3rd MyFABEMusic Award: Record of 2012

Here are the nominees for the 3rd MyFABEMusic Record of the Year award -

Beyonce - Love On Top

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Gotye/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

Psy - Gangnam Style

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

And the 2012 Record of the Year award goes to Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: New Artist of 2012

Here are the nominees for the 3rd MyFABEMusic New Artist of the Year awards.  

Azealia Banks

 

Carly Rae Jepsen

 

 

Ed Sheeran

 

Gotye

 

Loreen

 And the New Artist of 2012 is Carly Rae Jepsen.

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Pop Song of 2012

Here are the nominees for the Pop Song of the Year -

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Ed Sheeran - Lego House

Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know 

Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up

Psy - Gangnam Style

And the Pop Song of 2012 is Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Collaboration of 2012

This category was created to honor all the collaborations in the different genres of music.  Here are the nominees for the Collaboration of the Year award.  

Gary Barlow with the Military Wives and the Commonwealth Band - Sing

Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill -  Don't Rush

Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

Simple Plan and Natasha Bedingfield - Jet Lag

And the Collaboration of 2012 award goes to Gotye and Kimbra.

 

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Alternative Song of 2012

The Alternative Song of the Year is another new category we have introduced this year to accommodate the flurry of alternative acts who've had major hits this year.  

Here are the nominees for the Alternative Song of the Year. 

Ed Sheeran - Lego House
Florence + the Machine - Spectrum
Foster the People - Helena Beat
fun. - Some Nights
Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know 

And the Alternative Song of 2012 is 

Gotye and Kimbra's Somebody That I Used to Know 

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Alternative Act of 2012

This year, we are introducing the Alternative Act of the year to accommodate the alternative artists who have dominated this year.  

Here are the nominees for the Alternative Act of the Year -

Ed Sheeran
Florence + the Machine

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Gotye
Sakanaction 

And the Alternative Act of 2012 is Sakanaction.

 

My Ten Favorite Songs of 2012: #4 Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know is probably the most unlikely hit of 2012.  It's one of those songs that just grows on you as you listen to it more.  It definitely did, on my part!  It's also one of the only three songs this year, in my personal countdown that stayed at #1 for two weeks!  

The other two were Ed Sheeran's Lego House and Evanescence's Swimming Home.  All the other songs only stayed at the top for a week.

Gotye and Kimbra Stays at the Top of my Personal Countdown For a Second Week

Gotye and Kimbra stay at the top of my personal countdown for a second week.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending March 16, 2012 -

#1 - Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (4)

#2 - Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (5)

#3 - Evanescence - Swimming Home (3)

#4 - Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (10)

#5 - Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (6)

#6 - Avril Lavigne - Push (7)

#7 - Melissa Etheridge - Only Love (8)

#8 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (NEW)

#9 - Sitti - Sinong Mag-aakala (RE)

#10 - Krissy and Ericka - 12:51 (NEW)

Gotye and Kimbra Tops My Personal Countdown List for the First Time

It's like the Valentine's season still in my Top 10 list this week, as most of the top songs are love songs!  Finally topping the list after a fantastic breakout a few weeks back is Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know.  Newcomers to the list are Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the Filipina duo Krissy and Ericka.  

Here are my ten favorite songs the week ending March 9, 2012 -

#1 - Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (4)

#2 - Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (5)

#3 - Evanescence - Swimming Home (1)

#4 - Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (10)

#5 - Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (6)

#6 - Avril Lavigne - Push (7)

#7 - Melissa Etheridge - Only Love (8)

#8 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (NEW)

#9 - Sitti - Sinong Mag-aakala (RE)

#10 - Krissy and Ericka - 12:51 (NEW)

Evanescence's Swimming Home Stays At #1 for a Second Week

Evanescence's Swimming Home continues to lord it over my personal countdown list this week.



Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending March 2, 2012 -

#1 - Evanescence - Swimming Home (1)

#2 - Blue - U Make Me Wanna (RE)


Because of their concerts last Saturday, Blue and A1's former #1 songs return to the top 10 f my personal weekly Top 10. U Make Me Wanna goes to #2 while A1's Same Old Brand New You enters at #3.  

#3 - A1 - Same Old Brand New You (RE)


#4 - Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (2)

#5 - Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (3)

#6 - Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (4)

#7 - Avril Lavigne - Push (5)

#8 - Only Love - Melissa Etheridge (6)


#9 - Natasha Bedingfield - A Little Too Much (#8)

#10 - Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (9)

Evanescence Back On Top of My Personal Countdown

Due to their concert last Sunday, Evanescence captures the #1 spot for the fourth time in my personal countdown with Swimming Home, a new track from their self-titled album - and a song they also performed that night.  Their former #1 songs were Bring Me To Life, My Immortal and Call Me When You're Sober

Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending February 24, 2012 -

#1 - Swimming Home - Evanescence (NEW)

#2 - Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (9)

#3 - I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (8)

#4 - Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (RE)

#5 - Push - Avril Lavigne (2)

#6 - Only Love - Melissa Etheridge (7)

#7 - Evanescence - My Immortal (NEW)

#8 - Natasha Bedingfield - A Little Too Much (#2)

#9 - Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (NEW)

#10 - Sitti - Sinong Mag-aakala (NEW)

Natasha Bedingfield Gets Fifth #1 Song In My Personal Countdown

Natasha Bedingfield gets her fifth #1 song in my personal countdown this week, as A Little Too Much zooms from #7 to #1.  Her previous #1s include These Words, Unwritten, I Wanna Have Your Babies and Strip Me.

Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending February 17, 2012.

#1 - Natasha Bedingfield - A Little Too Much (7)

#2 - Push - Avril Lavigne (NEW)

#3 - What the Hell - Avril Lavigne (NEW)

#4 - Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne (NEW)

#5 - Smile - Avril Lavigne (NEW)

#6 - I Love You - Avril Lavigne (NEW)

#7 - Only Love - Melissa Etheridge (NEW)

#8 - I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (NEW)

#9 - Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (NEW)


#10 - Ed Sheeran - Lego House (1)

Chart Performance: Kimbra

Kimbra is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and her first UK #1 hit, Somebody That I Used to Know, her collaboration with Gotye, moves up to #9 this week.  It's also her first Top 10 hit in the UK.

It's also her first number 1 song in the US, which stayed at #1 for five weeks. This week, it stays at #6 for another week. 

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Chart Performance: Gotye

Gotye is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter whose hit,  Somebody That I Used to Know, his collaboration with Kimbra went to #1 in the UK.     

The song also went to #1 in the US, where it stayed at #1 for five weeks.  It's his first ever #1 song in the US. This week, the song moves down to #6.

His album, Making Mirrors, is at #10 this week in the UK charts.  It has peaked at #4.  In the US, it moves up 25 notches to #6, it's new peak position.   

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MyFABEMusic Weekly Top 10 - December 30, 2011

This week, OPM hits rule!  Pops Fernandez gets her first #1 song in my hit list in 22 years!  Her song 'Don't Say Goodbye' was a former #1 of mine way back in 1989.  This is her third #1 in my list, her first being Points of View, her duet with Joey Albert.

Newcomer Solenn Heusaff gets her first Top 10 hit in my list and this should be #1 next week.  I am really warming up to the song.

Pops has two hits in my list this week, By Heart is at #5.  Natasha Bedingfield is also a new entry with No Mozart, as well as Ed Sheeran's Lego House, which I am now slowly getting to notice.

#1 Pops Fernandez and Robin Nievera - Friends

This is the song that immediately caught my attention when I listened to Pops album last week.  It's a beautiful duet with her son Robin.

#2 Solenn Heusaff - It's Our First Time

This song by Solenn kinda grew on me - it's actually smooth and sexy the way she sings it!

#3 Beyonce - End of Time

I still love to this Beyonce song.  I love how rapid she sings on this one.

#4 Beyonce - I Miss You

A beautiful pensive song from Beyonce. A gem!

#5 Pops Fernandez - By Heart

This is the first song of Pops' album Silver.  She sounds like Amy Grant here.  Love it!

#6  Ed Sheeran - Lego House

This song kinda grew on me.  I love how passionately Ed sings the chorus!

#7 One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

#8 Natasha Bedingfield - No Mozart

The first song that I immediately noticed from Natasha's Strip Me album.

#9 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

#10  Lloyd and Andre 3000 - Dedication to My Ex

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