Shannon Hurley on the Weekly Top 20

Shannon Hurley is climbing up my Weekly Top 20 chart. This week her new single "California" climbs 5 positions from #12 to claim the #7 slot. The song was released in late February and is getting no regular airplay on AC, CHR or Modern Rock radio. I think Ms. Hurley has a real radio friendly winner of a song here. "California" needs wider distribution than through the usual online social and music networks. Radio airplay, TV appearances, sales and good old fashioned word of mouth can help this track take off.

Hurley has issued a new video for "California". It's posted at YouTube and embedded here on this page. Enjoy the video and a most beautiful song by Shannon.

Since last week's Top 20 chart was not posted to this blog, I am taking the liberty of posting 2 week's worth of charts. Just by looking below you can trace the progress of my 20 most favorite singles and tracks that currently dominate my iPod and iTunes time.

MEL'S WEEKLY TOP 20 FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS

April 5, 2009

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1 No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand - 1
2 Poker Face - Lady GaGa - 2
3 Magnificent - U2 - 4
4 People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case - 7
5 Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor - 6
6 I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar - 9
7 California - Shannon Hurley - 12
8 Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen - 3
9 Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects - 5
10 Is Anybody Out There? - The Downtown Fiction - 10
11 Natalie - The NuRu - 11
12 The Rake's Song - The Decemberists - 13
13 My Lucky Day - Bruce Springsteen - 8
14 Good Days Bad Days - Kaiser Chiefs - 17
15 Please Believe Me - Darrin Kohavi - 19
16 Halo - Beyoncé - 20
17 Still Have My Heart - Caitlin Crosby - 14
18 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's - new
19 Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - new
20 The Show - Lenka - new

March 29, 2009.

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1 No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand - 1
2 Poker Face - Lady GaGa - 3
3 Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen - 2
4 Magnificent - U2 - 6
5 Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects - 5
6 Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor - 7
7 People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case - 8
8 My Lucky Day - Bruce Springsteen - 4
9 I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar - 11
10 Is Anybody Out There? - The Downtown Fiction - 12
11 Natalie - The NuRu - 13
12 California - Shannon Hurley - 18
13 The Rake's Song - The Decemberists - 14
14 Still Have My Heart - Caitlin Crosby - 9
15 Get On Your Boots - U2 - 10
16 Boys With Girlfriends - Meiko - 15
17 Good Days Bad Days - Kaiser Chiefs - 20
18 Just Dance - Lady GaGa - 16
19 Please Believe Me - Darrin Kohavi - new
20 Halo - Beyoncé - new

For the past 2 weeks Franz Ferdinand and Lady GaGa have held on to the #1 and #2 spot for consecutive weeks. Ferdinand's #1 hit track is at the top position for the 3rd week. It's not doing as well on some of the mainstream charts like iTunes. Lady GaGa on the other hand has recently topped a couple of the national charts with "Poker Face" the follow-up hit to "Just Dance" from late last year.

iTUNES PRICE INCREASE! I just noticed Apple's iTunes Store has increased the price of some of its downloadable single tracks to $1.29 each. That bites! More on the price increase in a follow-up post.