Lorde Lords My Personal Countdown For the Second Time

Newcomer Lorde wastes no time in topping my personal countdown, as Team, moves this week from #2 to #1.  Her first hit, Royals, also went to #1 last year.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the first week of 2014 -

#1 Lorde - Team (#2)

#2 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (#3)

#3 Lady Gaga - Venus (#4)

#4 OneRepublic - Preacher (#5)

#5 Britney Spears - Perfume (#6)

#6 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (#8)

#7 Blake Shelton - Mine Would Be You (NEW)

#8 Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr, Beardyman - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (NEW)

#9 The Afters - Every Good Thing (NEW)

#10 The Script - Millionaires

My Weekly Top 10 January 3, 2014: #7 Blake Shelton - Mine Would Be You

Blake Shelton gets his second top 10 hit in my personal countdown this week, as Mine Would Be You, debuts at #7.

Justin Timberlake Returns to the Summit of My Personal Countdown

Justin Timberlake wastes no time in topping my personal countdown.  Mirrors moves up this week from #2 to #1 to become his fifth #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 29, 2013.

#1 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (#2)

#2 Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo - Carlos Vives and Michel Telo (#4)

#3 1, 2, 3, 4 - Lee Ha Yi (#8)

#4 Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton (#1)

#5 Zedd - Clarity (#3)

#6 Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (#28)

#7 Tegomass - Sayonara Ni Sayonara (#29)

#8 Leighton Meester - Words I Couldn't Say (#25)

#9 Garrett Hedlund - Chances Are (#26)

#10 Ronan Keating - NYC Girl (NEW)

Country is Back at #1 in My Personal Countdown c/o Blake Shelton

It has been quite a while since a country song topped my personal countdown.  I won't really count Taylor Swift as a country singer as some of her songs sound like a pop song.  Anyway, this week, Blake Shelton moves from #4 to #1 with Sure Be Cool If You Did, making it his first #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 22, 2013 -

#1 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did (#4)

#2 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (#5)

#3 Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity (#1)

#4 Carlos Vives ft Michel Telo - Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo (#6)

#5 The Lumineers - Stubborn Love (#7)

#6 Sakanaction - Endless (#9)

#7 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#10)

#8 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4 (#17)

#9 Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (#20)

#10 Sakanaction - Music (#14)

German Dance DJ Zedd Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

German dance DJ Zedd zooms to #1 this week with his very first #1 hit in my personal countdown. He's the second German act to top my personal countdown this year.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 15, 2013.

#1 Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity 

#2 Jesse & Joy - Corre (#2)

#3 Marteria, Yasha, Miss Platnum - Lila Wolken  (#1)

#4 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did 

#5 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

#6 Carlos Vives ft Michel Telo - Como Le Gusta Tu Cuerpo (#27)

#7 The Lumineers - Stubborn Love (#22)

#8 Greeen - Yuki No Oto (#10)

#9 Sakanaction - Endless (#11)

#10 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#9)

#11 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (#6)

#12 Disclosure ft Aluna Jones - White Noise (#16)

 

#13 Rita Ora - Radioactive (#17)

#14 Sakanaction - Music (#18)

#15  Lee Seung Gi - Return (#19)

#16 Lee Ha Yi - Scarecrow(#24)

#17 Lee Ha Yi - 1, 2, 3, 4(#25)

#18 Paul Brown and Bob James - Backstage Pass (#13)

#19 Serena Ryder - Stompa (#28)

#20 Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (#33)

#21 Ronan Keating - NYC Girl (#36)

#22 P!nk - Walk of Shame (#29)

#23 Ke$ha - C'mon (NEW)

#24 Shinee - The World With You (#14)

#25 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert - Same Love (#14)

 #26 Norah Jones - 4 Broken Hearts (#37)

#27 Imagine Dragons - Demons (#26)

#28 Future ft Rihanna - Loveeeee Song (#20)

#29 One Direction - Heart Attack 

#30 Emeli Sande - Clown (#29)

#31 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (#28)

#32 Ed Sheeran - Kiss Me (#35)

#33 Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier (#27)

#34 Nikki Williams - Fly Again (#39)

#35  Garret Hedlund - Chances Are (NEW)

#36 Leighton Meester - Words I Couldn't Say (NEW)

#37 Alexis Jordan - Hush Hush (NEW)

#38 Alanis Morissette - Havoc (#34)

#39 Marc Antoine - Montuno Bay(#40)

#40 Huh Gak and Yoo Seung Woo - Monodrama (NEW)

A German Song, Lila Wolken, Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

In 2009, the German group Sohne Mannheims went to #1 in my personal countdown with Das Hat Die Welt Nocht Nicht Gesehen. This week, another group of Germans goes to #1.  Marteria, Yasha and Miss Platnum move from #4 to #1 with their song Lila Wolken.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 8, 2013 -

#1 Marteria, Yasha and Miss Platnum - Lila Wolken (#4)

#2 Jesse & Joy - Corre (#5)

#3 Dame Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger (NEW)

#4 Garrett Hedlund / Leighton Meester - Give in to Me (NEW)

#5 Shineee - The World With You (#6)

#6 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (#3)

#7 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool if You Did (#8)

#8 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (NEW)

#9 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#9)

#10 Greeeeen - Yuki No Oto (#10)

Blake Shelton

Country star Blake Shelton has two top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  One of them went all the way to #1.

2013 - Sure Be Cool If You Did (#1)
2013 - Mine Would Be You (#7)

Biffy Clyro Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time This Week

Hard rock music is back at the top of my personal countdown this week, as Biffy Clyro's Black Chandelier moves from #2 to #1 this week.  It's his very first #1 song in my personal countdown and also his first appearance ever in my personal countdown.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending March 1, 2013 -

#1 Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier (#2)

#2 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert - Same Love (#1)

#3 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (#4)

#4 Marteria, Yasha, Miss Platnum - Lila Wolken (NEW)

#5 Jesse & Joy - Corre (#6)

#6 Shinee - The World With You (#8)

#7 Paul Brown and Bob James - Backstage Pass (NEW)

#8 Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool if You Did (NEW)

#9 John Mayer - Speak For Me (#9)

#10 Greeen - Yuki No Oto (NEW)

Chart Performance: Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie's eleventh Top 10 album in the UK, Tuskegee, debuted at #7 last week and dips to #10 this week.  Below are his Top 10 albums in the UK

1982 - Lionel Richie (#9)
1983 - Can't Slow Down (#1)
1986 - Dancing on the Ceiling (#2)
1992 - Back to Front (#1)
1997 - Truly: The Love Songs (#5)
2000 - Renaissance (#6)
2002 - Encore (#8)
2003 - The Definitive Collection (#10)
2004 - Just For You (#5)
2009 - Just Go (#10)
2012 - Tuskegee (#7)

The same album becomes his third #1 album in the US. This week, it slips to #6.  It's only his fifth Top 10 album in the US, but he has a thirty year chart span from his first Top 10 album to his recent one.  Here are his Top 10 albums in the US -

1982 - Lionel Richie (#3)
1983 - Can't Slow Down (#1)
1986 - Dancing on the Ceiling (#1)

2006 - Coming Home (#6)
2012 - Tuskegee (#1)

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Looking Forward to The Voice at AXN!

Unlike all of my friends who just download whatever show they want, I usually just wait for the show to reach our shores (it takes ages!) since I grew up patiently waiting for weekly shows and have inadvertently carried that (bad?) habit!

Anyway, I am looking forward to see the premiere of The Voice in AXN on August 21 since I love all the music of all the judges - Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton.  I have a bit of an idea on how the system works but let's see if I get hooked on the show!  I hope it's not another glorified karaoke show.

Chart Performance: Blake Shelton

Country star Blake Shelton has five top 10 albums in the US.

2003 - The Dreamer (#8)
2007 - Pure BS (#8)
2011 - Red River Blue (#1)
2012 - Cheers, It's Christmas (#8)
2013 - Based on a True Story (#3)