As January comes to a close, the new BILLCS Top 30 sees the chart slow down a bit, while I enjoy some current favourites from the end of last year a little bit more, and that’s also what happens when the previous chart debuted five songs. On this chart, there are still four debuts, and a new #1!
Here’s the link to the online version of the chart: BILLCS Top 30
Here’s the link to my Spotify playlist of the chart: BILLCS Top 30 Chart Playlist
The BILLCS Top 30 Archive is now updated to the last chart: BILLCS Top 30 Archive
Check out my ONLINE RADIO SHOWS below as they are increasingly tied in with this blog. As most of you know, I host 3 online radio shows – The Big 20 and two iterations of Your Weekend New Music Mix – and produce 2 online radio segments – my new music and retro picks of the week – that are all pre-recorded. The Big 20 and the picks of the week are happily being syndicated and you can find the current schedule for all at the bottom of the home page of this blog.
Reminder: Don’t forget to click on the photos to hear the song or watch the video.
Let’s just call it Benson Boone week.
The Washington singer/songwriter gets his first #1 with the stunning ballad “To Love Someone” (above), which dislodged Jack Harlow’s super fun “Lovin On Me”, which tumbles to #3. But even better, Benson’s fierce new rock song “Beautiful Things” (below) has the Highest Debut at #15!! AND… artist presale tickets for his new tour went on sale today. Pre-sales for his show in my city at History on April 7 sold out before I could get one, so here’s hoping for a second Toronto show…
British dance producers WH0 are closing in on their second #1 as “Rock The Party” (above) climbs 3-2. This Daft Punk-inspired track is also notable for its samples of The Clash’s “Rock The Casbah” and Todd Terry’s “Weekend”. And the legendary house master is also rising in the Top 10 with “What You Do” (10-7, below), in which Todd reworks Gene Chandler’s 1966 single “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” into a slamming house banger.
Audien’s “Superhero” (above) is now a Top 30 dance radio hit and it rises up a notch 5-4. Also inching upward are Australia’s Moonwood with “Curfew” (6-5) and “Man Down” by Spain’s The Boy From the South (7-6) (both below).
Nero’s big return with “Truth” (above) climbs 12-9, while Manila Killa and Linney’s techno house collaboration “Sacredly” (below) moves up 11-10. It’s Manila Killa’s fourth Top 10 appearance and Linney’s second.
With their follow-up single “Breathing” waiting in the wings, Great Good Fine OK’s soulful pop/dance single “Blame” climbs 16-13.
Dig deep into Matoma’s album Love For The Beat and you’ll find the infectious “Sound of Shadows” with vocalist/co-writer JP Cooper, which rises 19-16.
The Fastest Riser on the chart is the irresistible independent release “One On One” by The Knocks and Sofi Tukker, which jumps 25-19.
The second debut is “Off Switch” by Australian dance chanteuse VASSY, which arrives at #26, becoming her second chart entry following last year’s “Tuff” (#11) with Miami producer GT_ofice. With recent original songs like “Off Switch”, VASSY returns to solo releases, which in the past have got her #1’s like “We Are Young” and “Nothing To Lose”. She’s had a whopping 8 dance radio or club play #1’s in total and has collaborated with producers like Dave Audé, Afrojack, Bingo Players, and The Disco Fries.
Bright Light Bright Light follows up his BILLCS Top 30 #1 “Down To One” (which slides to #22) with the equally fun “You Want My…” at #27, from his upcoming fifth album Enjoy Youth. You can check out new remixes of the song on Spotify by clicking on the following link: Remixes
The fourth debut is by another BILLCS Top 30 mainstay, UK singer/songwriter Sam Dickinson. Sam recently charted with the vibrant dance track “Falling” (#5), which is now followed up by a dynamic on-point cover of Donna Summer’s disco classic “Hot Stuff” at #29. It’s from his upcoming album F L E X.
You can hear me and many of my blog choices on this growing list of online radio stations and features!
Listen to The Big 20 from 10pm to Midnight EST on Wednesdays as “The Musicman” James Rogers and I bring you the latest in new songs. The show also repeats on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. EST and Sunday mornings at 2:00 AM EST. You can hear recent episodes of The Big 20 at this link.
On Saturdays and Sundays from Noon to 6pm EST I bring you “Your Weekend New Music Mix” six hours of commercial-free music from the 2000’s including many song choices from this blog.
At Midnight EST on Saturdays, you can also hear my Retro Pick of the Week on Russ Horton’s amazing “Top 40 Timeline” oldies show.
“Your Weekend Music Mix” has a second home on Saturday and Sunday evenings from 8pm to Midnight EST! It’s a different mix from Radio GTA’s show, and like that one it is also commercial free.
“The Big 20” also airs on this station at 6pm EST Saturdays, and my Retro Pick of the Week plays on Russ Horton’s “Top 40 Timeline” at 4pm EST.
The 3D Variety Show by Planet Radio Canada
I’m featured Tuesdays between 7 and 7:30 pm EST with my New Music Pick of the Week which debuts every week on “The 3D Variety Show” with “The Musicman” James Rogers, and I also join occasionally for looks at music from our past through some live segments. A repeat of “The 3D Variety Show” airs on Wednesdays at 7pm EST on Radio GTA. My pick of the week airs nearly 30 times during the week and you can view its schedule by clicking here. You can hear recent episodes of The 3D Variety Show at this link.
Energy885 (currently off air for studio repairs)
Energy885 in Miramichi, New Brunswick’s Energy885 now anchors Hunter Wilbur’s “Addictive Energy” shows, which airs my New Music Pick of the Week. Energy885 is also airing my Retro Pick Of The Week as well on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9:30 AM EST. You can hear recent episodes of Addictive Energy at this link.
You can also listen to my Retro Pick of the Week on Russ Horton’s “Top 40 Timeline” on this station at 6pm EST Saturdays.
For other details about all of the shows, such as dates and times of broadcasts, go to my home page and scroll down to the bottom right side! The schedules are up-to-date.
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