Mel's Weekly Top 20: Christmas Coming Soon.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 15, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Walker (2nd Week @ #1!)	Fitz & The Tantrums	1
2	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	2
3	"Sweeter Than Fiction (From ""One Chance"" Soundtrack)"	Taylor Swift	5
4	Royals	Lorde	4
5	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	3
6	Roar	Katy Perry	6
7	Sail	AWOLNATION	8
8	Wake Me Up	Avicii	7
9	Just Another Girl	The Killers	11
10	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	12
11	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	14
12	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	--
13	Compass	Lady Antebellum	13
14	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	15
15	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	17
16	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	9
17	Bad Blood	Bastille	10
18	Harlem	New Politics	18
19	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	20
20	I Love You	Said the Whale	--

CHART NOTES

Fitz & the Tantrums hold on to #1 for a second week with "The Walker" off their latest album More Than A Dream.

Katy Perry reamins at #2 with "Unconditionally". The track is from the album Prism. Can this be her next #1 song? I thought so last week. But so far, not. Perry also holds at #6 with her last #1 hit, "Roar" which is still hot today.

The Killers move into the top 10 at #9 this week with their latest "Just Another Girl" jumping up from last week's #11 spot. Also moving into the top 10 is the latest country hit by Luke Bryan called "That's My Kind of Night" up to #10 from last week's #12.

Two songs make their chart debut. Bulleting into the #12 spot from out of nowhere we find Kelly Clarkson and just released yuletide single "Underneath the Tree". It's the highest debut for any Christmas song ever on this chart. Will she crack the top 10 in time for the holidays?

The second chart debut song is "I Love You", an alternative rock track by a band called Said the Whale which enters the chart at #20. This song has been simmering on my iTunes ever since I found it back in October. Now it is in the top 20.

Coming soon... the Top 100 Hits of 2013.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (2)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Flashback Friday: All I Want For Christmas....

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

You've heard it many times during the holiday season for almost 20 years. "All I Want For Christmas is You" was released on Mariah Carey's 4th studio album in 1994. Since then the song has become a perennial holiday classic. It has been covered by many artists over the years with the original by Mariah remaining the best. Click on the music video.  Enjoy!

The Walker Makes It to #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 8, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
2	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	4
3	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	1
4	Royals	Lorde	3
5	Sweeter Than Fiction (From "One Chance" Soundtrack)	Taylor Swift	7
6	Roar	Katy Perry	6
7	Wake Me Up	Avicii	5
8	Sail	AWOLNATION	9
9	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	10
10	Bad Blood	Bastille	11
11	Just Another Girl	The Killers	13
12	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	19
13	Compass	Lady Antebellum	15
14	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	16
15	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	17
16	Little Games	The Colourist	8
17	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	18
18	Harlem	New Politics	20
19	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	12
20	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	new

CHART NOTES

Fitz & the Tantrums top the chart this week with their track "The Walker" from the album More Than A Dream. I've been playing this track on my iPods and iTunes ever since it was released this past May. It's great to see it top the chart this week (moving up from #2). This song should be getting wider airplay on Top 40 / AC / Alternative Rock radio the world over... unfortunately, so far as I know, it's not. Perhaps next year.

Katy Perry inches closer to #1 with her latest single "Unconditionally". From the album Prism, the track moves from #4 to #2 this week. Could she push to number one next week. Come back and find out.

Only one new song makes a debut on the Weekly Top 20. That is "Hold On" by Colbie Caillat coming in at #20.

Coming soon... the Top 100 Hits of 2013.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (1)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

CHRISTMAS VIDEO SHOWCASE
Some of Today's Top Holiday Tracks

Flashback Friday: ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

We zoom back to 1959 and this Christmas novelty song sung by 12-year old Augie Rios. My only memory of this song was when it was performed in a holiday skit with my sister Esther being the "Mamasita" during an elementary school presentation when she was in about the 2nd or 3rd grade. She was cute and memorable.

About the record itself, from the Wikipedia it reads:

Dnde Est Santa Claus? (Spanish for Where is Santa Claus?) is a novelty Christmas song. 12-year-old Augie Rios had a hit with the song in 1959 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra.[1] The 45 record single was backed with the song "Ol' Fatso (I Don't Care Who You Are Old Fatso, Get Those Reindeer Off My Roof)."

Written by George Scheck, Rod Parker, and Al Greiner, and copyrighted in 1958, the copyright was renewed and is owned by Ragtime Music. The song "Dnde Est Santa Claus?" has now been immortalized in a toy called "Animated & Musical Singing Puppy", made in Hong Kong, China, and distributed in the U.S. in 2011. The song was originally released on MGM Records' Metro label. It can now be found on various YouTube videos.

Below is one of the most touching YouTube videos made with this song. Read the caption below the video screen for more information:



"On April 21st 2007 my son Jason and My wife Elizabeth lost their lives in a car fire. Although she was able to free herself she was unable to free my unconscious son. As a result they both perished that day. Thank you to all of you who have enjoyed this video of our little boy who even after death continues to make me so very proud. Thank you for making my little Christmas miracle part of your lives. God Bless You All."

The video has been online for a number of years now.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - The Fox Holds @ #1!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 1, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	1
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
3	Royals	Lorde	3
4	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	6
5	Wake Me Up	Avicii	4
6	Roar	Katy Perry	5
7	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	8
8	Little Games	The Colourist	10
9	Sail	AWOLNATION	11
10	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	12
11	Bad Blood	Bastille	13
12	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	7
13	Just Another Girl	The Killers	16
14	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	9
15	Compass	Lady Antebellum	17
16	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	19
17	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	20
18	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	new
19	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	new
20	Harlem	New Politics	new

CHART NOTES

Ylvis holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week with "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)". It's the biggest non-sensical song of the year. The top 3 stays the same as last week with "The Walker" by Fitz and the Tantrums holding at #2 and Lorde holding at #3 with "Royals". Katy Perry moves into the top 5 at #4 with "Unconditionally" up from #6 of last week. Her #1 hit "Roar" moves down to #6 from #5 of last week.

The Colourist' "Little Games" moves up 2 to #8 from #10. The song was at #8 about 3 weeks ago. Now it is back in its previously peaked position. Will it go any higher?

Awolnation is a late comer to this chart and their hit "Sail" finally makes it to the top 10 moving up 2 from last week's #11 to #9 this week. Sheryl Crow also moves into the top 10 at #10 with her latest, "Callin' Me When I'm Lonely" up from #12.

Three tracks make their chart debut: Selena Gomez is another late arrival to the chart as her hit "Slow Down" debuts at #18. Country star Luke Bryan debuts with his first WT20 track at #19 - " That's My Kind of Night" which has topped iTunes chart in recent days.... Finally at #20 we find New Politics and their track "Harlem". We'll see how high these debut tracks go in the coming weeks and most likely into the new year.

Which reminds me... I am now compiling the Top 100 Hits of 2013 and that will be posted before year's end.