1. Sign O' The Times - Prince

2. FanMail - TLC

3. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

4. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson

5. Metallica - Metallica

6. Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton

7. The Gold Experience - Prince

8. II - Boyz II Men

9. Muddy Waters Blues Band - Muddy Waters, Dizzy Gillespie

10. 8701 - Usher

The Place: The QH Blend

The Talent: Ashanti, Kelly Rowland, TLC, Brandy, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, The Pointer Sisters, Natalie Cole, The Supremes, Macy Gray, Solange, Erykah Badu, Kelis, Mariah Carey, Karyn White, Mya, Missy Elliott, & Estelle.

The Cause: To funk you up.

The Songs: Go to the link above to see, Taste The Blend.-QH

6 months ago on april 1st I did a 'What Country Are Your Top 100 from?' so here 6 months later I thought I would do an update.

1. England (59)
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
Tears for Fears
Ultravox
George Michael
The Human League
Robbie Williams
David Bowie
Muse
Arcadia
Erasure
Iron Maiden
The Police
Def Leppard
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Pet Shop Boys
The Power Station
Roxy Music
Japan (new)
Yazoo
Thompson Twins
Heaven 17
Eurythmics
Kajagoogoo (new)
Bryan Ferry
Elvis Costello & The Attractions (new)
Morrissey
Placebo
Talk Talk
Wham!
Genesis
Andy Taylor
ABC
The Smiths
Kim Wilde
Bauhaus (new)
Queen
Paul McCartney
Blur
Pink Floyd
Soft Cell
Asia
Prefab Sprout
Suede
Judas Priest
Dave Gahan
Level 42
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Culture Club (new)
The Beatles (new)
Spandau Ballet (new)
Saint Etienne
The Pretenders
Oasis
Joy Division (new)
Martin L. Gore
Phil Collins

NOTE: Still at #1, but up from 54,5 to 59 artists, off the charts are: Take That (#102), Neurotic Outsiders (½ england / ½ usa) (#109), Bloc Party (#114) and Billy Idol (#117)

2. US (20)
Madonna
Garbage
Mötley Crüe
The B-52's
Prince & The Revolution
Alice Cooper
Janet Jackson
Nine Inch Nails
Bon Jovi
Red Hot Chili Peppers
KISS
Prince
The Killers
Eagles
Blondie
Van Halen
Metallica
Belinda Carlisle
Sparks (new)
The Dandy Warhols

NOTE: Still at #2, but down from 21,5 to 20 artists, off the charts are: My Chemical Romance (#104), Neurotic Outsiders (½ england / ½ usa) (#109) and Guns N' Roses (#106)

3. Denmark (8)
Nephew
TV-2
Mew
Private
Shu-Bi-Dua
Moi Caprice
Spleen United
Johnny Deluxe

NOTE: Still at #3 but down from 10 to 8 artists, off the charts are: The Raveonettes (#103) and D-A-D (#110)

4. Scotland (4)
Cocteau Twins
Simple Minds
Franz Ferdinand
Altered Images

NOTE: no change in position or artists

5. Wales (2)
James Dean Bradfield
Manic Street Preachers

NOTE: Up one position on the chart but with no new artists

5. Sweden (2)
ABBA
Europe

NOTE: Down one position on the chart, down from 3 to two artists, off the charts are: Roxette (#105)

7. Ireland (1)
U2

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Australia (1)
INXS

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Georgia (1)
Katie Melua

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Norway (1)
a-ha

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Canada (1)
Bryan Adams

NOTE: no change in position or artists

'11': Germany (0)

NOTE: down to zero artists in the charts and therefore out of the top 100, off the charts are: Rammstein (#113)

On The QH Blend I share my thoughts on Janet Jackson's bumpy road to her current successful "Rock Witchu" tour, which I myself will be seeing on 10/15/08 in Washington, D.C. Please stop by the Blend to see my pre-show thoughts, and in a few weeks check back for my post-show thoughts. I know I won't be disappointed. Taste the Blend.-QH

Current Top 10
01 Dannii Minogue
02 Kylie Minogue
03 倖田來未
04 Janet Jackson
05 Jennifer Lopez
06 浜崎あゆみ
07 Mariah Carey
08 Madonna
09 Kelis
10 Rachel Stevens

Past Top 10
01 Dannii Minogue
02 Kylie Minogue
03 Janet Jackson
04 Jennifer Lopez
05 倖田來未
06 浜崎あゆみ
07 Madonna
08 Rachel Stevens
09 Holly Valance
10 安室奈美恵

Original Top 10
01 Dannii Minogue
02 Kylie Minogue
03 Madonna
04 Rachel Stevens
05 Jennifer Lopez
06 Britney Spears
07 Janet Jackson
08 Amber
09 Spice Girls
10 安室奈美恵


Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Again, I still don’t remember! lol But I’m gonna say it was evolution.

What is your favorite album of 2?
Still Body Language! The entire album is pop perfection <3

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
“Can’t walk a mile in my YSLs, I strap them on and walk it off” – Bitch is fierce as hell!

How many times have you seen 4 live?
Never! And I would have this year if Discipline didn’t suck ass so much!

What is your favorite song by 7?
Never Too Far! I love that song like no other <3

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10?
Rachel? Um, finding out that her career had basically ended up in the gutter by the time I discovered her lol

Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
愛のうた, although it’s more of a good sad…if that makes sense.

What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
“I wanted to write a song called cosmic.” You said least favorite shit lyric right?

What is your favorite song by 9?
Too hard…I love a lot of her song equally, but I guess Blindfold Me would definitely be in the top 3.

How did you get into 3?
Someone uploaded Black Cherry for me and it was love at first listen <3

What was the first song you heard by 1?
You Won’t Forget About Me

What is your favorite song by 4?
Hmmm…it really depends on my mood. Lately? Nothing…

How many times have you seen 9 live?
Never and I probably won’t since she’s been dropped by her label T_T

What is a good memory you have involving 2?
Currently, arguing that Dannii is better with a Kylie fan while being drunk off of cheap wine.

Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
Frozen, but more so the musical composition of the song rather than the lyrics.

What is your favorite album of 5?
I might have to say it’s Brave now. I seriously love that album and happen to be listening to it while typing this <333


What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
“It’s K O D A K U M I, dakara climax, motto choudai” <3


What is your favourite song of 1?
Either Don’t Wanna Lose This Feeling or Hurt In Love


What is your favourite song of 10?
All About Me <3

How many times have you seen 8 live?
Never and I don’t plan on it either lol

What is your favourite album of 1?
Still Girl! Underrated…

What is a great memory you have considering 9?
OMG Kelis? There are so many for some reason…but the best has to be when my friend sang the “boss bitch” part in Bossy to me whenever it was on the radio!

What was the first song you heard by 8?
Probably something from her late 80s/early 90s material. Who knows…I was young and probably didn’t even know it was Madonna. Let’s say Material Girl lol

What is your favorite cover by 2?
Cover? Well I like the cover for X! Which is one of the few things I happen to like about that album…

How mainstream are you?
First take your top 20 artists and find out how many listeners they have.

Michael Jackson 822,199
Vanessa Paradis 78,059
Shakira 465,825
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 58,506
宇多田ヒカル 152,813
Gackt 89,796
Miyavi 38,513
Faakhir 1,902
Ali Zafar 1,943
Elvis Presley 608,788
Junoon 3,544
عمر دياب 38,803
The Jackson 5 261,552
Janet Jackson 311,557
Call 2,244
Khaled 38,809
Black Eyed Peas 774,492
The Jacksons 58,884
Andrew Lloyd Webber 138,045
Fatboy Slim 658,562

Total: 4,606,779

Divide by 20: 230338.95

Divide by the number of Radiohead listeners (1,547,215): 0.148

Multiply by 100 to get percent: 14.887

It's that time of the year again... On Sept. 16, 2007 the Last Year's Nominees for The 2007 RGB Awards were announced, and on Sept. 24, 2007 (one day after my first Last.fm Anniversary) the Last Year's Winners were announced.

This is the second edition of The RGB Awards and you'll be able to choose your nominees: Each category has 8 nominees, you will vote for the ones you like the most in each category, and they'll be narrowed down to 3 nominees. Out of these 3 nominees, The 2008 RGB Awards Judges will decide who the winner is. The "Artist of the Year", "Best Lyrics" & "Smash Artist of 2009" winners will be decided by you, with your votes.

VOTE NOW BY CLICKIN' THE LINKS, DON'T LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR VOTES
YOU CAN VOTE FOR MORE THAN ONE NOMINEE IN MOST CATEGORIES
VOTE NOW - Part One
VOTE NOW - Part Two

Winners will be announced before September ends

Kanye West leads the nominations with a grand total of 12, followed by Gnarls Barkley with 8, Rihanna with 8 and Madonna 6. All of them are nominated for Artist of the Year, along with Coldplay, who got 4 nominations. UK's sweethearts Estelle & Duffy got 5 nominations and 4 nominations respectively, and they're both competing for the Song of the Year award, among with Wyclef Jean's "Sweetest Girl", which got 4 nods. Chris Brown got 5 nominations as well as P!nk, and Will.i.am got 4 nominations for "Heartbreaker" and "In the ayer"

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

Best Song by a Female Artist
Alicia Keys – “No One”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna – “Disturbia”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”

Best Song by a Male Artist
Chris Brown – “With You”
James Blunt – “Carry you home”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”
Kanye West & Dwele – “Flashing Lights”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Flo-Rida & T-Pain – “Low"

Best Collaboration by two or more artists
Ashlee Simpson & Tom Higgenson – “Little Miss Obsessive”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – “No Air”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
Maroon 5 & Rihanna – “If I never see your face again”
T.I. & Rihanna – “Live your life”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Best song by a group
Arctic Monkeys – “Teddy Picker”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Maroon 5 – “Goodnight Goodnight”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
One Republic & Timbaland – “Apologize”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”

Best song by a new artist
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Katy Perry – “I Kissed a Girl”
Metro Station – “Shake It”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
Solange – “Sandcastle Disco”
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”


Best rock song
Arctic Monkeys – “Teddy Picker”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Foo Fighter – “The Pretender”
Matchbox Twenty – “These hard times”
Oasis – “The Shock of the Lighting”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
The Rasmus – “Living in a world without you”
The White Stripes – “Conquest”

Best pop song
Chris Brown – “Forever”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Pocketful of Sunshine”
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna – “Disturbia”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”

Best song by a latin artist
Belanova – “One, Two, Three, Go!”
Cabas – “Bonita”
Café Tacuba – “Esta vez”
Chocquibtown – “Somos pacífico”
El Sie7e – “Ileso”
Enrique Iglesias – “¿Dónde están corazón?
Fonseca – “Paraíso”
Julieta Venegas – “El Presente (MTV Unplugged)”
Sanalejo – “Me gusta (Pequeña Putita)”
The Hall Effect – “Unpure”

Best hip hop song
Flo-Rida & T-Pain – “Low”
Flo-Rida, Will.i.am & Fergie – “In the ayer”
Kanye West & Chris Martin – “Homecoming”
Kanye West & T-Pain – “Good Life”
Missy Elliott – “Ching-a-ling”
T.I. & Rihanna – “Live your life”
Tyga & Travis McCoy – “Coconut Juice”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Best RnB/Soul song
Chris Brown – “With You”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – “No Air”
Mariah Carey – “Touch my body”
Rihanna – “Take a bow”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Shontelle – “T-Shirt”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”

Best alternative/indie song
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
Justice – “D.A.N.C.E.”
Metro Station – “Shake It”
MGMT – “Time to pretend”
Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
The B-52’s – “Funplex”
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”

Best Lyrics to a Song
Cansei de Ser Sexy – “Music is my hot, hot sex”
Christina Aguilera – “Save me from myself”
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – “Falling Slowly”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
James Blunt – “Carry you home”

Flashback song of the year
Ace of Base – “All that she wants”
Blink 182 – “Always”
Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
Ladytron – “Playgirl”
Muse – “Time is running out”
P!nk – “Don’t let me get me”
The Cardigans – “Lovefool”
The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”

Smash Artist of 2009
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Kanye West
P!nk
The Killers

Song of the year
Alicia Keys – “No One”
Coldplay – “Violet Hill”
Duffy – “Mercy”
Estelle & Kanye West – “American Boy”
Gnarls Barkley – “Run”
Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – “4 Minutes”
One Republic & Timbaland – “Apologize”
The Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up”
Usher & Young Jeezy – “Love in this club”
Will.i.am – “Heartbreaker”
Wyclef Jean, Akon, Lil’ Wayne & Niia – “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)”

Artist of the year
Coldplay
Gnarls Barkley
Kanye West
Madonna
Rihanna

Music video of the year
Ashlee Simpson – “Outta my head”
Gnarls Barkley – “Who’s gonna save my soul”
Janet Jackson – “Feedback”
Justice – “D.A.N.C.E.”
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - "4 Minutes"
P!nk – “So What”
Rihanna - "Disturbia"
The Ting Tings – “Shut up and let me go”
The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom”
Weezer – “Pork and Beans”

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Chris Brown Flo-Rida T-Pain James Blunt Chris Martin Kanye West Dwele Usher Young Jeezy will.i.am Wyclef Jean Akon Lil’ Wayne Niia Alicia Keys Duffy Estelle Leona Lewis Madonna Justin Timberlake Timbaland P!nk Pink Rihanna Santogold Ashlee Simpson Tom Higgenson PLAIN WHITE T’S Jordin Sparks Maroon 5 T.I. Arctic Monkeys Coldplay Gnarls Barkley MGMT One Republic The Hives OneRepublic The Pussycat Dolls Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger Katy Perry Metro Station Solange The Ting Tings Paramore Tokio Hotel Foo Fighters Matchbox Twenty Oasis The Rasmus The White Stripes Natasha Bedingfield Belanova Cabas Café Tacuba Café Tacuba Café Tacuba Café Tacuba Chocquibtown El Sie7e Enrique Iglesias Fonseca Juanes Julieta Venegas Shakira Sanalejo the hall effect San Alejo Flo-Rida Flo Rida T-Pain Fergie Tyga Travis McCoy Gym Class Heroes Anouk Mariah Carey Shontelle Justice The B-52’s Cansei de Ser Sexy Once Glen Hansard Marketa Irglova Ace of Base Blink-182 Ladytron Muse The Cardigans The Killers Britney Spears Janet Jackson Weezer Christina Aguilera Linkin Park

I can't help it, but I love contemporary/modern R&B by mainly female vocalists. So Here is a list of R&B albums I own that are pushing and have pushed the genre into new terrain. Feel free to recommend your favorites because I'd love to discover some more great albums, especially the most current ones. (This list is not in order, btw)

1. TLC - FanMail (1999) - Best girl group ever.
2. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) - Liyah left a legacy behind when she departed much too early which included Timbaland. She always kept her image and music classy.
3. Brandy - Afrodisiac (2004) - Easily Brandy's best record. She doesn't forget to give the props to Liyah and what she left behind.
4. Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999) - Kelis was an original when she first arrived on the R&B scene. Since then she has conformed to the mainstream market and as a result, she hasn't topped this record yet.
5. Toni Braxton - Libra (2005) - Toni has a gorgeous voice and despite her deciding to make a great R&B album, it was her greatest commercial failure on the heels of her 2002 dud as well.
6. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (1997) - Janet will probably never make a great album again as it is becoming clear that she's desperately trying to stay in the game by enlisting top producers of right now to bring her hits.
7. Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997) - Miss Badu is for real and this is probably my favorite contemporary R&B album of them all.
8. Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005, 2006) - Mary J. is a leader of the pack when it comes to R&B, and this album is an excellent example of that.