Rico Blanco Gets His Fifth #1 Song in My OPM Countdown

Rico Blanco gets his fifth #1 song in my personal countdown this week as What It Is, moves from #3 to #1.

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

#1 Rico Blanco - What It is (#3)

#2 Chris Cantada - Other Side (#1)

#3 Roxee B and Q-York - Wow  (#5)

#4 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#2)

#5 Bamboo - Carousel (#4)

#6 Jaya - At Your Best (#6)

#7 Save Me Hollywood - Reckless (#7)

#8 Drop Decay - Charades (#8)

#9 Shuffled - The Existence (#9)

#10 Callalily - HKM (#10)

My OPM Top 10 July 26, 2013: #3 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow

Roxee B's very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Wow, moves two places to #3 this week.  She collaborates with Q-York, making it his third appearance in my OPM countdown.

My OPM Top 10 July 26, 2013: #10 Callalily - HKM

Callalily's second top ten hit in my personal countdown, HKM, stays at #10 for a second week.

Christina Aguilera Gets Her Eleventh #1 Song In My Personal Countdown

Thanks to its inclusion in the latest Body Jam release, Christina Aguilera's Let There Be Love gets her eleventh #1 song in my personal countdown.  The song moves from #4 to #1.


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

#1 Christina Aguilera - Let There Be Love (#4)

#2 Girls Generation - Love and Girls (#2)

#3 Togeworl - Number 1 (#5)

#4 Tiesto - Maximal Crazy (#3)

#5 Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash (#7)

#6 Angger Dimas - Are You Ready (#8)

#7 The Bloody Beetroot and Greta Svabo Bech (#9)

#8 Harrison Craig - More Than A Dream (#11)

#9 Pink - True Love (#13)

#10 Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed (#20)

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #2 Girls Generation - Love and Girls

Girls Generation's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, Love and Girls stays at #2 for another week this week.

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #24 Gabrielle Aplin - Panic Cord

Gabrielle Aplin's very first top forty hit in my personal countdown this week, Panic Cord, moves to #24 this week.

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #27 Jason Derulo - The Other Side

Jason Derulo's sixth top forty hit in my personal countdown, The Other Side, moves this week from #36 to #27.

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #28 Imagine Dragons - On Top of the World

Imagine Dragons' third visit in my personal countdown is courtesy of the song On Top of the World, which this week slips from #25 to #28.

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #29 Sean Kingston, Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa - Beat It

Sean Kingston's sixth top forty hit, Beat It, his collaboration with Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa, moves to #29 this week.  

My Weekly Top 40 July 26, 2013: #30 Cho Yong-Pil - Hello

Cho Yong-Pil's very first top forty hit in my personal countdown, Hello, moves from #35 to #31 this week, its new peak position.

Carly Rae Jepsen Gets Her Third #1 Song in My Personal Countdown This Week

Carly Rae Jepsen's Tiny Little Bows becomes her third #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as it zooms from #8 to #1.

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

#1 Carly Rae Jepsen - Tiny Little Bows (#8)

#2 Girls Generation - Love and Girls (#26)

#3 Tiesto - Maximal Crazy (NEW)

#4 Christina Aguilera - Let There Be Love (#29)

#5 Togeworl - Number 1 (#37)

#6 Wiley and Ms. D - Heatwave (#28)

#7 Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash - Reload (NEW)

#8 Angger Dimas - Are Your Ready (NEW)

#9 The Bloody Beetroot ft Greta Svabo Bech (NEW)

#10 Rihanna ft Chris Brown - Nobody's Business (NEW)

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #28 Lana del Rey - Young and Beautiful

Lana del Rey's second top ten hit in my personal countdown, Young and Beautiful, has already peaked at #2.  This week, it slips to #28.

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #29 One Direction - Over Again

One Direction's second top ten hit in my personal countdown, Over Again, has already peaked at #4.  This week, it slips to #29.     

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #30 Xavier Naidoo - Bei Meiner Steele

Xavier Naidoo's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, Bei Meiner Steele, has already peaked at #6.  This week, the song slips to #30. 

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #31 Maitre Gims - J'me Tire

Maitre Gims' very first solo top ten hit, J'me Tire, has already peaked at #7.  It slips to #31 this week.  He already has one number hit as part of the rap group Sexion d'Assaut.

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #32 Sara Bareilles - Brave

Sara Bareilles' very first #1 song in my personal countdown, Brave, slips from #1 to #32 this week.

Tina Turner

The legendary Tina Turner has forty-three top ten hits in my personal countdown and thirty-three of them went all the way to #1.


1983 Let's Stay Together (#1)
1984 What's Love Got to Do With It (#1)
1984 Better Be Good To Me (#1)
1985 Private Dancer (#1)
1985 I Can't Stand the Rain (#4)
1985 Show Some Respect (#4)
1985 I Might Have Been Queen (#1)
1985 Steel Claw (#1)
1985 We Don't Need Another Hero (#1)
1985 One of the Living (#9)
1986 Typical Male (#1)
1986 Back Where You Started (#10)
1986 It's Only Love (with Bryan Adams) (#1)
1986 Two People (#1)
1986 Girls (#10)
1987 What You Get is What You See (#1)
1987 Till the Right Man Comes Along (#1)
1987 Break Every Rule (#1)
1987 Paradise is Here (#1)
1987 I'll Be Thunder (#1)
1987 Overnight Sensation (#1)
1987 Afterglow (#1)
1988 Addicted to Love (#3)
1989 The Best (#1)
1990 Steamy Windows (#3)
1990 You Know Who (#6)
1990 Undercover Agent for the Blues (#1)
1990 Look Me in the Heart (#1)
1990 Be Tender with Me Baby (#1)
1990 It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart) (#1)
1991 You Can't Stop Me Loving You (#1)
1991 Falling Like Rain (#1)
1991 Ask Me How I Feel (#1)
1991 Not Enough Romance (#7)
1991 Foreign Affair (#5)
1991 I Don't Wanna Lose You (#1)
1993 I Don't Wanna Fight (#1)
1993 Disco Inferno (#1)
1993 Nutbush City Limits (#1)
1993 Proud Mary (#1)
1993 Shake A Tail Feather (#1)
1993 A Fool In Love (#1)
1993 River Deep Mountain High (#1)

Ronald Isley

Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

1989 This Old Heart of Mine (with Rod Stewart) (#5)

My Weekly Top 40 July 19, 2013: #39 Emeli Sande - Heaven

Emeli Sande's second top forty hit in my personal countdown, Heaven, slips this week from  #34 to #39.  It has already peaked at #34.

Chris Cantada Tops My OPM Countdown For the Second Time This Week

Chris Cantada's album is turning out to be a treasure trove of hits as Other Side, tops my OPM countdown this week. It's his second #1 hit in my OPM countdown after Scarred went to #1 around this time last year.

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

#1 Chris Cantada - Other Side (#3)

#2 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#2)

#3 Rico Blanco - What It is (#10)

#4 Bamboo - Carousel (#9)

#5 Roxee B and Q-York - Wow  (#7)

#6 Jaya - At Your Best (NEW)

#7 Save Me Hollywood - Reckless (NEW)

#8 Drop Decay - Charades (NEW)

#9 Shuffled - The Existence (NEW)

#10 Callalily - HKM (NEW)

Linkin Park Setlist for 2013 Manila Concert

Another concert I am looking forward to watch is Linkin Park.  I did not see their first show here years ago.  This will be my first show with them.  Here's their most likely setlist for their show here in Manila -

1. Tinfoil
1. Faint
2. Papercut
3. Given Up
4. With You
5. Somewhere I Belong
6. New Divide
7. Victimized
   (with QWERTY)
8. Points of Authority
9. Lies Greed Misery
10. Waiting for the End
    (Until It Breaks intro)
11. Breaking the Habit
12. Castle of Glass
13. Lost in the Echo
14. Numb
15. What I've Done
16. Burn It Down
17. In the End
18. Bleed It Out
19. One Step Closer

The XX Setlist Concert Manila

Indie rock band The XX is another act I'm looking forward to perform here in Manila.  They are slated to perform here on July 31, 2013.  

1. Try
2. Heart Skipped a Beat
3. Crystalised
4. Reunion
5. Far Nearer
   (Jamie xx cover)
6. Sunset
7. Missing
8. Fiction
9. Night Time
10. Swept Away
11. Shelter
12. VCR
13. Islands
14. Chained
15. Infinity
16. Intro
    (excerpt of Tides)
17. Angels

Pet Shop Boys Setlist for Manila Concert

Another concert that I'm really looking forward to watch is that of 80's supergroup, the Pet Shop Boys.  Here is their most likely setlist for their show here in Manila on August 6, 2013.  I love it!

1. Axis
2. One More Chance / Face Like That
3. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
4. Memory of the Future
5. Fugitive
6. Integral
7. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
8. Suburbia
9. I'm Not Scared
10. Invisible
11. Last to Die
    (Bruce Springsteen cover)
12. Somewhere
    (Leonard Bernstein cover)
13. Leaving
14. Thursday
15. Love Etc.
16. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
17. Rent
18. Miracles
19. It's a Sin
20. Domino Dancing
21. Go West
    (Village People cover)
22. Encore:
22. Always on My Mind
    (Brenda Lee cover)
23. Encore 2:
23. West End Girls
24. Vocal

Carly Rae Jepsen Setlist for Manila Concert

One of the concerts that I'm looking forward this year is Carly Rae Jepsen's, who is set to perform here in Manila on August 7, 2013.  This is her most likely set list.  I love it!

1. This Kiss
2. I Know You Have A Girlfriend
3. Good Time
4. Tiny Little Bows
5. Sweetie
6. Take A Picture
7. Curiosity
8. Tug of War
9. More Than A Memory
10. Tonight I’m Getting Over You
11. Turn Me Up
12. Hurt So Good
13. Guitar String / Wedding Ring
14. Your Heart Is a Muscle
15. Call Me Maybe

Fall-Out Boy Setlist for Manila Concert

Here is the setlist that Fall Out Boy is most likely going to play during their gig here in Manila on August 8.  I love it!

1. Thriller
2. I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
3. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"
4. Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes
5. The Phoenix
6. This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race
7. Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
8. Alone Together
9. What a Catch, Donnie
10. Death Valley
11. Hum Hallelujah
12. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
13. Sugar, We're Goin Down
14. Young Volcanoes
15. Dance, Dance
16. I Don't Care
17. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up)
     
18. Encore:
18. Save Rock and Roll
19. Thnks fr th Mmrs
20. Saturday

Chicser Tops My OPM Countdown This Week with Hello I Love You

The all male teen group Chicser tops my OPM countdown this week as Hello I Love You rises from #2 to #1.  It's their very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

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

#1 Chicser - Hello I Love You (#2)

#2 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#1)

#3 Chris Cantada - The Other Side (#3)

#4 Gloc-9 ft Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (#4)

#5 Kris Lawrence - Sabihn Mo Na Lang (#5)

#6 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#6)

#7 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow (#7)

#8 Emmanuelle - Tonight (#8)

#9 Bamboo - Carousel (#10)

#10 Rico Blanco - What It Is (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 July 12, 2013: #1 Chicser - Hello I Love You

The all male teen group Chicser's very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown, Hello I Love You moves this week from #2 to #1.

My OPM Top 10 July 12, 2013: #4 Gloc-9 ft. Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig

Gloc-9's fourth top 10 song in my OPM countdown and Jay Durias' first, Hindi Mo Nadinig, stays at #4 for another week this week.

My OPM Top 10 July 12, 2013: #5 Kris Lawrence - Sabihin Mo Naman

Kris Lawrence's very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Sabihin Mo Naman, stays at #5 for another week this week.

My OPM Top 10 July 12, 2013: #6 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing

Chris Cayzer's third #1 hit in my OPM countdown, You're The Only Thing, stays at #6 for another week this week. 

My OPM Top 10 July 12, 2013: #8 Emmanuelle - Tonight

Emmanuelle's fourth top 10 hit in my OPM Top 10 countdown, Tonight, stays at #8 for a second week this week.

Liezel Garcia Tops My OPM Countdown This Week with Annaliza

Liezel Garcia gets her very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown this week, as Annaliza moves from #7 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs this week -

#1 Liezel Garcia - Annaliza (#7)

#2 Chicser - Hello I Love You (#2)

#3 Chris Cantada - The Other Side (#10)

#4 Gloc-9 ft Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (#5)

#5 Kris Lawrence - Sabihin Mo Naman (#6)

#6 Chris Cayzer - You're the Only Thing (#3)

#7 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow (#8)

#8 Emanuelle - Tonight (#9)

#9 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart (#1)

#10 Bamboo - Carousel (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 July 5, 2013: #9 Frencheska Farr - Inside My Heart

Frencheska Farr's very first#1 hit in my OPM countdown, Inside My Heart, slips from #1 to #9 this week.

Sara Bareilles Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time with Brave

Brave is Sara Bareilles' second top ten hit in my personal countdown and the first to go all the way to the top.  Love Song went all the way to #3.

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

#1 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#2)

#2 Lana del Rey - Young and Beautiful (#3)

#3 Ciara - Body Party (#4)

#4 One Direction - Over Again (#6)

#5 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Best Days Yet (#7)

#6 Xavier Naidoo - Bei Meiner Seele (#8)

#7 Maitre Gims - J'Me Tire (#9)

#8 Carly Rae Jepsen -Tiny Little Bows (#16)

#9 Bruno Mars - Treasure (#11)

#10 Felix Poon - 掌舵 (#12)

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #5 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Your Best Days Yet

Gospel returns to the top 10 of my personal countdown this week, as Your Best Days Yet by the Bishop Paul S. Morton moves from #7 to #5 this week.  It's his first hit in my personal countdown.

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #22 T-ara! - Banisuta

The Japanese girl group T-ara!'s very first top forty hit in my personal countdown,  Banisuta, slips from #13, its peak position, to #22 this week.

My Weeky Top 40 July 12, 2013: #23 Lee Brice - I Drive Your Truck

Country singer Lee Brice's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, I Drive Your Truck, slips this week from #5 to #23.  

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #24 Akdong Musician - I Love You

Akdong Musician's very first top ten hit in my personal countdown, I Love You slips from #10 to #24 this week.  They have two hits in my personal countdown this week.  Crescendo is at #32.

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #25 Ronan Keating - Love You and Leave You

Ronan Keating's fourth #1 hit in my personal countdown, Love You and Leave You, slips from #1 to #25 this week.  It has been the biggest hit yet from his latest album Fires.

My Weekly Top 40 July 12, 2013: #32 Akdong Musician - Crescendo

Korean sibling act Akdong Musician's very first top 40 hit in my personal countdown, has already peaked at #17 and this week the song slips to #32.

Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston has six top forty hits in my personal countdown, five of them went top 10 and one went all the way to #1.

2007 Me Love (#1)
2007 Take You There (#10)
2009 Fire Burning (#7)
2010 Eenie Meenie (with Justin Bieber) (#3) 
2010 Dutty Love (with Nicki Minaj) (#5)
2013 Beat It (with Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa) (#29)

Ronan Keating Gets His Fifth #1 Hit In My Personal Countdown This Week

Ronan Keating is no stranger to the top spot in my personal countdown.  In 2000, all four songs of his first solo album, Ronan, went all the way to #1, Life Is A Rollercoaster, Heal Me, Keep On Walking and When the World Was Mine .  Thirteen years later, my third pick from his latest album Fires, Love You and Leave You, moves to the top spot this week, making it his fifth #1 song as a solo singer.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending July 5, 2013 -

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

#2 Sara Bareilles - Brave (#5)

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

#4 Ciara - Body Party (#9)

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

#6 One Direction - Over Again (#11)

#7 Bishop Paul S. Morton - Best Days Yet (#13)

#8 Xavier Naidoo - Bei Meiner Seele (#14)

#9 Maitre Gims - J'Me Tire (#15)

#10 Akdong Musician - I Love You (#12)

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #23 4Minute - What's Your Name

Korean girl group 4Minute's very first top 40 hit in my personal countdown, What's Your Name, zooms from #38 to #23 this week.

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #26 Tae Yeon - And You

Korean singer Tae Yeon slips from #20 to #26 this week with her first top forty hit in my personal countdown, And You.

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #29 Mary J. Blige - Ain't Nobody

Mary J. Blige's twenty-fourth top forty hit in my personal countdown, Ain't Nobody moves from #30 to #29 this week.

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #30 Mika ft Pharrell - Celebrate

Mika's thirteenth #1 hit in my personal countdown, Celebrate, his collaboration with Pharrell, slips to #30 this week.  This is also Pharrell's fifth appearance in my personal countdown.

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #31 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up

Jennifer Lopez returned to the top spot in my personal countdown for the eighth time in her career with Live It Up, her collaboration with Pitbull.  This is already their third top 10 collaboration but their very first #1 in my personal countdown. 

Jennifer's last #1 hit was Get Up in 2005.  On the other hand, Pitbull returned to the top spot for the fifth time.  His last visit was in 2011 with Give Me Everything, his collaboration with Ne-yo and Afrojack.  This week, they slip to #32.

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #32 Carrie Underwood - Unapologize

Carrie Underwood's third #1 song in my personal countdown, Unapologize, slips to #32 this week after being at the peak position last week.   

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #37 Walk Off the Earth - Red Hands

Walk Off the Earth's very first top forty hit in my personal countdown, Red Hands, slips to #37 this week after peaking at #26 last week.  

My Weekly Top 40 July 5, 2013: #38 Rocko ft Rick Ross and the Future - U.O.E.N.O.

Rocko gets his very first top forty hit in my personal countdown this week as U.O.E.N.O., his collaboration with Rick Ross and the Future, debuts at #38.

Rocko

Rocko has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

2013 U.O.E.N.O. (#38)

Cho Yong-Pil

Cho Yong-Pil has one top forty hit in my personal countdown.

2013 Hello (#31)

Body Jam 65 Tracklist: Lovin' WIley's Heatwave!

Among the songs in Body Jam 65 which was previewed to us last week, this song by Wiley is my most favorite - for now!  The steps for it are pretty simple but I'm glad it's in the new release since I was able to rediscover the song!

 

Frencheska Farr Gets Her Second #1 Song in My OPM Countdown

In 2011, Frencheska Farr went to #1 with Isama Mo Ako. This week, she gets her second #1 hit as Inside My Heart moves from #3 to #1.

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

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

#2 Hello I Love You - Chicser (#6)

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

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

#5 Gloc-9 ft Jay Durias - Hindi Mo Nadinig (#7)

#6 Kris Lawrence - Sabihin Mo Naman (NEW)

#7 Liezel Garcia - Anna Liza (NEW)

#8 Roxee B ft Q-York - Wow (NEW)

#9 Emmanuelle - Tonight (NEW)

#10 Chris Cantada - Other Side (NEW)

My OPM Top 10 June 28, 2013: #4 Isabelle de Leon - 1 Week to Move On

Isabelle de Leon's very first #1 hit in my personal countdown, 1 Week to Move On, dips this week to #4.

Kris Lawrence

Kris Lawrence has one top ten hit in my OPM countdown.

2013 Sabihin Mo Naman (#5)