Taylot Swift's 'Love Story' claims #1 spot on MYX Yearend Chart

2009 is indeed a breakthrough year for a lot of artists in the Philippines' MYX Hit Chart, a countdown for both OPM and foreign songs.

Most of the artists who made it in the year-end Top 20 chart were newbies preventing others, most especially the local artists, to hit top spots.

On top of them all is two-time Entertainer of the Year (2009) awardee Taylor Swift who has two songs in the year-end countdown: "Love Story" at #1 spot and "You Belong With Me" at #5. After all the many blessings of Swift this 2009, this is another good thing for her to end the year.

Another breakthrough star Justin Bieber follows Taylor at #2 with his debut single "One Time" while three Korean pop groups amazingly secured their own respective spots in the countdown.

David Cook won the American Idol last year, but it's only in 2009 that he made a great debut on MYX countdown.

Among the local artists, Hale and SpongeCola still remain as the most favored groups on MYX. For the 5th consecutive year, the two groups have their own entries in the MYX Top 20 YearEnd Chart.

While Sarah Geronimo, who topped the Pinoy MYX Yearend chart with the song "You Changed My Life", is the only OPM artist this year to make it to the Top 10 of MYX Hit Chart Yearend.

It is already her 4th consecutive time in the yearend countdown. Last year, she was on top of it with the single "A Very Special Love".

1. Love Story - Taylor Swift
2. One Time - Justin Bieber
3. Touch My Hand - David Archuleta
4. The Climb - Miley Cyrus
5. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
6. You Changed My Life - Sarah Geronimo
7. Fire - 2NE1
8. Nobody - Wonder Girls
9. Come Back To Me - David Cook
10. A Little Too Not Over You - David Archuleta
11. Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
12. Circus - Britney Spears
13. Back in Time - Kyla & Jay-R
14. Antukin - Rico Blanco
15. Bahay Kubo - Hale
16. 'Di Na Mababawi - SpongeCola
17. Diamond Shotgun (Lock and Load) - Chicosci
18. FX - Pedicab
19. It’s You - Super Junior
20. Tell Me Your Name - Christian Bautista

Browse previoys years countdown: 2004 to 2008

'Mano Po 6' overtakes 'Nobody' in the boxoffice

As of December 28, 2009, 9PM, here's the latest boxoffice ranking for
the 7 MMFF09 entries:

1. Ang Panday
2. Ang Darling Kong Aswang
3. Shake, Rattle & Roll XI
4. I Love You Goodbye
5. Mano Po 6
6. Nobody, Nobody But Juan
7. Wapakman

No figures were released by the MMFF committee. Bakit kaya?

MMFF 2009 Winners - 'Ang Panday' is Best Festival Picture

The current topgrosser "Ang Panday" was the big winner last night for 35th Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal 2009.

Aside from being honored as this year's Best Festival Picture, "Ang Panday" also tooh home three acting honors: Best Actor for Sen. Bong Revilla, Best Supporting Actor for Phillip Salvador and Best Child Performer for Buboy Villar.

It also won Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Theme Song.

But the real big winner last night was Regal Films' "Mano Po 6" which won a total of 8 awards, including 4th Best Picture, Best Director for Joel Lamangan, Best Actress for the Megastar Sharon Cuneta, Best Supporting Actress for Heart Evangelista and four more.

Another big winner was "I Love You, Goodbye" under Star Cinema. The movie failed to bag acting awards, but it won importants awards such as 2nd Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Story and Best Editing.

Only the three movies mentioned above received most of the awards this year.

"Ang Darling Kong Aswang" won 2 awards, "Shake, Rattle & Roll XI" has 1 while "Nobody, Nobody But Juan" and "Wapakman" got nothing.

Here's the complete list of winners for the 2009 MMFF Awards Night:

Best Picture - Ang Panday
2nd Best Picture - I Love You Goodbye
3rd Best Picture - Ang Darling Kong Aswang
4th Best Picture - Mano Po 6
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award - Mano Po 6
Most Gender Sensitive Film - Mano Po 6
Best Director - Joel Lamangan (Mano Po 6)
Best Actress - Sharon Cuneta (Mano Po 6)
Best Actor - Bong Revilla (Ang Panday)
Best Supporting Actress - Heart Evangelista (Mano Po 6)
Best Supporting Actor - Phillip Salvador (Ang Panday)
Best Child Performer - Buboy Villar (Ang Panday)
Best Production Design - Ang Panday
Best Cinematography - I Love You Goodbye
Best Screenplay - Mano Po 6
Best Original Story - I Love You Goodbye
Best Editing - I Love You Goodbye
Best Visual Effects - Ang Panday
Best Musical Score - Mano Po 6
Best Sound Recording - Ang Darling Kong Aswang
Best Original Theme Song - Ang Panday
Best Make-up - Shake, Rattle & Roll XI
Posthumous Award – Atty. Esperidion Laxa
Lifetime Achievement - Dolphy

MMFF 2009 Cinema Top Grossers
SM North EDSA – Ang Panday (NCR)
SM Dasmarinas – Darling Kong Aswang (Luzon)
SM Cebu – I Love You Goodbye (Visayas)
SM Davao – I Love You Goodbye (Mindanao)

Bong Revilla wins Best Actor in the MMFF 2009

In the recently concluded Awards Night of MMFF 2009, Sharon Cuneta was Best Actress for Mano Po 6 while ex-husband Gabby Concepcion lost to Sen. Bong Revilla for "Ang Panday".

It's the first time that the Megastar has won as Best Actress in a Metro Manila Film Festival. In 2003, she won a special awards as Best Actress for "Crying Ladies" in MMFF, but it was voted by the public.

Sen. Bong's victory was somehow expected, as well as that of his co-star Phillip Salvador who won as Best Supporting Actor. It's Phillip's 2nd consecutive year to win the same award. Last year, he won for the movie "Baler". While it was a first for Sen. Bong, who has been in the biz for 26 years.

MMFF actually has a history of giving "first" for many actors and actresses. In 2007, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada also won his first Best Actor award for the movie "Katas ng Saudi".

After the awards night, Sen. Bong said he owed his victory to the multi-awarded Phillip Salvador because the latter coached him how to portray his role in the movie.

Heart Evangelista, who played Sharon Cuneta's daughter in "Mano Po 6", was the Best Supporting Actress.

Just like Phillip, "Ang Panday" child star Robert "Buboy" Villar also won his 2nd consecutive Best Child Performer award from the MMFF. Last year, Buboy won for "Shake, Rattle & Roll X".

Congrats to all the acting awardees of this year's MMFF.

Heart Evangelista is MMFF 2009 Best Supporting Actress

The role originally intended for Angel Locsin has won for Heart Evangelista a Best Festival Supporting Actress award in the 34th MMFF (2009) Awards Night held earlier at the SMX Convention Center.

Heart won for her in-depth acting in the movie "Mano Po 6" beating other nominees such as her co-star Zsa Zsa Padilla, Kim Chiu for "I Love You Goodbye", Agot Isidro for "Ang Darling Kong Aswang" and Rhian Ramos for "Ang Panday".

It's indeed a blessed 2009 for Heart who already received her first Best Actress award from Urian FAMAS 3rd quarter this year. And before the year ends, here's Heart celebrating again for another hard-earned victory.

Congrats Heart!

MIT20 Yearend Countdown 2009: Taylor Swift takes the lead

MYX INTERNATIONAL TOP 20 (M.I.T. 20)
Year-end Countdown
Most Requested Foreign Videos for 2009

1. Love Story by Taylor Swift
2. One Time by Justin Bieber
3. Touch My Hand by David Archuleta
4. The Climb by Miley Cyrus
5. You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
6. Fire by 2NE1
7. Nobody by Wonder Girls
8. Come Back to Me by David Cook
9. A Little Too Not Over You by David Archuleta
10. Party in the U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus
11. Circus by Britney Spears
12. It's You by Super Junior
13. I Caught Myself by Paramore
14. Automatic by Tokio Hotel
15. Paparazzi by Lady Gaga
16. Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) by A.R. Rahman & the Pussycat Dolls
17. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) by Beyoncé
18. Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
19. Thinking of You by Katy Perry
20. 21 Guns by Green Day

MIT 20 YEAREND COUNTDOWN (2009)
1. When You Look Me in the Eyes by Jonas Brothers
2. 7 Things by Miley Cyrus
3. Crush by David Archuleta
4. Decode by Paramore
5. Happy Birthday by The Click Five
6. Bye Bye by Mariah Carey
7. This is Me by Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas
8. No Air by Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown
9. Realize by Colbie Caillat
10. Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
11. Empty by The Click Five
12. Dead by My Chemical Romance
13. With You by Chris Brown
14. Low by Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
15. Touch My Body by Mariah Carey
16. Burnin' Up by Jonas Brothers
17. When I Grow Up by The Pussycat Dolls
18. Womanizer by Britney Spears
19. Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna
20. Viva La Vida by Coldplay

MIT TOP 20 YEAR END COUNTDOWN (2007)
1. Jenny by The Click Five
2. Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance
3. You are the Music in Me by the Cast Of High School Musical 2
4. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
5. Teenagers by My Chemical Romance
6. I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance
7. Umbrella by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
8. Irreplaceable by Beyonce
9. What I've Done by Linkin Park
10. Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5
11. Wait For You by Elliott Yamin
12. Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie
13. Don't Matter by Akon
14. Beautiful Girl by Sean Kingston
15. Say It Right by Nelly Furtado
16. Gimme More by Britney Spears
17. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy
18. What Time Is It by the Cast Of High School Musical 2
19. Stolen by Dashboard Confessional
20. Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Sarah Geronimo tops Pinoy MYX Year-End Countdown for 2009

Sarah Geronimo is once again on top of Pinoy MYX Year-End Countdown.

Last year, she topped the OPM Year-End chart with the song "A Very Special Love" which was also the #1 song of the year in the MYX Hit Chart Yearend Countdown 2008, which counted down the most requested videos, both foreign and local, for 2008.

This time, Sarah has proven her prowess once more as her song "You Changed My Life in a Moment" is the #1 song/video in the Pinoy MYX Year-End chart.

The song was also the theme song for the #1 blockbuster of 2009, You Changed My Life, which paired Sarah with John Lloyd Cruz.

"You Changed My Life", the song, was #1 on Pinoy MYX for 2 weeks only, but stayed in the countdown for 18 long weeks.

However, unlike A Very Special Love, "You Changed My Life" is not the #1 song on MYX Hit Chart Year-Ender. Taylor Swift's Love Story takes the honor as the #1 most requested song/video in the Philippines for the year 2009.

Sarah also has another song in the Top 20, the 3-time #1 song "Dahil Minahal Mo Ako".

Here's 2009's PINOY MYX YEAR-END COUNTDOWN:
1. Sarah Geronimo - You Changed My Life in a Moment
2. Kyla and Jay-R - Back in Time
3. Rico Blanco - Antukin
4. Hale - Bahay Kubo
5. SpongeCola - Di na Mababawi
6. Chicosci - Diamond Shotgun (Lock and Load)
7. Pedicab - FX
8. Christian Bautista - Tell Me Your Name
9. SpongeCola and Gary Valenciano - Ayt!
10. Hale Sandali - na Lang
11. Sarah Geronimo - Dahil Minahal Mo Ako
12. Kyla - Old Friend
13. Pedicab - Simulan Mo Na
14. Hilera - Radical
15. 6cyclemind feat. Gloc-9 & Wendell Garcia - Kasalanan
16. Gloc-9 feat. Jeazell Grutas - Upuan
17. Silent Sanctuary - Hiling
18. Paraluman feat. Kean Cipriano - Tabi
19. 6Cyclemind - Walang Iwanan
20. Francis M. & Ely Buendia - Higante

2008's PINOY MYX YEAR-END COUNTDOWN:
01. Sarah Geronimo - A Very Special Love
02. Sandwich - Betamax
03. Callalily - Susundan
04. SpongeCola - Pasubali
05. Project 1 - Ang Sarap Dito
06. Hale - Pitong Araw
07. Sandwich - Procastinator
08. Bamboo - Kailan
09. Pedicab - Ang Pusa Mo
10. Urbandub - The Fight Is Over
11. Rico Blanco - Yugto
12. Pupil -Disconnection Notice
13. MYMP - Now
14. SpongeCola - Puso
15. 6Cyclemind - Aaminin
16. Hale - Leap Of Faith
17. ChicoSci - Last Look
18. Sandwich - Selos
19. Christian Bautista - The One Who Won My Heart
20. Dice & K9 - Eargasmic

2007 PINOY MYX YEAR-END COUNTDOWN
1. Callalily - Magbalik
2. 6CycleMind - Magsasaya
3. Sugarfree - 'Wag Ka Nang Umiyak
4. Sarah Geronimo - Ikaw
5. SpongeCola - Nakapagtataka
6. Callalily - Pasan
7. ChicoSci - ChicoSci Vampire Social Club
8. SpongeCola - Tuliro
9. Hale - Shooting Star
10. Bamboo - Probinsyana
11. 6CycleMind - Prinsesa
12. Itchyworms - Love Team
13. ChicoSci - Seven Black Roses
14. Rachelle Ann Go - Alam Ng Ating Mga Puso
15. Kyla - Love Will Lead You Back
16. 6CycleMind - Upside Down
17. Imago - Sundo
18. Silent Sanctuary - Ikaw Lamang
19. Sandwich - Sunburn
20. Kim Chiu - Crazy Love