#1: Benny Benassi & Chris Brown - Beautiful People
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BEATFREAK IS BACK 2011 is the newest re-invention of my countdown, which turns 2 years old in May! Holy ****. [PS MATTY: I'm waiting on my banner!] Anyway, since this is the third calendar year of my chart, I wanted to try something new and interactive. Each week there will be a different feature to interact with. Some of them are:
Pick Your Five: Don't agree with my list? List your top five songs of the week with a link to a YouTube stream. I'll make a wild card out of it; I'll randomly select one song from a PYF that anyone chooses to post, and it will be featured on BIB 2011 the following week. Will it be number five, or could it rock my world all the way to number one?
Flash|Back: I'll give you a year and you'll post your favorite video from that year. My number one for that week would likely be from that year as well. A nice change of pace.
The Sleaze 2.0: This section used to be a part of my charts in Summer 2009, but it was controlled by me entirely in a little blurb. I chose one interesting media fact to talk about for the week. Now I'll give a list of 5-10 media events and you'll vote on which one you prefer. The winning event/topic will have an entire episode of my countdown dedicated to it in some way. The songs I pick for that week will relate to it in some way.
Icebreaker: Post a single by a new or noteworthy artist that you feel deserves more attention in the music world. Any two posted will be featured on my countdown the following week; one will automatically be selected by me. The other will be voted upon by you guys.