My FABE Music Top 10 Countdown: December 27, 2019

Indonesian singer Rizky Febian becomes the first singer from his country to top My FABE Music Top 10 countdown.  Thanks to my Indonesian language classes, another language opens up their musical influences to me.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending December 27, 2019 -

#1 Kesempurnaan Cinta (#2) *1 week
      Rizky Febian

#2 Mine Right Now (#3)
      Sigrid

#3 No New Friends (#4)
      LSD

#4 Happy With You (#5)
      Paul McCartney

#5 Harmony Hall  (#6)
       Vampire Weekend

#6 Megatron  (#7)
      Nicki Minaj

#7 Memories (#9)
      Maroon 5

#8 Blessing  (#10)
      Laura Story

#9 The Man (NEW)

      Taylor Swift

#10 NASA (NEW)

        Ariana Grande

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has 31 top 10 hits in My Weekly Top 10. Twenty-three of them went all the way to #1.

This week, Call It What You want moves to #1, making it the second #1 hit from her Reputation album.

2006 - Tim McGraw (#1)

2006 - Teardrops on My Guitar (#1)

2008 - Love Story (#1)

2008 - You Belong With Me (#1)

2008 - Fifteen (#1)

2008 - Fearless (#1)

2008 - White Horse (#1)

2010 - Mine (#1)

2010 - Sparks Fly (#4)

2010 - Back to December (#3)

2010 - Speak Now (#1)

2010 - Mean (#1)

2010 - The Story of Us (#1)

2012 - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1)

2012 - State of Grace (#1)

2012 - 22 (#1)

2012 - The Last Time (with Gary Lightbody) (#1)

2012 - Everything Has Changed (with Ed Sheeran) (#1)

2012 - I Knew You Were Trouble (#5)

2012 - Red (#3)

2016 - How You Get the Girl (#1)

2016 - New Romantics (#1)

2016 - Wonderland (#8)

2017 - Look What You Made Me Do (#9)

2017 - Ready For It (#1)* 1 week

2018 - Call It What You Want (#1)* 1 week

2019 - Delicate (#1) *1 week

2019 - Babe (with Sugarland) (#1)*1 week

2019 - Me (with Brendan Urie) (#8)

2019 - You Need to Calm Down (#8)

2019 - I Forgot That You Existed (#1) *1 week

My FABE Music Top 10 Countdown - December 20, 2019

Taylor Swift tops My FABE Music's Top 10 countdown this week - making it the first #1 song for the 2020 calendar for this chart, which starts Christmas weekend of the previous year.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending December 20, 2019 -

#1 I Forgot That You Existed (#2)
      Taylor Swift

#2 Kesempurnaan Cinta (#3)
      Rizky Febian

#3 Mine Right Now (#4)
      Sigrid

#4 No New Friends (#5)
      LSD

#5 Happy With You (#6)
      Paul McCartney

#6 Harmony Hall  (#7)
       Vampire Weekend

#7 Megatron  (#8)
      Nicki Minaj

#8 Never Really Over (#10)
      Katy Perry

#9 Memories (NEW)
      Maroon 5

#10 Blessing  (NEW)
         Laura Story

My FABE Music Top 10 Countdown - January 5, 2018

Rita Ora tops My FABE Music's Top 10 countdown this week, as Anywhere moves up to the top spot.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending January 5, 2018 -

#1 Anywhere (#2)
      Rita Ora

#2 Bad Liar (#3)
       Selena Gomez

#3 Say Less (#4)
      Dillon Francis / G-Eazy
  
#4 Call It What You Want (#5)
      Taylor Swift

#5 Don't Give Me Those Eyes (#6)
      James Blunt

#6 Leuchtturm (#7)
      Peter Maffay / Jennifer Weist

#7 Atmosphere (#8)
      Kaskade

#8 Five More Minutes (NEW)
      Scotty McReery

#9 The Man (NEW)
      The Killers

#10 Black Spiderman (NEW)
        Logic

My FABE Music Weekly Top 10 Countdown: November 17, 2017

In celebration of the 30th year anniversary of her Heaven on Earth album, Belinda Carlisle gets to top My Weekly Top 10 countdown yet again, with a song that comes from her 1989 Runaway Horses album.  

I was able to see her show in Singapore and I had a really great time!

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending November 17, 2017 -

#1 Valentine               (NEW)
     Belinda Carlisle

#2 Love Never Dies   (NEW)
      Belinda Carlisle

#3 Wearing Nothing   (#5)
      Dagny

#4 Clearest Blue         (#6)
      Chvrches

#5 Too Much to Ask   (#9)
     Niall Horan

#6 Colombia Heights   (#7)
     Wale / J. Balvin

#7  Tonight                   (#8)
      Taeyang / Zico

#8  What Lovers Do    (NEW)
      Maroon 5 / SZA

#9 Look What You Made Me Do (NEW)
     Taylor Swift

#10  Anywhere      (NEW)
        Rita Ora

My Weekly Top 10 (April 15, 2016) #4 Taylor Swift - How You Get the Girl

Taylor Swift's 21st top 10 hit in my personal countdown, How You Get the Girl, moves up to #4 this week. 

It's also her first top 10 hit in my personal countdown, from her 1989 album.

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Why I Love Taylor Swift's 1989 Album

I was not surprised that Taylor Swift won last week's Grammy award for Album of the Year for her album 1989. From her hit songs palang from that album, you'd know she achieved a totally different sound from the country songs that she used to do.

However, I was so sick of her last year because I was still enjoying her Red album (which was as expansive as 1989, but country songs lang) tapos she released 1989 agad, so I just shunned her new release - which would be a surprise since some of my friends know how much of a big fan of hers I am! (O di ba, kahit sold out ang concert niya dito, nagkaticket pa rin kami, thanks to you Anne De A!)

Alam mo yung sukang suka ka na sa isang artist, so you let them rest first and just ignore their new work, and get to them na lang pag medyo hungry ka na ulit for them.

Which was a pity really because, it turns out that the best songs from her album, 1989, at least for me, are not even the hit songs!

I mean, why didn't they release 'How You Get the Girl' or 'The New Romantics' or 'Wonderland'!! I am not a radio programmer but these songs could've been potential #1 songs for Taylor.

It used to be that artists could release up to 7 singles from one album (Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson did this regularly) because of the depth of their albums.

I guess, nowadays, they don't do it anymore so that the artist won't be overexposed.

But sayang talaga. Taylor has so much good material in 1989, I could safely say na walang tapon kahit isang song dito. Everything is well thought out and well-produced and executed.

The truth is, she did in a way, encapsulate the sound of 1989's pop music in this album. 1989 was the year of Roxette and Madonna's LIke A Prayer album, Paula Abdul and the B52s and Boy Meets Girl. It was a vibrant year for pop music! It was one of the best years for pop music, at least in my book!

Para ngang bumalik ka sa late 80s e when you listen to the album. The three examples I gave earlier are the most 80's sounding of the songs she has in this album.

This girl, as a musical artist, continues to amaze me. I wonder what she'll do next.

UK #5 May 31, 2015 Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood

Bad Blood becomes Taylor Swift's 8th top 10 hit in the UK.  This week, the song peaks at #4.  Kendrick Lamar also guest raps in this song.

Taylor Swift Setlist for Manila Concert

Too bad I won't be able to see this show since it's sold out :( 

Anyway, I think the setlist is too short!! With tickets so expensive, why only these songs?

1. State of Grace 
2. Holy Ground 
3. Red 
4. The Lucky One 
5. Mean 
6. 22 
7. You Belong with Me 
8. Fearless 
9. Sparks Fly 
10. I Knew You Were Trouble 
11. All Too Well 
12. Love Story 
13. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 

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)

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)

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)

Macklemore Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time This Week

Macklemore tops my personal countdown this week, as Same Love, his collaboration with Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert moves from #4 to #1.  Their previous hit, Thrift Shop, peaked at #9.

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

#1 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert - Same Love (#4)

#2 Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier (NEW)

#3 Kacey Musgraves - Merr Go Round (#2)

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

#5  Tommy Torres ft Ricardo Arjona - Mientras Tanto (#5)

#6 Jesse & Joy - Corre (#8)

#7 Robbie Williams - Be A Boy (NEW)

#8 Shineee - The World With You (#9)

#9 John Mayer - Speak For Me (NEW)

#10 Tulisa - Sight of You (#10)

David Bowie Tops My Personal Countdown For the Second Time in Thirty Years

When I was only 12 years old, David Bowie, topped my personal countdown with his classic hit, Let's Dance.  Thirty years later, he returns to the top with his latest release, Where Are We Now.  It's his second #1 song in my personal countdown.

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

#1 David Bowie - Where Are We Now (#5)

#2 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House (#8)

#3 Sexion D'Assaut - Problemes D'Adultes (#6)

#4 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (#7)

#5 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (NEW)

#6 MIMS - Move (RE)

#7 Gerald Albright and Norman Brown - In the Moment (NEW)

#8 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (RE)

#9 Alexis Jordan - Laying It Around (RE)

#10 Emeli Sande - Clown (#3)

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: Country Act of 2012

We are introducing the Country Act of the Year category this year.  

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

Carrie Underwood


Eli Young Band

Josh Turner

Kenny Chesney

Taylor Swift

Tim McGraw

And the Country Artist of 2012 is  Taylor Swift.

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Country Song of 2012

The Country Song of the Year is another new category which we have introduced this year.  I love country music although sometimes I don't agree with the politics of some of its superstars.  This year was not country's year in my personal countdown but there were enough country hitmakers for the category to be finally added.

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

Carrie Underwood - Temporary Home


Eli Young Band - Even If It Breaks Your Heart

Josh Turner - Time Is Love 

Kenny Chesney / Tim McGraw - Feel Like A Rock Star

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

And the Country Song of 2012 is

Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

My Ten Favorite Songs of 2012: #5 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together @taylorswift13 #TaylorSwift @VeryGrumpyCat

I was definitely one of the few adults I knew who loved this song, and before the Grammy voters named it as one of the Record of the Year nominees for next year's awards, I had to keep that love for this song a secret - since most of those who loved it were young people who were so into Taylor - and not adults over 40!

I just love how Taylor composed this song!  I guess it caught on so quickly because high school kids knew it was written for them - and well, their puppy loves, or first loves or whatever. Don't you just love rolling "never, ever, ever!" on your mouth!

This song confirms though what Harry Styles of One Direction has to watch out for.  As I read on of today's tweets, the song's going to be called "I Went In the Wrong Direction".

Muse Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Muse gets their very first #1 song in my personal countdown this week with this enigmatic song Madness.


Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending September 14, 2012 -

#1 Muse - Madness (#4)

#2 Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#2)

#3 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1)

#4 Vincent Ingala - Can't Stop Now (#5)

#5 Rico Blanco - Amats (RE)

#6 Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago - Awesome (NEW)

This is the first gospel song to enter my personal countdown list since Kirk Franklin way back 10 years ago!

#7 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (NEW)

Yet another Spanish song enters my top 10 this year, the third already this year, after Michel Telo's Ai Seu te pego and Espinoza Paz's Un Hombre Normal.

#8 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#10)

#9 Jason Nelson - Shifting the Atmosphere (NEW)

Two gospel songs enter my top 10 this week!  This is the first one.

#10 Sandali Lang - Emmanuele (#6)

Taylor Swift Tops My Personal Charts Again

Taylor Swift tops my personal countdown for the third time as We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together moves to #1.  Love Story and Mean also topped my countdown in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending September 7, 2012 -

#1 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#4)

#2 Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#2)

#3 Psy - Gangnam Style (#1)

#4 Muse - Madness (#8)

I am actually not familiar with the British band Muse and this is the first song that I have heard from them and the song slowly climbs my personal chart with their very first hit.

#5 Vincent Ingala - Can't Stop Now (NEW)

Can't Stop Now is the first instrumental jazz song to reach my personal top 10 since the 80s.  The last song I remember to have reached my personal top 10 would be Kenny G's Songbird.

#6 Emmanuelle - Sandali Lang (#7)

#7 Snow Patrol - Lifening (RE)

Four weeks ago, Lifening peaked at #5.  This week, it returns to the top 10 at #7.

#8 David Cook - Hard to Believe (RE)

David Cook's follow up to Goodbye to the Girl is now in the top 10 again.  It peaked at #5 and looks like it's going to have some form of chart life.

#9 Bamboo - Ikot ng Mundo (RE)

Bamboo was at #9 two weeks ago.  This week, it returns to the same spot.

#10 Ne-yo - Let Me Love You (NEW)

Ne-yo returns to my personal countdown this week with Let Me Love You.