myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Christian Gospel Performer of the Year

This is the first year this award will be given.  Here are the nominees -

Bishop Paul S. Morton
Hezekiah Walker

and the winner is Hezekiah Walker.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Christian Gospel Song of the Year

This is the first year that this award will be given.  Here are the nominees -

Bishop Paul S. Morton - Best Days Yet
Hezekiah Walker - Every Praise

and the winner is Hezekiah Walker - Every Praise.

Sara Bareilles Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time with Brave

Brave is Sara Bareilles' second top ten hit in my personal countdown and the first to go all the way to the top.  Love Song went all the way to #3.

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

#1 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#2)

#2 Lana del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#3)

#3 Ciara - Body Party (#4)

#4 One Direction - Over Again (#6)

#5 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Best Days Yet (#7)

#6 Xavier Naidoo - Bei Meiner Seele (#8)

#7 Maitre Gims - J'Me Tire (#9)

#8 Carly Rae Jepsen -Tiny Little Bows (#16)

#9 Bruno Mars - Treasure (#11)

#10 Felix Poon - 掌舵 (#12)

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #5 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Your Best Days Yet

Gospel returns to the top 10 of my personal countdown this week, as Your Best Days Yet by the Bishop Paul S. Morton moves from #7 to #5 this week.  It's his first hit in my personal countdown.

Ronan Keating Gets His Fifth #1 Hit In My Personal Countdown This Week

Ronan Keating is no stranger to the top spot in my personal countdown.  In 2000, all four songs of his first solo album, Ronan, went all the way to #1, Life Is A Rollercoaster, Heal Me, Keep On Walking and When the World Was Mine .  Thirteen years later, my third pick from his latest album Fires, Love You and Leave You, moves to the top spot this week, making it his fifth #1 song as a solo singer.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending July 5, 2013 -

#1 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#3)

#2 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#5)

#3 Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#6)

#4 Ciara - Body Party (#9)

#5 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#10)

#6 One Direction - Over Again (#11)

#7 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Best Days Yet (#13)

#8 Xavier Naidoo - Bei Meiner Seele (#14)

#9 Maitre Gims - J'Me Tire (#15)

#10 Akdong Musician - I Love You (#12)

Bishop Paul S. Morton

Bishop Paul S. Morton has one top ten hit in my personal countdown.  

2013 - Best Days Yet (#5)