Well, it is about that time, peeps! It is a new year and hopefully we are set up for better times! With a new Friday comes a new Countdown as well! So let’s get this bad boy started!
Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!
Before we get started with the first Countdown of 2009, let’s take a look at the videos no longer with us in Falling Out:
Wonder Girls - Nobody (Peaked at #1 for One Week)
It was a great 2008 for the Wonder Girls with two number one videos. Let’s hope 2009 is just as good! Well, here we go!
20. Kanye West – Love Lockdown (Last Week #17, Two Weeks at #1)
We begin the first Countdown of 2009 with the man that arguably dominated 2008! Love Lockdown looks to be spending it’s last week on the chart after pulling down the number one spot last year. After a controversy filled 2008, what is in store for the new year for Kanye? All I can say is that it better involve CRS.
19. Young Jeezy – Crazy World (Last Week #15)
Another artist that had a huge 2008 is beginning 2009 on a down note. Young Jeezy hit the top twice but this video stalled out before even making it to the Top 10. He has two new videos so we will see where that leads us.
18. NERD – Sooner or Later (New Entry)
NERD FINALLY follows up Everybody Knows! This song caught my attention a while back and the video is…well, ironic to say the least. Also, Pharrell’s voice isn’t as annoying as it can be when he is rapping. Now he CAN NOT SING, but he doesn’t sound horrible. Catchy little ditty, by the way.
17. Kumi Koda – Taboo (Last Week #12, Plunge of the Week)
My baby boo falls five big spots this week! Her album should be out any day now and you know it is a front runner for the 2009 Chachi Music Awards. But until then, we just have to live with some Taboo.
16. Game feat Ne-Yo – Camera Phone (Last Week #18)
Game and Ne-Yo move up a modest two spots this week. I am kind of curious with the West Coast rap scene because…well, there IS NO WEST COAST RAP SCENE. Man, I miss the West.
15. David Cook – Light On (Last Week #13)
David Cook falls two spots this week as it looks like he may have stalled out. Does anyone even know when the new season of American Idol even starts? It has really fallen on hard times I tell you what.
14. Rain (Bi) – Rainism (Last Week #10)
Looks like Rain is clearing up as he falls from the Top 10 for the first time in two months. I really need to learn more of his songs but even if I did, no karaoke bar even HAS THEM! That is so jacked. It is like going to an American bar and they not have any Journey. They take away your liquor license!
13. Kanye West – Heartless (Last Week #16)
Kanyeezy moves up three spots this week as we move on. You know, I am really hoping that the remix version of “Go Hard” with Jay-Z becomes a video. It is one of the few Jay-Z guest verses I have actually liked in the last three years from him.
12. Joe Inoue – Closer (Last Week #14)
Joe Inoue moves up two spots as the Naruto bump looks to be helping them out a tad. You know, I haven’t watched Naruto in about 10 episodes and haven’t even been keeping up on the manga. Weird, I don’t know how Narutards put up with the crap.
11. UVERworld – Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (Last Week #8)
The World finally falls out of the Top 10! UVERworld has had a rough go of it over the last year or so since dominating 2006. Here is hoping that 2009 turns around for them.
10. YA-KYIM respects KOME KOME CLUB – Kimi Ga Iru Dake De (Last Week #20, Biggest Mover)
HELLS YES! YA-KYIM makes a triumphant return to the chart! After two weeks, they are already back in the Top 10 jumping TEN SPOTS this week! This song is the mad notes and since I know the hook now…I think I can fake the rest of it at karaoke. Who’s with me?!
9. YUI – I’ll Be (Last Week #6)
Just like UVERworld did in 2006, YUI dominated 2007 but could not take the top spot in 2008 despite four videos hitting number two. Can she change her luck this year?
8. RSP with DA BUBBLE GUM BROTHERS – LA.LA.LA LOVE SONG (Last Week #11)
Welcome to the Top Ten! RSP bring the icons to the new generation with this video! Not only that, they covered a TK song which makes it triple bad ass! Damn, 2009 is looking GOOOOOOD.
7. Aqua Timez - Velonica (Last Week # 9)
Okay, enough games. I want the single for this and I want it FRICKING NOW. It is like Alones all over again. It was number one before they even RELEASED the single! MAKE IT HAPPEN!
6. T.I. feat Rihanna – Live Your Life (Last Week #4, Five Weeks at #1)
After a two and a half month run in the Top Five, T.I. and Rihanna fall outside of it for the first time in a long while. Since this may be the last time we see T.I. for a minute, you better get your fix now. Because he’s going to that gulag!
5. Nana Mizuki – TRICKSTER (Last Week #7)
Nana Mizuki is moving on up! Her first time out, she has taken a spot in the Top Five and the more I watch this video, the more I like it! I may have to make some more room in my baby boo mantle room!
4. Halcali – LONG KISS GOODBYE (Last Week #2)
After coming so close last week, Halcali falls two big spots from the runner up spot! They have been gone for a while and only show up once in a blue moon so hopefully this is a sign of them making more appearances. We are down to three!
3. Paramore – Decode (Last Week #5)
After a short hiatus, Paramore is back near the top! They move up two spots to the bronze step on the podium and they may be trying to go for two in a row! However…this is from Twilight and you KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE THAT MOVIE.
2. Ikimonogakari – Kimagure Romanteikku (Last Week #3)
Ikimonogakari is one step away once again! They have moved into the runner up spot, taking advantage of Halcali’s stumble. Can they do what they could not with “Bluebird” in 2007 and take the crown? Well, to do so they will have to knock off the reigning queen!
1.BoA – Eat You Up [Korean Version] (Last Week #1, Three Weeks at #1)
BoA is eating up the competition in 2009! She ended last year at number one and she holds on yet again for a third straight week! Can I just say that I am looking forward to her arrival in America? Hopefully people will embrace her because I am getting sick of Britney. REAL SICK. Let’s go, BoA!
That is all for this first Countdown of the New Year! Tune in next week to see if BoA can make it a full month at number one! Or will Ikimonogakari finally take the top spot? Or can Paramore return to glory and solidify their rank of best rock band on the Countdown? See you in seven to find out!
Well, SUPPOSEDLY Griff is back so he will be catching a beating this weekend for being a dick. Next week it is back to the grind of working (BOOOOO!) but I will have the Omnibus up before then. Last chance for questions! Stay up ya’ll!
Chachi Out
