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

Sitti, who has been churning out remakes before, has come out with a cool, original song, called To Forget You, which became her first ever #1 hit in my OPM countdown.  I hope she continues to write more original songs, kasi susuportahan ko talaga siya, of course, if the song also appeals to me.

Callalily

Callalily has three top 10 hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown.  

2013  - Pasasalamat (#4)
2013 - HKM (#10)  
2013 - Pansamantala (#9)

Emeli Sande Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Emeli Sande finally gets her first top forty and first  #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Clown, zooms in from #6 to #1 this week.

Both Les Miserables and the remake of the movie Footloose place three songs each from their respective soundtracks, into the top 10 this week

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

#1 Emeli Sande - Clown (#6)

#2 John Mayer - The Age of Worry (#7)

#3 Tamar Braxton - Love and War

#4 Les Miserables - One Day More (NEW)

#5 Samantha Barks - On My Own (NEW)

#6 Anne Hathaway - I Dreamed A Dream (NEW)

#7 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (1)

#8 Big and Rich and Gretchen Wilson - Fake ID (NEW)

#9 Hunter Hayes and Victoria Justice - Almost Paradise (NEW)

#10 Ella Mae Bowen - Holding Out For a Hero (NEW) 

Chart Performance: Bingo Players

Bingo Players is a Dutch dance and electro house DJ and production duo and their song Get Up (Rattle) stays at #1 for a second week in the UK singles chart.  They collaborated with Far East Movement on this track.

My Personal Countdown: Owl City

Owl City has fourteen top forty hits, seven of them, #1 songs.

2009 - Fireflies (#1)
2010 - Vanilla Twilight (#1)
2010 - If My Heart Was A House (#1)
2010 - The Bird and the Worm (#3) 
2010 - Cave In (#7)
2010 - Umbrella Beach (#3)
2010 - Dental Care (#7)
2011 - Galaxies (#1)
2011 - Deer in the Headlights (#1)
2011 - How I Became the Sea (#1)
2011 - Angels (#4)
2011 - Alligator Sky (#3)
2011 - The Yacht Club (#6)
2012 - Good Time (with Carly Jepsen) (#1)

My Personal Countdown: Peter White

Jazz music starts 2013 with a big bang as Peter White's Here We Go, peaked at #16 last week and dips to #32 this week, becoming the second jazz song to enter my personal countdown since Vincent Ingala last year.

My Personal Countdown: Elvis Crespo

Elvis Crespo has two top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  Suavemente went to #1 in 1998, while Pegadito Suavecito, which featured Fito Blanko, peaked at #8.

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)

OPM Music Feature: Oktaves

One look at the composition of the band, the Oktaves and one can bring up the word, 'superband'.  With Ely Buendia at the helm and doing the vocals, and supported byChris Padilla (currently of Hilera) also on vocals and guitars, Nitoy Adriano (long-time axeman of The Jerks) on lead guitar, Ivan Garcia on bass (Hilera) and Bobby Padilla on drums (Hilera). 

The band's initial offering, K.U.P.A.L. is a solid radio song which should scale my own OPM countdown top 10 soon enough.

Swedish House Mafia Occupy Seven Slots in My Personal Countdown this Week

Due to their successful concert here last week, it's no surprise that Swedish House Mafia occupies seven of the ten slots in my top 10 this week.  They also get their fourth #1 song this week.

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

#1 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (RE)

#2 Swedish House Mafia - Miami to Ibiza (RE)

#3 Swedish House Mafia - Antidote (RE)

#4 Swedish House Mafia - One (Your Name) (RE)

#5 Swedish House Mafia - Sweet Disposition (NEW)

#6 Emeli Sande - Clown (#3)

#7 John Mayer - Age of Worry (#4)

#8 Tamar Braxton - Love and War 

#9 Swedish House Mafia - Calling (Lose My Mind) (NEW)

#10 Swedish House Mafia - Save the World (NEW)

Chart Performance: Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia has seven top 10 songs in my personal countdown, four of those went all the way to #1.

2010 - One (with Pharrell) (#1)
2010 - Miami to Ibiza (with Tinie Tempah) (#1)

2011 - Antidote (#1)
2013 - Greyhound (#1)
2013 - Sweet Disposition (#5)
2013 - Calling (Lose My Mind) (#9)
2013 - Save the World (with John Martin) (#10)

Chart Performance: Passion Pit

Passion Pit is an American indie rock band and they have one top 10 album in the US.  Gossamer peaked at #4 in 2012.

Chart Performance: Pink Floyd

Would you believe that Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is still charting this week, at #188, its 820th week in the albums chart?!  This legendary English rock band has nine top 10 albums in the UK.

1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon (#1)
1975 - Wish You Were Here (#1)
1977 - Animals (#3)
1979 - The Wall (#1)
1983 - The Final Cut (#6)
1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (#3)
1994 - The Division Bell (#1)
1995 - Pulse (#1) 
2001 - Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (#2)
 

Chart Performance: AC/DC

 The Australian hard rock band AC/DC has eight top 10 albums in the US, including two which went to #1.

1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (#3)
1980 - Back in Black (#4)
1981 - For This About To Rock, We Salute You (#1)
1990 - The Razor's Edge (#2)
1995 - Ballbreaker (#4)
2000 - Stiff Upper Lip (#7)
2008 - Ice (#1)
2010 - Iron Man 2 (#4)

Chart Performance: No Doubt

No Doubt has five top 10 albums in the US -

1995 - Tragic Kingdom (#1)
2000 - Return of Saturn (#2)
2001 - Rock Steady (#9)
2003 - The Singles 1992 - 2003 (#2)
2012 - Push and Shove (#3)

Chart Performance: deadmau5

deadmau5 is a Canadian electronic dance artist who has one top 10 album in the US.  Album Title Goes Here peaked at #6 in the US in 2012.

Chart Performance: Florida Georgia Line

The country duo Florida Georgia Line get their very first top 10 album in the US as Here's to the Good Times, peaked at #10.  Their song Cruise has also reached #8 in the US top 10.

My Personal Countdown: Israel Houghton and the New Breeders

I remember distinctly that Israel Houghton was supposed to perform here last year.  I don't know what came of that.  Anyway, their song which they perform along with James Fortune and Jason Nelson, It's Not Over, has peaked at #12 earlier this year.  

Chart Performance: Chris Tomlin

Christian act Chris Tomlin gets his very first #1 album in the US this week, as Burning Lights debuts at #1.  His first top 10 album, Hello Love, peaked at #8 in 2008.  His latest album is his second foray into the top 10.

Chart Performance: The Black Veil Brides

The American rock band, Black Veil Brides get their very first top 10 album in the US this week, as Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild One peaks at #8.

My Personal Countdown: Beast

The Korean boy band Beast has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Beautiful Night peaked at #30 early 2013.

G-Dragon

G-Dragon has one #1 hit in my personal countdown.

2014 - Crayon (#1)

My Personal Countdown: BB Brunes

The French band BB Brunes has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Coups et Blessures hit #1 late 2012. 

My Personal Countdown - Third Day

The Christian rock band Third Day has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  I Need A Miracle peaked at #15.

My Personal Countdown: Jason Gray

Gospel act Jason Gray has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Good to Be Alive peaked at #12 in early 2013. 

Novelty songs visit my personal countdown from time to time.  This time around, it's from a French artist called Pulcino Pio, whose voice here is made to sound like a machine or is that a chipmunk?  Nevertheless, Poussin Pio sounds cute!  The song has peaked at #35.

Well, a poussin is a chick in French, not a woman, but the baby chicken, and apparently in French, the sound they make is Piou!  So Poussin Piou is basically just an inane title - like a nursery rhyme song targeted for kids and teenagers.

My Personal Countdown: The Lumineers

The Lumineers' second top forty hit in my personal countdown was Stubborn Love.  It peaked at #7.  It was also their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  Last year, Ho Hey went to #29.

Chart Performance: James Arthur

James Arthur, the ninth winner of The X-Factor, has a #1 song in the UK with Impossible.  This week, it slips to #3.

Chart Performance: Mikky Ekko

American singer-songwriter Mikky Ekko' s first top 10 hit in the UK, Stay, his collaboration with Rihanna, stays at #4 for another week this week.  In the US, the same song, peaked at #3.

Chart Performance: Pitbull

 

Pitbull has eight top 10 hits in the US with two #1 songs.  Here they are -

 

2008 - Krazy (with Lil Jon) (#1)
2009 - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) (#2)
2009 - Hotel Room Service (#8)
2010 - Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) (#7)
2010 - I Like It (with Enrique Iglesias) (#4)
2010 - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (with Usher) (#4)
2011 - Give Me Everything (with Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) (#1)
2011 - On The Floor (with Jennifer Lopez) (#3) 

In the UK, he has nine top 10 hits with one number one song.

2009 - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) (#4)
2009 - Hotel Room Service (#9)
2010 - All Night Long (with Alexandra Burke) (#4) 
2010 - I Like It (with Enrique Iglesias) (#3)
2010 - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (with Usher) (#7) 
2011 - Give Me Everything (with Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) (#1)
2011 - International Love (with Chris Brown) (#10)
2011 - On The Floor (with Jennifer Lopez) (#3) 
2013 - Don't Stop the Party (with TJR) (#7)  

My Personal Countdown: Foster the People

Foster the People four three top 40 hits in my personal countdown, two of them went to #1.  In 2011, Pumped Up Kicks went to #1.  Last year, Helena Beat also went to #1.  Then, late last year, I Would Do Anything For You peaked at #8.  This year, Love peaked at #35.

My Personal Countdown: 10cm

Korean duo 10cm has one hit in my personal countdown. Their hit Fine Thank You and You? peaked at #9 late 2012.

Girls Generation

The Korean girl group Girls Generation has two hits in my personal countdown.  

2012 All My Love is for You (#11)
2013 Love and Girls (#2)

My Personal Countdown: Kimpoy Feliciano

Kimpoy Feliciano has one hit in my OPM Top 10.  Ikaw Lang peaked at #5 late last year.

My Personal Countdown: Cassadee Pope

Cassadee Pope has one top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  Late last year, Over You peaked at #10.