Taio Cruz at Number 1

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 23, 2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	2
2	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	6
3	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	3
4	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	1
5	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	5
6	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	4
7	Rude Boy	Rihanna	8
8	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	9
9	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	10
10	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	7
11	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	12
12	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	14
13	Animal	Neon Trees	20
14	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	17
15	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	15
16	We Are a Lighthouse	The Rocketboys	18
17	Naturally	Selena Gomez and The Scene	19
18	Telephone	Lady GaGa Feat. Beyonce	11
19	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	--
20	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	--

CHART NOTES:

Taio Cruz has the new number one song on the Weekly Top 20. "Break My Heart", a track with a pretty catchy hook, managed to move up one spot from the #2 position. This is the artist's first appearance on the Weekly Top 20.

Smashing Pumpkins barge in at #2 up from #6 of last week with their newest track "A Stitch in Time". It's one of the most played current tracks on my iPod and iTunes these days.
The fastest mover on the chart is "Animal" by Neon Trees. The track made its debut at #20 last week and is now up 7 points at position #13. It could be in the top 10 by next week.

The two songs making their chart debut this week are "Cool My Heels" at #19 from Nikki Yanofsky. The song is the 2nd jazz influenced track to make the chart this year. "Back it Up", a former #1 song by Caro Emerald is the other jazz track on the chart, which is still holding on at #6.

The second debut track is a new rocker by Justine Bennett. "Heavy Feeling" at #20 is a song that has been growing on me for the past few weeks. It was a free download from Amazon.com last month.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 16, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of May 16, 2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Alejandro (3rd week @ #1!)	Lady GaGa	1
2	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	3
3	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	4
4	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	2
5	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	6
6	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	10
7	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	5
8	Rude Boy	Rihanna	9
9	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	11
10	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	13
11	Telephone	Lady GaGa Feat. Beyonce	8
12	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	12
13	Blow Away (Radio Edit)	A Fine Frenzy	7
14	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	19
15	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	18
16	Heart Heart Heartbreak	Boys Like Girls	17
17	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	20
18	We Are a Lighthouse	The Rocketboys	--
19	Naturally	Selena Gomez and The Scene	--
20	Animal	Neon Trees	--

CHART NOTES:

Lady Ga Ga holds the #1 spot for the 3rd week in a row with "Alejandro".

Jaron and The Long Road to Love move into the top 5 with "Pray For You". The track enters at #5 moving up 1 point. The song is not about religion! The song is also being played on country radio. I consider it more of a mainstream pop tune suitable for top 40 and AC radio.

Smashing Pumpkins continue their steady climb moving up 4 from #10 to #6 this week. "A Stitch in Time" is beginning to sound more and more like a top 5 and possibly even a #1 hit to me.

Three songs fell off the chart this week. Two of them were former #1's. Gone are "Hey Soul Sister" by Train and "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum. "Need You Now" topped the charts for 8 weeks this year and was on the top 20 since last November. A very long chart run for this huge, country crossover pop hit. Lady Antebellum is still on the chat with "American Honey" which peaked at #5 last week and is down 2 to #7 this week.

The third song that fell off was "Breakeven" by The Script. That song got as high as #2 and held that spot for a few weeks.

Replacing those songs are the following debuts: "We Are a Lighthouse" by The Rocketboys at #18, "Naturally" by Selena Gomez and The Scene at #19, and "Animal" by Neon Trees at #20. Neon Trees also have our new video showcase track which you can listen to and view right here. 

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 9, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 9, 2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Alejandro (2nd week @ #1!)	Lady GaGa	1
2	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	2
3	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	4
4	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	3
5	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	5
6	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	8
7	Blow Away (Radio Edit)	A Fine Frenzy	7
8	Telephone	Lady GaGa Feat. Beyonce	6
9	Rude Boy	Rihanna	11
10	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	14
11	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	13
12	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	12
13	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	15
14	Breakeven	The Script	9
15	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	10
16	Hey, Soul Sister	Train	16
17	Heart Heart Heartbreak	Boys Like Girls	17
18	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	19
19	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	--
20	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	--

CHART NOTES

"Alejandro" by Lady Ga Ga holds the #1 spot for a second week. Caro Emerald's "Back in Up", a former #1 track holds at #2 for another week. Taio Cruz moves up from #4 to #3 this week.

Smashing Pumpkins break into the top 10 with "A Stitch in Time" at #10, up 4 from #14 of last week. The track will be featured on an upcoming 44-song multi CD release.

Debuting this week are AM with "Fortunate Family Tree" at #20 and Barenaked Ladies at #19 with "You Run Away." The latter is the 2nd track from the Barenaked Ladies to be featured on the Weekly Top 20. Currently "Every Subway Car" is moving up 2 from #15 to #13 this week.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 2, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 2, 2010.

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	2
2	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	1
3	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	3
4	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	7
5	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	5
6	Telephone	Lady GaGa Feat. Beyonce	4
7	Blow Away (Radio Edit)	A Fine Frenzy	8
8	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	10
9	Breakeven	The Script	7
10	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	9
11	Rude Boy	Rihanna	13
12	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	14
13	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	15
14	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	18
15	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	19
16	Hey, Soul Sister	Train	12
17	Heart Heart Heartbreak	Boys Like Girls	17
18	I Have You To Thank	Donny Osmond	11
19	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	--
20	Shark In the Water	V.V. Brown	16

CHART NOTES

Lady Ga Ga hits the #1 spot again for the 3rd time this year with her latest single "Alejandro". The track is taken from the album The Fame Monster and reminds me somewhat of the old Madonna song "La Isla Bonita".

Elsewhere on the chart the big movers this week go up 4 points each. Smashing Pumpkins' "A Stitch in Time" moves up 4 from #18 to #14 this week. It made its debut on the chart 3 weeks ago at #20. Following them are Barenaked Ladies with their track "Every Subway Car" also moving up 4 from #19 to #15.

Lady Antebellum is still holding on strong within the Top 10 with "American Honey" set at #5 for the 2nd week, while the long lasting "Need You Now" settles at #10, 1 point down from #9 of last week.

Jaron and the Long Road to Love has this week's featured video. "Pray For You" moved into the top 10 last week and jumps up 2 from #10 to #8.