Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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 WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1Run For Your Life (2nd Week @ #1!)Matt Cardle1
2It Will RainBruno Mars2
3ParadiseColdplay3
4Someone Like YouAdele5
5The Book Of Morris JohnsonZee Avi4
6In The DarkDev6
7MajorThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour8
8Show Me The WayThe Cranberries9
9Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)Foster The People10
10Big In Japan (Single Edit)Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling11
11Marry The NightLady GaGa12
12Pumped Up KicksFoster the People7
13Princess Of ChinaColdplay & Rihanna15
14Tainted LoveImelda May16
15SweeterGavin DeGraw17
16The WalkMayer Hawthorne19
17Hang It UpThe Ting Tings20
18We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)Rihanna13
19Mr. SaxobeatAlexandra Stan14
20Red Solo CupToby 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


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

Monday, December 19, 2011

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



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


This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1Run For Your LifeMatt Cardle3
2It Will RainBruno Mars4
3ParadiseColdplay1
4The Book Of Morris JohnsonZee Avi2
5Someone Like YouAdele6
6In The DarkDev5
7Pumped Up KicksFoster the People7
8MajorThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour10
9Show Me The WayThe Cranberries11
10Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)Foster The People12
11Big In Japan (Single Edit)Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling13
12Marry The NightLady GaGa14
13We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)Rihanna8
14Mr. SaxobeatAlexandra Stan9
15Princess Of ChinaColdplay & Rihanna16
16Tainted LoveImelda May19
17SweeterGavin DeGraw20
18BlackoutBreathe Carolina15
19The WalkMayer Hawthorne--
20Hang It UpThe 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"

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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 WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1Paradise (7th Week @ #1!)Coldplay1
2The Book Of Morris JohnsonZee Avi2
3Run For Your LifeMatt Cardle5
4It Will RainBruno Mars9
5In The DarkDev6
6Someone Like YouAdele8
7Pumped Up KicksFoster the People7
8We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)Rihanna3
9Mr. SaxobeatAlexandra Stan4
10MajorThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour13
11Show Me The WayThe Cranberries14
12Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)Foster The People15
13Big In Japan (Single Edit)Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling16
14Marry The NightLady GaGa17
15BlackoutBreathe Carolina10
16Princess Of ChinaColdplay & Rihanna20
17Don't Gotta Work It OutFitz & The Tantrums11
18What The Water Gave MeFlorence + The Machine12
19Tainted LoveImelda May--
20SweeterGavin 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



Sunday, December 4, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 4, 2011



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


This WeekTitleArtistLast Week
1Paradise (6th Week @ #1!)Coldplay1
2The Book Of Morris JohnsonZee Avi2
3We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)Rihanna3
4Mr. SaxobeatAlexandra Stan5
5Run For Your LifeMatt Cardle9
6In The DarkDev7
7Pumped Up KicksFoster the People8
8Someone Like YouAdele10
9It Will RainBruno Mars19
10BlackoutBreathe Carolina4
11Don't Gotta Work It OutFitz & The Tantrums12
12What The Water Gave MeFlorence + The Machine6
13MajorThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour15
14Show Me The WayThe Cranberries16
15Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)Foster The People17
16Big In Japan (Single Edit)Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling20
17Marry The NightLady GaGa--
18DominoJessie J11
19You Make Me FeelCobra Starship feat. Sabi13
20Princess Of ChinaColdplay & 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