Posts filed under 'Chart Updates'
Chart update October 9, 2009
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Italo Brothers | So Small | Robbins |
| 2 | 1 | The 808’s | Sweet Child of Mine | Central Station |
| 3 | 7 | Caroline Lund | Move Your Body | Caroline Lund Music |
| 4 | 9 | Carefree | Broken Strings | Nervous |
| 5 | 5 | Mia J | Headlights | Robbins |
| 6 | 2 | David May feat. Moises Modesto and The Verve’s ”Bittersweet Symphony” | Superstar | ABKCO |
| 7 | 6 | Carol Hahn | Take Me and Dance | Beagle Boy |
| 8 | 20 | Alcazar | Burning | Universal |
| 9 | 4 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 10 | 10 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
This week, four hot new tracks added to my regular playlist:
- Colbie Caillat Falling For You (Universal)
- Robbie Williams Bodies (EMI)
- William Orbit Purdy (Guerilla Studios)
- Jordin Sparks S.O.S. (Let the Music Play) (Sony)
Add comment October 13, 2009
Chart update 9/25/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The 808’s | Sweet Child of Mine | Central Station |
| 2 | 2 | David May feat. Moises Modesto and The Verve’s ”Bittersweet Symphony” | Superstar | ABKCO |
| 3 | 8 | Italo Brothers | So Small | Robbins |
| 4 | 3 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 5 | 21 | Mia J | Headlights | Robbins |
| 6 | 4 | Carol Hahn | Take Me and Dance | Beagle Boy |
| 7 | 23 | Caroline Lund | Move Your Body | Caroline Lund Music |
| 8 | 9 | Jessie James | Wanted | Mercury |
| 9 | 12 | Carefree | Broken Strings | Nervous |
| 10 | 5 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
Added this week are three hot new tracks added to my regular playlist:
- Radka with Hey Boy.
- Depeche Mode with Perfect.
- Candice Alley with Before You Go.
Add comment September 29, 2009
Chart update 9/11/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The 808’s | Sweet Child of Mine | Central Station |
| 2 | 3 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 3 | 2 | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 4 | 4 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 5 | 6 | Carol Hahn | Take Me and Dance | Beagle Boy |
| 6 | 5 | Novaspace | Dancing Into Danger | Redstick |
| 7 | 7 | David May feat. Moises Modesto and The Verve’s ”Bittersweet Symphony” | Superstar | ABKCO |
| 8 | 20 | Velvet | Come Into the Night | Bonnier Amigo |
| 9 | 8 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 10 | 15 | Jessie James | Wanted | Mercury |
Added this week are four hot new tracks added to my regular playlist:
- The talented Caroline Lund brings us Move Your Body, a great track introduced to me by Nevik at ISV. (Thanks, bud!)
- Robbins Entertainment has two adds this week that are great… Mia J with Headlights, and Italo Brothers with So Small, the latter a remake of the country hit from American Idol’er Carrie Underwood.
- I really like some of the alt rock remixes that come out from time-to-time, and Carolina Liar’s Show Me What I’m Looking For works remarkably well with a dance treatment.
Add comment September 15, 2009
Chart update 9/4/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | The 808’s | Sweet Child of Mine | Central Station |
| 2 | 1 | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 3 | 3 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 4 | 2 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 5 | 4 | Novaspace | Dancing Into Danger | Redstick |
| 6 | 12 | Carol Hahn | Take Me and Dance | Beagle Boy |
| 7 | NE | David May feat. Moises Modesto and The Verve’s ”Bittersweet Symphony” | Superstar | ABKCO |
| 8 | 8 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 9 | 6 | Naturi Naughton | Fame ‘09 | Universal |
| 10 | 5 | Nick Lachey | Patience | Jive |
Added this week are four hot new tracks added to my regular playlist:
- The legendary Georgie Porgie is back with his latest single, Brand New Day. Georgie is often known for impactful, meaningful lyrics, and he doesn’t disappoint this time around.
- Kelly Clarkson, who can just do no wrong in my book, has a great set of dance remixes for Already Gone. Great song, great vocals, and the usual polished dance production.
- Velvet returns with Come Into the Night; really digging this one, and a great follow-up to her string of previous hits.
- Toronto electro-poppers Dragonette bring us a slick new dance track in Pick Up the Phone. It just works on so many levels.
Add comment September 8, 2009
Chart update 8/28/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 2 | 2 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 3 | 8 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 4 | 12 | Novaspace | Dancing Into Danger | Redstick |
| 5 | 3 | Nick Lachey | Patience | Jive |
| 6 | 17 | Naturi Naughton | Fame ‘09 | Universal |
| 7 | 9 | Lauren Hildebrandt | Boyshorts | Red Wallet |
| 8 | 4 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 9 | 16 | Sneaky Sound System | It’s Not My Problem | Whack (Australia) |
| 10 | 13 | Carmen Reece | Right Here | Real MF |
Added this week are five hot new tracks added to my regular playlist:
- The 808’s are back with a great new cover of Sweet Child of Mine. With an authentic vocal, and an amazing rock/dance crossover mix, it’s a strong track that the crowds are responding to.
- Nervous Records offer-up Carefree’s Broken Strings, another strong track that’s getting a lot of attention. Add me to the list.
- Madonna’s Celebration is an add this week, and unsurprisingly has been getting plenty of attention as well.
- Rockers “Cobra Starship” are pulling the usual audience-grab of offering dance remixes of their single, Good Girls Go Bad—and it’s to good effect.
- With incredible model looks and a voice to go with it, Jessie James’ Wanted is a strong track I’m really digging.
Add comment September 1, 2009
Chart update 8/21/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 2 | 5 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 3 | 7 | Nick Lachey | Patience | Jive |
| 4 | 8 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 5 | 2 | Jessica Jarrell | Armageddon | Mercury |
| 6 | 4 | Divine Brown | Sunglasses | Warner |
| 7 | 6 | Ameerah | The Sound of Missing You | Robbins |
| 8 | 9 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 9 | 18 | Lauren Hildebrandt | Boyshorts | Red Wallet |
| 10 | 11 | Vincent Medugno | We Are Meant to Be | Casa |
Added this week are three hot new tracks:
- Trance superstars Above & Beyond once again feature their own alter ego, OceanLab, on a track. Lonely Girl is a great new release from the trio.
- Brit pop-rocker Gary Go pulls the classic audience-builder move by releasing dance remixes of his debut single, Open Arms.
- Long-time DJ superstar Bad Boy Bill has a couple of songs out at the moment, including this latest, Do What U Like, pulled from an actual *album* (a rarity in dance it seems) he released recently.
| 1 | 1 | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 2 | 5 | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 3 | 7 | Nick Lachey | Patience | Jive |
| 4 | 8 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 5 | 2 | Jessica Jarrell | Armageddon | Mercury |
| 6 | 4 | Divine Brown | Sunglasses | Warner |
| 7 | 6 | Ameerah | The Sound of Missing You | Robbins |
| 8 | 9 | Jus Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 9 | 18 | Lauren Hildebrandt | Boyshorts | Red Wallet |
| 10 | 11 | Vincent Medugno | We Are Meant to Be | Casa |
| 11 | 10 | Cascada | Evacuate the Dance Floor | Awesome |
| 12 | 12 | Novaspace | Dancing Into Danger | Redstick |
| 13 | Carmen Reece | Right Here | Real MF | |
| 14 | 22 | Georgie Porgie | I Believe In Love | Music Plant |
| 15 | Nelly Furtado | Manos Al Aire | Universal | |
| 16 | 13 | Sneaky Sound System | It’s Not My Problem | Whack (Australia) |
| 17 | Naturi Naughton | Fame ‘09 | Universal | |
| 18 | 16 | Tod Miner | Totally Numb | Music Plant |
| 19 | 15 | Carol Hahn | Take Me and Dance | Beagle Boy |
| 20 | Jada | American Cowboy | Universal | |
| 21 | 23 | Chicane | Poppiholla | EMI |
| 22 | 14 | Passion Pit | The Reeling | Frenchkiss |
| 23 | 17 | Ann Lee | 2 People | Off Limits (Italy) |
| 24 | 3 | Gia Bella | Back it Up | Xtreme NYC |
| 25 | 20 | Kim Esty | He Doesn’t Like Me… (He Likes My Brother) | Squeezetoy |
Add comment August 26, 2009
Chart update 8/14/09
UPDATED 8/26/09: I just today noticed that when I posted last week’s chart, I didn’t update the chart itself! Ugh! This corrected entry shows the accurate Top 10 for the 8/14 chart.
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NE | Bananarama | Love Comes | Fascination |
| 2 | 3 | Jessica Jarrell | Armageddon | Mercury |
| 3 | 4 | Gia Bella | Back it Up | Xtreme NYC |
| 4 | 2 | Divine Brown | Sunglasses | Warner |
| 5 | NE | Pepper MaShay | Freeway of Love | CAPP |
| 6 | 1 | Ameerah | The Sound of Missing You | Robbins |
| 7 | 13 | Nick Lachey | Patience | Jive |
| 8 | 10 | Rico Bernasconi | Love Deep Inside | CAPP/Starshit |
| 9 | 5 | Just Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 10 | 11 | Cascada | Evacuate the Dance Floor | Awesome |
Added this week are six hot new tracks:
- Pepper MaShay’s latest, Freeway of Love, has been circulating for a few months now, but it’s official release has arrived. It’s a fantastic cover of the Aretha Franklin hit, with a great set of remixes.
- Bananarama are back with Love Comes. I continue to be amazed that this girl group is still around and sounding (and looking) amazing. Down one of the original members, perhaps, but the two remaining are doing the Bananarama name proud.
- Novaspace’s Dancing Into Danger has been one I’ve played for a few months, but I recently got my hands on more mainstream mixes, and am pleased to be spinning this one more often.
- Nic Chagall feat. Johnathan Mendelsohn, with This Moment. This track is pretty unconventional as dance goes, but it’s a great track with a nice rock vibe and an amazing vocal performance from Mendelsohn.
- Nelly Furtado’s first all-Spanish language album has arrived, and the first single, Manos Al Aire, has been remixed to incredible effect. It’s a beautiful song, whether you understand Spanish or not, but if you do, it’s even more so.
- Naturi Naughton brings us Fame ‘09, from the forthcoming remake of the movie Fame. Surprisingly, I like this track.
1 comment August 14, 2009
Chart update 7/24/09
I just posted my Top 25 Dance Chart for the week on my web site. You can read the whole chart by clicking that link, but here’s the Top 10 this week:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ameerah | The Sound of Missing You | Robbins |
| 2 | 1 | Gia Bella | Back it Up | Xtreme NYC |
| 3 | 7 | Divine Brown | Sunglasses | Warner |
| 4 | 3 | Jessica Jarrell | Armageddon | Mercury |
| 5 | 12 | Just Jack with Phil Garant feat. Matina Parisi | Smoke | Moda |
| 6 | 6 | Vincent Medugno | We Are Meant to Be | Casa |
| 7 | 5 | Lauren Hildebrandt | Boyshorts | Red Wallet |
| 8 | 4 | David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland | When Love Takes Over | EMI France |
| 9 | 14 | Tod Miner | Totally Numb | Music Plant |
| 10 | 18 | Ann Lee | 2 People | Off Limits (Italy) |
Added this week are three great new tracks:
- Jordin Sparks’ latest single, Battlefield. This American Idol alum does it again, with a well-written song and a set of terrific remixes for the dance music audience.
- Sneaky Sound System with It’s Not My Problem. This Australian band has infected Europe (in a good way) and now has its sights set on North America. This is a solid track with great production and a good sound.
- Carol Hahn’s latest single, Take Me and Dance, is coming next month. And while this add might be self-serving since my remix is one of the ones in the package, I think you’ll agree that it’s a great song (written by Carol herself) with an infectious lyric and groove. (There are also mixes from Lenny B., Eros and VisionX.)
Once again, check out the web site for the full chart.
Add comment July 26, 2009
Chart update 7/13/09
My most recent Top 25 Dance Chart was posted yesterday. Following are some highlights:
- The incredible track from Ameerah, The Sound of Missing You takes-up the #1 spot. I’ve blogged about the track before, and it really is a great example of a solid blend of songwriting, vocal and production.
- High school girls take-up two high positions, Gia Bella at #2 with Back it Up, and Jessica Jarrell at #5 with Armageddon. I wish I understood how and why 17 year olds end-up being dance vocalists, but with these two tracks, who really cares? They’re both great tracks with all the right parts in all the right places.
- A new entry this week is a fabulous track at #20 from Canada’s Divine Brown, Sunglasses. We’ve been playing this one on iDanceRadio.fm for weeks, but for some reason didn’t get the track into my pool of DJ music. The production has some cool and unusual elements that are infectious, and Brown’s vocals are hot.
- One of my adds for the week is a new track from Ann Lee, whose 2006 tracks 2 Times was a global hit. This time around, it’s 2 People, and it’s a laid back, pleasant track with a nice groove. I play the great remix from Italy’s Favretto, whose work I’ve long admired.
Listen for these tracks and more each Friday night during the DJ Wesley Friday Night House party on iDanceRadio.fm, and of course, at other gigs as they happen.
Add comment July 13, 2009
Chart update 6/19/09
This morning, I posted the latest update to my Top 25 dance chart, covering the period through last Friday. No real shockers or big movers; the top three just jockeyed a bit. Here are a few miscellaneous comments:
- Katy Perry rose with the infectious Waking Up in Vegas. Probably her best single to-date, this one’s a crowd-pleaser, and I just dig her cool vocals and the funky songwriting.
- Oceana’s Body Rock moved-up to #4, and I continue to really like this track (and so do the people I play for). It’s just one of those nice, gritty tracks that pushes you up off your butt and onto the dance floor… You can’t help it.
- Livvi Franc’s Now I’m That Bitch, at #20, is one I’m really liking too, probably just because it’s a song with attitude. I still can’t believe that there’s a version some people are playing that’s been sanitized to Now I’m That Chick. Please! The word “bitch” is that offensive? That damaging to “the children?” Whatever…
Have a great week.
Add comment June 22, 2009
