Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 22, 2010

The Like sing an acoustic version of their single, "Release Me".

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 22, 2010

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Misery	Maroon 5	3
2	Bulletproof	La Roux	2
3	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	4
4	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	6
5	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	5
6	My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha)	3OH!3	1
7	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	11
8	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	8
9	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	7
10	Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri	10
11	Undo It	Carrie Underwood	12
12	Come Over Love	Anuhea	13
13	Animal	Neon Trees	15
14	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	9
15	Please Don't Go	Mike Posner	17
16	Release Me	The Like	18
17	Uh Oh (Radio Edit)	Kyrah	16
18	Wake Up	Pepper	19
19	Be My Thrill	The Weepies	20
20	I Saw the Rain	Lovers and Poets	--

CHART NOTES

Maroon 5 breaks into the #1 spot with their lates single, "Misery". The track moved up 2 points from #3 to #1. La Roux holds at #2 for a 3rd week with "Bulletproof". Justine Bennett moves up 1 from #4 to #3 with "Heavy Feeling". It's one of the most underrated tracks on the top 20 this week. More charts should list it and it would be a great add to AC radio.

Breaking into the Top 5 for the first time are the Scissor Sisters with their single "Fire With Fire" up 2 from #6 to #4. Holding at #5 for another week is Nikki Yanofsky and her former #1 hit "Cool My Heels". And making the big drop this week from #1 to #6 is 3OH!3 and "My First Kiss".

The only song to make a debut on the chart is "I Saw the Rain" by Lovers & Poets at #20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 15, 2010

Caro Emerald has turned out to be my favorite female artist of 2010. Her videos have been featured several times on this blog. Here is a great find. Caro sings her 2 hit songs over recorded tracks in a studio. "Back It Up" followed by "A Night Like This."

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 15, 2010

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha)	3OH!3	1
2	Bulletproof	La Roux	2
3	Misery	Maroon 5	5
4	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	4
5	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	3
6	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	8
7	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	7
8	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	9
9	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	6
10	Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri	11
11	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	16
12	Undo It	Carrie Underwood	13
13	Come Over Love	Anuhea	14
14	24 Hours	Noisettes	10
15	Animal	Neon Trees	12
16	Uh Oh (Radio Edit)	Kyrah	18
17	Please Don't Go	Mike Posner	19
18	Release Me	The Like	20
19	Wake Up	Pepper	--
20	Be My Thrill	The Weepies	--

CHART NOTES

Two songs make their chart debut this week: "Wake Up" @ #19 by Pepper and "Be My Thrill" by The Weepies at #20. Both artists are making their debuts to the Weekly Top 20, having never charted before. Of the two, I think The Weepies have a better chance of calling their track a hit, at least on this chart.

The number one and number two songs remain the same as they were last week. Maroon 5's "Misery" continues to track up - this week moving from #5 to #3. Will the song make it to #1?

Elsewhere most of the songs remain steady movers with only incremental jumps up. The only exception is Taio Cruz with his latest single "Dynamite" moving from #16 to #11 this week. The track already tops several other charts.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 8, 2010

The Noisettes live and their track "24 Hours"

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 8, 2010

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha)	3OH!3	2
2	Bulletproof	La Roux	3
3	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	1
4	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	5
5	Misery	Maroon 5	8
6	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	4
7	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	7
8	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	10
9	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	11
10	24 Hours	Noisettes	12
11	Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri	13
12	Animal	Neon Trees	6
13	Undo It	Carrie Underwood	14
14	Come Over Love	Anuhea	16
15	Drummer Boy	Debi Nova	15
16	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	19
17	Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)	Shakira	9
18	Uh Oh (Radio Edit)	Kyrah	20
19	Please Don't Go	Mike Posner	--
20	Release Me	The Like	--

CHART NOTES

The single "My First Kiss" featuring Kesha and starring 3OH!3 tops the chart for the first time this week as it moves from #2 to #1, replacing Nikki Yanofsky. Nikki's hit "Cool My Heels" slips 2 points from #1 to #3. This is the first time 3OH!3 has topped the Weekly Top 20. Their single has been a number 1 track on Apple's iTunes alternative rock chart for several weeks this year.

LaRoux is up to #2 this week with "Bulletproof" the biggest comeback hit on the chart this year. The song was a #1 track for a few weeks last year.

Elsewhere in the top 5, Justine Bennett moves up 1 from #5 to #4 with "Heavy Feeling" while Maroon 5 climbs from #8 to #5 this week with "Misery".

Mike Posner and The Like make their chart debuts this week with the singles "Please Don't Go" by Posner at #19, and "Release Me" by The Like at #20.

Falling off the chart this week are "A Stitch in Time" by The Smashing Pumpkins and "Every Subway Car" by Barenaked Ladies.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 1, 2010

See the video on YouTube.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 1, 2010

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Cool My Heels (3rd Week @ #1!)	Nikki Yanofsky	1
2	My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha)	3OH!3	6
3	Bulletproof	La Roux	4
4	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	2
5	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	5
6	Animal	Neon Trees	3
7	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	8
8	Misery	Maroon 5	10
9	Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)	Shakira	7
10	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	13
11	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	11
12	24 Hours	Noisettes	12
13	Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri	14
14	Undo It	Carrie Underwood	18
15	Drummer Boy	Debi Nova	19
16	Come Over Love	Anuhea	20
17	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	9
18	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	16
19	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	--
20	Uh Oh (Radio Edit)	Kyrah	--

CHART NOTES:

Nikki Yanofsky holds at #1 for the 3rd consecutive week with "Cool My Heels". 3OH!3 featuring Kesha jumps four points from #6 last week to #2 with "My First Kiss." The track has topped the alternative rock chart on iTunes for several weeks and it looks like it may go to #1 on this chart soon.

Comeback resilience: La Roux is at #3 up from #4 with "Bulletproof". The synthesized dance track topped this chart late last year and made a return to the chart earlier this summer. This certainly is a very popular song!

Scissor Sisters enter the top 10 with "Fire With Fire" at #10 up from #13. Maroon 5 sits at #8 this week with "Misery", up 2 from #10.

Debuts include "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz at #19 and "Uh Oh" by Kyrah at #20.