Idina Menzel Manila Concert Setlist

It's going to be a busy weekend next weekend as two acts are performing here in Manila.  Pentatonix will be at the Araneta Coliseum on June 6 while Idina Menzel will perform at the SM MOA Arena on June 7.  Here is the setlist that Idina Menzel will likely perform.

1. Defying Gravity 
   (Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel cover)
2. Brave 
3. Love for Sale / Roxanne 
   (The Police cover)
4. No Day But Today 
5. Both Sides, Now 
   (Joni Mitchell cover)
6. There's No Business Like Show Business / Anything Goes / Everything's Coming Up Roses 
7. Creep 
   (Radiohead cover)
8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / In Your Eyes 
   (Peter Gabriel cover)
9. Take Me or Leave Me 
   (with audience members)
10. Always Starting Over 
11. God Save My Soul 
12. Still I Can't Be Still 
13. December Prayer 
14. For Good 
    (a cappella)
15. Let It Go 
16. Encore:
16. You Learn To Live Without 
17. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 
    (Cole Porter cover)
18. I'll Be Seeing You 

Chart Performance: Idina Menzel

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has one top 10 hit in the US.

2014 - Let It Go (#5)

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)

My Weekly Top 10 March 14, 2014: #1 Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build A Snowman

It's been more than two months since I've seen the movie Frozen but the songs from the soundtrack are still charting due mainly to its durability.  It has already produced four top 10 songs in my personal countdown, including three number one songs.

The song Do You Want to Build A Snowman moves this week from #3 to #1, making it the third #1 song from that movie soundtrack.  It was performed by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel.

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)

Broadway Star Idina Menzel Tops My Personal Countdown For the Second Time

In 2004 Idina Menzel topped my personal countdown with the Broadway hit Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked.  Almost a decade later, she returns to the top with Let It Go, this time, from the movie musical Frozen.

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

#1 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (RE)

#2 David Guetta feat. Ludacris and Taio Cruz - Little Bad Girl (#3)

#3 Showtek and Noisecontrollers - Get Loose (Tiesto Remix) (#1)

#4 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#5)

#5 Beyonce - XO (#7)

#6 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#8)

#7 Lady Antebellum - Compass (#9)

#8 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#10)

#9 Stefano Langone - Yes to Love (RE)

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

My Weekly Top 10 February 14, 2014: #1 Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Idina Menzel's second #1 hit in my personal countdown, Let It Go, reenters this week at #1.

Dance Music from Showtek and Noisecontrollers Top My Personal Countdown This Week

Dance music returns to the top of my personal countdown this week as four tracks from the current release of Body Jam populate my weekly top 10.  Leading the list is Showtek and the Noisecontroller's Get It Loose (Tiesto Remix) which enters this week at the top.

Here are my ten favorite songs by foreign artists for the week ending February 7, 2014 -

#1 Showtek and the Noisecontrollers - Get It Loose (Tiesto Remix) (NEW)

#2 Chris Brown - Fine China (NEW)

#3 David Guetta feat. Ludacris and Taio Cruz - Little Bad Girl (NEW)

#4 Idina Menzel - Let If Go (RE)

#5 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#3)

#6 Iggy Azalea - Bounce (NEW)

#7 Beyonce - XO (#5)

#8 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#6)

#9 Lady Antebellum - Compass (#8)

#10 Kristen Bell / Santo Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#9)
 

Imagine Dragons Top My Personal Countdown for the First Time

The band Imagine Dragons finally top my personal countdown this week after their great performance at the 2014 Grammy Awards this week, where they also won a Grammy.  The song It's Time peaked at #9 in my personal countdown in 2012.  This week, it reenters at #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 31, 2014 -

#1 Imagine Dragons - It's Time (RE)

#2 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (RE)

#3 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#2)

#4 Alicia Keys - When It's All Over (#5)

#5 Beyonce - XO (RE)

#6 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (#9)

#7 Carly Rae Jepsen - Guitar String / Wedding Ring (#3)

#8 Lady Antebellum - Compass (#7)

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

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

Lorde Lords My Personal Countdown For the Second Time

Newcomer Lorde wastes no time in topping my personal countdown, as Team, moves this week from #2 to #1.  Her first hit, Royals, also went to #1 last year.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the first week of 2014 -

#1 Lorde - Team (#2)

#2 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (#3)

#3 Lady Gaga - Venus (#4)

#4 OneRepublic - Preacher (#5)

#5 Britney Spears - Perfume (#6)

#6 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (#8)

#7 Blake Shelton - Mine Would Be You (NEW)

#8 Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr, Beardyman - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (NEW)

#9 The Afters - Every Good Thing (NEW)

#10 The Script - Millionaires

Josh Gad Gets Very First #1 Hit in My Personal Countdown

The soundtrack to the movie Frozen has yielded one #1 hit this week, as Josh Gad's In Summer, moves from #3 to #1.  It's his very first #1 hit and marks the return of Disney to the top spot since the movie Enchanted.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 27, 2013 -

#1 Josh Gad - In Summer (#3)

#2 Lorde - Team (#2)

#3 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (#4)

#4 Lady Gaga - Venus (#8)

#5 OneRepublic - Preacher (#9)

#6 Britney Spears - Perfume (#10)

#7 Kanye West - Bound 2 (RE)

#8 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (NEW)

#9 Jimmy Eat World - Damage (NEW)

#10 Family of the Year - Hero (NEW)

Mika Tops My Personal Countdown for the Fourteenth Time

Mika rises to the top of my personal countdown for the third time this year - and the fourteenth time overall, as Elle Me Dit, moves from #2 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 20, 2013 -

#1 Mika - Elle Me Dit (#2)

#2 Lorde - Team (#7)

#3 Josh Gad - In Summer (NEW)

#4 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (NEW)

#5 Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (NEW)

#6 Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build A Snowman (NEW)

#7 Maia Wilson and the Cast of Frozen - Fixer Upper (NEW)

#8 Lady Gaga - Venus (#8)

#9 OneRepublic - Preacher (#9)

#10 Britney Spears - Perfume (NEW)

Idina Menzel

Theater actress Idina Menzel has four top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  Two of them went all the way to #1.

2006 - Take Me or Leave Me (#6)
2007 - Defying Gravity (#1)
2013 - Do You Want to Build A Snowman (with Kristen Bell) (#3)
2013 - Let It Go (#1)