It is Friday which means four days until TRANSFORMERS!!! YEAH! But before then, we have something almost as awesome. ALMOST. I give to you…
Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!
Let’s get started this week with a debut from a group with a video already contending for the top spot!
20. Abingdon Boys School – Nephilim (New Entry)
HELLS YES! Can this week GET ANY BETTER?! First “Live Free or Die Hard” and now a new video by Abingdon Boys School? Yeah, you know it. Hopefully this is the last video and an album will soon follow. I saw this video on Monday and all I can say is kilts are hard to pull off. But they make it work. Oh, and that gives these guys TWO videos in the Top 20! More on that later…
19. Hearts Grow - Mimawari (New Entry)
Yaaaay! Finally there is a video for this song! The video itself is simple (Think “SEVENTH HEAVEN” without the effects) but the song really brings it all together. Their last song (Yura Yura) grew on me after a while to the point that I couldn’t live without it. You see, this is what music should be!
18. AI – Brand New Day (Last Week # 20)
AI moves up two spots this week with her latest video. It had been a while since I had seen her (“I Wanna Know” was like…early 2006) and I was beginning to wonder if she was ever coming back. Well my prayers were answered with a kick ass video!
17. Common – The People (New Entry)
The third and final new entrant this week comes from one of my five favorite current emcees. Common is back and once again proves that hip hop in all its simplicity can still be an art. No booty butt cheeks, no gaudy chains and no overpriced cars. Just Common rapping. Simple in its brilliance. Welcome back, Common!
16. Fall Out Boy – Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Last Week #13)
Looks like Fall Out Boy’s emo run is coming to an end as this video falls three spots this week. Here is looking for something new soon, they are really beginning to grow on me. Shocking I will admit…
15. Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know (Last Week #14)
Bwah?! Enrique after moving up ever so quickly last week falls back a spot to #15! Mainly because I haven’t seen the video in almost two weeks which is odd. Even still, the song is broken-hearted stalker GOLD.
14. Gackt – RETURNER ~Yami no Shuuen~ (Last Week #15)
So Gackt switches places with Enrique this week, moving up one spot. I just got the live performance and all I can say is this. Gackt may be…the Japanese David Bowie. I have never said that because David Bowie was always a trendsetter. As is Gackt. Oh, what a conundrum this is!
13. nobodyknows+ - Hero’s Come Back! (Last Week #10, Four weeks at #1)
The mighty has fallen from the Top 10! It looks like nobodyknows+ is on their way down and out with this video. Hopefully, we will see something new from them soon.
12. Foxxi MisQ feat. Miss Monday – Party Booty Shake (Last Week #17, Biggest Mover)
Yummy. That is all I can say about these ladies. Foxxi MisQ is one of two artists with two videos on the Top 20 Countdown and this video is making moves to become their second Top 10 video. Only UVERworld can stake the claim of having two videos move UPWARD in the same week. Can these sexy ladies crack the upper echelon? We will see!
11. Yuna Ito – I’m Here (Last Week #8, One week at #1)
One step from the Top 10 and Yuna Ito continues her slow descent. This video has been on here FOREVER (Since March) with half of that time in the Top 10. She has a new video (although I am not feeling it as much as this one) and hopefully a new album soon.
10. Daddy Yankee feat. Fergie – Impacto (Last Week #12)
Daddy Yankee is making moves with his first video on the Top 20! He moves up with the big names first time out. Can he hang? We shall see, but this video has a hell of a lot going for it. Except Fergie…who is looking a little more mannish lately.
9. Rascal Flats – Stand (Last Week #6)
Falling three more spots, it looks like Rascal Flats will not get their second #1 video this time around. Quite the shame, this was some good stuff.
8. L`Arc~en~Ciel – Seventh Heaven (Last Week #11)
The legends have finally done it! Hyde & Co. have their first Top 10 video and made a big jump to get there. Oh, and Hyde is trying to pull a Jack Sparrow with the eye patch and the aloof thing. Eh, worth a shot.
7. T.I. – Big Things Poppin’ (Last Week #9)
T.I. moves up two spots this week in an attempt for his third #1 video! With Common and Outkast in the Top 20 and Kanye with an interesting new video (Viva Daft Punk!) is T.I. still The King of the Countdown? After running with no competition there are others who are looking to take the crown. Step yo’ game up, TIP!
6. Orange Range – Ika Summer (Last Week #2)
Aw, man. Orange Range slips like a squid after not being able to wrestle away the #1 spot. It was a good run for these guys but it is hard to knock off the champ, especially Duran Duran 2K7. Great job anyway!
5. Foxxi MisQ feat Zeebra – Luxury Ride (Last Week #5)
Uh oh! After a meteoric rise, Foxxi MisQ and Zeebra stand pat at #5 this week! That is fine with me, it’s hard to see Dem shake it while moving upward. Can they continue their upward mobility next week? We will have to see…
4. UGK feat. Outkast – International Players Anthem (Last Week #7)
The hottest video out right now moves even closer to the #1 spot, leapfrogging into the Top 5 this week! Is UGK’s album out yet? I went looking for it the other day and couldn’t find it. I have always liked UGK (Hell, they saved “Big Pimpin”) and it is about fricking time they got some recognition. Well…Pimp-C was locked up for a while but still. Now it is time for the biggest three videos in the land!
3. Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder (Last Week #1, Three weeks at #1)
NOOOOOOOOOO! After three weeks on the top, Maroon 5 fall to places out of the #1 position! Make sure you pick up the album, BTW. It wasn’t a bad run for these guys. They held off Yuna Ito, Rascal Flats, Orange Range and nobodyknows+. Not a bad claim to fame if I say so myself. And we are down to two…
2. Yui – My Generation (Last Week #4)
Well look who it is! Can Yui make it three straight #1 videos? She is making a move for it, jumping two spots to the runner up position. This would make three Number One videos in 2007 ALONE! Can you say Chachi Award for Artist of the Year? Hell, maybe in a landslide. With all that said, she is the bridesmaid and not the bride this week. Who is #1?
1. Abingdon Boys School – Howling (Last Week #3, One week at #1)
RAWK, THAT’S WHO IS #1! After a lengthy trek, the guys of Abingdon Boys School commandeer the top spot for the first time! Not only that, they bookend the Countdown as their new video debuted this week at #20. Best New Artist? Look out, Daughtry! It was quite the battle, but congratulations to our new #1!
Well, that is all for this week. Can J-Rock dominate again next week with Abingdon Boys School topping the chart again? Or will Yui record her third #1 video of the calander year? Or can Maroon 5 bounce back and make it a month at the top? Don’t forget Foxxi MisQ and UGK waiting in the wings to take the crown. Tune in next week, peeps! Until then, stay up!
Chachi Out.
