Top 25 Playlist for Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Friss Zene Top for the week ending on Tuesday, 06.09.09

Who is Agnes Carlsson and what is she doing at #1?! What can I say? Sweden is poppin' and this song is pure love at first listen...

01. Agnes Carlsson - Release Me (DEBUT) (#1 for 1 week)
02. Quietdrive - Birthday (#1 for 2 weeks)
03. Fallbrooke - Losin' It
04. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
05. Hoobastank - So Close, So Far (#1 for 2 weeks)
06. Jordin Sparks - Battlefield (#1 for 1 week)
07. Parachute - Under Control (#1 for 1 week)
08. There For Tomorrow - A Little Faster (DEBUT)
09. Adam Lambert - No Boundaries
10. The Real You - Unwound
11. Lesley Roy - Slow Goodbye
12. All Time Low - Weightless
13. Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
14. Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
15. James Morrison - Please Don't Stop The Rain
16. SafetySuit - Stay (DEBUT)
17. Valencia - Where Did You Go? (#1 for 1 week)
18. Hey Monday - Run, Don't Walk
19. Esmée Denters - Outta Here (DEBUT)
20. Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye West - Knock You Down
21. The White Tie Affair - If I Fall
22. Daughtry - No Surprise
23. Mat Kearney - Closer To Love
24. Kris Allen - No Boundaries
25. The Higher - It's Only Natural (DEBUT)

Retired
None!

So close, yet so far
The Veronicas - Take Me On The Floor
Ne-Yo - Part Of The List
Meg & Dia - Black Wedding
Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby
Kevin Rudolf feat. Kid Cudi - Welcome To The World

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Fresh Songs: Cobra Starship, Esmée Denters, Fallbrooke, Mandy Moore, David Guetta & Kelly Rowland

Quick reviews of some fresh songs for this week...

Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester) - Good Girls Go Bad: The poster boys (and girl) of hipster pop/rock in the Fueled By Ramen family are back to the scene. In preparation for the end-of-summer (August) drop of their new album Hot Mess, they are serving up a slice of sweet electro-pop pie with the help of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester that is far from being a disaster. Who knew Blair Waldorf could sing and play the role of pop star well? Cobra's fearless leader Gabe Sapporta sounds reliably good as well. The song was apparently produced by Kara DioGuardi

Esmée Denters - Outta Here: It's quite inspiring to see someone's dream finally develop and become realized. It did for one young and beautiful Dutch singer who was one of those video recording singers on YouTube that suddenly became one of the most popular users on the site. It was Esmée's soulful renditions of modern pop songs impressed many, including a certain Justin Timberlake who 'discovered' and signed her to a development deal as his label's new star-protegé. Her album and first single of the same name, "Outta Here" dropped in her native The Netherlands and the soon will soon impact on Top 40/R&B radio in the US.

Fallbrooke - Losin' It: This South Florida-based band is the epitome of freshness as they recently dropped their latest eponymously-titled debut album on iTunes and Amazon. The first single for the song "Losin' It" is a catchy song about the very current issue of falling in love with someone over the Internet. The band's lead vocalist Eric McNeely brings an energy matched with the band's power pop sound. I have not listened to the rest of their material yet, but if this song is any indication, I will name myself a fan.

Mandy Moore - I Can Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week: I remember Mandy Moore as being a part of the original quartet of pop princesses who emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, she later denounced her earlier work and reinvented herself as an organic singer-songwriter. In the vein of her new direction is her latest, a retro-sounding and clapworthy track off her freshest LP, Amanda Leigh. In the accompanying music video, Mandy shows Ultimate Fighting champ Chuck Liddell who's got the bigger....

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over: I am consistently amazed at the works of French DJ David Guetta as he expertly crafts pop songs backed by House/electro/Euro dance sounds. He is already a well-known name in Europe and the rest of the world, however he aims to break into the US with a new disc out in August and this surefire summer hit, in which he enlists former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland in a song of epic proportions. Her voice, arguably her strongest, soars through the ridiculous production. I wouldn't be surprised if she releases a full album of dance-pop. Amazing.

Top 25 Playlist for Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Friss Zene Top for the week ending on Wednesday, 06.02.09

Go Quietdrive, it's your "Birthday". I just had to...

01. Quietdrive - Birthday (#1 for 2 weeks)
02. Hoobastank - So Close, So Far (#1 for 2 weeks)
03. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
04. Jordin Sparks - Battlefield (#1 for 1 week)
05. Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye West - Knock You Down
06. All Time Low - Weightless
07. Parachute - Under Control (#1 for 1 week)
08. Adam Lambert - No Boundaries (DEBUT)
09. The Real You - Unwound
10. Fallbrooke - Losin' It
11. Kris Allen - No Boundaries
12. The White Tie Affair - If I Fall
13. Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
14. The Veronicas - Take Me On The Floor
15. Mat Kearney - Closer To Love
16. Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
17. Ne-Yo - Part Of The List
18. James Morrison - Please Don't Stop The Rain
19. Meg & Dia - Black Wedding
20. Daughtry - No Surprise
21. Valencia - Where Did You Go? (#1 for 1 week)
22. Hey Monday - Run, Don't Walk (DEBUT)
23. Lesley Roy - Slow Goodbye (DEBUT)
24. Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby
25. Kevin Rudolf feat. Kid Cudi - Welcome To The World

Retired
None!

So close, yet so far
Allison Iraheta feat. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
David Cook - Come Back To Me
Taylor Swift - You Belong To Me

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