I don't like to bump my own threads, but if I am to, now is as good of a time as ever.
Voting closes in 24 hours! So far, the number of votes cast for this week's countdown blows the previous record out of the park. This week, an astounding 37 ballots have been cast! Thanks to everyone who has supported this countdown and if you are one of the few people who have not yet voted for this coming week's countdown, do so before the deadline at 12:00 AM Thursday.
And for next week's voting list, look for adds from Lloyd & Lil Wayne, Adele, and Flyleaf, just to name a few!
This week on the countdown, Leona Lewis looks to start another streak of weeks at #1. After spending 7 consecutive weeks at the top in April and May, Ms. Lewis took a break from the top spot for a couple of weeks before returning last week. But if she is going to make it to the pinnacle of the countdown for a second consecutive week, she is going to have to fight off stiff competition from Rihanna, as her tracks, "Take a Bow" and "If I Never See Your Face Again", which features Maroon 5, are looking to make a move to the top.
Also this week, 3 songs debut and another artist returns to the countdown. And if that's not enough, I'm going to premiere the newest videos from Radiohead and Lloyd.
Usher / Moving Mountains
OneRepublic / Say (All I Need)
Panic At the Disco / That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
1.3.08 - 1.10.08 / 1.24.08 Alicia Keys "No One" (3x)
1.17.08 Timbaland presents OneRepublic "Apologize" (1x)
1.31.08 - 2.7.08 Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low" (2x)
2.14.08 - 3.6.08 / 3.20.08 Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" (5x)
3.13.08 Chris Brown "With You" (1x)
3.27.08 - 4.3.08 Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown "No Air" (2x)
4.10.08 - 5.17.08 / 6.7.08 Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" (8x)
5.24.08 Natasha Bedingfield "Pocketful of Sunshine" (1x)
5.31.08 Rihanna "Take a Bow" (1x)
6.12.08 Mariah Carey "Bye Bye" (1x)
Radiohead / All I Need
Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne / Girls Around the World
Congratulations to Mariah Carey, the owner of this week's #1 song. But will "Bye Bye" be saying adios to the top spot next week, or will she gain "Mercy" from Duffy? And what about Maroon 5? They looked poised to take the top spot this week, especially after Leona Lewis fell from the top spot. But with a surge in votes for Duffy and Mariah Carey, Maroon 5 might might never see the top 2 again.
Thank you for checking out Eric's Weekly Top 20 Countdown. Remember to go to this link to vote for your 20 favorite songs. Voting for next week's countdown will close at 12:00 AM on Thursday, June 19. Have a great weekend!
Adele / Chasing Pavements [NEW]
Augustana / Sweet and Low
Sara Bareilles / Bottle It Up
Natasha Bedingfield / Pocketful of Sunshine
Chris Brown / Forever
Colbie Caillat / Realize
Mariah Carey / Bye Bye
Coldplay / Violet Hill
Danity Kane / Damaged
Gavin DeGraw / In Love With a Girl
Duffy / Mercy
Estelle featuring Kanye West / American Boy
Lupe Fiasco featuring Nikki Jean / Hip Hop Saved My Life Flyleaf / All Around Me [RE-ADDED]
Alicia Keys / Teenage Love Affair
Leona Lewis / Bleeding Love
Lil Wayne featuring Static Major / Lollipop
Linkin Park / Leave Out All the Rest Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne / Girls Around the Around [NEW]
Madonna / Give It 2 Me
Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna / If I Never See Your Face Again Metro Station / Shake It [RE-ADDED]
Alanis Morissette / Underneath
Jason Mraz / I'm Yours New Kids on the Block / Summertime [NEW]
OneRepublic / Say (All I Need)
Panic At the Disco / That Green Gentleman
Katy Perry / I Kissed a Girl Radiohead / All I Need [NEW]
Rihanna / Take a Bow
Charlotte Sometimes / How I Could Just Kill a Man
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown / No Air
Britney Spears / Break the Ice
Carrie Underwood / Last Name
Usher / Moving Mountains
Weezer / Pork and Beans Kanye West featuring Chris Martin / Homecoming [NEW]
3 Doors Down / It's Not My Time
ADDED / RE-ADDED: Adele / Chasing Pavements
Flyleaf / All Around Me
Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne / Girls Around the World
Metro Station / Shake It
Radiohead / All I Need
Kanye West featuring Chris Martin / Homecoming
REMOVED: Ashanti / The Way That I Love You
Death Cab for Cutie / I Will Possess Your Heart
Gnarls Barkley / Going On
The Last Goodnight / Stay Beautiful
Colby O'Donis featuring Akon / What You Got
Paramore / That's What You Get
I'd like to thank all of the people who voted for this week's countdown. A record 41 people voted for this week's countdown!
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Thank you all for making the countdown as successful as it is! I owe it all to you!
Here are some notes on some changes to the voting list:
1) Instead of voting for 20 songs, you will vote for 11 songs.
2) You will vote for videos 1-10, with a scoring system of 20 points for #1, 18 points for #2, 16 points for #3, etc.
3) The 11th song you vote for will be the song you want to see off the countdown. Each song that gets voted as "OFF" will lose 1 point, and each person can only vote for 1 song to be taken off the list.
3a) The song that receives the most "OFF" votes will be removed from removed from the voting list the following week unless that song is the #1 song that week.
3b) The song that has the least amount of points (if different than the song with the most amount of "OFF" votes) will be removed from the voting list the following week.
4) You can write in a song to be on the countdown. At the bottom of the voting list, there is an "OTHER" option. If you choose that option, then you can write in the song that you want to see on the countdown in the box that says "WILDCARD SONG".*
4a) The song that receives the most "WILDCARD SONG" votes will be added to the voting list the following week.
4b) The song that receives the most "WILDCARD SONG" points will be added to the voting list the following week. This means that a WILDCARD SONG cannot chart that week, but can potentially chart the next week.
*You cannot use the "OTHER" option when you chose the song you want to be "OFF" the countdown.
And in another way to make the countdown more interactive, you van visit my blog for an abridged version of the countdown and you can leave your comments on the countdown along with your predictions for the next week's countdown. The person who gets the closest in correctly predicting the countdown will have their votes for the following week's countdown double in points! That means that when a person wins, when they vote again, the song they pick at #1 will receive 40 points, #2 will receive 38 points, etc.
And to help make people's predictions easier, I will constantly update my blog with the status of each video in a way similar to that of Vh1 (i.e. "FLAME", "COLD", "WARM").
I hope that these changes makes this countdown a more fun, fan-driven countdown. If you have any other changes you would like to see/any concerns about the changes that have been made, please send me a Private Message so I can respond to you.