Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 25, 2011

This video is a bit creepy... but the song's a hit.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 25, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life (2nd Week @ #1!)	Matt Cardle	1
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
3	Paradise	Coldplay	3
4	Someone Like You	Adele	5
5	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	4
6	In The Dark	Dev	6
7	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	8
8	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	9
9	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	10
10	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	11
11	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	12
12	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
13	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	15
14	Tainted Love	Imelda May	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	17
16	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	19
17	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	20
18	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	13
19	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	14
20	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	--

CHART NOTES

Matt Cardle holds on to the #1 spot for a 2nd week in a row with "Run For Your Life." Fact is the top 3 records are the same this week as last week. Holding at #2 is Bruno Mars with "It Will Rain" and Coldplay at #3 with "Paradise".

Elsewhere in the top 20 most songs that moved up made only small steps up from the previous week. Songs that moved down, plummeted considerably (for a top 20 list). Those songs on a downward spiral include "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People down from #7 to #12; Rihanna's "We Found Love" down from #13 to #18 and "Mr. Saxobeat" by Alexandra Stan down from #14 to #19.

Only one song makes a debut to the top 20 this week... and this is "Red Solo Cup" by country artist Toby Keith coming in at #20. It's quite a funny song about a guy who bonds with a red plastic cup.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Paradise - Coldplay
Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

CHECK OUT THE NEW TOP 100 HITS OF 2011 PAGE!

HOLIDAY SHOWCASE EXTRA



A few days late and maybe a dollar short, but this video and song has turned out to be my favorite Christmas song of the 2011 holiday season. The recording featuring Caro Emerald has been layered upon an old Brooke Benton track, a holiday chestnut that has been largely unheard of in my opinion. This new version brings the song up to date and hopefully develops it into a future classic.

Happy Holidays!

Mel

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 18, 2011.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 18, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	4
3	Paradise	Coldplay	1
4	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
5	Someone Like You	Adele	6
6	In The Dark	Dev	5
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
8	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	10
9	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	11
10	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	12
11	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	13
12	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	14
13	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	8
14	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	9
15	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	16
16	Tainted Love	Imelda May	19
17	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	20
18	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	15
19	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	--
20	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	--

CHART NOTES

After climbing the charts for the past 5 weeks, moving up several notches at the time, Matt Cardle breaks into the #1 slot with his chart debut single, "Run For Your Life". The song which moves up 2 spots from #3 to #1 is not a hit on American radio as far as I know. It is one of those songs that have struck a cord in places other than the U.S. so far. It is not listed on many charts except mine and a few others on personal chart boards. Matt should be an artist that gets more airplay. He's good.

Following Matt Cardle, is Hawaii born singer Bruno Mars, who also moves up 2 points from last week's #4 spot to #2 this week with his huge hit "It Will Rain". This song has already topped the iTunes and the Amazon.com sales charts. It's a good single and hopefully will be featured on his next album.

Moving into the top 5 we also find Adele, moving up a spot from #6 to #5 with her huge worldwide hit "Someone Like Me," which was a late arrival to this chart.

Obviously with the upward movement in the top 5, songs had to also move down... but not by too much this week.Coldplay has relinquished the top spot after spending 7 weeks there with their hit "Paradise". Right behind them is Zee Avi who peaked at #2 for the past 3 weeks with her still catchy "The Book of Morris Johnson" now at #4.

Two songs make their chart debut. They include Mayer Hawthorne's debut single "The Walk" at #19. It is a classic break-up song with an artistic but violent video. The clip may show up here. At number 20 we find The Ting Tings with their latest indie hit "Hang It Up". They hit the chart late last year with "Hands" and that peaked at #2. We'll see how far The Ting Tings will go with this one.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:


Paradise - Coldplay
Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

VIDEO SHOWCASE: Matt Cardle


The latest single.... "Starlight"

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 11, 2011.

Adele's "Someone Like You" has become one of the top songs of 2011.

Coldplay Holds at #1 For 7th Consecutive Week

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (7th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	5
4	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	9
5	In The Dark	Dev	6
6	Someone Like You	Adele	8
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
8	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	3
9	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	4
10	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	13
11	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	14
12	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	15
13	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	16
14	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	17
15	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	10
16	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	20
17	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	11
18	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	12
19	Tainted Love	Imelda May	--
20	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 7th consecutive week with their hit "Paradise". The single is the 2nd off their latest album Mylo Xyloto.

Zee Avi and "The Book of Morris Johnson" holds at #2 for a 3rd week. Matt Cardle moves up from #5 to #3 with his single "Run For Your Life".

Bruno Mars' track "It Will Rain" breaks into the top 5 at #4, moving up from last week's #9 position. Dev inches up a notch from #6 to #5 with "In the Dark".

Two tracks make their debut on the top 20 this week. They include the first ever from singer Imelda May, whose cover of the old Soft Cell hit "Tainted Love" chimes in at #19. Following her is Gavin DeGraw who debuts with the track "Sweeter" off the album of the same name at #20. His single "Not Over You" fell off this chart a week ago after peaking for a few weeks at #15.

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 4, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 4, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (6th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
3	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	3
4	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	5
5	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	9
6	In The Dark	Dev	7
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	8
8	Someone Like You	Adele	10
9	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	19
10	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	4
11	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
12	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	6
13	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	15
14	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	16
15	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	17
16	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	20
17	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	--
18	Domino	Jessie J	11
19	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
20	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 6th consecutive week with their hit "Paradise". The single is the 2nd off their albumMylo Xyloto, which I recently purchased and found to be very good. The album also contains their 3rd single, "Princess of China", featuring Rihanna. That track makes its debut this week at #20. So Coldplay and Rihanna have two songs in the top 20.

The other artist with 2 songs on the top 20 is Foster the People who's comeback hit "Pumped Up Kicks" rises to #7 this week from #8. "Pumped Up Kicks" spent several weeks on the chart earlier this year, peaked at #2 for a few weeks, and then dropped off. Five weeks ago it re-entered the chart and has worked its way steadily up. Also on the chart moving up from #17 to #15 is their track "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)". That song was used recently in a Nissan car commercial... hence its new found popularity.

Rihanna is holding steady at #3 for another week with her smash hit "We Found Love". Holding at #2 for another week is Zee Avi and "The Book of Morris Johnson". Will any of these songs climb higher and into the #1 spot? Time will tell.

Big movers this week include Matt Cardle who's debut single "Run For Your Life" jumps from #9 to #5 this week.

The biggest gainer of the week is by Bruno Mars. His latest track "It Will Rain" bolts 10 points up from its debut of last week at #19 to #9 this week. Could be a real biggie for Hawaii born and raised Mars.

Two debut tracks this week include "Marry the Night" by Lady GaGa at #17 and the previously mentioned "Princess of China" by Coldplay and Rihanna at #20.

Dropoffs from the chart this week were "You And I" by Lady GaGa and "Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw.

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS - COLDPLAY