LuisMa Posted September 26, 2013 at 05:45 PM Posted September 26, 2013 at 05:45 PM I decided to start this topic to see if there are any other music lovers like me who complile their personal music charts. I have made my Hot 100 since 1981, and every week it's a labor of love. It's great to list the songs I love while listening to them on my iTunes. I will make some videos and post it in this thread. If you have any comment or question, feel free to ask, and if you also share this hobby and you want to share something, that would be awesome. I want to start with a video that recaps my number one singles for 1998. And given that this is CDF, you'll find a surprise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-nfbWEQzE 1 Quote
Ray Posted September 26, 2013 at 07:45 PM Posted September 26, 2013 at 07:45 PM Nice idea. Great to see Celine and Madonna at #1. Shame no Mariah/Whitney (When You Believe) at the #1 position though. I made my own weekly top 5 for years. 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted September 26, 2013 at 07:54 PM Author Posted September 26, 2013 at 07:54 PM Thank you, Ray! "When You Believe" peaked at number 3. Celine dominated 98 as you can see, so a lot of great songs peaked within the Top 5. Why did you discontinue your chart? When was the last time you made it? Also, this is this my Top 20 for this week. Sorry about some volume issues, as I need to find out whether the program I use stabilizes the volume, as in the originals, some have very low volume. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFJhy366nRs Quote
LuisMa Posted September 26, 2013 at 10:34 PM Author Posted September 26, 2013 at 10:34 PM The video on the previous post was blocked, so I'll try to reupload it tomorrow with other snippets. Here's 1996: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUNZazVBUE Quote
Prima_Donna1 Posted September 27, 2013 at 01:45 AM Posted September 27, 2013 at 01:45 AM The video on the previous post was blocked, so I'll try to reupload it tomorrow with other snippets. Here's 1996: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUNZazVBUEWow! Some of these songs bring back memories of my middle school days. Wow. It's cool that you make up your own charts. Kind of inspires me to list songs that made mine long ago. Cool. I would like to see your list from 1981 tho. 1 Quote Apprends-Moi tes Secrets...http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy180/miss_daly2881/post-1110-0-56076900-1358706235_thumb.jpg
donpi86 Posted September 27, 2013 at 09:46 AM Posted September 27, 2013 at 09:46 AM (edited) I was thinking about this post earlier today.. Good to know there is another freak like me... well, actually, to make justice, you are must more freak! ;-) I was going to propose only a month TOP20 for each one just to know new music or to know what is listening and with what intense the Celine dion fans... if listen more or less the same.. etc... so I will do it monthly... Here's my TOP20 for OCTOBER 1. Celine Dion. LOVED ME BACK TO LIFEOf course.., she will be on the top for the next months for sure... I don't know if in number 1... but on the list for sure2. Bastille. THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIREThis songs has something really special... 3. Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake. HOLY GRAILThis both guys together make magic. Love the introduction by Timberlake and then... it comes Jay with all his strenght.. amazing... a crazy track.4. Lorde. ROYALSI really like this single, even I have heard more from Lorde and I don't like it at all.. but I like the rythm of this one...5.Lady Gaga. APPLAUSEEven I didn't like it the very first time... to watch the Itunes festival concert has made me want this album so bad and by the third time I listen this song finally get stuck in my mind. Love the music video. As always coming from Gaga.6. Avicii. WAKE ME UPSummer hit.7.Elton John. OCEANS AWAYElton John and a Piano, welcome back!8.Birdy. WORDS AS WEAPONSThis girl has something really special... but this second album has lost a little bit of the magic of the covers of the first album. 9. Craig Armstrong feat. Lana del Rey. HOTEL SAYREBeautiful movie, beautiful soundtrack and beautiful songs.Here it sounds as it appears in the movie. This is the Original score from The Great Gatsby and it has been edited as a CD. (Finally!)10.Janelle Monae. WHAT AN EXPERIENCEMonae is one of the most interesting artist nowadays and this new album it's full of great tracks. This one always give me good vibes.. it's so positive.11. Janelle Monae. DANCE APOCALYPTICDANCE DANCE DANCE!12. Jamie Cullum. SAVE YOUR SOULDon't know why but a really special song for me, the orchestral, the piano, the lyrics, always make me kind of cry or chills...13. Kanye West. BLOOD ON THE LEAVESWith a sample of Strange Fruit from Nina Simone... a very Powerful track.14. Janelle Monae feat. Prince. GIVE EM WHAT THEY LOVEYeah.. good energy and Prince... what else...15. Kodaline. WAY BACK WHENBeautiful, it really brings me good memories.16.Janelle Monae feat. Miguel. PRIMETIMEGood R&B ballad17.Tom Odell. ANOTHER LOVEThis guy it's just simply amazing... this song it's from earlier this year but it is a great song and it is still stuck in my mind18. Kanye West. BLACK SKINHEADA friend said to me Kanye always sounds like angry.. yes.. it's totally truth, but for me always give me strenghth with his sound and power. Don't know why because I don't understad the lyrics the most of the time (spanish speaker so rap.. it's hard to understand...)19. Lana del Rey. YOUNG AND BEAUTIFULBecause of the lyrics and the music, probably the best ballad from 2013.20.The XX. TOGETHERThis band always takes me to another worlds and another status of my mind. So relaxing. And here, mixed with the Craig Armstrong soundtrack for The Great Gatsby it is simply wonderful. Just close your eyes and let yourself go away. Edited September 27, 2013 at 09:49 AM by donpi86 1 Quote
LuisMa Posted September 27, 2013 at 12:26 PM Author Posted September 27, 2013 at 12:26 PM (edited) Thank you for the freak award, that was totally unexpected. And your chart is cool! I'll see if I can fix the video today and post it. I was working on the 1981 video, but the software shut down and I didn't save it. So, I'll have to start it again. When I have it, I'll post it. Edited September 27, 2013 at 12:29 PM by LuisMa Quote
LuisMa Posted September 27, 2013 at 04:02 PM Author Posted September 27, 2013 at 04:02 PM And here's the year when I started my hobby: 1981! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsgeOf00uBo&feature=youtu.be 1 Quote
chocolatechip15 Posted October 5, 2013 at 04:17 AM Posted October 5, 2013 at 04:17 AM And here's the year when I started my hobby: 1981! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsgeOf00uBo&feature=youtu.be Also the year Celine started her career! And the year I was born . .. I can always remember exactly how long Celine's career is . cause it's the same age as me! 2 Quote
LuisMa Posted October 5, 2013 at 09:45 AM Author Posted October 5, 2013 at 09:45 AM I actually still have the very first record I owned, which was given to me by my amazing late grandfather, who saw how interested I was in music. He would also later give me my first radio cassette player and my first CD player. Also, here's the first year in which Celine had a chart hit, and went to number 1: 1991. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNMSCogGBQ&feature=youtu.be 1 Quote
Ray Posted October 13, 2013 at 08:37 PM Posted October 13, 2013 at 08:37 PM (edited) Thank you, Ray! "When You Believe" peaked at number 3. Celine dominated 98 as you can see, so a lot of great songs peaked within the Top 5. Why did you discontinue your chart? When was the last time you made it? I guess I stopped when I left secondary school. A friend of mine was also much into charts. We also picked a favorite new song and it was like a competition who had the most favorite 'new' songs. Who could predict the best which new song would become a big hit? But when we left school to go study, I didn't know anybody else with this passion and I guess it slowly faded and after a while I stopped making those lists. I do remember still making them at least in 1991 as I know for sure Celine's Where Does My Heart Beat Now made my top 5. (This was before I became really obsessed with her, which was in 1992.) Edited October 13, 2013 at 08:38 PM by Ray 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM Author Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM (edited) I guess I stopped when I left secondary school. A friend of mine was also much into charts. We also picked a favorite new song and it was like a competition who had the most favorite 'new' songs. Who could predict the best which new song would become a big hit? But when we left school to go study, I didn't know anybody else with this passion and I guess it slowly faded and after a while I stopped making those lists. I do remember still making them at least in 1991 as I know for sure Celine's Where Does My Heart Beat Now made my top 5. (This was before I became really obsessed with her, which was in 1992.) Oooh I see! Wow, it's a long time you haven't been making it. I'll upload my 1989 list later or tomorrow, and you'll find some songs I know you'll like. Edited October 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM by LuisMa Quote
Ray Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:19 PM Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:19 PM In the 90's I also made my own 'radio show'. Me, my sister and friends did all these crazy comercials and radio quizes and stuff. Just for the fun of it and recorded it all on tape. Once a year we also made our own award show with best album of the year, song of the year, etc. I made a list of nominees (of course usually including Celine, Mariah, Madonna, Whitney, etc.) and then I let people vote. Such great times and memories. 2 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:24 PM Author Posted October 13, 2013 at 10:24 PM In the 90's I also made my own 'radio show'. Me, my sister and friends did all these crazy comercials and radio quizes and stuff. Just for the fun of it and recorded it all on tape. Once a year we also made our own award show with best album of the year, song of the year, etc. I made a list of nominees (of course usually including Celine, Mariah, Madonna, Whitney, etc.) and then I let people vote. Such great times and memories. Haha that sounds amazing! I remember I made my sister sing onto a tape such terribly written songs "composed" by me. I was like 14 and she was 4! Then I would make these ridiculous pics of hers and created some "vinyl single covers" for those songs. When I went back to my country last November I looked for them but couldn't find them. I guess they've been destroyed, and too bad because it would have been a laugh. 1 Quote
LuisMa Posted October 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM Author Posted October 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM 1989 was I believe one of the hardest periods of my life, but music surely helped me go through it, hence the enormous amount of songs that reached number one: 49! It was almost one every week! Definitely one of my favorite years in pop music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgvIBFI-AA Quote
Ray Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:46 PM Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:46 PM Haha that sounds amazing! I remember I made my sister sing onto a tape such terribly written songs "composed" by me. I was like 14 and she was 4! Then I would make these ridiculous pics of hers and created some "vinyl single covers" for those songs. When I went back to my country last November I looked for them but couldn't find them. I guess they've been destroyed, and too bad because it would have been a laugh. I made my sister sing a commercial (with newly written lyrics by myself) and she hated it so much we had to record like ten times before she finally could get herself to actually sing those words. I also made a choreography for every Madonna song. (Up till 1987) and then I taught them to my sister as she had to be Madonna. She also hated Mariah Carey for a long time. In 1990/1991 I played Mariah's debut album so often, my sister got so sick of it, that by the time the second album was released she never wanted to hear Mariah again. 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:48 PM Author Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:48 PM I made my sister sing a commercial (with newly written lyrics by myself) and she hated it so much we had to record like ten times before she finally could get herself to actually sing those words. I also made a choreography for every Madonna song. (Up till 1987) and then I taught them to my sister as she had to be Madonna. She also hated Mariah Carey for a long time. In 1990/1991 I played Mariah's debut album so often, my sister got so sick of it, that by the time the second album was released she never wanted to hear Mariah again. Sounds like the story of my life with my sister and Celine. Not to mention that I pushed my sister into helping me make my radio program for my charts in 98-99. She was hysterical. Quote
Ray Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:53 PM Posted October 14, 2013 at 03:53 PM I love my sister. She is my best friend ever. I was almost six when she was born and I loved her from day one. 2 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 17, 2013 at 01:57 PM Author Posted October 17, 2013 at 01:57 PM I uploaded 1982. Though I already know how to adjust volume, this was done a couple weeks ago, but I had forgotten to put it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8AyWJ798Y&feature=youtu.be Quote
chocolatechip15 Posted October 20, 2013 at 01:45 AM Posted October 20, 2013 at 01:45 AM 1989 was I believe one of the hardest periods of my life, but music surely helped me go through it, hence the enormous amount of songs that reached number one: 49! It was almost one every week! Definitely one of my favorite years in pop music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgvIBFI-AA I love that Cyndi Lauper's IDAN made your list all those years ago! Did Celine's version ever make it to the top spot for you? 1 Quote
chocolatechip15 Posted October 20, 2013 at 01:48 AM Posted October 20, 2013 at 01:48 AM I uploaded 1982. Though I already know how to adjust volume, this was done a couple weeks ago, but I had forgotten to put it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8AyWJ798Y&feature=youtu.be I never knew there was an original of Kids in America -- I'd only ever heard the Cascada version! Quote
LuisMa Posted October 20, 2013 at 05:33 AM Author Posted October 20, 2013 at 05:33 AM I love that Cyndi Lauper's IDAN made your list all those years ago! Did Celine's version ever make it to the top spot for you? It's one of just four songs to be number one by different artists. Celine's was bigger, as it was number one for 7 weeks. I never knew there was an original of Kids in America -- I'd only ever heard the Cascada version! Oh yes. Kim Wilde's version was her biggest hit in her native UK, but in America it only went to number 25. 1 Quote
LuisMa Posted October 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM Author Posted October 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM I uploaded 1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydFz7UhhDkw&feature=youtu.be Quote
Ray Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:04 PM Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:04 PM 1989 was I believe one of the hardest periods of my life, but music surely helped me go through it, hence the enormous amount of songs that reached number one: 49! It was almost one every week! Definitely one of my favorite years in pop music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgvIBFI-AA Great memories seeing all those clips from Debbie Gibson, Martika, Madonna and Paula Abdul. Still, I miss Madonna's Express Yourself and Dear Jessie (one of my all time favorite Madonna songs) and no Janet Jackson??!! 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:19 PM Author Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:19 PM I didn't really like Express Yourself. It only reached 36 on my chart. And I LOVE Dear Jessie, but as I lived in Costa Rica at the time, and it was a big song in Europe, America got Oh Father. Janet's highest from Rhythm Nation 1814 was "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", number 2 in 91. "Escapade" hit number 3 in 1990. Quote
Ray Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:47 PM Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:47 PM I didn't really like Express Yourself. It only reached 36 on my chart. And I LOVE Dear Jessie, but as I lived in Costa Rica at the time, and it was a big song in Europe, America got Oh Father. Janet's highest from Rhythm Nation 1814 was "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", number 2 in 91. "Escapade" hit number 3 in 1990. Oh Father is also a really strong (emotional) Madonna song IMO. 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:55 PM Author Posted October 22, 2013 at 08:55 PM I love it, and the video is great! Quote
LuisMa Posted October 22, 2013 at 10:50 PM Author Posted October 22, 2013 at 10:50 PM 1988 is uploaded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLb0uKqrhbc&feature=youtu.be Quote
Ray Posted October 23, 2013 at 08:21 PM Posted October 23, 2013 at 08:21 PM ^ Great to see Debbie Gibson spend the most weeks at #1. No Tiffany? I really loved I Think We're Alone Now and Could've Been. 1 Quote Céline Dion Mariah Carey Madonna Lara Fabian Debbie Gibson Wilson Phillips Linda Eder Tina Arena Martika
LuisMa Posted October 23, 2013 at 08:33 PM Author Posted October 23, 2013 at 08:33 PM She hit number 1 with the first one in 1997. Could've Been went to number 2. I'm working on a recent year, 2009. I think I'll have it tomorrow. Quote
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