John Roa Tops My OPM Top 10 Countdown

John Roa gets his second #1 song this year in my OPM Top 10 countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 17, 2020 -

#1 Alam Ko (#2)*1 week
      John Roa

#2 Umibig Muli (#3)
      Janine Teñoso

#3 Ginalingan (#4)
      Ex-Battalion

#4 Amfee (#5) 
      Alex Gonzaga

#5 Crush (#6)
      Elmo Magalona

#6 Kaakbay (#7)
        Iñigo Pascual

#7 Hatid (#10)
      The Juans

#8 Siga (#9)
      Keane Trinity

#9 Kasalukuyan (NEW)
      Geo Ong

#10 Ikaw Pa Lang (NEW)
        Mark Carpio

Lana del Rey Tops My International Top 10 Countdown

Lana del Rey tops my International Top 10 countdown for the first time.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending April 17, 2020 - 

#1 Norman Fucking Rockwell (#2)
     Lana del Rey

#2 Bring My Flowers Now (#3)
     Tanya Tucker

#3 All Night Long (#4)
       Jason Collier

#4 Vulnerable (#5)
        Selena Gomez

#5 Love Like This (#6)
      Lauren Daigle

#6 Emerge (#7)
      Kim Scott

#8 Like To Be You (NEW)
      Shawn Mendes / Julia Michaels

#9 Always Remember Us This Way (NEW)
      Lady Gaga

#10 Modern Loneliness (NEW)
        Lauv

#10 Adore You (NEW)
        Harry Styles

Gloc-9 Tops My OPM Top 10 Countdown This Week

Gloc-9 and Flow G top my OPM Top 20 Countdown this week.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 10, 2020 -

#1 Halik (#2)
     Gloc-9 / Flow G

#2 Alam Ko (#3)
      John Roa

#3 Umibig Muli (#4)
      Janine Tenoso

#4 Ginalingan (#5)
      Ex-Battalion

#5 Amfee (#6) 
      Alex Gonzaga

#6 Crush (#7)
      Elmo Magalona

#7 Kaakbay (#8)
        Inigo Pascual

#8 Muli (#9)
        John Roa

#9 Siga (NEW)
      Keane Trinity

#10 Hindi Tayo Pwede (NEW)
        The Juans

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga has 24 top 10 hits in my International Top 10 Chart. Eleven of them went all the way to #1.

2008 - Just Dance (#1)* 1 week

2008 - Poker Face (#1)* 2 weeks

2008 - Love Game (#1)*  2 weeks

2009 - Eh Eh (Nothing I Can Say) - (#1)* 1 week

2009 - Paparazzi (#1)* 1 week

2009 - Boys, Boys, Boys (#7)

2009 - Beautiful Dirty Rich (#5)

2009 - Bad Romance (#1)* 2 weeks

2010 - Alejandro (#1)* 1 week

2010 - Telephone (with Beyonce) (#3)

2011 - Born This Way (#1)* 2 weeks

2011 - Judas (#1)* 2 weeks

2011 - Hair (#7)

2011 - Scheise (#6)

2011 - Bad Kids (#2)

2011 - Edge of Glory (#5)

2012 - Applause (#1)* 1 week

2013 - Venus (#3)

2013 - Sexxx Dreams (#3)

2013 - Swine (#7)

2013 - Do What You Want (with R. Kelly) (#3)

2019 - Grigio Girls (#7)

2019 - Come to Mama (#10)

2020 - Stupid Love (#1)* 1 week

Lady Gaga Tops My International Top 10 Chart Once Again

Lady Gaga tops my International Top 10 Charts once again this week.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending April 10, 2020 - 

#1 Stupid Love (#2)
     Lady Gaga

#2 Norman Fucking Rockwell (#3)
     Lana del Rey

#3 Bring My Flowers Now (#4)
     Tanya Tucker

#4 All Night Long (#5)
       Jason Collier

#5 Vulnerable (#6)
        Selena Gomez

#6 Love Like This (#7)
      Lauren Daigle

#7 Emerge (#10)
      Kim Scott

#8 I Think (NEW)
      Tyler the Creator

#9 Robbery (NEW)
      Juice WRLD

#10 Adore You (NEW)
        Harry Styles

Men's World Cup Tennis Round 1: Canada vs Chile

CANADA
Denis Shapovalov
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Milos Raonic

vs

CHILE
Cristian Garin
Nicolas Jarry
Alejandro Tabilo

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Canada blanks Chile 5-0 in the first round of the Men's World Cup tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis Round 1: Kazakhstan vs Hungary

KAZAKHSTAN - 5
Alexander Bublik
Mikhail Kukushkin
Dmitry Popko

vs

HUNGARY- 1
Marton Fucsovics
Attila Balazs
Zsombor Piros

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Kazakhstan dominates Hungary 5-1 in the first round of the Men's World Cup Tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis Round 1: Germany vs Poland

GERMANY
Alexander Zverev
Jan-Lennard Struff
Philipp Kohlschreiber

vs

POLAND
Hubert Hurkacz
Kamil Majchrzak
Daniel Michalski

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Germany demolishes Poland 5-0 in the first round of the Men's World Cup Tennis

Men's World Cup Round 1: Spain vs Belgium

SPAIN
Rafael Nadal
Roberto Bautista Agut
Pablo Carreno Busta

vs

BELGIUM
David Goffin
Steve Darcis
Kimmer Coppejans

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Spain blanks Belgium 5-0 in the first round of the Men's World Cup Tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis Round 1: Czech Republic vs Serbia

CZECH REPUBLIC
Jiri Vesely
Lukas Rosol
Zdenek Kolar

vs

SERBIA
Novak Djokovic
Dusan Lajovic
Laslo Djere

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Serbia dominates the Czech Republic 5-1 in the first round of the Men's World Cup tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 1: Japan vs India

JAPAN - 5
Kei Nishikori
Yoshihito Nishioka
Yasutaka Uchiyama

vs

INDIA - 0
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Sasikumar Mukund

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Japan crushes India 5-0 in the first round of the Men's World Cup Tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis 2019: Netherlands vs Croatia

NETHERLANDS - 1
Robin Haase
Tallon Griekspoor
Botic van de Zandschulp

vs

CROATIA - 5
Borna Coric
Marin Cilic
Ivo Karlovic

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Croatia dominates the Netherlands 5-1 in the first round of the Men's World Cup Tennis

Men's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 1: France vs Portugal

FRANCE
Gael Monfils
Lucas Pouille
Benoit Paire

vs

PORTUGAL
Joao Sousa
Pedro Sousa
Joao Menezes

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France demolishes Portugal 5-0 in the first round of the Men's World Cup tennis

Top 32 Teams for the Men's World Cup Tennis 2019

Here are the top 32 men's teams invited to compete in the Men's World Cup Tennis 2019 -

#1 SPAIN 37
Rafael Nadal #1
Roberto Bautista Agut #9
Pablo Carreno Busta #27

#2 RUSSIA 45
Daniil Medvedev #5
Karen Khachanov #17
Andrey Rublev #23

#3 FRANCE 56
Gael Monfils #10
Lucas Pouille #22
Benoit Paire #24

#4 CANADA 67
Denis Shapovalov #15
Felix Auger-Aliassime #21
Milos Raonic #31

#5 ITALY 72
Matteo Berrettinni #8
Fabio Fognini #12
Lorenzo Sonego #52

#6 SERBIA 74
Novak Djokovic #2
Dusan Lajovic #34
Laslo Djere #38

#7 ARGENTINA 89
David Schwartzmann #14
Guido Pella #25
Juan Ignacio Londero #50

#8 UNITED STATES 89
John Isner #21
Taylor Fritz #32
Reilly Opelka #36

#9 AUSTRALIA 96
Alex di Minaur #18
Nick Kyrgios #30
John Millman #48

#10 GERMANY 121
Alexander Zverev #7
Jan-Lennard Struff #35
Philipp Kohlschreiber #79

#11 SWITZERLAND 123
Roger Federer #3
Stan Wawrinka #16
Henri Laaksonen #104

#12 CROATIA 162
Borna Coric #28
Marin Cilic #39
Ivo Karlovic #95

#13 GREAT BRITAIN 164
Daniel Evans #42
Cameron Norrie #53
Kyle Edmund #69

#14 JAPAN 167
Kei Nishikori #13
Yoshihito Nishioka #73
Yasutaka Uchiyama #81

#15 AUSTRIA 268
Dominic Thiem #4
Denis Novak #108
Sebastian Offner #156

#16 KAZAKHSTAN 309
Alexander Bublik #56
Mikhail Kukushkin #67
Dmitry Popko #186

#17 PORTUGAL 313
Joao Sousa #60
Pedro Sousa #140
Joao Domingues #173

#18 CHILE 323
Cristian Garin #33
Nicolas Jarry #77
Alejandro Tabilo #213

#19 BELGIUM 327
David Goffin #11
Steve Darcis #156
Kimmer Coppejans #160

#20 SLOVAKIA 361
Andrej Martin #107
Norbert Gombos #109
Blaz Rola #145

#21 SOUTH KOREA 454
Soonwoo Kwon #88
Hyeon Chung #128
Duckhee Lee #238

#22 CHINA 461
Zhizhen Zhang #138
Sumit Nagal #130
Zhe Li #193

#23 BRAZIL 489
Thiago Monteiro #89
Joao Menezes #189
Thiago Seyboth Wild #211

#24 CZECH REPUBLIC 516
Jiri Vesely #105
Lukas Rosol #180
Zdenek Kolar #231

#25 BELARUS 538
Egor Gerasimov #98
Ilya Ivashka #131
Uladzimir Ignatik #309

#26 NETHERLANDS 538

Robin Haase #162

Tallon Griekspoor #178

Botic van de Zandschulp #198

#27 SLOVENIA 548
Aljaz Bedene #58
Blaz Rola #145
Blaz Kavcic #345

#28 POLAND 575
Hubert Hurkacz #37
Kamil Majchrzak #101
Daniel Michalski #437

#29 SWEDEN 599
Mikael Ymer #74
Elias Ymer #176
Christian Lindell #349

#30 HUNGARY 627
Marton Fucsovics #70
Attila Balazs #133
Zsombor Piros #424

#31 CHINESE TAIPEI 650
Jason Jung #127
Tung-Lin Wu #235
Tsung-Hua Yang #288

#32 INDIA 665
Prajnesh Gunneswaran #124
Ramkumar Ramanathan #174
Sasikumar Mukund #267 

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Finals: Czech Republic vs United

CZECH REPUBLIC
Karolina Pliskova
Petra Kvitova
Marketa Vondrousova

vs

UNITED STATES
Serena Williams
Madison Keys
Sofia Kenin

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The Czech Republic dominates the United States 5-1 in the finals of the Women's World Cup Tennis.  They win the gold medal while the United States get the silver.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Bronze Medal Match: Ukraine vs Germany

UKRAINE

Elina Svitolina

Dayana Yastremska

Lesia Tsurenko

vs.

GERMANY

Angelique Kerber

Julia Goerges

Laura Siegemund

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Germany edges Ukraine 5-3 to win the bronze medal in the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 SFs: Germany vs United States

GERMANY
Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Laura Siegemund

vs.

UNITED STATES
Serena Williams
Madison Keys
Sofia Kenin

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The United States dominates Germany 5-1 in the semifinal round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 SFs: Ukraine vs Czech Republic

UKRAINE
Elina Svitolina
Dayana Yastremska
Lesia Tsurenko

vs

CZECH REPUBLIC
Karolina Pliskova
Petra Kvitova
Marketa Vondrosouva

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The Czech Republic edges the Ukraine 5-4 in the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 QFs: United States vs China

UNITED STATES
Serena Williams
Madison Keys
Sofia Kenin

vs

CHINA
Qiang Wang
Zhang Shuai
Zheng Saisai

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The United States edges China 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 QFs: Spain vs. Germany

SPAIN - 2
Garbine Muguruza
Carla Suarez Navarro
Sara Sorribes Tormo

vs

GERMANY - 5
Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Laura Siegemund

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Germany edges Spain 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 QF's: Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan

CZECH REPUBLIC
Karolina Pliskova
Petra Kvitova
Marketa Vondrousova

vs

KAZAKHSTAN
Yulia Putintseva
Elena Rybakina
Zarina Diyas

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The Czech Republic crushes Kazakhstan 5-0 in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup Tennis.

Harry Styles Finally Tops My International Top 10 Charts

Harry Styles gets his first #1 song in my International Top 10 countdown away from One Direction.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending April 3, 2020 - 

#1 Treat People With Kindness (#2)*1 week
     Harry Styles

#2 Stupid Love (#3)
     Lady Gaga

#3 Norman Fucking Rockwell (#4)
     Lana del Rey

#4 Bring My Flowers Now (#5)
     Tanya Tucker

#5 All Night Long (#6)
       Jason Collier

#6 Vulnerable (#7)
        Selena Gomez

#7 Love Like This (NEW)
      Lauren Daigle

#8 Mad Love (NEW)
      Mabel

#9 Civil War (NEW)
      Russ

#10 Emerge (NEW)
         Kim Scott

Keane Trinity Gets Their First #1 in My OPM Top 10 countdown

The local band Keane Trinity gets their first #1 song in my OPM Top 10 countdown.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the week ending April 3, 2020 -

#1 Lazy Day (#2)
      Keane Trinity

#2 Halik (#3)
     Gloc-9 / Flow G

#3 Alam Ko (#6)
      John Roa

#4 Umibig Muli (#7)
      Janine Tenoso

#5 Ginalingan (#8)
      Ex-Battalion

#6 Amfee (#4) 
      Alex Gonzaga

#7 Crush (#5)
      Elmo Magalona

#8 Kaakbay (#9)
        Inigo Pascual

#9 Muli (#10)
        John Roa

#10 Hindi Tayo Pwede (NEW)
        The Juans

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 QFs: Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan

CZECH REPUBLIC
Karolina Pliskova

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 QFs: Ukraine vs Croatia

UKRAINE
Elina Svitolina
Dayana Yastremska
Lesia Tsurenko

vs

CROATIA
Petra Martic
Donna Vekic
Jana Fett

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Ukraine edges Croatia 5-4 in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: France vs China

FRANCE
Kristina Mladenovic
Caroline Garcia
Alize Cornet

vs.

CHINA
Qiang Wang
Zhang Shuai
Zheng Saisai

******************************************************
China dominates France 5-2 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: United States vs Japan

UNITED STATES - 5
Serena Williams
Madison Keys
Sofia Kenin

vs.

JAPAN - 1
Naomi Osaka
Misaki Doi
Nao Hibino

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The United States crushes Japan 5-1 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: Australia vs. Germany

AUSTRALIA - 3
Ashleigh Barty
Ajla Tomljanovic
Samantha Stosur

vs.

GERMANY - 5
Angelique Kerber
Julia Goerges
Laura Siegemund

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Germany edges Australia 5-3 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: Canada vs Spain

CANADA -4
Bianca Andreescu
Leylah Fernandez
Eugenie Bouchard

vs

SPAIN - 5
Garbine Muguruza
Carla Suarez Navarro
Sara Sorribes Tormo

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Spain edges Canada 5-4 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: Kazakhstan vs Belgium

KAZAKHSTAN - 5
Yulia Putintseva
Elena Rybakina
Zarina Diyas

vs.

BELGIUM - 1
Elise Mertens
Alison van Uytvanck
Kirsten Flipkens

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Kazakhstan crushes Belgium 5-1 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: Czech Republic vs Poland

CZECH REPUBLIC - 5
Karolina Pliskova
Petra Kvitova
Marketa Vondrousova

vs

POLAND - 0
Magda Linette
Iga Swiatek
Katarzyna Kawa

*******************************************************

The Czech Republic demolishes Poland 5-0 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis.

Women's World Cup Tennis 2019 Round 2: Croatia vs Belarus

CROATIA - 5
Petra Martic
Donna Vekic
Jana Fett

vs

BELARUS - 0
Aryna Sabalenka
Victoria Azarenka
Aliaksandra Sasnovich

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Croatia shellshocks Belarus 5-0 in the second round of the Women's World Cup Tennis