Franco Tops My OPM Countdown for the Second Time

Local band Franco, gets their second #1 song this week, as To Survive, moves up to the top spot.  Two years ago, they had their first #1 song with Better Days.

Incidentally, this same song comes from the same album.  I just decided to listen to the album again and chose four other strong tracks from it to compete with the other OPM songs.  To Survive is such a strong track, it went all the way to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 26, 2015 -

#1 Franco - To Survive (#2)

#2 Gimme 5 - Pag Kasama Ka (#3)

#3 Hale - See You (#4)

#4 Silent Sanctuary - Sa Piling Mo (#5)

#5 Paolo Onesa - You Are So Beautiful (#6)

#6 Julie Anne San Jose - Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang (#7)

#7 Angeline Quinto - Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin (#8)

#8 Thor - Pa'no Ko Sasabihin (#9)

#9 Never the Strangers - Sabay (#10)

#10 Pupil - Why (NEW)

My Weekly OPM Countdown July 10, 2015 #2 Never the Strangers - Sabay

Returning this year with a new album, the local OPM band, Never the Strangers, get their 4th top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, as Sabay, zooms up to #2.  

This is one of the more intriguing OPM tracks this year, and I admit, their sound has hewed closely to Rico Blanco, who has been instrumental in the production of the songs in their latest album.

Their song has had 20,751 views in Youtube as of this week.

Never the Strangers

Th local OPM band, Never the Strangers, has four top 10 songs in my OPM countdown.

2012 - Alive (#3)

2013 - Moving Closer (#6)

2013 - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (#1)

2015 - Sabay (#2)

Ace Libre

Ace Libre's band Never the Strangers is no stranger to my OPM top 10.  As a solo artist though, Ace has one #1 hit in my OPM top 10.

2014 - Sometimes That Happens (#1)

Christian Bautista and Sabrina Rule My OPM Top 10 Countdown This Week

It's not the first time that both Christian Bautista and Sabrina have topped My OPM Top 10 countdown.  This is already Christian's fourth trip while it's the second for Sabrina.  This time, it's for their collaboration on Terrified, a remake of Kara Di Guardia's song.  This week, the song zooms from #10 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending February 8, 2013 -

#1 Christian Bautista and Sabrina - Terrified (#10)

#2 Emmanuelle and Yeng Constantino - Manong Guard (#3)

#3 Ron Henley ft Kat Agarrado - Hagdan (#5)

#4 Never the Strangers - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (#1)

#5 Liezel Garcia - Alipin Ako (#8)

#6 Angeline Quinto - Pang-habang Panahon (#9)

#7 Yeng Constantino - B.A.B.A.Y. (NEW)

#8 Aikee ft Vanessa - DOTA o Ako (NEW)

#9 Franco - Better Days (NEW)

#10 Jason Fernandez - Maria (NEW)




 

Never the Strangers Top My OPM Top 10 This Week

Never the Strangers get their very first #1 song in my personal countdown, with the third release from their self-titled debut album.  Alive and Moving Closer charted last year but it was still in the combined foreign and OPM countdowns.

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

#1 Never the Strangers - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (#3)

#2 Join the Club - Bagong Panimula (#2)

#3 Emanuelle ft Yeng Constantino - Manong Guard (#5)

#4 Chicosci - Raspberry Girl (#1)

#5 Ron Henley ft. Kat Agarrado - Hagdan (#7)

#6 The Oktaves - K.U.P.A.L. (#8)

#7 She's Only Sixteen - Dying to Meet You (#9)

#8 Liezel Garcia - Alipin Ako (#10)

#9 Angeline Quinto - Panghabang Panahon (NEW)

#10 Christian Bautista and Sabrina - Terrified (NEW)

Chicosci Ascends to the Top of My OPM Top 10 This Week

Chicosci finally get their very first #1 song in my personal countdown as Raspberry Girl moves from #2 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending January 25, 2013 - 

#1 Chicosci - Raspberry Girl (#2)

#2 Join the Club - Bagong Panimula (#5)

#3 Never the Strangers - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (#6)

#4  Sitti - To Forget You (#1)

#5 Emmanuelle ft. Yeng Constantino - Manong Guard (#7)

#6 Callalily - Pasasalamat (#4)

#7 Ron Henley ft Kat Agarrado - Hagdan (#8)

#8 Oktaves - K.U.P.A.L. (NEW)

#9 She's Only Sixteen - Dying To Meet You (NEW)

#10 Liezel Garcia - Alipin Ako (NEW) 

Sitti Tops My OPM Countdown This Week With 'To Forget You'

Sitti finally tops my OPM countdown this week, with her sultry and soulful hit song, 'To Forget You'.  

Here are my favorite OPM songs for the week ending January 18, 2013 -

#1 Sitti - To Forget You (#2)

#2 Chicosci - Raspberry Girl (#5)

#3 Up Dharma Down - Turn It Well (#3)

#4 Callalily - Pasasalamat (#4)

#5 Join the Club - Panimula (#7)

#6 Never the Strangers - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (#6)

#7 Emmanuelle ft. Yeng Constantino - Manong Guard (#9)

#8 Ron Henley ft Kat Agarrado - Hagdan (NEW)

#9 Gracenote - Pwede Ako (#10)

#10 Rico Blanco - Burado (#1)

Rico Blanco Tops My OPM Countdown For the First Time

My OPM Countdown is just about two months old but Rico Blanco already has a number one song in it.  This week, Burado, the second single from his latest album, Galactick Fiestamatik, moves to the top spot.  The first single, Amats, also reached the top 10 of my personal countdown but it was still in the countdown where both OPM and foreign songs were still mixed together. 

Anyway, here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending January 11, 2012 -

#1 Rico Blanco - Burado (#2)

#2 Sitti - To Love You (#4)

#3 Up Dharma Down - Turn It Well (#3)

#4 Callalily - Pasasalamat (#5)

#5 Chicosci - Raspberry Girl (NEW)

#6 Never the Strangers - Bago Mahuli ang Lahat (NEW)

#7 Join the Club - Bagong Panimula (#9)

#8 Ron Henley ft. Kat Agarrado - Hagdan (NEW)

#9 Emmanuelle ft. Yeng Constantino - Manong Guard (NEW)

#10 Gracenote - Pwede Ako (NEW)

Tanya Markova Gets Their Fourth #1 Song in My Personal Countdown

Tanya Markova gets their fourth #1 song in my personal weekly countdown.  Picture Picture, Disney and Linda Blair were all previous #1 songs.  This week, Da Facebook Song climbs from #8 to the pole position.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 1, 2012

#1 Tanya Markova - Da Facebook Song (#8)

#2 Chris Cantada - Scarred (#9)

Chris Cantada also rises up from #9 to #2 this week with Scarred.  It's his first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

#3 Never The Strangers - Alive (NEW)

Because they were the opening act in last week's Lifehouse concert, Never the Strangers get two top 10 songs this week with Alive debuting at #3 and Moving Closer at #4.

#4 Never The Strangers - Moving Closer (NEW)

#5 Madonna - I Fucked Up (#7)

Madonna moves up again, this time to #5 with I Fucked Up.

#6 Lady Gaga - Bad Kids (#2)

Lady Gaga's Bad Kids slips to #6 this week mainly due to the influx of songs from concert artists, Never the Strangers.

#7 Lifehouse - Wash (NEW)

Lifehouse returns with four songs in my top 10 list this week mainly due to their concert here last Saturday.  Wash is my most favorite performance of their that night.

#8 Lifehouse - Broken (NEW)

#9 Lifehouse - Storm (RE)

A former #1 song, Storm reenters this week at #9.  Pity that the band only played a snippet of the song, tsk tsk....

#10 Lifehouse - First Time (RE)

A former top 10 song, First Time reenters at #10.

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My OPM Myx Countdown Votes This Week - Never the Strangers' Alive

Never the Strangers get my top two votes for this week for the OPM Myx Countdown.  I know their songs are not in the countdown anymore but I don't care.  I'd rather reflect my own personal taste and just see if it does make a dent in the countdown.  Here are my four votes for the OPM Myx Countdown this week -

#1 Never the Strangers - Alive (4 votes/day)

#2 Never the Strangers - Moving Closer (3 votes/day)

#3 Chris Cantada - Scarred (2 votes/day)

#4 Tanya Markova - Da Facebook Song (1 vote/day)

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Enjoyed the Music of 'Never the Strangers' in Lifehouse Concert

Definitely one of the more exciting new acts of 2012, Never the Strangers opened for Lifehouse for the latter's concert here last Saturday.  I only know two songs from the band, their hits Moving Closer and Alive.  I video-ed Alive because it's one of my favorite songs this year.

As for these pictures with the band, we were actually leaving Araneta already when my friend Jenny, spotted them.  Actually, I was not even sure it was them since the people of Dayly Entertainment did not use the video screen for the people in the Upper Box and Gen Ad - so we had to content ourselves with seeing this band like they were ants!  One giveaway though was that some people were having their pictures taken with them - so it HAD to be them!

As for the performance that night - they sounded solid and whatever you hear as an MP3 on your Ipod is the same as what you'll hear live!  That's pretty cool!

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Never The Strangers: Opening Act For Lifehouse In Manila!

An added bonus to the Lifehouse concert this weekend is the opening act, Never the Strangers, one of the more exciting new bands coming out of the woodwork this 2012.  I am looking forward to them singing Alive and Moving Closer!

The Lifehouse concert will be on May 26, this Saturday, at 9:30PM.  The set for Never the Strangers should start by 8:30PM.

Never The Strangers: Opening Act For Lifehouse In Manila! - MYX | YOUR CHOICE. YOUR MUSIC.

Never the Strangers: Breakthrough Band

The second quarter of 2012 is just beginning yet the band Never the Strangers is slowly staking its claim as one of the best breakthrough acts of the year.  They already have a number one song in the OPM Myx Countdown, Moving Closer, although I feel their first single, Alive, was a far more superior single!

I do hope they continue to release more singles, if they do have an album out.  That way, they can introduce their sound to more people.  They have a pretty interesting sound, to begin with - something worth exploring!