WOOT! My birthday is coming up!

I turn 26 this year and I have so many things to look forward to. I can also look back at the past and use those memories to guide me in the present and the future.

Considering that my present is writing this blog at 11:30 on a saturday night,  I want to focus on something more colorful like the past.

One of my favorite bloggers Kiffecoco came up with the idea of looking back at all of the #1 songs in the US on her b’day from the time she was born up until last year. I though that this was a great idea and decided to do the same. I think it makes ones birthday just that much more special. It also gives me a playlist to listen to all of next week. Lets begin with the #1 song in the US on the day I was born:

1. April 22nd 1986: Kiss by Prince and the Revolution
2. April 22nd 1987: I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) by Aretha Franklin & George Michael
3. April 22nd 1988: Where Do Broken Hearts Go by Whitney Houston
4. April 22nd 1989: Like a Prayer by Madonna
5. April 22nd 1990: Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor
6. April 22nd 1991: Baby Baby by Amy Grant
7. April 22nd 1992: Jump by Kris Kross
8. April 22nd 1993: Informer by Snow
9. April 22nd 1994: Bump N’ Grind by R Kelly
10. April 22nd 1995: This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
11. April 22nd 1996: Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion ( I remember trying to sing this song in English in Haiti)
12. April 22nd 1997: Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down by Puff Daddy featuring Ma$e
13. April 22nd 1998: Too Close by Next ( I moved to the US that year and LOVED that song!)
14. April 22nd 1999: No Scrubs by TLC ( ah 7th grade)
15. April 22nd 2000: Maria Maria by Santana featuring The Product G&B
16. April 22nd 2001: All for You by Janet Jackson
17. April 22nd 2002: Foolish by Ashanti
18. April 22nd 2003: In Da Club by 50 cents
19. April 22nd 2004: Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon (PROM!)
20. April 22nd 2005: Candy Shop by 50 cents featuring Olivia
21. April 22nd 2006: Bad Day by Daniel Powter (that was THE worst birthday EVER!)
22. April 22nd 2007: Give It to Me by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake (I turned 21 that year)
23. April 22nd 2008: Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
24. April 22nd 2009: Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eye Peas
25. April 22nd 2010: Rude Boy by Rihanna
26. April 22nd 2011: E.T by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
    

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley