Showtek's We Like to Party Tops My Personal Countdown

Showtek leads an EDM onslaught this week as We Like to Party moves from #3 to #1. It's their second #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending October 3, 2014:

#10 Shakira - Empire (#6)

Shakira's 11th top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Empire, slips this week to #10.


 

#9 Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem - Calm Down (#5)

Busta Rhymes 5th top 10 hit and Eminem's 11th top 10 hit, Calm Down, slips this week to #9.  The song has already peaked at #5.





#8 Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be (NEW)

British electronic group Clean Bandit debuts in my personal countdown this week with Rather Be.  It's their first appearance in my personal countdown.





#7 DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (NEW)

DJ Snake gets his very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week as Turn Down For What debuts at #7.





#6 Futuristic Polar Bears - Back to Earth (NEW)

British trio Futuristic Polar Bears get their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown. Back to Earth debuts this week at #6.






#5 R3hab and Deorro - Flashlight (NEW)

R3hab and Deorro get their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Flashlight, debuts at #5.





#4 Diplo - Set It Off (NEW)

Diplo's Set It Off debuts this week at #4.  The song is in the new release of Body Jam, that's why it's here in my personal countdown.







#3 Iggy Azalea (feat. Charli XCX) - Fancy (NEW)

Fancy becomes Iggy Azalea's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown. This is Charli XCX's second top 10 hit in my personal countdown.





#2 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#2)

First Love is poised to be another #1 song for Jennifer Lopez.  This week, the song spends another week at #2.



#1 Showtek - We Like to Party (#3)

Showtek gets their second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week.  We Like to Party moves up from #3 to #1.

Drake Rules My Personal Countdown For the Second Time

Drake gets his second #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Karaoke ascends to the top. It's one of the gems from Thank Me Later that I have discovered by accident.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 26, 2014 -

#10 Lana del Rey - West Coast (NEW)

Lana del Rey returns with her third top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  This week, West Coast, debuts at #10.



#9 Celine Dion - Always Be My Girl (NEW)

Celine Dion returns this week with her 47th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  Always Be My Girl debuts this week at #9.






#8 George Strait - I Got A Car (#10) 

 George Strait's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, I Got A Car, moves up this week to #8.





#7 Amos Lee - El Camino (#9) 

Amos Lee's El Camino moves up to #7 this week. It's his very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

 

#6 Shakira - Empire (#8)

Shakira's eleventh top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Empire, moves up this week to #6.





#5 Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem - Calm Down (NEW)

Busta Rhymes and Eminem return to my personal countdown this week as Calm Down debuts this week at #5.  This is Busta Rhymes' fifth visit to my personal countdown and Eminem's fifteenth.





#4 RY X - Berlin (#5) 

 Indie artist RY X's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Berlin, moves up this week to 
#4.






#3 Showtek - We Like to Party (#4)

Showtek's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown, We Like to Party, moves up this week to #3.





#2 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#3)

Jennifer Lopez's sixteenth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, First Love, moves up to #2 this week.





#1 Drake - Karaoke (#2)

Drake gets his second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Karaoke, moves up to the top spot.  It's also his fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  It came from his Thank Me Later album.

Thompson Square Puts Country Music Back on Top of My Personal Countdown

Thompson Square's Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinkin' About puts country music back at the top of my personal countdown.  The song moves from #2 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 19, 2014 -


#10 George Strait - I Got A Car (NEW)

I Got A Car is country singer, George Strait's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown. It debuts this week at #10.


 


#9 Amos Lee - El Camino

El Camino is Amos Lee's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  It debuts this week at #9.




#8 Shakira - Empire (NEW)

Shakira gets her 11th top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week as Empire debuts at #8.






#7 Justin Bieber feat. R. Kelly (9)

Justin Bieber's collaboration with R. Kelly, PYD, moves two notches up this week to #7.  



 

 #6 Sam Smith - Stay With Me (#8) Sam Smith's 

Stay With Me moves up two notches to #6 this week. It's his fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.






#5 RY X - Berlin (#10)

RY X's Berlin zooms up from #10 to #5 this week.  It's his first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.




#4 Showtek - We Like to Party (#5)

Dance artist Showtek's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown, We Like to Party, moves up a notch to #4 this week.





#3 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#4)

Jennifer Lopez's First Love continues to move up my personal countdown, landing at #3 this week.



 

#2 Drake - Karaoke (#3)

Karaoke is Drake's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  It moves closer to the top spot this week at #2.







#1 Thompson Square - Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinkin' About (#2)

Country duo Thompson Square get their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinkin' About, ascends to the top.  It's also their very first top 10 hit.

Showtek

Showtek are Wouter and Sjoerd Janssen, two brothers who live for electronic dance music.  They now have three top 10 hits in my personal countdown. Two of those went all the way to #1.

2014 - Get It Loose (Tiesto Remix) (#1)

2014 - Hey! (#7)

2014 - We Like to Party (#1)

Sam Smith's I'm Not the Only One Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

Sam Smith's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown becomes his second #1 song.  I'm Not the Only One moves up this week from #2 to #1.  It's the 4th top 10 hit from his album In The Lonely Hour.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 12, 2014 -

#10 RY X - Berlin (NEW)

Australian indie singer RY X gets his very first top 10 hit in my weekly countdown this week, as Berlin, debuts at #10.


 

 
#9 Justin Bieber/R. Kelly - PYD (NEW)

Justin Bieber gets his fifth top 10 hit this week, as his collaboration with R. Kelly, PYD, debuts this week at #9.  This is R. Kelly's 16th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.


 


#8 Sam Smith - Stay With Me (NEW)

Stay With Me becomes Sam Smith's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown for the year 2014.  It debuts this week at #8.


 


 #7 Calvin Harris - Summer (#10) 

Calvin Harris' Summer zooms to #10 this week.  It's his fifth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.


 


#6 Charli XCX - Boom Clap (#6) 

Charli XCX's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Boom Clap, stays at #6 this week, for another week.








#5 Showtek - We Like to Party (#9)

Showtek's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown, We Like To Party, zooms up to #5 this week.  It was in the last Body Jam release, that's why it's here in my personal countdown.





#4 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#5)

First Love is Jennifer Lopez's 16th top 10 hit in my personal countdown and the second from the latest album AKA.  It moves up this week to #4.




 


#3 Drake - Karaoke (#8)

Drake's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Karaoke, zooms up this week to #3.






#2 Thompson Square- Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About (#4)

Thompson Square puts country music in my personal countdown as Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About moves up two notches to #2.






#1 Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One (#2)

Sam Smith tops my personal countdown for the second time as I'm Not the Only One ascends to the top spot this week.

A Great Big World Gets Their Third #1 Song in My Personal Countdown

A Great Big World gets their third #1 song in my personal countdown this week as Already Home, moves from #2 to #1.  It's been a great year for this duo, certainly one of the top acts this year in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 5, 2014 -

#10 Calvin Harris - Summer (NEW)

Calvin Harris' fifth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Summer, debuts this week at #10.

 


#9 Showtek - We Like to Party (NEW)

Showtek gets their third top 10 hit in my personal countdown this year, as We Like to Party, debuts at #9.





#8 Drake - Karaoke (#10)

Drake's fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Karaoke, moves quietly to #8 this week.



 

#7 Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora - Black Widow (#6) 

 The collaboration between Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora, Black Widow, slips this week to #7, after peaking at #6. It's Iggy's second top 10 hit and Rita's first in my personal countdown.




#6 Charli XCX - Boom Clap (#7) 

 Charli XCX's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, moves up this week to #6.





#5 Jennifer Lopez - First Time (#8)

First Love is Jennifer Lopez's 16th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  This week it zooms up to #5.






#4 Thompson Square - Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About (#9)

Country duo Thompson Square's Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About zooms all the way to #4 this week.  It's their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.




#3 Sam Smith - Restart (#4)

Sam Smith has two top 10 hits in my personal countdown this week.  The first one, Restart, moves up a notch to #3.





#2 Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One (#5)

Sam Smith's second top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, zooms from #5 to #2.  It's his third top 10 hit in my personal countdown.





#1 A Great Big World - Already Home (#2)

A Great Big World gets their third #1 song this year, as Already Home, moves from #2 to #1.  

Josh Groban Tops My Personal Countdown For the Third Time

It has already been more than a decade since Josh Groban went to #1 in my personal countdown.  In 2003, he had two #1 hits, You're Still You and The Prayer. This week, just because I switched channels, I heard him sing the song Happy in My Heartache in an episode of CSI, and it was instant love of the song!  I didn't even know that he had a new album out!

Anyway, here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 16, 2014.  Since last week was the last week for the latest Body Jam release, my personal countdown was overrun by many Body Jam and Body Attack tracks.

#1 Josh Groban - Happy in My Heartache (RE)

#2 Pharrell - Happy (NEW)

#3 Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (NEW)

#4 Fifteen Vital - Century (NEW)

#5 Axwell - Center of the Universe (NEW)

#6 Avicii - Levels (Skrillex Remix) (NEW)

#7 Showtek and the Bassjackers - Hey! (NEW)

#8 Martin Garrix - Animals (1)

#9 MKTO - Classic (NEW)

#10 Ellie Goulding - Explosions (#3)

FABE Weekly Top 10 May 16, 2014: #7 Showtek and Bassjackers - Hey!

Showtek gets their second top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, while the Bassjackers get their very first, as their collaboration, Hey!, debuts this week at #7.