Goo Goo Dolls, "Rebel Beat" [OPC10 2013.6.23]

They have been rocking since 1985, and yet today, their sound remains as fresh and youthful as when I first heard them with their earlier hits "Name", "Iris" and "Slide". But it wasn't until 2002 that I officially made them one of my favorite bands after hearing their then new songs "Here Is Gone" and "Big Machine". Now the Goo Goo Dolls are back with new material that has surely gotten their fans like me excited. "Rebel Beat" debuts at #3 on this week's OPC10:

OPC10 Overall Picks
June 23-29, 2013

1. Big Daddy Weave - The Only Name (Yours Will Be)
2. Mark Schultz - I Gave Up
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Rebel Beat
4. Hawk Nelson - A Million Miles Away
5. Emblem3 - Chloe (You're the One I Want)
6. Faber Drive - Life Is Waiting
7. Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us
8. Austin Mahone - What About Love
9. Bruno Mars - Treasure
10. Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran)

Popout Tracks

1. Plumb - One Drop
2. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
3. Lenka - Heart to the Party

Pinoy Picks

1. Martina San Diego - Wanted
2. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
3. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
4. Marie Salvaleon - Papictura Ko Nimo, Guapo
5. Pio - Exclusively
6. Chai Fonacier - Laylay
7. Six Part Invention - Two Steps Behind
8. Andy Calope - Pagkanindot
9. Martina San Diego - Balay ni Mayang (with Kyle Wong)
10. Uly Tenchavez - Hinaut

OPC10: Emblem3, "Chloe (You're the One I Want)"

Not finishing first on a talent competition should not be a hindrance in rising to the top. And that's what exactly Emblem3 is showing us as they are now breaking through the music scene with a very catchy hit. Despite only finishing fourth on Season 2 of The X Factor USA, they were able to sign with a recording company. Their single "Chloe (You're the One I Want)" is currently at #6 on this week's OPC10.

OPC10 Overall Picks
June 16-22, 2013

1. Bruno Mars - Treasure
2. Sean Paul - Other Side of Love
3. Phillips, Craig & Dean - Great Great God
4. Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears
5. Kari Jobe - Find You on My Knees
6. Emblem3 - Chloe (You're the One I Want)
7. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up
8. Tim McGraw - Highway Don't Care (with Taylor Swift feat. Keith Urban)
9. Ryan Stevenson - Holding Nothing Back
10. Mika - Popular Song (feat. Ariana Grande)

Popout Tracks

1. Karmin - Acapella
2. Amy Grant - Don't Try So Hard (feat. James Taylor)
3. Jessie J - Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal)

Pinoy Picks

1. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
2. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
3. Marie Salvaleon - Papictura Ko Nimo, Guapo
4. Pio - Exclusively
5. Chai Fonacier - Laylay
6. Andy Calope - Pagkanindot
7. Six Part Invention - Two Steps Behind
8. Martina San Diego - Balay ni Mayang (with Kyle Wong)
9. Uly Tenchavez - Hinaut
10. Alphecca Perpetua - Historias

OPC10: Cassadee Pope, "Wasting All These Tears"

Her band Hey Monday, which gave us the hits "How You Love Me Now" and "I Don't Wanna Dance", has been on hiatus since 2011, but Cassadee Pope's solo career seems to be on the rise. After winning Season 3 of The Voice and becoming its first female champ, she is now out with a new single called "Wasting All These Tears", which debuts at #1 on this week's OPC10.

OPC10 Overall Picks
June 9-15, 2013

1. Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears
2. Phillips, Craig & Dean - Great Great God
3. Kari Jobe - Find You on My Knees
4. Emblem3 - Chloe (You're the One I Want)
5. Tim McGraw - Highway Don't Care (with Taylor Swift feat. Keith Urban)
6. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up
7. Ryan Stevenson - Holding Nothing Back
8. Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran)
9. Mika - Popular Song (feat. Ariana Grande)
10. Mikeschair - All I Can Do (Thank You)

Popout Tracks

1. Amy Grant - Don't Try So Hard (feat. James Taylor)
2. Jessie J - Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal)
3. Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us

Pinoy Tracks

1. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
2. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
3. Marie Salvaleon - Papictura Ko Nimo, Guapo
4. Pio - Exclusively
5. Chai Fonacier - Laylay
6. Six Part Invention - Two Steps Behind
7. Andy Calope - Pagkanindot
8. Martina San Diego - Balay ni Mayang (with Kyle Wong)
9. Uly Tenchavez - Hinaut
10. 1:43 - Halika Na

Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us" [OPC10 2013.06.02]

We have a total of seven new songs on the latest OPC10 charts, and Kelly Clarkson's got one of them on this week's edition. The first American Idol returns with a another empowering anthem which I would dub as "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (Part 2)". Here's "People Like Us" which scores bronze on the Popout Tracks list:

OPC10 Overall Picks
June 2-8, 2013

1. Phillips, Craig & Dean - Great Great God
2. Kari Jobe - Find You on My Knees
3. Ryan Stevenson - Holding Nothing Back
4. Emblem3 - Chloe (You're the One I Want)
5. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up
6. Mikeschair - All I Can Do (Thank You)
7. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
8. Starshell - My Star
9. Mika - Popular Song (feat. Ariana Grande)
10. Yeng Constantino - Chinito

Popout Tracks

1. Jessie J - Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal)
2. Amy Grant - Don't Try So Hard (feat. James Taylor)
3. Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us

Pinoy Picks

1. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
2. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
3. Marie Salvaleon - Papictura Ko Nimo, Guapo
4. Chai Fonacier - Laylay
5. Six Part Invention - Two Steps Behind
6. Andy Calope - Pagkanindot
7. Martina San Diego - Balay ni Mayang (with Kyle Wong)
8. Uly Tenchavez - Hinaut
9. 1:43 - Halika Na
10. Alphecca Perpetua - Historias

Jewel Villaflores, "Duyog" [OPC10 May 2013]

Upon hearing the finalists of the 1st Visayan Pop Music Festival, I took the entry by Jewel Villaflores as my top pick. Turns out it wasn't just me who thought it was the best, as the song was also ultimately chosen as the competition's winning song on May 18, 2013. Here's the grand champion song, "Duyog", which also swept the entire month of May at the #1 spot on OPC's Pinoy Picks chart:

OPC10 Overall Picks
May 2013

1. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up
2. Mikeschair - All I Can Do (Thank You)
3. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
4. Kari Jobe - Find You on My Knees
5. Mika - Popular Song (feat. Ariana Grande)
6. Phillips, Craig & Dean - Great Great God
7. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
8. Hideaki Takatori - Minna Atsumare Kyoryuger
9. Kesha - Crazy Kids (feat. Pitbull)
10. Austin Mahone - Heart in My Hand (Piano Version)

Pinoy Picks

1. Jewel Villaflores - Duyog
2. Yeng Constantino - Chinito
3. Marie Salvaleon - Papictura Ko Nimo, Guapo
4. Six Part Invention - Two Steps Behind
5. Chai Fonacier - Laylay
6. Martina San Diego - Balay ni Mayang (with Kyle Wong)
7. Uly Tenchavez - Hinaut
8. Alphecca Perpetua - Historias
9. 1:43 - Halika Na
10. Vice Ganda - Karakaraka (feat. Smugglaz)