Britt Nicole Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Britt Nicole tops my personal countdown this week with her hit, Gold.  It's her very first #1 hit in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 24, 2013 -

#1 Britt Nicole - Gold (#14)

#2 fun. - Sight of the Sun (#15)

#3 Judy Collins - Song for Judith (#28)

#4 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#30)

#5 Jason Mraz - I'm Coming Over (#1)

#6 Cast of The Full Monty - Breeze Off the River (#16)

#7 ReConnected - One in a Million (#18)

#8 Anna Kendrick - Cups (#20)

#9 Norah Jones - Say Goodbye (#31)

#10 Robbie Williams ft. Lissie - Loser (#32)

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick is the second Oscar nominee this year who enters my personal countdown.  Earlier this year, Anne Hathaway reached the top 10 with her version of the song, I Dreamed A Dream.  This week, Anna's Cups, enters the top 10 at #8

Lee Brice

Country singer Lee Brice has one top ten hit in my personal countdown.

2013  I Drive Your Truck (#5)

Tae Yeon

Korean singer Tae Yeon has one top 40 hit in my personal countdown.

2013 - And One (#16)

Lee Jong Hyun

 

Korean singer Lee Jong Hyun has one top 40 hit in my personal countdown with My Love, which zooms to #25 this week.

Bamboo Gets His Second #1 Song in My OPM Countdown This Week

Bamboo posts his second #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as In This Life, moves from #2 to #1.  Last year, Ikot ng Mundo, went to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 24, 2013 -

#1 Bamboo - In This Life (#2)

#2 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin' (#3)

#3 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#1)

#4 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#5)

#5 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#6)

#6 Maldita - Dehado (#8)

#7 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#9)

#8 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#10)

#9 She's Only Sixteen - Amygdala (NEW)

#10 Gloc-9 ft Zia Quizon - Katulad Ng Iba (NEW)

Zia Quizon

Zia Quizon finally gets her very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as her collaboration with Gloc-9, Katulad ng Iba, debuts at #10.

Jason Mraz and Avicii Capture My Personal Countdown This Week

Due to their simultaneous concerts here in Manila this week, Jason Mraz and Avicii hog all the slots in my top 10, with Jason Mraz, capturing the top spot. 

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 17, 2013 -

#1 Jason Mraz - I'm Coming Over (NEW)

#2 Avicii - Silhouettes (NEW)

#3 Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess (NEW)

#4 Avicii - Levels (RE)

#5 Avicii - Fade Into Darkness (NEW)

#6 Jason Mraz - You Fuckin' Did It (NEW)

#7  Jason Mraz - Plane (NEW)

#8 Jason Mraz - Frankie D. Fixer (NEW)

#9 Avicii - X You (NEW)

#10 Jason Mraz - 93 Million Miles (NEW)

Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz has ten top 10 songs in my personal countdown.  Four of them went all the way to #1.

2003 - The Remedy (#7)
2004 - You and I Both (#1)
2009 - Lucky (with Colbie Caillat) (#3) 
2012 - I Won't Give Up (#1)
2013 - 93 Million Miles (#10)
2013 - Frankie D. Fixer (#8)
2013 - Plane (#7)
2013 - You Fucking Did It (#6)
2013 - A Beautiful Mess (#1)
2013 - I'm Coming Over (#1)

Birdy Nam Nam

Birdy Nam Nam is a DJ crew from France and this week, they get their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown, with Wild for the Night, their collaboration with ASAP Rocky and Skrillex.

ASAP Rocky

Rapper ASAP Rocky has two top ten hits in my personal countdown.  Earlier this year, Fuckin' Problems peaked at #9.  This week, Wild For the Night, his collaboration with Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam, becomes his very first #1 song.

Mika

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Mika has seventeen top ten hits in my personal countdown, fourteen of them have gone to #1.

2007 - Relax, Take It Easy (#4)
2007 - Grace Kelly (#1)
2007 - Lollipop (#1)
2007 - Love Today (#1)
2007 - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) (#4)
2007 - Happy Ending (#1)
2007 - Stuck in the Middle (#4)
2009 - We Are Golden (#1)
2009 - Blame it on the Girls (#1)
2009 - I See You (#1)
2009 - Touches You (#1)
2009 - Rain (#1) 
2009 - Good Gone Girl (#1)
2010 - One Foot Boy (#1)
2010 - Toy Boy (#1)
2013 - Celebrate (with Pharrell) (#1)
2013 - Elle Me Dit (#)

Mario

Mario has two top forty hits in my personal countdown -

2004 - Let Me Love You (#3)
2013 - Stuttering (#33)

Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat has five top ten songs in my personal countdown.
 
2007 - Bubbly (#7)
2008 - Realize (#10)
2009 - Lucky (with Jason Mraz) (#3)
2011 - I Do (#10)
2011 - Brighter than the Sun (#8)

Itchyworms Notch their Fourth Consecutive #1 Song in My OPM Countdown

Itchyworms makes it 4 out of 4 this week, as After All This Time, becomes their fourth consecutive #1 song in the my OPM countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 17, 2013 -

#1 Itchyworms - After All This Time (#2)

#2 Bamboo - In This Life (#3)

#3 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin' (#7)

#4 Ebe Dancel - Bawat Daan (#4)

#5 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain (#6)

#6 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#10)

#7 Wynn Andrada - Tamang Panahon (#1) 

#8 Maldita - Dehado (#8)

#9 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#9)

#10 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (NEW)

Chart Performance: Pistol Annies

The country trio Pistol Annies get their very first top 10 album in the US as Annie Up debuts at #5.

 

Chart Performance: Icona Pop

Icona Pop is the current Swedish music export that has hit the top 10 in the US.  I Love It has reached #7 in the US.

Chart Performance: Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez has one top 10 hit in the US as a solo artist.  Come and Get It is currently at #6.

Chart Performance: Ray Dalton

Ray Dalton has one #1 hit in the US and a top 10 hit in the UK, with Can't Hold Us, his collaboration with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

Chart Performance: Bastille

British alternative rock band Bastille has one #1 album in the UK, Bad Blood.  Pompeii, their single, went to #2.  The same song also went to #5 in the US, making it their very first US top 10 hit.

Chart Performance: Alison Moyet

English pop singer songwriter Alison Moyet has five top 10 albums in the UK.  She also has a top 10 album for the past four decades.
 
1984 - Alf (#1)
1987 - Raindancing (#2)
1995 - Singles (#1)
2004 - Voice (#7)
2013 - the minutes (#5)

Chart Performance: Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie has two top ten albums in the UK.  He is also best known as the actor behind the hit TV show, House.

2011 - Let Them Talk (#2)
2013 - Didn't It Rain (#3)

Chart Performance: Nate Ruess

Nate Ruess of fun. has one top 10 hit as Nate Ruess in the UK.  Just Give Me A Reason, his collaboration with Pink, went to #2.  The same song went to #1 in the US.

Chart Performance: Trevor Guthrie

Trevor Guthrie has one top 10 hit in the UK, Waiting All Night, which peaked at #6.  It's his collaboration with Armin van Buuren.

Chart Performance: Armin van Buuren

Dutch trance record producer Armin van Buuren has one top 10 hit in the UK, This is What It Feels Like, which peaked at #6, his collaboration with Trevor Guthrie.

Chart Performance: Ella Eyre

Ella Eyre is a British singer-songwriter who has one #1 hit in the UK, Waiting All Night, her collaboration with Rudimental.

Chart Performance: Passenger

Passenger is Mike Rosenberg, a British folk rock singer songwriter who has one top ten hit in the UK.  Let Her Go has peaked at #3.

His album, All the Little Lights, peaked at #6.

Chart Performance: Chris Malinchak

Chris Malinchak has one top 10 hit in the UK, So Good to Me, which has peaked at #2.  He's an American DJ and record producer.

Avicii Gets Manila to D.A.N.C.E.

Well, the show started really really late, around 11:15PM na, to think we went to the gym na and had a leisurely drive to MOA from Trinoma. Still, we were about an hour early. The Bass Jackers though were pretty competent DJs so the wait wasn't infernal in any way. Anyway, we grabbed something to eat since I was really famished already. The burgers in the MOA Arena are really delicious, I mean, much better than Johnny Rockets haha, and that burger costs an arm and a leg! They didn't have iced tea though so I had to drink three large cups of softdrinks tonight. Bad, really bad! Anyway, I only know around six Avicii songs so I think around 12:30AM, he played all of them already. I loved the graphics that went with the music but since the Swedish House Mafia set such a high bar with their show last January, frankly, Avicii's show paled in comparison to those guys. Ironically, one of the best-received songs last night was from the SHM - Don't You Worry Child! Florence and the Machine's Sweet Nothing was very popular too but in my opinion, Calvin Harris' remix of that song is the one radio is playing. Anyway, I just hope next time they end a bit early, 12 midnight at least. I saw several people leaving the place already since Thursday is a work day! Maybe if they had the show on a Friday night or a Saturday, we could've finished the whole show. After dancing for more than an hour, my calves were really painful na, to think I was wearing sneakers! Pano na lang the girls wearing stilettos! Panindigan talaga teh! Well, kudos to the Republique team! I hope they can bring Skrillex and Calvin Harris again to Manila!

Jason Mraz Concert Pictures Manila 2013 Set 2