Zsa Zsa Padilla Tops My OPM Countdown for the Ninth Time

Veteran chanteuse Zsa Zsa Padilla claims her ninth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, as All Cried Out moves up from #2 to #1.

It's her third single from her latest album, Palagi to make it to my top 10.

#10 Kyla - Kunwa-Kunwari Lang (NEW)

Kyla gets her third top 10 hit in as many week, as Kunwa-Kunwari Lang debuts at #10.  Ever since she came out with an album of all original music, Kyla has been finally getting her due in my OPM countdown.




#9 Frencheska Farr - Everytime (NEW)

Frencheska Farr gets her fifth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown as Everytime debuts at #9. Frencheska's first four hits went all the way to #1.






#8 Toni Gonzaga - This Love is Like (NEW)

Toni Gonzaga gets her fifth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, as This Love is Like, debuts at #8.  It's from her new album, Celestine.





#7 Dello feat. Jacq Dionisio - Araw-Araw (#8)

Dello's first hit in my OPM countdown, Araw-Araw, moves up this week to #7.




#6 James Reid - Natataranta (#9)

The first of James Reid's hit in my OPM countdown, moves up to #6 this week.  This is also his second top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.



#5 Kyla - Dito Na Lang (#10)

Kyla's follow-up to Salbabida moves up fast from #10 to #5 this week.  It's her second top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.  She also has another hit in my OPM countdown this week, with Kunwa-Kunwari Lang at #10.





#4 James Reid / Nadine Ilustre - Bahala Na (#6)

The tandem of James Reid and Nadine Ilustre get their second top 10 hit together as Bahala Na continues to move up my OPM countdown, this time to #4.





#3 Nadine Ilustre - Para-Paraan (#4) 

 Nadine Ilustre's third top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Para-Paraan moves up to #3 this week.





#2 Kris Lawrence - Torpe (#3)

Kris Lawrence's first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Torpe, looks like a #1 candidate for me as it moves to #2 this week.





#1 Zsa Zsa Padilla - All Cried Out (#2) 

 Zsa Zsa Padilla claims her ninth #1 song this week, as All Cried Out moves up from #2 to #1 this week. It's her third top 10 hit from her latest album, Palagi.

The Renaissance of Zsa Zsa Padilla

Local singing legend Zsa Zsa Padilla has twelve top 10 hits in my OPM countdown including nine hits which went all the way to #1.  She's one of the few local OPM artists whose span of hits date way back more than three decades ago!

The release of her current album, Palagi, has now spawned four top 10 hits for the diva in my OPM countdown.  I admit I kinda tuned out of OPM for sometime, but it's never too late!I'm glad I'm actively listening right now once again, since there's really a lot of good OPM to go around!

1983 - Kahit Na (#1)

1984 - Point of No Return (#1)

1984 - Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan (#1) 

1985 - Eversince (#1)

1986 - Could We (with Gary Valenciano) (#1)

1986 - Hiram (#1)

1986 - Mambobola (#3)

1986 - Ikaw Lamang (#1) 

2013 - Di Ka Na Akin (#8) 

2013 - Palagi (#1)

2014 - How Can You Say (#5)

2014 - All Cried Out (#1)

Nadine Ilustre Navigates Both Movies and Pop Music Successfully

Teen movie star and budding pop star Nadine Ilustre continues to produce both hit movies and hits.  A few weeks ago, her movie with James Reid, Talk Back and You're Dead opened and with it a few pop songs were released which I assumed is in the movie.  One of those songs becomes her second top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.

2014 - No Erase (with James Reid) (#1)

2014 - Para-Paraan (#3)

2014 - Bahala Na (with James Reid) (#9)

Showtek's We Like to Party Tops My Personal Countdown

Showtek leads an EDM onslaught this week as We Like to Party moves from #3 to #1. It's their second #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending October 3, 2014:

#10 Shakira - Empire (#6)

Shakira's 11th top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Empire, slips this week to #10.


 

#9 Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem - Calm Down (#5)

Busta Rhymes 5th top 10 hit and Eminem's 11th top 10 hit, Calm Down, slips this week to #9.  The song has already peaked at #5.





#8 Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be (NEW)

British electronic group Clean Bandit debuts in my personal countdown this week with Rather Be.  It's their first appearance in my personal countdown.





#7 DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (NEW)

DJ Snake gets his very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week as Turn Down For What debuts at #7.





#6 Futuristic Polar Bears - Back to Earth (NEW)

British trio Futuristic Polar Bears get their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown. Back to Earth debuts this week at #6.






#5 R3hab and Deorro - Flashlight (NEW)

R3hab and Deorro get their very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Flashlight, debuts at #5.





#4 Diplo - Set It Off (NEW)

Diplo's Set It Off debuts this week at #4.  The song is in the new release of Body Jam, that's why it's here in my personal countdown.







#3 Iggy Azalea (feat. Charli XCX) - Fancy (NEW)

Fancy becomes Iggy Azalea's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown. This is Charli XCX's second top 10 hit in my personal countdown.





#2 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#2)

First Love is poised to be another #1 song for Jennifer Lopez.  This week, the song spends another week at #2.



#1 Showtek - We Like to Party (#3)

Showtek gets their second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week.  We Like to Party moves up from #3 to #1.

Iggy Azalea Slowly Plants Her Music in My Countdown

Definitely one of the more interesting artists this year, Iggy Azalea is slowly planting her own unique brand of music in my countdown.  She now has three top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  

2014 - Bounce (#6)

2014 - Black Widow (with Rita Ora) (#6)

2014 - Fancy (with Charli XCX) (#3)

Diplo

Diplo has one top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

2014 - Set It Off (#4)

DJ Snake

DJ Snake has one top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

2014 - Turn Down For What (with Lil Jon) (#7)

Mariah Carey: Elusive Chanteuse Tour Setlist for Manila Concert

I was able to see two mildly different sets of setlists from Mariah Carey's Elusive Chanteuse tour.  This is the one that I like better.  It just goes to show that Mariah will most likely tweak her setlist for the Manila show!

1. Fantasy 
   (Bad Boy Remix)
2. Touch My Body 
3. Emotions 
4. Honey 
   (So So Def Mix)
5. Always Be My Baby 
6. Thirsty 
7. Shake It Off 
8. Meteorite 
9. Vision of Love 
10. Cry. 
11. My All 
12. Don't Explain 
    (Billie Holiday cover)
13. Breakdown 
14. I Know What You Want 
    (Busta Rhymes cover)
15. Babydoll 
16. Heartbreaker 
17. The Roof (Back in Time) 
18. #Beautiful 
    (with Trey Lorenz)
19. I'm That Chick 
20. Supernatural 
21. I'll Be There 
    (The Jackson 5 cover)
22. We Belong Together 
23. Hero 
24. Butterfly 

Nick Jonas Channels Mark Wahlberg

In an apparent heads up to Mark Wahlberg, Nick Jonas' photos in the recent issue of Flaunt magazine is a direct hommage to the original sexy white boy in skivvies!  Still, Nick puts in his own spin and man, his pictures make us quiver with delight!

Basti Artadi, Christian Bautista and Gloc-9 Top My OPM Countdown This Week

Basti Artadi, Gloc-9 and Christian Bautista zooms to the top of my OPM countdown this week, as Bagong Siglo takes the top spot.  It's Basti's very first #1 song in my OPM countdown, Gloc-9's second and Christian Bautista's sixth.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending September 26, 2014 -

#10 Kyla - Dito Na Lang (#10)

After topping my OPM countdown a few weeks ago with Salbabida, Kyla returns this week, with Dito Na Lang, which debuts this week at #10.  Currently her video below has 40, 407 views.


 

#9 James Reid - Natataranta (#10)

James Reid's third top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Natataranta, moves up a notch this week to #9. Currently, the video of this song has had 2,330,983 views.





#8 Dello feat. Jacq Dionisio - Araw-Araw (#8)

Local rapper Dello's first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Araw-Araw, stays at #8 for a second week this week. His video has had 90,797 views this week. This is also Jacq Dionisio's third top 10 hit outside of her band Kiss Jane.

 


#7 True Faith - Pangako (#7)

True Faith's second top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Pangako, stays at #7 this week, for a second week. Their video has already had 11,974 views this week.





#6 James Reid / Nadine Ilustre - Bahala Na (#9)

Nadine Ilustre and James Reid's Bahala Na moves up my PM countdown to #6 this week.  It's both their third top 10 hit in my personal countdown. Their video for this song has had 2,335,266 views already by this week.






#5 Imago - Kapit (#6)

Imago's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Kapit, moves up  a notch to #5 this week.   Their video for this song has had 29,714 views as of this week.

#4 Nadine Ilustre - Para-Paraan (#5)

Nadine Ilustre has two hits in my OPM countdown this week.  The second one, Para-Paraan, moves up this week to #5.  She already has 2,491,640 views for this video.





#3 Kris Lawrence - Torpe (#4)

Kris Lawrence's very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, moves up this week to #4.  His video for this song has had 80,902 views as of this week.


 


#2 Zsa Zsa Padilla - All Cried Out (#3)

Zsa Zsa Padilla's twelfth top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, All Cried Out, moves up this week to #2.  Her video has had 1,728 views as of this week.





#1 Basti Artadi, Christian Bautista and Gloc-9 - Bagong Siglo (#2) 

Basti Artadi, Christian Bautista and Gloc-9 move to the top of my OPM countdown this week with Bagong Siglo.  It's Basti's first #1 song in my OPM countdown, Gloc-9's second, and Christian Bautista's sixth.  Their video has had 2,336 views as of this week.

Gloc-9

Local rapper Gloc-9 is one of the more prolific OPM artists right now.  He already has eight top 10 hits in my OPM top 10 list.  Two of them went all the way to #1.

2013 -  Bakit Hindi (with Billy Crawford) (#10)

2013 - Kunwari (with Kamikazee) (#9)

2013 - Katulad ng Iba (with Zia Quizon) (#6)

2013 - Hindi Mo Nadinig (with Jay Durias) (#4)

2013 - Magda (with Rico Blanco) (#7)

2014 - Takipsilim (with Regine Velasquez-Alcasid) (#7)

2014 - Anting-Anting (with Spongecola and Denise Barbacena) (#1)

2014 - Bagong Siglo (with Basti Artadi and Christian Bautista (#1)

Basti Artadi

Basti Artadi has one #1 hit in my OPM countdown.

2014 - Bagong Siglo (with Christian Bautista and Gloc-9) (#1)

Dello

Local singer Dello has one top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.

2014 - Araw-araw (with Jacq Dionisio) (#7)

Drake Rules My Personal Countdown For the Second Time

Drake gets his second #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Karaoke ascends to the top. It's one of the gems from Thank Me Later that I have discovered by accident.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 26, 2014 -

#10 Lana del Rey - West Coast (NEW)

Lana del Rey returns with her third top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  This week, West Coast, debuts at #10.



#9 Celine Dion - Always Be My Girl (NEW)

Celine Dion returns this week with her 47th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  Always Be My Girl debuts this week at #9.






#8 George Strait - I Got A Car (#10) 

 George Strait's very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, I Got A Car, moves up this week to #8.





#7 Amos Lee - El Camino (#9) 

Amos Lee's El Camino moves up to #7 this week. It's his very first top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

 

#6 Shakira - Empire (#8)

Shakira's eleventh top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Empire, moves up this week to #6.





#5 Busta Rhymes feat. Eminem - Calm Down (NEW)

Busta Rhymes and Eminem return to my personal countdown this week as Calm Down debuts this week at #5.  This is Busta Rhymes' fifth visit to my personal countdown and Eminem's fifteenth.





#4 RY X - Berlin (#5) 

 Indie artist RY X's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Berlin, moves up this week to 
#4.






#3 Showtek - We Like to Party (#4)

Showtek's third top 10 hit in my personal countdown, We Like to Party, moves up this week to #3.





#2 Jennifer Lopez - First Love (#3)

Jennifer Lopez's sixteenth top 10 hit in my personal countdown, First Love, moves up to #2 this week.





#1 Drake - Karaoke (#2)

Drake gets his second #1 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Karaoke, moves up to the top spot.  It's also his fourth top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  It came from his Thank Me Later album.

Jennifer Lopez's Continues Her Hitmaking Ways

With a span of fifteen years between her first hit and her latest, Jennifer Lopez continues to show her relevance in today's crowded pop music world. She now gets her sixteenth top ten hit in my personal countdown. Nine of them went all the way to #1.

1999 - If You Had My Love (#6)

1999 - Waiting For Tonight (#1)

2000 - Let's Get Loud (#4)

2001 - Love Don't Cost A Thing (#3)

2001 - Play (#1)

2001 - Ain't It Funny (#1)

2001 - I'm Real (#1)

2002 - Jenny from the Block (with Jadakiss and Styles) (#1)

2003 - All I Have (with LL Cool J) (#1)

2005 - Get Right (#1)

2009 - Louboutins (#6)

2011 - On the Floor (with Pitbull) (#6)

2012 - Dance Again (with Pitbull) (#7)

2013 - Live it Up (with Pitbull) (#1)

2014 - I Luh Ya Papi (with French Montana) (#1)

2014 - First Love (#2)

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes has five top ten hits in my personal countdown.  Two of them went all the way to #1.

1997 - Dangerous (#7)

1999 - What's It Gonna Be (with Janet Jackson) (#6)

2003 - I Know What You Want (with Mariah Carey and Flipmode Squad) (#1)

2005 - Don't Cha (with the Pussycat Dolls) (#1)

2014 - Calm Down (with Eminem) (#5)

George Strait

George Strait has one top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

2014 - I Got A Car (#8)

Celine Dion

Celine Dion gets her 47th top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week.  She also has 22 #1 songs in my personal countdown.

1990 - (If There Was) Any Other Way (#7)

1990 - Unison (#7)

1990 - Where Does My Heart Beat Now (#6)

1990 - The Last to Know (#1)

1990 - If Love is out the Question (#6)

1990 - I'm Loving Every Moment With You (#3)

1990 - I Feel Too Much (#7)

1991 - Beauty and the Beast (with Peabo Bryson) (#1)

1992 - If You Asked Me To (#1)

1992 - Nothing Broken But My Heart (#1)

1992 - Love Can Move Mountains (#1)

1993 - Water From the Moon (#1)

1993 - I Love You, Goodbye (#1)

1993 - Show Some Emotion (#5)

1993 - If You Could See Me Now (#3)

1993 - With This Tear (#1)

1993 - A Little Bit of Love (#8)

1993 - If I Were You (#7)

1993 - Halfway to Heaven (#4)

1993 - Did You Give Enough Love (#3)

1994 - Misled (#6)

1994 - Think Twice (#2)

1994 - Only One Road (#1)

1995 - Pour que tu m'aimes encore (#3)

1995 - Next Plane Out (#1)

1995 - The Colour of My Love (#7)

1995 - Refuse to Dance (#3)

1995 - Lovin' Proof (#9)

1995 - No Living Without Loving You (#9)

1995 - Love Doesn't Ask Why (#3)

1996 - Falling Into You (#5)

1996 - Because You Loved Me (#1)

1996 - It's All Coming Back to Me Now (#1)

1996 - River Deep Mountain High (#1)

1996 - Call the Man (#1)

1997 - My Heart Will Go On (#1)

1997 - Be the Man (#6)

1998 - I'm Your Angel (with R. Kelly) (#1)

1999 - The Prayer (with Andrea Bocelli) (#1)

1999 - That's The Way It Is (#1)

2000 - Live (for the One I Love) (#1)

2000 - I Want You to Need Me (#1)

2002 - Right In Front Of Me (#7)

2003 - I Drove All Night (#6)

2003 - Faith (#1)

2008 - The Prayer (with Josh Groban) (#1)

2014 - Always Be Your Girl (#9)

Lana del Rey

 Lana del Rey has two top ten hits in my personal countdown. 

2012 - Ride (#7) 

2013 - Young and Beautiful (#2) 

2014 - West Coast (#10)

Kilos Finally Get Their First #1 Hit in My OPM Countdown

Local band Kilos finally gets their very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown, as Basta Masaya Ka, moves up from #2 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending September 19, 2014

#10 James Reid - Natataranta (NEW)

Natataranta becomes James Reid's second top 10 hit in my OPM countdown.  It debuts this week at #10.

 


#9 James Reid / Nadine Ilustre - Bahala Na (NEW)

Bahala Na becomes the second duet of James Reid and Nadine Ilustre to enter my OPM countdown.  It debuts this week at #9.





#8 Dello feat. Jacq Dionisio (#10)

Local rapper Dello's first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, Araw-Araw, moves up two notches to #8.




#7 True Faith - Pangako (#8)

True Faith's Pangako moves up a notch to #7 this week.


 

#6 Imago - Kapit (#6) 

Imago's very first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown, Kapit, sticks at #6 this week.


  

#5 Nadine Ilustre - Para-paraan (#5)

Nadine Ilustre's third top 10 hit, Para-paraan, stays this week at #5.








#4 Kris Lawrence - Torpe (NEW) 


 Kris Lawrence's first top 10 hit in my OPM countdown zooms to #4 this week.





 #3 Zsa Zsa Padilla - All Cried Out (#3)

Zsa Zsa Padilla's latest hit, All Cried Out, stays at #3 for a second week this week.



 

#2 Basti Artadi /Christian Bautista / Gloc-9 - Bagong Siglo (#4)


The collaboration of Basti Artadi, Christian Bautista and Gloc-9, Bagong Siglo, moves ever closer to #1 this week. This week, it lands at #2.





#1 Kilos - Basta Masaya Ka (#2)

Local band Kilos, finally gets their very first #1 hit in my OPM countdown.  This week, Basta Masaya Ka, moves to the top spot.