Marié Digby, "3 AM" [OPC10 2012.9.30]

Marié Digby scores another #1 song on the OPC10 as "3 AM" climbs four places from #5. This track, written by Keiko Necesario, was a finalist in the Philippine Popular Music Festival 2012. Here's the official music video of this week's chart-topper:

OPC10 Overall Picks
September 30-October 6, 2012

1. Marié Digby - 3 AM
2. Jeremi and Amy Richarson - Ancient Wells
3. Boys Like Girls - Be Your Everything
4. Flo Rida - I Cry
5. Building 429 - Right Beside You (feat. Dawn Michele)
6. Priyanka Chopra - In My City (feat. will.i.am)
7. Britt Nicole - Stand
8. Group 1 Crew - He Said (feat. Chris August)
9. Melanie Amaro - Don't Fail Me Now
10. The Script - Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

Popping Out Tracks
September 30-October 6, 2012

1. Rihanna - Diamonds
2. Remedy Drive - Better Than Life
3. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire (Bluelight Version)

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
September 30-October 6, 2012

1. Marié Digby - 3 AM
2. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
3. She's Only Sixteen - Dying to Meet You
4. Q-York - Dito Na (feat. AMP, Nimbus 9, Pikaso & Knowa Lazarus)
5. Morissette Amon - Up to You
6. Quest - Sige Lang
7. Erik Santos - Hindi na Magbabago
8. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
9. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
10. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita

Popping Out: David Archuleta, "Everybody Hurts"

Some songs never make it to the OPC10. They just sit solidly outside the Top 10 until they decline and fade away. But nonetheless, these entries also deserve some attention. For this reason, starting with the next OPC10, I'll also be including the Popouts chart, a short list which will feature the Top 3 tracks that have not yet entered the Overall Picks. The concept will be similar to Billboard's Bubbling Under chart.

In anticipation of its debut on Sunday, here's an extended Top 10 list of the songs currently popping outside the Top 10. Priyanka Chopra is at #1 with "In My City" featuring will.i.am, while our featured video, "Everybody Hurts" by David Archuleta, is at #6:

OPC10 Popouts Chart
Special Pre-Debut Edition

1. Priyanka Chopra - In My City (feat. will.i.am)
2. Remedy Drive - Better Than Life
3. Melanie Amaro - Don't Fail Me Now
4. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire (Bluelight Remix)
5. Brandy - Wildest Dreams
6. David Archuleta - Everybody Hurts
7. Q-York - Dito Na (feat. AMP, Nimbus 9, Pikaso & Knowa Lazarus)
8. Ciara - Sorry
9. Anberlin - Someone Anyone
10. Hedley - Kiss You Inside Out

Will Priyanka and will.i.am's collaboration stay on top come Sunday? Will it slide down or will it be elevated to the main chart? Well, know the answers to all those questions on the next edition of the OPC10!

The Script, "Hall of Fame" [OPC10 2012.9.23]

Husband and wife Jeremi and Amy Richardson debut at #1 with "Ancient Wells", while Boys Like Girls climb to #2 with "Be Your Everything". The Script also has a new entry at #7 entitled "Hall of Fame" featuring will.i.am, which is our featured track of the week:

OPC10 Overall Picks
September 23-29, 2012

1. Jeremi and Amy Richarson - Ancient Wells
2. Boys Like Girls - Be Your Everything
3. Building 429 - Right Beside You (feat. Dawn Michele)
4. Britt Nicole - Stand
5. Marié Digby - 3 AM
6. Group 1 Crew - He Said (feat. Chris August)
7. The Script - Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am)
8. Lecrae - Tell the World (feat. Mali Music)
9. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
10. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
September 23-29, 2012

1. Marié Digby - 3 AM
2. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
3. Q-York - Dito Na (feat. AMP, Nimbus 9, Pikaso & Knowa Lazarus)
4. Morissette Amon - Up to You
5. Quest - Sige Lang
6. Erik Santos - Hindi na Magbabago
7. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
8. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
9. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
10. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever

Chop-a-Tune: Payphone

When I was still on the radio, one of the segments on my radio program was Chop-a-Tune. In this segment, I take on a popular tune, chop it line-by-line, and offer my own interpretation of the given line. Today, I'm reintroducing Chop-a-Tune, this time on this blog. And for the pilot edition, I'm giving you my take on the song "Payphone". Listen to the audio clip below as I and Godsend Debbie dissect this hit from Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa:

Chop-a-Tune: Payphone
Artist: Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
Duration: 5 min, 47 sec
Download (5.31 MB)

Boys Like Girls, "Be Your Everything" [OPC10 2012.9.16]

After only one week at #1, Group 1 Crew and Chris August fall to #2. They've been knocked over by another great collaboration, Building 429's "Right Beside You" featuring Dawn Michelle of Fireflight. I've been loving this song for a while now, but it's just recently that I've learned that it has been made a single, and that makes it finally eligible to chart in the OPC10. In the Pinoy tally, Marié Digby takes over the #1 spot with "3 AM", displacing Gloc-9's "Sirena" to #2. Meanwhile, another new entry on the overall chart is Boys Like Girls, whose song "Be Your Everything" is at #4 this week. It is also our featured track below:

OPC10 Overall Picks
September 16-22, 2012

1. Building 429 - Right Beside You
2. Group 1 Crew - He Said (feat. Chris August)
3. Marié Digby - 3 AM
4. Boys Like Girls - Be Your Everything
5. Lecrae - Tell the World (feat. Mali Music)
6. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
7. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
8. Adam Lambert - Trespassing
9. Big Daddy Weave - Redeemed
10. Beckah Shae - Overflow

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
September 16-22, 2012

1. Marié Digby - 3 AM
2. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
3. Q-York - Dito Na (feat. AMP, Nimbus 9, Pikaso & Knowa Lazarus)
4. Morissette Amon - Up to You
5. Quest - Sige Lang
6. Erik Santos - Hindi na Magbabago
7. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
8. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
9. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
10. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever

Syncing Playlists on the Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F

In my previous post about the Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F, I mentioned that when the device is connected to the computer, it is not just detected as an ordinary flash drive, but it is recognized as a portable music player. That means it supports the Media Transfer Protocol or MTP, and one of its benefits is being able to control and manage your music easily through playlists. There are many ways to sync your playlists, but on this blog entry, I'll show you how to do it using Windows Media Player.

Group 1 Crew, "He Said" [OPC10 2012.9.09]

A total of eight new entries rush in on the chart, headed by the Group 1 Crew! The new song at #1 tells us of God's wonderful promise in 1 Corinthians 10:13: He won't give us more than we can take; and that He might let us bend, but He won't let us break. It's a very uplifting song that assures us that God loves us and that He will never let us go, no matter what we are currently facing in life. Here's "He Said" featuring Chris August, besting all others this week:

OPC10 Overall Picks
September 9-15, 2012

1. Group 1 Crew - He Said (feat. Chris August)
2. Lecrae - Tell the World (feat. Mali Music)
3. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
4. Marié Digby - 3 AM
5. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
6. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
7. Adam Lambert - Trespassing
8. Big Daddy Weave - Redeemed
9. Beckah Shae - Overflow
10. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
September 9-15, 2012

1. Gloc-9 - Sirena (feat. Ebe Dancel)
2. Marié Digby - 3 AM
3. Erik Santos - Hindi na Magbabago
4. Quest - Sige Lang
5. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
6. Morissette Amon - Up to You
7. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
8. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
9. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
10. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky

Big Daddy Weave, "Redeemed" [OPC10 2012.9.02]

Quest retakes the top spot in the Pinoy tally, which means "Sige Lang" gets to spend a 7th non-consecutive week at #1. On the overall chart, Meredith Andrews stays steady as queen, "Not for a Moment (After All)" is now #1 for the 4th straight week. Three new entries appear: Melanie Amaro's "Love Me Now" at #7, Bebo Norman's "The Broken" at #5 and Big Daddy Weave's "Redeemed" at #4 which is our featured track of the week:

OPC10 Overall Picks
September 2-8, 2012

1. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
2. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain
3. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
4. Big Daddy Weave - Redeemed
5. Bebo Norman - The Broken
6. Kyle Patrick - Go for Gold
7. Melanie Amaro - Love Me Now
8. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
9. Dara Maclean - Yours Forever
10. Planetshakers - Nothing Is Impossible (feat. Israel Houghton)

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
September 2-8, 2012

1. Quest - Sige Lang
2. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
3. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
4. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
5. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
6. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky
7. Skankin Brews - Give a Little Aloha
8. Circa - Huling Pag-Ibig
9. Ice Bergg - Run Away (feat. Hi-C)
10. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia