Sunday, January 23, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 23

The Decemberists - Down By The Water

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 23, 2011.

This WeekTiitleArtistLast Week
1 Grenade (2nd Week @ #1!) Bruno Mars 1
2 Back To December Taylor Swift 3
3 Hands The Ting Tings 4
4 We No Speak Americano (Original) Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup 2
5 The Time (Dirty Bit) Black Eyed Peas 6
6 Hold My Hand Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet) 5
7 A Year Without Rain Selena Gomez & The Scene 7
8 Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus) Ciara 10
9 Stereo Love Edward Maya ft. Alicia 11
10 Down By the Water The Decemberists 15
11 I Just Wanna Run The Downtown Fiction 13
12 Rhythm Of Love Plain White T's 8
13 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars 9
14 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 16
15 All You Need Is Now Duran Duran 17
16 We R Who We R Ke$ha 20
17 Baby Lee Teenage Fanclub 12
18 Just A Dream Nelly 14
19 Rolling In The Deep Adele --
20 Raise Your Glass P!nk --

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in a row with "Grenade". This is his second consecutive #1 record on the Weekly Top 20. He hit the top spot late last year with "Just the Way You Are", which is still listed on this week's chart at #13, losing a few points from #9 of last week.

The Decemberists break into the top 10 with their latest single "Down By The Water", a track that sounds a lot like an R.E.M. song. Reason being is Peter Buck from that group is playing on it. It's one of my current favorites and could go higher on the charts.

Debut singles this week include "Raise Your Glass" by Pink at #20 and "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele at #19. This is Adele's first appearance on the Weekly Top 20.

BONUS VIDEO

Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic - Smooth Criminal

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 9 & 16, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 16, 2011.



Since I did not post a chart from last week, today I post two charts. Before that, check the above video. It's Taylor Swift live on the David Letterman Show singing her big hit, "Back to December", currently #3 on Mel's Weekly Top 20.

Without further adieu, here is this week's chart:

This WeekTiitleArtistLast Week
1 Grenade Bruno Mars 2
2 We No Speak Americano (Original) Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup 1
3 Back To December Taylor Swift 3
4 Hands The Ting Tings 4
5 Hold My Hand Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet) 6
6 The Time (Dirty Bit) Black Eyed Peas 7
7 A Year Without Rain Selena Gomez & The Scene 5
8 Rhythm Of Love Plain White T's 9
9 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars 10
10 Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus) Ciara 14
11 Stereo Love Edward Maya ft. Alicia 16
12 Baby Lee Teenage Fanclub 13
13 I Just Wanna Run The Downtown Fiction 15
14 Just A Dream Nelly 8
15 Down By the Water The Decemberists 18
16 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons 19
17 All You Need Is Now Duran Duran 20
18 Like A G6 Far East Movement 11
19 Live It Up Group 1 Crew 12
20 We R Who We R Ke$ha --

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars hits #1 again with his latest single "Grenade". After holding at #2 for nearly 4 weeks, the track off his debut album Doo Wops and Hooligans, becomes his second consecutive #1 hit on the Weekly Top 20. Late last year he topped the chart with "Just the Way You Are" which this week, moves up a point from #10 to #9.

Fact is several older songs are holding steady or getting a slight bump. Another former #1 song moving up again is "Rhythm of Love" by Plain White T's. It moves from #9 to #8 and was a #1 record more than 2 months ago. Great to hear it is in the top 10. Taylor Swift holds at #3 for another week with her smash country hit, "Back to December", which is our featured video of the week.

Debuting on the Weekly Top 20 is Ke$ha (with a dollar sign for an "S") at #20 with her latest single "We R Who We R". It is the only debut track on the Top 20 this week.



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 9, 2011.

This WeekTiitleArtistLast Week
1 We No Speak Americano (4th Week @ #1!) Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup 1
2 Grenade Bruno Mars 2
3 Back To December Taylor Swift 3
4 Hands The Ting Tings 5
5 A Year Without Rain Selena Gomez & The Scene 4
6 Hold My Hand Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet) 6
7 The Time (Dirty Bit) Black Eyed Peas 8
8 Just A Dream Nelly 11
9 Rhythm Of Love Plain White T's 9
10 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars 10
11 Like A G6 Far East Movement 7
12 Live It Up Group 1 Crew 13
13 Baby Lee Teenage Fanclub 14
14 Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus) Ciara 15
15 I Just Wanna Run The Downtown Fiction 16
16 Stereo Love Edward Maya ft. Alicia 17
17 Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna 12
18 Down By the Water The Decemberists 20
19 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons --
20 All You Need Is Now Duran Duran --


CHART NOTES - January 9

Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup hold on to the #1 spot for the 4th week in a row. Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift hold on to the #2 and #3 spots with their respective hits, "Grenade" and "Back to December." Taylor Swift's hit is the #1 country track on iTunes, while "Grenade" has topped that chart as well as Amazon.com's list of best selling MP3 single tracks.

Nelly moves up 3 from #11 to #8 with "Just a Dream". It's a single track that has been lingering for several weeks below the top 10. This week it finally breaks into the ten with a 3 point jump.

Two new singles debut this week. They are "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons at #19. This song has been lingering on indie and alternative charts for weeks now and is quite a staple on some college and modern rock radio stations/streams. The 80s rock band Duran Duran is back on the chart with "All You Need is Now" which debuts at #20. The track was a freebie download from iTunes a few weeks ago.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20: January 2, 2011



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 2, 2011.

This WeekTiitleArtistLast Week
1 We No Speak Americano (3rd Week @ #1!) Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup 1
2 Grenade Bruno Mars 2
3 Back To December Taylor Swift 5
4 A Year Without Rain Selena Gomez & The Scene 3
5 Hands The Ting Tings 6
6 Hold My Hand Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet) 9
7 Like A G6 Far East Movement 4
8 The Time (Dirty Bit) Black Eyed Peas 8
9 Rhythm Of Love Plain White T's 7
10 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars 10
11 Just A Dream Nelly 12
12 Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna 11
13 Live It Up Group 1 Crew 14
14 Baby Lee Teenage Fanclub 15
15 Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus) Ciara 17
16 I Just Wanna Run The Downtown Fiction 19
17 Stereo Love Edward Maya ft. Alicia 20
18 Boots The Killers 13
19 Nobody The Doobie Brothers 18
20 Down By the Water The Decemberists --



CHART NOTES:


Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup hold on to the #1 spot for the 3rd week in a row. It was the last song to top the Weekly Top 20 in 2010 and the first to top it this year. Bruno Mars holds at #2 for another week with "Grenade", the second single off his debut solo album. He topped the chart last year with "Just the Way You Are", which is still listed on the top 20 at #10 for the week.


There is only one debut single this week and that is done by the indie alt rock group The Decemberists. Their latest "Down By The Water" shows up at #20 this week. They have charted in the past with songs like "Valerie Plame" in 2008.