myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite R&B Performer of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category -

Alexis Jordan 

Ciara

Ne-yo feat. Jessica Sanchez

Rihanna

Tamar Braxton

and the winner is Ne-yo / Jessica Sanchez.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite R&B Song of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category -

Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush

Ciara - Body Party 

Ne-Yo feat. Jessica Sanchez - Tonight

Rihanna - What Now

Tamar Braxton - Love and War

and the winner is Ne-Yo feat. Jessica Sanchez - Tonight.

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)

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)

Carrie Underwood Gets Third #1 Hit in My Personal Countdown

Carrie Underwood gets her third #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Unapologize, zooms from #12 to #1.  Her previous two #1 hits were Jesus Take the Wheel and So Small.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 28, 2013 -

#1 Carrie Underwood - Unapologize (#12)

#2 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#11)

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

#4 Robin Thicke ft Pharrell - Blurred Lines (#32)

#5 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#5)

#6 Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#7)

#7 Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - Live It Up (#1)

#8 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate (#2)

#9 Ciara - Body Party (#10)

#10 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#8)

A Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull Collaboration Finally Hits Number One in My Personal Countdown

Live it Up is already Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull's third collaboration.  On the Floor and Dance Again both reached the top 10 in my personal countdown but it's Live It Up that goes all the way to #1.  It's Jennifer's eighth #1 and Pitbull's fifth in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 21, 2013 -

#1 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#6)

#2 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#2)

#3 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#8)

#4 Carrie Underwood - Unapologize (#12)

#5 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#7)

#6 Phillip Phillips - Gone Gone Gone (#13)

#7 Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#14)

#8 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#11)

#9 One Direction - Over Again (#15)

#10 Ciara - Body Party (#26)