What is up people?! I am back and it is Friday so you know what that means! It is time for the staple that brings you here every payday…or every OTHER payday as well.
Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!
We have a huge week as we have three debut videos and a battle at the top of Countdown heavyweights! We begin this week with a rather shocking debut for some people who frequent here and think that this isn’t my cup of tea…
20. Colbie Caillat – Realize (New Entry)
Okay….I have to confess something. I love this song. I mean I listen to it all the time when I am driving especially at night. I just say there was a video for it so you best believe it got on here. I like this song a helluva lot more than that first one of hers. Ugh…
19. UVERworld - Roots (Last Week #15)
NEW UVERWORLD! They have the new opening to “D-Gray Man” which I still have to get back to watching because I am well far behind. Too bad this video failed to even crack the Top 5 as it’s the first UVERworld video not to do that ever. Shocking!
18. Toshinobu Kobuta feat. Misia - Flying Easy Loving Crazy (New Entry)
A J-urban classic is making his debut! Anyone that knows anything about me knows how much I love “La La Love Song” even though it had Naomi Campbell in it. Then BoA remade it with SOUL’D OUT and it was all over after that. After a song with Kreva last year he returns with Misia (Who has a kickass voice) with this one. It is good stuff!
17. John Legend – Show Me (Last Week #12, Plunge of the Week)
John Legend falls a HUGE five spots this week and looks on the verge of falling off the Countdown! He had a good run but was unable to unseat CRS from the top (which many didn’t do so he can’t feel that bad) and has fallen ever since. GIVE ME A NEW ALBUM NOW!
16. Nelly Furtado – In God’s Hands (Last Week #13)
Right above Mr. Legend is Miss Furtado as she continues to fall this week as well. The two staples of this Countdown are falling off with no new albums in over two years and we are all kind of twiddling our thumbs…waiting. Not cool.
15. TERIYAKI BOYZ - ZOCK ON! feat. Pharrell and Busta Rhymes - ZOCK ON! (Last Week #18)
So The Boyz move up a few spots this week as they look to recapture the Top 10 success of “I USED TO LOVE HER” from 2006. They have some more (Albeit lackluster) help from superstars but let’s see if that will help. Now….the news of the week.
14. Usher feat. Young Jeezy – Love In This Club (New Entry)
THE PUPPY CAN LIVE! One of them. One third of the Holy Trinity of Dance (Bi, Usher and Se7en) has returned in a big way! Usher is motherfucking back! He has the highest debut on the Countdown EVER with his first video since 2005 (I believe) and it is actually very damn good. I like the remix with T.I. a little better but now I am nitpicking. USHER IS BACK, BITCHES!
13. Kanye West feat. Chris Martin – Homecoming (Last Week #17)
After that return, everything else is a little of a letdown but Kanye moves up four spots this week as he attempts to get his third number one video.
12. Lupe Fiasco feat Kanye West, Pharrell & Thom Yorke – Us Placers (Last Week #10, Four Weeks at #1)
Kanye’s second video (As well as Lupe’s and Pharrell’s) on the Countdown is falling right out of the Top 10! It has been a big year for Lupe and Kanye. Look out for NERD, they have an album out coming soon, too!
11. Hearts Grow - Kasanaru Kage (Last Week #8)
After a slow climb, Hearts Grow is making a fast descent out of the Top 10. It has been a long wait for any new album news and needless to say I am getting bothered. Am I missing something here? Same with Hinoi Team. GIVE ME SOMETHING NEW!
10. Lupe Fiasco feat Nikki Jean – Hip Hop Saved My Life (Last Week #14)
Lupe moves a big four spots this week to get his second Top 10 of this year! This video is actually in rotation on MTV Jams (I have it on as background music as I work) which is good because it is one of the few videos that is actually a damn story and has to do with the song. I’m a stickler for shit making sense. Sue me.
9. RBD - Inalcanzable (Last Week #6)
RBD falls another three spots this week as they failed to take number one yet again. Not a good track record for them, especially with a year between videos. Oh, and their tour never FUCKING COMES TO DENVER! With as many Mexicans as there are up there? Come on!
8. The Roots feat Dice Raw & Peedi Crack – Get Busy (Last Week #9)
The Roots move up one spot this week as they have TWO new videos coming out. One is a European release (Birthday Girl) and the other is the official first single from their new album out April 29th. Go get it!
7. L`Arc~en~Ciel – DRINK IT DOWN (Last Week #11, Biggest Mover)
The biggest mover this week comes from one of the best J-Rock bands ever! The Arc moves into the Top 10 for the third time and looks for their second number one. I also have to say that Hyde’s hair looks impeccable in this video. I am just saying.
6. Mihimaru GT – Diverge (Last Week #3)
Where in the hell is the Mihimaru GT album?! GIVE ME WHAT I WANT! Their new video is starting to grow on me so you may see it on here. Still pissed off about no album though.
5. Yui – Laugh Away (Last Week #7)
Yui has two videos in the Top Five! Only UVERworld and Foxxi MisQ have pulled that off and now she is part of that bunch! Can she fair better than those two artists? Both times, neither video could take down the reigning champ!
4. Erykah Badu - Honey (Last Week #4)
Miss Badu seems to have stalled this week as she stands pat at number four. Nothing new coming from her so far and I still need to cop that album from my local recordatorium. We are down to three!!
3. Foxxi MisQ – X.B.F. (Last Week #5)
Foxxi MisQ has cracked the Top 3 for the third time! Can they finally take the top spot? As of right now, they have the most videos to chart with no number one video to their name but…this video is hot. So this may be enough to push them over the top!
2. Yui – Namidairo (Last Week #2)
Yui holds on to dear life to the number two spot this week after a hard push from Foxxi MisQ! With two videos available to take down the current champ can Yui take down the reigning queens? Not this week…
1. Bennie K – Monochrome (Last Week #1, Six Weeks at #1)
….because Bennie K is a week away from history! They have held down the top spot for six weeks which is the longest since NaNa was on top for six weeks from last year to the beginning of 2008. That means she is one week away from tying the official record of seven weeks by UGK and Outkast in summer of 2007. Keep in mind, that wasn’t consecutive weeks! Bennie K has dominated for a month and a half with NO BREAK! Congrats!
That is all for this week! Next week, you could be a part of history! Can Bennie K hold on for a record tying SEVENTH WEEK? Or will Yui get her record tying THIRD number one video? Or will Foxxi MisQ break their streak of most Top Three videos without a number one by taking the top spot? Look out; we have new videos from Usher, The Arc and Lupe that are moving up fast! Stay tuned and meet me here next Friday!
I think I am going to Denver tonight after work. SLUMBER PARTAAAAAAAAY! Just kidding, I need to do some shopping. If you want to roll, let me know. If not, stay up and I will try to post something this weekend.
Chachi Out
