Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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 WeekSong TitleArtistLast 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.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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 WeekSong TitleArtistLast 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.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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 WeekSong TitleArtistLast 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.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 1, 2010



See the video on YouTube.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of August 1, 2010

This WeekTitleArtistLast 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.