Hot Pick: Youngblood Hawke's Stars (Hold On)

Youngblood Hawke is an indie pop band from California, USA.  Their self titled debut album featured this song; Stars (Hold On), described as a youthful, feel-good single.

The Ties That 'Band'

Here are some of the musical bands, duo or trio with family members in it.  Let's roll!

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Top 12 Songs From Billboard Hot 100 (2000-2012)

2000

1. Breathe - Breathe, Faith Hill

2. Smooth, Santana Featuring Rob Thomas

3. Say My Name, Destiny's Child

4. I Wanna Know, Joe

5. Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon

6. Maria Maria, Santana Featuring The Product G&B

7. Bent, Matchbox Twenty

8. Amazed, Lonestar

9. I Knew I Loved You, Savage Garden

10. He Wasn't Man Enough, Toni Braxton

11. Higher, Creed

12. Try Again, Aaliyah

2001

1. Hanging By a Moment, Lifehouse

2. Fallin', Alicia Keys 

3. All for You, Janet Jackson 

4. Drops of Jupiter, Train 

5. I'm Real, Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule 

6. If You're Gone, Matchbox Twenty 

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind, Eve featuring Gwen Stefani 

8. Thank You, Dido 

9. Again, Lenny Kravitz

10. Independent Women, Part I, Destiny's Child 

11. Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Blu Cantrell

12. It Wasn't Me, Shaggy featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent

2002



1. How You Remind Me, Nickelback
2. Foolish, Ashanti
3. Hot in Herre, Nelly
4. Dilemma, Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland
5. Wherever You Will Go, The Calling
6. A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton
7. In the End, Linkin Park
8. What's Luv?, Fat Joe Featuring Ashanti
9. U Got It Bad, Usher
10. Blurry, Puddle Of Mudd
11. Complicated - Let Go, Avril Lavigne
12. Always on Time, Ja Rule Featuring Ashanti

2003



1. In da Club, 50 Cent
2. Ignition, R. Kelly
3. Get Busy, Sean Paul
4. Crazy In Love, Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
5. When I'm Gone, 3 Doors Down
6. Unwell, Matchbox Twenty
7. Right Thurr, Chingy
8. Miss You, Aaliyah
9. Picture, Kid Rock Featuring Sheryl Crow
10. Bring Me to Life, Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
11. Get Low, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins
12. Baby Boy, Beyoncé Featuring Sean Paul

2004



1. Yeah!, Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
2. Burn, Usher
3. If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys
4. This Love, Maroon 5
5. The Way You Move, OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown
6. The Reason, Hoobastank
7. I Don't Wanna Know, Mario Winans Featuring Enya & P. Diddy
8. Hey Ya!, OutKast
9. Goodies, Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo
10. Lean Back, Terror Squad
11. Tipsy, J-Kwon
12. Confessions, Pt. II, Usher

2005



1. We Belong Together, Mariah Carey
2. Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
3. Let Me Love You, Mario
4. Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson
5. One, Two Step, Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
6. Gold Digger, Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx
7. Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day
8. Candy Shop, 50 Cent Featuring Olivia
9. Don't Cha, The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta Rhymes
10. Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson
11. Disco Inferno, 50 Cent
12. You and Me, Lifehouse

2006



1. Bad Day, Daniel Powter
2. Temperature, Sean Paul
3. Promiscuous, Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland
4. You're Beautiful, James Blunt
5. Hips Don't Lie, Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean
6. Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield
7. Crazy, Gnarls Barkley
8. Ridin', Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
9. SexyBack, Justin Timberlake
10. Check On It, Beyonce Featuring Slim Thug
11. Be Without You, Mary J. Blige
12. Grillz, Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp

2007



1. Irreplaceable, Beyonce
2. Umbrella, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
3. The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon
4. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie
5. Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin'), T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc
6. Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood
7. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
8. I Wanna Love You, Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
9. Say It Right, Nelly Furtado
10. Glamorous, Fergie Featuring Ludacris
11. Don't Matter, Akon
12. Girlfriend, Avril Lavigne

2008



1. Low, Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
2. Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis
3. No One, Alicia Keys
4. Lollipop, Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
5. Apologize, Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic
6. No Air, Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown
7. Love Song, Sara Bareilles
8. Love In This Club, Usher Featuring Young Jeezy
9. With You, Chris Brown
10. Forever, Chris Brown
11. Sexy Can I, Ray J & Yung Berg
12. Take a Bow, Rihanna

2009



1. Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas
2. Poker Face, Lady Gaga
3. Just Dance, Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis
4. I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
5. Love Story, Taylor Swift
6. Right Round, Flo Rida
7. I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
8. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), Beyonce
9. Heartless, Kanye West
10. Gives You Hell, The All-American Rejects
11. You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift
12. Dead and Gone, T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake

2010



1. Tik Tok, Ke$ha
2. Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
3. Hey, Soul Sister, Train
4. California Gurls, Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg
5. OMG, Usher Featuring will.i.am
6. Airplanes, B.o.B Featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore
7. Love the Way you Lie, Eminem Featuring Rihanna
8. Bad Romance, Lady Gaga
9. Dynamite, Taio Cruz
10. Break Your Heart, Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris
11. Nothin' On You, B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
12. I Like It, Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull

2011



1. Rolling in the Deep, Adele
2. Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
3. Firework, Katy Perry
4. E.T., Katy Perry featuring Kanye West
5. Give Me Everything, Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
6. Grenade, Bruno Mars
7. F**k You (Forget You), Cee Lo Green
8. Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
9. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
10. Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed Peas
11. On The Floor, Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
12. S&M, Rihanna

2012



1. Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye feat. Kimbra
2. Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
3. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe), Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
4. Payphone, Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
5. Lights, Ellie Goulding
6. Glad You Came, The Wanted
7. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson
8. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris), Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
9. Starships, Nicki Minaj
10. What Makes You Beautiful, One Direction
11. Wild Ones, Flo Rida feat. Sia
12. Set Fire to the Rain, Adele

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billboard.com

Featured Artist: The Script

Irish band, The Script, released their self-titled debut album five years ago featuring two of their massive hits, Breakeven and The Man Who Can't Be Moved.  Since then, the hits keep on coming from this alternative rock band headed by Danny O'Donoghue.  Their music is popular in most TV series.  Here's a playlist of their songs from 2008 up to the present:

Roots: The Top 40 OPM Bands of All Time

In celebration of the anniversary of Philippine Independence Day, let's go back to our roots.  Presenting our home-grown talents, the bands that became part of our lives through their music.  Here is my top 40 OPM Bands of All Time featuring either their first single or their biggest hit. The legends like the Juan Dela Band, Hotdogs, Asin and the likes are not included in this list:

40. RADIOACTIVE SAGO PROJECT

39. SUGAR HICCUP

38. TROPICAL DEPRESSION

37. PUT3SKA

36. INTROVOYS

35. GREYHOUNDZ

34. 6CYCLEMIND

33. MOONSTAR88

32. RIZAL UNDERGROUND

31. THE YOUTH

30. SIAKOL

29. RAZORBACK

28. UP DHARMA DOWN

27. SUGARFREE

26. SPONGE COLA

25. GRIN DEPARTMENT

24. TEETH

23. KAMIKAZEE

22. MOJOFLY

21. URBANDUB

20. YANO

19. SANDWICH

18. BARBIE'S CRADLE

17. COLOR IT RED

16. AFTER IMAGE

15. ALAMID

14. HALE

13. NEOCOLOURS

12. CHICOSCI

11. FREESTYLE

10. THE DAWN

9. WOLFGANG

8. SOUTH BORDER

7. TRUE FAITH

6. SIDE A

5. PAROKYA NI EDGAR

4. SLAPSHOCK

3. BAMBOO

2. RIVERMAYA

1. ERASERHEADS

Featured Playlist: Women Who Rock - Volume 1

This is my first compilation of great songs from incredible women who rock our world with their genuine talent of touching our hearts through their vocal prowess, originality, and that undeniable musical influence:

Drive by Incubus (Live @ Morning View Sessions)

The album version of Drive was released in November 2000 as part of 'Make Yourself' CD.  This song is about fear and how we make decisions out of it.  Listen to the distinctive voice of Brandon Boyd with his band, Incubus with the Morning View Live Session version of 'Drive'.  Rating: 4/5 hits.

Featured Artist: Lifehouse

This time, I'm featuring the hits of Lifehouse, an American rock band with Jason Wade on the vocals.  Their first hit was in the year 2001 when the chart-topping song 'Hanging by a Moment' went to No.1 in most countries around the world. Here's a playlist of some of their greatest songs...

Top 20 Rainy Days Songs - Philippines

It's June already and the Philippines is once again getting ready for the rainy season..  The weather bureau will announce the official start of the our rainy days within the first half of this month.  And so, I also prepared the top 20 most memorable rainy days songs.  The list includes songs from local and foreign artists...

#20 KISS THE RAIN - Billie Myers

#19 TUWING UMUULAN AT KAPILING KA - Eraserheads

#18 RAINY DAY - The Corrs

#17 ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS - Garbage

#16 WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME - Travis

#15 RAIN ON ME - Ashanti

#14 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele

#13 FIRE AND RAIN - James Taylor

#12 I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN - Barry Manilow

#11 TAGULAN - After Image

#10 RHYTHM OF THE RAIN - The Cascades

#9 THROUGH THE RAIN - Mariah Carey

#8 OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU - Tamia

#7 I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU - Belinda Carlisle

#6 UMBRELLA - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z

#5 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - Eurythmics

#4 RAIN - Madonna

#3 ULAN - Rivermaya

#2 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - The Carpenters

#1 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD - Burt Bacharach