myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Alternative Performer of the Year

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

The 1975 Haim Jakwob Kodaline Lorde 

and the winner is Lorde.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Alternative Song of the Year

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

The 1975 - Chocolate
Haim - Falling
Jakwob - Fade
Kodaline - High Hopes
Lorde -Royals

and the winner is Lorde - Royals.

Jason Mraz Tops My Personal Countdown For the Fourth Time

Jason Mraz tops my personal countdown for the fourth time this week, as A Beautiful Mess, moves to the top spot.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 13, 2013 -

#1 Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess (RE)

#2 Mika - Elle Me Dit (#3)

#3 Zedd feat. Hayley Williams - Stay the Night (RE)

#4 Ellie Goulding - Burn (RE)

#5 Kodaline - One Day (#10)

#6 Naked Eyes - Piccadilly (#8)

#7 Lorde - Team (NEW)

#8 Lady Gaga - Venus (NEW)

#9 OneRepublic - Preacher (RE)

#10 Kanye West - Bound 2 (NEW)

One Direction Finally Tops My Personal Countdown

One Direction already has eight top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  Finally, one of those eight gets to the top this week - and that song is She's Not Afraid, which earlier peaked at #2.  It reenters this week's countdown at the top.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 6, 2013 -

#1 One Direction - She's Not Afraid (RE)

#2 Mika - Elle Me Dit (RE)

#3 Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess (RE)

#4 Naked Eyes - Emotion in Motion (RE)

#5 Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (RE)

#6 Naked Eyes - Fortune and Fame (RE)

#7 Naked Eyes - Piccadilly (NEW)

#8 Naked Eyes - I Could Show You How (RE)

#9 Naked Eyes - Voices in My Head (RE)

#10 Kodaline - One Day (#NEW)

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #24 Kodaline - High Hopes

Irish alt-rock band Kodaline's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, High Hopes, has already peaked at #5.  This week, they slip to #24.

A Rap Song Finally Tops My Personal Countdown This Year

Two rap songs topped my personal countdown in 2012, 212 by Azealia Banks and Gangnam Style by Psy.  The latter went on to become the biggest song in my personal countdown last year.  ASAP Rocky, Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam finally each get their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Wild For the Night, moves a notch to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 14, 2013 -

#1 ASAP Rocky, Skrillex, Birdy Nam Nam - Wild for the Night (#2)

#2 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#1)

#3 Jakwob - Fade (#3)

#4 Jack White - On and On and On (#5)

#5 Kodaline - High Hopes (#6)

#6 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#33)

#7 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#9)

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

#9 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#4)

#10 Roy Kim - Bom Bom Bom (#7)

Thirteenth #1 Hit for Mika, Third #1 for Pharrell

Mika gets his thirteenth #1 hit this week as Celebrate, his collaboration with Pharrell, zooms this week from #10 to #1.  This is Pharrell's third trip to the top as well

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 7, 2013 -

#1 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#10)

#2 ASAP Rocky, Skrillex, Birdy Nam Nam (#11)

#3 Jakwob - Fade (#19)

#4 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - Get Lucky (NEW)

#5 Jack White - On and On and On (#13)

#6 Kodaline - High Hopes (#22)

#7 Roy Kim - Bom Bom (#12)

#8 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#14)

#9 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#15)

#10 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#16)

Kodaline

Irish alternative rock band, Kodaline has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  

2013 - High Hopes (#5)
2013 - One Day (#5)