3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: International Artist of 2012

The International Artist of the Year is a new category for 2012 which features the top non-English speaking act of the year.  This means that the act has to be nominated for songs whose overall content is less than 50% in English, regardless of the act's nationality.

Here are the nominees for the International Artist of the Year -

BB Brunes (France)

Carlos Vives (USA) 

Gocho (USA) 

Psy (South Korea)

Sakanaction (Japan)

And the International Artist of 2012 is Sakanaction (Japan)

 

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: International Song of 2012

The International Song of the Year is a new category which we have introduced this year to honor the top international songs of the year - songs which have less than 50% English lyrics, regardless of the act's nationality.

Here are the nominees for International Song of the Year -

BB Brunes - Coups et Blessures (France)

Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (USA) 

Psy - Gangnam Style (South Korea)

Sakanaction - Boku to Hana (Japan)

Sakanaction - Yoru to Higashigawa (Japan)

And the International Song of 2012 is Psy - Gangnam Style (South Korea)

 

My Personal Countdown: Gocho

Gocho's first hit in my personal countdown was Si Te Digo La Verdad, which peaked at #2.

Japanese Band Sakanaction Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

Here are my favorite foreign songs for the week ending November 16, 2012 -

#1 Sakanaction - Yoru No Higashigawa (3)

#2 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (2)

#3 P!nk and Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (1)

#4 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (5)

#5 Mary J. Blige - Need Someone (NEW)

#6 Alanis Morrissette - Woman Down (NEW)

#7 Nicki Minaj - Marilyn Monroe (RE)

#8 Ryan O'Shaughnessy - No Name (NEW)

#9 Imagine Dragons - It's Time (NEW)

#10 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (NEW)

P!nk Gets Her Fifth #1 Song in My Personal Countdown

I was just listening to some tracks in P!nk's new album, The Truth About Love and this song, Just Give Me A Reason, her duet with fun's Nate Ruess jumps out of my eardrums with its catchy beat and earnest lyrics!  After debuting at #4 last week, it's already my #1 song in my personal countdown even if I'm not sure if P!nk is even going to release this as a single.  But who cares?  That would even be better so I wouldn't have to share this song with the masses.

Here are P!nk's #1 songs in my personal countdown -

2001 - Get the Party Started
2002 - Just Like A Pill
2009 - Funhouse
2010 - Raise Your Glass
2012 - Just Give Me A Reason

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending November 9, 2012 -

#1 P!nk and Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (4)

#2 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (9)

This is Gocho's first top 10 song in my countdown and this week,it zooms to #2.

#3 Sakanaction - Yoru No Higashigawa (7)

Japanese band Sakanaction's song moves to #3 this week.

#4 Sabrina - Sa Bawat Paghinga (RE)

#5 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (2)

#6 Loonie - Tao Lang (NEW)

#7 Emmanuelle - Sandali Lang (RE)

#8 Christian Bautista and Neocolours - Sasabihin (NEW)

#9 Kanye West, Big Sean, Jay-z - Clique (NEW)

#10 Melissa Etheridge - Company (NEW)

A Gospel Song Tops My Personal Countdown for the Third Time

Awesome by Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago is just the third gospel song to top my personal countdown.

Here are the gospel songs that have topped my personal countdown -

1997 - Kirk Franklin and God's Property - Love
2011 - Kirk Franklin - I Smile

#1 Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago - Awesome (RE)

This beautiful gospel song reenters the countdown this week at #5.


#2 Ne-yo - Let Me Love You (#2)

#3 Keane - Sea Fog (RE)

Keane's Sea Fog reenters the countdown this week at #2.  It reached #1 two weeks ago.

#4 P!nk and Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (NEW)

I was listening to Pink's album this week, The Truth About Love) and I chanced upon this beautiful duet she has with Nate Ruess and I love it so much it has already reached #4 in my personal countdown.

#5 Foster the People - Helena Beat (10)

This is a former #1 song and this week it jumps six places to #5.

#6 Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (RE)

#7 Sakanaction - Your No Higashigawa (RE)

#8 Jonas Brothers - Turn Right (2)

#9 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (RE)

#10 Jason Nelson - Shifting the Atmosphere (RE)

Muse Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Muse gets their very first #1 song in my personal countdown this week with this enigmatic song Madness.


Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending September 14, 2012 -

#1 Muse - Madness (#4)

#2 Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#2)

#3 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1)

#4 Vincent Ingala - Can't Stop Now (#5)

#5 Rico Blanco - Amats (RE)

#6 Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago - Awesome (NEW)

This is the first gospel song to enter my personal countdown list since Kirk Franklin way back 10 years ago!

#7 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (NEW)

Yet another Spanish song enters my top 10 this year, the third already this year, after Michel Telo's Ai Seu te pego and Espinoza Paz's Un Hombre Normal.

#8 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#10)

#9 Jason Nelson - Shifting the Atmosphere (NEW)

Two gospel songs enter my top 10 this week!  This is the first one.

#10 Sandali Lang - Emmanuele (#6)