Carrie Underwood Gets Third #1 Hit in My Personal Countdown

Carrie Underwood gets her third #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Unapologize, zooms from #12 to #1.  Her previous two #1 hits were Jesus Take the Wheel and So Small.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 28, 2013 -

#1 Carrie Underwood - Unapologize (#12)

#2 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#11)

#3 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#3)

#4 Robin Thicke ft Pharrell - Blurred Lines (#32)

#5 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#5)

#6 Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#7)

#7 Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - Live It Up (#1)

#8 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate (#2)

#9 Ciara - Body Party (#10)

#10 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#8)

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #2 Daft Punk ft Pharrell - Get Lucky

Daft Punk's third top ten hit, Get Lucky, zooms back into the top 10 this week, from #11 to #2.  

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #4 Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines

Robin Thicke's fifth top forty hit, Blurred Lines, his collaboration with T.I. and Pharrell, zooms this week from #32 to #4 since we danced it in Nikos' class.

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #16 Mumford and Sons - Holland Road

Mumford and Sons' second top forty hit in my personal countdown, Holland Road reenters this week at #16. 

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #17 Tyga, Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall

Wiz Khalifa, Tyag and Mally Mall collaborate on this song Molly, which this week slips from #13, its peak position to #17.

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #24 Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

Capital Cities' very first top forty hit in my personal countdown, Safe and Sound, moves this week from #32 to #24, its new peak position.

My Weekly Top 40 June 28, 2013: #32 The Cast of the Full Monty - You Walk With Me

This song, You Walk With Me, peaked in the top 10 the week after I saw the local version of the musical The Full Monty.  This week, it starts its chart run at #32.

4Minute

The Korean girl group 4Minute has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

2013 - What's Your Name (#23)

Juris Tops My OPM Top 10 for the Fifth Time

Juris is the fourth OPM artist to get a second #1 hit for 2013.  Angeline Quinto did it last March, Ebe Dancel followed last May, then last week, Chris Cayzer did it.  Juris' Kahit Di Mo Sabihin flies from #5 to #1 this week.  It's also her fifth #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending June 21, 2013 -

#1 Juris - Kahit Na Di Mo Sabihin (#5)

#2 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#1)

#3 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart (#7)

#4 Isabelle De Leon - 1 Week to Move On (#2)

#5 Somedaydream - Do-Do With You (#8)

#6 Chicser - Hello, I Love You (#10)

#7 Angeline Quinto - One Day (#9)

#8 Gloc-9 ft. Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (NEW)

#9 Markki Stroem - Kung Pwede Lang Ibalik (NEW)

#10 Typecast - You Still Have A Long Way To Go (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 June 21, 2013: #1 Juris - Kahit Di Mo Sabihin

Juris' fifth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Kahit Di Mo Sabihin, moves from #5 to #1 this week.  All her previous four hits went all the way to #1.

My OPM Top 10 June 21, 2013: #5 Somedaydream - Do-Do With You

Somedaydream's third hit in my personal countdown, Do-Do With You, moves up this week from #8 to #5. 

My OPM Top 10 June 21, 2013: #7 Angeline Quinto - One Day

This song by Angeline Quinto, One Day, has been on a slow burn on my list for the longest time.  It moves this week from #9 to #7.  It's her sixth appearance in my OPM top 10 countdown.

Jay Durias

Jay Durias has one hit in my OPM countdown.  

2013 Hindi Mo Nadinig (with Gloc-9) (#4).

My OPM Top 10 June 21, 2013: #9 Markki Stroem - Kung Pwede Lang Ibalik

Local singer heartthrob Markki Stroem gets his very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown this week as Kung Pwede Lang Ibalik, debuts at #9.

Markki Stroem

Local singer heartthrob Markki Stroem has one hit in my OPM Top 10 countdown.

2013 Kung Pwede Lang Ibalik (#9)

My OPM Top 10 June 21, 2013: #10 Typecast - You Still Have A Long Way to Go

Typecast is a local hard rock band who gets their very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as You Still Have A Long Way To Go, debuts at #10.

Typecast

Typecast is a local hard rock band and they have one hit in my OPM Top 10.  

2013 You Still Have A Long Way To Go (#10)

A Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull Collaboration Finally Hits Number One in My Personal Countdown

Live it Up is already Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull's third collaboration.  On the Floor and Dance Again both reached the top 10 in my personal countdown but it's Live It Up that goes all the way to #1.  It's Jennifer's eighth #1 and Pitbull's fifth in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 21, 2013 -

#1 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#6)

#2 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#2)

#3 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#8)

#4 Carrie Underwood - Unapologize (#12)

#5 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#7)

#6 Phillip Phillips - Gone Gone Gone (#13)

#7 Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#14)

#8 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#11)

#9 One Direction - Over Again (#15)

#10 Ciara - Body Party (#26)

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #6 Phillip Phillips - Gone Gone Gone

Phillip Phillips' second top ten hit, Gone Gone Gone moves from #13 to #6 this week.

Chamillionaire

Rapper Chamillionaire has one hit in my personal countdown.

2006 - Get Up (with Chamillionaire) (#1)

Mally Mall

Rapper Mally Mall has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

2013 Molly (with Tyga and Wiz Khalifa) (#13)

Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa has five top forty hits in my personal countdown.  Three went to 10 and one went all the way to #1.

2010 Black and Yellow (#1)
2011 Young, Wild and Free (with Snoop Dogg and Bruno Mars (#8)
2012 Payphone (with Maroon 5)
2013 Molly (with Tyga and Mally Mall) (#13)
2013 Beat It (with Sean Kingston and Chris Brown) (#29)

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #21 fun. - Sight of the Sun

fun.'s second #1 song, Sight of the Sun, slips from #17 to #21 this week.

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #22 Davichi - Turtle

The Korean pop ballad duo Davichi's very first top forty hit, Turtle, returns to #22 this week.

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #24 Kodaline - High Hopes

Irish alt-rock band Kodaline's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, High Hopes, has already peaked at #5.  This week, they slip to #24.

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #25 ASAP Rocky, Skrillex, Birdy Nam Nam - Wild For The Night

ASAP Rocky, Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam went to #1 last week with Wild for the Night.  It was all their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown.  This week, they slip to #25.

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #26 Jakwob ft Maiday - Fade

Jakwob's song Fade has already peaked at #3.  This week, he slips to #26.  

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #27 Jack White - On and On and On

Jack White's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, On and On and On, has already peaked at #4.  This week, it slips to #27.  It was my third pick from his Grammy-nominated album, Blunderbuss.

My Weekly Top 40 June 21, 2013: #28 Roy Kim - Bom Bom Bom

Roy Kim's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, Bom Bom Bom, has already peaked at #7.  This week, it dips to #28.

Bishop Paul S. Morton

Bishop Paul S. Morton has one top ten hit in my personal countdown.  

2013 - Best Days Yet (#5)

Chris Cayzer Gets His Third #1 Hit in My OPM Top 10

Chris Cayzer gets his third #1 hit in my OPM top 10 this week, as You're the Only Thing, moves from #2 to #1.  Inside You and Drive went all the way to #1 last year.

Here my ten favorite OPM hits for the week ending June 14, 2013 -

#1 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#2)

#2 Isabelle de Leon - 1 Week to Move On (#1)

#3 Maldita - Dehado (#4)

#4 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#5)

#5 Juris - Kahit Di Mo Sabihin (#7)

#6 Gloc-9 ft Zia Quizon - Katulad ng Iba

#7 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart (#8)

#8 Somedaydream - Do Do With You (NEW)

#9 Angeline Quinto - One Day (#10)

#10 Chicser - Hello I Love You (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 June 14, 2013: #2 Isabelle De Leon - 1 Week to Move On

Isabelle de Leon's very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown, 1 Week to Move On, slips from #1 to #2 this week.

My OPM Top 10 June 14,2013: #3 Maldita - Dehado

Dehado is Maldita's second top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  Last year, Porque went all the way to #1.  Dehado moves up to #3 this week.

My OPM Top 10 June 14, 2013: #4 Zelle - Ikot Ng Mundo

Ikot Ng Mundo is my second pick from Zelle's album Search for Warmth.  It moves one notch to #4 in my OPM countdown this week.  The video you're seeing, I think, is a private video though which just uses this song.

My Weekly OPM Top 10 June 14, 2013: #6 Gloc-9 ft Zia Quizon - Katulad Ng Iba

Zia Quizon's very first hit in my OPM countdown, her collaboration with Gloc-9, Katulad ng Iba, stays at #6 this week.  On the other hand, it's Gloc-9's third visit in my countdown.

Chicser

The male teen group Chicser has one #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

2013 Hello I Love You (#1)

A Rap Song Finally Tops My Personal Countdown This Year

Two rap songs topped my personal countdown in 2012, 212 by Azealia Banks and Gangnam Style by Psy.  The latter went on to become the biggest song in my personal countdown last year.  ASAP Rocky, Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam finally each get their very first #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Wild For the Night, moves a notch to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 14, 2013 -

#1 ASAP Rocky, Skrillex, Birdy Nam Nam - Wild for the Night (#2)

#2 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#1)

#3 Jakwob - Fade (#3)

#4 Jack White - On and On and On (#5)

#5 Kodaline - High Hopes (#6)

#6 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#33)

#7 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#9)

#8 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#8)

#9 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#4)

#10 Roy Kim - Bom Bom Bom (#7)

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #25 Chris Brown - Fine China

Chris Brown's eleventh top forty hit in my personal countdown, Fine China, moves back up to #25 this week, its new peak position.

Petey Pablo

Petey Pablo has one top forty hits in my personal countdown.  In 2004, his collaboration with Ciara, Goodies, went all the way to #1.  He is currently serving a three year prison sentence for possession of a stolen gun

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #31 Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You

 Carly Rae Jepsen's third top forty hit, Tonight, I'm Getting Over You, has already peaked at #21 and this week, it slips to #31.  

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #32 Hugh Laurie - The St. Louis Blues

Award-winning actor Hugh Laurie's very first top forty hit in my personal countdown, The St. Louis Blues, has peaked at #28 and this week, it slips to #32.

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #33 Miguel - How Many Drinks

Grammy award winning R&B crooner, Miguel's second top forty hit, How Many Drinks, has peaked at #17.  This week, it slips to #33.

Walk Off the Earth

Walk Off the Earth is a Canadian indie band and they have one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

2013 Red Hands (#26)

My Weeky Top 40 June 14, 2013: #36 Charlie Brown - On My Way

Charlie Brown Jr. is a Brazilian rock band whose very first top forty hit, On My Way, moves to #36 this week.

Charlie Brown Jr.

Charlie Brown Jr. is a rock band who has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  On My Way has peaked at #36.

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #39 Audio Adrenaline - Kings and Queens

Audio Adrenaline is a Christian rock band who has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Kings and Queens debuts this week at #38.

My Weekly Top 40 June 14, 2013: #40 Tim McGraw - One of Those Nights

One of Those Nights is Tim McGraw's second top forty hit.  It has already peaked at #39 and this week, it slips to #40. Feel Like A Rock Star peaked at #6 last year.

Cyndi Lauper Performs True Colors in Tony Awards 2013

Anyone who saw Cyndi Lauper perform here last year were pretty lucky because her much lauded performance for True Colors in yesterday's Tony Awards was exactly how she performed it here! I'm also happy for her win for Kinky Boots - which is another gay-themed play about gay men who wear, well, these really big and high Kinky Boots! She already has a Grammy, a Tony and an Emmy. Now, somebody should hire her to write a movie song, so she can complete this rare troika of awards with an Oscar. She can definitely do it!

Isabelle de Leon Tops My OPM Countdown for the First Time

Isabelle de Leon gets her very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as 1 Week to Move On, moves from #3 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs this week -

#1 1 Week to Move On - Isabelle de Leon (#3)

#2 Chris Cayzer - You're the One Thing (#4)

#3 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#5)

#4 Maldita - Dehado (#6)

#5 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#7)

#6 Gloc-9 ft. Zia Quizon - Katulad ng Iba (#8)

#7 Juris - Kahit Di Mo Sabihin (#9)

#8 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart (#10)

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

#10 Angeline Quinto - One Day (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 June 7, 2013: #3 Rico Blanco - Ngayon

Rico Blanco's fifth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Ngayon, moves up to #3 this week.

My OPM Top 10 June 7, 2013: #9 She's Only Sixteen - Amygdala

Amygdala is the second top 10 hit by the band She's Only Sixteen in my OPM Top 10.  This week, it returns to its former peak position of #9.

Thirteenth #1 Hit for Mika, Third #1 for Pharrell

Mika gets his thirteenth #1 hit this week as Celebrate, his collaboration with Pharrell, zooms this week from #10 to #1.  This is Pharrell's third trip to the top as well

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending June 7, 2013 -

#1 Mika ft. Pharrell - Celebrate (#10)

#2 ASAP Rocky, Skrillex, Birdy Nam Nam (#11)

#3 Jakwob - Fade (#19)

#4 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - Get Lucky (NEW)

#5 Jack White - On and On and On (#13)

#6 Kodaline - High Hopes (#22)

#7 Roy Kim - Bom Bom (#12)

#8 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You (#14)

#9 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#15)

#10 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck (#16)

Hugh Laurie

Award-winning actor Hugh Laurie has one top forty hit in my personal countdown as The St. Louis Blues is at #28.

T.I.

The rapper T.I. has seven top forty hits in my personal countdown.  Six of them went top 10 while one went all the way to #1.

2006 - My Love (with Justin Timberlake) (#3)
2008 - Swagga Like Us (with Jay-z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne) (#7)
2008 - Live Your Life (with Rihanna) (#1)
2009 - Dead and Gone (with Justin Timberlake)  (#8)
2010 - Fancy (with Drake and Swiss Beatz) (#8)
2012 - Ball (with Lil Wayne) (#8)
2013 - Blurred Lines (with Robin Thicke and Pharrell) (#28)

Capital Cities

Capital Cities is an indie pop duo from Los Angeles and their very first top forty hit, Safe and Sound has peaked at #24.  

Audio Adrenaline

Christian rock group Audio Adrenaline has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  Kings and Queens has already peaked at #38 and this week, it slips to #39.

Jaya Gets Her Very First #1 in My OPM Countdown

Jaya gets her very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week as I Keep Forgettin' moves from #2 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending May 31, 2013 -

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

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

#3 Isabelle de Leon - 1 Week to Move On (NEW)

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

#5 Rico Blanco - Ngayon (#5)

#6 Maldita - Dehado (#6)

#7 Zelle - Ikot ng Mundo (#7)

#8 Gloc-9/Zia Quizon - Katulad ng Iba (#9)

#9 Juris - Kahit Di Mo Sabihin (NEW)

#10 Frencheska Farr - Inside my Heart (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 May 31, 2013: #1 Jaya - I Keep Forgettin'

I didn't know that I actually bought Jaya's All Souled Out CD two years ago!  I found it in my baul of CDs so I decided to give it a listen a few weeks ago.  This is the song that I liked the best from it, I Keep Forgettin'.  Jaya sounds great in this album!  This week, the song moves up to #1.  It's Jaya's first #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

My OPM Top 10 May 31, 2013: #2 Your Imaginary Friends - Your Silence is the Villain

Your Imaginary Friends' very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Your Silence is the Villain, moves up two notches to #4 this week.

fun. Is Back at #1 for the Second Time

fun. returns to the #1 spot this week, as Sight of the Sun, from the Girls soundtrack, moves from #2 to #1 this week.  Last year, Some Nights went to #1.  Nate Ruess also went to #1 as a solo artist, in a duet with Pink for the song Just Give Me A Reason.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending May 31, 2013 -

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

#2 Alanis Morissette - Empathy (#4)

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

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

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

#6 Robbie Williams ft Lissie - Loser (#10)

#7 Norah Jones - Say Goodbye (#9)

#8 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (#22)

#9 RADWIMPS - Dreamers High (#12)

#10 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate (#14)

Chart Performance: The National

American indie rock band, The National, has two top 10 albums in the US.

2010 - High Violet (#5)
2013 - Trouble Will Find Me (#3)

Kavinsky

Kavinsky is a DJ whose very first top forty hit, Roadgame, moves up to #19.

T-ara!

Japanese girl group T-ara!'s very first top 40 hit in my personal countdown.

2013 - Banisuta (#13)

Maitre Gims

Maitre Gims already has a number one song in my personal countdown as part of the rap group Sexion D'Assaut.  He has one solo top forty hit.

2013 J'me Tire (#7)

Davichi

Davichi is a female Korean pop ballad duo who has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.  

2013 - Turtle (#22)

Xavier Naidoo

German R&B singer Xavier Naidoo has one top forty hit in my personal countdown

2013 - Bei Meiner Seele (#6)