Mel's Weekly Top 20: Sept. 19, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of September 19, 2010

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	2
2	Misery	Maroon 5	1
3	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	5
4	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	4
5	Mine	Taylor Swift	8
6	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	3
7	Release Me	The Like	9
8	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	17
9	Please Don't Go	Mike Posner	11
10	Be My Thrill	The Weepies	12
11	I Saw the Rain	Lovers and Poets	13
12	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	6
13	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	7
14	MoneyGrabber	Fitz and the Tantrums	15
15	Animal	Neon Trees	14
16	Brand New Day (with Tim Meyers)	Lindsey Ray	19
17	Bulletproof	La Roux	10
18	Rhythm of Love	Plain White T's	--
19	2012 (It Ain't the End)	Jay Sean	--
20	Stuck Like Glue	Sugarland	--

CHART NOTES:

Taio Cruz claims the #1 spot with "Dynamite", the second of his 2 top 20 hits to go to the top this year. Cruz scored a #1 hit earlier this summer with "Break Your Heart" which held the position for 2 weeks. Katy Perry moves up 2 from #5 to #3 this week with "Teenage Dream." Country superstar Taylor Swift climbs into the top 5 with "Mine" her latest pop hit moving from #8 to #5.

Fastest rising single on the chart is "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, who at one time was a child singer celebrity in Hawaii doing impressions of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Looks like the guy has a smash hit on this hands as the single moves from #17 to #8. Unfortunately for Mars, he was busted this week in Las Vegas for coccaine possesion.

New songs on the Top 20 include "Rhythm of Love" by Plain White T's at #18, "2012 (It Ain't the End)" by Jay Sean at #19 and "Stuck Like Glue" by Sugarland at #20.

Hawaii Five-0 Set to Debut Sept. 20

The highly anticipated re-boot of Hawaii Five-0 premieres this Monday night on CBS TV. The show's producers have wisely chosen to re-record the familiar, brassy, rock heavy theme song by Morton Stevens to closely echo the original version used on the classic series from 1968 to 1980. I think it is a great move on CBS's part. Let's hope the show itself is worthwhile watching week after week and that it soars to high ratings.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - September 12, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of September 12, 2010

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Misery (4th Week @ #1!)	Maroon 5	1
2	Dynamite	Taio Cruz	3
3	Fire With Fire	Scissor Sisters	2
4	Like We Used to	A Rocket to the Moon	5
5	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	10
6	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	4
7	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	6
8	Mine	Taylor Swift	19
9	Release Me	The Like	11
10	Bulletproof	La Roux	9
11	Please Don't Go	Mike Posner	13
12	Be My Thrill	The Weepies	15
13	I Saw the Rain	Lovers and Poets	16
14	Animal	Neon Trees	14
15	MoneyGrabber	Fitz and the Tantrums	17
16	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	7
17	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	--
18	Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri	8
19	Brand New Day (with Tim Myers)	Lindsey Ray	--
20	Come Over Love	Anuhea	12

CHART NOTES:

Two songs make their debut on the top 20 this week. They are "Brand New Day" by Lindsey Ray with Tim Meyers. This song might be familiar to many TV viewers as one of the current themes for a series of TARGET store ads. "Brand New Day" bows in at #19.

The second debut song this week is by Bruno Mars. This guy grew up in Hawaii and started his musical career as a kid impersonating Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Today he has a nationwide top 10 hit called "Just The Way You Are". It marks its chart appearance here for the first week at #17.

Taylor Swift is this week's fastest moving artist. Her latest countryfied pop hit "Mine" shoots up from #19 to #8 this week, an eleven point leap. Future #1?

Moving into the top 10 is Katy Perry with "Teenage Dream" moving up 5 from #10 to #15. Holding on to #1 for the 4th straight week is Maroon 5 and "Misery"

Mel's Weekly Top 20: Sept. 5, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

September 5, 2010

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

CHART NOTES:

Maroon 5 is still at #1 with "Misery". This is the 3rd consecutive week for that song to be at the top spot. Holding at #2 for a second consecutive week is Scissor Sisters and their track "Fire With Fire". Moving up from #5 to #3 is Taio Cruz and "Dynamite". New to the top 5 is A Rocket to the Moon and "Like We Used To". The song is up from #7.

Katy Perry took a huge leap this week from #19 (her debut) to #10 this week. The song is "Teenage Dream" and is currently #1 on several other charts and comes at the release of her new album with the same name. Could this track be headed for the top here?

Moving up 4 spots from #18 to #14 is Neon Trees and their former #1 hit "Animal". The track was almost going to fall off the chart this week, but picked up momentum because I saw it listed at #1 or near the top of several other charts. It's one of the best songs this year to be recorded in a new wave, alt rock style.

Mel's Weekly Top 20: August 29, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 29, 2010

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

CHART NOTES

Maroon 5 holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd consecutive week with "Misery". Scissor Sisters move up 2 from #4 to #2 with "Fire With Fire". Justine Bennett holds at #3 with "Heavy Feeling" and Nikki Yanofsky moves up from #5 to #4. She held the #1 spot for a few weeks in late July and early August. New to the top 5 this week is Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" up from #7 to #5.

Katie Perry debuts at #19 with her latest single, "Teenage Dream", title track from her latest album. Also making a debut is Fitz & the Tantrums and their single "MoneyGrabber" at #20.