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.

Mika and Macklemore Snag Five Nominations in the 2013 myFABE Music Awards

Mika and Macklemore have the most nominations in the 2013 myFABE Music Awards with five.  Mika's nominations include Favorite Performer of the Year, Favorite Album of the Year for the Origin of Love, Favorite Pop Performer of the Year, Favorite International Song of the Year for Elle Me Dit and Favorite International Performer of the Year.

Rap newcomer Macklemore's nominations include Favorite Record of the Year for Same Love, Favorite New Artist of the Year, Favorite Collaboration of the Year, Favorite Rap Performer of the Year and Favorite Rap Song of the Year.

The Killers, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert, Swedish House Mafia, Zedd, Ne-yo, Jessica Sanchez and Pitbull get four nominations each.

myFABE Music Awards: Favorite Performer of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category -

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carrie Underwood

Jason Mraz

The Killers

Mika

and the winner is Mika.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite Album of the Year

Here are the nominees in this category -

Carly Rae Jepsen- Kiss

Carrie Underwood - Play On

HBO Show Girls Soundtrack

Mika - The Origin of Love

Swedish House Mafia - Until Now

and the winner is Mika - The Origin of Love.

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 International Performer of the Year

Here are the nominees for this category -

Lee Ha Yi
Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum
Mika
Togeworl
Valerie Bonneton 

and the winner is Togeworl.

myFABE Music Awards 2013: Favorite International Song of the Year

Here are the five nominees in this category -

Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4

Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum - Lila Wolken 

Mika - Elle Me Dit

Togeworl - Number 1

Valerie Bonneton - Ca M'ennerve

and the winner is Togeworl - Number 1

My Concert Wish List for 2014

I hope these foreign acts decide to come here in 2014!  This is in alphabetical order!

Akdong Musician
Frank Ocean
fun.
Imagine Dragons
Jamie Cullum
Lorde
Mika
Pink
Vampire Weekend
Vincent Ingala

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)

My Weekly Top 10 December 20, 2013: #1 Mika - Elle Me Dit

Mika gets his fourteenth #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Elle Me Dit, moves from  #2 to #1.  It's his third #1 song for this year.

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)

Newcome Lorde Lords It Over My Personal Countdown This Week

Lorde gets her very first #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Royals, moves from #8 to #1.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending November 22, 2013 -

#1 Lorde - Royals (#8)

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

#3 Mika - Elle Me Dit (RE)

#4 Lady Gaga - Applause (RE)

#5 Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess (RE)

#6 Hezekiah Walkder (NEW)

#7 Calvin Harris feat. Ayah Marar - Thinkin' 'Bout You (NEW)

#8 Ellie Goulding - Burn (NEW)

#9 Zedd feat. Hayley Williams - Stay the Night (NEW) 

#10 Pet Shop Boys (NEW)

Train Gets Their Third #1 Song in My Personal Countdown

Train gets their third #1 song in my personal countdown this week as Bruises, their collaboration with Ashley Monroe moves from #2 to #1.

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

#1 Train feat. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#2)

#2 The Killers - Runaways (#5)

#3 Jamie Cullum - You're Not the Only One (#10)

#4 Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (#1)

#5 Justin Timberlake - Take Back the Night (RE)

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

#7 Britney Spears - Work Bitch (RE)

#8 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (RE)

#9 Arctic Monkeys -  Why'D You Only Call Me When You're High (NEW)

#10 Mika - Elle Me Dit (NEW)

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #30 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate

Mika's thirteenth #1 hit in my personal countdown, Celebrate, his collaboration with Pharrell, slips to #30 this week.  This is also Pharrell's fifth appearance in my personal countdown.

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)

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)

fun. Is Back at #1 for the Second Time

fun. returns to the #1 spot this week, as Sight of the Sun, from the Girls soundtrack, moves from #2 to #1 this week.  Last year, Some Nights went to #1.  Nate Ruess also went to #1 as a solo artist, in a duet with Pink for the song Just Give Me A Reason.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 31, 2013 -

#1 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#2)

#2 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#4)

#3 Jason Mraz - I'm Coming Over (#5)

#4 Cast of The Full Monty - Breeze Off the River (#6)

#5 ReConnected - One in a Million (#7)

#6 Robbie Williams ft Lissie - Loser (#10)

#7 Norah Jones - Say Goodbye (#9)

#8 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (#22)

#9 RADWIMPS - Dreamers High (#12)

#10 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate (#14)