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Top Country Break-Up / Love Songs
As Valentine’s Day approaches, GACtv has released the Top 20 Country Break-Up Songs and Top 20 Love Songs:
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Top 20 Break-Up Songs:
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“I’m Moving On” – Rascal Flatts
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“Lonely And Gone” – Montgomery Gentry
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“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert
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“Today My World Slipped Away” – Gosdin/Strait
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“I Will Always Love You” – Dolly Parton
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“Whiskey Lullaby” – Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
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“The Most Beautiful Girl” – Charlie Rich
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“Take This Job & Shove It” – Johnny Paycheck
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“There Is No Arizona” – Jamie O’Neal
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“Before He Cheats” – Carrie Underwood
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“Kiss This” – Aaron Tippin
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“Consider Me Gone” – Reba McEntire
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“Unwound” – George Strait
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“Blame It On Your Heart” – Patty Loveless
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“Cheatin’” – Sara Evans
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“By The Time I Get To Phoenix” – Glen Campbell
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“You’ll Think Of Me” – Keith Urban
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“Goodbye Says It All” – BlackHawk
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“Brokenheartsville” – Joe Nichols
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“Should’ve Said No” – Taylor Swift
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Top 20 Love Songs:
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“Remember When” – Alan Jackson
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“Could I Have This Dance” – Anne Murray
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“Then” – Brad Paisley
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“When I Said I Do” – Clint Black and Lisa Hartman
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“Love, Me” – Collin Raye
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“I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes” – Dierks Bentley
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“Breathe” – Faith Hill
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“To Make You Feel My Love” – Garth Brooks
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“I Cross My Heart” – George Strait
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“I Can Love You Like That” – John Michael Montgomery
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“Something That We Do” – Clint Black
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“I Swear” – John Michael Montgomery
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“Amazed” – Lonestar
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“When You Say Nothing At All” – Keith Whitley
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“Valentine” – Martina McBride
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“Forever And Ever, Amen” – Randy Travis
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“I Need You” – LeAnn Rimes
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“Bless The Broken Road” – Rascal Flatts
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“I Run To You” – Lady Antebellum
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“Keeper Of The Stars” – Tracy Byrd
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‘Commercial Bowl 2010’
Spike.com has announced its “Commercial Bowl 2010” – where fans can get their fix of advertisements from Sunday’s Big Game. For the ninth consecutive year, Spike.com will offer viewers all of the commercials almost immediately after they air on TV, as well as the complete catalog of ads spanning the last eight years. After the game, Spike.com’s “Commercial Bowl 2010” editors will select their 10 favorite ads for this year and allow users to voice their selection for the best ads.
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Most Popular Super Bowl Foods
Believe it or not, there’ll be a lot more crunching and dipping of veggies during Sunday’s Saints-Colts Super Bowl showdown than there will be downing pizza and beer. Vegetables have been the No. 1 food eaten in homes during the last three Super Bowls, according to the NPD Group. Surprisingly, pizza came in as No. 9 on the most widely consumed food list, while beer didn’t even hit the top 10! According to Nielsen, during the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday last year, Americans purchased 49.2 million cases of beer. More cases of beer were sold in the two-week period prior to July 4th, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Father’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and even Easter! The top 10 list of Super Bowl Sunday foods from NPD Group:
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1. Vegetables
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6. Salads
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2. Potatoes (including chips)
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7. Chicken
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3. Carbonated Soft Drinks
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8. Milk
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4. Total Salty Snacks
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9. Pizza
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5. Sandwiches
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10. Tea
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Cupid On A Budget
As consumers continue to scale back on spending, couples are expected to spend 6% less on each other this year for Valentine’s Day – an average of $63.34 compared to $67.22 last year – according to the National Retail Federation. The average person will shell out $103 on Valentine’s Day merchandise this year, similar to last year’s $102.50. Total holiday spending is expected to reach $14.1 billion. The average person will spend $5.37 on friends, up from $4.74 last year; $4.29 on classmates and teachers, compared to $3.59 last year; and $2.84 on co-workers, up from the $1.94 they spent in 2009. Family pets will also feel the love this year with the average person spending $3.27 on their furry friends, up from $2.17 last year. Spending on family members will remain the same ($20.94 vs. $20.95 last year).
Holiday Shopping Binge Breaks Budgets
Nearly a month into the post-holiday hangover, Consumer Reports’ latest Holiday Shopping Poll found that Americans came prepared to shop this past season, spending an average of $811 on gifts. Twenty-two percent spent more than a grand. Shoppers originally anticipated spending $699 on gifts. Other results:
· 81% of Americans purchased gifts over the holidays.
· The biggest scrooges were Americans over 65, with 35% not purchasing any holiday gifts.
· 47% of shoppers paid by credit card. Credit card users also spent more, about $896 versus the overall average of $811.
· Amazingly, 26% paid off their holiday credit card debt by the end of December; 40% plan to settle their balance by Sunday.
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Super Bowl Ads
While 71% of Americans plans to watch the Super Bowl, 57% said they tune in as much for the commercials as they do for the game, according to a new Hanon McKendry poll. That’s a 5% increase over last year. The poll also found that 35% of those who watch Super Bowl commercials are likely to visit an advertiser’s Web site, up from 30% in 2009. Hanon McKendry launched the Web site www.superadbowl.com last year for visitors to vote for their favorite Super Bowl ads. The site will go live again tomorrow. In advance of the game, visitors will be able to weigh in on Super Bowl advertising via Twitter and Facebook and can cast their votes for their favorite ads starting at the close of the 1st quarter on game day.
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America’s Priorities
The economy is the top issue among Americans, according to a new Pew Study. When it comes to the economy, Republicans, Democrats and Independents all feel equally strong in ranking it as a top priority. As the focus on the budget and economy has increased, the nation’s interest in the state of energy has dropped. And global warming has plummeted from the No. 1 issue in 2007 to last place in 2010. The top priorities for 2010:
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Economy
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83%
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Health Care
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57%
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Finance regulation
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45%
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Jobs
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81%
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Helping the poor
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53%
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Environment
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44%
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Terrorism
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80%
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Military
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49%
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Tax cuts
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42%
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Social Security
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66%
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Energy
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49%
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Immigration
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40%
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Education
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65%
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Health insurance
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49%
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Lobbyists
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36%
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Medicare
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63%
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Crime
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49%
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Trade policy
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32%
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Deficit Reduction
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60%
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Moral decline
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45%
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Global warming
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28%
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Mobile Rudeness
While smartphones, iPods and laptops have made our lives easier, they have also made us ruder. A new survey of 1,400 executives by Robert Half Technology shows that 51% of Chief Financial Officers feel the availability of gadgets and gizmos in the workplace has increased “breaches in workplace etiquette.” Overall, 22% said having more mobile gadgets in the office had reduced workforce etiquette “significantly,” while 29% said “somewhat.” Researchers identified five major types of tech-related rudeness:
1. Multitaskers who e-mail or text during company meetings.
2. Workers who send excessive e-mails rather than having face-to-face conversations.
3. Workers who talk on their phone loudly in all settings.
4. Workers who can’t go anywhere without having their Bluetooth earpiece jammed in their ear.
5. Workers who let their phones vibrate without shutting them off during meetings. |
