A collection of the tops songs that I've been listening to lately:
Artist: Alan Song: Sign Language: Martian? I have no idea if she's even singing words...sounds more like X-Files-esque alien sounds. If it is a language my best assumption would be Tibetan. Info: alan is a Tibetan/Chinese singer and Erhu player from
Sichuan province who debuted in 2005 with the album Sheng Sheng Zui Ru
Lan. She made her Japanese language debut in 2007 under avex in Japan
with the single Ashita e no Sanka. alan grew up in the Meiren valley in
the Rongxar county of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China.
Her father is a civil servant, while her mother was a former singer.
She is ethnically Tibetan, and learned singing from a young age, and
started to learn how to play the erhu at age eight. At nine years old,
alan was selected for the leading role in the TV drama Tai Yang Nu
Shen, and first pursued a career as an actress. alan was scouted when
Avex China held auditions in Beijing, and went on to debut with a
Japanese language single in November 2007, titled Ashita e no Sanka.
She is currently still studying Japanese, and only has a basic grasp of
the language. On the 5th of March 2008 alan will release her 2nd
Japanese single Hitotsu. Comments: So cool, reminds me of the X-Files theme song but with...voices in the background. LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Should be featured on 'Pure Moods'. DL: http://www.box.net/shared/9d9tsun6so
Artist: Alisa Mizuki Song: Engaged Language: Japanese Info: Arisa Mizuki (Mizuki Arisa, Mizuki Alisa, 観月ありさ, born on December 5, 1976) is a J-pop singer and actress. Mizuki was born in Tokyo, Japan, and made her singing debut on 15 May 1991 under Columbia Music Entertainment. She is currently signed under avex tune. Comments: Nice slow pretty song. If I ever make a wedding song mix this would be on it, obviously. This song kinda reminds me of Namie's 'Can You Celebrate?' and for some reason Morning Musume's 'Happy Summer Wedding'. Yeah, don't ask...most be the whole marriage them. Has anyone ever confirmed that 'Can You Celebrate?' IS a wedding song?? I just always assumed. DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/rf09as
Artist: Angela Aki Song: Train Train (Live) Language: Japanese Info: Angela Aki (アンジェラ・アキ Anjera Aki), born on 15 September 1977 in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, to a Japanese father and an Italian-American mother, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her former Japanese real name is 安芸 アンジェラ (Aki Angela) Angela Aki is completely bilingual in English and Japanese as she was raised in Japan, but moved to Hawaii at the age of fifteen where she graduated from Iolani School. From there she moved on to George Washington University where she graduated with majors in politics and music. Comments: IDK why I just really like this song. It's like Angela's typical piano-driven music. Even though, it's live it's VERY high quality. This is supposedly a cover, does anyone know the original artist? DL: http://download.yousendit.com/1D24D5E54333B65A
Artist: Aqua Song: Barbie Girl Language: English Info: Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian pop group, best-known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl".
The group formed in 1994, and achieved huge success across the globe in
the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group sold an estimated 28 million
albums and singles. Comments: Fun fun song. I love cheesetastic music like this. Am I the only one who hears her sing, "I'm a blonde emo girl in a fantasy world"?? Bc that's totally what I hear. DL: http://download.yousendit.com/B53E427F700EB11C
Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki Song: Mirrorcle World Language: Japanese Info:
浜崎あゆみ (Ayumi Hamasaki, born October 2, 1978 in Fukuoka, Japan), is an award-winning japanese
singer. Commonly known simply as "Ayu", Ayumi Hamasaki is one of the
most popular and influential Japanese singers. Apart from being a
singer, Ayumi is a songwriter, a model, an actress, and a composer.
Ayumi started her music career in 1994 and released her first album
"Nothing from Nothing" in 1995 but because the album was not
successful, she was dropped by her record label. In 1998 she released
her first album on her new record label, Avex Entertainment Corporation, "A Song for XX" with her first single "poker face". She has sold more than 50 million records in Japan
alone, with the releases of her 9 full-length studio albums, 1
mini-album, 4 compilation albums, 41 singles, and 17 remix albums,
being the top selling solo and female artist and the 4th top selling
Japanese artist in history. With the release of her 40th single "BLUE BIRD", Hamasaki's single sales have passed the 20 million mark, making her the 1st solo and female singer to reach that milestone. Comments: Such a GOOD GOOD song. I just wish that the chorus has more BANG. I hate how it's like..suppressed bc the chorus is so good. DL: http://download.yousendit.com/C5E58D581C11C2DE
Artist: Haley Bennett Song: Entering Bootytown Language: English Info: Bennett was born in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in Naples. She studied music and acting while attending Barron Collier High School. She also attended Stow High School in Ohio. After graduating, she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her career in the summer of 2005. Bennett was then cast in her debut film role as the pop-sensation character Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic-comedy Music and Lyrics, opposite Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. She has also signed a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Comments: This is from the Music & Lyrics Soundtrack. This song is just so...hilarious. Without blantly being like HAHAHAH. I guess you can say 'tongue in cheek'? You'll listen to it and be like..."did she just say 'you're booty is the way into his heart...'"?? Really good song. DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/kpev9z
Artist: Haley Bennett Song: Buddha's Delight Language: English Info: Bennett was born in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in Naples. She
studied music and acting while attending Barron Collier High School.
She also attended Stow High School in Ohio. After graduating, she and
her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her career in the
summer of 2005. Bennett was then cast in her debut film role as the
pop-sensation character Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic-comedy Music
and Lyrics, opposite Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. She has also signed
a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Comments: Because I "believe in color" haha. Another song from Music & Lyrics. DL: http://download.yousendit.com/E037EC424A9BD124
Artist: Haley Bennett and Hugh Grant Song: Way Back Into Love Language: English Info: Bennett was born in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in Naples. She
studied music and acting while attending Barron Collier High School.
She also attended Stow High School in Ohio. After graduating, she and
her mother moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her career in the
summer of 2005. Bennett was then cast in her debut film role as the
pop-sensation character Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic-comedy Music
and Lyrics, opposite Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. She has also signed
a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Comments: Great duet, too bad Hugh Grant can't sing better, but he's not too bad! DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/2h7hq0
Artist: Justin Timberlake Song: My Love Language: English Info: Hellooo, it's Justin Timberlake. Comments: Okay, this song IS always one of my most listened to songs each week. I love it. I'm not really a JT fan buttttt I love this song :D It's like... funky. DL: http://download.yousendit.com/A85C9F08450EDC73
Artist: Lyrico Song: Immortality Language: English Info:
Lyrico (aka Harumi Tsuyuzaki 露崎春女;
born April 11, 1974 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a female Japanese pop,
R&B, soul singer and songwriter. Shortly after her debut in 1995,
she achieved a fame as an extraordinarily talented singer. With her
astonishing vocal skills and unique songwriting talent, Lyrico has
captivated her fans for more than a decade. Comments: Lyrico sings this BETTER than Celine Dion IMO. I mean seriously, it's not very often that I prefer something over Celine Dion but this song definitely. Even though Lyrico is a Japanese artist her English in this song is PERFECT which I like. Unlike some artists, coughcoughKODAKUMIcoughcough. How dare she ruin 'A Whole New World'. DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/whhz2q
Artist: Marilyn Manson Song: This is Halloween Language: English Info: You know Marilyn Manson. Comments: PERFECTION. The perfect blend of Disney with Manson's own...twist. Not too Marilyn Manson-y or Disney-y. Just the perfect blend of both. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 DL: http://download.yousendit.com/DCD6DBE11CD1A75F
Artist: Marilyn Manson Song: What Goes Around...Comes Around (live) Language: English Info: You know Marilyn Manson. Comments: This is a live acoustic cover of Justin Timberlake's song of the same name. I believe it was made for BBC's Radio 1 Live Lounge but i'm not sure. On that radio show they have artists perform live versions of songs WAYY out of their own genre. This cover is so good not at all like Manson's other covers. DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/noekbg
Artist: Olivia Newton-John Song: Physical Info: Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest child of Professor
Brin Newton-John and Irene, daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist,
Max Born, Olivia moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family when she
was five. By the age of fifteen, she had formed an all-girl group
called Sol Four. Later that year she won a talent contest on the
popular TV show, “Sing, Sing, Sing,” which earned her a trip to London.
By 1963, Olivia was appearing on local daytime TV shows and weekly pop
music programs in Australia. Olivia cut her first single for Decca
Records in 1966, a version of Jackie DeShannon’s "Till You Say You’ll
Be Mine." In 1971, she recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s "If Not For
You," co-produced by John Farrar, who she continues to collaborate with
today. Comments: Only the BEST Olivia Newton-John song. If this was in Grease I might actually like that movie. I guess this song is supposed to be about sex, but I never knew that until recently...I always assumed it was about exercising. Olivia Newton-John is so dirty =D DL: http://download.yousendit.com/27B2F10469F74B54
Artist: Rich Mullins Song: Awesome God Info: Richard Wayne Mullins was an American
singer/songwriter who lived in Richmond, Indiana till his untimely
death in an automobile accident in 1997. He was a prodigiously talented
Christian musician and composer, playing, primarily, the piano but also
the hammered dulcimer, the lap dulcimer and the Irish tin whistle. Comments: Even though this song is Christian...it has kinda skanky background music. I would go to church if all the songs has skanky 80s background music that kinda reminds me of Patrick Swayze (get well soon dawg). But, seriously this song has one of the prettiest choruses out of the God songs that I know. It's my favorite even in church. DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/jkr3n8
Artist: Shiori Takei Song: Baby One More Time... Info:
N/A all last.fm has available really is "The singer who sings pop music from jazz, bossa nova". Comments: If Britney Spears was never Britney Spears and was instead Michelle Branch or Jewel this is what Baby One More Time... would have sounded like. This is the best cover of Baby One More Time... that I've heard thus far. It's just plain old fashioned acoustic-y goodness. DL: http://download.yousendit.com/9F2E9460144EBCF9
Artist: Steven Curtis Chapman Song: Dive Info: Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky) is
one of the biggest legends in contemporary Christian music. He was
first signed on to a songwriting deal in the early 1980s, based upon
the strength of his song "Built To Last" which was recorded by popular
gospel group The Imperials. Shortly after, he signed a record deal with
Sparrow Records, where he rose to prominence. Comments: I LOVE this song :D It's Christian, but it's like Jars of Clay "I fooled into listening" type Christian music. If I didn't tell you it was Christian you wouldn't have known probably until the end where I believe he says something along the lines of "I want to dive into Jesus" or something... DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n1yqg3
P.S. I forgot to tell you last time that all artist information is from Last.FM
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