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It’s Friday so you know what that means! Once again it is time for….

Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!

Let’s get things rolling!

20. Bennie K – 1001 Nights (Last Week #17)
Can I just say next week could be the greatest week ever? Bennie K’s album is released on the 23rd, I go to see ‘Wicked’ with an awesome lady on the 24th and on the 25th PIRATES 3 WITH JOHNNY DEPP! IT FEELS SO GOOD! My god...three days of pure kick-ass is more awesome than I have had in the last six years COMBINED. Oh, and Bennie K’s video falls three spots.
19. Foxxi MisQ feat Zeebra – Luxury Ride (New Entry)

Speaking of hot, it’s summer time and that means a roll the windows down jam. This song fits that bill. The video has been played non-stop on my laptop and (as Kandice can attest to) I am a fan of the Foxxi MisQ. They are quite the saucy. Also, it’s good to see Zeebra back! Sexy video time for sure. I miss the shorts from ‘Ultimate Girls’ though.
18. Namie Amuro – Funky Town (Last Week #14)
The funk…may officially be over. This video falls four big spots this week and is on the verge of falling off the Countdown. Not that I don’t like this video (it has the Namie, which makes it cool) but…it is kind of a letdown after ‘Baby Don’t Cry’. You know, I wonder when her album is coming. Isn’t this like her third damn single in three years? Get a move on, lady I NEED THIS!
17. Abingdon Boys School – Howling (Last Week #19)
YES. OH GOD YES. I just got this single and OH MY GOD YES! This video moves up two spots, but that is not indicative of its ability to rawk your face off. Here is to (hopefully) an album coming soon! I think they are running away with the Best New Artist Chachi Award…
16. Daughtry – It’s Not Over (Last Week #13, two weeks at #1)

If not for this man right here! Although this video is falling, he has TWO new singles. One with Slash from Guns N Roses on guitar! Now I really thought GNR was overrated but Slash has been pretty good since the breakup. Mix in Daughtry and you have a bonafide good tune there.
15. K-OS – Sunday Morning (Last Week #11)
K-OS falls four big spots this week after peaking in the Top 10. On an update….WE WILL HAVE SOME NEW COMMON IN JULY! ‘Finding Forever’ will be released July 13th (I think) and I have never been more ready for an album in a LONG TIME. We got some T.I., some Common and Outkast (Oh yeah, I went there) coming this summer and all I can say is that hip hop may be making some moves out of suckitude! Wait…50 Cent and Nelly have albums this summer, too…
14. M-Flo feat. Crystal Kay – Love Don’t Cry (Last Week #16)
After a bit of stalling, the combo of the hot (Crystal Kay) and the hip (M-Flo) move up two spots this week. This video is growing on me again…mainly because I love Crystal Kay. Oh, and she was playing the Wii on Music Fighter last week. HAWT. I think it was Music Figher. Doesn’t matter, she made Wii baseball look sexy.
13. Fall Out Boy – Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Last Week #18, Biggest Mover)

So emo has finally found a niche on the Countdown. Fall Out Boy moves up five big spots this week with this video and needless to say I likes it. I feel weird though. I really DESPISE EMO but…I like their new album. It’s…a conundrum.
12. Three Days Grace – Never Too Late (Last Week #9)
After making it to the Top Five, TDG falls three spot and out of the Top 10. It is a rough go for these guys with nothing on the horizon. I wonder when they are coming out to Colorado? Anyone have a heads up?
11. Yui – My Generation (Last Week #15)
So Yui is reaching into rare ground with this video. Only Bi, UVERworld, M-Flo and John Legend have had two videos occupy the Top Ten at the same time. With this video (which is pretty damn bad ass) Yui has a chance to join that elite club! I finally have a non crappy version of this song (a PV rip rather than a radio rip) and the video grows on you after a few views. Now, onto the Top Ten!
10. John Legend – PDA (We Just Don’t Care) (Last Week #6, four weeks at #1)
After a dominant 8 week run in the Top Three, John Legend is on the verge of falling out of the Top Ten for the first time since February. Here is to hoping for ‘Again’ or ‘Where Did My Baby Go’ as being the next videos. I would TOTALLY dig that.
9. Orange Range – Ika Summer (Last Week #12)

Um…Isn’t ‘Ika’ squid? Maybe my Japanese sucks (which it does, HARD) but that doesn’t make…sense? Even still, I am loving this video and this song makes me feel peppy as hell. Great comeback from some lackluster work over the last six months or so.
8. Rascal Flats – Stand (Last Week #10)
Yes…it is Rascal Flats. I like them a little. This video (which I just downloaded) is pretty damn good and their songs are less Big and Rich (who suck ass) and more The Wreckers (Both of whom I would love to wreck. Play on word, fishes!) which always rules. Good stuff, albeit country.
7. UVERworld – Zero no Kotae (Last Week #5)
UVERworld begins their slow descent down, dropping two spots this week with this video. They do have a new video, ‘endscape’ and it actually isn’t bad. The song….eh. It is hard to follow up ‘Chance!’ but they had been doing a good job of it. Even still, it is The World so it is all good.
6. Kumi Koda – Get Up & Move! (Last Week #7)
Mmm...Miss Koda is closing in on another Top Five with this video. It has been a while since she and I have been on good terms (after the crapfest that was the Black Cherry movie and the annoying crap that was the ‘Cherry Girl’ video) but we are cool now. We decided to be friends. Meaning she returns my calls and I gave her back her puppy. What can I say, I’m a softie.
5. Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder (Last Week #8)

Say hello to Maroon 5! After six weeks, this video takes a hold in the Top Five! I am totally liking this song (mainly because it is an angry song and I am an ANGRY DUDE) and the video SCREAMS 80’s pop! Girls on film! She’s more than a model!
4. Yui – CHE.R.RY (Last Week #3, one week at #1)
It seems that Yui isn’t ready to leave the upper echelon with this video. She slips only one spot this week from the Top Three with another video knocking on the door to the Top Ten. Battling it out with M-Flo and John Legend for the Chachi for Artist of the year! Not gonna lie, I still love this song and the video, despite the woodland animals. Here is to another movie from Yui!
3. Yuna Ito – I’m Here (Last Week #4)

Welcome to the Top Three! We start with Yuna Ito, with her first trip this high ever! I an in love this video (along with her, but that is a different story) and am (NOT) patiently waiting for a new album from Miss Ito. Oh, and ‘Stuck on You’ is so stuck in my head right now. Yes….she’s quite the awesome.
2. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (Last Week #2)

So the ‘Best Damn Thing’ provides us with the SECOND best video this week for the SECOND straight week. I actually have her album and it isn’t half bad. It is no BUGRIGHT or ‘Minutes To Midnight’ (I will get into that in a later post, but Linkin Park blew me a way with this one) but it’s very good. Now as for this video...Avril is sexy. Check out the Blender. Eat a sandwich, then we can hang out. Now, to #1!
1. nobodyknows+ - Hero’s Come Back! (Last Week #1, three weeks at #1)

Yeah, you know it! For the third straight week nobodyknows+ holds on to the top spot with this video. As you know, it is the ringtone and if I could I would make it the ringback. That would ASSURE I have no friends but it is so worth it. They rule the Countdown for another week!

That is all for this week! Tune in next week to see if nobodyknows+ can make it a full month at #1! Or see if Avril can finally be the Best Damn Thing on the Countdown! Don’t rule out Yuna Ito who is right here in the mix of things! Due to being in Denver on Thursday and Pirates 3 on Friday I may have the Countdown up a little early. Odds are it will be its regular date. Stay up, peeps!

SEVEN DAYS UNTIL “WICKED!” CAN I GET A WHOOP-WHOOP?!

Chachi Out.