Pump Up The Jam!

What is up, peep! It is Friday, it’ spay day, and it is time to KICK IT OLD SCHOOL! But before I do that, it is time for what we do every Friday…

Chachi’s Top Video Countdown!

We jump right into the Countdown with two HUGE debut videos!

20. Yui – My Generation (New Entry)

OH. HELL. YES. The more Yui, the better! I just found out about this video on Thursday morning and I already have the song (I ripped from the PV) on my iPod, peeps! I can honestly say I like this song more than ‘Rolling Star’ and I LOVED THAT SONG! The video or song isn’t up there with ‘CHE.R.RY’ but few are. Yui also joins John Legend, Namie, Bi, Nelly Furtado, M-Flo and UVERworld as the only artists to have two videos on the Countdown at the same time! Oh, hell yes!
19. Orange Range – Ika Summer (New Entry)

The second new entry is from a group we haven’t seen in a coon’s age! Heh, I love that phrase. Orange Range hasn’t been on the Countdown since ‘Champione’ and it is good to see them back! I really like this video (the effects at the end are kind of bleh) but they guys all need a haircut. Damned hippies! Welcome back anyway!
18. Monkey Majik feat m-flo – Picture Perfect (Last Week #14)
From a video on the upswing to one on the down side. Monkey Majik are all over the place with TWO new videos out right now. They are putting in a lot of work this year. As for M-Flo…
17. M-Flo feat. Crystal Kay – Love Don’t Cry (Last Week #19)
He moves up two spots this week with the SEXY AS HELL Crystal Kay in tow. This video is pure M-Flo goodness and Crystal Kay is just…let me just say I have never been a leg man. Until RIGHT NOW. My god….she can work it. I cant believe she is only twenty-frickin-one! Yeesh…I just cant win, can I?
16. Home Made Kazoku – Nagaraboshi ~Shooting Star~ (Last Week #12)
HMK falls four big spots this week and is in danger of falling out of the Top 20. ‘Fantastic 3’ is making moves in my playlist so you may see it on here soon. Until then, this video holds on.
15. Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder (Last Week #17)

Adam Lavine and the crew move up two spots this week as they slowly move toward the Top 10. I have heard no word on the new album but I’m sure it will be here any day now. Their last album was okay but OVERPLAYED, lets hope that doesn’t happen with this one.
14. Namie Amuro – Funky Town (Last Week #15)
Namie gets her dance on up one spot this week. I realized that Namie has several tattoos. At first I thought it was a few but it is actually a lot of them. No point to that, it was just interesting to me.
13. Game feat. Kanye West – Wouldn’t Get Far (Last Week #9)
So The Game falls four spots and out of the Top 10 this week. It seems that he is on the remix to Diddy’s “Last Nite” and it actually…doesn’t make me want to Rock Bottom a four-year old. Sometimes hip hop surprises me.
12. Rascal Flats – Stand (Last Week #15)
The gang is once again knocking on the door of the Top 10. They were on American Idol on Wednesday (along with frickin Bono…) and I liked what I heard. This video also is quite cool and I swear the lead singer is Lance Bass. He has to be.
11. nobodyknows+ - Hero’s Come Back! (Last Week #16, Biggest Mover)

Believe it! I am SO GLAD Naruto doesn’t say that in Shippuuden or I am effectively blocking it out. Anyway, nobodyknows+ moves up five HUGE spots this week and is just outside the Top 10! I just got the single and oh hell yes this song is bad ass. The video is simple but thug and their catalog is pretty bad ass to boot. Well, we have made it to the Top 10!
10. Bennie K – 1001 Nights (Last Week #7)
Even with a new album out in a month, Bennie K continues to fall this week. Not to worry! I’m sure Yuki and Cico will grace us with their beauty again soon!
9. K-OS – Sunday Morning (Last Week #10)
K-OS moves up one spot this week and looks to have slowed down a tad. Still love this video, but there are some others that are getting more play…
8. Kumi Koda – Get Up & Move! (Last Week #11)
Like this one! Kumi Koda makes her long awaited return to the Top 10 after a big jump! You know if Ms. Koda has dance moves and is half dressed…she will SO be on here. Even though she has I think three videos (‘But’ is okay and ‘Aisho’ has kimonos which are HAWT) I like this one the best because she can actually dance when she aint doing the stripper moves. Welcome back to the Top Ten, but don’t get to comfortable…
7. Yuna Ito – I’m Here (Last Week #8)

….Because you have some competition! Yuna Ito moves up one spot this week and keeps Ms. Koda at bay. Can you say CATFIGHT, peeps! All I can say is me in the middle of that would be quite the nice sandwich. Normally I am against the ‘Whoomp! There It Is’ (The Tag Team, which I think is a waste of a good woman IMHO) but in this case…I likes a lot.
6. Daughtry – It’s Not Over (Last Week #3, two weeks at #1)
So Daughtry leaves the Top Three for the first time since February and lands at #6 this week. He had a great run, knocking Namie Amuro of the top and tying with John Legend for a week. Looks to be the front runner for New Artist of the Year!
5. Three Days Grace – Never Too Late (Last Week #6)
TDG is slowly and quietly making their way up the Countdown this week. Kind of like Evanescence, they have kind of been sneaking around in my iPod until ‘One-X’ is one of the most played albums I have. It’s working and TDG has their first Top Five video!
4. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (Last Week #5)
Slowly but surely, Avril is moving up as well! She is no Yuna Ito…but Avril has her moments of hawtness. Sadly, her manga is real and is being released supposedly in May. I will so not by buying that. Now if Bryan Adams did a manga…I would so be all over that! Anyway, it is time for the big three!
3. John Legend – PDA (We Just Don’t Care) (Last Week #1, four weeks at #1)

Oh no! After a month holding down the top, which is the longest this year, John Legend falls to #3 this week! That is quite the shocker, but he had an awesome run and seems to be a front runner for Artist of the Year. You know what this means…NEW NUMBER ONE VIDEO!! Who is it?
2. UVERworld – Zero no Kotae (Last Week #4)

The boys of UVERworld are looking for their FOURTH Number One video as the move up two places to #2! Without a doubt, ‘BUGRIGHT’ has the Album of the Year on lockdown and this video is up there as well so far! Can it take the top spot? We will have to see! Until then, we have a new #1 video!
1. Yui – CHE.R.RY (Last Week #2, one week at #1)

Congratulations to Yui! Not only does she have her second #1 video, she has TWO videos in the Top 20 to boot! Big year for the uber-hawt Yui! I love this song and I finally got over the deer in the video! I still don’t trust them, though. So far, Yui is two for two in 2007, great work!

Well, that is all for this week! Can Yui hold on to the top spot for a second week? Or will UVERworld have their record breaking FOURTH #1 video? Can John Legend reclaim his throne? Or can Avril leap over them all for her first Number One ever? Tune in next week and find out! I will try to be up Sunday night for a review of ‘Kickin It Old School’ but until then, stay up peeps!

Chachi Out!