon - Frost (#2)

Vertical Horizon's 14th top 10 song, Frost, stays at #4 for a second week. The song has already peaked at #2.  The band performed here in Manila a few weeks ago.  However, they did not perform this song.

#3 Beyonce - Mine (NEW)





The song that debuts the highest this week comes from Beyonce.  We danced to this song in my GForce class under Ishii and since I love the choreography so much, the song has just exploded in my personal countdown.

#2 John Legend - All of Me (RE)

John Legend's latest hit, All of Me, stays at #2 for another week.  We danced to this song in Ram's G-Force open class, that's why it has reentered again here at a very high place.  

#1 Beyonce - Partition (RE) 

Beyonce's Partition was used during my brother's fashion show at SM North EDSA Skydome, and it's one of my most favorite songs from Beyonce's latest album.  It becomes her 21st #1 song and the third straight #1 song from her latest album.

Dance Music Is Back on Top in My Personal Countdown Thanks to Martin Garrix

There have been some notable #1 dance songs this year including Showtek and the Noisecontroller's Get It Loose and Stromae's Tous Les Memes.  This week, Dutch producer and DJ Martin Garrix tops my personal countdown with Animals.  The song moves from #5 to #1 this week.  It's Garrix's very first #1 hit in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 9, 2014 -

#1 Martin Garrix - Animals (#5)

#2 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Latch (NEW)

#3 Ellie Goulding - Explosions (#4)

#4 Lorde - Tennis Court (#6)

#5 DMX - Where the Hood At (#8)

#6 eDIT - If You Crump, Stand Up (#9)

#7 Beyonce - Partition (#2)

#8 Lady Gaga - Sex Dreams (#3)

#9 Blood in the Leaves - Kanye West (#7)

#10 Nicki Minaj / Cassie - The Boys (#10)

FABE Weekly Top 10 May 9, 2014: #7 Beyonce - Partition

Beyonce's 29th top 10 hit in the FABE Weekly Top 10, Partition, has already peaked at #2.  It slips this week from #2 to #7.  It's the third top 10 hit from Beyonce's latest album.

A Bollywood Song Finally Tops My Personal Countdown

I was really glad I watched the DVD of 3 Idiots during Good Friday!  It was the perfect movie for that time of Lent when we had to meditate about our lives.  And it being a Bollywood movie, it's not surprising that a song from there can top my personal countdown.

Shaan and Shantanu Moitra becomes the first singers from India and the Bollywood scene to top the FABE Weekly Top 10.  This week, Behti Sa Tha Woh moves to the top of my countdown.  It is also the opening song of this movie.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 2, 2014 -

#1 Shaan / Shantanu Moitra - Behti Sa Tha Woh (#6)

#2 Beyonce - Partition (#4)

#3 Lady Gaga - Sex Dreams (#5)

#4 Ellie Goulding - Explosions (NEW)

#5 Martin Garrix - Animals (NEW)

#6 Lorde - Tennis Court (NEW)

#7 Kanye West - Blood on the Leaves (NEW)

#8 DMX - Where the Hood At (NEW)

#9 eDIT - If You Crump, Stand Up (NEW)

#10 Nicki Minaj / Cassie - The Boys (NEW)

G-Dragon: First Korean Act to Top My Personal Countdown in 2014

We're almost in the middle of 2014 and one Korean act has already reached the top spot.  G-Dragon's Crayon moves up to #1 this week.  We danced to this song in K-pop class, and I've liked it ever since!

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 25, 2014 -

#1 G-Dragon - Crayon (#2)

#2 John Legend - All of Me (#3)

#3 Alicia Keys - Brand New Me (#4)

#4 Beyonce - Partition (#6)

#5 Lady Gaga - Sex Dreams (#7)

#6 Shaan / Shantanu Moitra - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (NEW)

#7 Sonu Nigam / Shaan / Swanand Kirkire - All Izz Well (NEW)

#8 Sonu Nigam - Jaane Nahin Denge (NEW)

#9 Sonu Nigam / Shreya Gohshal - Zoobi Doobi (NEW)

#10 Suraj Jagan / Sharman Joshi - Give Me Some Sunshine (NEW)

The Frozen Soundtrack Puts Four Number One Songs in My Personal Countdown

The soundtrack to the movie Frozen puts four #1 songs in my personal countdown.  Love is an Open Door is the fourth track from that album to go all the way to #1.  It has been sometime ago that a soundtrack album has done that - and most of those which did are movie classics as well.  Top of mind soundtracks that I can recall right now that has duplicated this feat are The Bodyguard and Dirty Dancing. The other #1 songs from this Frozen album are In Summer, Let It Go, Do You Want to Build A Snowman and this week's #1 song, Love is an Open Door.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 18, 2014 -

#1 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#2)

#2 G-Dragon - Crayon (#3)

#3 John Legend - All of Me (#4)

#4 Alicia Keys - Brand New Me (#5)

#5 Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty to Me (#9)

#6 Beyonce - Partition (#10)

#7 Lady Gaga - Sex Dreams (NEW)

#8 Gary Barlow - Requiem (NEW)

#9 Josh Groban - Happy in My Heartache (NEW)

#10 Revolverheld - Ich lass fur Dich das licht an (NEW)

Twenty Number One Songs For Beyonce!

Beyonce gets her twentieth #1 song this week as Drunk in Love, her collaboration with husband Jay-z, moves up to #1.  It's also her second #1 from her Beyonce album.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 11, 2014 -

#1 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#3)

#2 Kristen Bell feat. Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#2)

#3 G-Dragon - Crayon (#4)

#4 John Legend - All of Me (#6)

#5 Alicia Keys - Brand New Me (#5)

#6 Kanye West - Black Skinhead (#8)

#7 Chris Brown / Ester Dean - I Love You (#9)

#8 Usher - More (#10)

#9 Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty to Me (NEW)

#10 Beyonce - Partition (NEW)

FABE Weekly Top 10 April 11, 2014: #1 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love

Beyonce gets her 20th #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Drunk in Love, her collaboration with Jay-z, moves from #3 to #1 for another week this week.  This is also Jay-z's tenth top ten hit in my personal countdown.

Beyonce Tops My Personal Countdown for the 19th Time!

XO becomes Beyonce's 19th #1 hit in my personal countdown.  The song is from her latest album and it's the first song from that album to top my weekly top 10.  The song moved from #3 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 28, 2014 -

#1 Beyonce - XO (#3)

#2 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#2)

#3 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#4)

#4 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#5)

#5 James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (#6)

#6 Sakanaction - Yuriika (#7)

#7 Jamie Cullum - Get A Hold of Yourself (#8)

#8 John Legend - All of Me (#9)

#9 Coldplay - Magic (#10)

#10 G-Dragon - Crayon (NEW)

FABE Weekly Top 10 March 28, 2014: #1 Beyonce - XO

Beyonce gets her 19th #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as XO, the first single from her self-titled latest album tops my weekly top 10.  It moves up this week from #3 to #1.  

A Great Big World Gets First Number One Song in My Personal Countdown

The duo A Great Big World got their very first #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as their collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Say Something, moves to the top spot this week.  This is also Christina's twelfth #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 21, 2014 -

#1 A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something (#2)

#2 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#3)

#3 Beyonce - XO (#5)

#4 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#6)

#5 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#7)

#6 James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (#8)

#7 Yuriika - Sakanaction (#9)

#8 Jamie Cullum - Get A Hold on Yourself (#10)

#9 John Legend - All of Me (NEW)

#10 Coldplay - Magic (NEW)

Frozen Soundtrack Yields Third #1 Song This Week

Interestingly, my most favorite song from the Frozen soundtrack was In Summer, and the song went straight to #1 the week after I saw Frozen in theaters here in Manila last November.  Let It Go was a very slow burn song and it went to #1 a few weeks back.  This week, the soundtrack yields a third #1 song, as Do You Want to Build a Snowman moves to #1.

It's Kristen Bell's first #1 song in my personal countdown and the fourth for Idina Menzel.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 14, 2014 -

#1 Kristen Bell / Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build A Snowman (#3)

#2 A Great Big World / Christina Aguilera - Say Something (#10)

#3 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#2)

#4 Stefano Langone - Yes to Love (#4)

#5 Beyonce - XO (#5)

#6 Beyonce / Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#9)

#7 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#8)

#8 James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (NEW)

#9 Sakanaction - Yuriika (NEW)

#10 Jamie Cullum - Get A Hold of Yourself (NEW)

Vampire Weekend Rules My Personal Countdown Again

This year's winner for Grammy Best Alternative Album, Vampire Weekend, gets their second #1 song in my personal countdown as Ya Hey moves to the top spot this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 7, 2014 -

#1 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#2)

#2 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#3)

#3 Kristen Bell / Idina Menzel _ Do You Want to Build A Snowman (#4)

#4 Stefano Langone - Yes to Love (#5)

#5 Beyonce - XO (#6)

#6 Storm Queen - Look Right Through (#7)

#7 Justin Bieber - Roller Coaster (#8)

#8 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#9)

#9 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love 

#10  A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something

Lady Antebellum Tops My Personal Countdown for the Third Time

Lady Antebellum has now topped my personal countdown for the third time as Compass moves to the top spot this week.  Carrie Underwood was the last country artist to top my personal countdown when Quitter hit the top spot October of last year.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending February 28, 2014 - 

#1 Lady Antebellum - Compass (#2)

#2 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#3)

#3 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#8)

#4 Kristen Bell / Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build a Snowman (#10)

#5 Santino Fontana - Yes to Love (#5)

#6 Beyonce - XO (#7)

#7 Storm Queen - Look Right Through (#RE)

#8 Justin Bieber - Roller Coaster (RE)

#9 Sakanaction - Goodbye (NEW)

#10 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love

Stromae Tops My Personal Countdown For A Second Time

Belgian singer Stromae, tops my personal countdown for the second time, as Tous Les Memes, moves from #4 to #1  It's also the first French language song to top my countdown in 2014.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending February 21, 2014 -

# Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#4)

#2 Lady Antebellum - Compass (#7)

#3 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#6)

#4 Avril Lavigne - Rock N Roll (NEW)

#5 Stefano Langone - Yes to Love (#9)

#6 Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (NEW)

#7 Beyonce - XO (#5)

#8 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#8)

#9 Avril Lavigne / Chad Kroeger - Let Me Go (NEW)

#10 Kristen Bell / Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build A Snowman (#10)