Mel's Weekly Top 20 & More

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 24, 2010.

TW Title - Artist - LW

1. Need You Now (4th week @ #1!) - Lady Antebellum - 1
2. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood - 2
3. Two Is Better Than One -
Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift - 7
4. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa - 3
5. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones - 5
6. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li - 4
7. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas - 6
8. It's Your Life - Francesca Battistelli - 9
9. The Sweetest Thing - Camera Obscura - 8
10. If You Only Knew - Shinedown - 13
11. Breakeven - The Script - 14
12. Hard (featuring Young Jeezy) - Rihanna - 19
13. White Liar - Miranda Lambert - 15
14. We The People - Ray Stevens - 16
15. Last Dance - The Raveonettes - 10
16. Russian Roulette - Rihanna - 11
17. Fireflies - Owl City - 12
18. Hey, Soul Sister - Train - new
19. Telephone - Lady GaGa Feat. Beyoncé - new
20. You and Me - Dave Matthews Band - new

CHART NOTES:

Lady Antebellum leads the charts again as "Need You Now" holds the #1 spot for a 4th consecutive week. Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova" still holds strong at #2 for another week while Boys Like Girls with Taylor Swift moves up four from #7 to #3 with "Two is Better Than One." Further down the chart we see more movement with Shinedown, The Script and Rihanna making gains. Three debut songs include "Hey, Soul Sister" from Train at #18, "Telephone" by Lady GaGa and Beyonce at #19, and the Dave Matthews Band at #20 with "You and Me."

WITHER THE SIXTYONE.COM

I am saddened to learn that with TheSixtyOne.com's new makeover that all of their embed files of independent, user chosen music published on external websites such as this blog, have all disappeared as of last week. The new makeover that the publishers gave to the place made it look like one giant iPod Touch with a user interface that is difficult to navigate, breaks many of the social aspects of the sites, and even links/comments to and from artist and fan pages. All of our favorites have apparently disappeared from site too which impacted the embed files placed on this blog.

As a result I probably will not be using TheSixtyOne.com very often even though I will keep my current membership and password there. The new site design is a low blow to finding, appreciating and most importantly saving, creating and publishing new and independent artist music and playlists that over the past 2 years contributed to the songs I listened to on my iPod and posted to my charts.

I'll continue to listen to, download and buy indie music that I like but probably not preview them through this TheSixtyOne.com until the U.I. is made more user friendly.

MEL'S TOP 10 OLDIES
As posted to Plannine's Classic Top 20 Page
January 22, 2010

1. Hi Hi Hi - Paul McCartney & Wings
2. Wrack My Brain - Ringo Starr
3. Give Up Your Guns - The Buoys
4. If Not For You - Olivia Newton John
5. Take A Litle Rhythm - Ali Thompson
6. I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
7. 1984 - Spirit
8. Take This Job & Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
9. Ahab The Arab - Ray Stevens
10. Rock the Casbah - The Clash

Lady Antebellum #1 for 3rd Week

"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum is my favorite current single now. The song tops the country chart and is a great pop-rock hit too. The song holds at #1 on Mel's Weekly Top 20 chart for the 3rd week in a row.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 17, 2010 | Website

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1. Need You Now (3rd week @ #1!) - Lady Antebellum - 1
2. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood - 2
3. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa - 3
4. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li - 4
5. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones - 6
6. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas - 5
7. Two Is Better Than One -
Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift - 18
8. The Sweetest Thing - Camera Obscura - 9
9. It's Your Life - Francesca Battistelli - 11
10. Last Dance - The Raveonettes - 10
11. Russian Roulette - Rihanna - 7
12. Fireflies - Owl City - 8
13. If You Only Knew - Shinedown - 14
14. Breakeven - The Script - 16
15. White Liar - Miranda Lambert - 17
16. We The People - Ray Stevens - 19
17. Come On (Edit) - Green River Ordinance - 12
18. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - 13
19. Hard (featuring Young Jeezy) - Rihanna - new
20. Self Preservation - AM - new

CHART NOTES

Lady Antebellum holds the #1 spot for the 3rd week in a row with "Need You Now." It's a fast riser for Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift. Their hit track "Two is Better Than One" bolts from #18 to #7 this week. Is it too early to predict that this is a future number one song?

TOP 10 OLDIES OF THE WEEK
January 14, 2010 | As submitted to Plannine's Classic Top 30

1. I Only Want to Be With You - The Tourists
2. If Not For You - Olivia Newton-John
3. Hi Hi Hi - Paul McCartney & Wings
4. Give Up Your Guns - The Buoys
5. Take a Little Rhythm - Ali Thompson
6. Wrack My Brain - Ringo Starr
7. Lazy Day - Spanky & Our Grang
8. Garden Party - Rick Nelson
9. 1984 - Spirit
10. Take This Job & Shove It - Johnny Paycheck

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Welcome 2010!

Lady Antebellum CMT Tour 2008, originally uploaded by countrymusictattletale.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 is back after a two week hiatus. This week I've got 2 charts for you. Firs the current chart for the week of January 10, 2010 and next the first chart of the new year, January 3, 2010. On both charts Lady Antebellum tops the peak with their number 1 hit "Need You Now." If Lady Antebellum were not labeled a country band, they'd indeed have a bigger hit with this on the pop charts. Still a great new song to start the new year off.

MEL'S WEEKLY TOP 20
Week of January 10, 2010 | Website

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1. Need You Now (2nd Week @ #1) - Lady Antebellum - 1
2. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood - 4
3. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa - 2
4. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li - 5
5. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas - 3
6. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones - 7
7. Russian Roulette - Rihanna - 6
8. Fireflies - Owl City - 8
9. The Sweetest Thing - Camera Obscura - 9
10. Last Dance - The Raveonettes - 11
11. It's Your Life - Francesca Battistelli - 12
12. Come On (Edit) - Green River Ordinance - 15
13. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - 10
14. If You Only Knew - Shinedown - 16
15. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day - 14
16. Breakeven - The Script - 19
17. White Liar - Miranda Lambert - 20
18. Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift - new
19. We The People - Ray Stevens - new
20. Again - Flyleaf - 13

"Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood climbs two points to catch the #2 spot. Further down the chart, Green River Ordinance climbs 3 spots to #12 with "Come On". Boys Like Girls join with Taylor Swift with their debut track "Two is Better Than One" at #18. The song is #1 on the iTunes alternative rock chart.

Check this video out from Ray Stevens. "We The People" debuts at #19 on the Weekly Top 20 for the week of January 10, 2010.



Last week's top 20 hits...

MEL'S WEEKLY TOP 20
Week of January 3, 2010 | Website

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum - 2
2. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa - 1
3. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas - 3
4. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood - 9
5. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li - 5
6. Russian Roulette - Rihanna - 4
7. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones - 8
8. Fireflies - Owl City - 6
9. The Sweetest Thing - Camera Obscura - 11
10. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - 7
11. Last Dance - The Raveonettes - 13
12. It's Your Life - Francesca Battistelli - 14
13. Again - Flyleaf - 10
14. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day - 16
15. Come On (Edit) - Green River Ordinance - 17
16. If You Only Knew - Shinedown - 19
17. Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) - Noisettes - 12
18. Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley - 15
19. Breakeven - The Script - new
20. White Liar - Miranda Lambert - new

Mel's Top 100 Hits of 2009

Before we catch up with 2010, one last look at 2009. Yes, it's Mel's Weekly Top 20's Top 100 Hits of 2009. The chart of course is determined by how my favorite songs fared on the weekly chart throughout the past year. Peak positions, weeks at the peak and overall chart run are factored into the ranking of each song. The songs are compiled and sorted on a spreadsheet using this criteria.

Not surprisingly, the song that spent the longest time at #1 and the longest number of weeks on the top 20 became my top song of the year. That honor went to Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Know" taken from their album titled, The End. It is an album that yielded at least 3 top 10 hits, the other 2 being "Boom Boom Pow" and "Meet Me Halfway."

This yearly chart reflects my musical tastes which range from adult contemporary hot hits, to some top 40, light rap with R&B, a heavy dose of adult alternative, rock and even country tracks.

Several independent artists and their tracks were big on my chart this past year.

They included Shannon Hurley who hit #1 with "California" and Meiko who hit #1 again with her 2008 hit, "Boys With Girlfriends". Other top indie hits included "The Other Side" by AM, "Bourgeois Shangri-La" & " I Heard of a Girl" both by Miss Li, "Natalie" by The NuRu and "Please Believe Me" by Darrin Kohavi.

The mainstream was well represented by stalwart hits "Fallin' For You" from Colbie Caillat, "Bad Romance," "Poker Face" and "Just Dance" by Lady GaGa, "Working on a Drream" by Bruce Springsteen, "Second Chance" by Shinedown and "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand.

Alternative rock and pop was on the chart with The Noisettes' "Never Forget You," Green Day's "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" and Carolina Liar's "I'm Not Over." These and many more made the top 10, some going to #1, and all listed on the Top 100.

THE TOP 100 HITS OF 2009

Rank - Song Title - Artist

1. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
2. Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat
3. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
4. Second Chance - Shinedown
5. Never Forget You - Noisettes
6. I'm Not Over - Carolina Liar
7. No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
8. California - Shannon Hurley
9. Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
10. Know Your Enemy - Green Day
11. Just Dance - Lady GaGa
12. Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen
13. Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
14. Bulletproof - La Roux
15. French Navy - Camera Obscura
16. The Golden Age - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
17. Get On Your Boots - U2
18. You Found Me - The Fray
19. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
20. Boys With Girlfriends - Meiko
21. If I Were A Boy - Beyonce
22. Fireflies - Owl City
23. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
24. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's
25. 99 Times - Kate Voegele
26. Lovers In Japan - Coldplay
27. The Other Side - AM
28. My Lucky Day - Bruce Springsteen
29. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
30. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
31. People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case
32. Celebration (Album Version) - Madonna
33. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
34. Trouble Is A Friend - Lenka
35. People Are Crazy - Billy Currington
36. Magnificent - U2
37. Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) - Noisettes
38. 21 Guns - Green Day
39. City On Our Knees - Tobymac
40. All The Right Moves - OneRepublic
41. Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
42. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
43. Two Hands - Jars of Clay
44. The Fear - Lily Allen
45. Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson
46. Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor
47. Free To Be Me - Francesca Battistelli
48. Halo - Beyoncé
49. Is Anybody Out There? - The Downtown Fiction
50. Goodbye - Kristinia DeBarge
51. I'd Come For You - Nickelback
52. Bourgeois Shangri-La - Miss Li
53. Take Back The City - Snow Patrol
54. Russian Roulette - Rihanna
55. I'm Just Here for the Music - Paula Abdul
56. The Sun Ain't Shining No More - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
57. Hero - Jars of Clay
58. I Heard of a Girl - Miss Li
59. Natalie - The NuRu
60. Angel - Kate Voegele
61. Show Me What I'm Looking for - Carolina Liar
62. When Love Takes Over - David Guetta - Kelly Rowland
63. Still Have My Heart - Caitlin Crosby
64. What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)? - Ben Lee
65. Please Believe Me - Darrin Kohavi
66. I Keep Falling - Lovers and Poets
67. Addicted - Saving Abel
68. Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood
69. Heaven Can Wait - We the Kings
70. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
71. Spaceman - The Killers
72. Nobody - Kate Earl
73. I Just Want You Around - Anuhea
74. Dont Trust Me - 3OH!3
75. She's Got a Boyfriend Now - Boys Like Girls
76. Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson
77. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
78. This Is It - Michael Jackson
79. Focus - Cyndi Harvell
80. Led To The Sea - Jenny Owen Youngs
81. We Are Golden - Mika
82. Miles Away - Madonna
83. Again - Flyleaf
84. Funny The Way It Is - Dave Matthews Band
85. Sweet Silver Lining - Kate Voegele
86. Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley
87. Strawberry Weed - The Caesars
88. Obama Song - Michael Franti & Spearhead
89. Sleepy Tigers - Her Space Holiday
90. Fireflies - Chris Garneau
91. Failure - Operation Aloha
92. Lost+ (with Jay-Z) / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Grammy Awards) - Coldplay
93. Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
94. The Rake's Song - The Decemberists
95. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day
96. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - U2
97. Honey In The Sun - Camera Obscura
98. Hell - Tegan And Sara
99. (Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar - The Guild featuring Felicia Day
100. Everything I Ask For - The Maine