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Review: "My Cactus Heart"

2012-01-30T15:32:00.002+08:00

My Cactus Heart is an interesting movie because while the premise is familiar there are new stuff in it worth checking out. Star Cinema is labeling it as a “mainstream-indie hybrid” as it is produced by their new indie outfit Skylight Films (ala Fox Searchlight of 20^th Century Fox) which I interpret as a commercial story produced under an indie budget. It's an experimental movie of some sort but while I could see the effort to take the Pinoy romcom genre to a different direction, they weren't brave enough to pursue it as they still settled for what is expected. Sandy (Maja Salvador) swears off love after her dad left their family when she was young. But Sandy's stance is challenged when she meets Karlo (Matteo Guidicelli) who is willing to do everything just to win her heart.

The movie opens with an animated sequence which is quite lovely and while the technical side of it is not as polished as RPG: Metanoia was, it was still captivating and quite artistic too boot. Seeing that sequence made me think that this movie could be unique. And true enough, the narrative style of the movie used various techniques and tricks in introducing the characters and the story. It's an interesting take as we actually don't know what to expect. Or so it seems. Sadly, the non-linear approach of storytelling was just halfhearted as the movie practically abandoned it in the second half in favor of the Pinoy romcom template. It was really disappointing because they could really do more if they didn't held back.

The script did a good job in developing the love story of Sandy and Karlo. While there's a cheesy soulmate angle squeezed in, the movie was still able to make you feel the natural progress of two people falling for each other. However, the script tends to over explain the characters' feelings especially Sandy's apprehension with love but the direction was competent enough to not let everything be spoonfed to the audience and just let the small moments speak for themselves.

Competent direction is supported by good performances from the cast. Maja Salvador might not be the biggest or most hyped star of her generation but this young actress' screen presence is strong. She delivers her lines with ease and makes you understand her character even more. Matteo Guidicelli is quite a surprise as he did a solid job and the only thing that held him back was his accent which is distracting at times. Xian Lim's role is not as important as the marketing of this movie would suggest otherwise but he did okay and has the charisma of a leading man (the girls in the theater where we watched this squealed when he first appeared on screen).

My Cactus Heart attempted to be a step above of your typical local romcom but in the end it falls short. Overall, it's still a good movie but it just didn't live up to the potential and it's quite a shame. 7 / 10

Chart Recap 183 (Philippine Music Charts)

2012-01-30T13:29:00.003+08:00

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it here and as for the latest available albums charts just go here

MYX Hit Chart
January 29-February 4, 2012

One Direction - One Thing (2nd week at #1)
Taylor Swift - Ours
Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba
Donghae & Eunhyuk - Oppa Oppa
David Archuleta - Wait
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night
Sponge Cola - Stargazer
Never the Strangers - Alive
Yeng Constantino - Pag-Ibig (new entry)
Slapshock - Ngayon Na
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (new entry)
Super Junior - Superman
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Rihanna - You Da One (new entry)
Gloc-9 feat. Denise Barbacena - Hari ng Tondo
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single
Chicosci - Unbelievable
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (new entry)

MYX International Top 20
January 28-February 3, 2012

One Direction - One Thing (2nd week at #1)
Taylor Swift - Ours
Donghae & Eunhyuk - Oppa Oppa
David Archuleta - Wait
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Super Junior - Superman
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Rihanna - You Da One
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
ZE:A - Watch Out
Kis-My-Ft2 - We Never Give Up
Westlife - Beautiful World
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Hit the Lights
Beyoncé - Dance for You
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown - International Love
Willow Smith feat. Nicki Minaj - Fireball
Will.I.Am feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

Pinoy MYX Countdown
January 28-February 3, 2012

Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba (2nd week at #1)
Sponge Cola - Stargazer
Never the Strangers - Alive
Yeng Constantino - Pag-Ibig (new entry)
Slapshock - Ngayon Na
Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me
Gloc-9 feat. Denise Barbacena - Hari ng Tondo
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single
Chicosci - Unbelievable
Karylle - Basically
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku)
Kamikazee - Halik
Hijo - Di Mo na Kaya (new entry)
Kiss Jane - Tayong Dalawa (new entry)
Kilos - Heart of Legends
Giniling Festival - Burgis
Paraluman - Kapitan
Loonie feat. K.A. Antonio - From Saudi with Love
Young JV feat. Akiko - Alay

RX 93.1: The Countdown Top7 and The Wannabees
January 26, 2012

What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) - Kelly Clarkson (1st week at #1)
I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
Princess of China - Coldplay feat. Rihanna
Domino - Jessie J
Young Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
You Da One - Rihanna
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
Dear Lonely - Zia
5 o' Clock - T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa, Lily Allen
Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher
Lonely Boys - The Black Keys
International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Mirror - Lil Wayne feat. Bruno Mars
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Fight for You - Jason DeRulo
Fly - Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

97.9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
January 27, 2012

Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift feat Civil Wars
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Lighthouse - Westlife
Born This Way - Maria Aragon
Constant Change - The Manhattan Connection
Dreams Don't Turn Dust - Owl City
Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Moves Like Jagger-Maroon5 feat. Christina Aguilera
Hold On Till The Night - Greyson Chance

Mellow 94.7: 10 Strong Countdown
January 27, 2012

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Push - Avril Lavigne
Heartbeat - The Fray
Turning Tables - Adele
Young Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Criminal - Britney Spears
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) - Kelly Clarkson
You Da One - Rihanna

Wave 891 Soul Review Countdown
January 27, 2012

Slide Over - Baby Bash feat Miguel
Ride 4 U - Far East Movement feat Kid Cudi and Chip the Ripper
Only Wanna Give It To You - Elle Varner feat J. Cole
Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
Talk that Talk - Rihanna feat Jay-Z
The Woman You Love - Ashanti feat Busta Rhymes
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
The Champ - Nelly
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
Naked - Dev
Already There - John West feat Big Sean
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Strip - Chris Brown

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20
January 28, 2012

1. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera (3rd Week)
2. Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
3. I Won't Last A Day Without You - Sarah Geronimo
4. Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Neyo, Afrojack & Nayer
5. Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
6. Halik - Kamikazee
7. Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
8. Paano Na Ang Puso Ko - Bugoy Drilon
9. Kaba - Sam Milby
10. Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
11. Mahalin Ng Totoo - Toni Gonzaga
12. Gisingin Ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
13. Hindi Kita Iiwan - Sam Milby
14. God Gave Me You - Bryan White
15. Di Bale Na - KC Concepcion
16. Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
17. Ako Nalang - Zia Quizon
18 Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
19. One Hit Combo - Parokya Ni Edgar w/ Gloc9
20. Price Tag - Jessie J. feat. B.O.B

99.5 RT 30 Countdown
January 20, 2012
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30. Outasight - Tonight Is the Night
29. The Do - Too Insistent
28. The Subways - It’s A Party
27. Ed Sheeran - Lego House
26. Plumb - Drifting
25. Safetysuit - Get Around This
24. Angels and Airwaves - Surrender
23. Pupil - 20/20
22. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
21. Andy Grammer - Fine By Me
20. Kashmir - Electrified Love
19. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
18. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
17. 311 - Count Me In
16. The Drums - How It Ended
15. The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
14. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
13. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
12. Icona Pop - Nights Like This
11. Cake - Mustache Man
10. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
9. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated
8. Mutemath - Blood Pressure
7. Friendly Fires - Hurting
6. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You
5. Never The Strangers - Alive
4. Kidda - The Whistler
3. M83 - Midnight City
2. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
1. Blink 182 - After Midnight

99.5 RT 30 Countdown
(January 27, 2012)

30. Outasight - Tonight Is the Night
29. Reform The Resistance - Tonight We Ride NE
28. Plumb - Drifting
27. Safetysuit - Get Around This
26. Four Years Strong - Just Drive NE
25. Pupil - 20/20
24. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
23. Kashmir - Electrified Love
22. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
21. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
20. Death Cab for Cutie - Underneath The Sycamore HNE
19. 311 - Count Me In
18. The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
17. The Subways - It’s A Party
16. Angels and Airwaves - Surrender
15. The Drums - How It Ended
14. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
13. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
12. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated
11. Never The Strangers - Alive
10. Icona Pop - Nights Like This
9. Friendly Fires - Hurting
8. Cake - Mustache Man
7. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
6. Mutemath - Blood Pressure
5. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You
4. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
3. Kidda - The Whistler
2. M83 - Midnight City
1. Blink 182 - After Midnight

JAM88.3's Hit List
January 23, 2012

1. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
2. The Joy Formidable - Endtapes
3. Arctic Monkeys - Evil Twin
4. The Drums - How It Ended
5. Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out
6. Empire Machines - Sweet Teeth
7. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Monarchy Of Roses
8. Bastille - Get Home
9. Coldplay - Paradise
10. Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are
11. Said The Whale - Lines
12. Tennis - Origins
13. The Maccabees - Feel To Follow
14. Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari
15. States - Generation
16. Coldplay - Charlie Brown
17. Say Anything - Burn A Miracle
18. Low Suns - Never Gonna Care
19. M83 - Midnight City
20. Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready
21. M83 - Steve McQueen
22. Snow Patrol - New York
23. Dog Is Dead - Hands Down
24. Techy Romantics - Escape
25. Tracey Thorn - Night Time

18th Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

2012-01-30T13:14:00.002+08:00

Here's the list of winners and well I was way off with my predictions!. Anyway, here's the list of winners and some comments

Film

Best Performance by a Cast Ensemble
“The Help”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Viola Davis – “The Help”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

Best Stunt Ensemble
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

The Artist may have lost the top prize to The Help but they are still a winner with DuJardin pulling off an upset over Hollywood A-Listers George Clooney and Brad Pitt. This is clearly a sign how well loved The Artist is and there's no doubt in mind it will win the Oscar. My gusty prediction of picking McCarthy didn't happen and Spencer still prevailed and is now unstoppable to win her Oscar next month. Ditto Plummer (although fellow 82 year old Oscar-less Max Von Sydown could be a spoiler). Davis is also on track to win her Oscar with this major win.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Modern Family”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Boardwalk Empire”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White – “Hot in Cleveland”

Outstanding Performance a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jessica Lange – “American Horror Story”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce

Best Stunt Ensemble
Game of Thrones

Basically the same set of winners for the Series categories except Lange beat out last year's winner Margulies. Wow Baldwin won for 6 straight years already? I like him in 30 Rock but this is too much adoration by the guild. I love Modern Family though so I'm glad they won again and had the kids do the acceptance speech. Overall, tepid choices SAG.

My 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards Predictions

2012-01-29T21:51:00.006+08:00

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on January 29, 2012 (January 30 here in the Philippines at 9 am via Velvet Channel with primetime telecast at 10 pm and replay on February 4, Saturday at 9 pm) and as always here are my predictions:

Film

Best Performance by a Cast Ensemble
“The Artist”
“Bridesmaids”
“The Descendants”
“The Help”
“Midnight in Paris”

Winner: “The Artist”
Close Second: “The Help”
Wildcard: “Bridesmaids”

I initially predicted The Help will easily win this but I think The Artist will take it all the way to the Oscars just like Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech did (they beat films with bigger ensembles and stronger acting showcases because they are the films to beat in the Oscars). But the large cast and strong acting of actors of both The Help and Bridesmaids should never be counted out.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Demian Bichir – “A Better Life”
George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”

Winner: George Clooney for “The Descendants”
Close Second: Brad Pitt for “Moneyball”
Wildcard: Jean Dujardin for “The Artist”

George vs Pitt once again and both haven't won a SAG yet. Well Clooney did as part on the Ensemble of the TV drama ER in the 90s but no solo SAG for him yet and he has the momentum so I'm giving him the edge. If the votes split between the two A-Listers, I think the win will go to Dujardin.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Glenn Close – “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis – “The Help”
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn

Winner: Viola Davis for “The Help”
Close Second:Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Wildcard: Michelle Williams for “My Week with Marilyn"

Davis vs Streep but I think the Guild will give it to Davis since Streep already won in 2008 for Doubt so I think they will support Davis this year. A vote split could pave way for Williams sneaking in to get the top prize.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”
Armie Hammer – “J. Edgar”
Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”

Winner: Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Wildcard: Nick Nolte for “Warrior”

I can't see anyone but Plummer winning this one (especially that Albert Brooks is not in the running) but if there's a potential upset here it should be Nolte for his powerful performance in Warrior.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

Winner: Melissa McCarthy for “Bridesmaids”
Close Second: Octavia Spencer for “The Help”
Wildcard: Jessica Chastain for “The Help”

Admittedly this is a gutsy prediction as Spencer has the momentum right now but I think the TV actors in this guild will rally to support McCarthy and could give her a surprise win. Chastain is also pretty much in contention as her amazing body of work the previous year will speak well to the actors and give her the award instead.

Best Stunt Ensemble
The Adjustment Bureau
Cowboys & Aliens
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-men: First Class

Winner: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Close Second: X-men: First Class
Wildcard: The Adjustment Bureau

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“30 Rock”
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“The Office”

Predicted: "Modern Family"
Close Second: "The Big Bang Theory"

All but The Big Bang Theory won already and with Modern Family more popular than ever this season I think it's almost a certainty they will again this year. But The Big Bang Theory is very popular and they might reward the only non-winner in this category although the snub over two-time Emmy winner Parsons is making me think otherwise.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Breaking Bad”
“Dexter”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Good Wife”

Winner: "Breaking Bad"
Close Second: "Boardwalk Empire"
Wildcard: “Game of Thrones”

Tough category to predict and to bet against HBO but I'm guessing Breaking Bad speaks well to the actors and this might be the year they reward the show.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”
Ty Burrell – “Modern Family”
Steve Carell – “The Office”
Jon Cryer – “Two and a Half Men”
Eric Stonestreet – “Modern Family”

Predicted: Steve Carell for “The Office”
Close Second: Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock"
Wildcard: Ty Burrell for “Modern Family”

Baldwin won for the last 5 years but I think this will be the year it will end and SAG will honor the surprisingly Emmy-less Steve Carell for his memorable turn as Michael Scott in The Office. Emmy winner Burell could sneak in as well if the Modern Family love is strong

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Julie Bowen – “Modern Family”
Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
Betty White – “Hot in Cleveland”

Winner: Betty White for “Hot in Cleveland”
Wildcard: Sofia Vergara for “Modern Family”

Legendary White just turned 90 recently and well she is still well-loved by this guild (she got a surprise nod for her Hallmark TV Movie!) so she will likely pull a repeat win here. Vergara is such a scene stealer and it's the type of performance that they usually honor (see David Hyde Pierce's and Megan Mullaly's multiple wins with Frasier and Will & Grace, respectively).

Outstanding Performance a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Patrick J. Adams – “Suits”
Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire”
Kyle Chandler – “Friday Night Lights”
Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall – “Dexter”

Prediction: Kyle Chandler for “Friday Night Lights”
Alternate: Steve Byscemi for "Boardwalk Empire"
Wildcard: Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad”

Chandler could repeat his Emmy win here although Buscemi might repeat as well. It's really a tough category especially that three time Emmy winner Cranston is in the mix. Cranston has never won a SAG award but this might be the year. But I'm pulling for Chandler, a long time TV actor will get his due for the final season of his critically acclaimed show.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates – “Harry’s Law”
Glenn Close – “Damages”
Jessica Lange – “American Horror Story”
Julianna Marguilles – “The Good Wife”
Kyra Sedgwick – “The Closer”

Predicted: Jessica Lange for “American Horror Story”
Alternate: Julianne Marguilles for “The Good Wife”
Wildcard: Kathy Bates for “Harry’s Law”

Lange definitely made headlines with her performance in American Horror Story and her Hollywood status will cement her for the win. But never underestimate SAG darling Marguilles to win again or veteran Bates to pull off a surprise.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear for The Kennedys
Guy Pearce for Mildred Pierce
James Woods for Too Big to Fail

Winner: Greg Kinnear for The Kennedys
Close Second: Guy Pearce for Mildred Pierce
Wildcard: Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite
Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey
Emily Watson for Appropriate Adult
Betty White for The Lost Valentine
Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce

Prediction: Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce
Close Second: Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey
Widlcard: Betty White for The Lost Valentine

Best Stunt Ensemble
Dexter
Game of Thrones
Southland
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
True Blood

Winner: Game of Thrones
Close Second: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Wildcard: Southland

Meeting Chico and Delamar

2012-01-29T14:08:00.007+08:00

So yesterday I was at the The Best of Chico & Delamar's Morning Rush Top 10 Book Launch at Robinsons Galleria and wow it was an experience I will never forget. It's my first time to line up for any celebrity signing session ever! But it was all worth it. Been listening to Chico and Delamar since 2000 when they moved to the now-defunct 93.9 KC FM although I already heard about them way before but I was more of a fan of 93.9 WKC/KC FM when I was a child so didn't listen to them. Anyway, when KC FM folded up in 2002 I remembered I ~~cried~~ was teary eyed when Chico and Delamar said their goodbyes but then a couple weeks later they went back to RX 93.1 and stayed there ever since. I just love this tandem, they're fun to listen to after all these years. When I heard that they were going to have a book signing I said to myself that I should never miss this opportunity to finally meet them.

I arrived at Robinson's Galleria around 11 am and when I went to the activity center no one was there yet save for the people setting up the stage so I decide to stroll in the mall (it's only my second time there so I'm not familiar with it) and when I returned around 11:45 am, a lot of people were already there but still I was able to find a seat. When I was already comfortable sitting, they announced the registration for the book signing is ready and people rushed to be the first one in line so I ended up #86 which is OK because at least I got seat saved anyway. The hardcore rushers were hanging out near where I sat and I was actually busy reading their code names printed at the back of their customized book launch shirts. Around 12:15 pm DJ Gino arrived and the girls started squealing and flocked him immediately. I also saw Louie D of The Daily Survey and Countdown Top 7! Chico and Delamar arrived 15 minutes before 1 pm and wow the cheers were loud. I could see in their eyes that they were so happy with the huge turnout. During the event proper, it was really funny when they were reading out excerpts from the book and Chico says "basa!" ala Bubble Gang's Dating Doon segment before. Chico couldn't help but oblige when people started telling to do his "call center guy!"and "Jackie Tyanak" personas. Delamar was funny as well when she pointed that she made a joke but only one noticed it at all haha. The hardcore rushers kept on chanting "ODH!" as well for one of the most popular rusher Oscar Delahopia (who I also got to chance to meet). As Chico joked "Fans day eto ni ODH hindi book signing"

When it was my turn for the book signing, I was flattered when Chico said to me "Oh ikaw pala si Forg!" and then he announced on the stage "We also have here one of our regulars Forg, so nice to finally meet you" and I was touched because they did that to two earlier rushers who they met for the first time but those were really active Rushers and have entries on the book while I don't participate everyday so I wasn't expecting that they were familiar with my codename. I left around 3 pm and the lines were still long. I heard Chico and Delamar finished signing the books past 6 pm! Congratulations Chico & Delamar! You deserved all the love and success :)

As for me the long wait to finally meet them was definitely worth it. :)

Anyway, here's a picture of my signed book:

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: Feb. 4, 2012)

2012-01-27T12:14:00.002+08:00

Adele did it again! And not just once, or twice but thrice! Set Fire to the Rain ascends to #1 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 dislodging Rihanna's We Found Love which ruled the chart for 10 non-consecutive weeks. This is Adele's 3rd #1 after the smashes Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You which are still charting at #41 for the former on its 55th week (the longest chart sitter) and #19 for the latter on its 29th week. Set Fire to the Rain topped the chart on its 21st week on the chart but it should be noted the song became an official promoted single only last December and the weeks this song accumulated before was due the strength of the sales of the song as an album cut. Moreover, Adele's album "21" is still on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for a 17th week. It's actually not the first time that Adele held the top spots of both charts as it also happened on May-June 2011 with Rolling in the Deep at #1 and on November of the same year with Someone Like You at #1.

Jumping to #4 this week is David Guetta's Turn Me On which features Nicki Minaj. The track topped the Hot Digital Songs this week and is a contender for the top spot for the next couple of weeks. This is the French DJ's 3rd Top 5 hit after Sexy Chick (feat Akon) and Without You (feat Usher). This is technically Minaj's 3rd Top 5 hit but the first one was just a one-week credit for Britney Spears Til The World Ends remix which peaked at #3. Her most successful song so far is of course Super Bass which also peaked at #3.

Kelly Clarkson logs her 10th Top 10 single as What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) leaps #21 to #8 easily surpassing the #10 peak of her earlier single Mr. Know it All. This is the first time that she had two top 10 hits from one album since her most successful album "Breakaway" yielded 4 top 10 hits: Breakaway (#6), Since U Been Gone (#2), Behind These Hazel Eyes (#6) and Because of You (#7) from 2004-2005. Clarkson has two #1 hits with her American Idol coronation song A Moment Like This in 2002 and My Life Would Suck Without You in 2008. Her other top 10 singles are Miss Independent (#9) and Never Again (#8). 2012 marks the 10th year since Clarkson won American Idol and it's impressive how she stood the test of time.

Finally landing her first top 10 hit is British pop star Jessie J as her single Domino leaps #15 to #10 this week. The song is currently the #1 song on the UK Singles chart for a second week. Can this also top the Hot 100? Let's wait and see.

This week's top debut comes from the Glee cast with their rendition of David Guetta's Without You at #28. 4 other Glee tracks debuts this week.

Here are some songs to watch for which are potential big hits on the chart with their fast rising sales and airplay: International Love by Pitbull feat Chris Brown enters the top 20 at #18 from #23, Ass Back Home by Gym Class Heroes feat Neon Hitch climbs #33 to #24 and Blackout by Breathe Carolina ascends #42 to #32.

On the other hand, there are songs that are taking their precious time on a slow ascent on the upper rungs of the Hot 100. One of which is Selena Gomez & The Scene's Love You Like a Love Song which earns its new peak at #23 on its 31st week on the chart, two spots away on matching the Disney star's (and her band's) highest charting single to date Who Says which peaked at #21 last year. Normally, when a song spent 20 weeks on the chart and is no longer or not in the Top 50 it automatically drops out and go recurrent but there are exceptions like Colbie Caillat's Brighter Than the Sun which finally breaks the top 50 this week at #48 on its 23rd week on the chart. The song could've dropped two weeks ago but since it's still rising on both airplay and sales (albeit on a low rate) it is exempted from the rule.

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

01 02 21 Adele, Set Fire To The Rain
02 01 18 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris, We Found Love
03 03 17 Flo Rida, Good Feeling
04 10 08 David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
05 06 15 Katy Perry, The One That Got Away
06 04 17 Bruno Mars, It Will Rain
07 05 21 LMFAO, Sexy & I Know It
08 21 05 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
09 07 24 Jay Z & Kanye West, N***as In Paris
10 15 15 Jessie J, Domino

11 08 09 Tyga, Rack City
12 09 15 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars, Young, Wild & Free
13 14 31 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger
14 11 16 Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj, Dance (A$$)
15 13 21 J Cole, Work Out
16 12 44 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Party Rock Anthem
17 18 21 David Guetta ft. Usher, Without You
18 23 12 Pitbull ft. Chris Brown, International Love
19 16 29 Adele, Someone Like You
20 19 24 Gavin DeGraw, Not Over You

21 20 10 Drake ft. Lil Wayne, The Motto
22 17 32 Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
23 24 31 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like a Love Song
24 33 06 Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch, Ass Back Home
25 28 11 Rihanna, You Da One
26 27 17 Luke Bryan, I Don't Want This Night To End
27 26 13 Toby Keith, Red Solo Cup
28 NE 01 Glee Cast, Without You
29 30 16 Hot Chelle Rae ft. New Boyz, I Like It Like That
30 39 10 Drake ft. Rihanna, Take Care

31 31 15 Drake ft. Nicki Minaj, Make Me Proud
32 42 12 Breathe Carolina, Blackout
33 25 24 Drake, Headlines
34 32 20 Kelly Clarkson, Mr Know It Al
35 38 19 Coldplay, Paradise
36 34 28 Cobra Starship ft. Sabi, You Make Me Feel...
37 45 14 Chris Young, You
38 36 38 Lady Antebellum, Just a Kiss
39 37 43 Pitbull ft. NeYo, Afrojack & Nayer, Give Me Everything
40 29 17 T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, 5 O Clock

41 40 55 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
42 35 39 Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks
43 41 18 Eric Church, Drink In My Hand
44 47 11 Taylor Swift, Ours
45 46 09 Outasight, Tonight Is The Night
46 44 13 Wale ft. Miguel, Lotus Flower Bomb
47 49 20 The Band Perry, All Your Life
48 51 23 Colbie Caillat, Brighter Than The Sun
49 43 39 Nicki Minaj, Super Bass
50 58 03 Gotye ft. Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know

51 55 06 Chris Brown ft. Kevin McCall, Strip
52 NE 01 Tyga ft. Lil Wayne, Faded
53 56 07 Jake Owen, Alone With You
54 54 14 Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
55 50 17 Zac Brown Band, Keep Me In Mind
56 NE 01 Glee Cast, We Found Love
57 59 08 J Cole ft. Trey Songz, Can't Get Enough
58 52 19 David Nail ft. Sarah Buxton, Let It Rain
59 48 17 B.o.B. ft. Lil Wayne, Strange Clouds
60 61 14 The Fray, Heartbeat

61 57 18 Jason Aldean, Tattoos On This Town
62 NE 01 Glee Cast, Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin'...
63 68 06 Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly
64 85 02 The Wanted, Glad You Came
65 53 11 Lady Gaga, Marry The Night
66 66 05 Lee Brice, A Woman Like You
67 65 11 The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
68 62 14 Rick Ross ft. Nicki Minaj, You The Boss
69 70 10 Avicii, Levels
70 NE 01 Glee Cast, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

71 71 16 Martina McBride, I'm Gonna Love You Through It
72 22 03 Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up
73 64 06 will.i.am ft. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger, T.H.E.
74 72 11 Kenny Chesney, Reality
75 73 11 Dierks Bentley, Home
76 75 05 Young Jeezy ft. Andre 3000 & Jay Z, I Do
77 69 16 Beyonce ft. Andre 3000 or J Cole, Party
78 80 11 Scott McCreery, The Trouble With Girls
79 84 03 Jay Z & Kanye West, Gotta Have It
80 77 08 Justin Moore, Bait A Hook

81 74 10 Beyonce, Love On Top
82 79 13 Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
83 60 02 Train, Drive By
84 87 05 Ellie Goulding, Lights
85 81 10 Hunter Hayes, Storm Warning
86 83 06 Edens Edge, Amen
87 76 03 Skrillex ft. Sirah, Kyoto
88 NE 01 Glee Cast, Summer Nights
89 86 05 Fun. ft. Janelle Monae, We Are Young
90 82 14 Beyonce, Countdown

91 63 05 Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars, Safe & Sound
92 89 05 Waka Flocka Flame ft. Drake, Round of Applause
93 88 08 Brad Paisley, Camouflage
94 100 04 Rihanna ft. Jay Z, Talk That Talk
95 90 03 Montgomery Gentry, Where I Come From
96 RE 02 Lady Antebellum, Dancin' Away With My Heart
97 97 02 Foster The People, Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)
98 NE 01 Mary J Blige ft. Drake, Mr Wrong
99 NE 01 George Strait, Love's Gonna Make It Alright
100 NE 01 Jay Z & Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean, No Church In The Wild

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 69

2012-01-26T21:03:00.001+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus (to follow) and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey Top-Selling Albums
January 09 – 15, 2012

Overall

Exciting - ZE:A (Warner Music)
Kendeng Kendeng - Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
The Hottest Hits… Ever - Various Artists (MCA Music)
21 - Adele (Warner Music)
Annebisyosa - Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Full Blast 3, Maximum Pop Hits - Various Artists (Ivory Records)
Best Of Praise & Worship Music - Various Artists (Warner Music)
With Love - Gary V. (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)

source

OPM

Kendeng Kendeng - Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Annebisyosa - Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Full Blast 3, Maximum Pop Hits - Various Artist (Ivory Records)
With Love - Gary V. (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Duet Yourself - Marcelito Pomoy (Star Records)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7 - Various Artist (Ivory Records)
Breathe Again - Jed Madela (Universal Records)
One Heart - Sarah Geronimo (Viva Records)

source

The 84th Academy Awards Nominations Roundup

2012-01-25T13:46:00.005+08:00

The Oscar nominees are out and let me share my thoughts (plus how I fared with my predictions).

Every year people online will always complain about the nominees and proclaim it as the worst set ever or would complain and question the Academy's taste. I do understand that feeling but we can never have that perfect line up anyway. There's bound to be someone to get lost in the shuffle. And please you don't let that award shows dictate what movies to like. It's all subjective anyway. And while the Oscars should not be the barometer of quality at all, I will not discount the award giving body's significance. I for one got interested with movies thanks to the Oscar Awards. Sure I started out checking movies that were nominated but as the year progresses my horizon expanded and check out the ones that got snubbed or those I read deserves to be recognized but there was no awards buzz at all or even those who don't really seek awards but is good anyway. In a way following the awards race is a starting point to discover and appreciate movies both past and present. Yes, the politics involved to get a nomination and much less win is annoying but at least you become more critical, right? The nomination process could still be improved I know but at the end of the day the list of nominees is basically just the consensus of the personal preferences of 6,000+ members of the Academy. Sometimes I really find it annoying that some critics (and fans online) feel like the Academy is entitled to nominate the movies they love. I'm not saying we should not criticize the Oscar choices, feel free to do so there's nothing wrong about it, but please don't take things so personally or too seriously.

The Nominees:

Best Picture

"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

5/9. I only predicted 6 and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy did not make it. Anyway, I'm glad we have 9 nominees this year since I like having more movies in the game. The Help is the only movie which crossed 100 million is US Box Office (but was only shown on a few areas overseas) and that could likely affect the award show's rating because few mainstream hits were in the mix. If Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows, Part 2 was released in November, close proximity on the voting period, it may had a shot for a nomination at least. I also wished Bridesmaids made the cut but oh well a rauncy comedy might too be much for the voters.

Critics rejoiced that Tree of Life made the cut but winced when Extremely Loud and Incredibly made a comeback after what it's thought to be a dead battle for the Oscar. I admit I have an irrational support for Extremely Loud even if I haven't seen this move yet just because I love the book it was based on plus it stars two of my favorite stars: Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. I'm glad the picture got a nomination where it matters. I hope this nomination will help the movie's box office fortunes which opened wide this weekend in the US but had a mediocre result. Most of these movies are not yet released internationally but a few of them will begin their rollout soon. Here in the Philippines here are the playdates of some of the movies (of course dates are subject to change)

Hugo and The Descendants - Feb. 15
War Horse and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Feb. 29
Moneyball - March 7

Tree of Life was released here last year while I doubt Midnight in Paris will make it to local theaters since it was already released in the US several months back and is now available on home video. The Help was supposed to be shown here this month but for whatever reason did not pursue and no new playdate has been scheduled yet. Meanwhile, The Artist might be shown as an Ayala Cinemas exclusive just like The King's Speech last year. Let's admit it, a black and white silent film is a tough sell but if it wins the Best Picture, the potential to reach more audience will expand. Anyway, looking forward to see these films on the big screen :) Of course I know they are (or will soon be) available "elsewhere" but watching movies in theaters is still the best experience so I'll try my best to watch those that would be shown here on the big screen ~~but as for those that won't be available here, well....~~

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

5/5 Perfect prediction for me! ;D

Best Actor
Demián Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

4/5 I missed out on Bichir for DiCaprio. Honestly though on my first draft I had Bilchir in but the last minute I changed it to DiCaprio because I thought performances from Clint Eastwood films somehow makes the cut despite poor to mediocre reception of the movies themselves. But then again if virtually unknown Mexican actor Bichir pulled a surprise on the SAG awards earlier then the support is strong enough to overcome the "star power" so to speak. I should have known better. Anyway, while Harry Potter got the shaft at least "Sirius Black" got nominated. Sort of. Kidding aside, Oldman is due for a nomination with the career he had already and it's a well-received performance anyway.

Best Actress
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

4/5. Just when you thought Close and Mara will fight it out for the last slot, they will both make it anyway but at the expense of Tilda Swinton. I guess the movie (We Need to Talk About Kevin) is just too dark for the voters.

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

3/5 Albert Brooks was snubbed and this made me really sad. I underestimated Jonah Hill's chances and very glad Von Sydow pulled a surprise nomination here. And oh very happy Nolte was not forgotten at all!

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

4/5 Veteran McTeer knocks out Shailene Woodley to what could have been a big upgrade for the young star: From being the star of a melodrama to becoming an Oscar nominated actress but alas the voters thought it was not yet the time. And yay Academy Award nominee ~~and Gilmore Girls alumnus~~ Melissa McCarthy. It was a terrific performance, so what if the character defecated on a sink? It's silly to rule out the overall performance because of a gross scene like that. So suck it haters! ;)

Best Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris"
"Chico and Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

2/5 Only got Rango and Chico and Rita right. I know two foreign arthouse animated movies will make it but I thought Wrinkles' would make it instead of A Cat in Paris. I underestimated the Dreamworks movies which I both liked by the way but didn't think they were strong enough to get a nomination. On hindsight, Kung Fu Panda 2 was actually good and matched the first one's magic and definitely deserved the nomination so it was foolish of me to leave it out because it didn't 'feel' strong enough. And lastly tThe Adventures of Tin Tin snub is a sign that the animation branch does not consider motion capture as true blue animation.

Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Descendants"
"Hugo"
"The Ides of March"
"Moneyball"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

3/5 I picked The Help and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo instead of The Ides of March and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It was surprise snub for The Help since I thought it's a lock here. Actually, that movie just got 4 nods (3 acting, 1 picture) which tells that this movie has no shot to win the top prize.

Best Original Screenplay
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"Margin Call"
"Midnight in Paris"
"A Separation"

5/5 Perfect prediction! and I'm very proud of this because "Margin Call" was a last minute prediction for me because I forgot it was eligible here. Anyway, the movie's topic is about the financial crisis in America which definitely appeals to the voters.

Best Film Editing
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

3/5 I picked Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Midnight in Paris over The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Moneyball. Anyway, history has it that the best picture winner usually is at least nominated here in this category so I predicted Midnight in Paris because I thought it had the chance to pull an upset win against The Artist but with the lack of love here, not gonna happen.

Best Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

4/5 missed out on War Horse over Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy

Best Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

4/5 missed out on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yet again because of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I really overestimated that movie's chances with the technical categories

Best Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

3/5 missed out Anonymous and W.E in favor of The Help and Immortals. Anonymous was part of my initial prediction but I went adventorous and chose my personal preference for Immortals. Wrong call

Best Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"

2/3 I chose The Artist over Harry Potter. Glad Harry Potter made the cut though because the work on Voldemort alone is award worthy.

Best Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
"War Horse"

4/5 While The Adventures of Tin Tin was snubbed in the Animated Film category it pulled a surprise here (my pick was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Best Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets"
"Real in Rio" from "Rio"

ZERO. Lamest category this year with just two nominees. And I'm upset the Academy robbed us of the chance of seeing a grand production of The Muppets, Jason Segel and Amy Adams perform Life's a Happy Song on stage. Anyway at least one Muppet song was nominated and it's the quite funny but sad yet brilliant song from Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie. Real in Rio is good too although admittedly at first I didn't remember what this song was but when I read about it, I remembered how beautiful this song is and used quite well in the movie. It will be a close race between these two to say the least because both are equally good. But please improve your nomination system here next year! Give us at least 3 or 4 nominees for crying out loud!

Best Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

3/5 missed Drive and Transformers in favor of Super 8 (shocking snub) and Harry Potter.

Best Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

2/5 Only got Hugo and War Horse right. The Super 8 snub is really disappointing

Best Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

3/5 Skinny Chris Evans was not impressive enough for the voters and snubbed Capatin America while Tree of Life, a film heavy on visuals, surprisingly got shut out. Robot movies Transformers and Real Steal made the cut instead.

Best Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" - Belgium
"Monsieur Lazhar" - Canada
"A Separation" - Iran
"Footnote" - Israel
"In Darkness" - Poland

3/5 missed out on Canada and Belgium in favor of Germany and Taiwan. Germany's Pina is nominated on the documentary category (which I didn't place predictions at all).

My 2012 Oscar Awards Nominations Predictions

2012-01-24T10:33:00.004+08:00

Tonight (in Philippine time of course) is the announcement of the 84th Academy Awards nominations! Anyway, here are my predictions which is basically educated guess from various precursors and I threw in some "wildcard" picks as well:

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The nominees can be anywhere from 5 to 10 this year and I think 6 movies will make the final cut. Moneyball, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo and War Horse could all make it as well but I was thinking none of these films are on the #1 rank of voters. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy missed almost all of the precursors but the so-called British block could propel it and its impressive showing on the BAFTA (which shares some Academy voters) is a sign that it could make it.

Best Director

Michael Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

Four out of five are DGA nominees and are locks for Best Picture nominees slot. The other one, Malick, is my one wildcard guess as The Tree of Life is such a polarizing film but those who loved it, really loved it. And this is director's type of film so there could be a strong support for Malick

Best Actor

George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "J. Edgar"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Basically I got all the 4 SAG nominees excluding the surprise nod for Demian Belchir which could be a wildcard as well but like my rationale for predicting Tinke, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for Best Picture, the BAFTA showing and the british bloc could catapult Oldman for a nomination. Michael Fassbender could also make it but missing SAG was a big blow and I still think the movie's subject matter is something that would not appeal to the voters.

Best Actress

Viola Davis, "The Help"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week with Marilyn"
Tilda Swinton, "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

4/5 SAG nominees as well I just replaced Glenn Close with Rooney Mara. I think it will be a close call but I give Mara a slight edge due to the movie's strong Guild showing which could mean that the movie was received well by the academy and Mara could have a late surge of votes. Close's a veteran but her performance and the movie had lukewarm receptions and the it barely made an impact at all in the precursor so she could be forgotten

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week with Marilyn"
Albert Brooks, "Drive"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Brad Pitt, "The Tree of Life"

SAG nominees Jonah Hill and Armie Hammer did not make my cut and I replaced them with Brooks who had a strong showing on critics groups before the SAG snub and is actively campaigning (although in a funny way of course) on Twitter and my wildcard guess is Brad Pitt for Tree of Life, he had the best reviews of his career on that role and I'm thinking maybe he could squeeze in this field (as a sort of afterglow effect as well for his Moneyball performance). This is an open field I must say and we could be in for a nominee who came out of nowhere (I'm betting on Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for possible shocker).

Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"

I was thinking of including McCarthy or not. She had a strong showing with SAG and BAFTA nods on her belt already but I'm still apprehensive if the Academy, know to be conservative, will really recognize such a raunchy role but then again my residual love for this former Gilmore Girls actress overpowered my apprehension and predicted her. I really hope she makes it. Woodley's nominations is in limbo as well with her missing SAG and BAFTA but I think she has an edge over Albert Nobb's Janet McTeer because the latter's movie is basically toast while Woodley could be carried The Descendants which is expected to get a lot of nominations.

Best Animated Feature Film

"Rango"
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Arrugas (Wrinkles)"
"Chico and Rita"

How I wished How to Train Your Dragon and Tangled were released this year instead. Anyway, Rango and TinTin are locks for nominations. Arthur Christmas didn't set box office records on fire but was well received and it comes from a well-respected Animation studio. I don't know which foreign/arthouse animated films will make it so I predicted them both leaving out big movies like Puss in Boots, Kung Fu Panda 2, Cars 2, Happy Feet 2 and Rio because the reception for those movies range from bad to mediocre. My personal wish is for Winnie the Pooh to make it but it was too small (and short) of a movie. Critical reception is good but I think it will be lost in the shuffle but if there's one possible nomination that would be delight me is Winnie the Pooh making it.

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Moneyball"
"The Descendants"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy could knock out The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo though but I'm giving the latter an edge because the source material is hard to condensed in 2 hours and base on the movie reviews (haven't seen this one yet) it did a good job so this might appeal to the writing branch.

Best Original Screenplay

"Midnight in Paris"
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"A Separation"
"Margin Call"

The first 3 nods are locks and the last two are just wild predictions because this is an open field as well.

Best Film Editing

"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"The Descendants"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

I predicted all these films to be nominated for Best Picture so I think they are the frontrunners as well to make it here although it's not necessary for a Best Picture nominee to get a Best Film Editing slot.

Best Art Direction

"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"

I wanted to include Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows here because the movie's art direction is just impressive but it's a tough category to crack and I think Harry Potter will take the blockbuster slot.

Best Cinematography

"The Tree of Life"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"War Horse"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

I think the first 4 films are locks and once again if my prediction that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy will have a strong showing with the Academy they could be nominated in this category as well

Best Costume Design

"The Artist"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"Immortals"

I didn't like Immortals but the costumes were amazing especially the gods. I know they usually reward period pieces here but I'm hoping Immortals could strike a chord to the voters.

Best Makeup

"The Artist"
"Albert Nobbs"
"The Iron Lady"

The Artist did a good job replicating the "look" of 20s Hollywood stars while "Nobbs" is about a woman masquerading as a man so that's like an obvious pick and in The Iron Lady the make is all about Margaret Thatcher's different phases in her life from young to old

Best Original Score

"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
"War Horse"

The Artist should easily win this because well the movie is all about its score right?

Best Original Song

"Lay Your Head Down" from "Albert Nobbs"
"The Living Proof" from "The Help"
"Life's a Happy Song" from "The Muppets"
"Coeur Volant" from "Hugo"
"Hello, Hello" from "Gnomeo and Juliet"

If Life's a Happy Song is snubbed I would be so sad.

Best Sound Editing

"Hugo"
"War Horse"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Super 8"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"

Best Sound Mixing

"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"War Horse"
"Super 8"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"

Super 8 really did a great job in the sound department (just watch the train crash scene and you'll understand why) so I hope my predictions for them in these categories will happen later tonight.

Best Visual Effects

"The Tree of Life"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Captain America: The First Avenger"
"Hugo"

I think Captain America will make it simply because they made a "skinny Chris Evans" so perfectly. I'm a bit apprehensive with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, while the job with Andy Serkis' Cesar was fantastic, the climax of the scene featuring a bunch of apes is not as polished but I guess the work on Cesar and the other apes is strong enough to warrant a nomination.

Best Foreign Language Film

"A Separation," Iran
"Pina", Germany
"Footnote," Israel
"In Darkness," Poland
"Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale", Taiwan

A Separation is a lock, Pina is the second most buzzed pictureamong the 9 finalists, Israel usually does well in this category, Poland's entry is about the academy's favorite subject: holocaust and Taiwan's entry is a grand historical drama epic film which could impress the voters.

Chart Recap 182 (Philippine Music Charts)

2012-01-23T08:08:00.003+08:00

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it HERE and as for the latest available albums charts click HERE

MYX Hit Chart
January 22-28, 2012

One Direction - One Thing (debut at #1)
Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba
Taylor Swift - Ours
David Archuleta - Wait
Sponge Cola - Stargazer
Super Junior - Superman
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night
Slapshock - Ngayon Na
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Donghae & Eunhyuk - Oppa Oppa (new entry)
Never the Strangers - Alive
Chicosci - Unbelievable
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Karylle - Basically
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Gloc-9 feat. Denise Barbacena - Hari ng Tondo (new entry)
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku)

MYX International Top 20
January 21-27, 2011

One Direction - One Thing (debut at #1)
Taylor Swift - Ours
David Archuleta - Wait
Super Junior - Superman
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Donghae & Eunhyuk - Oppa Oppa (new entry)
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Westlife - Beautiful World
ZE:A - Watch Out
Kis-My-Ft2 - We Never Give Up
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Hit the Lights
Beyoncé - Dance for You
Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
Rihanna - You Da One (new entry)
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown - International Love
Willow Smith feat. Nicki Minaj - Fireball
Will.I.Am feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

Pinoy MYX Countdown
January 21-27, 2012

Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba (1st week at #1)
Sponge Cola - Stargazer
Slapshock - Ngayon Na
Never the Strangers - Alive
Chicosci - Unbelievable
Karylle - Basically
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Gloc-9 feat. Denise Barbacena - Hari ng Tondo
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku)
Kamikazee - Halik
Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc-9 - One Hit Combo
Ebe Dancel - Wag Kang Mag-Alala
Christian Bautista - Beautiful to Me (new entry)
Young JV feat. Akiko - Alay
Paraluman - Kapitan
Loonie feat. K.A. Antonio - From Saudi with Love
Suicidal Genius - Panibagong Kwento (new entry)
Kilos - Heart of Legends (new entry)
Giniling Festival - Burgis (new entry)

97.9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
January 20, 2012

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift feat Civil Wars
Born This Way - Maria Aragon
Dreams Don't Turn Dust - Owl City
Lighthouse - Westlife
Constance Change - The Manhattan Connection
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Moves Like Jagger-Maroon5 feat. Christina Aguilera
Hold On Till The Night - Greyson Chance
Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight

RX 93.1: The Countdown Top7 and the Wannabees
January 20, 2012

I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (1st week at #1)
Marry the Night - Lady GaGa
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) - Kelly Clarkson
Criminal - Britney Spears
Lonely Boys - The Black Keys
Sleazy - Ke$ha feat. Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, T.I, Andre 3000
Domino - Jessie J
Dear Lonely - Zia
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) - Will.i.am feat. Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez
Fight for You - Jason DeRulo
Astronaut - Simple Plan
International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
Safe and Sound - Taylor Swift feat. Civil Wars
You Da One - Rihanna
Young Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
Princess of China - Coldplay feat. Rihanna
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher

Mellow 94.7's 10 Strong Countdown
January 20, 2012

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Criminal - Britney Spears
Push - Avril Lavigne
Heartbeat - The Fray
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars
Turning Tables - Adele
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol

Wave 891 Soul Review Countdown
January 20, 2012

Slide Over - Baby Bash feat Miguel
Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
Ride 4 U - Far East Movement feat Kid Cudi and Chip the Ripper
The Woman You Love - Ashanti feat Busta Rhymes
Only Wanna Give It To You - Elle Varner feat J. Cole
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
Talk that Talk - Rihanna feat Jay-Z
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
The Champ - Nelly
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Strip - Chris Brown
Do Ya Thang - Rihanna
Dance (A$$) - Big Sean

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20
January 21- 27, 2011

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
I Won't Last A Day Without You - Sarah Geronimo
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis 4
Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
Mahalin Ng Totoo - Toni Gonzaga
Paano Na Ang Puso Ko - Bugoy Drilon
Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Neyo, Afrojack & Nayer
Halik - Kamikazee
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
Hindi Kita Iiwan - Sam Milby
Gisingin Ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
God Gave Me You - Bryan White
Di Bale Na - KC Concepcion
Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
One Hit Combo - Parokya Ni Edgar w/ Gloc9
We Can Be - Apl De Ap
Count On Me - Bruno Mars
Price Tag - Jessie J. feat. B.O.B

THE BIG TEN! Barangay LS 97.1
January 22, 2012

01 ] LOUDER _ Charice
02 ] A THOUSAND YEARS _ Christina Perri
03 ] ALL THAT'S LEFT _ Christian Bautista
04 ] IT WILL RAIN _ Bruno Mars
05 ] KAHIT UMIWAS PA _ Jake Vargas
06 ] SAFE AND SOUND _ Taylor Swift
07 ] IT GIRL _ Jason Derulo
08 ] PUSONG LITO _ Myrus
09 ] BREATHE AGAIN _ Jed Madela
10 ] IF I DIE YOUNG _ The Band Perry|

How to Purchase Songs at My Music Store Philippines via Smart Pasaload

2012-01-21T13:48:00.009+08:00

My Music Store Philippines is the newest music website in the country where you can download songs and albums legally! It's about time that we finally have a website that offers services like this and I hope Pinoys will give this one a shot. It will be a tough sell for sure since we are already accustomed of downloading songs for free but maybe this could work and help the music industry in the long run. Let's wait and see. For those interested, they have quite a large library as they have tie ups with major record labels (except Warner which I hope will join them soon). Anyway, what I like about their service is that you can purchase songs and album via Smart Pasaload for people who don't have a credit card or PayPal account. It's a good concept and makes the purchasing of songs more accessible. I hope it will be available soon The price range of songs are from 20 to 35 pesos and as for albums 200 to 400 pesos. Anyway, here's how you can download songs via Smart Pasaload (Oh before you can use the site, you must register on the site first and it's free by the way)

1. Once you have a song you want to download, you click the song title and this would appear below.

2. Click the "buy song" button and it will be added to your cart.

3. To pay for the song just go to the cart and click "proceed to payment"

4. There are three options to pay and choose "pay via mobile phone" and click "pay now"

5. Once you click "pay now" a pop up message will appear where it will ask you to place in your mobile number then click continue

6. Once you entered your mobile number a pop up message will appear containing the amount, transaction code and the text message you will receive on your mobile phone.

7. Upon receiving the "MyMusic code in your cellphone forward it to 808.

8. After forwarding the message you will then receive the Pasaload confirmation of transfer of funds and confirmation from My Music Store Philippines that payment has been successfully transferred.

9. Once payment is done, this payment confirmation will appear on your computer screen. The song you purchased will now be part of your "My Collection", just click the 'Download Now" button to go to your My Collection page and download the song

And that's it! I must say the song's quality is good and it doesn't take that much to download the song (well it depends on your Internet connection as well). To find out more about the site visit http://www.mymusicstore.com.ph/. Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter

Spotlight: The Artist

2012-01-21T00:01:00.002+08:00

The French homage to black and white silent movies has become the unlikely Oscar frontrunner. Who would have thought that a small, foreign black and white silent movie will be the one to beat, right? The movie is already getting flack because well backlashes comes with the territory when your are expected to dominate the awards show. Say what you will about Harvey Weinstein but he really has an eye for films that will be well received by the Academy.

I don't know if this movie will ever screen here in the Philippines. Well maybe if it really wins Best Picture, we would get it here albeit late like The King's Speech, No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire which were all shown here months after their Oscar wins. All those movies are niche and tough sells to the mainstream audience so it's no surprise they were shown late and on limited screens as well. I will not deny though that I will try to see this movie through other means because I'm really curious why this movie won the hearts of many film aficionados out there. This particular scene posted below won me already (or maybe I'm just a sucker for dancing) so I hope the movie is as captivating as this scene is.

Pinoyexchange's Guess The Oscar Nominees Game

2012-01-20T23:40:00.000+08:00

Open to all Pinoyexchange members (if you're not a member yet, register now, it's free!). Participants based abroad can join as long as they have someone, should they win, who can claim their prize at the Pinoyexchange office in Makati City.
One entry per username only.
Participants will guess the 2012 Oscar Awards nominees for the following categories:
1. Best Picture
  per new Oscar rule, eventual nominees could be anywhere from 5 to 10 films so your predictions should have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10
2. Best Actor (5)
3. Best Actress (5)
4. Best Supporting Actor (5)
5. Best Supporting Actress (5)
  please include the movie the actor/actress will be nominated for
Send your entries via PM (private message) to username IMTVcontests with the subject “2012 Oscar Nominees”. Please include your contact number, location and e-mail in your message.
Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Each correct prediction will get 1 point. If a participant correctly predicts the number of Best Picture nominees s/he will get an additional 5 points.
The entry with the most points wins. In case of a tie, the first one who submitted his/her entry will win.
The winner will win a Pinoyexchange Loot Bag containing merchandise items.
Deadline of submission is on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 12 noon (Philippine time). Announcement of winner will be on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 12 noon (Philippine time).
Visit Pinoyexchange.com for comments and inquiries

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: January 28, 2012)

2012-01-20T16:05:00.003+08:00

Rihanna's We Found Love logs its 10th week atop the Billboard Hot 100. This is the first song to spend 10 weeks at #1 since 2009's I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas which was #1 for 14 weeks. Rihanna has spent 44 weeks at #1 with all her 11 #1 songs (both lead and featured). Five artists are ahead of her with the most cumulative weeks at #1 record:

79 – Elvis Presley (Pre Hot 100)
79 – Mariah Carey
59 – The Beatles
50 – Boyz II Men
47 – Usher

Adele's Set Fire to the Rain inches closer to the top spot as the song climbs #4-#2. Her sophomore album 21 logs its 16th week at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, the first album to do since the Titanic soundtrack also ruled the chart for 16 weeks in 1998. There's a possibility Adele could both top the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 in the succeeding weeks. Adele's first two #1 hits Someone Like You drops #10-#16 this week on its 28th week on the chart while Rolling in the Deep is down four notches to #40 this week on its 54th week on the chart, the longest staying song on the chart.

Flo Rida' Good Feeling ascends #5-#3 and its vying to become the dance rapper's 3rd #1 after Low (2008) and Right Round (2009) meanwhile the chances for Bruno Mars to get his 3rd solo #1 (but 4th overall) is looking less likely as It Will Rain has already cooled down in sales (it's no longer in the top 10 on iTunes) and the song drops to #4 this week.

Entering the top 10 this week is rapper Tyga with Rack City climbing #23-#8 this week but on the opposite end after a strong debut at #8 last week Jason Mraz' I Wont Give Up tumbles all the way down to #22 this week. New songs with strong out of the gate sales usually drop the succeeding weeks but if airplay picks up the song could bounce back. Just look at the case of Moves Like Jagger which debuted #8 but dropped all the way to the 60s in the weeks that followed but as the song gained radio exposure the song ultimately climbed its way back to #1. The song is still in the top 20 (down #12-#14) on its 30th week on the chart. Will it also be the case for Mraz? Let's wait and see

Another song that was strong on its debut week was Young, Wild & Free by Snoop Dog & Wiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars. It entered the chart at #10 but since then dropped to the lower rungs of the chart but the airplay and sales picked up and on its 14th week on the chart, the song earns a new peak at #9.

Also entering the top 10 this week is David Guetta and Nicki Minaj's Turn Me On (up #15-#13), giving Minaj her6th top 10 and Guetta's 4th top 10. Jessie J's Domino (up #17-#15) and Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (up #58-#21) are currently in the US iTunes Top 10 and could likely climb on the Hot 100 Top 10 in a week or two as the airplay for both songs are rising as well.

You can find this week's top debut all the way down to #60 Drive By by Train, the lead single from their upcoming new album. Also entering the chart this week is Snow Patrol's Called Out in the Dark (#78), British boyband The Wanted's Glad You Came (#85), the buzz artist and potential It girl of 2012 Lana Del Ray's Video Games (#91) and Foster the People's Don't Stop (#97). Dropping out this week and retiring to recurrent status are Jason DeRulo's It Girl (peak: 17, 22 weeks), Lil Wayne and Drake's She Will (peak: 3, 21 weeks) and Nicki Minaj and Rihanna's Fly (peak: 19, 20 weeks).

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 via Pulse Music Board:

01 01 17 Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, We Found Love
02 04 20 Adele, Set Fire To The Rain
03 05 16 Flo Rida, Good Feeling
04 03 16 Bruno Mars, It Will Rain
05 02 20 LMFAO, Sexy And I Know It
06 06 14 Katy Perry, The One That Got Away
07 07 23 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Ni**as In Paris
08 23 08 Tyga, Rack City
09 11 14 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars, Young, Wild & Free
10 25 07 David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
11 13 15 Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj, Dance (A$$)
12 09 43 LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Party Rock Anthem
13 15 20 J. Cole, Work Out
14 12 30 Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger
15 17 14 Jessie J, Domino
16 10 28 Adele, Someone Like You
17 14 31 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
18 16 20 David Guetta Featuring Usher, Without You
19 21 23 Gavin DeGraw, Not Over You
20 19 09 Drake Featuring Lil Wayne, The Motto
21 58 04 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
22 08 02 Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up
23 24 11 Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown, International Love
24 28 30 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like A Love Song
25 18 23 Drake, Headlines
26 20 12 Toby Keith, Red Solo Cup
27 29 16 Luke Bryan, I Don't Want This Night To End
28 26 10 Rihanna, You Da One
29 22 16 T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, 5 O'Clock
30 33 15 Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz, I Like It Like That
31 31 14 Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj, Make Me Proud
32 27 19 Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All
33 57 05 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch, Ass Back Home
34 32 27 Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi, You Make Me Feel...
35 30 38 Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks
36 37 37 Lady Antebellum, Just A Kiss
37 35 42 Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer, Give Me Everything
38 38 18 Coldplay, Paradise
39 46 09 Drake Featuring Rihanna, Take Care
40 36 54 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
41 42 17 Eric Church, Drink In My Hand
42 41 11 Breathe Carolina, Blackout
43 34 38 Nicki Minaj, Super Bass
44 45 12 Wale Featuring Miguel, Lotus Flower Bomb
45 53 13 Chris Young, You
46 54 08 Outasight, Tonight Is The Night
47 43 10 Taylor Swift, Ours
48 44 16 B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne, Strange Clouds
49 55 19 The Band Perry, All Your Life
50 49 16 Zac Brown Band, Keep Me In Mind
51 56 22 Colbie Caillat, Brighter Than The Sun
52 51 18 David Nail, Let It Rain
53 39 10 Lady Gaga, Marry The Night
54 52 13 Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
55 64 05 Chris Brown Featuring Kevin McCall, Strip
56 60 06 Jake Owen, Alone With You
57 48 17 Jason Aldean, Tattoos On This Town
58 91 02 Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know
59 63 07 J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz, Can't Get Enough
60 NE 01 Train, Drive By
61 65 13 The Fray, Heartbeat
62 67 13 Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj, You The Boss
63 40 04 Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars, Safe & Sound
64 62 05 will.i.am Featuring Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez, T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)
65 69 10 The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
66 81 04 Lee Brice, A Woman Like You
67 NE 01 Van Halen, Tattoo
68 76 05 Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly
69 68 15 Beyoncé Featuring André 3000, Party
70 70 09 Avicii, Levels
71 71 15 Martina McBride, I'm Gonna Love You Through It
72 79 10 Kenny Chesney, Reality
73 78 10 Dierks Bentley, Home
74 82 09 Beyoncé, Love On Top
75 75 04 Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000, I Do
76 74 02 Skrillex Featuring Sirah, Kyoto
77 72 07 Justin Moore, Bait A Hook
78 NE 01 Snow Patrol, Called Out In The Dark
79 73 12 Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
80 66 10 Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls
81 83 09 Hunter Hayes, Storm Warning
82 89 13 Beyoncé, Countdown
83 86 05 Edens Edge, Amen
84 98 02 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Gotta Have It
85 NE 01 The Wanted, Glad You Came
86 88 04 Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
87 92 04 Ellie Goulding, Lights
88 93 07 Brad Paisley, Camouflage
89 97 04 Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Drake, Round Of Applause
90 94 02 Montgomery Gentry, Where I Come From
91 NE 01 Lana Del Rey, Video Games
92 61 03 Nelly, The Champ
93 85 06 Mac Miller, Party On Fifth Ave.
94 80 07 Avril Lavigne, Wish You Were Here
95 87 04 Skrillex, Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
96 77 16 Nickelback, When We Stand Together
97 NE 01 Foster The People, Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)
98 NE 01 MGK Featuring Waka Flocka Flame, Wild Boy
99 RE 10 Daughtry, Crawling Back To You
100 RE 03 Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z, Talk That Talk

Spotlight: Smash

2012-01-19T23:33:00.006+08:00

I'm really glad NBC's new musical series Smash will be aired here in the Philippines just a few days from its original airing in the US via 2nd Avenue (starting Feb.9, 2012 Thursdays at 9pm)! This is one of my most anticipated new shows this season! I will not deny that my main interest with this show is Katharine McPhee! I was in love with her during her American Idol days haha. Yes she's hot but she's also talented and I really thought she would win that season but alas she placed second. Sadly, her post-American Idol recording career was not a successful but I think this is her shot to stardom! I really hope this show becomes a hit for NBC so I can have my weekly dose of Katharine McPhee

By the way, I had the chance to check out the pilot (which is now availabe on iTunes as a promotional platform) and here are a few thoughts:

Admittedly the first few parts bored me, maybe because I'm not really familiar with the world of broadway but as it progresses it picked up and the last part blew me away. And

Casting was good on Smash. Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty are perfect for the roles . The pilot did a nice job of introducing Ivy and Karen. If they will do the competition aspect of the show well I think it will break our hearts too whoever gets the shaft. In the pilot you can both root for them.

Nice to see Debra Messing again on TV! I love Wll & Grace. She's at ease with the role I must say.

To be honest though the show's appeal is niche and will likely struggle in the ratings in the US but I think Katharine's character will be like the "outsider's view" of the broadway world and will likely help us be familiar with the premise. I think her character's story will be the key to get the show appeal to a broader audience. Look I personally not interested with a show about the backstage drama of the making a broadway show but she got me interested in the pilot!

The preview they had in the end for the upcoming episodes made me anticipate to watch this show even more.

Crossing my fingers this show will be a hit and that the pilot's creative potential will develop even more as the season progresses.

6th Asian Film Awards Nominations

2012-01-18T05:57:00.001+08:00

Congratulations to Ang Babae sa Septic Tank's Chris Martinez (Best Screenwriter), Eugene Domingo (Best Actress) and Niño's Shamaine Buencamino (Best Supporting Actress). In 2009 we won our first and so far only award in this award giving body via Gina Pareño who won Best Supporting Actress for Serbis.

Oscar frontrunner for Best Foreign Language Film A Separation will likely dominate the awards this year.

Best Film

Nader and Simin, A Separation (Iran)
Postcard (Japan)
The Flowers of War (Mainland China)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan)
You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)

Best Director

Asghar Farhadi, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man
Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance
Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Zhang Yimou, The Flowers of War

Best Actor

Chen Kun, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Donny Damara, Lovely Man
Andy Lau, A Simple Life
Park Hae Il, War of the Arrows
Yakusho Koji, Chronicle of My Mother

Best Actress

Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
Michelle Chen, You Are the Apple of My Eye
Eugene Domingo, The Woman in the Septic Tank
Leila Hatami, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Deanie Ip, A Simple Life.

Best Newcomer

Ko Chen-tung, You Are the Apple of My Eye
Eric Lin Hui-min, Starry Starry Night
Maeda Ohshiro, I Wish
Ni Ni, The Flowers of War
Gita Novalista, The Mirror Never Lies

Best Supporting Actor

Umin Boya, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Lawrence Ko, Jump! Ashin
Lee Je-hoon, The Front Line
Mario Maurer, The Outrage

Best Supporting Actress

Shamaine Buencamino, Niño
Gwei Lun-mei, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Cris Horwang, Headshot
Mitsushima Hikari, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Yan Ni, 11 Flowers

Best Screenwriter

Asghar Farhadi, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Shindô Kaneto, Postcard
Liu Heng, Yan Geling, The Flowers of War
Alan Mak, Felix Chong, Overheard 2
Chris Martinez, The Woman in the Septic Tank

Best Cinematographer

Chin Ting-chang, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Vishvajith Karunarathna, Flying Fish
Kim Woo-hyung, The Front Line
Jake Pollock, Lai Yiu-fai (HKSC), Wu Xia
Rahmat Syaiful, The Mirror Never Lies

Best Production Designer

Suzanne Caplan Merwanji, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
Ryu Seong-hee, The Front Line
Taneda Yohei, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Yee Chung-man, Ben Lau, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Yee Chung-man, Sun Li, Wu Xia

Best Composer

Chan Kwong-wing, Peter Kam, Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Wu Xia
Chen Qigang, The Flowers of War
Ricky Ho, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, A.R. Rahman, Neeraj Shridhar, Rockstar
Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Best Editor

Curran Pang, Overheard 2
Nelly Quettier, 11 Flowers
Hayedeh Safiyari, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Anand Subaya, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
Tang Man-to, White Vengeance

Best Visual Effects

Ritesh Aggarwal, Ra. One
Kamiya Makoto, Gantz
Wook Kim, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law, Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui, Starry Starry Night
Yung Kwok-yin, Andy Kang, Wu Xia

Best Costume Designer

Amano Kyoko, Emura Kouichi, Milocrorze: A Love Story
William Chang Suk-ping, The Flowers of War
Mok Kwan-kit, Wong Ming-ha, White Vengeance
Noppadol Techo, The Outrage
Yee Chung-man, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

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Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 68

2012-01-18T01:40:00.001+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey Top-Selling Albums
January 02 – 08, 2012

Overall

Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
The Hottest Hits… Ever
Various Artist (MCA Music)
Mr. Simple
Super Junior (Universal Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
21
Adele (Warner Music)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Best Of Praise & Worship Music
Various Artist(Warner Music)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7
Various Artist (Ivory Records)

OPM

Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7
Various Artist (Ivory Records)
Full Blast 3, Maximum Pop Hits
Various Artist (Ivory Records)
Outbound
Christian Bautista (Universal Records)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Acoustic Pick
Brianna (AMII Music)
Breathe Again
Jed Madela (Universal Records)

Astrovision/Astroplus Top-Selling Albums
January 09 – 15, 2012

OPM

Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
Someday Dream
Someday Dream (MCA Music)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7
Various Artist (Ivory Records)
Basil Valdez
Basil Valdez (Vicor Music)
Byahe
Noel Cabangon (Universal Records)
25 Years Silver Anniversary
Side A (Warner Music)
Greatest Hits
Aegis (Alpha Music)

FOREIGN

Exciting
ZE:A (Warner Music)
Teenage Dream
Katy Perry (Polyeast Records)
Get Your Heart On
Simple Plan (Warner Music)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
21
Adele (Warner Music)
Infinity
Charice (Warner Music)
Hitman Returns
David Foster (Warner Music)
The Hottest Hits… Ever
Various Artist (MCA Music)
R&B Collection Party Anthems 2011
Various Artist (MCA Music)

OVERALL

Exciting
ZE:A (Warner Music)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Teenage Dream
Katy Perry (Polyeast Records)
Get Your Heart On
Simple Plan (Warner Music)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
Someday Dream
Someday Dream (MCA Music)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7
Various Artist (Ivory Records)
21
Adele (Warner Music)
Basil Valdez
Basil Valdez (Vicor Music)
Infinity
Charice (Warner Music)
Byahe
Noel Cabangon (Universal Records)
25 Years Silver Anniversary
Side A (Warner Music)

69th Golden Globe Awards Winners

2012-01-17T05:20:00.004+08:00

The winners list and some reactions from me as well ;)

TV

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones

This was my alternate pick and well as Dinklage said in his acceptance speech even his mother thought Mildred Pierce's Guy Pearce will win this award but deserving win for the Game of Thrones breakout star anyway.

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie:
Idris Elba - Luther

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie:
Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce

Best Miniseries or TV Movie:
Downton Abbey

Got this all four right. I do wonder where they will place Downton Abbey next year since it already has a second season so it's no longer a limited run mini-series

Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama:
Kelsey Grammer - Boss

My second pick and as a Frasier fan glad Grammer finally found the right post-Frasier project. He had two flops sitcoms beforehand (Back to You and Hank) .

Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama:
Claire Danes - Homeland

Would likely bag the SAG and Emmy this year as well

Best TV Series - Drama:
Homeland

My second pick and admittedly I overestimated Ryan Murphy's appeal to the HFPA.

Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical:
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes

Runaway winner from such a weak nomination slate

Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical:
Laura Dern - Enlightened

Semi-surprise that she beat the younger and hipper Zooey but hey she's a Golden Globe favorite and a former movie star.

Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical:
Modern Family

Very glad I was wrong that New Girl win, glad HFPA finally recognized this show. It's the only win from a US network which does not say that network shows are in general bad but the HFPA just doesn't like the populist shows and wants to be put in the pedestal by picking cable shows which are more "elite". Anyway, Steve Levitan's and Sofia Vergara's acceptance speech was the best of the night.

Movie

Best Original Score:
Ludovic Bource - The Artist

Best Original Song:
"Masterpiece" - W.E.
(music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry)

Best Screenplay:
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation - Iran

Best Animated Feature:
The Adventures of Tintin

Best Supporting Actor for a Motion Picture:
Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:
Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
George Clooney - The Descendants

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Picture - Comedy or Musical:
The Artist

Best Picture - Drama:
The Descendants

I was wrong with Best Director (but very glad Scorsese won), Actress (a big loss for Viola Davis since the globes while not a good representation of the Academy's taste is a very good venue for campaigning), Supporting Actress (I thought Chastain is the typical type of actress that they reward but then I also thought of that last year by picking Amy Adams over Melissa Leo but look what happened) Screenplay (I thought they will not give it to Woody since he already announced earlier that he won't be attending the ceremony), Animated Feature (I thought Rango's streak of critics groups wins will overcome the star power of Spielberg and Peter Jackson) and Foreign Language Film (well on this one overwhelming critical acclaim beat star power which is good).

Chart Recap 181 (Philippine Music Charts)

2012-01-16T23:46:00.003+08:00

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it HERE and as for the latest available albums charts click HERE

Channel V: Bente Uno Countdown
January 6 - 12, 2012

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Someone Like You - Adele
Fly - Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna
Without You - David Guetta
5 o' Clock - T.Pain feat. Lily Allen and Wiz Khalifa
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
Ako na Lang - Zia
Ours - Taylor Swift
You Make Me Feel - Cobra Starship
One Hit Combo - Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc 9
Marry the Night - Lady GaGa (new entry)
Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
All That's Left - Christian Bautista
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (re-entry)

Wildcard: Habang Buhay - BBS feat. Kean Cipriano

MYX Hit Chart
January 15-21, 2012

Taylor Swift - Ours (1st week at #1)
Super Junior - Superman
Slapshock - Ngayon Na
Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba (new entry)
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
David Archuleta - Wait (new entry)
Chicosci - Unbelievable
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night (new entry)
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Karylle - Basically
Never the Strangers - Alive
Ebe Dancel - Wag Kang Mag-Alala
Kamikazee - Halik
Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc-9 - One Hit Combo
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Sponge Cola - Stargazer (new entry)
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku)
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single (new entry)

MYX International Top 20
January 14-20, 2012

Taylor Swift - Ours (2nd week at #1)
Super Junior - Superman
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
David Archuleta - Wait (new entry)
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Westlife - Beautiful World
ZE:A - Watch Out
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Hit the Lights
Beyoncé - Dance for You
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown - International Love
Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
Will.I.Am feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)
Willow Smith feat. Nicki Minaj - Fireball
Girls' Generation - The Boys
Charice - Louder
Joe Jonas - All This Time (new entry)
Kis-My-Ft2 - We Never Give Up (new entry)

Pinoy MYX Countdown
January 14-20, 2012

Slapshock - Ngayon Na (2nd week at #1)
Sarah Geronimo - Bakit Pa Ba (new entry)
Chicosci - Unbelievable
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Karylle - Basically
Never the Strangers - Alive
Ebe Dancel - Wag Kang Mag-Alala
Kamikazee - Halik
Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc-9 - One Hit Combo
Sponge Cola - Stargazer (new entry)
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku)
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single
Gloc-9 feat. Denise Barbacena - Hari ng Tondo (new entry)
Loonie feat. K.A. Antonio - From Saudi with Love
Young JV feat. Akiko - Alay
Paraluman - Kapitan
General Luna - Maria
Bamboo - Questions
Christian Bautista - All That's Left
Kyla - How Deep Is Your Love

RX 93.1: The Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees
January 13, 2012

Sleazy - Ke$ha feat. T.I, Lil Wayne, Andre 3000, Wiz Khalifa (2nd week at #1)
Marry the Night - Lady GaGa
I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
Criminal - Britney Spears
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Domino - Jessie J
9. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
10. You Da One - Rihanna
11. International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
12. T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) - Will.i.am feat Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez
13. Ako na Lang - Zia
14. Young Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
15. We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
16. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
17. The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
18. Fight for You - Jason Derulo
19. Mirror - Lil Wayne feat. Bruno Mars
20. Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher

97.9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
January 13, 2011

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Dreams Don't Turn Dust - Owl City
Lighthouse - Westlife
Moves Like Jagger-Maroon5 feat. Christina Aguilera
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Born This Way - Maria Aragon
Mr.Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Constance Change - The Manhattan Connection
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillait
Hold On Till The Night - Greyson Chance

Mellow 94.7: 10 Strong Countdown
January 13, 2012

Criminal - Britney Spears
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Push - Avril Lavigne
Heartbeat - The Fray
Houdini - Foster the People
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris

RT 30 Countdown
January 13, 2012

30. Foster The People - Helena Beat
29. Outasight - Tonight Is the Night NE
28. Safetysuit - Get Around This
27. The Do - Too Insistent
26. Hard-Fi - Bring It On
25. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
24. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
23. Andy Grammer - Fine By Me
22. The Drums - How It Ended HNE
21. Kashmir - Electrified Love

20. Plumb - Drifting
19. The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You (HNE @17 01062012)
18. Icona Pop - Nights Like This (NE @20 01062012)
17. Cake - Mustache Man (NE @23 01062012)
16. Pupil - 20/20
15. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
14. 311 - Count Me In
13. Ed Sheeran - Lego House
12. Mutemath - Blood Pressure
11. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You

10. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
9. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
8. Never The Strangers - Alive
7. Kidda - The Whistler
6. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated
5. M83 - Midnight City
4. Friendly Fires - Hurting
3. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
2. Blink 182 - After Midnight
1. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out

97.1 Baranggay LS The Big 10 Countdown
January 15, 2012

01 ] A THOUSAND YEARS _ Christina Perri
02 ] LOUDER _ Charice
03 ] IT WILL RAIN _ Bruno Mars
04 ] BREATHE AGAIN _ Jed Madela
05 ] ALL THAT'S LEFT _ Christian Bautista
06 ] KAHIT UMIWAS PA _ Jake Vargas
07 ] WE CAN BE _ Apl.de.Ap
08 ] ULAP _ Voyz Avenue
09 ] IT GIRL _ Jason Derulo
10 ] SAFE AND SOUND _ Taylor Swift

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20 (January 14 - 20, 2012)

1. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christine Aguilera
2. I Won't Last A Day Without You - Sarah Geronimo
3. Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
4. Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
5. Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
6. Paano Na Ang Puso Ko - Bugoy Drilon
7. Mahalin Ng Totoo - Toni Gonzaga
8. Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Neyo, Afrojack & Nayer
9. Halik - Kamikazee
10. Hindi Kita Iiwan - Sam Milby
11. Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
12. Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
13. Gisingin Ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
14. God Gave Me You - Bryan White
15. One Hit Combo - Parokya Ni Edgar w/ Gloc9
16. We Can Be Anything - Apl De Ap
17. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
18 Di Bale Na - KC Concepcion
19. Count On Me - Bruno Mars
20. Price Tag - Jessie J. feat. B.O.B

Wave 891 Soul Review Countdown
January 13, 2012

Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
Slide Over - Baby Bash feat Miguel
Ride 4 U - Far East Movement feat Kid Cudi and Chip the Ripper
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
The Woman You Love - Ashanti feat Busta Rhymes
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
Only Wanna Give It To You - Elle Varner feat J. Cole
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Do Ya Thang - Rihanna
Strip - Chris Brown
Dance (A$$) - Big Sean
Fascinated - Freesol feat. Justin Timberlake
Talk that Talk - Rihanna feat Jay-Z

My 69th Golden Globe Awards Predictions [Part 2]

2012-01-15T00:01:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I dished out my predictions for the TV categories at the 69th Golden Globe Awards so today it's time for the movie categories. The 69th Golden Globe Awards will air in the Philippines on Monday, January 16, 9 am via Star World.

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
“The Descendants”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“The Ides of March”
“Moneyball”
“War Horse”

Winner: The Descendants
Close Second: The Help
Wildcard: The Ides of March

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) showered George Clooney a lot of love in this year's awards so it's a safe bet that his film will take the top prize. The Help could be a potential spoiler because it's a box office smash that's also critically acclaimed, something HFPA might find too irresistible to ignore. I placed The Ides of March as wildcard because well it was already surprising it got so many nominations in the first place so a win might not be improbable as well.

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Drama)
George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
Ryan Gosling – “The Ides of March”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”

Winner: George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Close Second: Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
Wildcard: Ryan Gosling – “The Ides of March”

I think it will be close fight between buddies Clooney and Pitt but I give Clooney the edge because the HFPA clearly loves him. Gosling had a great year so we shouldn't count his chance to win in case the votes split between Clooney and Pitt, he could be the beneficiary.

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Drama)

Glenn Close – “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis – “The Help”
Rooney Mara – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin

Winner: Viola Davis – “The Help”
Close Second: Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Wildcard: Rooney Mara – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo””

Davis vs Streep here and could be close but I think Davis has the edge here and she seemed poised to win the Oscar as well. Mara can probably pull a shocker as well especially that this edgy kind of role could appeal to the HFPA's tendency to honor offbeat performances to make a statement.

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
“50/50”
“The Artist”
“Bridesmaids”
“Midnight in Paris”
“My Week with Marilyn”

Winner: “The Artist”
Close Second: “Bridesmaids”
Wildcard: “Midnight in Paris”

The Artist is dominating the critics awards and the frontrunner for the Oscar so the HFPA will likely follow suit. Bridesmaids could have won this easily if The Artist didn't explode in the awards circuit but there's a possibility of a win still since they rewarded The Hangover this award a couple of years ago and Bridesmaids is actually a potential player for an Oscar nod which The Hangover never was. Midnight in Paris despite being released early is gaining momentum again and this could benefit if Bridesmaids and The Artist split votes.

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Musical or Comedy)
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Brendan Gleeson – “The Guard”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “50/50″
Ryan Gosling – “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
Owen Wilson – “Midnight in Paris”

Winner: Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Close Second: Ryan Gosling – “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
Wildcard: Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “50/50″

Dujardin charmed the audiences in The Artist and a lock for an Oscar nod. He is considered behind Clooney and Pitt for the Oscar race for Lead Actor and without those two guys here , he is far ahead of its competitors for the award. But then again HFPA could still pull surprises and recognize Gosling here especially how his hollywood profile have risen the past year. Gordon-Levitt is a potential upset especially with a well-received performance and had the charisma that could sweep the voters feet off.

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Musical or Comedy)
Jodie Foster – “Carnage”
Charlize Theron – “Young Adult”
Kristen Wiig – “Bridesmaids”
Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn”
Kate Winslet – “Carnage”

Winner: Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn”
Close Second: Kristen Wiig – “Bridesmaids”
Wildcard: Charlize Theron - "Young Adult"

Williams is the only viable Oscar contender here and has already won a lot of critic awards so this should be an easy win for her. But this is really category fraud because My Week with Marilyn isn't exactly a musical but oh well this are HFPA's rules. Wiig is my close second pick because she really delivered her A-game in Bridesmaids and if they really won't be bias with comedy, this is worthy performance to award. I don't think Charlize Theron has a shot to win given the lukewarm box office and awards race performance so far but it was a well reviewed performance and if there would be an upset, she could be it as I don't see any of the Carnage chicks a viable contender for the award

Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen – “Midnight in Paris”
George Clooney – “The Ides of March”
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”

Winner: Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Close Second: Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Wildcard: George Clooney – “The Ides of March”

It will be between The Descendants and The Artist and I give the edge to the latter because of its Oscar frontrunner status. I picked Clooney as wildcard because well as I've mentioned earlier the HFPA loves this guy

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Ides of March”
“Midnight in Paris”
‘Moneyball”

Winner: Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Close Second: Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Wildcard: George Clooney – “The Ides of March”

Same situation with Best Director

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Winner: Rango
Close Second: The Adventures of TinTin
Wildcard: Arthur Christmas

Rango is dominating the awards race so far and should take the Globe as well on its journey to the Oscar. If the HFPA would want to throw Spielberg a bone since War Horse is not a viable contender they might reward him for TinTin instead. Arthur Christmas comes from a respected animation unit and if HFPA would want to feel adventurous and unique they would for this

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource – “The Artist”
Abel Korzeniowski – “W.E”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Howard Shore – “Hugo”
John Williams – “War Horse”

Winner: Ludovic Bource – “The Artist”
Close Second: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Wildcard: Howard Shore – “Hugo”

Picking The Artist yet again because of its frontrunner status but never count on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” given the talent they have. Hugo has been considered 3rd in line after The Artist and The Descendants in the Oscar race so if HFPA would want to give this at least an award , this is the only place to do it.

Best Original Song
“Lay Your Head Down,” Albert Nobbs
“Hello Hello,” Gnomeo and Juliet
“The Living Proof,” The Help
“The Keeper,” Machine Gun Preacher
“Masterpiece,” W.E.

Winner: “Masterpiece,” W.E.
Close Second: “Lay Your Head Down,” Albert Nobbs
Wildcard: “The Living Proof,” The Help

First of all, such a shame they ignored Life's a Happy Song from The Muppets was ignored here! Masterpiece will likely this win because of Madonna's star power. Glenn Close has no shot to win best actress but the HFPA could give her a consolation via the song she wrote for the movie.

Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War
In The Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid WIth The Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Winner: In The Land of Blood and Honey
Close Second: A Separation
Wildcard: The Flowers of War

I know Iran's A Separation is the frontrunner and has been winning a lot of awards already but i I could see In The Land of Blood and Honey pulling an upset. Yes, one of the reasons is because it's directed by Angelina Jolie but the film is actually well-received and since this not eligible for the Oscar, the HFPA might want to honor her to gain buzz. If they want to be adventurous, the voters could also go for China's The Flowers of War which stars Christian Bale.

My 69th Golden Globe Awards Predictions [Part 1]

2012-01-14T10:52:00.001+08:00

The 69th Golden Globe Awards will be handed out January 15 on NBC (and January 16, Philippine time and will be aired via Star World) and I'll share my predictions as always. First up, my predictions for the TV categories:

Best Drama Series

American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland

Winner: American Horror Story
Close Second: Homeland
Wildcard: Game of Thrones

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) loves Ryan Murphy as his two shows Nip/Tuck and Glee raked in Golden Globe awards before so it's a safe bet they will show Murphy's new show with some love too especially that the show is a success as well. But if the HFPA want to earn some "cool" points they will award the best reviewed new show in the fall "Homeland" or the HBO's critically acclaimed adaptation of Game of Thrones.

Best Comedy Series

Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl

Winner: New Girl
Close Second: Modern Family
Wildcard: Episodes

You would think that two-time Emmy winner Modern Family will easily win this but after being snubbed the last two years I don't think they're a slam dunk to win this year. While I seriously doubt the current champ Glee will win again, I think the HFPA will ignore Modern Family again and reward one of the hottest new sitcoms via New Girl. There's also a possibility they would threw some bone to Episodes, a show with a premises that's appealing to the HFPA

Best Miniseries or TV Movie

Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Winner: Downton Abbey
Close Second: Mildred Pierce

I think it will be just be between these two and the HFPA will follow the Emmys and award Downton Abbey but never count out Mildren Pierce as it is from HBO and stars a multiple Golden Globe winner.

Best Actor (Drama)

Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Jeremy Irons (The Borgias)
Damian Lewis (Homeland)

Winner: Damian Lewis (Homeland)
Close Second: Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Wildcard: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

The HFPA would love to be the first one to award acclaimed performances from the critically acclaimed new shows but I think Lewis has the edge here since his show is from a channel with wider reach than Grammer's show but I think any of the two could win. But never count on three-time Emmy champ Cranston because this might finally be the year HFPA honors his fantastic turn in Breaking Bad. The only reason I'm not predicting him to win is because of the lack of love in general by the HFPA to the show

Best Actress (Drama)

Claire Danes (Homeland)
Mireille Enos (The Killing)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)
Callie Thorne (Necessary Roughness)

Winner: Claire Danes (Homeland)
Close Second: Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)

I think Claire Danes will easily win this one but Stowe's performance in Revenge has gain a lot of buzz and a win for Stowe would generate a lot of buzz and chatter and if anything HFPA loves to have those kind of wins so she's a potent threat to Danes.

Best Actor (Comedy)

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
David Duchovny –(Californication)
Johnny Galecki –(The Big Bang Theory)
Thomas Jane (Hung)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)

Winner: Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Wildcard: the rest

Weirdest category this year, I think LeBlanc should easily win this as I don't see the HFPA rewarding former winners (Baldwin, Duchovny) or performances with low to no buzz at all (Galecki, Jane).

Best Actress (Comedy)

Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Linney (The Big C)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Winner: Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Close Second: Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Wildcard: Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Deschanel should easily win this as well, she's a young, lovely and well-loved actress headlining one of the freshman hits this season. If anyone could beat it would probably be Dern as she is a former movie star. But then again sometimes the HFPA would award critically acclaimed performances that the Emmys miss (like Katey Segal last year) so Amy Poehler is a darkhorse.

Best Actor (TV Movie/Mini Series)

Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
Idris Elba (Luther )
William Hurt (Too Big to Fail)
Bill Nighy (Page Eight)
Dominic West – The Hour

Winner: Idris Elba (Luther )
Wildcard: the rest

Elba is ahead in terms of acclaim and buzz so he should easily win this but the HFPA could threw in a shocker and award someone else.

Best Actress (TV Movie/Mini Series)

Romola Garai (The Hour)
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey)
Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)

Winner: Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)
Wildcard: the rest

Like Elba, this win should be a walk in the park for Winslet. The HFPA loves Winslet that they even nominated her performance in the movie Carnage so anyone but her winning this one would be the biggest shocker of the night.

Best Supporting Actor ~~for Everything~~ TVSeries, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Tim Robbins (Cinema Verite)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

Winner: Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Close Second: Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Wildcard: Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)

Again the craziest category and the toughest to predict, there are two current Emmy winners here Dinklage (for Drama series) and Pearce (TV Movie/mini series) so the winner could be from one of them, I think they'll pick Pierce since it's the type of role suited to HFPA's taste but then again if they want to be "cool" they will give this to Dinklage. Giamatti is my wildcard pick because he seems like a HFPA favorite.

Best Supporting Actress ~~for Everything~~ TVSeries, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)

Winner: Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Close Second: Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Wildcard: Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)

Lange should have no problem winning this one as she has it: a respected actress in one of the most buzzed shows of the season. We can also say the same thing to Smith that's why she's in the best position to pull an upset but I think Lange has an edge because her role is flashier. Vergara's Hollywood profile is rising (just check out the number of movies she has been/will be part of since she broke out in Modern Family) but so far she has not received any major award yet so HFPA might want to be the first to recognize her.

Up next: My predictions for the Movies category

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: January 21 2012)

2012-01-13T16:29:00.003+08:00

Rihanna takes back the #1 spot from LMFAO as We Found Love dislodges two-week ruler Sexy and I Know It at #1 on this week's Billboard Hot 100. This is the song's 9th week at #1, the first song to rack up the many weeks at #1 since Ke$ha's Tik Tok in January-February 2010. We Found Love could make it to 10 weeks next week but will be facing competition from rising songs (both airplay and sales) Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (#4 this week) and Flo Rida's Good Feeling (#5 this week). Bruno Mars' It Will Rain which holds at #3 this week looks like it will have a hard time topping the chart as while the airplay is good, the sales are already slipping but still never count out that song for a potential #1. But I think it's safe to the say that Katy Perry's The One That Got Away is likely "the #1 that got away" as the song slips to #6 this week and despite a remix out the song is already losing on the sales front and still behind in airplay next to It Will Rain and We Found Love. Perry might not set a record for the most #1 hits from the same album (a record she currently ties with Michael Jackson's Bad with 5 #1s) a #3 peak for a 6th single is still solid.

Opening out strong is Jason Mraz' new song I Won't Give Up which debuts at #8 thanks to a huge opening week sales of 220K+ this week enough to propel the song for a top 10 debut despite low airplay. Believe it or not this only Mraz's 3rd top 40 hit and 2nd top 10 hit ever! His highest peaking song is of course the record breaking I'm Yours which peaked at #6 after spending 76 weeks on the chart, the song with longest chart of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His other top 40 single is his breakout single The Remedy which peaked at #15 in 2o03.

LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem logs its 29th week in the top 10 as the song drops to #9 this week. Santana and Rob Thomas' Smooth (2000) and Lee Ann Rhimes' How Do I Live (1997) are ahead of it for the most weeks in the top 10 record with 30 weeks and 32 weeks, respectively

Three months after debuting at #10, Snoop Dog and Whiz Khalifa's Young, Wild and Free (featuring Bruno Mars) is close to matching its peak as the song climbs #14 to #11 this week. British pop star Jessie J lands her first top 20 hit as Domino climbs #21 to #17. The song sounds like a Katy Perry song so this could probably gave the song the boost especially on radio airplay.

The longest chart sitter Adele's Rolling in the Deep hangs on for yet another week (down #30-#36 this week) on its 53rd week on the chart.

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

01 02 16 Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, We Found Love
02 01 19 LMFAO, Sexy And I Know It
03 04 15 Bruno Mars, It Will Rain
04 08 19 Adele, Set Fire To The Rain
05 05 15 Flo Rida, Good Feeling
06 03 13 Katy Perry, The One That Got Away
07 07 22 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Ni**as In Paris
08 NE 01 Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up
09 06 42 LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Party Rock Anthem
10 09 27 Adele, Someone Like You
11 14 13 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars, Young, Wild & Free
12 11 29 Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger
13 12 14 Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj, Dance (A$$)
14 10 30 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
15 17 19 J. Cole, Work Out
16 13 19 David Guetta Featuring Usher, Without You
17 21 13 Jessie J, Domino
18 18 22 Drake, Headlines
19 23 08 Drake Featuring Lil Wayne, The Motto
20 15 11 Toby Keith, Red Solo Cup
21 24 22 Gavin DeGraw, Not Over You
22 16 15 T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, 5 O'Clock
23 40 07 Tyga, Rack City
24 33 10 Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown, International Love
25 51 06 David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
26 22 09 Rihanna, You Da One
27 20 18 Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All
28 27 29 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like A Love Song
29 26 15 Luke Bryan, I Don't Want This Night To End
30 19 37 Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks
31 34 13 Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj, Make Me Proud
32 29 26 Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi, You Make Me Feel...
33 28 14 Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz, I Like It Like That
34 25 37 Nicki Minaj, Super Bass
35 35 41 Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer, Give Me Everything
36 30 53 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
37 36 36 Lady Antebellum, Just A Kiss
38 38 17 Coldplay, Paradise
39 37 09 Lady Gaga, Marry The Night
40 31 03 Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars, Safe & Sound
41 46 10 Breathe Carolina, Blackout
42 47 16 Eric Church, Drink In My Hand
43 43 09 Taylor Swift, Ours
44 41 15 B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne, Strange Clouds
45 54 11 Wale Featuring Miguel, Lotus Flower Bomb
46 49 08 Drake Featuring Rihanna, Take Care
47 32 22 Jason Derülo, It Girl
48 42 16 Jason Aldean, Tattoos On This Town
49 52 15 Zac Brown Band, Keep Me In Mind
50 44 21 Lil Wayne Featuring Drake, She Will
51 55 17 David Nail, Let It Rain
52 50 12 Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
53 59 12 Chris Young, You
54 60 07 Outasight, Tonight Is The Night
55 56 18 The Band Perry, All Your Life
56 61 21 Colbie Caillat, Brighter Than The Sun
57 82 04 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch, Ass Back Home
58 RE 03 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
59 45 20 Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna, Fly
60 74 05 Jake Owen, Alone With You
61 64 02 Nelly, The Champ
62 90 04 will.i.am Featuring Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez, T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)
63 68 06 J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz, Can't Get Enough
64 85 04 Chris Brown Featuring Kevin McCall, Strip
65 67 12 The Fray, Heartbeat
66 58 09 Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls
67 69 12 Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj, You The Boss
68 66 14 Beyoncé Featuring André 3000, Party
69 79 09 The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
70 71 08 Avicii, Levels
71 73 14 Martina McBride, I'm Gonna Love You Through It
72 63 06 Justin Moore, Bait A Hook
73 89 11 Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
74 NE 01 Skrillex Featuring Sirah, Kyoto
75 77 03 Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000, I Do
76 95 04 Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly
77 62 15 Nickelback, When We Stand Together
78 88 09 Dierks Bentley, Home
79 92 09 Kenny Chesney, Reality
80 65 06 Avril Lavigne, Wish You Were Here
81 96 03 Lee Brice, A Woman Like You
82 86 08 Beyoncé, Love On Top
83 78 08 Hunter Hayes, Storm Warning
84 NE 01 3OH!3, Set You Free
85 84 05 Mac Miller, Party On Fifth Ave.
86 93 04 Edens Edge, Amen
87 70 03 Skrillex, Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
88 RE 03 Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
89 81 12 Beyoncé, Countdown
90 72 03 Flo Rida Featuring Sia, Wild Ones
91 NE 01 Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know
92 99 03 Ellie Goulding, Lights
93 87 06 Brad Paisley, Camouflage
94 NE 01 Montgomery Gentry, Where I Come From
95 75 09 Adele, Rumour Has It
96 76 06 Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars, Mirror
97 RE 03 Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Drake, Round Of Applause
98 NE 01 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Gotta Have It
99 RE 18 Wale Featuring Jeremih & Rick Ross, That Way
100 98 02 B.o.B Featuring Andre 3000, Play The Guitar

Midweek Musings 20

2012-01-11T23:28:00.005+08:00

* The Oscar season is here! The various guilds already released their nominees and black and white silent French film about Hollywood "The Artist" is the frontrunner. The said movie also racked up a lot of awards from various critics organizations although not as dominant as last year with The Social Network winning almost everything possible but then the guild awards and eventually the Oscars settled the score and chose The King's Speech instead. Let's see if The Artist could dominate the major awards. I personally hope it doesn't and I have nothing against the film (I haven't seen it since it's not released here nor is it available through "alternative means" just yet) but a film dominating the various award giving bodies makes for a boring Oscar race. Ditto with the acting categories, hopefully there's a good mix so there would be a level of suspense come Oscar night. Anyway, expect awards race-related posts in the coming weeks ;)

* Lots of interesting midseason shows premiering in the USA this midseason. I'm looking forward to ABC's The River, Scandal and Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23, Fox' Alcatraz and NBC's Smash! The latter got my interest because it stars Katharine McPhee, the hottest American Idol alum of all time :D Well her music career flat-lined so maybe she can be a TV star soon? NBC is in shambles right now with their primetime lineup but they produced last season's only bonafide hit via The Voice and they will use the show as lead in for Smash so maybe this show could buck the network's losing trend. I certainly hope so.

*Nothing in local TV is exciting me that much. The soaps are blah. My guilty pleasure PBB is just too messy this season that I stopped watching it. But they are making some changes right now by evicting a lot of unnecessary housemates haha. Maybe this could pick up but this season is rivaling the second season of the celebrity edition as the most lackluster season to date. They should consider making a PBB: All Stars but using the US format with no public vote and it's just the housemates voting each other out ala Survivor. This franchise needs to freshen up.

* During the weekend I was pleasantly surprised that our cable provider finally added TeleNovela Channel in their lineup! It's our company's channel and I proudly showcased it to my family :D I really hope our channel will be successful because I see a lot of potential in it but admittedly starting a channel is really a tough job and we're facing some problems right now but I believe we would overcome it soon. Anyway, visit http://telenovelachannel.com/ to check out the channel and where you can find it. #plugging

*I'm quite productive at work this week and I actually finished my task earlier than usual. I'm starting the year right so hopefully it continues! Last year I had thoughts of quitting this job but it was just a phase. The company ain't perfect and there are still a lot of things they need to improve but I feel home here and I really see a potential to grow. So I'll stay here for as long as possible. It's been almost 4 years(!) since I graduated from college and I will turn 25 this September so it's not ideal to start over again especially that I do really like my job and the work environment. Salary ain't high but it's still good. I help pay some bills in our household right now (water and cable) and I took over paying my father's credit card as well since he's retired already and I just want the retirement money he got from the company to himself and Nanay. I thought this is just a small thing compared to all the sacrifices he made for the family (his credit card bill is not that high anyway). I really appreciate my parents now more than ever since my nephew was born. I'm just the uncle but I'm very protective of my nephew so what more my parents especially I was such a sickly child since I was 3 months old. Imagine the horror they must have felt during those times I was hospitalized! I'm no saint and I still get annoyed with some of the things my parents say or do, but it's only a knee-jerk reaction because at the end of the day, your family will be always there for you no matter what.

* So "the one that got away" texted me yesterday inviting me for dinner sometime to catch up. I haven't seen her in a year and frankly I don't think I want to see her because some feelings could be reawaken haha! In hindsight, I really regret not being brave enough to pursue her. I was a coward I know. But she liked someone else back then anyway so what's the point? I valued the friendship so much to risk losing it. But I always knew we always had that connection. I think she knew something's up but she never treated me any different which was great because I didn't want to have awkwardness between us. Because of work and everything I thought I was over her but every once in awhile we get to text and talk about our jobs and I always have a great time. She has someone new now and I think maybe seeing her might not be a good idea. I responded to her text by saying "sure" but had some jokes after about treating me. Oh well. I don't know why I shared this hahahahahaha. Anyway, it's nice to get this off my chest anyway :)

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 67

2012-01-10T22:39:00.005+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey Top-Selling Albums
December 26, 2011 – January 01, 2012

OPM

Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas
Various Artist (Ivory Music)
Dance Mega In The Floor
Various Artist (AMII Music)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
Acoustic Pick
Brianna (AMII Music)
Breathe Again
Jed Madela (Universal Records)
One Heart
Sarah Geronimo (Viva Records)

OVERALL

The Hottest Hits… Ever
Various Artist (MCA Music)
Mr. Simple
Super Junior (Universal Records)
Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Best Of Praise & Worship Music
Various Artist(Warner Music)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
21
Adele (Warner Music)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas
Various Artist (Ivory Music)

Astrovision/Astroplus Top-Selling Albums Overall
December 26, 2011 – January 1, 2012

Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Outbound
Christian Bautista (Universal Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Kendeng Kendeng
Willie Revillame (Viva Records)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
The Hottest Hits… Ever
Various Artist (MCA Music)
21
Adele (Warner Music)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
Basil Valdez
Basil Valdez (Vicor Music)
Mr. Simple
Super Junior (Universal Records)
Under The Mistletoe
Justin Bieber (MCA Music)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Breathe Again
Jed Madela (Universal Records)
Pure… Crooners
Various Artist (Sony Music)
Today’s Favorite Love Songs Unplugged 7
Various Artist (Ivory Records)
R&B Collection Party Anthems 2011
Various Artist (MCA Music)
Christmas
Micheal Buble (Warner Music)
Pure… 80′s Dance Party
Various Artist (Sony Music)
Kidz Sing Along Collection
Various Artist (Ivory Records)

Chart Recap 180 (Philippine Music Charts)

2012-01-09T22:29:00.004+08:00

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it HERE and as for the latest available albums charts click HERE

MYX Hit Chart
January 8-14, 2012

Slapshock - Ngayon Na (1st week at #1)
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Taylor Swift - Ours
Super Junior - Superman
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Karylle - Basically (new entry)
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Chicosci - Unbelievable
Ebe Dancel - Wag Kang Mag-Alala (new entry)
Never the Strangers - Alive (new entry)
Kamikazee - Halik
Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc-9 - One Hit Combo
Christian Bautista - All That's Left
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Girls' Generation - The Boys
Bruno Mars - It Will Rain
Charice - Louder
Bamboo - Questions
Typecast - The Promise (Kono Yakusoku) (new entry)

MYX International Top 20
January 7-13, 2012

Taylor Swift - Ours (1st week at #1)
Super Junior - Superman
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Girls' Generation - The Boys
Bruno Mars - It Will Rain
Charice - Louder
Kim Hyun Joong - Lucky Guy
ZE:A - Watch Out (new entry)
Greyson Chance - Hold on 'Til the Night (new entry)
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Hit the Lights
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Beyoncé - Dance for You (new entry)
Westlife - Beautiful World (new entry)
Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) (new entry)
Pitbull feat. Chris Brown - International Love (new entry)
Will.I.Am feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) (new entry)
Willow Smith feat. Nicki Minaj - Fireball (new entry)

Pinoy MYX Countdown
January 7-13, 2012

Slapshock - Ngayon Na (1st week at #1)
BBS feat. Kean Cipriano - Habang Buhay
Karylle - Basically
Chicosci - Unbelievable
Ebe Dancel - Wag Kang Mag-Alala
Never the Strangers - Alive (new entry)
Kamikazee - Halik
Parokya ni Edgar feat. Gloc-9 - One Hit Combo
Christian Bautista - All That's Left
Bamboo - Questions
Typecast - Kono Yakusoku
Paraluman - Kapitan
Young JV feat. Akiko - Alay
Loonie feat. K.A. Antonio - From Saudi with Love (new entry)
Eevee - Ang Sarap Maging Single (new entry)
General Luna - Maria (new entry)
Sarah Geronimo - I Won't Last a Day Without You
Kyla - How Deep Is Your Love
Toto Sorioso - Stay
Brenan feat. Thai - Superstar (new entry)

Pick of the Week
Side A - Before I Let You Go

97. 9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
January 6, 2012

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Lighthouse - Westlife
Dream Don't Turn to Dust - Owl City
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Arms - Christina Perri
Brighter than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
Born This Way - Maria Aragon

99.5 RT "RT 30 Countdown"
January 6, 2012

Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
Blink 182 - After Midnight
Friendly Fires - Hurting
The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated
Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
Never The Strangers - Alive
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
Kidda - The Whistler
M83 - Midnight City
The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
I Would Do Anything for You - Foster The People
Pupil - 20/20
311 - Count Me In
Mutemath - Blood Pressure
Plumb - Drifting
Black Keys - Howlin' For You
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
Kashmir - Electrified Love
Icona Pop - Night Like This
The Do - Too Insistent
The Low Suns - Never Gonna Care
Cake - Mustache Man
Safetysuit - Get Around This
Andy Grammer - Fine By Me
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
Hard-Fi - Bring It On
Foster The People - Helena Beat
Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly

RX 93.1: Countdown Top 7 and The Wannabees
January 6, 2012

Sleazy - Ke$ha feat. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I and Andre 3000
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Domino - Jessie J
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Young Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
Criminal - Britney Spears
You Da One - Rihanna
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) - Will.I.Am, Mick Jagger feat. Jennifer Lopez
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
If This Was a Movie - Taylor Swift
Ako na Lang - Zia
Fight for You - Jason Derulo
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
Marry the Night - Lady GaGa
Princess of China - Coldplay feat. Rihanna
Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher
Mirror - Lil Wayne feat. Bruno Mars

Mellow 947 10 Strong Countdown
January 6, 2012

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Criminal - Britney Spears
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Push - Avril Lavigne
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
Heartbeat - The Fray
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
Domino - Jessie J
Houdini - Foster The People

TAMBAYAN TOP 10 (01.07.2012)

1. I WON'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU Sarah Geronimo (3rd Week)
2. TINAMAAN AKO Anne Curtis
3. MOVES LIKE JAGGER Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
4. SAAN DARATING ANG UMAGA? Angeline Quinto
5. MAHALIN NANG TOTOO Toni Gonzaga
6. KULANG AKO KUNG WALA KA Erik Santos
7. MARRY YOUR DAUGHTER Brian McKnight
8. WE CAN BE ANYTHING Apl.De.Ap
9. PAANO NA ANG PUSO KO? Bugoy Drilon
10. HINDI KITA IIWAN Sam Milby

97.1 Brgy LS Big 10 Countdown
Januar 8, 2012

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Breathe Again - Jed Madela
We Ca Be - Apl.de.Ap
Louder - Charice
Ulap - Voyz Avenue
Kahit Umiwas Pa - Jake Vargas
All That's Left - Christian Bautista
Cheers -- Rihanna
Rain on Me - Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony

Wave 89.1 Soul Review Countdown
January 6, 2012

Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
Ride 4 U - Far East Movement feat Kid Cudi and Chip the Ripper
The Woman You Love - Ashanti feat Busta Rhymes
Slide Over - Baby Bash feat Miguel
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Do Ya Thang - Rihanna
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
Only Wanna Give It To You - Elle Varner feat J. Cole
Dance (A$$) - Big Sean
Fascinated - Freesol feat. Justin Timberlake
Strip - Chris Brown
Good Feeling - Flo Rida

Review: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"

2012-01-08T05:59:00.006+08:00

On January 5 I attended the press screening of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" at Glorietta Cinema 3 for Official PEx Movie Reviews. Thank you once again to Pinoyexchange

The first Sherlock Holmes movie pulled off a surprise with its interesting yet different take of the legendary character. While some viewers disapproved the movie's portrayal of Holmes, it still managed to win the hearts of the general audience thanks to remarkable performances and fun dynamics from the cast. This time around Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows introduces Holmes' greatest adversary: Professor James Moriarty, which automatically raises the stakes and expectations. The movie is definitely larger in scale but it was bogged down by not giving an essential element of the story the treatment it deserves.

After Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) successfully stops one of James Moriarty's (Jarred Harris) schemes, he becomes the hot target of the brilliant but mad professor. Holmes finds out soon that Moriarty plans to kill his newly-wed friend Watson (Jude Law) and his wife out of vengeance but he was able to save them in time. Watson then joins Holmes to uncover Moriarty's evil plan that could potentially cause a war. In the process, they meet a gypsy named Simza (Noomi Rapace) who is the key to solve the case.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens on a strong note with a fun-that-became-intense-later-on sequence which involves Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams). That particular sequence explains why the main female character of the previous installment has a small, albeit important, role in this sequel. The opening sets up the movie's tone well but it took quite a time to establish the threat and what is at stake. It's actually alright for them to take that approach since the main character is a detective after all but unfortunately that's the part where the movie hit a snag. There's not much detective work in this story and the movie just conveniently situated set pieces for it to progress. Sure, we still see a glimpse of Holmes' brilliant mind like the way he anticipates every blow of a fight before the first punch is thrown or the tactics he used to take the bad guys down unwittingly by themselves but it all felt too studied and forced. Moriarty's “evil plan” is not compelling as well and it was evident in the middle of the story in which the movie struggled in keeping a narrative momentum.

Downey and Law still carried the movie very well and their actions and banter are always a delight to watch. The casting of Jarred Harris as Moriarty was also perfect. Harris did a great job and exudes menace effortlessly without going over the top. The “chess showdown” between Moriarty and Holmes in the last act of the movie was riveting and almost made up for the movie's shortcomings. Also a standout is Stephen Fry who played Holmes' brother Mycroft as he managed to make his short scenes shine. McAdams presence is missed here and Rapace didn't leave that much of an impression which is not her fault since the character she played is weakly-conceived.

Ultimately Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is very entertaining movie with its good cast and polished production making it worth the watch but the lack of inquisitive detective work takes the movie down the level of a typical action flick only set in the 19^th century and that's quite a shame because Sherlock Holmes stories should be more than that. 7 / 10

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens today (January 8) in theaters nationwide

Review: "Alvin and The Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked"

2012-01-07T11:29:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, I attended the press screening of "Alvin and The Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked" at Glorietta Cinema 3 for Official PEx Movie Reviews. Thank you once again to Pinoyexchange

The Alvin and the Chipmunks movie franchise had been very successful in the box office but is not well-received by the critics. Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked does nothing new to elevate the material and continues to deliver more of the same. But it was a formula that was supported in droves by the audience, so people who enjoyed the first two movies will like this one and while giving those didn't like it from the very start no reason to give this franchise another look.

The Chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler), Theodore (Jesse McCartney) and the Chipettes Brittany (Christina Applegate), Jeanette (Anna Faris) and Eleanor (Amy Poehler) goes on a cruise with their surrogate father/manager Dave (Jason Lee) but due to Alvin's mischief they find themselves stranded on a mysterious island and meets Zoe (Jenny Slate), the island's castaway for almost a decade. While Dave and a reluctant Ian (David Cross) searches for them, the chipmunks must find a way to survive.

Chipwrecked follows the template of the past movies: The playful Alvin, the uptight Simon and the adorable Theodore goes on an adventure while they perform pop songs from time to time. It goes the same to the Chippettes who all basically mirrors the personalities of their male counterparts. The movie did somehow shake things up with Alvin learning about responsibility and Simon loosening up (albeit beyond his control). But in the end, the story does not offer that much excitement or insight despite the premise as the movie just coasts along until we reach the conclusion.

But on the “cute” aspect, Chipwrecked certainly delivered from the showstopping number of Katy Perry and Lady GaGa hits to the various shenanigans by the chipmunks in the cruise ship and the island. Regardless of your overall view of the movies, only those with a heart of stone will not fall for Theodore's cuteness. Lee and Cross are good actors and while they are still not used to their fullest potential, they do deliver good enough performances as opposed to Slate who played Zoe terribly. To be fair, Zoe is a weakly-developed foil and was totally unnecessary to the story.

Alvin and The Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked is basically just fluff but it's all pretty harmless. I don't think one has to be ostracized for liking this movie, it has its fun moments and it's very kid-friendly. The movie sticks to the formula that worked well for its predecessors and while it's understandable to not mess with something that keeps the cash register ticking, there will come a point that the novelty will soon wear off if the lack of ambition goes on. 6/10

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: January 14, 2012)

2012-01-06T16:26:00.003+08:00

LMFAO dominates this week's Billboard Hot 100 as the duo logs a second week at #1 with Sexy and I Know It while their first #1 Party Rock Anthem jumps #9 to #6 thanks to a sales boost the week before. Party Rock Anthem definitely became a staple on various New Year's Eve parties!

Party Rock Anthem also benefited from an airplay spike thanks to year end countdowns on various stations in the US. Other notable 2011 hits that rose on this week's charts are Stereo Hearts (#11-#10), Moves Like Jagger (#12-#11), Pumped Up Kicks (#20-#19), Mr. Know It All (#32-#20), Super Bass (#28-#25), Give Me Everything (#38-#35) and of course Billboard's #1 song of 2011 Rolling in the Deep which rose #35 to #30 this week. Adele's smash hit spends it 52nd week on the chart this week for a one full year chart run.

With 52 weeks, Rolling in the Deep continues to take the crown as the longest staying on the Hot 100. These are the songs next in line in the longevity race:

41 weeks - Party Rock Anthem- LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
40 weeks - Give Me Everything - Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
36 weeks - Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
36 weeks - Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
35 weeks - Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
29 weeks - Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine
28 weeks - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
28 weeks - Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
26 weeks - Someone Like You - Adele

British pop star Jessie J had a great year last topping various charts worldwide (including us here) via her big hit Price Tag. But surprisingly the single didn't do that much in the US and just peaked at #24 on the Hot 100. But looks like 2012 might the breakout year for Jessie J in the US as her current single Domino ascends #25 to #21 this week on its 12th week on the chart. The song is both rising on sales and airplay so the future is bright for this Jessie J. track

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

Billboard Hot 100

01 01 18 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
02 02 15 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
03 03 12 The One That Got Away, Katy Perry
04 04 14 It Will Rain, Bruno Mars
05 06 14 Good Feeling, Flo Rida
06 09 41 Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
07 05 21 Ni**as in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West
08 07 18 Set Fire To The Rain, Adele
09 08 26 Someone Like You, Adele
10 11 29 Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine
11 12 28 Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
12 10 13 Dance (A$$), Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj
13 14 18 Without You, David Guetta Featuring Usher
14 16 12 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
15 18 10 Red Solo Cup, Toby Keith
16 13 14 5 O'Clock, T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
17 17 18 Work Out, J. Cole
18 15 21 Headlines, Drake
19 20 36 Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People
20 32 17 Mr. Know It All, Kelly Clarkson
21 25 12 Domino, Jessie J
22 22 08 You Da One, Rihanna
23 21 07 The Motto, Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
24 23 21 Not Over You, Gavin DeGraw
25 28 36 Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
26 26 14 I Don't Want This Night To End, Luke Bryan
27 27 28 Love You Like A Love Song, Selena Gomez & The Scene
28 29 13 I Like It Like That, Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz
29 31 25 You Make Me Feel..., Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi
30 35 52 Rolling In The Deep, Adele
31 30 02 Safe & Sound, Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars
32 34 21 It Girl, Jason Derulo
33 33 09 International Love, Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown
34 24 12 Make Me Proud, Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj
35 38 40 Give Me Everything, Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
36 37 35 Just A Kiss, Lady Antebellum
37 39 08 Marry The Night, Lady Gaga
38 43 16 Paradise, Coldplay
39 46 25 God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton
40 44 06 Rack City, Tyga
41 41 14 Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne
42 40 15 Tattoos On This Town, Jason Aldean
43 45 08 Ours, Taylor Swift
44 36 20 She Will, Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
45 42 19 Fly, Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna
46 47 09 Blackout, Breathe Carolina
47 51 15 Drink In My Hand, Eric Church
48 50 23 Easy, Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield
49 49 07 Take Care, Drake Featuring Rihanna
50 52 11 A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
51 62 05 Turn Me On, David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj
52 53 14 Keep Me In Mind, Zac Brown Band
53 19 10 Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
54 48 10 Lotus Flower Bomb, Wale Featuring Miguel
55 56 16 Let It Rain, David Nail
56 58 17 All Your Life, The Band Perry
57 59 20 We Owned The Night, Lady Antebellum
58 55 08 The Trouble With Girls, Scotty McCreery
59 60 11 You, Chris Young
60 54 06 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
61 63 20 Brighter Than The Sun, Colbie Caillat
62 66 14 When We Stand Together, Nickelback
63 73 05 Bait A Hook, Justin Moore
64 NE 01 The Champ, Nelly
65 68 05 Wish You Were Here, Avril Lavigne
66 65 13 Party, Beyonce Featuring Andre 3000
67 64 11 Heartbeat, The Fray
68 67 05 Can't Get Enough, J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz
69 70 11 You The Boss, Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj
70 69 02 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
71 71 07 Levels, Avicii
72 57 02 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia
73 79 13 I'm Gonna Love You Through It, Martina McBride
74 77 04 Alone With You, Jake Owen
75 78 08 Rumour Has It, Adele
76 74 05 Mirror, Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars
77 61 02 I Do, Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000
78 84 07 Storm Warning, Hunter Hayes
79 82 08 Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
80 72 06 Blunt Blowin, Lil Wayne
81 80 11 Countdown, Beyonce
82 83 03 Ass Back Home, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch
83 75 07 Donald Trump, Mac Miller
84 90 04 Party On Fifth Ave., Mac Miller
85 92 03 Strip, Chris Brown Featuring Kevin McCall
86 89 07 Love On Top, Beyonce
87 98 05 Camouflage, Brad Paisley
88 95 08 Home, Dierks Bentley
89 96 10 Shake It Out, Florence + The Machine
90 RE 03 T.H.E (The Hardest Ever), will.i.am Featuring Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez
91 97 20 Sail, AWOLNATION
92 RE 08 Reality, Kenny Chesney
93 RE 03 Amen, Edens Edge
94 94 02 Wobble Baby Wobble, V.I.C.
95 RE 03 You Gonna Fly, Keith Urban
96 RE 02 A Woman Like You, Lee Brice
97 85 03 First Of The Year (Equinox), Skrillex
98 NE 01 Play The Guitar, B.o.B Featuring Andre 3000
99 RE 02 Lights, Ellie Goulding
100 93 4 Good Good Night, Roscoe Dash

Midweek Musings 19

2012-01-05T23:44:00.002+08:00

*2012 is finally here. I admit all those "2012 is the end" talk got me a little scared but then again only He knows when it's going to end. And life is beautiful to just live it worrying if the world comes to an end ;)

*I had good time during the holidays. For one, I was able to have a [almost] two-week leave from work because I had many vacation leaves left and I had to use it or else it's going to be forfeited! I spent most of those days at home playing with my nephew. Also went out with my parents and nephew during those days as well. Christmas well spent with my loved ones

* The year is off to a shaky start at work so far. Challenging days ahead not just for me but the company as well. I admit I'm a little worried but hopefully we will all get through this

*On the other hand, my sister canteen business expanded this year as she is now a concessionaire to one big company in Cavite. My parents invested there so it's a family business as well. Thank you Lord for the blessings

*I was at the Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows press screening earlier and tomorrow I'm going to attend Alvin & The Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked's press screening.Thanks a lot Pinoyexchange! I hope to attend more press screenings this year ;) Watch out for my reviews to be posted this weekend hopefully :D

* I was able to read a book (novel) after a long time. I borrowed my officemates's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer during the holidays and woah what a sad book. It has flaws but the main character's arc was just too emotionally and wonderfully written. Hopefully I can write a book review here in my blog (don't be lazy Jec!). I used to read a lot but admittedly the Internet distracted. I will make it a point this year to read more :)

Spotlight: I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz

2012-01-04T23:52:00.000+08:00

Jason Mraz just released his first single from his upcoming album and I must say "I Won't Give Up" is very nice song. I hope it becomes a hit this year. : )

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 66

2012-01-03T23:49:00.000+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey Top-Selling Albums December 19 – 25, 2011

OPM

It’s A Waka-waka Christmas
Various Artist (Ivory Music)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
Christmas In Our Hearts
Jose Mari Chan (Polyeast Records)
Paskong Pinoy Klasiks
Various Artist (Ivory Music)
Smash Christmas
Various Artist (AMII Music)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)
Breathe Again
Jed Madela (Universal Records)
One Heart
Sarah Geronimo (Viva Records)

Overall

Pure… Christmas
Various Artist (Sony Music)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas
Various Artist (Ivory Music)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Christmas
Michael Buble (Warner Music)
Under The Mistletoe
Justin Bieber (MCA Music)
The Hottest Hits… Ever
Various Artist (MCA Music)
Mr. Simple
Super Junior (Universal Records)

Astro Chart: Astrovision/Astroplus' Top Sellers December 19-25,2011

1. Various Artists - Pure... Christmas - Sony Music
2. Adele - Live At The Royal Albert Hall - Warner Music Philippines
3. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe - MCA Music
4. Richard Poon - I'll Be Seeing You (DE) - MCA Music
5. Michael Bublé - Christmas - Warner Music
6. Bamboo - No Water, No Moon - PolyEast Records
7. Various Artists - It's A Waka Waka Christmas - Ivory Music
8. Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour Live - MCA Music
9. Adele - 21 - Warner Music
10. Angeline Quinto - Patuloy Ang Pangarap (Expanded Premium Edition) - Star Records
11. Richard Poon - Christmas With Richard Poon - MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines)
12. Jose Mari Chan - Christmas In Our Hearts - Universal Records
13. Anne Curtis - Annebisyosa - Viva Records
14. Various Artists - Pure... Crooners - Sony Music
15. Jose Mari Chan - Golden Collection - Universal Records Philippines
16. Various Artists - Miracle Of Life - Synergy Music
17. Various Artists - Smash Christmas - Able Music
18. Various Artists - Pure... 80's Dance Party - Sony Music
19. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops And Hooligans - Warner Music Philippines
20. Various Artists - Glee : The Music Christmas Album Volume 2 - SonyMusic

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Chart Recap 179 (Philippine Music Charts)

2012-01-02T23:42:00.001+08:00

Very few radio stations had "regular" countdowns last week because well it was the "year end countdowns" season and MYX re-aired their year end charts as well. So this week we just have a few charts on this and catch up recaps for 99.5 RT and Jam 88.3. Anyway, will just take this opportunity to thank everyone for visiting my blog and the Philippine Music Charts thread at Pinoyexchange. I know my chart recaps are the ones that kept this blog going for the last three years and it actually has inspired me to do more interesting stuff in this blog. This blog will turn 7 next month and I'm really happy it lasted this long. Once again thank you and cheers to the new year!

If you're looking for the year end charts you can check it out here and here. For the last regular chart recap of 2011 (#178) just click here

As always, all these charts are first posted and gathered at Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.

SMALL FAVOR: PLEASE CITE/LINK THIS BLOG OR THE PHILIPPINE MUSIC CHARTS THREAD IF YOU'RE GOING TO POST ANY OF THESE CHARTS ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB.

99.5 RT "RT 30 Countdown"
Dec. 16, 2011

30. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
29. Papa Roach - No Matter What
28. Ajka - Tanong Lang
27. Bamboo - Questions
26. Foster The People - Helena Beat
25. Dan Black - Yours
24. Mutemath - Blood Pressure NE
23. Michelle Branch - Loud Music
22. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
21. Kasmir - Electrified Love
20. Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly
19. Plumb - Drifting
18. Ed Sheeran - Lego House
17. The Low Suns - Never Gonna Care
16. Never The Strangers - Alive
15. Kidda - The Whistler
14. M83 - Midnight City
13. Safetysuit - Get Around This
12. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
11. Pupil - 20/20
10. 311 - Count Me In
9. The Do - Too Insistent
8. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You
7. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
6. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
5. Friendly Fires - Hurting
4. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
3. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
2. Blink 182 - After Midnight
1. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated

December 23, 2011

30. Bamboo - Questions
29. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
28. Ajka - Tanong Lang
27. Foster The People - Helena Beat
26. Hard-Fi - Bring It On HNE
25. Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly
24. Papa Roach - No Matter What
23. Michelle Branch - Loud Music
22. Mutemath - Blood Pressure
21. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
20. Plumb - Drifting
19. Kashmir - Electrified Love
18. The Low Suns - Never Gonna Care
17. Ed Sheeran - Lego House
16. Kidda - The Whistler
15. Safetysuit - Get Around This
14. Never The Strangers - Alive
13. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
12. M83 - Midnight City
11. The Do - Too Insistent
10. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
9. Pupil - 20/20
8. 311 - Count Me In
7. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You
6. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
5. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
4. Friendly Fires - Hurting
3. Blink 182 - After Midnight
2. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
1. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated

December 30, 2011

30. Foster The People - Helena Beat
29. Ajka - Tanong Lang
28. Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly
27. Andy Grammer - Fine By Me HNE
26. Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
25. Papa Roach - No Matter What
24. Hard-Fi - Bring It On
23. Penguin Prison - Don’t Fuss With My Money
22. Michelle Branch - Loud Music
21. Kashmir - Electrified Love
20. The Low Suns - Never Gonna Care
19. Plumb - Drifting
18. The Do - Too Insistent
17. Mutemath - Blood Pressure
16. M83 - Midnight City
15. Ed Sheeran - Lego House
14. Never The Strangers - Alive
13. Kidda - The Whistler
12. 311 - Count Me In
11. Safetysuit - Get Around This
10. Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn
9. Foster The People - I Would Do Anything For You
8. Pupil - 20/20
7. The Naked and Famous - Young Blood
6. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
5. Friendly Fires - Hurting
4. Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
3. Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out
2. Blink 182 - After Midnight
1. The Bloomfields - It’s Complicated

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JAM88.3's HIT LIST
January 2, 2012

1. Coldplay - Paradise
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy Of Roses
3. The Arctic Monkeys - Evil Twin
4. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
5. Florence and The Machine - Shake It Out
6. Said The Whale - Lines
7. The Joy Formidable - Endtapes
8. Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari
9. The Drums - How It Ended
10. Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready
11. The Kills - Baby Says
12. Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are
13. Bastille - Get Home
14. Coldplay - Charlie Brown
15. Dog Is Dead - Hands Down
16. New Found Glory - The Anthem For The Unwanted
17. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun
18. Empire Machines - Sweet Teeth
19. Third Eye Blind - If There Ever Was A Time
20. Cranberries - Tomorrow
21. Four Year Strong - Just Drive
22. Tennis - Origins (new entry)
23. Snow Patrol - New York (new entry)
24. States - Generation
25. The Fray - The Fighter (new entry)

JAM HIT LIST
December 26, 2011

1. Coldplay - Paradise
2. Lines - Said The Whale
3. Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses
5. Arctic Monkeys - Evil Twin
6. Florence and The Machine - Shake It Out
7. The Joy Formidable - Endtapes
8. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
9. The Kills - Baby Says
10. The Drums - How It Ended
11. New Found Glory - Anthem for the Unwanted
12. Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready
13. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun
14. Coldplay - Charlie Brown
15. Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are
16. Dog is Dead - Hands Down (new entry)
17. Bastille - Get Home
18. Simple Plan - Astronaut
19. Cranberries - Tomorrow
20. Third Eye Blind - If There Ever Was A Time
21. Empire Machines - Sweet Teeth (new entry)
22. Four Year Strong - Just Drive (new entry)
23. M83 - Steve McQueen
24. States - Generation
25. Foo Fighters - Arlandria

DROPOUTS
Paper Route - Better Life
Chris Cornell - The Keeper
The Drums - Money

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees [COMPLETE TOP 20]
December 23, 2011

Domino - Jessie J.
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Ako na Lang - Zia
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
Criminal - Britney Spears
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dog and Whiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Sleazy 2.0 - Ke$ha feat Lil Wayne, Whiz Khalifa, T.I and Andre 3000
Marry The Night - Lady GaGa
You Da One - Rihanna
Fight for You - Jason Derulo
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
Princess of China - Coldplay feat Rihanna
If This Was a Movie - Taylor Swift
Heartbreak - The Fray
Without You - David Guetta feat Usher
5 O'Clock - T-Pain feat Whiz Khalifa and Lily Allen
Fly - Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees
December 30, 2011

Domino - Jessie J.
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Sleazy 2.0 - Ke$ha feat Lil Wayne, Whiz Khalifa, T.I and Andre 3000
If This Was a Movie - Taylor Swift
Ako na Lang - Zia
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
Fight for You - Jason Derulo
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Criminal - Britney Spears
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dog and Whiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars
You Da One - Rihanna
Marry The Night - Lady GaGa
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) - will.i.am feat Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez
International Love - Pitbull feat Chris Brown
Princess of China - Coldplay feat Rihanna
Strange Clouds - B.o.B feat Lil Wayne
Mirror - Lil Wayne feat Bruno Mars

Mellow 947 10 Strong Countdown
December 30, 2011

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Domino - Jessie J
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
Criminal - Britney Spears
Push - Avril Lavigne
Heartbeat - The Fray
Houdini - Foster The People

Chart Recap: 2011 Yearend Charts 2

2012-01-01T01:02:00.006+08:00

UPDATE [1:30 PM] : Added Star FM's Year end top 20 countdown and 93.9 iFM's Dose Dosena year end special

And here it goes! Fresh from an all day coverage at Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com. Here are the year end countdowns from various radio stations in Metro Manila. The first part included MYX charts, the OPM yearenders of RX 93.1 and 103.5 Wow FM and 97.1 Brgy LS which you can find here. PLEASE CITE/LINK THIS BLOG OR THE PHILIPPINE MUSIC CHARTS THREAD IF YOU'RE GOING TO POST IT ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB. Thank you!

Star FM Nationwide Year End Top 20 Countdown 2011
January 1, 2012

Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
Porque - Maldita
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat Sa Akin - Angeline Quinto
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull
Patuloy ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto
California King Bed - Rihanna
Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District
Forever Young - Sam Concepcion
Born This Way - Lady GaGa
Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat Lauren Bennet and GoonRock
Run The World - Beyonce
Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Kung Sya ang Mahal - Sarah Geronimo
Marry Me - Train
Firework - Katy Perry

93.9 iFM Dose Dosena Yearend Special
January 1, 2011

Top Songs of each month of 2011

January: Isang Katulad Mo - AJ Tabaldo & Bernie Ann
February: Sino Nga Ba Sya - Sarah Geronimo
March: Dahil Mahal Kita - Jovit Baldivino
April: Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto
May: Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
June: Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
July: The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
August: I'm Already King - Christian Bautista
September: Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
October: Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
November: Saan Darating ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
December: Someone Like You - Adele

Mellow 947 Yearend Top 100 Countdown
Dec. 31, 2011

1. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
2. Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
3. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
4. Marry Me - Train
5. Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
6. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
7. S&M - Rihanna
8. Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene
9. If I Die Young - The Band Perry
10. Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield
11. If You Ever Come Back - The Script
12. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
13. Next To You - Chris Brown feat Justin Bieber
14. Someone Like You - Adele
15. Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
16. Science and Faith - The Script
17. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
18. Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne
19. Domino - Jessie J
20. Super Bass- Nicki Minaj
21. F***in Perfect - Pink
22. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat Lauren Bennet and Goon Rock
23. Nothing - The Script
24. Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
25. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne
26. Born This Way - Lady GaGa
27. E.T - Katy Perry feat Kanye West
28. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon Five
29. Uncharted - Sarah Bareilles
30. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull
31. Telling the World - Taio Cruz
32. Smile - Avril Lavigne
33. The Story of Us - Taylor Swift
34. California King Bed - Rihanna
35. That Should Be Me - Justin Bieber feat Rascal Flatts
36. Pretty Girl Rock - Keri Hilson
37. The Edge of Glory - Lady GaGa
38. Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
39. I Wanna Go - Britney Spears
40. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce
41. Just Can't Get Enough - The Beginning
42. Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa
43. I'm Into You - Jennifer Lopez feat Lil Wayne
44. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars
45. Delivery Boys - Somedaydream
46. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat Adam Levine
47. You and I - Lady GaGa
48. How to Love - Lil Wayne
49. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
50. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift
51. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
52. Rumour Has It - Adele
53. It Girl - Jason DeRulo
54. This City - Patrick Stump feat Lupe Fiasco
55. Without You - David Guetta feat Usher
56. Cryin' Over You - Nightcrawlers feat Taio Cruz
57. Loud Music - Michelle Branch
58. 5 O'Clock - T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen
59. Ako na Lang - Zia
60. Criminal - Britney Spears
61. We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
62. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Coldplay
63. Fly - Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna
64. Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
65. Your Love - Marie Digby
66. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
67. Promises, Promises - Incubus
68. Marry You - Bruno Mars
69. Don't Stop the Party - Black Eyed Peas
70. Love The Way You Lie Part II - Rihanna
71. Run The World (Girls) - Beyonce
72. Monster - Paramore
73. Love, Love, Love - Hope feat Jason Mraz
74. Who's That Girl - Guy Sebastian feat Eve
75. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze
76. The Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco
77. Save Me San Francisco - Train
78. Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears
79. Hangover - Taio Cruz feat Flo Rida
80. Your Love - Nicki Minaj
81. Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
82. Brighter Than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
83. Disaster - JoJo
84. Ready to Go - Panic! At The Disco
85. Glad You Came - The Wanted
86. Pretty Girls - Iyaz feat Travie McCoy
87. Kickstarts - Example
88. Cheers - Rihanna
89. Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
90. Roll Up - Wiz Khalifa
91. You Make Me Feel Good - Cobra Starship feat Sabi
92. Louder - Charice
93. Papi - Jennifer Lopez
94. Paradise - Coldplay
95. Collide - Leona Lewis
96. What You Want - Evanescence
97. Cupid - Lloyd
98. Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
99. Houdini - Foster The People
100. Push - Avril Lavigne

Wave 89.1 "89 + 1" Soul Review Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011

1. Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
2. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
3. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat Lauren Bennet and GoonRock
4. Look at Me Now - Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil' Wayne
5. Starship - Jackie Boyz
6. Headlines - Drake
7. Cupid - Lloyd feat. Awesome Jones
8. Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj feat Drake
9. Click Clack Away - Diggy Simmons feat. Bruno Mars
10. Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloy
11. Roll Up - Wiz Khalifa
12. Fall 5.0 - Brian McKnig
13. Kiss (Never Let Me Go) - Yumi feat. Thyro
14. Down on Me - Jeremih feat. 50 Cent
15. Out of My Head - Lupe Fiasco feat. Trey Songz
16. Far Away - Tyga feat. Chris Richardson
17. Fascinated - Freesol feat. Justin Timberlake
18. Where Them Girls At - David Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj
19. Boomerang - DJ Felli Fel feat. Akon, Pitbull and Jermaine Dupri
20. Dance (A$$) - Big Sean
21. We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
22. Hangover - Taio Cruz feat Flo Rida
23. One in a Million (remix) - Ne-Yo feat. Jermaine Dupri
24. Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a Time) - T-Pain feat. Joe Galaxy
25. Coming Home - Diddy Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey
26. How to Love - Lil Wayne
27. I'm Ready for You - Drake
28. Pretty Girls - Iyaz feat Travie McCoy
29. Good Life (remix) - One Republic feat B.o.B
30. Fly - Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna
31. Bow Chicka Wow Wow - Mike Posner feat. Lil' Wayne
32. E.T - Katy Perry feat Kanye West
33. It Girl - Jason DeRulo
34. Drink - Lil Jon feat LMFAO
35. Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars
36. Things We Do - Play-N-Skillz feat Snoop Dog
37. Better With The Lights Off - New Boyz feat Chris Brown
38. Good Feeling - Flo Rida
39. In The Dark (remix) - Dev feat Kanye West
40. Drop Down - Akon feat Ludacris
41. Last Friday Night (remix) - Katy Perry feat Missy Eliott
42. Love Suicide - Tinie Tempah feat. Ester Dean
43. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars
44. 6 Foot 7 Foot - Lil' Wayne feat. Corey Gunz
45. 5 o'Clock - T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen
46. Home - Jay Sean
47. Castle Walls - T.I. feat. Christina Aguilera
48. Cheers (Drink to That) - Rihanna
49. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger
50. She Goes On - Play-N-Skillz
51. She Ain't You - Chris Brown
52. Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
53. Boom - Snoop Dogg feat. T-Pain
54. Next 2 You - Chris Brown
55. Nature of the World - will.i.am feat. Justin Timberlake
56. I Want You - Cee Lo Green
57. Somebody Loves You Back - Tyrese
58. Ass back Home - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
59. All of the Lights (remix) - Kanye West feat. Lil' Wayne, Big Sean and Drake
60. Lonely Again - Ne-Yo
61. Memory - Jackie Boyz feat. Christina Millan
62. Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
63. Best Love Song - T-Pain feat. Chris Brown
64. Boo Thang - Verse Simmonds feat. Kelly Rowland
65. Do Ya Thing - Rihanna
66. This Sunday - Blaze N Kane feat Pow Chavez
67. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas
68. California King Bed - Rihanna
69. Up! - Loverance feat. Iamsu! and Skipper
70. Work Out - J. Cole
71. The Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco
72. Perfect Party - Naughty by Nature feat. Joe
73. Party - Beyonce feat. Kanye West and Andre 3000
74. Mirror - Lil Wayne feat Bruno Mars
75. Fireball - Willow feat Nicki Minaj
76. Right There - Nicole Scherzinger feat. 50 Cent
77. Cat Daddy - The Rej3ctz
78. Fighting Timezones - Sam Hook
79. Lose Control - Keri Hilson feat. Nelly
80. Jump Off - Git Fresh
81. I'm on One - DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne
82. Birthday Dress - Lil' Playy feat. Matthew Koma
83. No Girlfriend - Git Fresh
84. - missed out -
85. We Don't Get Down like Y'all - T.I. feat. B.o.B
86. I'm into You - Jennifer Lopez feat. Lil' Wayne
87. City Nights - Mistah F.A.B. feat. T-Pain
88. No Hands - Waka Flocka Flame feat. Roscoe Dash and Wale
89. Anything to Find You - Monica feat. Rick Ross
90. (+1) Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream

Thanks erzo

107.5 Win Radio 2011 Top 20 Countdown
Dec. 31, 2011

Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
Dahil Mahal Kita - Jovit Baldivino
Sino Nga Ba Sya? - Sarah Geronimo
On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull
Tambay - Sponge Cola
The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
Gisingin ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
Gawin Langit ang Mundo - Siakol
God Gave Me You - Bryan White
Panaginip - Noel Cabangon
Who's That Girl - Guy Sebastian feat Eve
DJ Got Us Fallin in Love - Usher feat Pitbull
Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District
One Hit Combo - Parokya ni Edgar feat Gloc 9
Ika'y Mahal Pa Rin - Jovit Baldivino
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera

The RT 99.5 Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011

1. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
2. Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
3. Someone Like You - Adele
4. Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield
5. Marry Me - Train
6. Smile - Avril Lavigne
7. The Last Goodbye - David Cook
8. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
9. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Coldplay
10. Beautiful Morning - Don Broc
11. Monster - Paramore
12. Young Blood - Naked and Famous
13. Loud Music - Michelle Branch
14. If You Ever Come Back - The Script
15. Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute
16. Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind) - Panic! at the Disco
17. 20/20 - Pupil
18. Walk - Foo Fighters
19. Alligator Sky - Owl City f/ Shawn Chrystopher
20. Say You Like Me - We the Kings
21. Bad - The Cab
22. Domino - Jessie J
23. Never Gonna Care - The Low Suns
24. E.T. - Katy Perry
25. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5
26. It's Complicated - The Bloomfields
27. I Would Do Anything for You - Foster the People
28. Science and Faith - The Script
29. Next to Me - Civil Twilight
30. Sex on the Radio - Good Charlotte
31. Good Life - OneRepublic
32. You Are a Tourist - Death Cab for Cutie
33. The Way It Goes - The Click Five
34. The Ballad of Mona Lisa - Panic! at the Disco
35. Tonight, Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae
36. Falling in Love - Matt White
37. Promises, Promises - Incubus
38. If I Die Young - The Band Perry
39. After Midnight - Blink 182
40. Shake It Out - Florence + the Machine
41. Ghost of Days Gone By - Alter Bridge
42. For You, and Your Denial - Yellowcard
43. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner
44. Your Surrender - Neon Trees
45. Pera Pera - Sandwich
46. All Signs Point to Lauderdale - A Day to Remember
47. Serotonin - Mystery Jets
48. Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
49. Every Time You Go - 3 Doors Down
50. Shine a Light - McFly f/ Taio Cruz
51. Iridescent - Linkin Park
52. I Do - Colbie Caillat
53. Aberdeen - Cage the Elephant
54. Lowlife - Theory of a Deadman
55. (It) Feels So Good - Steven Tyler
56. Not Over You - Gavin Degraw
57. I Can't Wait - Runner Runner
58. A-Team - Ed Sheeran
59. Angel Eyes - Taxicab Racers
60. Brighter Than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
61. Time For You To Stand Up! - Twin Atlantic
62. Love How it Hurts - Scouting for Girls
63. Blackout - Breathe Carolina
64. Music - Dirty J
65. What You Want - Evanescence
66. Blood Pressure - Mutemath
67. Fade Into Me - David Cook
68. Every Love That Ever Was - Home Video
69. Get Around This - Safetysuit
70. Hurting - Friendly Fires
71. Little White Doves - Dirty Vegas
72. Helena Beat - Foster The People
74. Midnight City - M83
74. Money - The Drums
75. Lego House - Ed Sheeran
76. Adolescents - Incubus
77. Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
78. Effect Desired None - Imago
79. Tanong Lang - AJKA
80. Hello - The Freshmen
81. Yours - Dan Black
82. Starlife - Yellow Wire
83. Still Life - The Horrors
84. Up All Night - Blink 182
85. Room at The End of the World - Matt Nathanson
86. This City by Patrick Stump - Lupe Fiasco
87. Alive - Never The Strangers
88. Not Your Birthday - All Star Weekend
89. Bet You Wish You Had Me Back - Halestorm
90. No Matter What - Papa Roach
91. Heartbeat - The Fray
92. White Knuckles - OK Go
93. Don't Fuss with My Money - Penguin Prison
94. Sun of a Gun - Oh! Land
95. Meron Ba - Kjwan
96. Hearts on Fire - Scars on 45
97. Undercover Martyn - Two Door Cinema Club with
98. Climbing Talk - Strange Talk
99. The Whistler -Kidda
99.5 Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream

97.9 Home Radio Easy 20 Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011

Someone Like You - Adele
Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
California King Bed by Rihanna
Next To You - Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber
Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce
Science and Faith - The Script
Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Marry Me - Train
Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
Love, Love, Love - Hope feat Jason Mraz
Arms - Christina Perri
Terrified - Katherine McPhee feat. Zachary Levi
Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
Like My Mother Does - Lauren Alaina
A Thousand Years -Christina Perri
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis

Magic 89.9'sTop 30 Year-End Countdown

30. Tambay - Spongecola
29. Ako Na Lang - Zia Quizon
28. That Should Be Me - Justin Bieber feat Rascal Flatts
27. Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene
26. Otis -Jay-Z and Kanye West
25. Iridescent - Linkin Park
24. How to Love -Lil' Wayne
23. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine of Maroon 5
22. Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
21. Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
20. Bass Down Low - Dev feat The Cataracs
19. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
18. Telling the World - Taio Cruz
17. Till the World Ends - Britney Spears
16. Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
15. All of the Lights - Kanye West feat Rihanna and Kid Cudi
14. If You Ever Come Back - The Script
13. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
12. Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa
11. California King Bed - Rihanna
10. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars
9. Marry Me - Train
8. Monster - Paramore
7. Give Me Everything Tonight - Pitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
6. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
5. Marry You - Bruno Mars
4. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
3. Supers Bass - Nicki Minaj
2. Born This Way - Lady GaGa
1. Firework - Katy Perry

106.7 Enery FM This is Hit: Yearend Top 20 Countdown
December 31, 2011

1. Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat Sa Akin - Angeline Quinto
2. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
3. Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District
4. God Gave Me You - Bryan White
5. Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
6. Firework - Katy Perry
7. Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
8. Sino Nga Ba Sya - Sarah Geronimo
9. Dahil Mahal Kita - Jovit Baldivino
10. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
11. Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
12. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
13. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
14. Porque - Maldita
15. Patuloy ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto
16. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat Lauren Bennet and GoonRock
17. Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
18. Pusong Bato - Dala Mars
19. Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano
20. Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy

RX 93.1 Yearend Top 20 Countdown and the Wannabes
December 31, 2011

1. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
2. Nothing - The Script
3. Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
4. Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield
5. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
6. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars
7. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
8. F***in Perfect - P!nk
9. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift
10. Falling Stars - David Archuleta
11. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
12. Next to You - Chris Brown Ft. Justin Bieber
13. Domino - Jessie J
14. Ako Na Lang - Zia
15. Elevator - David Archuleta
16. California King Bed - Rihanna
17. Someone Like You - Adele
18. Science and Faith - The Script
19. If I Die Young - The Band Perry
20. Marry You - Bruno Mars
21. Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
22. Delivery Boys - Somedaydream
23. Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne
24. Alligator Sky - Owl City
25. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
26. Firework - Katy Perry
27. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine
28. Grenade - Bruno Mars
29. Everything and More - David Archuleta
30. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
31. Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
32. Iridescent - Linkin Park
33. Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder
34. Fly - Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna
35. Back To December - Taylor Swift
36. Price Tag - Jessie J feat. B.o.B.
37. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
38. If You Ever Came Back - The Script
39. E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
40. Sleep Walker - Adam Lambert

103.5 Wow FM Labas Dila! Yearend Top 20 Countdown
December 31, 2011

1. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
2. Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District
3. Jeepney Love Story feat Yeng Constantino
4. Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
5. Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
6. Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
7. Waka Waka - Shakira
8. Gaano Kita Kamahal - Itchyworms
9. Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
10. Tantaran Chuchuruchuru - Willie Revillame
11. Wow May Ganun - Mr. Fu
12. Porque - Maldita
13. Born This Way - Lady GaGa
14. Shembot - Eat Bulaga Dabarkads
15. Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
16. Dahil Mahal Kita - Jovit Baldivino
17. Marry You - Bruno Mars
18. Tambay - Sponge Cola
19. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
20. Firework - Katy Perry

Tambayan 101.1 9's Tambayan Top 10 Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011

Patuloy ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto
Porque - Maldita
Bumuhos Man Ang Ulan - Jericho Rosales
Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
Mula Sa Puso - Jovit Baldivino
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat sa Akin - Angeline Quinto
Price Tag - Jessie J. feat B.o.B
Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District

Thank You 2011

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000+08:00

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2011 definitely was a big year for me. I learned a lot of about work, family and life in general this year. Damn, I'm already 24 years old! Sometimes you just don't notice that time flies, seriously! Thank you God for all the challenges and the blessings this year. Whew! You really tested me this year, eh? I appreciate it a lot :)

Goodbye 2011! Thank you, I will never forget this year ;)

List Tracker

2011-12-31T14:20:00.004+08:00

Right now the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange is covering the various yearend countdowns in Metro Manila radio stations. As I type this we're currently listing the charts of Mellow 947 (Top 100) and Wave 89. 1(Top 90) Check out the thread for live updates! I will post the results of all the charts gathered first thing next year ;)

Here's the schedule of the Year end charts of various Mega Manila FM stations:

Wave 89.1
"89+ 1" Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011
12 noon - 11PM

Magic 89.9

Magic Top 30 Yearend Countdown
December 31 (9PM-12MN)

RX 93.1

RX 93.1 Yearend Top 20 Countdown
Dec. 31, 2011 (10pm-12 midnight)

Mellow 947
Yearend Top 100 Countdown
December 31, 2011
12 noon - 12 midnight
January 1, 2012 (replay)
6 am - 6 pm

97.9 Home Radio
Easy 20 Yearend Countdown
Dec. 31, 2011 (7-9pm)
Jan. 1, 2012 (Replay 12-2pm)

Tambayan 101.9
Tambayan Top Songs of the Year
December 31, 2011
11 am - 1 pm

102.7 Star FM
Nationwide Yearend Top 20 Countdown
January 1, 2012
11 am - 1 pm

106.7 Energy FM
This is Hit!: The Top 20 Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011
9pm-11pm

107.5 Win Radio
Top 20 Yearend Countdown
December 31, 2011
3-5 PM
January 1, 2012 (replay)
11 am - 1 PM

Yearend charts of MYX, RX 93.1 [OPM], 103.5 Wow FM and 97.1 Brgy LS are posted here

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Please check out my various Year in Review posts as well :)

My Hot 100 for 2011

2011-12-30T21:51:00.004+08:00

My favorite songs for 2011

Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Rumour Has It - Adele
Falling In - Lifehouse
The Cave - Mumford and Sons
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
20 / 20 - Pupil
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Price Tag - Jessie J feat B.o.B
Someone Like You - Adele
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
California King Bed - Rihanna
[F***in] Perfect - Pink
You Make Me Feel Good - Cobra Starship feat Sabi
Life's a Happy Song - The Muppets Cast
Sing - My Chemical Romance
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
All of the Lights - Kanye West feat Rihanna
Give Me Everything Tonight - Pitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
Porque - Maldita
Marry Me - Train
Nothing - The Script
Sound of Fire - This Century
Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
Iridescent - Linkin Park
You and I - Lady GaGa
Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat Sa Akin - Angeline Quinto
Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
I Won't Let You Go - James Morrison
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj feat Ester Dean
S&M (remix) - Rihanna feat Britney Spears
I Need A Doctor - Dr. Dre feat Eminem and Skylar Grey
Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder
Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield
Ako na Lang - Zia
Don't Let Me Go - The Click Five
Hello - Martin Solveig and Dragonette
Arms - Christina Perri
Helena Beat - Foster The People
Always - Switchfoot
Mahal Kita (Di Mo Pansin) - Kyla
Tambay - Sponge Cola
Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon Five
Kahit Di Mo Sabihin - Juris
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Promises, Promises - Incubus
The Story of Us - Taylor Swift
Sino Nga Ba Sya - Sarah Geronimo
If You Ever Come Back - The Script
Back Seat - New Boyz Featuring The Cataracs & Dev
Grenade - Bruno Mars
Lighters - Bad Meets Evil feat Bruno Mars
Domino - Jessie J
Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce
Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat Adam Levine
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
5 O'Clock - T-Pain feat Lily Allen and Whiz Khalifa
Teach Me How to Dougie - Cali Swag District
Science and Faith - The Script
Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas
Linda Blair - Tanya Markova
Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano
Waiting For The End - Linkin Park
Lonely Boy - Black Keys
Wag Na - Yeng Constantino
The Edge of Glory- Lady GaGa
Mean - Taylor Swift
Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne
Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Forget About It - All Time Low
E.T - Katy Perry feat Kanye West
Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene
TNT - Pupil
Don't Tie Me Down - Kyla
On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto
Boomerang -Akon, Pitbull and Jermaine Dupri
Cheers - Rihanna
Muli - Ebe Dancel
Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
Uncharted - Sarah Bareilles
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean feat Kelly Clarkson
Halik - Kamikazee
Firework - Katy Perry
Your Love - Marie Digby
Telling the World - Taio Cruz
One Hit Combo - Parokya ni Edgar feat Gloc 9
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
Shake it Out - Florence + The Machine
Questions - Bamboo
Coming Home - Diddy Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey
Up All Night - Blink 182
Gigil - Sheng Belmonte
Criminal - Britney Spears

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My Hot 100 for 2010
My Hot 100 for 2009
My Hot 100 for 2008
My Hot 100 for 2007

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: January 7, 2012)

2011-12-30T21:32:00.003+08:00

For the first Billboard Hot 100 chart issued for 2012, LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It finally dethrones Rihanna's We Found Love after an eight-week run on top. Sexy and I Know It held the #2 spot for 7 consecutive weeks. This is LMFAO's 2nd Hot 100 #1 following the smash hit Party Rock Anthem which returns to the top 10 this week jumping to #15 to #9 due to the an increase in download sales this week. It's not surprise that this song enjoyed a sales spike this song as this will definitely be blasting on New Year's eve parties tomorrow.

Katy Perry's The One That Got Away climbs #5 to #3, just two notches away on landing a historic 6th #1 for the same album. Will she be able to do it? It will be tougher as it seems as Sexy and I Know It and We Found Love are both too strong for Katy's track to overcome. But let's wait and see

Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaboration Ni*** in Paris is up #6 to #5 landing the former his 11th Top 5 hit and the former his 10th top 5 hit.

Adele lands her 3rd straight top 10 hit as Set Fire to the Rain climbs #13 to #7 this week. One notch below is her 2nd #1 Someone Like You at #8. And her first #1, Billboard Hot 100's #1 song for 2011, Rolling in the Deep climbs #41 to #35 this week on its 51st week on the chart. The song is the longest staying song on the chart.

This week's top debut comes from Taylor Swift and folk duo The Civil Wars Safe & Sound. The track comes from the OST of the movie adaptation of "The Hunger Games" which will be shown in the US March 2012.

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

1 2 17 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
2 1 14 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
3 5 11 The One That Got Away, Katy Perry
4 3 13 It Will Rain, Bruno Mars
5 6 20 Ni**as in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West
6 4 13 Good Feeling, Flo Rida
7 13 17 Set Fire To The Rain, Adele
8 7 25 Someone Like You, Adele
9 15 40 Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
10 12 12 Dance (A$$), Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj
11 11 28 Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine
12 9 27 Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
13 10 13 5 O'Clock, T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
14 8 17 Without You, David Guetta Featuring Usher
15 16 20 Headlines, Drake
16 18 11 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
17 14 17 Work Out, J. Cole
18 17 9 Red Solo Cup, Toby Keith
19 32 9 Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
20 19 35 Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People
21 29 6 The Motto, Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
22 25 7 You Da One, Rihanna
23 22 20 Not Over You, Gavin DeGraw
24 24 11 Make Me Proud, Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj
25 28 11 Domino, Jessie J
26 23 13 I Don't Want This Night To End, Luke Bryan
27 26 27 Love You Like A Love Song, Selena Gomez & The Scene
28 34 35 Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
29 44 12 I Like It Like That, Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz
30 NEW 1 Safe & Sound, Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars
31 20 24 You Make Me Feel..., Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi
32 21 16 Mr. Know It All, Kelly Clarkson
33 30 8 International Love, Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown
34 54 20 It Girl, Jason Derulo
35 41 51 Rolling In The Deep, Adele
36 35 19 She Will, Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
37 31 34 Just A Kiss, Lady Antebellum
38 27 39 Give Me Everything, Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
39 33 7 Marry The Night, Lady Gaga
40 42 14 Tattoos On This Town, Jason Aldean
41 55 13 Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne
42 46 18 Fly, Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna
43 39 15 Paradise, Coldplay
44 56 5 Rack City, Tyga
45 47 7 Ours, Taylor Swift
46 48 24 God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton
47 49 8 Blackout, Breathe Carolina
48 38 9 Lotus Flower Bomb, Wale Featuring Miguel
49 58 6 Take Care, Drake Featuring Rihanna
50 43 22 Easy, Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield
51 45 14 Drink In My Hand, Eric Church
52 60 10 A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
53 36 13 Keep Me In Mind, Zac Brown Band
54 61 5 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
55 84 7 The Trouble With Girls, Scotty McCreery
56 51 15 Let It Rain, David Nail
57 NEW 1 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia
58 53 16 All Your Life, The Band Perry
59 50 19 We Owned The Night, Lady Antebellum
60 52 10 You, Chris Young
61 NEW 1 I Do, Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000
62 68 4 Turn Me On, David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj
63 64 19 Brighter Than The Sun, Colbie Caillat
64 63 10 Heartbeat, The Fray
65 57 12 Party, Beyonce Featuring Andre 3000
66 66 13 When We Stand Together, Nickelback
67 65 4 Can't Get Enough, J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz
68 80 4 Wish You Were Here, Avril Lavigne
69 NEW 1 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
70 67 10 You The Boss, Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj
71 77 6 Levels, Avicii
72 RE-ENTRY 5 Blunt Blowin, Lil Wayne
73 83 4 Bait A Hook, Justin Moore
74 RE-ENTRY 4 Mirror, Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars
75 RE-ENTRY 6 Donald Trump, Mac Miller
76 NEW 1 Better Than I Know Myself, Adam Lambert
77 72 3 Alone With You, Jake Owen
78 RE-ENTRY 7 Rumour Has It, Adele
79 71 12 I'm Gonna Love You Through It, Martina McBride
80 91 10 Countdown, Beyonce
81 NEW 1 Stupid Hoe, Nicki Minaj
82 69 7 Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
83 100 2 Ass Back Home, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch
84 85 6 Storm Warning, Hunter Hayes
85 RE-ENTRY 2 First Of The Year (Equinox), Skrillex
86 RE-ENTRY 2 Drummer Boy, Justin Bieber Featuring Busta Rhymes
87 87 20 Nothing, The Script
88 NEW 1 Knock Knock, Mac Miller
89 94 6 Love On Top, Beyonce
90 RE-ENTRY 3 Party On Fifth Ave., Mac Miller
91 70 20 Baggage Claim, Miranda Lambert
92 RE-ENTRY 2 Strip, Chris Brown Featuring Kevin McCall
93 98 3 Good Good Night, Roscoe Dash
94 NEW 1 Wobble Baby Wobble, V.I.C.
95 74 7 Home, Dierks Bentley
96 82 9 Shake It Out, Florence + The Machine
97 89 19 Sail, AWOLNATION
98 88 4 Camouflage, Brad Paisley
99 73 17 That Way, Wale Featuring Jeremih & Rick Ross
100 59 3 We Are Young, Glee Cast

Year in Review: Three Thoughts on Pop Music

2011-12-30T08:30:00.000+08:00

1. Adele definitely is the biggest star this year. I personally never thought she would break out this big in the US this year. Her sophomore set "21" already sold 5.6 mil copies this year! For the 44 weeks she charted on the Billboard 200 she only left the top 5 once (#7 and it happened during a busy holiday week when there are several new albums were released). And the singles! Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You topped the Hot 100 for 7 weeks and 5 weeks, respectively. And those type of songs don't usually even make it to the top 20 of the chart. She topped both the yearend charts of US (for Rolling in the Deep) and UK (for Someone Like You). Adele is definitely a refreshing change in the pop music charts this year. I hope she sweeps in the Grammy Awards next year. Predictable, yes but well-deserved

2. CD sales continue to go down unfortunately. Locally, just looke at record bars Astrovision and Odyssey, the section for the music CD sales shrink further more this year. The only ones selling right now are adult contemporary leaning albums, compilation revival albums, Kpop albums (but only in the first two weeks, they are extremely front loaded) and acts with regular TV exposure. Bands don't sell that well anymore. The digital means through selling music is still not polished here while it's exploding elsewhere. I wonder when it will become a thing here.

3. This year the teams of the major pop stars are strategizing to make the charts to favor them and set records. Discounts and remixes are some of the things they do advance on the chart. Nothing wrong it because they are not breaking any rule at all and those strategies wont work if there's no demand for the artist in the first place. But still, it feels like when they reached the top, it feels a little awkward because they have to resort to such tactics to achieve their goal. I think success feels more earned if it happened the natural way. Just sayin'

Year in Review: Expressions of the Year

2011-12-29T22:13:00.008+08:00

This blog entry was inspired from a GMA news online article. These are the words /phrases that became part of the conversation of most Filipinos. Most of the times these expressions are used in a joking manner but one things for sure they have become an essential part for bonding with your friends and loved ones. Here the expressions that mattered this year

~~5. Award!~~
- This is gay lingo that was even made more famous by the box office hit Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington, It is often used to express delight or approval for something.

"Does this dress look good on me" "Award siya 'te"

5. Wagas

- Wagas in english describes something that is pure. This word is often used to exaggerate an opinion about someone's performance or preoccupation on something.

"Kung maka-gamit ka ng pabango, wagas! Maligo ka kasi ng maayos!"

4. Havey/ Waley

- A play on words "have" and "wala". First heard these words used in the talent show Showtime. When a performance impresed the judges they would say it's 'have" because they "have it" but if the performance disappoints or the attempt to make a standout performance fails they'll describe it as "waley" because "walang dating" (no impact). These words are now used to comment on anythingn and everything.

"Yung mga projects na pino-propise niya waley naman eh dapat nakinig siya sa suggestion ng iba na havey na havey"

3. Peg

- I don't know if this gay lingo but I first heard the use of peg at work (a media production company) when we brainstorm on projects and we use the word "peg" to describe someone or something that we would like to pattern our current project is. Now the word peg has been used to describe the inspiration of someone's look or actions.

"Wagas ka naman kung iyakan yang ex-boyfriend mo, KC Concepcion ang peg mo?"

2. Ikaw Na!

- Thanks to JP for reminding me of this and how stupid of me to forget about this! This is even have an english version via "you already!". "Ikaw na!" expresses extreme compliment to someone usually in a sarcastic tone.

"Ikaw na ang model employee! Tama na ang pag-over time dyan!"

1. "Kapag ______ ba _______ na agad? Hindi ba pwedeng _________ muna?"

This joke was made famous via the box office hit Praybeyt Benjamin. You will first make comment on something that is stereotypical but then you have a punch line in the end.

"Kapag kinukulit ka ba may crush na sa iyo agad? Hindi ba pwedeng may ADHD lang siya muna?

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Check out my other Year in Review posts;
Top 20 Movies
US Networks Scorecard
Ten Thoughts on Local TV

Year In Review: My Top 20 Favorite Movies

2011-12-28T18:45:00.007+08:00

I watched a lot of movies this year in the theaters. I saw around 50+ movies this year, up sharply when I just watched 8 movies last year. I used to wait for movies on DVD (or some other means ;) and I just cherrypick what movies to watch in the cinemas. Not the case this year. I guess when I got the gig of writing movie reviews for Pinoyexchange this year, it renewed my love for watching movies in the theaters. It really is different watching movies on the big screen especially if there's a good crowd watching with you. Communal experience at its finest. And also I went through a tough time at work early this year and I wanted to have an escape before going home so I went to watch movies until it became a habit. It's a bit costly but I don't care because I had a good time. I love stories. To be specific, I love well-told stories regardless of genre. I admit my taste in movies is more mainstream and commercial but I'm slowly expanding my horizons. I even watched Cinemalaya and Spanish Film Festivals this year which is a great experience. My interest with box office also escalated to the point that it was already on par with my fondness for music charts and TV programming! I love analyzing what movies the audience like or rejected. It fascinates me. Anyway, because of my stronger passion for movies this year I decided to make a top 20 list of movies that I loved this year. There is an entry in my top 20 that is actually a 2010 title but it was only released here this year so I counted it as a 2011 title for me. It was tough narrowing the list to 10 especially that it's an overall list including both foreign and local titles so I decided to screw the convention and expand my list to 20. There are some movies that was shown here that I really wanted to watch but wasn't able to (Arthur Christmas) and some 2011 movies that I was looking forward to see but their release dates was moved to next year (Moneyball, The Ides of March, Footloose remake) and a lot of movies I'm interested with will not be shown here until next year (The Muppets, We Bought a Zoo, War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) so my list will be just limited to movies I saw in theaters or 2011 titles I saw through other mediums. Anyway, the following 20 movies made the cut because these are the ones that I enjoyed one way or another, some admittedly have flaws but the good stuff outweighed whatever weak points it had.

20. The Beaver
- A flawed but fascinating and disturbing look inside the mind of a depressed man. Mel Gibson's personal troubles might be a factor for his performance but it was fantastic turn for the disgraced actor.

19. Hanna
- The music score is one of the best this year and Saoirse Ronan continues to deliver roles beyond her age and she totally kicked ass in this movie. Cate Blanchett was an effective villain as well.

18. Won't Last a Day Without You
- The best local commercial movie this year thanks to solid direction, a sensible script and great cast chemistry. It's the movie that earn its "kilig" moments.

17. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
- One of the most enjoyable flicks this year. The Burj Khalifa action sequence is worth the ticket price alone. I like the fact that it proves that you don't need to resort to 3D gimmick to deliver "wow" scenes.

16. Bridesmaids
- I watched this recently via DVD a couple of days ago and it lived up to the hype. An R-rated comedy that unlike other similarly rated comedies this year did not abuse the freedom of the rating to just deliver raunchy jokes without substance at all. Great character development and terrific performances from the ensemble makes this one of the best comedies this year.

15. Super 8
- The coming of age story part of the story was very effective and features standout performances from Elle Fanning and Joel Courtney. I love the old school vibe this movie had.

14. Kung Fu Panda 2
- Of the three animated sequels that came out this year, this is by far the strongest and the one who didn't lose the charm of the original and even delivered a story that's funny, focused and heartwarming at the same time.

13. Amok
- An underrated Cinemalaya movie this year and while the story is thin, the excellent direction makes up for it as it features one well-executed rampage scene that features a lot of crowd but the direction was flawless.

12. Niño
- Another underrated Cinemalaya gem this year. The film started a little slow but picked up as it progresses. It was family drama that didn't resort to theatrics and focused on developing rich characters with broken souls. Towards the end of the movie it delivers a "musical sequence" that gave me goosebumps.

11. Real Steel
- This movie was criticized for being cheesy but you know what for me its sentimental story done right. It's one of the best father-son stories because they carefully fleshed out the characters to make you understand them more and you will actually witness as the bond is starting to grow. And oh the robot boxing matches were well executed and exciting to watch. People were cheering in the theaters during the climactic final boxing match. That's how effective the movie was for making the people care for the characters.

10. Contagion
A star studded movie that didn't let the fact that it has many big stars in the ensemble overwhelm the film. It painted a subtle but very frightening picture of a world in jeopardy.

9. Rango
- A western-inspired animated movie about a lizard with an existential crisis. Sounds crazy right? But Rango was able to pull off this one of a kind movie with intertwining themes. It's not really child-friendly per se but definitely one of the standout and unique animated movies released commercially.

8. X-Men: First Class
- A prequel/reboot that successful takes the franchise to a compelling fresh start. This movie proves that superhero blockbusters don't have to be all about special effect as this movie's strong point is the character development and interaction. You would actually care for the heroes and anti-heroes because they are not one dimensional.

7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Another prequel/reboot that told a well-crafted origin story that pays honor to the original while making a mark on its own. Features a mesmerizing performance from Andy Serkis in performance capture where you could feel the emotion the character who can not speak at all.

6. Amigo
- An American movie set in the Philippines that was released for a week here in July which unfortunately people barely noticed at all. It dealt with the little known Philippine-American war and handled the story with such poignancy that you can't help but think about it after the credits start to roll in.

5. Tangled
- This is a 2010 movie that was only released here last February. This movie successfully balanced the old school Disney vibe and the new generation CGI animated films. Simply magical that features well-rounded characters, Tangled is a welcome addition to the Disney classics.

4. Ang Babae sa Septic Tank
- Perhaps the most successful Cinemalaya film of all time as it was able to crossover to the mainstream audience. A very good satire of misguided Philippine independent filmmaking in the industry, while it tends to be self indulgent at time you just can't help but be impressed with the audacity of the filmmakers to point out their peers' pitfalls in such a funny yet effective approach.

3. Crazy, Stupid, Love
- One of the best romantic comedies I've seen in a long time. It has a mature love story at the center and surrounded by subplots that work at the same time. Powered by a strong ensemble led by the terrific Steve Carell, this movie proves that romantic comedies can be more than just about the characters getting together in the end and living happily ever after.

2. Warrior
- I failed to see this movie when it was shown briefly in the theaters and I was glad I was able to see this movie via DVD because it is one of the most powerful movies I've seen of all time. At first glance, you might think this is your typical guy movie because the story is set in the world of Mixed Martial Arts but this is more than just a sports or action movie. While the MMA fight scenes are expertly directed and executed, the movie is more about people who are broken inside who tries their best to make fix themselves but it's not as easy as it seems. Thanks to excellent performances from Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte and Joel Edgerton the film's message was effectively relayed to the audience.

1. Winnie the Pooh
- The thing is as a child I was never really fond of Pooh and his friends. Sure I watched it every Saturday morning back in the day but Pooh stories are always too simple for my taste but when I saw this movie in the theaters last October I suddenly find myself appreciating the legacy of Pooh and his friends. The story of this movie, as expected, is simple and perhaps older kids won't really enjoy it (and moreso adults) but I just like what the movie represents. It's about the joy of childhood innocence and creativity. As I've written in my review of this movie " One can’t help but feel nostalgic watching this movie as you remember the days when you were a young child playing with your toys and assigning them characters and concocting up stories. In our minds the world our toys live in is vibrant, colorful and the movie perfectly captured that feeling. Winnie the Pooh is ultimately a children’s movie but it’s nice reminder to us adults of how the simple things in life are magical" .

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 65

2011-12-28T18:40:00.001+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus [TO FOLLOW] and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey's Top Sellers
December 12 – 18, 2011

Overall

Mr. Simple - Super Junior (Universal)
Pure… Christmas - Various Artists (Sony Music)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas - Various Artists (Ivory Music)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Christmas - Michael Buble (Warner)
Supershow 3 Live - Super Junior (Universal)
Under The Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (MCA Music)
Speak Now World Tour - Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
My Christmas Wish - Cadio (Universal)

OPM

It’s A Waka-waka Christmas - Various Artists (Ivory Music)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
My Christmas Wish - Cadio (Universal)
Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Polyeast Records)
Non-stop Pilipino Xmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various ArtistS (AMII Music)
Smash Christmas - Various ArtistS (AMII Music)
Annebisyosa - Anne Curtis (Viva)
Da Best ang Pasko ng Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)
Breathe Again -Jed Madela (Universal Records)

sourceAstrovision/Astroplus Top-Selling Albums Overall
December 12 – 18, 2011

Mr. Simple
Super Junior (Universal Records)
Super Show 3
Super Junior (Universal Records)
Pure… Christmas
Various Artist (Sony Music)
Outbound
Christian Bautista (Universal Records)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas
Various Artist (Ivory Music)
No Water, No Moon
Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
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Adele (Warner Music)
Garrie Concepcion
Garrie Concepcion (Star Records)
Speak Now World Tour
Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap
Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Smash Christmas
Various Artist (AMII Music)
Christmas
Micheal Buble (Warner Music)
Under The Mistletoe
Justin Bieber (MCA Music)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele (Warner Music)
Pure… Crooners
Various Artist (Sony Music)
Christmas In Our Hearts
Jose Mari Chan (Universal Records)
Party Christmas Hits
Various Artist (PolyEast Records)
Mylo Xyloto
Coldplay (PolyEast Records)
Annebisyosa
Anne Curtis (Viva Records)
With Love
Gary V. (Star Records)

Year In Review: My US Networks Scorecard

2011-12-27T20:56:00.004+08:00

As part of my weeklong Year In Review series yesterday I shared my Ten Thoughts on Local TV and today I'll discuss my assessment of how the US Broadcast networks fared this year with their programming. I thought of having the usual top 10 list of favorite shows or episodes but then again I'm not updated with a good number of hourlong series that much unlike the sitcoms which I follow a lot so my top 10 would be heavy on 30-minute sitcoms (and heavy on shows from the broadcast networks as well) so I just decided to share my thoughts on they performed in their programming this year since that is one aspect of US Television that really fascinates me.

ABC
Grade: B

ABC is still a vulnerable network but they are not in disastrous state like NBC (more on that later). They have hits on the schedule but still has a lot of weak spots to improve on. This year they cancelled a bunch of freshmen shows which just shows how weak their development have been the past season failing to land a hit show. The only survivors of that 2010-2011 batch are Dana Delany's procedural vehicle "Body of Proof" and the sitcom "Happy Endings" and both are midseason shows. ABC really tend to give their midseason projects more chances for renewal than the ones launched in the fall (of course I'm talking about the "bubble" shows). Some examples of that are What About Brian, Eli Stone, Better off Ted and Castle. All those shows had mediocre to awful ratings but they had potential (whether ratings or creative wise) so ABC give them a pass but only Castle became a hit in the long run. It's no wonder ABC set aside some of their potential new programs for midseason next year. The pilots of Good Christian Belles, The River, Apartment 23 and Scandal will premiere next year. Premiering in the fall it's quite risky because most shows tend to lost steam by spring so it makes sense to reserve the ones which could benefit the network on longer terms for midseason where they can air all episodes without reruns. This year though the shows ABC launched in the fall had more promise than the previous batches. The only one that really bombed out of the gate for ABC was the remake of Charlie's Angels which is a bit surprising since you would think a known franchise would be an instant hit but this was not the case here. I personally think they made a bad call in casting the 3 angels. They need at least one girl who is quite popular or is generally considered charismatic. The audience already aware of what the show is all about so one thing that would entice them to watch it is the cast but this one premiered very poorly so the interest was not there right from the start. ABC's second new drama failure the 60s drama Pan Am premiered well at least but faltered in the succeeding weeks following the trend of a lot of ABC freshman dramas in the past which opens big but loses audience week to week until cancellation meets them. ABC's 3rd failure the sitcom Man Up actually had a decent showing but was losing too much of its lead in and when a show is sandwiched between two high rated shows, the ratings should be better but the ratings discrepancy Man Up had with is lead in (Last Man Standing) and lead out (Dancing With the Stars) was huge so there's no really potential for it to grow from its anemic ratings. ABC made a bad judgment of pairing Man Up and Last Man Standing just because they are "man" shows, Last Man Standing's appeal is that it is a family friendly show not because it's about a man in the world of women. ABC will pair it with cross dressing sitcom Work It next year which I don't think will last as well but let's see. ABC successfully premiered 4 news shows this year with Revenge, Once Upon a Time, Suburgatory and Last Man Standing. Still to early to tell is this shows can survive for a second season given that spring ratings are usually lower than fall. Suburgatory is sandwiched between hits The Middle and Modern Family and is producing good results but it will face American Idol next year so let's see how it will hold up. Revenge and Once Upon a Time started well although both are still vulnerable to hitting lows by midseason given how volatile ABC dramas are but I think both shows will survive unless they fall to drastic levels like below 2.0. Last Man Standing repeats well and given how it manages to hold up the 8pm slot against NCIS and Glee, this would survive to a next season, it's the type of show that grows over time ala The Middle. As for ABC's veteran shows, Grey's Anatomy is holding up quite well I must say, sure it's no longer the ratings powerhouse it used but it still is one of top rated not just on ABC but across all networks as well. Meanwhile, ABC did the right call by making this season the final one for Desperate Housewives, the show is hitting series low on its final season despite having a strong lead in with Once Upon a Time. The numbers should go up as the series comes to an end but I doubt the series finale will even reach the ratings it had 3 seasons ago. Castle's ratings are so intermittent (going for almost series high one week then fall drastically the following week) but it held decently given the weak Dancing with the Stars this season. Private Practice continues to benefit from airing after mother show Grey's Anatomy although to be fair it's 2-hour ep without Grey's support did decent. I won't be surprised if ABC will bench Private Practice for a couple of weeks to give way to Shonda's new drama Scandal. Fridays are decent for ABC and they relocated Extreme Makeover: Home Edition which will end its run next year (but will return via special ala Fox's America's Most Wanted). Shark Tank will replace it next year. I don't think ABC will try to have scripted programming back on Fridays anytime soon they have to fix their other nights first before they even think of Friday. Lastly, ABC's strongest night this year is Wednesday thanks to Modern Family blowing up in the ratings this year. The Middle should also be credited for an increase in ratings this season and providing a good lead off for the night.

CBS
Grade: A-

For the first part of the year, it looked like CBS Monday lineup is going to crash and burn after Two and a Half Men stopped production because of Charlie Sheen's drama which ultimately lead to him getting fired from the show. Without new episode of their Monday night anchor, CBS faltered in the ratings on Mondays. But things turned around this fall when the reformatted Two and a Half Men with Ashton Kutcher replacing Sheen premiered to monstrous ratings and while the show dropped to normal levels, it's still by far one of the highest rated shows in the US and what's even good news for CBS is that 8 pm lead How I Met Your Mother is scoring consistent high ratings this season so far (up sharply from it spring ratings this season when 2.5 Men had no new episodes), 2 Broke Girls lived up to the hype that it was the highest testing sitcom pilot ever for CBS with the high ratings it has been getting all season and the top rated new show of the season, Mike & Molly and Hawaii 5-0 while relatively weaker compared to the 8-9:30 pm shows are still delivering ratings any network would die for. Tuesdays continues to be strong with the NCIS duo although new show Unforgettable is not making a mark yet despite weak competition from ABC (Body of Proof) and NBC (Parenthood) although the ratings are decent it's almost near the ratings The Good Wife was having on this time slot a year ago. Relocating CSI to Wednesdays, 10 pm was a good move as it solved the weak link of the night making CBS Wednesdays a strong night. Thursdays is a mixed bag while The Big Bang Theory exploded in the ratings this season (just as the show premiered in local syndication) the new 8:30 sitcom following it How to Be a Gentleman flamed out just to be replaced by perennial reserve show Rules of Engagement. Persons of Interest while not a flop by any means is underwhelming at 9pm dragging along The Mentalist at 10pm. But for what is worth CBS "problems" at Thursdays is still not on the catastrophic side at all and they could easily turn things around. Fridays showed the continued growth of Blue Bloods at 10 pm and steady ratings for CSI: New York but the new show they launched at 8pm A Gifted Man is struggling. I hope CBS will not give up on airing scripted shows anytime soon. CBS biggest problem right now is Sunday as The Amazing Race is the only one keeping it afloat with The Good Wife and CSI: Miami both struggling to gain traction on such a busy night. The Good Wife is a prestige show for CBS and if not for that it would have been cancelled long ago because the ratings are really far from CBS's average but I hope they won't give it up with this show anytime soon. CSI: Miami is a victim of football overruns and although the ratings are low, I don't think any show on CBS right now (well except NCIS but it's their top rated drama so they won't move it all) can endure the the overruns and CSI: Miami when shown on a regular time does decent (and sometimes improves on its lead in The Good Wife).

CW
Grade: D

What a trainwreck this network (could we really classify them as such anymore) as the show's ratings are just way too low and the only saving grace is The Vampire Diaries which is by a wide margin the network's top rated show. All shows are within the 0.6-0.8 range that is so pitiful. I have a soft spot for this network because it's one half WB which I loved back in the day. CW made a mistake of narrowcasting their target audience to young women who really don't watch TV live that much anymore. Sure, Gossip Girl put them on the buzz meter but that show is now falling behind in the ratings that even newcomer Hart of Dixie is performing better than them. CW needs to develop more shows that caters to a wider audience but for now they have to deal with what they have right now and just hope that things will be better next season.

FOX
Grade: B+

FOX is in good shape in general with American Idol proving that the format is the star and was not affected at all with Simon Cowell leaving. They even gave genre fans a bone with renewing Fringe even if the ratings does not justify one just because they can afford to do so. But there are areas for concern: While X Factor USA helped the network cure their fall programming woes by airing on the slot reserved for American Idol by spring and giving the network 3 hours of solid ratings per week it was not the hit that was expected it to be given the enormous hype. A lot of money was spent for this franchise mainly because people were counting on this to be the American Idol of the fall (ratings wise) but it wasn't. The ratings are good and hit level but not a phenomenon. But of course this is still the first season and reality shows could always grow over time. American Idol was not this big during its early seasons anyway. Glee still delivers in the ratings but the third season showed a big fall in the ratings and reduced buzz. The show is a victim of its own insane hype but it still has a chance to recover but it might not be able to reach the season 2 ratings heights it enjoyed. Fox finally found a live action comedy hit with Zooey Deschanel's New Girl but after being pre-empted for a month due to baseball coverage the show returned down in the ratings although still in the hit zone. Raising Hope is struggling and the new sitcom they launched I Hate my Teenage Daughter is not doing well either. You would though the Animation Domination is as solid as rock but when they launched Allen Gregory it pulled the lined up down, good thing the show only had 7 episodes and Fox still have other sitcoms on bench to take over. But for me the biggest concern for Fox right now is Mondays with House's ratings down a lot this season and the expensive, long-delayed Terra Nova floundering on Mondays. Terra Nova's 1st season is over since the production flow of this show could not accommodate a back 9 even if Fox wanted to so Fox will try out JJ Abrams' Alcatraz in its slot. If Alcatraz becomes a hit or at least rates higher than Terra Nova, the latter is done. Fox will also launch Touch this year. House could likely see a final season this year due to its high production cost and mediocre the same reason that killed 24 earlier this year. But whatever troubles Fox is so minimal compared to ABC and NBC and they still have American Idol to save their ratings average to compensate for flops.

NBC
Grade: C

Poor NBC. They really tried this year but all the shows they launched are flopping hard. Their acclaimed Thursday sitcom block is struggling as well and their only hit comedy The Office is now facing rought times after the departure of lead star Steve Carell. Same case with their long time drama Law and Order: SVU which lost their lead man Christoper Meloni which might have affected the show's big dip in the ratings. The expensice Sunday football package is the only one keeping them afloat right now but they have a good chance on turning things around next year as they have the Superbowl and they will use the post-Superbowl slot for the second season premiere of The Voice. Despite NBC disastrous woes they were able to pull off a minor miracle this year by launching a new hit show via the reality competition show The Voice. Not only did it do wonders in the ratings for NBC, it was the only true blue ratings smash of the 2010-2011 freshman batch overall (CBS's Mike & Molly and Hawaii Five-O started great but was affect the Sheen-Two and a Half Men fiasco that pulled their ratings down toward the end of their first season run). NBC will wisely use The Voice as lead in to their much hyped Broadway drama Smash which has the potential to become a hit. Right now fixing NBC overall is tough to do but if they manage to pull a successful ratings lineup with The Voice and Smash next year it would be a start for a bright new chapter for this once powerhouse.

Year In Review: Ten TV Thoughts

2011-12-26T21:20:00.006+08:00

As 2011 comes to a close, I'll share a series of "Year in Review" posts and first up is my observation on local TV this year

1. This is a very big year for Eat Bulaga. The longest running noontime show in the country had a banner year once again and I felt like they are more popular than ever. This could be an aftermath of ABS CBN losing Wowowee where I suspect a lot of its former viewers defected to EB but then again the show's Pinoy Henyo and Sugod Bahay/Juan for All, All for Juan segments are just brilliant, that you really can't help but fall for its charms. This is truly a legendary show, come on 30 years and counting and you're hitting another peak in popularity again? Amazing! Eat Bulaga sort of became "no network war" zone with a lot of its hosts doing projects with other networks (shows in TV5 and movie collaborations with ABS CBN).

2. For the past decade ABS CBN News Channel [ANC] was the sole local news channel in the country but this year we didn't get just one but two more local news channel. GMA wisely junked the hodgepodge channel that was Q11 and launched GMA News Channel and TV5 also launched Aksyon TV Channel 41 (the former home of MTV Philippines in the early 2000s). I think it's a great development since news and current affairs shows have been put in the back burner in their respective networks by airing in the late night/early morning timeslots and now with their own channels, we can now see the shows (mostly well-produced) on a good time slots. Plus we now have different options with media coverage plus it's also a good alternative programming if you're sick with the local soaps and reality shows dominating primetime. Also coming in the airwaves next year is Solar Entertainment's very own local news channel. These are exciting times for the broadcast journalism industry.

3. The most anticipated TV comeback this year was the Magandang Gabi Bayan's Halloween special. Although technically they didn't use the MGB name but instead had the title of "Kababalaghan" but it was the same team who produced the MGB specials anyway and most importantly it was hosted by Noli De Castro. The excitement for its return was fascinating as it was a testament how huge MGB's impact was. It was a communal experience for us back then. We grew up watching those specials and even in hindsight some of the stuff shown was not really scary, it was really fun looking back. As for the "Kababalaghan" special it was a mixed bag. It started promising but petered out in the end. It's really hard to match the 90s specials but hopefully they can do better next time :)

4. If there's one formula that was successful in the local telenovela scenes this year was the child-centric soap from Mutya to Munting Heredera to Daldalita to 100 Days to Heaven, soaps with children as leads has become reliable and staple programming for the local networks, with those shows anchoring the network's primetime blocks. Simply put that kids have this certain charm that watching them is a delight. I guess the innocence is just endearing and warms our heart.

5. Speaking of soaps, the two shows that I believe define the year are Mara Clara in ABS CBN and Amaya in GMA. The former was a remake of 90s classic that was able to match the popularity of the original. That's a rare feat I must say. I myself watched that soap and admittedly the story went to ridiculous route towards the end but it was simply addicting and compelling to watch. The latter on the other hand was risky move on the network to start a historical drama but it paid off. It's good to know that the local audience is interested to watch a show about our local heritage. After all, Korean historical dramas Jewel in the Palace and Jumong were such big hits here so it was about time that a local historical soap shines.

6. TV5 was more aggressive than ever this year and I must say that they are quite successful. While they are still the #3 network and they still have a long way to go to reach #2, TV5 is now seen as a viable player and is now taken seriously in the industry. I personally find them that they are rushing to be a top network and that they need to slow things down but I have to commend MVP's leadership for bringing out the potential in the old ABC 5. It's really good that there are now three major players in the broadcasting industry. Competition brings out the best in everyone. Although I hope it would be a mature competition because let's face it the network war that has been going between ABS CBN and GMA is silly because the way they promote loyalty and personal attacks. Sadly I think TV5 is trying to play the same game too (hello Cristy Fermin!) but I wish they do a different approach next time. They have the potential to be something different and be a trailblazer

7. Talent shows and reality show franchises are losing steam. The popularity of Showtime, Pilipinas Got Talent and Talentadong Pinoy dwindled this year while the current editions of Pinoy Big Brother and Survivor Philippines are off to shaky starts and they don't seem to have the buzz that they used to enjoy. Is it viewer burnout or the producers are not able to inject a fresh take on their respective shows?

8 Sports coverage on TV improved a lot this year. Everyone from Solar Sports to ABS CBN sports and the newbie TV5's AKTV sports channel at IBC 13 stepped up. Even GMA 7 is doing sports coverage too (not just a collaboration with Solar) via their GMA News Channel. The fact that the SEA Games this year was covered by both ABS CBN and AKTV was a good sign. I really hope the younger generation (yikes I feel old) would be more involved with sports and just play computer games. I think what I like about the sports coverage in broadcast media this year that it was not only limited to basketball and boxing but there was football, volleyball, tennis, baseball, martial arts among others. I hope the Palarong Pambansa and other various regional meets would get ample media coverage as well as to further promote various sports in the country. We are lagging behind our ASEAN neighbors when it comes to sports and getting the public exposed to sports via the media will help us in the long run because it will nurture interest and eventually involvement.

9. With online streaming and torrent downloading rampant these days, cable channels [ETC, Jack TV, Star World, Fox Asia] are now adapting to it by airing some of their acquired US programming close to their original airdate in the US . Sure, they are still hours or days ahead but it's a big improvement when we used to get shows a season or two behind. This won't stop downloading per se but it at least make these channels competitive and relevant. Believe it or not, a good segment of the viewing population still prefer to watch TV programs on actual TV sets. Who knows in the future we could get legal streaming/downloading from these channels as well.

10. Social networking is now a big part for the broadcast networks. Through Twitter and Facebook the networks are reaching their audience closer than ever before. It's more interactive but one of the downsides though is that because of the fast transmission of information people tend to digest it at face value. Sometimes people are so gullible that they don't bother to verify or even question the information they received. The tendency to be the first one to know leads to people not thinking critically anymore. On the good side though through these social networking sites, people are able to share their insight and also gauge public opinion. And most importantly people can reach out through these avenues. Remember Lola Aurelia? That's a good example how the fusion of social network and broadcast media can bring good things.

Chart Recap: 2011 Yearend Charts 1

2011-12-25T22:48:00.005+08:00

For the regular chart recap click here

Yearend charts season is here! First on the line are yearend charts coming from MYX, RX 93.1, 97.1 Brgy LS FM and 103. 5 Wow FM. All these charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

MYX Hitchart Yearend Countdown
December 25, 2011

Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
Firework - Katy Perry
Born This Way - Lady GaGa
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Mr. Simple - Super Junior
Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
20 / 20 - Pupil
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
Back to December - Taylor Swift
That Should Be Me - Justin Bieber feat Rascal Flatts
Ako Na Lang - Zia
Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano and Eunice
Delivery Boys - Somedaydream
Sino Nga Ba Sya - Sarah Geronimo
Don't Tie Me Down - Kyla
Forever Young - Sam Concepcion
I'm Already King - Christian Bautista
Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears
The Boys - Girls Generation

*1st OPM to hit #1 on the MYX Hitchart Yearend since 2008 with Sarah Geronimo's A Very Special Love. First OPM solo male artist to top the chart

MYX International Top 20 Yearend Countdown
December 24, 2011

Firework - Katy Perry
Born This Way - Lady GaGa
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Mr. Simple - Super Junior
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
Back to December - Taylor Swift
That Should Be Me - Justin Bieber feat Rascal Flatts
Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears
The Boys - Girls Generation
Next To You - Chris Brown feat Justin Bieber
The Edge of Glory - Lady GaGa
Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
I Wanna Go - Britney Spears
The Story of Us - Taylor Swift
Who Says - Selena Gomez and The Scene
Grenade - Bruno Mars
Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield
Louder - Charice
Lonely - 2NE1
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

Pinoy MYX Countdown Yearend
December 24, 2011

Hey Daydreamer - Somedaydream
Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
20 / 20 - Pupil
Ako Na Lang - Zia
Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano and Eunice
Delivery Boys - Somedaydream
Sino Nga Ba Sya - Sarah Geronimo
Don't Tie Me Down - Kyla
Forever Young - Sam Concepcion
I'm Already King - Christian Bautista
Pera Pera - Sandwich
Tambay - Sponge Cola
Pawiin - BBS feat Kean Cipriano and Jay Durias
One Hit Combo - Parokya ni Edgar feat Gloc 9
Wag Na - Yeng Constantino
Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal - Itchyworms
Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay - Sponge Cola
Fallin' - Sarah Geronimo
Siguro - Yeng Constantino

103.5 Wow FM Pinoy Playbor Top 20 Yearend Countdown
December 24, 2011

1. Jeepney Love Story - Yeng Constantino
2. Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
3. Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
4. Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal - Itchyworms
5. Pangarap Lang Kita - Parokya ni Edgar feat Happy Sy
6. Tantaran Chuchuruchuru - Willie Revillame
7. Wow May Ganun - Mr. Fu
8. Di Na Bale - Bugoy Drilon
9. Porque - Maldita
10. Too Much Love Will Kill You - Jovit Baldivino
11. Walang Natira - Gloc 9 feat Sheng Belmonte
12. Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin - Juris
13. Ang Sarap Maging Single - Eevee
14. missed it :(
15. Tila - General Luna
16. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
17. Kung Wala Na Nga - 6cyclemind feat Kean Cipriano and Yeng Constantino
18. Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano
19. Sino Nga Ba Sya? - Sarah Geronimo
20. Pagkakataon - Shamrock feat Rachelle Ann Go

97.1 Brgy LS The Big 10 Yearend Countdown
December 25, 2011

Everything and More - David Archuleta
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Wala Na Tayo - BBS feat Kean Cipriano
God Gave Me You - Bryan White
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Shembot - Eat Bulaga Dabarkads
I Will Reach You - Westlife
Ako Na Lang - Detour
Forever Young - Sam Concepcion

Chart Recap 178 (Philippine Music Charts)

2011-12-25T22:36:00.011+08:00

UPDATE: The 1st batch of Chart Recap: 2011 Yearend Charts is up just click here

Note: MYX had their Yearend charts this week which I will post later on on the first batch of the Chart Recap: 2011 Yearend Charts Edition. Also included on the batch are RX 93.1's OPM Yearender ( they announced the regular Top 7 of the week during the show which is posted below. I will update it with the #8-#20 once their website is updated), Brgy LS FM's Yearend Top 10 and

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it here and as for the latest available albums charts just go here

97.9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
December 23, 2011

Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Lighthouse - Westlife
Dreams Don't Turn to Dust - Owl City
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Arms - Christina Perri
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum

Mellow 947 10 Strong Countdown
December 16, 2011

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Fly - Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Domino - Jessie J
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
Criminal - Britney Spears
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Patrol
Push - Avril Lavigne

December 23, 2011

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Domino - Jessie J
Criminal - Britney Spears
Push - Avril Lavigne
Called Out in the Dark - Snow Ptrol
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
Fly - Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna

Wave 89.1 Soul Review Countdown
December 23, 2011

Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
Do Ya Thang - Rihanna
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Strip - Chris Brown feat Kevin McCall
Fascinated - Freesol feat. Justin Timberlake
Dance (A$$) - Big Sean
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
No Girlfriend - Git Fresh
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
Up! - LoveRance feat. Iamsu! and Skipper
Boo Thang - Verse Simmonds feat. Kelly Rowland
Only Wanna Give It To You - Elle Varner feat J. Cole

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees*
December 23, 2011

Domino - Jessie J.
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Ako na Lang - Zia
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
Criminal - Britney Spears

*Top 7 announced at the OPM Yearend countdown show. Will update this (#8-#20) as soon as I have the info on hand.

102.7 Star FM Perfect 10 Countdown
Dec. 25, 2011

Kunin Mo Na Ang Lahat Sa Akin - Angeline Quinto
We Can Be - Apl de ap
Gisingin Ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
California King Bed - Rihanna
Hindi Kita Iiwan - Sam Milby
Kahit Di Mo Sabihin - Juris
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne
Jet Lag - Simple Plan feat Natasha Bedingfield

97.1 Brgy LS Big Ten Countdown
December 18, 2011

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Ulap - Voyz Avenue
Louder - Charice
Breathe Again - Jed Madela
We Can Be - Apl.de.Ap
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Cheers - Rihanna
Rain on Me - Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony
Kahit Umiwas Pa - Jake Vargas
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber

UR PINOY ROCK COUNTDOWN
December 16

1. Hijo - Tamalee
2. The Bloomfields - It's Complicated
3. Afterkol - Ikalawang Kisapmata
4. Hansom - Desidido
5. Suicidal Genius - Saliw

SS:
Nanay Mo - Porn
Kalayo - Lumaban Ka
Chris Cantada - Heartbeat
White Sunday - Lahat May Dahilan Pa
Soledads - Stay Away

It's Christmas!

2011-12-25T00:01:00.004+08:00

Merry Christmas to all the readers of my blog :)
(and to those who don't observe it, Happy Holidays!)

Thank you Lord for another year of challenges and blessings. This is definitely a memorable year for me. I really learned a lot of things in life. Thank you for keeping me and my family safe and away from any kind of harm. Thank you for all the things I experienced in my job this year. It was really a tough year but thank you for being there for me. I'm sorry if there are times I doubt my faith. I know I have more things to learn in life but with You on my side, I will survive.

Movie Reviews Roundup

2011-12-24T10:23:00.011+08:00

I've seen a couple of new movies the last few weeks that I've been wishing to write a full length review here on my blog, unfortunately I didn't have the time to do so but anyway here are a few thoughts on the last movies I've recently watched in the theaters:

The Adventures of TinTin

I'm not really familiar with the Tin Tin comic book series but since I've read good reviews about it and it is a collaboration between film titans Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson so that was good enough for me to check this one out. It started a little slow and admittedly quite bored me but when they started the action sequences things started to pick up. The chase scene in Morocco was so imaginative and it was just done in one long single shot which is very amazing to watch. For that alone the movie is worth watching. The story itself is basic adventure movie stuff but it's a fun and I hope this makes enough in the box office to warrant a sequel because I want to see more of what Spielberg can do with animation. 8 / 10

Won't Last a Day Without You

One of the better mainstream local flicks I've seen this year. Yes this is a your typical romcom where the leads end up together in the end but at least the journey to the resolution was an enjoyable ride and they had actually dimensions in the story. For one, it touched the complications of relationships although the approach used was light weight. Sarah Geronimo continues to exhibit that undeniable charisma and coupled with wide acting range, she's bound to do great things when the time comes she will do serious movies. She has it already so I hope she can have a material soon that will showcase what she is capable of as an actress. Gerald Anderson did fine as well and I think in this movie he finally graduated from the teenybopper stigma to a bonafide leading man. 8 / 10

The Road

The technical side of this horror movie is very polished, it was great to look at and captured the creepy mood very well. I like the fact that this movie didn't resort to cheap scare tactics as it chooses to use the atmosphere to bring out the creeps. The story is OK since it's divided into three timelines with something that connects in the end. I didn't quite like how they tied up storylines though as it felt a little contrived. The acting is pretty solid even for the newcomers who usually annoys me whenever I see their TV projects but they were handled well here. Best in show is Carmina Villaroel, she was just effing scary as the ruthless mother. 8 / 10

New Year's Eve

The movie is OK but forgettable. With too many stars in the ensemble that each needs to have substantial screen time, it's hard to make a cohesive story but it definitely sets you in the holiday mood. The audience in the theatre I've seen it responded well on Sofia Vergara's scenes. And the thing is, Sofia's character is such a cliche uttering predictable jokes but yet she sells every joke so well. The other vignette that worked out well and that was quite enjoyable was the pregnancy race with Jessica Biel and Seth Meyer. Michelle Pfeifer is aging gracefully but she was teamed up with Zac Efron who overacts but in fairness they have chemistry. Hilary Swank's & Robert De Niro's story felt a little emotionally manipulative but they pulled off the heart-tugging scene and I was moved. Josh Duhamel's story had a good "mystery" buildup but the resolution was blah. Sarah Jessica Parker just played a slightly tweaked version of Carrie and Abigail Breslin, whom I loved in Little Miss Sunshine, was annoying here. Halle Berry's story felt like an afterthought. The stories of Lea Michelle-Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl-Bon Jovi suffered due to lack of chemistry. And worst of all Ryan Seacrest's "acting" is so awful! With that said I find the Rotten Tomatoes score of "7%" for New Year's Eve extremely low. It's not great by any means but it's more enjoyable than movies that had higher RT scores like The Change-Up and Bad Teacher. 5.5 / 10

Immortals

The movie lacks a compelling narrative to keep you interested especially on the first part when things are just too slow but the great visuals will distract you anyway from noticing the flaws. This film is indeed lovely to look at but it's not enough to be fully satisfied with this flick. Truth be told, I'm not knowledgeable with Greek mythology but still I can notice that the story is not fully realized and just used bits and parts of the rich mythology to form a story. The climax features amazing action sequences which is worth watching but there was no momentum before it and you can't even root for the protagonist because by the time we get to the climax you would likely forget why is he fighting this battle or why was he chosen in the first place. There's a good reason behind it but it lacks the foundation because it was not developed properly as the story is all over the place telling too many stories at once without developing a solid core. The main cast is great though especially Mickey Rourke who exudes menace effortlessly. Immortals' production values is polished and the battles scenes were executed well, it's just frustrating that the viewers will to have to endure a messy narrative first to get there. 6 / 10

Lion King 3D

I never saw this movie in the theaters when it was first shown almost two decades ago so I was excited when I found out that the 3D re-release will be released here as well. What can I say, this is definitely one of Disney's best and watching it made me miss of the Disney magic in the 90s. I've said this before in my Winnie the Pooh review that despite my adoration for CGI animated movies (most especially Pixar) traditional animation will always have that certain charm and intimacy that CGI can't provide. The movie was converted well in 3D as it still looks crisp and great on the big screen but ultimately the 3D effect didn't add anything to my viewing experience. But still the opportunity to see this masterpiece on the big screen is enough for me. It's just way too different when you watched it at home. When I watched this in the theater there were only like 20 people which is understandable because it's a movie that is available on home video for several years already so it might not be worth it for some. Interestingly, the crowd I watched this movie was mostly adults around my age! I guess we just want to relieve our childhood once again. 9.5 / 10

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

I saw this movie twice. First was on a regular cinema in Glorietta and the second was via IMAX at SM Mall of Asia (I got SM Gift Certificates from an officemate and I used it purchase an IMAX ticket) and well this one of the best action movies I've seen in recent years and definitely used the large screen format quite well. First of all, the mission - the story - is nothing complicated or new for that matter, it's basically stopping a nuclear threat. It's a simple premise but it's OK because its serviceable and competently constructed. The action sequences were just good, the much advertised Burj Khalifa scene delivered. It was so exciting to watch and was expertly executed! Another great action set piece was towards the end that used a parking area amazingly. It was so imaginative! Major kudos to director Brad Bird for the flawless execution. Tom Cruise's age is already showing here but he's still a solid leading man and the rest of the team: Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner were good as well. Renner in particular exudes great charm here and it bodes well for him because he'll be the star of the next Bourne movie. All in all, this is what blockbuster action movies should be. The movie will still be playing in IMAX screens during the MMFF festival so you could still check it out. 9 / 10

***

I wanted to check out Arthur Christmas but it only lasted a week in the cinemas and all the releases were in 3D! I think aside that it is an unknown material, the fact that you could only see it in costly 3D hurt it! The distributor should have release it in 2D and it could have stayed on the theaters longer. Oh well, such a shame I wasn't able to catch this in the big screen.

Nostalgia Fit: Sheena Easton's It's Christmas All Over The World

2011-12-24T00:30:00.004+08:00

It's a shame that this song is not getting recurrent airplay on radio because this is such a well-crafted song and should have been a contemporary Christmas classic. Listening to this song really makes me feel the Christmas spirit for some reason. The movie [Santa Claus] which this song came from was also one of the old holiday classics that reminds me of my childhood. Oh nostalgia! Anyway, listen and be reminded of the wonderful charm of It's Christmas All Over The World by Sheena Easton.

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: December 31, 2011)

2011-12-23T21:50:00.004+08:00

On the last Billboard Hot 100 chart this year, Rihanna and Calvin Harris' We Found Love surpasses Adele's Rolling in the Deep with the longest running #1 for 2011 with the song spending its 8th week at #1 this week. The song also surpasses Rihanna's personal best with Umbrella and Eminem's Love The Way You Lie, which both spent 7 weeks atop the chart.

Rihanna could likely spend at least two more weeks at #1 with no song coming close to its airplay lead while the sales for the top songs are pretty close on sales. The one I could see as a potential #1 in the future is no other than Adele's Set Fire to the Rain, the 3rd single from her blockbuster album "21" which is close to selling 6 million in the US by the end of the year. Set Fire to the Rain jumps #21-#13 this week and the song is currently #4 on US iTunes and is rapidly increasing in airplay so without a doubt this song has a good shot to be Adele's 3rd #1 hit. Her first #1 and Billboard's #1 song for 2011 Rolling in the Deep is still charting at #41 on its 50th week on the chart.

Re-entering on the Hot 100 this week is Ke$ha's Sleazy at #37. The song from her 2010 EP Cannibal got a boost via its remix titled Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier which features an all star rap ensemble that includes Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. and Andre 3000.

Christmas is almost here so what songs of the season are firing up the charts in the US? The highest Christmas song on the chart is Justin Bieber's Mistletoe at #32. Other Christmas songs on the chart is Glee's rendition of Do They Know Its Christmas? at #92 and Michael Buble's cover of the Mariah Carey holiday staple All I Want For Christmas is You at #99. Billboard actually introduced the Holiday Songs Chart which ranks all Holiday songs throughout the years combining both airplay and sales. And on this song any song, whether old or new can chart. Per Billboard rules a Christmas song can only chart on the year it was released so for the succeeding it will go recurrent already. The Holiday Songs chart's #1 is the aforementioned Mariah Carey song which has become a contemporary Christmas classic. Would you believe that the song only peaked at #86 when it charted in 1994? Well the song definitely stood the test of time and Mariah Carey might have 18 Hot 100 #s on her belt but All I Want for Christmas is You might be the song that she will be most remembered for in the long run.

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

Billboard Hot 100

01 01 13 Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris, We Found Love
02 02 16 LMFAO, Sexy And I Know It
03 03 12 Bruno Mars, It Will Rain
04 05 12 Flo Rida, Good Feeling
05 04 10 Katy Perry, The One That Got Away
06 06 19 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Ni**as In Paris
07 07 24 Adele, Someone Like You
08 09 16 David Guetta Featuring Usher, Without You
09 08 26 Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger
10 10 12 T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, 5 O'Clock
11 11 27 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
12 14 11 Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj, Dance (A$$)
13 21 16 Adele, Set Fire To The Rain
14 15 16 J. Cole, Work Out
15 13 39 LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Party Rock Anthem
16 16 19 Drake, Headlines
17 17 08 Toby Keith, Red Solo Cup
18 22 10 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars, Young, Wild & Free
19 18 34 Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks
20 19 23 Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi, You Make Me Feel...
21 20 15 Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All
22 24 19 Gavin DeGraw, Not Over You
23 25 12 Luke Bryan, I Don't Want This Night To End
24 27 10 Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj, Make Me Proud
25 23 06 Rihanna, You Da One
26 31 26 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like A Love Song
27 26 38 Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer, Give Me Everything
28 38 10 Jessie J, Domino
29 30 05 Drake Featuring Lil Wayne, The Motto
30 46 07 Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown, International Love
31 28 33 Lady Antebellum, Just A Kiss
32 34 08 Justin Bieber, Mistletoe
33 29 06 Lady Gaga, Marry The Night
34 33 34 Nicki Minaj, Super Bass
35 36 18 Lil Wayne Featuring Drake, She Will
36 35 12 Zac Brown Band, Keep Me In Mind
37 RE 02 Ke$ha Featuring Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. & Andre 3000, Sleazy Remix 2.0 Get Sleazier
38 44 08 Wale Featuring Miguel, Lotus Flower Bomb
39 42 14 Coldplay, Paradise
40 32 20 Dev, In The Dark
41 40 50 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
42 39 13 Jason Aldean, Tattoos On This Town
43 43 21 Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield, Easy
44 49 11 Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz, I Like It Like That
45 50 13 Eric Church, Drink In My Hand
46 37 17 Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna, Fly
47 65 06 Taylor Swift, Ours
48 41 23 Blake Shelton, God Gave Me You
49 58 07 Breathe Carolina, Blackout
50 45 18 Lady Antebellum, We Owned The Night
51 54 14 David Nail, Let It Rain
52 56 09 Chris Young, You
53 47 15 The Band Perry, All Your Life
54 52 19 Jason Derülo, It Girl
55 60 12 B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne, Strange Clouds
56 57 04 Tyga, Rack City
57 55 11 Beyoncé Featuring André 3000, Party
58 61 05 Drake Featuring Rihanna, Take Care
59 12 02 Glee Cast, We Are Young
60 62 09 Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
61 68 04 Outasight, Tonight Is The Night
62 59 20 Lady Gaga, Yoü And I
63 67 09 The Fray, Heartbeat
64 63 18 Colbie Caillat, Brighter Than The Sun
65 71 03 J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz, Can't Get Enough
66 70 12 Nickelback, When We Stand Together
67 72 09 Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj, You The Boss
68 RE 03 David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
69 64 06 The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
70 66 19 Miranda Lambert, Baggage Claim
71 74 11 Martina McBride, I'm Gonna Love You Through It
72 90 02 Jake Owen, Alone With You
73 73 16 Wale Featuring Jeremih & Rick Ross, That Way
74 77 06 Dierks Bentley, Home
75 48 02 T-Pain Featuring Lil Wayne, Bang Bang Pow Pow
76 79 07 Kenny Chesney, Reality
77 80 05 Avicii, Levels
78 53 02 Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
79 91 02 Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly
80 84 03 Avril Lavigne, Wish You Were Here
81 NE 01 Tim McGraw, Better Than I Used To Be
82 81 08 Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
83 87 03 Justin Moore, Bait A Hook
84 75 06 Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls
85 86 05 Hunter Hayes, Storm Warning
86 97 02 Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Drake, Round Of Applause
87 82 19 The Script, Nothing
88 95 03 Brad Paisley, Camouflage
89 100 18 AWOLNATION, Sail
90 99 02 Edens Edge, Amen
91 RE 09 Beyoncé, Countdown
92 NE 01 Glee Cast, Do They Know It's Christmas?
93 69 03 Grouplove, Tongue Tied
94 98 05 Beyoncé, Love On Top
95 78 18 Thompson Square, I Got You
96 NE 01 Lee Brice, A Woman Like You
97 89 09 Romeo Santos Featuring Usher, Promise
98 RE 02 Roscoe Dash, Good Good Night
99 NE 01 Michael Bublé, All I Want For Christmas Is You
100 NE 01 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch, Ass Back Home

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 64

2011-12-22T21:46:00.001+08:00

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines courtesy of Astroplus [TO FOLLOW] and Odyssey. These charts are first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread at Pinoyexchange.com

Odyssey Top-Selling Albums
December 04 – 17, 2011

Overall

Pure… Christmas - Various Artists (Sony Music)
It’s A Waka-waka Christmas - Various Artists (Ivory Music)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Kinse Kalibre - Slapshock (Polyeast Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Under The Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (MCA Music)
Smash Christmas -Various Artist (AMII Music)
Speak Now World Tour - Taylor Swift (MCA Music)
Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Polyeast Records)
21 - Adele (Warner Music)

OPM

It’s A Waka-waka Christmas - Various ArtistS (Ivory Music)
No Water, No Moon - Bamboo (Polyeast Records)
Kinse Kalibre - Slapshock (Polyeast Records)
Patuloy Ang Pangarap - Angeline Quinto (Star Records)
Smash Christmas - Various ArtistS (AMII Music)
Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Polyeast Records)
Non-stop Pilipino Xmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various ArtistS (AMII Music)
Himig Ng Damdamin -Martin Nievera (Polyeast Records)
Panaginip (Christmas Edition) -Noel Cabangon (Universal Records)
With Love - Gary Valenciano (Star Records)

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Twenty Tunes 48

2011-12-21T14:56:00.003+08:00

Posting this earlier to pave way for my Yearend Top 100 next week! Anyway here are my favorite songs and singles for the month of December :D

Life's a Happy Song - The Muppets Cast
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Arms - Christina Perri
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
All I Want For Christmas is You - Michael Buble
Da Best ang Pasko ng Pilipino - Maria Aragon
Helena Beat - Foster The People
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Domino - Jessie J
One Hit Combo - Parokya ni Edgar feat Gloc 9
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
20 / 20 - Pupil
Ako Na Lang - Zia
Halik - Kamikazee
Questions - Bamboo
Ass Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch

Quinceneara

2011-12-20T14:34:00.001+08:00

For this year's company Christmas party the theme was "Quinceneara" because we're also celebrating the 15th anniversary of the company. So we were required to wear formal attire for the party so yeah I suited up. This year's party is a little low key compared to the past two years I've been with the company. There were no dance competitions because everyone is practically busy so there's no time to rehearse and all that stuff. We also had few games this year. But there were service awards for those employees who have been with the company for at least 5 years. We also had few raffle items this year because we all went home with Noche Buena packages in hand which is fantastic. I'm very lucky though I was still able to win in the raffle! I won a Canon Powershot digital camera! I'm so happy to have one! I've been salivating with Canon cameras ever since they became our client and whenever we have their events they always have raffles and I always thinking that how I wish I would win one and who would have thought it would happen! For the exchange gift I received SM Gift Certificate for our departmental exchange gift and polo shirt for the overall. Anyway, the last part of the party was a blast since we performed a flash mob to the tune of Moves Like Jagger to surprise our big bosses!
Anyway, let me share to you our department's video greeting for the company's anniversary. Biases aside, I think it's pretty great! :D

Happy 15th anniversary 20 Plus!

Chart Recap 177 (Philippine Music Charts)

2011-12-19T12:12:00.002+08:00

Here is this week's recap of weekly music charts in Mega Manila FM radio stations and MYX. These charts are first gathered and first posted at the Philippine Music Charts Thread over at Pinoyexchange.com. If you want to check out last week's recap then you can find it here and as for the latest available albums charts just go here

MYX HIT CHART
December 18, 2011

1.) Habang Buhay -- BBS featuring Kean Cipriano
2.) Superman -- Super Junior
3.) Halik -- Kamikazee
4.) One Hit Combo -- Parokya Ni Edgar featuring Gloc 9
5.) All That's Left -- Christian Bautista
6.) Ngayon Na -- Slapshock
7.) What Makes You Beautiful? -- One Direction
8.) The Boys -- Girls' Generation
9.) Unbelievable -- Chicosci
10.) It Will Rain -- Bruno Mars
11.) We Found Love -- Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
12.) Ours -- Taylor Swift
13.) The One That Got Away -- Katy Perry
14.) Marry The Night -- Lady Gaga
15.) I Won't Last A Day Without You -- Sarah Geronimo
16.) Questions -- Bamboo
17.) Lucky Guy -- Kim Hyun Joong
18.) Louder -- Charice
19.) Mistletoe -- Justin Bieber
20.) Kapitan -- Paraluman

PINOY MYX COUNTDOWN
December 17, 2011

1.) Habang Buhay -- BBS featuring Kean Cipriano
2.) Halik -- Kamikazee
3.) One Hit Combo -- Parokya Ni Edgar featuring Gloc-9
4.) All That's Left -- Christian Bautista
5.) Ngayon Na -- Slapshock
6.) Unbelievable -- Chicosci
7.) I Won't Last A Day Without You -- Sarah Geronimo
8.) Questions -- Bamboo
9.) Kapitan -- Paraluman
10.) Basically -- Karylle
11.) Alay -- Young JV featuring Akiko
12.) Wag Kang Mag-Alala -- Ebe Dancel
13.) Kono Yakusoku -- Typecast
14.) Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay -- Sponge Cola
15.) Forver Young -- Sam Concepcion
16.) Ako Na Lang -- Zia Quizon
17.) How Deep Is Your Love? -- Kyla
18.) Hindi Kita Iiwan -- Sam Milby
19.) Stay -- Toto Sorioso
20.) Save Me -- Letter Day Story

MYX INTERNATIONAL TOP 20
December 17, 2011

1.) Superman -- Super Junior
2.) What Makes You Beautiful? -- One Direction
3.) The Boys -- Girls' Generation
4.) It Will Rain -- Bruno Mars
5.) We Found Love -- Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
6.) Ours -- Taylor Swift
7.) The One That Got Away -- Katy Perry
8.) Marry The Night -- Lady Gaga
9.) Lucky Guy -- Kim Hyun Joong
10.) Louder -- Charice
11.) Mistletoe -- Justin Bieber
12.) Hit The Lights -- Selena Gomez And The Scene
13.) A Thousand Years -- Christina Perri
14.) Someone Like You -- Adele
15.) Neverland -- UKISS
16.) Lighthouse -- Westlife
17.) Domino -- Jessie J
18.) Stereo Hearts -- Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam LEvine
19.) Disaster -- Jojo
20.) Criminal -- Britney Spears

97.9 Home Radio Easy 10 Countdown
December 16, 2011

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber
Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
Lighthouse - Westlife
Dreams Don't Turn to Dust - Owl City
Arms - Christina Perri
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five feat Christina Aguilera
Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat

Wave 89.1 Soul Review Countdown
December 16, 2011

Sabotage - Wale feat. Lloyd
Do Ya Thang - Rihanna
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
A-- Back Home - Gym Class Heroes Ft Neon Hitch
Fascinated - Freesol feat. Justin Timberlake
Dance (A$$) - Big Sean
Strip - Chris Brown feat Kevin McCall
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
No Girlfriend - Git Fresh
Boo Thang - Verse Simmonds feat. Kelly Rowland
Fireball - Willow Smith feat Nicki Minaj
Up! - LoveRance feat. Iamsu! and Skipper
If You Want - Brandon Starz feat Sammie
T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- will.i.am feat Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger
5 O'Clock - T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees
December 16, 2011

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Domino - Jessie J
Ako Na Lang - Zia
The World As I See It - Jason Mraz
Young, Wild and Free - Snoop Dog & Whiz Khalifa feat Bruno Mars
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Fight For You - Jason DeRulo
Marry The Night - Lady GaGa
Loud Music - Michelle Branch
Princess of China - Coldplay feat Rihanna
Criminal - Britney Spears
If This Was a Movie - Taylor Swift
We Found Love - Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
5 O'Clock - T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen
Party - Beyonce feat Andre 3000
Astronaut - Simple Plan
Heartbeat - The Fray
Without You - David Guetta feat Usher
Run - Matt Nathanson feat Sugarland

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20
(December 17- 23, 2011)

1. I Won’t Last a Day without You - Sarah Geronimo
2. Tinamaan Ako - Anne Curtis
3. Kulang Ako Kung Wala Ka - Erik Santos
4. Mahalin Ng Totoo - Toni Gonzaga
5. Saan Darating Ang Umaga - Angeline Quinto
6. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
7. Marry Your Daughter - Brian McKnight
8. We Can Be Anything- Apl De Ap
9. Da Best Ang Pasko Ng Pilipino - Maria Aragon
10. Hindi Kita Iiwan - Sam Milby
11. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
12. Halik - Kamikazee
13. Gisingin Ang Puso - Liezel Garcia
14. God Gave Me You - Bryan White
15. One Hit Combo - Parokya Ni Edgar w/ Gloc9
16. Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Neyo, Afrojack & Nayer
17. P.I. - Siakol
18. Count On Me - Bruno Mars
19. Bakit Pa Ba (2011) - Sarah Geronimo
20. Price Tag - Jessie J. feat. B.O.B

97.1 Brgy LS Big Ten Countdown
December 18, 2011

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Ulap - Voyz Avenue
Louder - Charice
Breathe Again - Jed Madela
We Can Be - Apl.de.Ap
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Cheers - Rihanna
Rain on Me - Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony
Kahit Umiwas Pa - Jake Vargas
Mistletoe - Justin Bieber

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