Chart Recap 122 (Philippine Music Charts)

Here is a rundown of various music charts from Mega Manila FM stations plus music channels. The charts are courtesy of The Philippine Music Charts Thread team of Pinoyexchange.com (you could also see daily music charts and provincial music charts there, to see the thread click here)

For last week's recap click here and for the album sales chart from Odyssey and Astrovision/Astroplus click here

Notes:

* The results of 101.1 Yes FM and 90.7 Love Radio Top 10 posted on their respective websites are still the same with the charts I posted three weeks ago

* No more NU 107 countdown because well the station has closed down and will be replaced by Win Radio 107.5, reportedly another masa station

*No more countdown on Jam 88.3. Max FM reformatted to 103.5 Wow Fm and U92 is now 92.3 News FM Radyo Singko (an AM programmed FM station run by TV5)

* It seems like there is no more 93.9 iFM i10 Contenders

*Tambayan 101.9 has a countdown show already "Tambayan Top 10" every Saturday 12 noon that featured the top 10 of the Top 20 posted which is found on their multiply site here

Channel [V] Bente-Uno Countdown (November 23-29, 2010)

1. Something 'Bout Love (David Archuleta)
2. Like A G6 (Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev)
3. Mine (Taylor Swift)
4. Just A Dream (Nelly)
5. Reset (Charice)
6. I Remember The Girl (Christian Bautista)
7. Please Don't Go (Mike Posner)
8. To The Sky (Owl City)
9. Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
10. Club Can't Handle Me (Flo Rida feat. David Guetta)
11. The Catalyst (Linkin Park) RE-ENTRY
12. Lakad (Sandwich)
13. What's Your Poison (Chicosci) NEW ENTRY
14. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again (Usher feat. Pitbull)
15. Give A Little More (Maroon 5) NEW ENTRY
16. U Smile (Justin Bieber)
17. Only Girl (Rihanna)
18. Soom (Beast)
19. A Year Without Rain (Selena Gomez & The Scene)
20. Wonderful Life (Hurts) NEW ENTRY

MYX Hitchart
November 28-December 4, 2010

1. Justin Bieber - U Smile (4th week at #1)
2. Chicosci - What's Your Poison
3. Sandwich - Lakad
4. Parokya ni Edgar - Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Mo Ako)
5. Christian Bautista - Nakaraang Pasko
6. David Archuleta - Something 'Bout Love
7. Nelly - Just a Dream
8. Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
9. My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
10. Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like a G6
11. SHINee - Hello
12. Charice - Reset
13. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
14. Selena Gomez and the Scene - A Year Without Rain
15. Beast - Soom
16. JVJ - Ayyy Girl
17. Mike Posner - Please Don't Go
18. Nicole Scherzinger - Poison
19. Regine Velasquez - You Don't Know
20. Yeng Constantino - Jeepney Lovestory

Pinoy MYX Countdown
November 27-December 3, 2010

1. Chicosci - What's Your Poison
2. Sandwich - Lakad
3. Parokya ni Edgar - Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Mo Ako)
4. Christian Bautista - Nakaraang Pasko
5. Regine Velasquez - You Don't Know
6. Yeng Constantino - Jeepney Lovestory
7. Imago - Ang Huling Yakap ng Mundo
8. Letter Day Story - Paano
9. Eevee - Waiter
10. Hilera - Going Nowhere
11. Typecast - This Kind of Silence
12. Ely Buendia & Francis M. - Wasak Waltz
13. Tanya Markova - Disney
14. Young JV feat. August Rigo - Can't Get Enough
15. General Luna - Nandito
16. Piolo Pascual - Terminal
17. Callalily - Liwanag
18. Quest - Party Life
19. Jay R feat Jhing - Spread The Love
20. Salamin - Naked

MYX International Top 20
Nov 27, 2010

1. U Smile - Justin Bieber
2. Something 'Bout Love - David Archuleta
3. Just a Dream - Nelly
4. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5. Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
6. Like a G6 - Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev
7. Hello - SHINee
8. Reset - Charice
9. Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
10. A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez and the Scene
11. Soom – Beast
12. Ayyy Girl – JVJ
13. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner
14. Poison - Nicole Scherzinger
15. Mine - Taylor Swift
16. Who Owns My Heart - Miley Cyrus
17. Love Me - Justin Bieber
18. Magic - B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo
19. 2012 (It Ain't the End) - Jay Sean feat. Nicki Minaj
20. One In A Million - Ne-Yo

UR 105.9 Pinoy Rock Countdown
November 26, 2010

1. Dance, Dance - Doki
2. Step Back, Relax and Do It All Again - Boy Elroy
3. Point Blank -Sugar Hiccup
4. Diyos ng Alon - Head
5. Peach - Identikit

99.5 RT RT30 Countdown
November 26, 2010

1. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (4th week at #1)
2. Like A G6 - Far East Movement feat. Cataracs and Dev
3. Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
4. Elevator - David Archuleta
5. Firework - Katy Perry
6. Something 'Bout Love - David Archuleta
7. Raise Your Glass - Pink
8. Double Vision - 3OH!3
9. Shine a Light - McFly feat. Taio Cruz
10. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze
11. The Catalyst - Linkin Park
12. Bambi - Tokyo Police Club
13. Youtopia [RT Exclusive] – Armin Van Burren feat. Adam Young
14. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance
15. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner
16. Hey Hey You - Vinyl Pinups
17. Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat Ryan Tedder
18. Animal - Neon Tress
19. Closer to the Edge - 30 Seconds to Mars
20. Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida
21. All I Wanted - Paramore
22. Take Me Out - Atomic Tom
23. Under The Stars - Morning Parade
24. Finger on It - Mamas Gun
25. Like We Used To - A Rocket To The Moon
26. Sing - My Chemical Romance
27. Give a Little More - Maroon 5
28. Neon Lights - Rico Blanco
29. Nothin' - The Script
30. We'll be Alright - Travie McCoy

97.1 Baranggay LS FM The Big 10 Countdown
November 27, 2010

1. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
2. Pagkakataon - Shamrock feat Rachelle Ann Go
3. Pangako - Cueshe
4. Biglaan - Jay Perillo
5. Til The End - Six Part Invention
6. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
7. Kahit May Mahal Ka Nang Iba - Mark Bautista
8. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat Rihanna
9. What If - Jason DeRulo
10. Shembot - Eat Bulaga Dabarkads

102.7 Star FM The Perfect 10 Countdown
November 27,2010

1. Faithfully- Jovit Baldivino
2. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
3. Billionaire - Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars
4. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5. Di Na Ko Iibig Pang Muli - April Boy and JC Regino
6. Pyramid- Charice feat. Iyaz
7. Carrie - Jovit Baldivino
8. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat Rihanna
9. Love Me - Justin Bieber
10. Reset - Charice

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees

Nov 26, 2010

1. For The First Time - The Script

2. Elevator - David Archuleta

3. Grenade - Bruno Mars

4. Firework - Katy Perry

5. One In A Million - Ne-Yo

6. Reset - Charice

7. That’s What I’m Here For – Jason Castro

8. Teenage Dream - GLEE Cast

9. Just a Dream - Nelly

10. Love Me - Justin Bieber

11. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner

12. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze

13. Raise Your Glass - P!nk

14. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park

15. Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars

16. Perfectly Lonely - John Mayer

17. Bata - BBS feat Madeline and Kean Cipriano

18. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas

19. To The Sky - Owl City

20. Like a G6 - Far East Movement feat The Cataracs and Dev

21. What's My Name - Rihanna feat Drake

22. Give A Little More - Maroon Five

23. Shake - Jesse McCartney

24. Whip My Hair (Remix) - Willow feat Nicki Minaj

25. Speak Now - Taylor Swift

26. We R Who We R - Ke$ha

27. Good Life - OneRepublic

28. We'll Be Alright - Travie McCoy

29. Only Girl - Rihanna

30. Forget You - Cee Lo Green

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20
(November 27-December3, 2010)

1. JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Bruno Mars (2ND WEEK @ #1)
2. Till My Heartaches End - Carol Banawa
3. Walang Iba - Ezra
4. Paano - Jovit Baldivino
5. Billionaire - Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
6. Carrie - Jovit Baldivino
7. Til The End - Six Part Invention
8. Walang Hanggan ( Imortal Theme )- Yeng Constantino and Ney Dimaculangan of 6CycleMind
9. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
10. Di Na Ko Iibig Pang Muli - April Boy and JC Regino
11. Pangako - Cueshe
12. Asahan Mo - Siakol
13. Hanging Habagat - Champ (NEW)
14. Kahit Walang Sabihin - Rico Blanco
15. Nothin On You - B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
16. Pangako - True Faith
17. Baliw - Kiss Jane
18. Alay - Kamikazee
19. Jeepney Love Story - Yeng Constantino
20. Pakiusap Lang - Parokya Ni Edgar

Magic 30 Countdown
28 November 2010

1. Firework - Katy Perry (2nd week at #1)
2. We R Who We R - Ke$ha
3. Elevator - David Archuleta
4. Yeah 3x - Chris Brown
5. Reset - Charice
6. Love Like Woe - The Ready Set
7. Like This, Like That - Jay Sean featuring Birdman
8. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance
9. Grenade - Bruno Mars
10. Perfectly Lonely - John Mayer
11. Raise Your Glass - Pink
12. Like A G6 - Far East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev
13. What's My Name? - Rihanna featuring Drake
14. Photograph - Santana featuring Chris Daughtry
15. Runaway - Kanye West featuring Pusha T
16. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
17. The Shawarma Song - Shivaker
18. Just A Dream - Nelly
19. Hurricane - 30 Seconds To Mars featuring Kanye West
20. Rocketeer - Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder (highest new entry)
21. Mean - Taylor Swift
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Santana featuring India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma
23. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
24. Bottoms Up - Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj (new entry)
25. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
26. Shake - Jesse McCartney
27. Courage - Orianthi featuring Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf
28. Hypnotize U - N.E.R.D. (new entry)
29. Check It Out - Nicki Minaj & will.i.am
30. Your Love - Nicki Minaj (new entry)

Mellow 94.7 Ten Strong Countdown (November 26, 2010)

10. CHECK IT OUT – Will.I.Am
9. WHAT IF – Jason Derulo
8. RAISE YOUR GLASS - Pink
7. ELEVATOR – David Archuleta
6. WAITING FOR THE END – Linkin Park
5. Careful – Paramore
4. FOR THE FIRST TIME – The Script
3. LOVE ME – Justin Bieber
2. FIREWORK – Katy Perry
1. RESET - Charice

Wave 89.1 Soul Review Countdown
November 26, 2010

1. Love The Way You Lie Part II - Rihanna feat Eminem
2. Whip My Hair (Remix) - Willow feat Nicki Minaj
3. Get Back Up - T.I feat Chris Brown
   
4. Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat Ryan Tedder
5. Yeah 3X - Chris Brown
6. See You Next Tuesday - Ke$ha
7. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
8. Pretty Girls Rock - Keri Hilson
9. Love Letter - R. Kelly
10. Grenade - Bruno Mars
11. Where You Are - Cali Swag District
12. What's My Name - Rihanna feat Drake
13. Foreplay - Tank feat Chris Brown
14. Buzzin - Mann
15. Gone - Nelly feat Kelly Rowland

Twenty Tunes 35

My Favorite Songs/Singles for the Month of November

1. Perfectly Lonely - John Mayer
2. For The First Time - The Script
3. Grenade - Bruno Mars
4. Waiting for The End - Linkin Park
5. Rhythm of Love - Plain White Ts
6. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
7. Nothing - The Script
8. Reset - Charice
9. Forget You - Cee Lo Green
10. Like a G6 - Far East Movement feat The Cataracs and Dev
11. Delikado - The Out of Body Special
12. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
13. Better With You - Ben Kweller
14. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
15. Baliw - Kiss Jane
16. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
17. Give A Little More - Maroon Five
18. Pagkakataon - Shamrock feat Rachelle Ann Go
19. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean feat Kelly Clarkson
20. Wasak Waltz - Ely Buendia and Francis Magalona

Spotlight: ABC's "Better With You"

ABC's new sitcom "Better With You" started out okay, it's not that bad but the reviews were basically saying that the sitcom is not the worst thing out there but it's an old-fashioned show, something that could have come out in the 90s. And part of the show's "old fashioned" style is that it has an opening theme which I totally like because very few US TV shows these days have theme songs and I don't know about other people but for me a good theme song helps establish a show's identity. The show's theme song is also titled "Better With You" and it is sung by indie artist Ben Kweller. You could check out the full song below and what's great is that you can actually it download the song for FREE and better yet it's a LEGAL download because it's from ABC's official website [it's available even from peopleoutside the US, just great]! Just visit Ben Kweller's page on ABC's website here and scroll down below and you'll see the DOWNLOAD NOW icon and click away!

As for the show itself, I like the pilot although I wasn't as drawn to it like when I saw the pilots of Modern Family, The Middle, and Cougar Town. I found the first couple of episodes amusing but not totally funny or compelling but the cast were so good that it still made me watch the show. But the latest episode, the Thanksgiving one, was so good on all aspects, writing, acting, comedy timing, everything clicked and I'm now totally on board for this show! The ratings are just mediocre but we still got a full season and hopefully a second season is possible. Let's wait and see.

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: December 4, 2010)

Rihanna scored her 9th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Only Girl" just two weeks after earning her 8th #1 with "What's My Name". This is quite a unique case as Rihanna's second single reached the #1 spot first before the lead single of her new album. "What's My Name" benefited from strong first week sales that catapulted it on top while "Only Girl" airplay lead was the main reason it towered over its competitors to reach the top. This is Rihanna's 4th #1 for 2010 (Rude Boy & Love The Way You Lie were the first two) and she's the first artist to have 4 #1 hits in a calendar year since Usher in 2004 when he scored back to back to back #1 hits with "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II" and her duet with Alicia Keys "My Boo". Coincidentally, Rihanna ties Usher's Hot 100 #1 haul. Elton John and The Bee Gees also had 9 Hot 100 #1 hits. Here are the following artists who have 10+ #1 hits:

20- The Beatles
18- Mariah Carey
17- Elvis Presley
13- Michael Jackson
12- Madonna
12- The Supremes
11- Whitney Houston
10- Janet Jackson
10- Stevie Wonder

At 22, Rihanna could potentially earn more #1 hits. 2010 has been a good year for Rihanna compared to a year ago, she had no #1 hit or even a top 5 with her songs "Russian Roulette" and "Hard" receiving lukewarm reception.

Elsewhere on the top 10, Pink's "Raise Your Glass" jumps to #2, it has a chance to top the Hot 100 next week, if that happens that be Pink's 3rd #1 song after "So What" and the collaboration "Lady Marmalade" with Christina Aguilera, Mya, and Lil Kim. Last week's #1 Far East Movement's "Like A G6" drops to #3, Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" climbs to #4 while Nelly's "Just a Dream" stays at #5. Katy Perry's "Fireworks" is up from #9 to #6 this week, it's currently the #1 song on US iTunes which means it has a great chance to be Katy's Perry 3rd straight #1 from her new album and 4th #1 over all. Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" and "What's My Name" drops to #7 and #8 while "Bottoms Up" by Trey Songz is a non-mover at #10. Where's #9? Read below :)

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Cee Lo Green's "F*ck You (Forget You)" already lost steam and was dropping on the charts the past weeks but thanks to the Glee exposure, the combined sales of the clean and explicit version catapulted the song's sales through the roof paving the way for it to jump to #9 this week. On the other hand, Glee's cover of Green's "Forget You" settles for #11 instead but this is the 3rd highest peaking Glee track after "Don't Stop Believin'"(#4) and last week's top debut "Teenage Dream" (#8) which drops to #36 this week. Only one other Glee track enters the chart this week, the mash up "Singing in The Rain / Umbrella" debuts at #18. Both covers of "Forget You" and "Singing in The Rain / Umbrella" feature lead vocals from actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow had a 2000 song "Crusin" with Huey Lewis, it was a hit here in the Philippines but it did not chart at all on the Hot 100.

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Bruno Mars scores his 4th straight Top 20 hit (after "Nothin on You", "Billionaire" and her own "Just The Way You Are") as her second single "Grenade" zooms from #30 to #17, the track is currently in the iTunes Top 10 and with rising airplay to boot, I wouldn't be surprised if this will be another top 5 hit for the guy, his career is currently on fire right now.

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"Airplanes" by B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams dropped out on this week's chart after 30 weeks. Also bowing out are Mike Posner's "Please Don't Go" (29 weeks) and Katy Perry's #1 smash "California Gurls" (27 weeks). With all those long running songs saying adieu, the longest chart sitter is now Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It" which spends its 28th week on the chart. The song is a non-mover at #21 this week and I think it still has 4 to 8 weeks left on the chart. Let's wait and see.

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How I wish OneRepublic's "Secrets" finally enters the top 20, it peaked at #21 a couple of weeks back, it climbs back to #24 from #26 last week. I'm also hoping for Plain White Ts "Rhythm of Love" (#66) and Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (#68) will break in to the Top 40 eventually. Another song I like Train's "Marry Me" debuts at #95 this week. Florence + The Machine's "Dogs Days Are Over" peaked at #21 thanks to her 2010 VMA Performance, she performed on Saturday Night Live last week and it brought some more chart life to the song as it climbs from #89 to #69 this week. Here's hoping the song will have another leash on its chart life.

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Please check out my Top 20 predictions for 2010 Billboard Year-end chart here! Anyway, here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as originally posted at Pulse Music Board:

BILLBOARD HOT 100 (12/4/2010)

01 02 11 Rihanna, Only Girl (In The World)
02 04 07 P!nk, Raise Your Glass
03 01 15 Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev, Like A G6
04 06 04 Ke$ha, We R Who We R
05 05 14 Nelly, Just A Dream
06 09 05 Katy Perry, Firework
07 03 18 Bruno Mars, Just The Way You Are
08 07 05 Rihanna Featuring Drake, What's My Name?
09 22 13 Cee Lo Green, F**k You (Forget You)
10 10 15 Trey Songz Featuring Nicki Minaj, Bottoms Up

11 NE 01 Glee Cast Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Forget You
12 11 19 Usher Featuring Pitbull, DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
13 12 02 The Black Eyed Peas, The Time (Dirty Bit)
14 14 25 Taio Cruz, Dynamite
15 13 18 Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
16 15 25 Neon Trees, Animal
17 30 08 Bruno Mars, Grenade
18 NE 01 Glee Cast Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Singing In The Rain / Umbrella
19 16 21 Flo Rida Featuring David Guetta, Club Can't Handle Me
20 19 09 Mike Posner, Please Don't Go

21 21 28 Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull, I Like It
22 18 05 Willow, Whip My Hair
23 25 11 Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Roscoe Dash & Wale, No Hands
24 26 22 OneRepublic, Secrets
25 29 07 Wiz Khalifa, Black And Yellow
26 17 17 Sugarland, Stuck Like Glue
27 20 20 The Band Perry, If I Die Young
28 24 21 Chris Brown Featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall, Deuces
29 27 14 Lil Wayne Featuring Drake, Right Above It
30 28 22 Eminem Featuring Rihanna, Love The Way You Lie

31 33 15 The Ready Set, Love Like Woe
32 34 08 Nicki Minaj, Right Thru Me
33 23 16 Taylor Swift, Mine
34 32 15 Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson, As She's Walking Away
35 37 07 Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina, Stereo Love
36 08 02 Glee Cast, Teenage Dream
37 35 08 Rick Ross Featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele, Aston Martin Music
38 40 12 Eminem Featuring Lil Wayne, No Love
39 36 10 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup, We No Speak Americano
40 44 08 Pitbull Featuring T-Pain, Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)

41 42 22 Sara Bareilles, King Of Anything
42 39 03 Tim McGraw, Felt Good On My Lips
43 47 10 Trey Songz, Can't Be Friends
44 62 04 Chris Brown, Yeah 3X
45 46 13 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
46 58 03 Kenny Chesney, Somewhere With You
47 45 16 Sean Kingston Featuring Nicki Minaj, Letting Go (Dutty Love)
48 52 12 Brad Paisley, Anything Like Me
49 NE 01 Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg & Akon, Kush
50 51 07 Kanye West Featuring Pusha T, Runaway

51 60 07 David Guetta Featuring Kid Cudi, Memories
52 61 14 Rascal Flatts, Why Wait
53 NE 01 Rihanna, S&M
54 69 07 Jesse McCartney, Shake
55 53 19 Ke$ha, Take It Off
56 55 16 Daughtry, September
57 43 11 will.i.am & Nicki Minaj, Check It Out
58 59 09 Carrie Underwood, Mama's Song
59 49 15 Usher Featuring Jay-Z, Hot Tottie
60 71 08 Keith Urban, Put You In A Song

61 64 12 Miranda Lambert, Only Prettier
62 75 08 Christina Perri, Jar Of Hearts
63 65 10 Reba, Turn On The Radio
64 66 17 Drake Featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz, Fancy
65 63 12 George Strait, The Breath You Take
66 78 10 Plain White T's, Rhythm Of Love
67 74 04 Taylor Swift, Back To December
68 72 15 Mumford & Sons, Little Lion Man
69 89 10 Florence + The Machine, Dog Days Are Over
70 67 02 Jeremih Featuring 50 Cent, Down On Me

71 68 19 Darius Rucker, Come Back Song
72 82 05 Lloyd, Lay It Down
73 73 10 Miguel Featuring J. Cole, All I Want Is You
74 70 02 Lady Antebellum, Hello World
75 NE 01 Nelly Featuring Keri Hilson, Liv Tonight
76 81 03 Blake Shelton, Who Are You When I'm Not Looking
77 79 05 Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj, Monster
78 84 10 Eric Church, Smoke A Little Smoke
79 56 03 Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay
80 86 04 Luke Bryan, Someone Else Calling You Baby

81 91 03 Chris Young, Voices
82 93 07 Linkin Park, Waiting For The End
83 83 07 Shakira Featuring El Cata Or Dizzee Rascal, Loca
84 NE 01 Michael Jackson Duet With Akon, Hold My Hand
85 80 17 Kenny Chesney, The Boys Of Fall
86 57 02 Lupe Fiasco, The Show Goes On
87 90 06 Akon, Angel
88 85 03 Pitbull, Bon, Bon
89 87 19 Easton Corbin, Roll With It
90 100 03 Toby Keith, Bullets In The Gun

91 94 02 Twista Featuring Chris Brown, Make A Movie
92 97 04 Ne-Yo, One In A Million
93 88 03 New Hallow, Sick
94 95 06 Trace Adkins, This Ain't No Love Song
95 NE 01 Train, Marry Me
96 76 02 Jason Derülo, What If
97 NE 01 Ke$ha, Blow
98 NE 01 Flo Rida, Turn Around (5 4 3 2 1)
99 98 05 My Darkest Days Featuring Zakk Wylde, Porn Star Dancing
100 99 03 Natasha Bedingfield, Strip Me

Rihanna Lands 9th #1, Glee & Boyle Stay Atop Charts

Updated: Posted this week's top 20 albums on the Billboard 200

It was only two weeks ago when Rihanna scored her 8th #1 with "What's My Name", her second single from her new album "Loud", due to strong first week sales and I thought then that it was making up for the lead single "Only Girl (In The World)" failing to top the Hot 100 but well after closely making it last week, "Only Girl" finally top the Hot 100 this week as reported by Billboard. This is Rihanna's 9th #1 and 4th #1 this year. It was a tight race for #1 between "Only Girl" and Pink's "Raise Your Glass" but the former's commanding lead on airplay towered over Pink's track which settles for #2 this week on the Hot 100, it still has a chance to top the Hot 100 next week though. Here is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 (full chart will be posted tomorrow plus more chart comments)

1. Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)"
2. P!nk - "Raise Your Glass"
3. Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs and Dev - "Like a G6"
4. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R"
5. Nelly - "Just a Dream"
6. Katy Perry - "Firework"
7. Bruno Mars - "Just the Way You Are"
8. Rihanna feat Drake - "What's My Name?"
9. Cee Lo Green - "F**k You (Forget You)"
10. Trey Songz feat Nicki Minaj - "Bottoms Up"

Almost making it to the top 10 is Glee's cover of Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" which enters the Hot 100 at #11. The cover featured the vocals of Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow who was the guest star of last week's episode. Glee's cover of "Forget You" sold 192k this week topping the Hot Digital Songs chart this week and it's also the second highest first week sales of any Glee track next to last week's #1 "Teenage Dream" which sold 214K last week (but drops to #19 this week as expected for Glee tracks). This is the second week in a row that Glee topped the Hot Digital Songs chart but it is interesting to note that both covers of "Teenage Dream" and "Forget You" featured vocals from someone not on the regular cast. In a matter of two weeks, Glee's cover of "Don't Stop Believin" went from the #1 to #3 on the list of top selling first-week sales of Glee tracks, a record it held for over a year (it sold 177K in May 2009). Time will tell if the Glee's covers of "Teenage Dream" and "Forget You" would surpass "Don't Stop Believin" over all sales which is over a million and by far the best selling Glee track to date. Another Glee track from last week's episode sold well., their mash up of "Singing in the Rain" and "Umbrella" enters the Hot Digital Songs track at #7 selling 140K.

Thanks to the Glee exposure Cee Lo Green's "F*ck You (Forget You)" soared from #12 to #2 on the Hot Digital Songs chart selling 191K and helping it land in the Top 10 on the Hot 100. Billboard counted both the sales for the original 'explicit' version and the 'radio-friendly' version into one so that's why even though neither version cracked the Top 3 on iTunes last week (the largest share of the digital songs sales) the combined sales were enough to land in the top 2. But they are basically the some song with a one word difference.

Here is this week's Top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart courtesy of Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch

1. Glee Cast - "Forget You" (192K)
2. Cee Lo Green - "F*ck You / Forget You" (191K)
3. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R" (189K)
4. Katy Perry - "Firework" (175K)
5. P!nk - "Raise Your Glass" (171K)
6. Rihanna - "What's My Name?" (147K)
7. Glee Cast - "Singin' in The Rain/Umbrella" (140K)
8. The Black Eyed Peas - "Time (The Dirty Bit)" (170K)
9. Rihanna - "Only Girl (In The World)" (131K)
10. Far*East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev - "Like A G6" (130K)

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A total of 8 new album storms in on the Top 10 of this week's Billboard 200 albums but Susan Boyle remained unbeatable as her holiday album "The Gift" spends a second week at #1 atop the chart selling 355K this week. The Gift's sales are up 5% from last week when it debuted with 318K, it's a rare feat for an album to increase in sales from its debut week. Leading the pack of new entries is 10-year old Jackie Evancho with her holiday set "O Holy Night" debuting at #2 selling 239K. Evancho is a runner up from this year's America's Got Talent and at 10 years old, she is the youngest person to land a top 10 album, the previous record holder was the late Michael Jackson. Jackson was 11 years old when Jackson 5 land their first top 10 album. Far below. Let's see if fellow 10 year old Willow Smith, who already made splash this year with her single "Whip My Hair", could land a top 10 album next year. At #3 is Rihanna's 4th studio album "Loud" which sold 207K, the highest first week sales for any Rihanna album. Rihanna has 9 #1 songs on the Hot 100 but she has yet have a #1 album, her highest peaking album was Good Girl Gone Bad at #2. The next set of new entries in the top 10 are comprised of Josh Groban's "Illuminations" (#4), Kid Rock's "Born Free" (#5), Rascall Flatt's "Nothing Like This" (#6), Keith Urban's "Get Closer) (#7), Glee's "Glee The Music: The Christmas Album" (#8) and Nelly's "5.0" (#10). Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" is the only other leftover from last week's top 10 ,it lands at #9. All but the #10 album outsold the albums on the same positions last year and over all sales are up from last year for the first time this year! There's a wide sales gap from the #9 album (146K) to #10 album (64K) though. Nelly's sales are disappointing considering he has a hit this time with "Just a Dream" and is an established artist, it would have been great if all the top 10 albums sold 100K+. This year's American Idol winner Lee DeWyze debuted at #19 selling 39K, somewhere Kris Allen is happy as someone took his "record" of lowest selling first week sales of an Idol winner. Allen's self-titled first album debuted and peaked at #11 last year selling~80K. Lastly, Eminem's "Recovery" is the first album to sell 3 million copies this year, unless Susan Boyle (or any other album) will suddenly sell ~500K a week until December, "Recovery" is on course to be 2010's Top Seller. I will update this post if any Billboard 200 sales chart for this week are posted on Pulse Music Board already so watch out :)

Here is this week's Top 20 albums on the Billboard as originally posted at Pulse Music Board:

1 SUSAN BOYLE THE GIFT 334505 631058
2 JACKIE EVANCHO O HOLY NIGHT 239234 239234
3 RIHANNA LOUD 206530 206776
4 JOSH GROBAN ILLUMINATIONS 191226 191337
5 KID ROCK BORN FREE 188788 189010
6 RASCAL FLATS NOTHING LIKE THIS 164926 165071
7 KEITH URBAN GET CLOSER 161515 161528
8 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 161198 161293
9 TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW 146358 1724577
10 NELLY 5.0 63476 63568
11 DAY TO REMEMBER WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM YOU 58103 58240
12 JASON ALDEAN MY KINDA PARTY 57609 331117
13 VARIOUS NOW 36 55894 144676
14 PINK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 52651 52750
15 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 48507 460190
16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PROMISE 46858 47725
17 CHRIS TOMLIN AND IF OUR GOD IS FOR US... 45170 45737
18 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 39127 126959
19 LEE DEWYZE LIVE IT UP 38581 38596
20 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON2: THE LEGEND 35973 205772

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 9

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines from two record chains: Odyssey Music & Video and Astrovision/Astroplus:

AstroChart: Astrovision/Astroplus Top Sellers
November 15-21, 2010

1. The Other Side of Down - David Archuleta (Sony)
2. Your Song - Lea Salonga (Sony)
3. Speak Now - Taylor Swift (MCA)
4. My Music - Carol Banawa (Star Records)
5. Merry Christmas II You - Mariah Carey (MCA)
6. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
7. Christmas From The Hearts - David Archuleta (Sony)
8. Doo Wops and Holligans - Bruno Mars (Warner)
9. David Archuleta - David Archuleta (Sony)
10. In Harmony: The Duets - Martin Nievera (Polyeast)
11. I'd Do Anything For Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
12. Ngayon At Kailanman - Ogie Alcasid (Universal Records)
13. Glee The Music: The Christmas Album - Various Artists (Sony)
14. The Magic of David Foster and Friends - Various Artists (Warner)
15. My Worlds - Justin Bieber (MCA)
16. Ngayon Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)

Thanks once again to Drake from Astrovision/Astroplus for providing the list

Odyssey Music & Video Top Selling Albums
November 8-14, 2010

Overall

1. Speak Now - Taylor Swift (MCA)
2. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
3. I'd Do Anything for Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
4. The Magic of David Foster & Friends - Various Artists (Warner)
5. Non-Stop Pilipino Christmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various Artists (AMII Music)
6. My Music - Carol Banawa (Star Records)
7. Your Song - Lea Salonga (Sony)
8. Ngayon Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)
9. Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Universal Records)
10. Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi (MCA)

OPM

1. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
2. I'd Do Anything for Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
3. Non-Stop Pilipino Christmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various Artists (AMII Music)
4. My Music - Carol Banawa (Star Records)
5. Your Song - Lea Salonga (Sony)
6. Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Universal Records)
7. Ngayon Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)
8. Christmas Medley Disco Makers - Various Artists (Aquarius Music)
9. I'll Be Seeing You - Richard Poon (MCA)

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 23, 2010
Entertainment, page D1

Midweek Musings 8

* Very hectic work load these days for me. Aside from writing dubbing scripts, I was also assigned to write copy for an upcoming hotel's website and AVP. It was really difficult I must say since I'm not confident if I could write a good copy for selling the hotel but anyway I was still to produce outputs and waiting for the approval of the client. I hope it will be approved with only minimal revisions (if would be great if none!). The hotel is actually located in Baguio and we might go there next month to shoot materials for the AVP. If things pushes through, this will be my second time to visit the City of Pines, first was back in 2005 when I was one of the chosen from Heraldo Filipino to attend OSSEI Campus Journalism seminar-workshop. I really enjoyed my trip so hopefully everything pushes through :)

*Tonight's winning numbers for the Grand Lotto 6/55: 4-41-40-55-42-45. And with a grand prize of 633.9 Million, this was really a most watched raffle but alas NO ONE WON AGAIN! Well, I'll bet a make next time haha. Seriously, I hope a lot of people will win the grand prize next prize because if one will only win, I will be afraid for his or her safety, that's a lot of money and this is a highly watched Lotto season. Anyway, I hope the eventual winner/s deserve/s it and will make the money to good use. If I will be to place a bet, I'll he happy if get four numbers only with a prize 2,000 pesos seriously haha :D

* 31 Days to go before Christmas! Wow, it's almost near! I hope we can get our Christmas Bonus already haha. Anyway, I hope the weather will be a cooler soon, that's what I love about the holiday season and it's been really humid lately although there are rains at times. Times are really hard, few houses have Christmas decorations much less Christmas light these days.

Spotlight: Rosario

When I first saw the trailer of "Rosario" it gave me goosebumps. I have no idea what the story is all about but the trailer is really something, the cinematography and production is very impressive, the musical score is haunting and it looks like the film is well acted. The film is directed by actor Albert Martinez, I'm not sure if this is his first foray on directing but I'm already impressed with the trailer so I really can't wait to watch this film next month. It is one of the entries on the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival and this film is produced by CinemaBuhay and Studio5 (the new movie arm of TV5). I hope the film will live up to the impressive trailer but I really have a strong feeling that this is indeed a good film. Let's see :)

Chart Recap 121 (Philippine Music Charts)

Here is a rundown of various music charts from Mega Manila FM stations plus music channels. The charts are courtesy of The Philippine Music Charts Thread team of Pinoyexchange.com (you could also see daily music charts and provincial music charts there, to see the thread click here)

For last week's recap click here and for the album sales chart from Odyssey and Astrovision/Astroplus click here

Notes:

* The results of 101.1 Yes FM and 90.7 Love Radio Top 10 posted on their respective websites are still the same with the charts I posted two weeks ago

* No more NU 107 countdown because well the station has closed down and will be replaced by Win Radio 107.5, reportedly another masa station

*No more countdown on Jam 88.3. Max FM reformatted to 103.5 Wow Fm and U92 is now 92.3 News FM Radyo Singko (an AM programmed FM station run by TV5)

* It seems like there is no more 93.9 iFM i10 Contenders

*Tambayan 101.9 has a countdown show already "Tambayan Top 10" every Saturday 12 noon that featured the top 10 of the Top 20 posted which is found on their multiply site here

Channel [V] Bente-Uno Countdown (November 16-22, 2010)

‎1. Mine (Taylor Swift) 2ND WEEK AT #1
2. Something 'Bout Love (David Archuleta)
3. Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
4. I Remember The Girl (Christian Bautista)
5. Like A G6 (Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev) NEW ENTRY
6. Please Don't Go (Mike Posner) NEW ENTRY
7. Just A Dream (Nelly)
8. Reset (Charice) NEW ENTRY
9. Only Girl (Rihanna) NEW ENTRY
10. U Smile (Justin Bieber) NEW ENTRY
11. Club Can't Handle Me (Flo Rida feat. David Guetta)
12. Lakad (Sandwich)
13. Pakiusap Lang (Parokya Ni Edgar)
14. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again (Usher feat. Pitbull)
15. A Year Without Rain (Selena Gomez & The Scene)
16. Closer To The Edge (30 Seconds To Mars)
17. Soom (Beast)
18. To The Sky (Owl City)
19. Magic (B.o.B. feat. Rivers Cuomo) NEW ENTRY
20. Nandito (General Luna) NEW ENTRY

MYX Hitchart

November 20-26, 2010

1. Justin Bieber - U Smile
   
2. Chicosci - What's Your Poison
3. Sandwich - Lakad
4. Parokya ni Edgar - Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Mo Ako)
5. David Archuleta - Something 'Bout Love
6. SHINee - Hello
7. Nelly - Just a Dream
8. My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
9. Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
10. Beast - Soom
11. Selena Gomez and the Scene - A Year Without Rain
12. Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like a G6
13. Charice - Reset
14. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
15. B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo - Magic
16. Christian Bautista - Nakaraang Pasko
17. Justin Bieber - Love Me
18. Taylor Swift - Mine
19. Miley Cyrus - Who Owns My Heart
20. Yeng Constantino - Jeepney Lovestory

MYX International Top 20
November 20-26, 2010

1. Justin Bieber - U Smile (3rd week at #1)
2. David Archuleta - Something 'Bout Love
3. SHINee - Hello
4. Nelly - Just a Dream
5. My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
6. Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
7. Beast - Soom
8. Selena Gomez and the Scene - A Year Without Rain
9. Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like a G6
10. Charice - Reset
11. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
12. B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo - Magic
13. Justin Bieber - Love Me
14. Taylor Swift - Mine
15. Miley Cyrus - Who Owns My Heart
16. Jay Sean feat. Nicki Minaj - 2012 (It Ain't the End)
17. Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie
18. Nicole Scherzinger - Poison
19. Mike Posner - Please Don't Go
20. JVJ - Ayyy Girl

Pinoy MYX Countdown
November 20-26, 2010

1. Chicosci - What's Your Poison
2. Sandwich - Lakad
3. Parokya ni Edgar - Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Mo Ako)
4. Christian Bautista - Nakaraang Pasko
5. Yeng Constantino - Jeepney Lovestory
6. Eevee - Waiter
7. Letter Day Story - Paano
8. Typecast - This Kind of Silence
9. Hilera - Going Nowhere
10. Ely Buendia & Francis M. - Wasak Waltz
11. Young JV feat. August Rigo - Can't Get Enough
12. General Luna - Nandito
13. Tanya Markova - Disney
14. Hansom - Landi
15. Miguel Escueta - We Belong Together
16. Nikki Gil - Kung Wala Ka
17. Imago - Ang Huling Yakap ng Mundo
18. Jay R feat Jhing - Spread The Love
19. Nyoy Volante - Time Machine
20. Piolo Pascual - Terminal

Tambayan 101.9 Top 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2010

1. JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Bruno Mars (NEW #1)
2. Paano - Jovit Baldivino
3. Till My Heartaches End - Carol Banawa (last week's #1)
4. Walang Iba - Ezra
5. Billionaire - Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
6. Carrie – Jovit Baldivino
7. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
8. Til The End - Six Part Invention
9. Walang Sabihin - Rico Blanco
10. Pangako - Cueshe
11. 'Di Na Ako Iibig Pang Muli - April Boy and JC Regino
12. Asahan Mo - Siakol
13. Dito Sa Puso Ko - Faith Cuneta
14. Walang Hanggan (Imortal Theme) - Yeng Constantino and Ney Dimaculangan of 6CycleMind
15. Alay - Kamikazee
16. Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Mo Ako) - Parokya Ni Edgar
17. Baliw - Kiss Jane
18. Jeepney Love Story - Yeng Constantino
19. U Smile - Justin Bieber
20. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino

99.5 RT RT30 Countdown
Nov 19, 2010

1. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
2. Something 'Bout Love - David Archuleta
3. Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
4. Like A G6 - Far East Movement feat. Cataracs and Dev
5. Elevator - David Archuleta
6. Firework - Katy Perry
7. Double Vision - 3OH!3
8. The Catalyst - Linkin Park
9. Raise Your Glass - Pink
10. Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida
11. Youtopia [RT Exclusive] – Armin Van Burren feat. Adam Young
12. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze
13. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner
14. Shine a Light - McFly feat. Taio Cruz
15. Animal - Neon Tress
16. Closer to the Edge - 30 Seconds to Mars
17. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance
18. Love the Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
19. Bambi - Tokyo Police Club
20. Hey Hey You - Vinyl Pinups
21. All I Wanted - Paramore
22. Finger on It - Mamas Gun
23. Like We Used To - A Rocket To The Moon
24. Take Me Out - Atomic Tom
25. Nothin' - The Script
26. Give a Little More - Maroon 5
27. We'll be Alright - Travie McCoy
28. The Only Exception - Paramore
29. Neon Lights - Rico Blanco
30. Turn Around - Flo Rida

Wave 89.1 Soul Review Countdown
November 19, 2010

1. Whip My Hair (Remix) - Willow feat Nicki Minaj
2. Yeah 3X - Chris Brown
3. Get Back Up - T.I feat Chris Brown
4. Love The Way You Lie Part II - Rihanna feat Eminem
5. Where You Are - Cali Swag District
6. See You Next Tuesday - Ke$ha
7. Pretty Girls Rock - Keri Hilson
8. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
9. Grenade - Bruno Mars
10. Rocketeer - Far East Movement feat Ryan Tedder
11. Buzzin - Mann
12. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
13. Foreplay - Tank feat Chris Brown
14. Reset - Charice
15. What's My Name - Rihanna feat Drake

UR 105.9 Pinoy Rock Countdown
November 19, 2010

1. Peach - Identikit
2. Dance, Dance - Doki
3. Point Blank -Sugar Hiccup
4. Step Back, Relax and Do It All Again - Boy Elroy
5. Diyos ng Alon - Head

Mellow 94.7 10 Strong Countdown
Nov 19, 2010

1. For The First Time – The Script
2. Something Bout Love – David Archuleta
3. Love Me – Justin Bieber
4. Reset – Charice
5. What If – Jason Derulo
6. Check It Out - will.i.am and Nicki Minaj
7. Careful - Paramore
8. Firework - Katy Perry (new entry)
9. Waiting for the End - Linkin Park (new entry)
10. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner

RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 and Wannabees

Nov 19, 2010

1. For The First Time - The Script

2. Reset - Charice

3. One In A Million - Ne-Yo

4. Firework - Katy Perry

5. Elevator - David Archuleta

6. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park

7. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner

8. Perfectly Lonely - John Mayer

9. Raise Your Glass - P!nk

10. Like a G6 - Far East Movement feat The Cataracs and Dev

11. Just a Dream - Nelly

12. Give A Little More - Maroon Five

13. Teenage Dream - GLEE Cast

14. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze

15. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas

16. Shake - Jesse McCartney

17. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

18. We R Who We R - Ke$ha

19. To The Sky - Owl City

20. Good Life - OneRepublic

21. Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars
22. We'll Be Alright - Travie McCoy
23. Mine - Taylor Swift
24. Rhythm of Love - Plain White Ts
25. The Way It Goes - The Click 5
26. Bata - BBS feat Madeline and Kean Cipriano
27. Grenade - Bruno Mars
28. Love Me - Justin Bieber
29. Forget You - Cee Lo Green
30. Hot Tottie - Usher feat Jay-Z

Magic 30 Countdown
21 November 2010

1. Firework - Katy Perry (1st week at #1)
2. Elevator - David Archuleta (last week's #1)
3. We R Who We R - Ke$ha
4. Yeah 3x - Chris Brown
5. Reset - Charice
6. Perfectly Lonely - John Mayer
7. Like A G6 - Far East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev
8. Just A Dream - Nelly
9. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
10. Love Like Woe - The Ready Set
11. The Shawarma Song - Shivaker
12. Like This, Like That - Jay Sean featuring Birdman
13. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance
14. Raise Your Glass - Pink
15. Photograph - Santana featuring Chris Daughtry
16. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Santana featuring India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma
17. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
18. Runaway - Kanye West featuring Pusha T (highest new entry)
19. Grenade - Bruno Mars
20. Mean - Taylor Swift
21. What's My Name? - Rihanna featuring Drake (new entry)
22. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
23. Hurricane - 30 Seconds To Mars featuring Kanye West
24. Courage - Orianthi featuring Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf
25. Hanging Habagat - Champ Lui-Pio
26. Check It Out - Nicki Minaj & will.i.am
27. Kung Walang Sabihin - Rico Blanco
28. Mine - Taylor Swift
29. Only The Young - Brandon Flowers
30. Shake - Jesse McCartney (new entry)

102.7 Star FM The Perfect 10 Countdown
November 21,2010

1. Faithfully- Jovit Baldivino
2. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
3. Billionaire - Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars
4. Pyramid- Charice feat. Iyaz
5. Di Na Ko Iibig Pang Muli - April Boy and JC Regino
6. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
7. Reset - Charice
8. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat Rihanna
9. Love Me - Justin Bieber
10. Carrie - Jovit Baldivino

97.1 Baranggay LS FM The Big 10 Countdown
November 21, 2010

1. Ituloy Mo Lang - Siakol
2. Biglaan - Jay Perillo
3. Pagkakataon - Shamrock feat Rachelle Ann Go
4. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat Rihanna
5. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
6. Love Me - Justin Bieber
7. Di Na Ko Iibig Pang Muli - April Boy and JC Regino
8. Pangako - Cueshe
9. Til The End - Six Part Invention
10. We'll Be Alright - Travie McCoy

My 2010 Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart Predix

UPDATE (12/10/10) The Billboard 2010 Year-end Hot 100 Chart is already out, you can see the results here

With the release of the final chart eligible for Billboard 2010 Year-end chart I decided to make a prediction on what songs will likely make it to the Top 20 of the Year-end Hot 100 chart. Again the Billboard chart year is from December of the outgoing year to November of the incoming year (in this case December 2009-November 2010) the reason that Billboard does this is because it will give them enough time to produce the Billboard Year-end charts magazine to be released on the second week of December. The tabulation of the year-end chart will be based on the accumulated sales, audience impressions (airplay) and streaming points during the chart year. My prediction is just based basically on hunch taking into consideration the chart performance of each song. So without further adieu here's my prediction:

20. I Like It -Enrique Iglesias feat Pitbull
27 weeks, peak: 4

19. Not Afraid - Eminem
25 weeks, peak: 1 (1 week)

18. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
29 weeks, peak: 6

17. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
24 weeks, peak: 2

16. BedRock - Young Money feat Lloyd
25 weeks, peak: 2

15. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
33 weeks for chart year (56 weeks overall), peak for chart year: 9

14. Empire State of Mind - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
21 weeks for chart year (30 weeks overall), peak: 1 (5 weeks)

13. Telephone - Lady GaGa feat Beyonce
33 weeks, peak: 3

12. In My Head - Jason DeRulo
34 weeks, peak: 5

11. Breakeven - The Script
43 weeks, peak: 12

10. Nothin' on You - B.o.B feat Bruno Mars
28 weeks, peak: 1 (2 weeks)

11 weeks in the Top 5

13 weeks in the Top 10

9. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat Rihanna
21 weeks, peak: 1 (7 weeks)
14 weeks in the Top 5
16 weeks in the Top 10

8. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat Ludacris
29 weeks, peak: 1 (1 week)

11 weeks in the Top 5
16 weeks in the Top 10

7. Airplanes - B.o.B feat Hayley Williams
30 weeks, peak: 2
13 weeks in the Top 5
17 weeks in the Top 10

6. OMG - Usher feat will.i.am
30 weeks, peak: 1 (4 weeks)
12 weeks in the Top 5
17 weeks in the Top 10

5. California Gurls - Katy Perry feat Snoop Dog
27 weeks, peak: 1 (6 weeks)
14 weeks in the top 5
17 weeks in the top 10

4. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
31 weeks for chart year (34 weeks overall), peak: 2
15 weeks in the top 5
16 weeks in the top 10

3. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
47 weeks for chart year (54 weeks overall), peak: 3
5 weeks in the Top 5
19 weeks in the Top 10

2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
46 weeks (60 weeks overall), peak: 2
11 weeks in the top 5
15 weeks in the top 10

1. Tik Tok - Ke$ha
32 weeks (38 weeks overall), peak: 1 (9 weeks)
15 weeks in the top 5
19 weeks in the top 10

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: November 27, 2010)

Updated: Corrected chart note on longest chart sitter remark below

Far East Movement's "Like A G6" returns atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week after two weeks at #2 trailing behind big first week sellers "We R Who We R" by Ke$ha" and "What's My Name?" by Rihanna feat Drake. It was a very close battle for #1 this week but "Like A G6" prevailed because of its perfect balance of good sales and airplay but expect another competitive battle for #1 next week with "Only Girl" and "Raise Your Glass" challenging "Like a G6" once more for the top spot. Anyway, "Only Girl" and "Raise Your Glass" both earned a new peaks this week at #2 and #4 respectively. Last week's #1 "What's My Name" dropped all the way to #7 this week close to another former #1 song"We R Who We R" down to #6 this week,.I expect both songs to go back in the top 5 (probably reclaiming the #1 spot) in a couple of weeks given that both songs are still selling well and with rising airplay to boot. Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" stays at #3 while Nelly's "Just A Dream" and Katy Perry's "Firework" went up a notch each (#5 and #9, respectively). After 15 weeks in the Top 10 (peaking at #4) Usher's "DJ Got Us Fallin in Love" was bumped down to #11 this week because of a new entry in the top 10 which I'll discuss later. Trey Songz "Bottoms Up" rounded up the top 10 this week (down 8-10).

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The Glee cover of "Teenage Dream" may have beaten their rendition of "Don't Stop Believin" for the highest first week sales but it fell short on beating or even matching the latter's Hot 100 peak at #4 as the Glee cast's "Teenage Dream" enters the Hot 100 this week at #8. Three other Glee tracks entered the chart this week, "Start Me Up/Livin on a Prayer" at #31, "Stop! In The Name of Love / Free Your Mind" at #38 and "One Love" at #41.

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Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" is the second highest new entry this week at #12. Many are speculating that this won't be a big hit for the group given the relative moderate performance for this track but while I'm sure this won't really match the one-two punch of "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" which spent a combined 26 weeks at #1 last year, I think it's still too early to tell if "The Time (Dirty Bit)" will not be successful.

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After 30 weeks on the chart B.o.B's "Airplanes" (featuring Hayley Williams) drops out on the chart this week leaving Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me" as the longest chart sitter with 29 weeks on the chart followed by Katy Perry's #1 hit "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dog) with 27 weeks but both songs are on their way out with Posner's song dropping to #48 and Katy's song hanging on by a thread at #50. If both songs dropped out next week the longest chart sitter will be a tie between Taio Cruz's "Dynamite (#14 this week) and Neon Trees' "Animal" (#15 yet again this week) as both songs will spend their 25th week on the chart next week CORRECTION: Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It" is the next in line for longest chart sitter as it spends its 27th week on chart this week at #21.

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This is the last week for the 2010 Billboard Year-end charts cutoff and you might ask why so early. This chart with the issue date of November 27 which makes it the last chart for November this year and Billboard year-end charts are from December of the outgoing year to November of the incoming year (this case December 2009-November 2010) the reason that they do this is because it will give them enough time to produce the Billboard Year-end charts publication (the actual physical magazine) to be released on the second week of December. With that said on Sunday, I'll post my prediction on which songs will make it on the Top 20 of the 2010 Billboard Hot 100 Year-end chart, watch out for that ;)

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The full list of the Billboard Hot 100 this week as originally posted at Pulse Music Board:

1 2 14 Like A G6, Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
2 4 10 Only Girl (In The World), Rihanna
3 3 17 Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars
4 7 6 Raise Your Glass, P!nk
5 6 13 Just A Dream, Nelly
6 5 3 We R Who We R, Ke$ha
7 1 4 What's My Name?, Rihanna Featuring Drake
8 NEW 1 Teenage Dream, Glee Cast
9 10 4 Firework, Katy Perry
10 8 14 Bottoms Up, Trey Songz Featuring Nicki Minaj
11 9 18 DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love, Usher Featuring Pitbull
12 NEW 1 The Time (Dirty Bit), The Black Eyed Peas
13 12 17 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
14 11 24 Dynamite, Taio Cruz
15 15 24 Animal, Neon Trees
16 14 20 Club Can't Handle Me, Flo Rida Featuring David Guetta
17 25 16 Stuck Like Glue, Sugarland
18 13 4 Whip My Hair, Willow
19 17 8 Please Don't Go, Mike Posner
20 24 19 If I Die Young, The Band Perry
21 18 27 I Like It, Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull
22 30 12 F**k You (Forget You), Cee Lo Green
23 16 15 Mine, Taylor Swift
24 19 20 Deuces, Chris Brown Featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall
25 21 10 No Hands, Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Roscoe Dash & Wale
26 22 21 Secrets, OneRepublic
27 23 13 Right Above It, Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
28 20 21 Love The Way You Lie, Eminem Featuring Rihanna
29 29 6 Black And Yellow, Wiz Khalifa
30 36 7 Grenade, Bruno Mars
31 NEW 1 Start Me Up / Livin' On A Prayer, Glee Cast
32 34 14 As She's Walking Away, Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson
33 27 14 Love Like Woe, The Ready Set
34 31 7 Right Thru Me, Nicki Minaj
35 37 7 Aston Martin Music, Rick Ross Featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele
36 32 9 We No Speak Americano, Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup
37 48 6 Stereo Love, Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
38 NEW 1 Stop! In The Name Of Love / Free Your Mind, Glee Cast
39 26 2 Felt Good On My Lips, Tim McGraw
40 40 11 No Love, Eminem Featuring Lil Wayne
41 NEW 1 One Love (People Get Ready), Glee Cast
42 35 21 King Of Anything, Sara Bareilles
43 28 10 Check It Out, will.i.am & Nicki Minaj
44 39 7 Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor), Pitbull Featuring T-Pain
45 41 15 Letting Go (Dutty Love), Sean Kingston Featuring Nicki Minaj
46 45 12 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
47 43 9 Can't Be Friends, Trey Songz
48 38 29 Cooler Than Me, Mike Posner
49 33 14 Hot Tottie, Usher Featuring Jay-Z
50 44 27 California Gurls, Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg
51 50 6 Runaway, Kanye West Featuring Pusha T
52 54 11 Anything Like Me, Brad Paisley
53 42 18 Take It Off, Ke$ha
54 NEW 1 Marijuana, Kid Cudi
55 46 15 September, Daughtry
56 93 2 Don't You Wanna Stay, Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson
57 NEW 1 The Show Goes On, Lupe Fiasco
58 67 2 Somewhere With You, Kenny Chesney
59 66 8 Mama's Song, Carrie Underwood
60 58 6 Memories, David Guetta Featuring Kid Cudi
61 64 13 Why Wait, Rascal Flatts
62 59 3 Yeah 3X, Chris Brown
63 73 11 The Breath You Take, George Strait
64 72 11 Only Prettier, Miranda Lambert
65 69 9 Turn On The Radio, Reba
66 53 16 Fancy, Drake Featuring T.I. & Swizz Beatz
67 NEW 1 Down On Me, Jeremih Featuring 50 Cent
68 57 18 Come Back Song, Darius Rucker
69 62 6 Shake, Jesse McCartney
70 NEW 1 Hello World, Lady Antebellum
71 79 7 Put You In A Song, Keith Urban
72 63 14 Little Lion Man, Mumford & Sons
73 60 9 All I Want Is You, Miguel Featuring J. Cole
74 RE-ENTRY 3 Back To December, Taylor Swift
75 76 7 Jar Of Hearts, Christina Perri
76 NEW 1 What If, Jason Derulo
77 NEW 1 Cannibal, Ke$ha
78 65 9 Rhythm of Love, Plain White T's
79 49 4 Monster, Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj
80 75 16 The Boys of Fall, Kenny Chesney
81 99 2 Who Are You When I'm Not Looking, Blake Shelton
82 71 4 Lay It Down, Lloyd
83 68 6 Loca, Shakira Featuring El Cata or Dizzee Rascal
84 92 9 Smoke A Little Smoke, Eric Church
85 61 2 Bon, Bon, Pitbull
86 96 3 Someone Else Calling You Baby, Luke Bryan
87 77 18 Roll With It, Easton Corbin
88 86 2 Sick, New Hollow
89 82 9 Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine
90 85 5 Angel, Akon
91 89 2 Voices, Chris Young
92 NEW 1 Scott Mescudi Vs. The World, Kid Cudi Featuring Cee-Lo
93 84 6 Waiting For The End, Linkin Park
94 NEW 1 Make A Movie, Twista Featuring Chris Brown
95 95 5 This Ain't No Love Song, Trace Adkins
96 81 12 Holding You Down (Goin In Circles), Jazmine Sullivan
97 94 3 One In A Million, Ne-Yo
98 90 4 Porn Star Dancing, My Darkest Days Featuring Zakk Wylde
99 RE-ENTRY 2 Strip Me, Natasha Bedingfield
100 97 2 Bullets In The Gun, Toby Keith

Chart Recap Extra: Album Sales 8

Here are the best selling albums in the Philippines from two record chains: Odyssey Music & Video and Astrovision/Astroplus:

Odyssey Music & Video Top Selling Albums
November 1-7, 2010

Overall

1. Speak Now - Taylor Swift (MCA)
2. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
3. I'd Do Anything for Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
4. The Magic of David Foster & Friends - Various Artists (Warner)
5. My Christmas - Andrea Bocceli (MCA)
6. My Worlds - Justin Bieber (MCA)
7. Non-Stop Pilipino Christmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various Artists (AMII Music)
8. The Classics Album - Jed Madela (Universal Records)
9. XLR8 - XLR8 (Viva)
10. A Wonderful Christmas - Christian Bautista (Universal Records)

OPM

1. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
2. I'd Do Anything for Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
3. Non-Stop Pilipino Christmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various Artists (AMII Music)
4. The Classics Album - Jed Madela (Universal Records)
5. XLR8 - XLR8 (Viva)
6. A Wonderful Christmas - Christian Bautista (Universal Records)
7. Christmas In Our Hearts - Jose Mari Chan (Universal Records)
8. Ngayon Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)
9. Paskong Pinoy Klasiks - Various Artists (Ivory)
10. Byahe - Noel Cabangon (Universal Records)
    
    

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 16, 2010
Entertainment, page D4

AstroChart: Astrovision/Astroplus Top Sellers
November 8-14, 2010

1. Your Song - Lea Salonga (Sony)
2. Speak Now - Taylor Swift (MCA)
3. I'd Do Anything For Love - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
4. The Other Side of Down - David Archuleta (Sony)
5. My Music - Carol Banawa (Star Records)
6. My Christmas - Andrea Boccelli (MCA)
7. Ngayon Pasko Magniningning ang Pilipino - Various Artists (Star Records)
8. The Magic of David Foster and Friends - Various Artists (Warner)
9. Non-Stop Pilipino Christmas Medley: Aming Bati - Various Artists (AMII Music)
10. Faithfully - Jovit Baldivino (Star Records)
11. My Worlds - Justin Bieber (MCA)
12. Doo Wops and Holligans - Bruno Mars (Warner)
13. Jay R Sings OPM Love Classics - Jay R (Universal Records)
14. Charice - Charice (Warner)
15. Have A Happy Reggae Christmas - Various Artists (Able Music)
16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff (Sony

Thanks once again to Drake from Astrovision/Astroplus for providing the list

Hot 100 #1? Anybody's Ballgame!

Update: Paul Grein of Yahoo! Chart Watch updated his post this week and added this:

""Like A G6" tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads. It also regains the top spot on the Hot 100, displacing "What's My Name?," which drops from #1 to #7. "Only Girl (In The World)" (which jumps to a new high of #2 on the Hot 100) holds at #1 in the U.K for the second week"

This week's race for the Hot 100 #1 is a close fight between Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World)", Far East Movement's "Like a G6", P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" and even "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars has an outside chance of reclaiming the #1 spot. The thing is the top sellers this week which are Glee's "Teenage Dream", Ke$ha's "We R Who We R", Black Eyed Peas' "The Time", Katy Perry's "Firework" and last week's #1 Rihanna's "What's My Name" lack enough airplay points to top the Hot 100 this week. The airplay leader "Just The Way You Are" has a strong lead on that area but the sales are already declining (it dropped out of the Digital Songs top 10 this week). Next in line on the airplay race are "Only Girl" and "Like A G6" with the former ahead slightly on the latter. But "Like A G6" has a lead on the sales over "Only Girl" this week making it another too close to call race.

The real darkhorse is Pink's "Raise Your Glass" which sold a lot more than "Like a G6", "Only Girl" and "Just The Way You Are"and with high airplay too although it's airplay still lags behind the aforementioned three songs. So the bottomline is this really one exciting week for the Hot 100 as this is probably the closest race to #1 this year! The streaming points which accounts for ~5-10% of the Hot 100 chart pointing system might be the deciding factor for this. Can't wait to find out the results tomorrow!

On the Billboard Hot Digital Songs Chart, Glee scores their first ever #1 with their cover of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" which sold 214K this week. This topples the record of Glee's cover of "Don't Stop Believin" which sold 177K, the previous record holder for the biggest opening week for a Glee track but it debuted at #2 though behind "Boom Boom Pow" by the Black Eyed Peas. "Don't Stop Believin" so far is the only Glee track to sell 1 million, let's wait and see if their cover of "Teenage Dream" could match that. Meanwhile Black Eyed Peas' new single "The Time (Dirty Bit) from their upcoming album "The Beginning" sold a healthy 170K on its debut week and entering the digital songs chart at #3. However, this could be considered an underwhelming performance for BEP given the dominance of "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" a year ago on the digital sales front but that's really tough act to follow.

Here is this week's top 10 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs courtesy of Yahoo! Chart Watch

1. Glee Cast - Teenage Dream (214K)
2. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R" (191K)
3. The Black Eyed Peas - "Time (The Dirty Bit)" (170K)
4. Katy Perry - "Firework" (161K)
5. P!nk - "Raise Your Glass" (160K)
6. Rihanna - "What's My Name?" (152K)
7. Far*East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev - "Like A G6" (142K)
8. Rihanna - "Only Girl (In The World)" (129K)
9. Nelly - "Just A Dream" (124K)
10. Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj - "Bottoms Up" (103K)

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Susan Boyle does it again! After surprising everyone last year with the massive sales of her debut album "I Dreamed A Dream" which sold 701K on its first week, she sets another record this year as the first female artist to debut atop the Billboard with a Christmas album with "The Gift" and more importantly "The Gift" sold 318k making it the largest opening sales for a Christmas album of the Nielsen/Soundscan era of the Billboard 200. Some are saying that the 318 first week sales is a far cry from her massive opening sales week for her debut album but we should take note the Christmas/Holiday albums don't really sell that much on its first week but as we come closer to the holiday season the sales build up just like what happened to Josh Groban's "Noel" three years ago debuted at #8 but went on to top the Billboard 200 for five weeks selling ~500k a week! "The Gift" is estimated to sell another 300k next week which is really impressive given that it's ordinary for albums to drop hard on its second week after a huge debut. I'm projecting "The Gift" will sell around 1.5 - 2 million by the end of the year. Here's the top 20 Best Selling Albums on this week's Billboard 200 courtesy of Pulse Music Board

1 1 SUSAN BOYLE THE GIFT 317895 318581
3 2 TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW 211778 1578219
1 3 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON2: THE LEGEND 169417 169799
1 4 VARIOUS NOW 36 88760 88782
1 5 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 87730 87832
2 6 JASON ALDEAN MY KINDA PARTY 80510 273508
1 7 REBA MCENTIRE ALL THE WOMAN I AM 64174 64199
4 8 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 60327 411683
1 9 CEE LO GREEN LADY KILLER 41432 41581
7 10 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 35184 446120
22 11 EMINEM RECOVERY 34346 2970612
2 12 MARIAH CAREY MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 32986 88476
42 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 32591 2768210
4 14 KINGS OF LEON COME AROUND SUNDOWN 31598 324148
59 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT REVOLUTION 28690 948518
12 16 KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM 27635 578484
1 17 ALTER BRIDGE AB III 27621 27654
7 18 KENNY CHESNEY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 26061 387388
8 19 ZAC BROWN BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 25687 393820
2 20 BRAD PAISLEY HITS ALIVE 24290 55152

TV Thoughts 2

My first "TV Thoughts" blog entry was posted last May which I intended to be a regular thing here on my blog but forgot about doing it over time haha but anyway I'll give this one another shot since I have so many random thoughts about TV these days both here in the Philippines and in the U.S. Anyway, let's get this started:

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I'm quite glad TV5 is competitive right now, yes over all the station is still #3 but at least it's no longer an after thought and the main networks (and the audience) are taking the station seriously. I admit I personally can't stand Willie Revillame (and his show too) and that's why I'm not "fully" happy with TV5's success with his show but I won't deny that Willie is a huge TV star with a strong mass appeal so it was really a very brilliant scheduling move for TV5 to place his Wowowee 2.0 show "Willing Willie" on primetime to battle with ABS CBN and GMA flagship news programs and their daily soaps as well, it's good counterprogramming and will give the station a significant presence on TV's most important time block. TV5 is already strong on weekend primetime with Talentadong Pinoy and has a competent daytime line up with "Face to Face" and their cartoon block. I don't know if TV5 can breakout in the original local scripted field anytime soon but they are pretty much in good shape with their current line up and programming strategy right now. While I don't see TV5 beating GMA and ABS CBN overall anytime soon but a strong #3 network is good for the industry, it will provide more opportunities and I also hope we could see better scripted programming soon with the increase competition.

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So far I'm liking ABS CBN's remake of "Mara Clara". I like the fact that the story is not really a by-the-numbers copy of the original soap because it made the adaptation unpredictable. I like the new focus that they make this show a little teen-centric with the school scenes, it makes the show easy and enjoyable to watch. It's also a good call to start the show with Mara and Clara as friends rather than just have Mara as the saintly good girl and Clara the spoiled brat who torments her just because. It's good to see the show build up the relationship of the two leads and what would be the cause of conflict (well its kind obvious that their falling out will be because of a guy but I'm looking forward on what will be the breaking point). The elements of a traditional soap are still there but it's blended nicely with the new approach.

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GMA's Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown is about to wrap up and the competition is heating up. I don't know if this would be a final 2 or final 3 but I think if Akihiro will make it to the finals he would easily win as I don't see any of the jury holding a grudge against him and they would respect how competitive he was on the challenges but with that said I don't think he would make it to the finals (unless he goes on an immunity run) because I'm sure the remaining castaways knows he is a runaway winner if they take him to the finals. I'm personally rooting for Solenn because she's very focused on the game and yes because she's charming and nice to look haha but I don't see her winning too unless she will face Aubrey and/or Ervic in the finals. Next to Akihiro, I could see Elma Muros has the best shot of winning but who knows I could be wrong and the jury could surprise me. Anyway, I'm fine with anyone winning save for Ervic. All in all, this was another solid edition of Survivor Philippines although the production values seemed to a be little inferior from the previous two, Lolit Solis visiting the island and Richard Gutierrez as a host sucked bigtime but I would still say this is still the best local adaptation of any reality show franchise.

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Studio 23 changed it's programming strategy recently and I'm quite sad about it since it's already the shadow of the station I once loved. But I can't blame them for the change because I did see it coming as it is really hard for a free TV channel to survive with foreign shows on primetime battling it out with ABS CBN, GMA and the stronger TV5 so airing local movies from 7-9pm makes better counterprogramming and having the US series from 10-12 pm also made sense since the target audience of this show would likely go home late or turn the TV around this time and flip channels. And well we all know the Internet makes it easier for us to access our favorite foreign TV shows so it's no longer appointment viewing to watch them on TV. But still the programming shift makes me sad because I grew up with the station and one of the reasons I got hook from US shows, oh well.

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Since reviving/remaking is the IN thing in TV these days I hope some TV executive out there will think of reviving "Battle of the Brains"! I really miss that show and there's already a drought on quiz shows on local TV these days. On another note, I'm sad local adaptations of "Wheel of Fortune" did do well here, ABC5 did it first with Rustom Padilla as host during the early 2000s and a couple of years back ABS CBN had their version with Kris Aquino as host but but both versions were short lived. TV5 canceled "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" and replaced it with some silly (but ratings gold) "make me laugh" game show "Laugh or Lose". I also miss GMA 7's "Digital LG Quiz" which was really a very creative quiz show although the last edition was not that good because they cut the production cost down (goodbye high tech equipments, hello whiteboards and marker). Anyway, I really I could see a quiz show TV revival on local TV soon

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Much has been said about the freshman shows in the US are not that impressive compared to last year where "Glee" and "Modern Family" stood out and I agree with that no show is exactly a top rater or a critical darling unlike last season but nevertheless I did find some new shows that I liked. ABC's "No Ordinary Family" has a good concept and great cast (Reverend Camden from 7th Heaven is here!) although it has some problems with the execution since the "superhero" and "family" stories are not blending well so far. Comedies "Better With You" from ABC, and "Outsourced" from NBC started OK to me but as the season progress I've warmed with both shows and found some characters that I actually like. CBS's "Mike & Molly" has a very good lead stars and although sometimes the "fat jokes" goes a bit too much but nevertheless the love story of Mike & Molly is something worth watching for. Fox's "Raising Hope" is such a crazy show but has the heart and baby Hope is just too adorable