Eighteenth #1 Song for Britney Spears as She Tops My Personal Countdown This Week

Britney Spears gets her eighteenth #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as Perfume, moves from #4 to the top spot.  It's also her 27th top 10 hit.  Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 24, 2014 -

#1 Britney Spears - Perfume (#4)

#2 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#3)

#3 Carly Rae Jepsen - Guitar String/Wedding Ring (#5)

#4 Zendaya - Replay (#6)

#5 Alicia Keys - When It's All Over (#7)

#6 Justin Bieber - Roller Coaster (#8)

#7 Lady Antebellum - Compass (NEW)

#8 Storm Queen - Look Right Through (NEW)

#9 Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (NEW)

#10 Stefano Langone - Yes to Love (NEW)

My Weekly Top 10 January 24, 2014: #1 Britney Spears - Perfume

Britney Spears gets her 18th #1 song in my personal countdown as Perfume moves from #4 to #1 this week. It's also her 27th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.

Jason Derulo Trumpets His Way To The Top Spot of My Personal Countdown

Trumpets is Jason Derulo's fifth top 10 hit in my personal countdown and his very first #1 hit.  The song moves from #2 to #1 this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 17, 2014 -

#1 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (#2)

#2 Fatboy Slim - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (#3)

#3 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (#7)

#4 Britney Spears - Perfume (#4)

#5 Carly Rae Jepsen - Guitar String / Wedding Ring (#8)

#6 Zendaya - Replay (#6)

#7 Alicia Keys - When It's All Over (#9)

#8 Justin Bieber - Roller Coaster (#5)

#9 Beyonce - XO (#10)

#10 Miley Cyrus - Adore You (NEW)

OneRepublic Finally Tops My Personal Countdown

After a slew of top ten hits, OneRepublic finally tops my personal countdown this week, as Preacher, moves from #4 to the top spot.  

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 10, 2014 -

#1 OneRepublic - Preacher (#4)

#2 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (#6)

#3 Fatboy Slim - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (#8)

#4 Britney Spears - Perfume (#5)

#5 Justin Bieber - Roller Coaster (NEW)

#6 Zendaya - Replay (NEW)

#7 Stromae - Tous Les Memes (NEW)

#8 Carly Rae Jepsen - Guitar String/Wedding Ring (RE)

#9 Alicia Keys - When It's All Over (RE)

#10 Beyonce - XO (NEW)

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

Josh Gad Gets Very First #1 Hit in My Personal Countdown

The soundtrack to the movie Frozen has yielded one #1 hit this week, as Josh Gad's In Summer, moves from #3 to #1.  It's his very first #1 hit and marks the return of Disney to the top spot since the movie Enchanted.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 27, 2013 -

#1 Josh Gad - In Summer (#3)

#2 Lorde - Team (#2)

#3 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (#4)

#4 Lady Gaga - Venus (#8)

#5 OneRepublic - Preacher (#9)

#6 Britney Spears - Perfume (#10)

#7 Kanye West - Bound 2 (RE)

#8 Jason Derulo - Trumpets (NEW)

#9 Jimmy Eat World - Damage (NEW)

#10 Family of the Year - Hero (NEW)

Mika Tops My Personal Countdown for the Fourteenth Time

Mika rises to the top of my personal countdown for the third time this year - and the fourteenth time overall, as Elle Me Dit, moves from #2 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending December 20, 2013 -

#1 Mika - Elle Me Dit (#2)

#2 Lorde - Team (#7)

#3 Josh Gad - In Summer (NEW)

#4 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (NEW)

#5 Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana - Love is an Open Door (NEW)

#6 Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel - Do You Want to Build A Snowman (NEW)

#7 Maia Wilson and the Cast of Frozen - Fixer Upper (NEW)

#8 Lady Gaga - Venus (#8)

#9 OneRepublic - Preacher (#9)

#10 Britney Spears - Perfume (NEW)

Jamie Cullum Tops My Personal Countdown for the Fifteenth Time

I am not surprised that one of the songs in Jamie Cullum's latest album, Momentum, has finally topped my personal countdown.  Previous to this week, he has had fourteen chart toppers from his past three albums!  That's how much I love his work!  Anyway, this week, You're Not the Only One, moves from #2 to #1.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending November 15, 2013 -

#1 Jamie Cullum - You're Not the Only One (#2)

#2 Onerepublic - Light It Up (#3)

#3 Britney Spears - Work Bitch (#7)

#4 Justin Timberlake - Take Back the Night (#5)

#5 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (RE)

#6 Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High (RE)

#7 Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On We're Going Home (NEW)

#8 Lorde - Royals (NEW)

#9 Ylvis - The Fox (NEW)

#10 Pet Shop Boys feat. Example - Thursday

My Weekly Top 40 November 15, 2013: #3 Britney Spears - Work Bitch

Since we are dancing this song, Work Bitch in one of my Hip Hop classes, Britney Spears gets her 26th top 10 hit in my personal countdown.  I love the choreography that our teacher Nikos did for the class.  This week, the song reenters at #3.

Train Gets Their Third #1 Song in My Personal Countdown

Train gets their third #1 song in my personal countdown this week as Bruises, their collaboration with Ashley Monroe moves from #2 to #1.

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

#1 Train feat. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#2)

#2 The Killers - Runaways (#5)

#3 Jamie Cullum - You're Not the Only One (#10)

#4 Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (#1)

#5 Justin Timberlake - Take Back the Night (RE)

#6 One Direction - She's Not Afraid (RE)

#7 Britney Spears - Work Bitch (RE)

#8 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (RE)

#9 Arctic Monkeys -  Why'D You Only Call Me When You're High (NEW)

#10 Mika - Elle Me Dit (NEW)

Swedish Chanteuse Robyn Tops My Weekly Top 10 Countdown for the Fourth Time

Robyn returns to the top of my personal countdown for the fourth time this week, as Call Your Girlfriend debuts at #1.  This is due to it being in the latest Body Jam release #66. This is my most favorite song from that release.  My top 10 this week is peppered with songs from that particular Body Jam release.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending October 18, 2013 -

#1 Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (NEW)

#2 Nero - My Eyes (NEW)

#3 Train featuring Ashley Monroe - Bruises (5)

#4 Nikki Williams - Glowing (NEW)

#5 Armin van Buuren - D# (NEW)

#6 The Killers - Runaways (RE)

#7 Justin Timberlake - Take Back the Night (NEW)

#8 Sade - Love is Found (#7)

#9 Britney Spears - Work Bitch (NEW)

#10 Justin Timberlake - Let the Groove In (NEW)

Britney Spears

Britney Spears has 27 top 10 hits in my personal countdown.  Eighteen of them went straight to #1.

1998 - Baby One More Time (#1)
1999 - Sometimes (#1)
1999 - (You Drive Me) Crazy (#1)
1999 - Born to Make You Happy (#1)
1999 - Soda Pop (#1)
1999 - The Beat Goes On (#7)
1999 - I Will Still Love You (with Don Philip) (#6)
2000 - Oooppss I Did It Again (#1)
2000 - Lucky (#1)
2000 - Stronger (#1)
2001 - I'm A Slave 4U (#1)
2001 - Overprotected (#1)
2002 - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman (#3)
2002 - Anticipating (#1) 
2003 - Me Against the Music (with Madonna) (#10)
2004 - Toxic (#1)
2004 - Everytime (#1)
2005 - Do Somethin' (#1)
2008 - Piece of Me (#8)
2009 - If You Seek Amy (#1)
2009 - 3 (#1)
2011 - Till the World Ends (#1)
2011 - Hold It Against Me (#7)
2011 - I Wanna Go (#3)


2013 - Work Bitch (#3)
2013 - Perfume (#1)

Chart Performance: Britney Spears

I can't believe I haven't written a chart performance summary piece for Britney Spears!  Anyway, since she hits the top 10 in the US again this week, finally here's her piece!

Her collaboration with will.i.am, Scream and Shout, is now her thirteenth top 10 hit in the US.

1998 Baby One More Time (#1)
1999 (You Drive Me) Crazy (#10)
2000 Ooops I Did It Again (#9)
2004 Toxic (#9)
2007 Gimme More (#3)
2008 Womanizer (#1)
2008 Circus (#3)
2009 3 (#1)
2011 Hold It Against Me (#1)
2011 Till the World Ends (#3)
2011 I Wanna Go (#7)
2011 S&M (with Rihanna) (#1)
2013 Scream and Shout (with will.i.am) (#8)

Enjoying Britney as an X-Factor Judge

I've been watching snippets of the X-Factor, the US version in Youtube these past few days and I'm pretty impressed as to how Britney Spears has been conducting herself.  I think she's doing a fine job just telling these people who audition what she really thinks of them, talent-wise.  I actually didn't expect much from her but seeing her pretty serious about the job is quite a far cry from the Britney that imploded years ago during her divorce.  I'm sure after a few seasons here, and with a ready cachet of new and younger fans, I won't be surprised if she releases new material - something to look forward to, definitely!

Britney Spear's Femme Fatale Stays Strong at #5

Britney Spears scores her third consecutive Top 10 hit, I Wanna Go, from her Femme Fatale album.  This is her eleventh Top 10 hit in the US.  This week, the song enters at #9.  Below are her Top 10 hits in the US -

1998 - Baby One More Time (#1)

1999 - (You Drive Me) Crazy (#10)
2000 - Ooppss...I Did It Again (#9)
2004 - Toxic (#9)
2007 - Gimme More (#3)
2008 - Womanizer (#1)
2008 - Circus (#3)
2009 - 3 (#1)
2011 - Hold It Against Me (#1)
2011 - Till the World Ends (#8)
2011 - I Wanna Go (#9)

Below are her Top 10 hits in the UK -

1998 - Baby One More Time (#1)

1999 - Sometimes (#3)
1999 - (You Drive Me) Crazy (#5)
1999 - Born To Make You Happy (#1)
2000 - Oops I Did It Again (#1)
2000 - Lucky (#5)
2000 - Stronger (#7)
2001 - I'm A Slave 4 U (#4)
2001 - Overprotected (#4)
2002 - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman (#2)
2002 - Boys (with Pharrell) (#7)
2003 - Me Against the Music (with Madonna) (#2)
2004 - Toxic (#1)
2004 - Everytime (#1)
2004 - My Prerogative (#3)
2005 - Do Somethin' (#5)
2007 - Gimme More (#3)
2007 - Piece of Me (#2)
2008 - Womanizer (#3)
2009 - 3 (#7)
2011 - Hold It Against Me (#6)

Below are Britney Spears' Top 10 albums in the US -

1999 - ...Baby One More Time (#1)

2000 - Oops!...I Did It Again (#1)
2001 - Britney (#1)
2003 - In The Zone (#1)
2004 - Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (#4)
2007 - Blackout (#2)
2008 - Circus (#1)
2011 - Femme Fatale (#1)

 

My Britney Spears Top 5 - #1 - 'Toxic'

One of the categories that I closely watch everytime the Grammy Awards comes around is Best Dance Recording - and in 2003, I fully agreed with the academy, when they voted this song as the winner!  The song is 'Toxic' and it came from her 'In the Zone' album.

I think it's the best work Britney has ever done!  In my opinion, this song was a turning point in her music, as she veered away from 'cutesy' tunes which peppered her early work and signalled to her producers and fans that she was ready for a more mature sounding type of music.  After this she ventured into this type of hyperkinetic dance music, which suits her voice very well!  Most of her later work are mere sound-alikes of this classic, but I won't be surprised if she will collaborate again with another talented producer in the future and bring change to her current pop sound.

My Britney Spears Top 5 - #2 - 'Lucky'

My second all-time favorite Britney Spears' song is 'Lucky' which was the second single she released from 'Oops!...I Did It Again'.  That album too, had many good songs but since this song had a different beat and groove to it, it stood out from the rest.  It does sound autobiographical too, looking in hindsight. 

My Britney Spears Top 5 - #3 - 'Sometimes'

My third all-time favorite Britney Spears song is this late 90's classic, 'Sometimes'.  I think this sound was one of those songs that depict the laid back grooves which were popular towards the latter part of that decade. 

Her first album, ....'Baby One More Time' had so many great songs I could even make  Top 5 list just from it, but this song really stood out for me.  Cute lyrics, cute melody, a song that perfectly fit her image - at that time.

My Britney Spears Top 5: #4 - 'Anticipating'

The next four songs show my bias towards Britney's earlier work.  Her recent work is great too, but sometimes, nothing really beats the 'classics'. 

My #4 favorite song from Ms. Spears is 'Anticipating' from the 'Britney' album which she released in 2002.  This one sounds very much close to Janet Jackson's 'All for You' - but I don't care - this is exactly the relaxed dance beat that I love very much!  I remember playing this song again and again in her 'Britney' album!  This song was perfect for grooving when driving, especially on days when the traffic is just irritating!

My Britney Spears Top 5: #5 - '3'

In lieu of Britney's return to the #1 spot in the US album charts, I have decided to make a rundown of my five all-time favorite songs from Ms. Spears.  The song at #5 is entitled '3' and it came from her 'The Singles Collection' which she released in 2009.

At the time of its release, it was one of the songs I danced to in my hiphop classes.  The choreography was great and it made me love this song more since I appreciated very much, the intricacies of the steps, as it synched perfectly with the music.