My Weekly Top 10 for August 7, 2015: #2 Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

I'm actually a bit lost now as to which Mumford and Sons album came out first, Babel or Sigh No More.  Anyhow, I was able to buy their Sigh No More album and I have some prospective top 10 songs from it.  Sigh No More is their first top 10 and this week, it stays at #2 for another week.

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #16 Mumford and Sons - Holland Road

Mumford and Sons' second top forty hit in my personal countdown, Holland Road reenters this week at #16. 

So Excited for Mumford and Sons' Grammy Album of the Year Award!

The last time I got so excited about an act winning a Grammy Album of the Year award was when the Dixie Chicks got it a few years back.  I have been rooting for the British folk-rock band Mumford and Sons to win it this year for their work in Babel.  I discovered this band a few years back when Sigh No More, their first album just stayed in the UK top 10 and the Billboard album charts like forever!  And the delight I felt when I did listen to that fascinating album!  Just like what the band said today, because Adele was nominated with them in this category last year, they knew they had no look in.

But this year, they finally did!  It's not that the competition was weak, it was really good, it's just that I felt it was time for folk-rock music to finally take centerstage!

Grammys 2012: My Choice for Song of the Year

I think it's an interesting mix of nominees in this category - all deserving of the award.  The nominees include Kanye West's All of the Lights, Bruno Mars' Grenade, Adele's Rolling in the Deep and Bon Iver's Holocene....

BUT if I could vote, I would choose, Mumford and Sons' The Cave!  I just love this band and it's great that their kind of music finally broke through last year.

Merry Musicmaker Album of the Year 2011 - Week 18

*  For the week ending April 30, 2011

1.  Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More (2) - 23 points
2.  Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (1) - 22
3.  Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1) - 22
4.  Adele - 21 (1) - 22
5.  Bruno Mars - Doo-wops and Hooligans (3) -18

6.  Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (1) -16
7.  Rihanna - Loud (3) -16
8.  Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. (1) - 15
9.  Eminem - Recovery (2) -15
10.  Britney Spears - Femme Fatale (1) - 14

11.  Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (1) - 14

12.  The Decemberists (1) - 13

13.  Amos Lee - Mission Bell (1) - 12

14.  Cake - Showroom of Compassion (1) - 12
15.  Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (1) - 12
16.  Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (3) -12

17.  Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 19 (2) - 12

18. Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights and Early Mornings (2) - 12
19.  Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers (2) - 12
20.  Jennifer Hudson - I Remember Me (2) - 11

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19.  Susan Boyle - The Gift (1) - 11
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Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday (2) - 10

21.  Glee Cast - The Christmas Album (3) -10
22.  Glee Cast - Season 2 (3) - 10

23.  Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (2) - 10

24.  Michael Jackson - Michael (3) -10
25.  Radiohead - The King of Limbs (6) -10
Red - Until We Have Faces (2) - 10

26.  Rise Against - Endgame (2) - 10
Songs for Japan (5) -10
27. Alison Krauss + Union Station - Paper Airplane (3) - 9

28.  2011 Grammy Nominees (4) - 9
29.  Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby (4) -9
30.  Glee Cast - Season Two (3) - 9

31.  Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night (2) - 9
32.  Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (5) -9
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (5)  -9

33.  Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (4) -9
34.  Pink - Greatest Hits So Far (9) - 9
35.  Ricky Martin - Musica + Alma + Sexo (3) - 9
34.  The Script - Science and Faith (3) - 9
35. 
Tron: Legacy (4) -9
Hollywood Undead - American Tragedy (4) - 8
Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What (4) - 8
36.  Social Distortion - Hard Times andNursery Rhymes (4) - 8
37. 
The Strokes - Angles (4) - 8
38.  Country Strong (10) -7

39.  Greg Allman - Low Country Blues (5) - 7
40.  Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (9) -7
Mana - Drama Y Luz (5) - 7
41. 
42.  R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (5) - 7
43.  Dropkick Murphys - Going Out in Style (6) - 6
44.  Jamie Foxx - Best Night of My Life (6) - 6
45.  R. Kelly - Love Letter (6) -6

46.  Sara Evans - Stronger (6) - 6
47. 
48.  Aaron Lewis - Town Line (7) - 5
49.  Diddy - Dirty Money (7) - Last Train to Paris -5
50.  Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (7) - 5

51.  Panic at the Disco! - Vices & Virtues (7) - 5
52.  Steel Magnolia - Steel Magnolia (7) - 5
53.  Keyshia Cole - Calling All Hearts (9) - 4
Snoop Dogg - Doggumentary (#8) - 4
54.  Wilson & Yandel - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso (8) - 4 
55.  Bobby V - Fly on the Wall (9) - 3

56.  Kid Rock - Born Free (9) - 3
57. Travis Barker - Give the Drummer Some (9) - 3
Asking Alexandria - Reckless and Relentless (9) - 3

58.  Justin Bieber - My World's Acoustic (10) - 2
Mary Mary - Something Big (10) - 2

Chart Performance: Mumford and Sons

Mumford and Sons' second album, Babel, goes all the way to #1 in the UK and the US.   This week, Babel stays at #6.  It has stayed #1 in the US for three weeks - and it slips to #2 in the UK after a three week stay at the top.

Their first album, Sigh No More, peaked at #2.

My Vote for Grammy Best New Artist

Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence and the Machine, Mumford and Sons and Esperanza Spalding. It's a fantastic batch of Grammy best new artist nominees this year! Admittedly, it's even a tough choice for me, but if I could vote, I would choose Mumford and Sons. I discovered them early last year when they were charting in the UK, and I have always been surprised how their brand of music could possibly chart in the UK! But it did! And see where they are now - a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist! Cool!

I love their unique brand of music though and how they have defied radio or conventional wisdom and produced an album that has been selling millions all over the world!