My Top 10 Songs of 2009

2009 - What a year in pop music. One name though defined the music industry: Lady Gaga. Without a doubt, when we look back at 2009, we will think of how she dominated the music world. As we say goodbye to 2009, take a look back at some of the songs that defined this year. Here you go...the top 10 songs of 2009 (from my headphone files):

1. Poker Face, Lady Gaga

2. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Beyonce

3. Bad Romance, Lady Gaga

4. Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

5. The Fear, Lily Allen

6. I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas

7. She Wolf, Shakira

8. Just Dance, Lady Gaga

9. Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas

10. When Love Takes Over, Dave Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland

Honorable mentions: "Down", Jay Sean feat. Lil' Wayne, "You Belong With Me", Taylor Swift, "My Life Would Suck Without You" & "Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson, "Hot N Cold", Katy Perry, "Dead & Gone", T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, "Right Round", Flo Rida, "Day N' Nite", Kid Cudi, "Party in the U.S.A.", Miley Cyrus, "Meet Me Halfway," Black Eyed Peas, "3" & "If You Seek Amy" by Britney Spears, "Lovegame" & "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga and "I Know You Want Me" & "Hotel Room Service" by Pitbull.

What's your favorite Christmas song?

There are definite classic Christmas songs that many of us must listen to to enjoy the Christmas spirit. From Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" to John Lennon's "War is Over"...below are a few of my favorites...including this year's new version of "What Child Is This" by Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige from Bocelli's newly released Christmas CD, This Christmas.

"All I Want for Christmas", Mariah Carey (1994)

"Christmas Canon", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1998)

"Feliz Navidad", Jose Feliciano (1970)

"Last Christmas", Wham! (1984)

"Do They Know It's Christmas Time", Band Aid (1984)

"Happy Christmas (War is Over)", John Lennon (1971)

GLEE FINALE was AMAZING!

This past week's GLEE finale was truly amazing! Here are some songs from the finale and some favorites of mine...Glee Vol. 1 & 2 soundtracks are out now!

"Don't Rain on My Parade" & "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

"My Life Would Suck Without You"

"Somebody to Love"

"And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"

"Imagine"

The video behind the performance - GLAMBERT's FYE

Here is the official music video for Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment". After all the hoopla, the video and song aren't that bad actually. He's actually channeling his inner Britney Spears. You'll understand when you watch.

GLEE is my most influential TV show of 2009

It was a battle of the vampires and the singing tweens. In the end, the singing tweens of Fox's Glee won me over . While I am a die-hard fan of the HBO series, True Blood, there was something special about this small show that many predicted would not last. Now it seems to become a pop culture phenomenon and a music industry power-punch with singles reaching the top of iTunes. Glee is the most influential series on TV for 2009. Glee, Vol. 2 was released today and is already #1 on iTunes album charts. GO GLEE!

Alicia Keys - Live AIDS performance & #1 Latin single? Yes!

Alicia Keys performs her new single "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" on Dec. 1 at the Nokia Theatre in NYC.



And Alicia has a #1 single - but on the Latin charts. Alejandro Sanz features Alicia Keys on their duet on "Looking for Paradise". Here is the video:

GRAMMY Nominations TONIGHT!

Stay tune for tonight's big Grammy nominations telecast at 8pm central on CBS. Who do you think will be nominated? left out? Lady Gaga? Beyoncé? Taylor Swift? or some surprises?

I will post the news later tonight.

Adam Lambert's explanation and apology

After the fallout from AMA/GMA (American Music Awards/Good Morning America), Adam Lambert joined Ellen yesterday to explain his story behind the controversy.