My FABE Music Weekly International Top 10 Countdown: September 29, 2017

Country music rules my countdown this week as Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina's 'What Ifs' moves to the top spot.  This is also their first trip to the top of My Weekly Top 10 countdown.

Here are my ten favorite international songs for the week ending September 29, 2017 -

#1 What Ifs                        (#2)
      Kane Brown / Lauren Alaina

#2 Breathing Underwater    (#5)
      Emeli Sande

#3 Your Song    (#4)
      Rita Ora

#4  Boys              (#8)
       Charli XCX

#5 Bartender    (#6)
      James Blunt

#6 Naked           (#10)
       Taeyang

#7  Add Me In    (#9)
       Chris Brown

#8  1-800-273-8755  (NEW)
       Logic / Khaled /  Alessia Cara

#9   I'm Ready             (NEW)
        David Archuleta

#10  Uchiage Hanabi    (NEW)
          Daoko x Kehshi Yonezu                   

Emeli Sande

Emeli Sande has three hits in My Weekly Top 10 countdown. One of them went all the way to #1.

2017 - Breathing Underwater (#3)

2013 - Beneath Your Beautiful (with Labrinth) (#6)

2013 - Clown (#1)

This week, Breathing Underwater moves up to #3 in My Weekly Top 10 countdown.

Here is the video of the song.  

My FABE Music Weekly International Top 10 Countdown: September 22, 2017

Hillsong Worship gets their very first #1 song in My Weekly Top 10 countdown.  It's also the first gospel #1 song for 2017.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 22, 2017.

#1 What a Beautiful Name  (#2)
      Hillsong Worship

#2 What Ifs                             (#4)
      Kane Brown / Lauren Alaina

#3 Leave a Trace                    (#5)
      Chvrches

#4 Your Song                           (#10)
       Rita Ora

#5   Breathing Underwater   (#6)
        Emeli Sande

#6   Bartender                          (#9)
        James Blunt

#7 DNCE                                   (#8)
      DNCE

#8  Boys                                     (NEW)
        Charli XCX

#9  Add Me In                           (NEW)
       Chris Brown

#10 Naked                                  (NEW)
        Taeyang

My Ten Favorite Songs of 2013 (#'s 5-1)

#5 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert - Same Love

I like Thrift Shop.  I do not like Can't Hold Us.  But it was this song Same Love, by Macklemore, which really caught my attention.  The first time I heard it, I had to rewind it several times just to make sure I was hearing the lyrics right!  Macklemore is, after all, a white rap artist, and this genre has never been known to be cozy with the gay rights movement.  Great song with a great message!  

#4 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound

This was the opening song of the band's concert here in Manila January this year.  It was a breathtaking and pulsating scene and the memory of it has lingered with me throughout these 365 days!  The song is just an instrumental, which is rare in my personal countdowns and it's a bit short but the effect on me is just ecstatic frenzy!  This is by the way, the highest charting song that we dance to in Body Jam class.

#3 Zedd featuring the Foxes - Clarity

This was one of those rare songs where it was love at first hearing!  The lyrics were just apt for what I was feeling at that time and the way the song was arranged makes it reach just a perfect climax!  I learned later on that it had become popular with everyone else.  Well, it would be hard to escape a great dance song like this!

#2 David Bowie - Where Are We Now

2013 opened with this melancholy song from David Bowie, his first number 1 song in my personal countdown since the 80s!  The song has stuck with me throughout the 365 days and is my #2 favorite song of the year, despite its forlorn mood.  

#1 Emeli Sande - Clown

This quiet and sad song from Emeli Sande came out early in 2013 and has maintained being my most favorite song for the year.  I just love it!  I love the spare arrangement and the way Emeli sings it!  Unfortunately, none of her follow ups or songs from her album quite caught my interest the way this did.

Zedd Tops the 2013 myFABE Music Awards with Four Wins

DJ Zedd tops the 2013 myFABE Music Awards with four wins, including Favorite New Artist of the Year,  Favorite Collaboration of the Year, Favorite Dance Act of the Year and Favorite Dance Song of the Year for his worldwide hit, Clarity.

Mika snags three awards including the coveted Favorite Performer of the Year and Favorite Album of the Year.  He also wins Favorite Pop Performer of the Year.

Other double winners include Emeli Sande, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert, Ne-yo, Jessica Sanchez and Togeworl.

myFABE Music Awards: Favorite Record of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category - 

David Bowie - Where Are You Now

Emeli Sande - Clown

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert - Same Love

Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound

Zedd - Clarity

and the winner is Emeli Sande - Clown.

myFABE Music Awards: Favorite Pop Performer of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category -

Carly Rae Jepsen

Christina Aguilera

Emeli Sande

Jason Mraz

Mika

and the winner is Mika.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Pop Song of the Year

Here are the nominees for this category -

Christina Aguilera - Let there Be Love

Emeli Sande - Clown

Lorde - Royals

Ne-Yo featuring Jessica Sanchez - Tonight

Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

and the winner is Emeli Sande - Clown.

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #39 Emeli Sande - Heaven

Emeli Sande's second top forty hit in my personal countdown, Heaven, slips this week from  #34 to #39.  It has already peaked at #34.

David Bowie Tops My Personal Countdown For the Second Time in Thirty Years

When I was only 12 years old, David Bowie, topped my personal countdown with his classic hit, Let's Dance.  Thirty years later, he returns to the top with his latest release, Where Are We Now.  It's his second #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending February 8, 2013 -

#1 David Bowie - Where Are We Now (#5)

#2 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House (#8)

#3 Sexion D'Assaut - Problemes D'Adultes (#6)

#4 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (#7)

#5 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (NEW)

#6 MIMS - Move (RE)

#7 Gerald Albright and Norman Brown - In the Moment (NEW)

#8 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (RE)

#9 Alexis Jordan - Laying It Around (RE)

#10 Emeli Sande - Clown (#3)

Tamar Braxton Tops My Personal Countdown For The First Time

Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar Braxton, gets her very first #1 song in my personal countdown as Love and War, moves up from #3 to #1 this week.  It's also her first appearance in my personal countdown.  Toni, on the other hand, has 13 top ten hits, seven of them, #1 songs.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending February 1, 2013 -

#1 Tamar Braxton - Love and War (#3)

#2 John Mayer - The Age of Worry (#2)

#3 Emeli Sande - Clown (#1)

#4 One Direction - Kiss You (#13)

#5 David Bowie - Where Are We Now (#15)

#6 Sexion d'Assaut - Problemes d'Adultes (#16)

#7 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (#21)

#8 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House (NEW)

#9 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Wanz - Thrift Shop (#20)

#10 Ronan Keating - Easy Now My Dear (#14)

Emeli Sande Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Emeli Sande finally gets her first top forty and first  #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Clown, zooms in from #6 to #1 this week.

Both Les Miserables and the remake of the movie Footloose place three songs each from their respective soundtracks, into the top 10 this week

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 25, 2013 -

#1 Emeli Sande - Clown (#6)

#2 John Mayer - The Age of Worry (#7)

#3 Tamar Braxton - Love and War

#4 Les Miserables - One Day More (NEW)

#5 Samantha Barks - On My Own (NEW)

#6 Anne Hathaway - I Dreamed A Dream (NEW)

#7 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (1)

#8 Big and Rich and Gretchen Wilson - Fake ID (NEW)

#9 Hunter Hayes and Victoria Justice - Almost Paradise (NEW)

#10 Ella Mae Bowen - Holding Out For a Hero (NEW) 

Mary J. Blige Tops My Personal Countdown for the Eighth Time

Well, sometimes I discover songs which are already past their release dates.  This happens again this week, as the theme song from the movie The Help, Mary J. Blige's The Living Proof, ascends to the top of my personal countdown.  This happened because I chose Need Someone as my top pick for her album My Life II, which incidentally, also went to #1 in last year.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending January 11, 2013 -

#1 Mary J. Blige - The Living Proof (#4)

#2 Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) (#3)

#3 Emeli Sande - Clown (#6)

#4 John Mayer - The Age of Worry (#5)

#5 Tamar Braxton - Love and War (#7)

#6 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (#1)

#7 Lana del Rey - Ride (#8)

#8 Robbie Williams - S**t on the Radio (#9)

#9  Lena - Stardust (#10)

#10 Alexis Jordan - Laying Around (NEW)

Chris Brown's Don't Judge Me Becomes My First #1 Song of 2013

Even though both Chris Brown and Rihanna underwent a lot of media controversy over their volatile and often violent relationship, one thing is clear, both of them never stopped working - and because of that, they've had #1 songs in my personal countdown even if they were always on the media spotlight!

This week, Chris Brown gets his ninth #1 song in my personal countdown, as Please Don't Judge Me, moves from #2 to #1.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the first week of 2013, week ending, January 4, 2013 -

#1 Chris Brown - Please Don't Judge Me

#2 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana

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

#4 Mary J. Blige - The Living Proof

#5 John Mayer - The Age of Worry

#6 Emeli Sande - Clown

#7 Tamar Braxton - Love and War

#8 Lana del Rey - Ride

#9 Robbie Williams - S**t on the Radio

#10 Lena - Stardust

Chart Performance: Emeli Sande

Emeli Sande has eight top ten hits in the UK.  Two of them went to #1.

2009 - Diamonds (with Chipmunk) (#6)

2010 - Never Be Your Woman (with Wiley) (#8)

2011 - Read All About It (with Professor Green) (#1)

2011 - Heaven (#2)

2012 - Next to Me (#2)

2012 - Read All About It Part III (#3)
2012 - Beneath Your Beautiful (with Labrinth) (#1) 
2013 - Clown (#4)

Chart Performance: Labrinth

Labrinth's fifth UK Top 10 hit Beneath Your Beautiful, his collaboration with Emeli Sande, stays at #4 this week.  It debuted at #1.  Below are his Top 10 hits in the UK
 

2010 - Let the Sun Shine (#3)

2010 - Pass Out (with Tinie Tempah) (#1)

2010 - Frisky (with Tinie Tempah) (#2)

2011 - Earthquake (with Tinie Tempah) (#2)

2012 - This Time (#4)

2012 - Beneath Your Beautiful (with Emeli Sande) (#1)