Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20: September 18 and 25, 2011




Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 25, 2011.

This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1 Rope (2nd Week @ #1!) Foo Fighters 1
2 Only Love Anggun 2
3 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 4
4 Brighter Than The Sun Colbie Caillat 3
5 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 7
6 Good Life OneRepublic 10
7 Young Blood The Naked and Famous 8
8 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry 5
9 Skyscraper Demi Lovato 9
10 Uku Dengue Fever 6
11 Blackout Breathe Carolina 12
12 Helena Beat Foster the People 14
13 You And I Lady GaGa 17
14 The Book Of Morris Johnson Zee Avi 15
15 Paradise Coldplay 20
16 Walk Foo Fighters 16
17 Boys & Girls Martin Solveig & Dragonette 11
18 We Owned The Night Lady Antebellum --
19 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 13
20 Drown Carolina Liar --

CHART NOTES

Foo Fighters stay at #1 for a second week in a row with "Rope". I am loving their album Wasting Light which came out earlier this year. Only got hold of it about 6 weeks ago. The album has grown on me to the fact that two tracks are featured on the top 20. The other one is "Walk" which holds at #16. Another great track from that album is "Dear Rosemary" which could be a future single.

Anggun holds at #2 with her hit "Only Love" while Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera moves back up from #4 to #3 with "Moves Like Jagger". Breaking into the top 5 we find Red Hot Chili Peppers with their latest single "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" coming in at #5 up from #7 of last week.

OneRepublic's "Good Life" moves up 4 from #10 to #6. Will probably be in the top 5 next week.

Lady Antebellum scores another country crossover hit with their latest "We Owned the Night" making its debut at #18. It's off their latest album Own the Night that also features their last single hit "Just a Kiss". The other debut song is "Drown" by Carolina Liar coming in at #20. They hit #1 back in 2009 with "I'm Not Over".






Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 18, 2011

This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1 Rope Foo Fighters 2
2 Only Love Anggun 3
3 Brighter Than The Sun Colbie Caillat 1
4 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 4
5 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry 5
6 Uku Dengue Fever 6
7 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 8
8 Young Blood The Naked and Famous 9
9 Skyscraper Demi Lovato 10
10 Good Life OneRepublic 15
11 Boys & Girls Martin Solveig & Dragonette 7
12 Blackout Breathe Carolina 13
13 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 14
14 Helena Beat Foster the People 16
15 The Book Of Morris Johnson Zee Avi 17
16 Walk Foo Fighters 18
17 You And I Lady GaGa 19
18 For The First Time The Script 11
19 Love You Like A Love Song Selena Gomez & The Scene 12
20 Paradise Coldplay --

CHART NOTES

The Foo Fighters top the chart this week with "Rope". The track which was released this past February and only showed up on my chart in August. It's taken from the Foo Fighters' latest album Wasting Light. This is probably the best rock song released this year. Great to see it at #1.

Following the Foo Fighters at #2 we find Anggun, an Indonesian born French singer whose real name is Anggun Cipta Sasmi. Her latest single "Only Love" is from her upcoming album Echoes, which may already be out in other countries. The single has been released in English, French and Indonesian languages. It's gone to #1 in Indonesia. "Only Love" moves up from #3 to #2 this week.

New to the top 10 this week is OneRepublic. Their latest single "Good Life" moves 5 points up from #15 to #10. It is taken from their 2009 album release Waking Up. They've only charted once here, going to #4 in 2009 with "All The Right Moves".

Only one song makes a debut to the chart this week. Coming in at #20 is the latest single from Coldplay. "Paradise" is the title of the track and it's the second release from their soon to be released new album Mylo Xyloto. Their last single "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" peaked at #2 for 3 weeks earlier this summer.


Former Number One Songs from 2011:

  • Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
  • Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
  • Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
  • The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
  • Sad Song - The Cars
  • Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
  • Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
  • Price Tag - Jessie J
  • Down By The Water - The Decemberists
  • Back to December - Taylor Swift

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - September 4 & 11, 2011.

Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun


Mel's Weekly Top 20 
Week of September 11, 2011.


This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1 Brighter Than The Sun (2nd week @ #1!) Colbie Caillat 1
2 Rope Foo Fighters 4
3 Only Love Anggun 5
4 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 2
5 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry 3
6 Uku Dengue Fever 7
7 Boys & Girls Martin Solveig & Dragonette 6
8 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 10
9 Young Blood The Naked and Famous 11
10 Skyscraper Demi Lovato 12
11 For The First Time The Script 8
12 Love You Like A Love Song Selena Gomez & The Scene 9
13 Blackout Breathe Carolina 15
14 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 16
15 Good Life OneRepublic 17
16 Helena Beat Foster the People 18
17 The Book Of Morris Johnson Zee Avi 19
18 Walk Foo Fighters --
19 Yoü And I Lady GaGa --
20 If I Die Young The Band Perry 14

CHART NOTES

Colbie Caillat holds on to the #1 spot for a second consecutive week with her hit single "Brighter Than The Sun". It's the perfect summery kind of song as the season wanes into fall. Stills makes me feel bright and energetic.

Knocking on the pinnacle's door we find the Foo Fighters coming in there at #2 with "Rope". The single is off their latest album Wasting Light. The album has spawned two singles so far. "Rope" was released early this year but only made the chart about 4 weeks ago. The latest single "Walk" makes its debut at #18 this week. Foo Fighters score a double whammy here. Rock is not dead.

Following the Foo Fighters is Anggun who goes up 2 points from #5 of last week to #3 this week with her worldwide hit "Only Love". Great pop music from Asia... what more?

Breaking into the top 10 for the first time are The Naked and Famous with their single "Young Blood" (up from #11 to #9) and Demi Lovato at #10 with "Skyscraper". The single also moves up 2 points.

The second debut song to the chart this week is "You and I" by Lady Gaga off her latest album, Born This Way. The single checks in at #19.



Mel's Weekly Top 20 
Week of September 4, 2011. 

Zee Avi - The Book of Morris Johnson



This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1 Brighter Than The Sun Colbie Caillat 2
2 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 3
3 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry 1
4 Rope Foo Fighters 9
5 Only Love Anggun 10
6 Boys & Girls Martin Solveig & Dragonette 6
7 Uku Dengue Fever 7
8 For The First Time The Script 4
9 Love You Like A Love Song Selena Gomez & The Scene 5
10 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 11
11 Young Blood The Naked and Famous 12
12 Skyscraper Demi Lovato 13
13 Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Coldplay 8
14 If I Die Young The Band Perry 15
15 Blackout Breathe Carolina 17
16 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 18
17 Good Life OneRepublic 20
18 Helena Beat Foster the People --
19 The Book Of Morris Johnson Zee Avi --
20 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO 14

CHART NOTES  

Colbie Caillat has the new #1 song of the week. It took several weeks for "Brighter Than The Sun" to reach #1. It's the second single off her album All of You. She most recently charted with the first single, "I Do". Both songs are bright and bubbly in the style that Caillat is most familiar with. Makes for great summer pop music.

Bolting into the top 5 this week we find The Foo Fighters moving up 5 points from #9 last week to #4 this week with "Rope". It's kind of a late arrival to this chart after being released earlier this year. The song has a great rock vibe to it and a cool video featuring just the band. Simple and effective.

Following the Foo Fighters this week into the top 5 is Anggun and her hit "Only Love". The song moves from #10 to #5 and is supposedly on an upcoming album to be released later this year. There are 2 versions of this song... one in English and I think the other is in Indonesian.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers finally break into the top 10 this week by moving up one point from #11 to #10 with their latest single "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie". This song came out before the release of their new album I'm With You which came out this past week.

Two songs make their chart debut. "Helena Beat" is the latest from Foster The People, an electronic dance song that follows on the success of their debut single "Pumped Up Kicks", which went to #2 on this chart. "Beat" makes its debut at #18 this week.

The other debut song is by Malaysian singer/songwriter Zee Avi. She's been around since at least 2007. Her first single, "The Book Of Morris Johnson" enters the chart at #19. You can view her video for that record above.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 28, 2011

Better late than never....


The Foo Fighters - "Rope"

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of August 28, 2011.

This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 6th Week @ #1! Katy Perry 1
2 Brighter Than The Sun Colbie Caillat 3
3 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 5
4 For The First Time The Script 2
5 Love You Like A Love Song Selena Gomez & The Scene 6
6 Boys and Girls Martin Solveig & Dragonette 7
7 Uku Dengue Fever 8
8 Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Coldplay 4
9 Rope Foo Fighters 13
10 Only Love Anggun 16
11 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 11
12 Young Blood The Naked and Famous 12
13 Skyscraper Demi Lovato 14
14 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO 15
15 If I Die Young The Band Perry 17
16 Tonight's The Kind Of Night Noah and the Whale 9
17 Blackout Breathe Carolina 19
18 Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires 20
19 The Edge Of Glory Lady GaGa 10
20 Good Life OneRepublic --

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry holds on to #1 slot for the 6th week in a row! This is the longest hold at #1 so far this year. Previous record holders were Dengue Fever with "Cement Slippers" and Martin Solveig & Dragonette with "Hello", both at 5 weeks each.

The Foo Fighters move into the top 10 with their hard rock hit "Rope". That song moves from #13 to #9. Right behind them is the week's biggest gainer... Anggun's "Only Love" moves up 6 from #16 to #10. Great songs.

Only one debut song and that belongs to OneRepublic. It's called "Good Life" making its chart debut at #20.

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