Mel's Top 20 Hits So Far of 2023.

 OK... Posting of the weekly Current Top 20 charts are not happening here.... at least on this blog's main pages. I tried, but am utterly a failure here. 

That said, both Mel's Current Top 20 Chart and The Country 5 + 5 Chart are regularly posted on their own pages within the confines of this blog site. You can find links to the latest charts by accessing them at the right hand column on this and every blog page here.

I will eventually create bigger graphics with links going to those pages on the blog's right hand columns.

Stay tuned.

Resuming our blog, it is time to kind of re-cap the top 20 songs so far that have made it on Mel's Current Top 20 chart. Not surprisingly Tom MacDonald and his long running hit "Ghost" tops the half-way chart so far this year at #1.

Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	WAP	Total Weeks
1	Ghost	Tom MacDonald	1	7	21
2	Anti-Hero	Taylor Swift	1	5	23
3	Love Again	The Kid LAROI	1	2	10
4	End of the World	Tom MacDonald featuring John Rich	1	2	10
5	Wish You The Best	Lewis Capaldi	1	2	11
6	Flowers	Miley Cyrus	1	2	13
7	I Feel Like Dancing	Jason Mraz	1	2	13
8	Pointless	Lewis Capaldi	1	2	16
9	Karma / Karma (featuring Ice Spice)	Taylor Swift	1	2	8
10	Lux Æterna	Metallica	1	2	9
11	Eyes Closed	Ed Sheeran	1	1	12
12	Lost	Linkin Park	1	1	14
13	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	1	1	9
14	Blind For Love	American Authors	2	3	14
15	I'll Be Seeing You	Iam Tongi	2	1	6
16	Evangeline	Stephen Sanchez	3	2	13
17	Lavendar Haze	Taylor Swift	3	1	11
18	I'm Feelin' Good (Steve Miller Band)	King Calaway	3	1	11
19	Trustfall	P!nk	3	1	11
20	Bejeweled	Taylor Swift	3	1	12

Key - Rank | Peak Position | Weeks at Peak (WAP) | Total Weeks on Top 20 

Lewis Capaldi / Kane Brown Top the Charts

 Mel's Current Top 20 | As of June 10, 2023.

Lewis Capaldi tops the chart at #1 with his single "Wish You the Best." The track is taken from his recently released album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. This is one of two songs Capaldi has on the chart, the other being "Heavenly Kind of State of Mind" also from the same album, and moving up to #10 this week. Check out the acoustic video to "Wish You The Best" above.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Wish You The Best	Lewis Capaldi	2
2	I Feel Like Dancing	Jason Mraz	1
3	I'll Be Seeing You	Iam Tongi	5
4	Karma / Karma (featuring Ice Spice)	Taylor Swift	6
5	Eyes Closed	Ed Sheeran.	4
6	Dirty Money	Tom MacDonald	7
7	Seasons	Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton	3
8	Curtains	Ed Sheeran	10
9	Thunder Rumbles	The Cat Empire	11
10	Heavenly Kind of State of Mind	Lewis Capaldi	14
11	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	9
12	Fast Car	Luke Combs	19
13	Until I Found You (Em Beihold Version)	Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold	16
14	Too Many Things	The Linda Lindas	8
15	Loving You	Cannons	17
16	Worth It	Colbie Caillat	20
17	That Girl Don't Live Here	Courtney Hadwin	12
18	Hey Girl / I Touch Myself	The Dollyrots	13
19	Life Goes On (featuring Luke Combs)	Ed Sheeran	new
20	World on Fire	Dolly Parton	new

Two songs debut on the Top 20 this week. At #19 we have "Life Goes On," an Ed Sheeran song that also features country singer Luke Combs on this single. This is one of three songs Ed Sheeran has on the top 20. The other two are "Eyes Closed," a former #1 song now at #5, and "Curtains" at #8. All are from Sheeran's latest album Subtract. The video below with Luke Combs is taken from the recent Academy of Country Music awards show.

Luke Combs also has the #12 song of the week with his cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car". The song moved up from last week's #19 position.

Dolly Parton is back with her latest track "World on Fire," which is a pop/rock single with a slight country tinge. The song debuts at #20. Dolly is also featured on Bebe Rexha's single "Seasons" which peaked last week at #3 but down to #7 this week. The "World on Fire" video is at the top of this post.

The Country 5 + 5 | As of June 13, 2023.

TW	Title	Artist	LR
1	Bury Me in Georgia (Single Edit)	Kane Brown	2
2	When I Die	Fanny Lumsden	4
3	Fast Car	Luke Combs	1
4	Life Goes On	Ed Sheeran & Luke Combs	6
5	Save Me (featuring Lainey Wilson)	Jelly Roll	9
6	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	7
7	World on Fire	Dolly Parton	8
8	Now I Know	Tennessee Tears	3
9	Standing Room Only	Tim McGraw	5
10	Need A Favor	Jelly Roll	new

Kane Brown "Bury Me in Georgia" (Single Edit) #1 on the Country 5 + 5

Hot on My Charts This Week

Mel’s Current Top 20 Hits

As of June 3, 2023.

Colbie Callait debuts at #20 with "Worth It".

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	I Feel Like Dancing	Jason Mraz	1
2	Wish You The Best	Lewis Capaldi	3
3	Seasons	Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton	4
4	Eyes Closed	Ed Sheeran	2
5	I'll Be Seeing You	Iam Tongi	11
6	Karma / Karma (featuring Ice Spice)	Taylor Swift	9
7	Dirty Money	Tom MacDonald	8
8	Too Many Things	The Linda Lindas	7
9	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	5
10	Curtains	Ed Sheeran	14
11	Thunder Rumbles	The Cat Empire	13
12	That Girl Don't Live Here	Courtney Hadwin	12
13	Hey Girl / I Touch Myself	The Dollyrots	6
14	Heavenly Kind of State of Mind	Lewis Capaldi	19
15	Dead To You	IMY2	15
16	Until I Found You (Em Beihold Version)	Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold	16
17	Loving You	Cannons	20
18	End Of The World	Tom MacDonald ft. John Rich	10
19	Fast Car	Luke Combs	new
20	Worth It	Colbie Caillat	new

BUBBLING UNDER THE TOP 20

21. Life Goes On (featuring Luke Combs) - Ed Sheeran

23. Jaded - Miley Cyrus

26. Show Me How - Foo Fighters

30. Padam Padam - Kylie Minogue

31. I Won't Back Down - Goo Goo Dols & O.A.R.

35. Save Me (featuring Lainey Wilson) - Jelly Roll

CHART NOTES

Jason Mraz holds at #1 for a second week with "I Feel Like Dancing."

Two debut songs: First one is "Fast Car" by country singer Luke Combs. The song is a cover of the old Tracy Chapman hit from 1988. It debuts at #19. It also holds the #1 spot on my Country 5 + 5 chart this week.

The second debut song is a comeback for singer Colbie Caillat with her latest track "Worth It" at #20. The video for that song is at the top of this post.

The Country 5 + 5: The Power of Ten!

As of June 7, 2023.

TW	Title	Artist	LR
1	Fast Car	Luke Combs	1
2	Bury Me in Georgia (Single Edit)	Kane Brown	4
3	Now I Know	Tennessee Tears	2
4	When I Die	Fanny Lumsden	new
5	Standing Room Only	Tim McGraw	3
6	Life Goes On	Ed Sheeran & Luke Combs	9
7	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	5
8	World on Fire	Dolly Parton	10
9	Save Me (featuring Lainey Wilson)	Jelly Roll	new
10	Last Night	Morgan Wallen	6

The Return of Mel's Current Top 20

 Mel's Current Top 20 | As of May 27, 2023.

Welcome to the resumption of weekly postings of Mel's Current Top 20 Chart. I've been doing personal charts of current pop and rock music for some years now and have occasionally posted them to this blog. Since 2020, the Current Top 20 has been regularly posted to the M4B Chart Central website. Prior to that a previous incarnation of these charts were posted there starting around 2009.

I love lists. Ranking favorite songs, movies, TV shows, cars, etc... overall and by genre. On this blog's pages you can see a music chart for both pop/rock music and a separate one for country music.
Through the years, special charts have been posted on favorite artists such as The Beatles and charts for the Christmas holiday season.

Now I'm bringing the weekly Current Top 20 chart back to these pages. Enjoy.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	I Feel Like Dancing	Jason Mraz	2
2	Eyes Closed	Ed Sheeran	1
3	Wish You The Best	Lewis Capaldi	4
4	Seasons	Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton	6
5	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	3
6	Hey Girl / I Touch Myself	The Dollyrots	7
7	Too Many Things	The Linda Lindas	8
8	Dirty Money	Tom MacDonald	9
9	Karma / Karma (featuring Ice Spice)	Taylor Swift	12
10	End Of The World	Tom MacDonald ft. John Rich	5
11	I'll Be Seeing You	Iam Tongi	new
12	That Girl Don't Live Here	Courtney Hadwin	13
13	Thunder Rumbles	The Cat Empire	15
14	Curtains	Ed Sheeran	20
15	Dead To You	IMY2	16
16	Until I Found You (Em Beihold Version)	Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold	18
17	Billy	The Shang Hi Los	10
18	How I'm Feeling Now	Lewis Capaldi	11
19	Heavenly Kind of State of Mind	Lewis Capaldi	new
20	Loving You	Cannons	new

BUBBLING UNDER THE TOP 20

21. Worth It - Colbie Caillat

23. Fast Car - Luke Combs

27. World on Fire - Dolly Parton

30. More - The Warning

33. Show Me How - Foo Fighters

38. Bury Me in Georgia (single version) - Kane Brown

CHART NOTES

The #1 position changes again. This week Jason Mraz tops the chart with "I Feel Like Dancing." The single nudges up from last week's #2 position after its debut way back on April 1. Been nearly 2 months.

The biggest debut song is from American Idol. Iam Tongi, an 18 year old student originally from Hawaii won the nationally televised contest last weekend, propelling his debut single "I'll Be Seeing You" to debut at the #11 spot this week. He has been a media sensation in the State of Hawaii this past few weeks.

New last week was the highly anticipated new album Broken By the Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, from crooner Lewis Capaldi. Several singles including "Wish You The Best," currently #4 on this week have come and gone on this chart this past few months. The latest track from the album debuts at #19. It's called "Heavenly Kind State of Mind."

Cannons, the alternative rock music band who went to #1 last year with "Hurricane" are back this week with their latest track. It's called "Loving You." It debuts at #20 for the week.

Original Post on M4B Charts Central - Mel's Current Top 20 | As of May 27, 2023.

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Iam Tongi Has a Great Opportunity to Create Worldwide Hits

Iam Tongi covers Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me" 

I am not a regular viewers of American Idol, the nationwide talent contest that just wrapped its 21st season on ABC-TV. I never took much interest in it until this past Sunday, when I watched the three hour long live broadcast Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm.

Like many viewers throughout the State of Hawaii and across the nation, the big draw to American Idol this year was singer William "Iam" Tongi, who is an 18-year old singer from Kahuku on Oahu's North Shore. Since his audition in February of this year, Iam has made an impact across the islands and the nation with strong and emotional voice covering well known songs such as "Monsters" by James Blunt, "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel and "Bring it on Home to Me" by Sam Cooke to name few. 

The talented singer gives his all to every song he sings, pouring his soul into the songs and bringing them to life, often in remembrance of his father, Rodney, who passed away in 2022. He brought American Idol judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie during his audition singing James Blunt's "Monsters" which he dedicated to his father. Judge Katy Perry stated, "you hit a nerve, that is what great story tellers do. Your voice is so magnificent."

From that point on, Iam Tongi made it through all of the subsequent rounds of the American Idol song competition until he was placed among the final three this past Sunday. When the final vote was counted, Iam Tongi was named the new American Idol for 2023. More than 17 million people voted in the ongoing poll that was taken throughout the three hour broadcast.

The new American Idol winner gets a recording contract with Hollywood Records and $250,000 to pursue his musical dream. Let's hope he can craft great new music that can reach all demographics throughout the nation and world.

Iam has released a new single called "I'll Be Seeing You" which for the past several days, has topped the iTunes Top 100 songs of the day at #1. Best wishes to Iam Tongi as he moves up higher in his music career.

For the past several days Iam Tongi's "I'll Be Seeing You" has been on the top of the iTunes Top 100 Songs. He has also been instrumental for bringing James Blunt's 2019 track "Monsters" back into prominence as it hovers at the #2 position.

Iam Tongi's American Idol audition brought the judges to tears.

Iam Tongi's "I'll Be Seeing You" has already topped the iTunes Top 100 chart. The song is available to stream on all platforms or purchased as a digital download from Amazon and Apple.