Alexis Jordan Tops My Personal Countdown for the Second Time

Alexis Jordan burst into the scene in 2010 when her song Happiness topped my personal countdown.  Three years later, she gets to the top spot again with Hush Hush.  This is her third top ten hit in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 26, 2013 -

#1  Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (#2)

#2 Ne-Yo ft Jessica Sanchez - Tonight (#7)

#3 Britt Nicole - Gold (#5)

#4 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#28)

#5 Lee Hi - Scarecrow (#12)

#6 Lee Seung Gi - Return (#18)

#7 Valerie Bonneton - Ca M'Ennerve (#8)

#8 Tegomass - Sayonara Ni Sayonara (#4)

#9 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#9)

#10 The 1975 - Chocolate (#14)

Busker Busker

Korean K-pop trio Busker Busker has one top forty hit in my personal countdown as Cherry Blossom Ending, has peaked at #16.

Keane

Keane has thirteen top 10 hits in my personal countdown, five of them going all the way to #1.

2003 - Everybody's Changing (#3)
2004 - Somewhere Only We Know (#3)
2004 - Bedshaped (#1)
2006 - Is It Any Wonder (#1)
2006 - Crystal Ball (#3)
2008 -Spiralling (#1)
2010 - Stop For A Minute (with K'Naan) (#7)
2012 - A Bad Dream (#1)
2012 - Sea Fog (#1)
2012 - On the Road (#6)
2012 - Strangeland (#7)
2012 - We Might As Well be Strangers (#8)
2012 - Silenced By the Night (#10)

Kodaline

Irish alternative rock band, Kodaline has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  

2013 - High Hopes (#5)
2013 - One Day (#5)

Ebe Dancel Gets His Third #1 Song This Week in My OPM Top 10 Countdown

Ebe Dancel's song from the musical, Sa Wakas, which is showing this weekend at the PETA Theatre, Bawat Daan, debuts at #1 in my OPM Top 10 countdown this week - the first OPM act to ever do that.  It's also Ebe's third #1 song in my countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 26, 2013 -

#1 Ebe Dancel ft the cast of Sa Wakas - Bawat Daan (NEW)

#2 KZ Tandingan - Scared to Death (#3)

#3 Wynn Andrada -  Tamang Panahon (#7)

#4 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#9)

#5 Jensen Gomez - Umpisa (#1)

#6 Angeline Quinto - Sana Ngayon Lang ang Kahapon (NEW)

#7 Erik Santos - This Song is For You (#8)

#8 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#10)

#9 Yeng Constantino - Alaala (NEW)

#10 Bamboo - In This Life (NEW)

Jensen Gomez

Jensen Gomez has two top 10 hits in my OPM Top 10 countdown, including one #1 song.

2013 - Umpisa (#1)
2013 - Could've Been (#1)

Lee Ha Yi Becomes the Second Korean to Top my Personal Countdown

Lee Ha Yi becomes the first Korean female singer and the second Korean overall to top my personal countdown.  Psy was the first Korean to do that last year.  This week, 1, 2, 3, 4, zooms from #14 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 19, 2013 -

#1 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4 (#14)

#2 Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (#15)

#3 Leighton Meester - Words I Couldn't Say (#32)

#4 Tegomass - Sayonara Ni Sayonara (#16)

#5 Britt Nicole - Gold (#18) 

#6 Chris Cox, Crystal Waters, DJ Frankie - Oh Mama Hey (#17)

#7 Ne-Yo ft Jessica Sanchez - Tonight (#20)

#8 Valerie Bonneton - Ca M'Ennerve (NEW)

#9 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#20)

#10 One Direction - Heart Attack (#34)

Valerie Bonneton

Valerie Bonneton is the latest actress who gets a top ten hit in my personal countdown.  She however, is the first French actress to do it.  Leighton Meester is another actress currently in my top 10 this week.  Valerie's hit is her own version of Helmut Fritz's Ca M'Ennerve, which is at #17 this week, while Valerie's version is at #7.

Helmut Fritz

French singer Helmut Fritz has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Ca M'enerve has peaked at #11.  It was used in the French TV show Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ci.

Jensen Gomez Tops My OPM Countdown This Week

Newcomer Jensen Gomez gets his very first #1 song in my OPM countdown this week as Umpisa zooms from #7 to #1.  It's also his very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 19, 2013 -

#1 Jensen Gomez - Umpisa (#7)

#2 Ebe Dancel - Tayo Tayo Lang (#4)

#3 KZ Tandingan - Scared to Death (#8)

#4 Karylle - Everything About You (#9)

#5 Jireh Lim - Buko (#10)

#6 Chris Cayzer - Inside You (#1)

#7 Wynn Andrada - Tamang Panahon (NEW)

#8 Erik Santos - This Song is For You (NEW)

#9 Itchyworms - After All This Time (NEW)

#10 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (NEW)

Wynn Andrada

Wynn Andrada has one #1 hit in my OPM countdown.  Tamang Panahon spent a week at the top.

Your Imaginary Friends

Indiepop band Your Imaginary Friends has one top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.  Your Silence is the Villain is at #2 this week.

Lawson

Lawson gets an instant 13 top forty hits in my personal countdown as they occupy the top 13 spots in my personal countdown this week.  This is mainly due to their concert here last April 9.

Here are their 13 top forty hits in my personal countdown -

2013 - Who You Gonna Call (#1)
2013 -  Learn To Love Again (#2)
2013 - When She Was Mine (#3)
2013 -  The Girl I Knew (#4)
2013 -  Everywhere You Go (#5)
2013 -  Standing in the Dark (#6)
2013 -  Taking Over Me (#7)
2013 -  Anybody Out There (#8)
2013 -  Make It Happen (#9)
2013 - You'll Never Know (#10)
2013 -  Stolen (#11)
2013 - Gone (#12)
2013 - Waterfall (#13)

Lawson Sweeps the First 13 Spots in My Personal Countdown This Week

Everytime an artist visit Manila, it is not unusual that it moves out all the songs out of the top 10 of the previous week.  It happened the week Snow Patrol was here.  It happens again this week, as all the top 10 spots are filled in by Lawson songs.  Each of those songs though will eventually be given a time to chart in a normal week, but for weeks after the live show, I allow this euphoric things to happen.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending April 12, 2013 -

#1 Lawson - Who You Gonna Call (NEW)

#2 Lawson - Learn To Love Again (NEW)

#3 Lawson - When She Was Mine (NEW)

#4 Lawson - The Girl I Knew (NEW)

#5 Lawson - Everywhere You Go (NEW)

#6 Lawson - Standing in the Dark (NEW)

#7 Lawson - Taking Over Me (NEW)

#8 Lawson - Anybody Out There (NEW)

#9 Lawson - Make It Happen (NEW)

#10 Lawson - You'll Never Know (NEW)
 

Chris Cayzer Tops My OPM Countdown For the Second Time

Chris Cayzer gets his second #1 song in my OPM countdown this week, as Inside You moves from #2 to #1.  In 2011, Drive went to #1 and was also one of the biggest OPM hits of that year.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 12, 2013 -

#1 Chris Cayzer - Inside You (#2)

#2 Juris - Hanggang Wakas (#4)

#3 Toni Gonzaga - Kahit Na (#5)

#4 Ebe Dancel - Tayo Tayo Lang (#1)

#5 Nyoy Volante - Pikit (#3)

#6 Marion Aunor - If You Ever Change Your Mind (#7)

#7 Jensen Gomez - Umpisa (NEW)

#8 Karylle - Everything About You (#9)

#9 KZ Tandingan - Scared to Death (#8)

#10 Jireh Lim  - Buko (#10)

The Most Probable Concert Setlist of Jason Mraz for His Manila Show on May 14

I missed Jason Mraz's show here two years ago but I will most likely watch his show this time around mainly because of I Won't Give Up.  It would be interesting to listen to his new music as well, to find out how he's evolved as a singer-songwriter.  Here below is his most likely setlist for his Manila show on May 14.  

I only know four songs here so it's time to download this setlist and get familiar with it!

1. I Take The Music
2. The World as I See It
3. Make It Mine / Live High
4. Butterfly
5. The Woman I Love
6. A Beautiful Mess
7. Lucky
8. 0% Interest
   (segue into Don't Dream It's … more)
9. Plane
10. When We Die
    (Jason solo)
11. You Fckn Did It
12. I'm Coming Over / Up The Country
13. Love The One You're With
    (Stephen Stills cover) (with Zac Brown Band)
14. Frank D. Fixer
15. The Remedy
16. Three Little Birds
    (Bob Marley cover) (segue into I'm Yours)
17. I'm Yours
18. Encore:
18. Song for a Friend
19. 93 Million Miles
20. I Won't Give Up

The Most Likely Aerosmith Setlist for their May 8 Show in Manila

I actually know only 7 songs in this setlist!  Anyway, it would be interesting to listen to the other Aerosmith songs and find out how the band evolved over time.

1. "Mama Kin" (Switched for "Toys In The Attic" on a few dates. Mama Kin was moved into the encores the first time.)
2. "Love In An Elevator"
3. "Jaded" ("Cryin'" on 11/08)
4. "Oh Yeah"
5. "Livin' On The Edge"
6. "What Could Have Been Love" (Only performed 11/08, and 11/11.)
7. "Movin' Out"
8. "Walkin' The Dog"
9. "Last Child"
10. Drum Solo
11. "Rag Doll"
12. "Boogie Man"/ Instrumental Jam
13. "Red House" (Only performed on 11/27)
14. "Combination"
15. "Lover Alot"
16. "What It Takes"
17. "No More No More" (Dropped later in the tour)
18. "Come Together"
19. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
20. "Mother Popcorn" (Only on a few dates)
21. "Home Tonight" (Partial) ("You See Me Crying" (Partial) on 11/27)
22. "Walk This Way"
23. "Dream On"
24. "Sweet Emotion"

Ryan Fletcher Refuses to Take Shirt Off in Manila

It would've been a treat if Ryan did take off his shirt during the Manila leg of their Asian swing tour.  Anyway, he does have pictures of him with his shirt off - in the net!  Anyway, he and his band, Lawson, really performed well last night!  It was more than I expected!