Vote For Your Favorites of the Week (Week 12)!

Hot New Track This Week:

"Come Get It Bae"
Pharrell Williams
Release: May 20th
Thoughts: I've passsed on this GIRL album track multiple times before, but it (at least in my opinion) is a very modest grower. While "Come Get It Bae" fails to match the clearly superior sounds on album standout "Marilyn Monroe" as well as lead single "Happy", it's a modest hit that probably would have connected with me a lot better if it hadn't followed up two of the most overplayed Pharrell singles (or singles by anyone) in the past decade: 2013's "Blurred Lines", and early 2014's "Happy" (which still reigns as the #1 most downloaded song in the world, passing 160 days on top). Will "Come Get It Bae" get enough up-votes to become the third charting song from GIRL, or will it fold out of existence? Keep it here (and of course become a voter) to find out.

Last Week's Outcome: Keyshia Cole's "She" dropped off the list after 1 week at #46.

Hey guys! There have been some concerns and questions on voting for your favorite tracks every week. To make things a whole lot easier, you can now vote songs up and down the list. At the end of the week, the points will be calculated and the ranker will be reset for the next week! All votes count! Don't see your favorite song? Feel free to leave a comment and I will add it! I will be updating the ranker from time to time as new tracks become available! New For this week: I have expanded the list to 100 entries.

Welcome to the 12th week of voting! Your votes help determine the top songs on the CDS Music Chart Hot 50. Please note that only the top 10 most approved tracks will receive bonus points toward their scores on the upcoming chart. Make sure you share this to get your favorite tracks into the top 10. If this gets 250 voters and/or 5,000 votes by the end of Friday, each track in the top 10 will get 2x the regular votes and #11-20 on the list will get the score that the top 10 usually gets.
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BET Awards 2014: Quick Overview

Everyone knows that the annual BET Awards (typically hosted in late June) always deliver amazing performances and most importantly a boat load of surprises. The 14th annual award ceremony (held last night) was no different.

First established in 2001, the BET Awards have celebrated African Americans (as well as several other minorities) for their outstanding performances in various forms of entertainment including music and acting.

For the 2014 ceremony, Beyoncé lead the nominations with 6. Her husband Jay Z racked up 5 while Drake, Pharrell Williams and August Alsina each had 5 nominations. No surprise here: Beyoncé won 3 awards (the most of the night), while Drake, Pharrell Williams, Nicki Minaj and August Alsina each took home 2. Jay Z took home 1 shared award for his role on Beyoncé's "Drunk In Love". I guess sharing the award won't be a problem since they live together...

But the thing that made this year's BET Awards the most entertaining: the performances.

Among the highlights, Pharrell Williams' show opening performance of "Come Get It Bae" which featured a surprise appearance by Missy Elliot who rapped to her smash single "Pass That Dutch" before helping Williams close out the performance by bopping along to the finishing part of "Come Get It Bae".

Lil Wayne live debuted his latest single "Krazy" before chugging into fellow Tha Carter V track "Believe Me" alongside Drake.  Tha Carter V currently does not have a release date.

Chris Brown (one of a few surprise performers) performed his hit single "Loyal" alongside Tyga and boss Lil Wayne for the first time since being released from jail. His performance (which included an impressive dance routine) was met with a standing ovation, and rounds of applause. Immediately following the finish of his set, Brown dropped his new single "New Flame" in full on the iTunes Store. The track, which feature other BET performers Usher and Rick Ross, currently sits at #95 on iTunes (#8 on R&B/Soul) approximately 12 hours after it was first released. The new track is one of his better tracks, despite being on the simpler side. Usher definitely brought it the hardest, delivering one of his best performances in several years.
 

Nicki Minaj also delivered one of the most interesting sets of the night. She began her short 5 minute set by rapping to "Chi Raq", a promotional single that was released in collaboration with Lil Herb earlier this year, while strapped onto the back of a moving motorcycle. After 45 seconds, the motorcycle retreated behind the side stage and approximately 30 seconds later, Nicki emerged from a mushroom in the middle of a set that was inspired by Alice In Wonderland. She began her performance of "Pills N Potions", a pop tinged rap track, and by the end, had most of the audience (including her boss and mentor Lil Wayne) grooving to the track.

Other notable performances included T.I. and Iggy Azalea's performance of "No Mediocre", and Jennifer Hudson's performance of "Walk It Out" and "It's Your World", which made its live debut last night.

Here's a list of the winners from last night's ceremony:

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist: Beyoncé

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist: Pharrell Williams

Best Group: Young Money

Best Collaboration: “Drunk In Love” by Beyoncé featuring JAY Z

Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award: “I Luv This Shit” by August Alsina featuring Trinidad Jame$

Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Drake

Best Female Hip Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj

Video of the Year: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams

Video Director of the Year: Hype Williams

Best New Artist: August Alsina

Best Gospel Artist: Tamela Mann

Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor

YoungStars Award: Keke Palmer

Best Movie: 12 Years a Slave

Subway Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year: Kevin Durant

Centric Award: “The Worst” by Jhené Aiko

FANdemonium Award: Beyoncé

Best International Act (Africa): Davido

Best International Act (UK): Krept and Konan

Full list of performers:

Beyoncé & Jay-Z

Yolanda Adams

Jhene Aiko

August Alsina

Iggy Azalea & T.I.

Missy Elliot

Drake

Jennifer Hudson

Ledisi

John Legend

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Lionel Richie

Trey Songz

Robin Thicke

T.I.

Tyga

Usher

Pharrell Williams

Chris Brown

See all the performances (except for the Beyoncé and Jay Z one):