Beyonce Tops My Personal Countdown for the 19th Time!

XO becomes Beyonce's 19th #1 hit in my personal countdown.  The song is from her latest album and it's the first song from that album to top my weekly top 10.  The song moved from #3 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 28, 2014 -

#1 Beyonce - XO (#3)

#2 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#2)

#3 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#4)

#4 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#5)

#5 James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (#6)

#6 Sakanaction - Yuriika (#7)

#7 Jamie Cullum - Get A Hold of Yourself (#8)

#8 John Legend - All of Me (#9)

#9 Coldplay - Magic (#10)

#10 G-Dragon - Crayon (NEW)

FABE Weekly Top 10 March 28, 2014: #4 Sakanaction - Goodbye

The Japanese band Sakanaction's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Goodbye, moves up this week from #5 to #4.  The band has two top 10 hits in my weekly top 10 this week.

FABE Weekly Top 10 March 28, 2014: #6 Sakanaction - Yuriika

The Japanese band Sakanaction's fifth top 10 hit in the FABE Weekly Top 10, Yuriika, moves this week from #7 to #6.  The band has two top 10 hits in my personal countdown this week.

A Great Big World Gets First Number One Song in My Personal Countdown

The duo A Great Big World got their very first #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as their collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Say Something, moves to the top spot this week.  This is also Christina's twelfth #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 21, 2014 -

#1 A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something (#2)

#2 Kristen Bell / Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (#3)

#3 Beyonce - XO (#5)

#4 Beyonce feat. Jay-z - Drunk in Love (#6)

#5 Sakanaction - Goodbye (#7)

#6 James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (#8)

#7 Yuriika - Sakanaction (#9)

#8 Jamie Cullum - Get A Hold on Yourself (#10)

#9 John Legend - All of Me (NEW)

#10 Coldplay - Magic (NEW)

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)

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

Country is Back at #1 in My Personal Countdown c/o Blake Shelton

It has been quite a while since a country song topped my personal countdown.  I won't really count Taylor Swift as a country singer as some of her songs sound like a pop song.  Anyway, this week, Blake Shelton moves from #4 to #1 with Sure Be Cool If You Did, making it his first #1 song in my personal countdown.

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

#1 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did (#4)

#2 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (#5)

#3 Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity (#1)

#4 Carlos Vives ft Michel Telo - Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo (#6)

#5 The Lumineers - Stubborn Love (#7)

#6 Sakanaction - Endless (#9)

#7 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#10)

#8 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4 (#17)

#9 Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (#20)

#10 Sakanaction - Music (#14)

My Weekly Top 40 March 22, 2013: #6 Sakanaction - Endless

Sakanaction's Endless moves this week from #9 to #6.  It's the band's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

German Dance DJ Zedd Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

German dance DJ Zedd zooms to #1 this week with his very first #1 hit in my personal countdown. He's the second German act to top my personal countdown this year.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 15, 2013.

#1 Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity 

#2 Jesse & Joy - Corre (#2)

#3 Marteria, Yasha, Miss Platnum - Lila Wolken  (#1)

#4 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did 

#5 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

#6 Carlos Vives ft Michel Telo - Como Le Gusta Tu Cuerpo (#27)

#7 The Lumineers - Stubborn Love (#22)

#8 Greeen - Yuki No Oto (#10)

#9 Sakanaction - Endless (#11)

#10 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#9)

#11 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (#6)

#12 Disclosure ft Aluna Jones - White Noise (#16)

 

#13 Rita Ora - Radioactive (#17)

#14 Sakanaction - Music (#18)

#15  Lee Seung Gi - Return (#19)

#16 Lee Ha Yi - Scarecrow(#24)

#17 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4(#25)

#18 Paul Brown and Bob James - Backstage Pass (#13)

#19 Serena Ryder - Stompa (#28)

#20 Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (#33)

#21 Ronan Keating - NYC Girl (#36)

#22 P!nk - Walk of Shame (#29)

#23 Ke$ha - C'mon (NEW)

#24 Shinee - The World With You (#14)

#25 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert - Same Love (#14)

 #26 Norah Jones - 4 Broken Hearts (#37)

#27 Imagine Dragons - Demons (#26)

#28 Future ft Rihanna - Loveeeee Song (#20)

#29 One Direction - Heart Attack 

#30 Emeli Sande - Clown (#29)

#31 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (#28)

#32 Ed Sheeran - Kiss Me (#35)

#33 Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier (#27)

#34 Nikki Williams - Fly Again (#39)

#35  Garret Hedlund - Chances Are (NEW)

#36 Leighton Meester - Words I Couldn't Say (NEW)

#37 Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (NEW)

#38 Alanis Morissette - Havoc (#34)

#39 Marc Antoine - Montuno Bay(#40)

#40 Huh Gak and Yoo Seung Woo - Monodrama (NEW)

Chris Brown's Don't Judge Me Becomes My First #1 Song of 2013

Even though both Chris Brown and Rihanna underwent a lot of media controversy over their volatile and often violent relationship, one thing is clear, both of them never stopped working - and because of that, they've had #1 songs in my personal countdown even if they were always on the media spotlight!

This week, Chris Brown gets his ninth #1 song in my personal countdown, as Please Don't Judge Me, moves from #2 to #1.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the first week of 2013, week ending, January 4, 2013 -

#1 Chris Brown - Please Don't Judge Me

#2 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana

#3 Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

#4 Mary J. Blige - The Living Proof

#5 John Mayer - The Age of Worry

#6 Emeli Sande - Clown

#7 Tamar Braxton - Love and War

#8 Lana del Rey - Ride

#9 Robbie Williams - S**t on the Radio

#10 Lena - Stardust

Sakanaction Posts Second Number One Hit for 2012

The Japanese rock band Sakanaction posts their second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Boku to Hana goes to #1.  Their first hit, Yoru No Higashigawa, also went to #1.  
Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 28, 2012 -

#1 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana (2)

#2 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (20)

#3 Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) (RE)

#4 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (RE)

#5 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (1)

#6 Kelly Clarkson/Vince Gill - Don't Rush (3)

#7 Shinee - Dazzling Girl (32)

#8 Foster the People - I Would Do Anything For Love (9)

#9 ASAP Rocky - Fuckin Problems (RE)

#10 Elvis Crespo ft. Fito Blanko - Pegadito Suavecito (8)

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Rock Act of 2012

Three of the nominated artists for Rock Act of the Year performed here in Manila in 2012, Edwin McCain, Keane and Vertical Horizon.  Because of it, I was able to listen to their work, songs which I would've normally missed since they don't really chart anymore, so really, thanks to the concert organizers who have brought them here.

Melissa Etheridge figures well also this year since I bought her CD, ironically, December of 2011, and it was only this year that I fully listened to it, and discovered a TON of gems from her album Fearless Love!

Finally, since I made my chart watching a worldwide activity this year, I was introduced to this fantastic Japanese band called Sakanacation and their quirky rock music!  Frankly, I don't understand a freakin' thing they're singing but I love the way they sing it!

Here are the nominees for Rock Act of the Year -

Edwin McCain

Keane

 

















Melissa Etheridge

Sakanaction

 














Vertical Horizon

And the Rock Act of 2012 is Vertical Horizon.

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: International Artist of 2012

The International Artist of the Year is a new category for 2012 which features the top non-English speaking act of the year.  This means that the act has to be nominated for songs whose overall content is less than 50% in English, regardless of the act's nationality.

Here are the nominees for the International Artist of the Year -

BB Brunes (France)

Carlos Vives (USA) 

Gocho (USA) 

Psy (South Korea)

Sakanaction (Japan)

And the International Artist of 2012 is Sakanaction (Japan)

 

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: International Song of 2012

The International Song of the Year is a new category which we have introduced this year to honor the top international songs of the year - songs which have less than 50% English lyrics, regardless of the act's nationality.

Here are the nominees for International Song of the Year -

BB Brunes - Coups et Blessures (France)

Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (USA) 

Psy - Gangnam Style (South Korea)

Sakanaction - Boku to Hana (Japan)

Sakanaction - Yoru to Higashigawa (Japan)

And the International Song of 2012 is Psy - Gangnam Style (South Korea)

 

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Alternative Act of 2012

This year, we are introducing the Alternative Act of the year to accommodate the alternative artists who have dominated this year.  

Here are the nominees for the Alternative Act of the Year -

Ed Sheeran
Florence + the Machine

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Gotye
Sakanaction 

And the Alternative Act of 2012 is Sakanaction.

 

Kelly Clarkson Tops My Personal Countdown for the Second Time This Year

Kelly Clarkson is one of the five acts this year to have two #1 songs in my personal countdown.  This week, Catch My Breath moves to the top spot following Don't Rush, her duet with country star Vince Gill, which went to #1 just two weeks ago.

The four other acts to achieve what Kelly did are Beyonce (End of Time, I Miss You), Carly Rae Jepsen (Call Me Maybe, Good Time), Keane (A Bad Dream, Sea Fog) and Vertical Horizon (All Is Said and Done, The Lucky One).

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 21, 2012 -

#1 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (#7)

#2 Sakanaction - Boku to Hana (#9)

#3 P!nk - Try (#4)

#4 Kelly Clarkson/Vince Gill - Don't Rush (#6)

#5 Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home (#2)

#6 Ke$ha - Die Young (#3)

#7 Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (#10)

#8 Elvis Crespo ft Fito Blanko - Pegadito Suavecito (#32)

#9 Foster the People - I Would Do Anything For Love (#22)

#10 One Direction - Little Things (#20)

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill Top my Personal Countdown List This Week

 

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill become the second duet to top my personal countdown this year with their song Don't Rush.  Earlier this year, Gotye and Kimbra hit #1 with Somebody I Used to Know.   This week, the song jumps from #10 to #1.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending December 7, 2012 -

#1 Kelly Clarkson / Vince Gill - Don't Rush

#2 Ke$ha - Die Young

#3 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath

#4 Alanis Morissette - Woman Down

#5 BB Brunes - Coups et Blessures

#6 Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home

#7 Sakanaction - Yoru No Odoriko

#8 Frank Ocean - Thinking About You

#9 Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

#10 Cassadee Pope - Over You

Sakanaction

The Japanese band Sakanaction has five top 10 hits in the FABE weekly top 10, with two of them going all the way to #1.

2012 - Yoru No Higashigawa (#1)
2012 - Boku to Hana (#1)
2013 - Endless (9)
2014 - Goodbye (#4) 
2014 - Yuriika (#6) 

Japanese Band Sakanaction Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

Here are my favorite foreign songs for the week ending November 16, 2012 -

#1 Sakanaction - Yoru No Higashigawa (3)

#2 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (2)

#3 P!nk and Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (1)

#4 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (5)

#5 Mary J. Blige - Need Someone (NEW)

#6 Alanis Morrissette - Woman Down (NEW)

#7 Nicki Minaj - Marilyn Monroe (RE)

#8 Ryan O'Shaughnessy - No Name (NEW)

#9 Imagine Dragons - It's Time (NEW)

#10 Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (NEW)