Cherri Bomb in the Top 10

I'm getting ready to update the 100 Best Rock Songs list again. It's my list and my opinion.

"Mirror Mirror" by Cherri Bomb will be in the Top 10. 

What? It's a '10 Best' List. Why? Why Not! Oh wait a minute, "This Is Why" by Hey Violet is #1

It's my list

10 Best Rock Songs of the First Half of 2015

There's a tie at #10

1. Hey Violet, This Is Why

2. Taylor Swift, Style

3. The Weeknd, Earned It

4. Weedpecker, Reality Fades

5. Aranda, Don't Wake Me

6. Nicki Minaj, The Night Is Still Young

7. Scott Stapp, Proof of Life

8. Snoh Aalegra, Emotional

9. björk: lionsong

10. Seether, Nobody Praying For Me

10. ถนน / อรอรีย์ (Road / Ornaree)

Note: It's my list and my opinion. It looked like there wasn't going to be a #10, then I decided on a tie at #10.

Best Pop Singer of 2012 is Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj is the Best Singer of Pop Music of 2012. The official title is Best Pop Music Singer/Vocalist of 2012.

YouTube Important to Music: Eric Payton in 2014

At what I will refer to here as 'press time', I did make a decision about how to list the songs.

Eric Payton's name appears the way he put it on that video/song on YouTube as Eric payton. The song at #8 on my Pop songs list is "deep" and it was lower case there, on YouTube. I was going to put (Rough draft called deep.) just below the song to identify it, the way he published/posted it there, so that would be remembered if someday there is another newer version by him. Eric is a great song writer and creator of songs.  That main melody is amazingly beautiful and makes the song very memorable, catchy in the right way, and worthy of the top 10. I like his guitar-playing a lot and hope to hear more songs from him.

I didn't base my Pop songs list, which I just called "Pop - 25 Best of 2014", on other lists or awards or what is most 'popular', so hopefully everyone can be happy and feel proud to be included. I spent many hours listening to and comparing songs. This list includes mainstream songs on the radio, songs from videos on YouTube and songs by bands or artists on the rise, especially singer-songwriters like Eric, who I hope all my readers will be able to listen to when they have time. I know I always have time for music.

"Empire" by Shakira is #1 in Pop for 2014

Pop - 25 Best of 2014

1. Shakira, Empire

2. Baby Bash, Certified Freak ft. Baeza, G Curtis 

3. Ariana Grande, Problem ft. Iggy Azalea

4. Nick Jonas, Jealous

5. DJ Khaled, Hold You Down ft. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, Jeremih

6. Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass

7. Mastodon, The Motherload
8. Eric payton, deep

9. Shakira, Can't Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna

10. Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Time Of Our Lives

11. Falling In Reverse,  God, If You Are Above...

12. Taylor Swift, Shake It Off

13. Ne-Yo, She Knows ft. Juicy J

14. Flower,  熱帯魚の涙
15. Iggy Azalea, Fancy ft. Charli XCX

16. Foo Fighters, Subterranean

17. Usher, Good Kisser

18. Morning Musume '14 , Beyond the time and space

モーニング娘。'14 『時空を超え 宇宙を超え』

19. Ariana Grande, Break Free ft. Zedd

20. Wiz Khalifa, You and Your Friends ft. Snoop Dogg & Ty Dolla $ign

21. Trey Songz, Touchin, Lovin ft. Nicki Minaj

22. Calvin Harris, Blame ft. John Newman

23. Selena Gomez, The Heart Wants What It Wants

24. B.o.B , Not For Long ft. Trey Songz

25. Chris Brown, Loyal ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga

Note on the appearance of the rock songs list

In case someone is reading my blog for the first time, here's how my list goes:

music artist or band and then a comma, then the song title and ft. is an abbreviation for featuring.

This time, I put two spaces after the comma if there was a comma between names or between words in the song title. I also put a double space after comma when the song title was a different language and that's because I had some sort of technical problem once but don't understand it and therefore can't explain it.

2014 Rock Songs List: Katy Perry is #1

Best Rock Songs of 2014 List

1. Katy Perry, Dark Horse ft. Juicy J

2. Tinashe, 2 On ft. SchoolBoy Q

3. Mastodon, The Motherload

4. Sebastian Bach, Temptation

5. Iggy Azalea, Fancy ft. Charli XCX

6. Marmozets,  Move, Shake, Hide

7. Shonen Knife, Black Crow

8. Sweet Mullet,  จะเป็นจะตาย

9. In This Moment, Sick Like Me

10. Gamma Ray, Avalon

11. Hayley Richman, Marionette

12. Ariana Grande, Break Free ft. Zedd

13. The Pretty Reckless, Messed Up World (F'd Up World)

14. Carmen North, Bloodline (rough version)

15. Shakira, Can't Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna

16. Slash, World On Fire ft. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators

17. Adelitas Way, Dog On a Leash

18. Courtney Love, Wedding Day

19. Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence

20. Lana Del Rey, Brooklyn Baby

21. Alyssa Turkowski, The Edge Of Love 

22. Rumtoad, When The War Begins

23. DJ Snake, Lil Jon,  Turn Down for What

24. Eric payton, Sleep

25. Anova Skyway, Wishful Thinking

Note: This is my list and my opinion based on comparing many songs.