Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #15 – Kelly Clarkson Total Points –             103 Charted Songs: 31        Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson      70 points 68        Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson            33 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   I don’t care that Kelly Clarkson has gotten fat. It doesn’t [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #16 – Foster the people Total Points –             100 Charted Songs: 1 Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People        100 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A “Pumped up Kicks” is one of those songs that kinda popped up out of nowhere and just dominated. Another one of those damned whistle [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #21 – The Band Perry Total Points –             94 Charted Songs: 7          If I Die Young – The Band Perry       94 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   The Band Perry reminds me of Lady Antebellum but without the longing. I loved their song “If I Die Young” but their [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #22 – Colbie Caillat Total Points –             94 Charted Songs: 46        I Do – Colbie Caillat   55 points 62        Brighter Than The Sun – Colbie Caillat          39 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   To me Colbie Caillat was that girl in high school that everyone knew, but no one [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: 24 Hot Chelle Rae Total Points –             92 Charted Songs: 9          Tonight Tonight -  Hot Chelle Rae      (92 points) Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   La, La, La, Whatever. – That line basically sums up the whole song. The song’s pretty standard: work sucks, lets party this weekend. I’m convinced [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011: #28 Ne-Yo Total Points – 83 Charted Songs: 18 Give Me Everything – Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (83 points) Last Year’s Rank: N/A   Ne-Yo didn’t have to do anything this year, but just sit back and ride the wave of Pitbull. Granted, Pitbull does that a lot. [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #18 – Alexandra Stan Total Points –             97 Charted Songs: 4          Mr. Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan          97 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A I love me some good techno-dance-pop and I think “Mr. Saxobeat” was the definition of some of the best techno that came out this year. I know [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #19 – Christina Aguilera Total Points –             96 Charted Songs: 5          Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera 96 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   Dear Christina,   Please go back to your ballad singing ways. Experimenting with cool people like Sia may fit for one or [...]

Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #20 – Kayne West Total Points –             95 Charted Songs: 27        E.T. – Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West        74 points 80        All Of The Lights – Kanye West        21 points Last Year’s Rank:     N/A   I still think that Kanye West is an arrogant and prickly person, but I [...]

Tomorrow starts my countdown of my top 30 favorite songs of 2009. Most of them will actually be big hits and will probably be very obvious. There are a handful (on the upper half of the list) that may not have been the biggest of hits, but I fell for them as well. I guess [...]

Okay, i know, I’m late. But, truthfully I listen to “Thriller” whenever I can. Here’s a great mash up of “Thriller” set to a whole ton of horror films. No Ring or Grudge though. I wonder when Rhianna’s “Disturbia” will become a cult Halloween song?

I recently had the chance to read an article about Adam Lambert’s new album. I have to say that the album cover is such a strong throwback to 80s/70s records. The font, coloring, photoshopping and everything just makes it look old. I gotta say that I give Adam Lambert a lot of credit for not [...]

I’ve recently gotten back into reviewing music. It’s a weird process in my head. You have to analyze, and skew the music trying to figure out what are the merits (and problems) with the album. It’s a lot harder than it sounds. It’s not that I want to gush over everything, that wouldn’t make any [...]

I love listening to music. Songs that I like, I like to butcher for fun. Songs that are annoying or disliked get butchered naturally. Case and point. One day my friends and I were playing “Karaoke Revolution” for the Wii and we decided to pick Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel.” I grabbed my microphone and [...]