Twostepcub's music chart for March 1, 2013...

Hey gang, the weekend's finally here, and time for my 100 top tunes for the week. This week Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bargain their way to #1, while country vocal powerhouse Little Big Town (pictured above) reach my top-10. Former big hits by Ne-Yo and PSY drop out, while songs by Bruno Mars, Avicii, and Blake Shelton make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Screw Taxes!

This Week                  Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (2)
2. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (1)
3. Try - Pink (3)
4. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (6)
5. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (4)
6. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (4)
7. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (10)
8. Madness - Muse (8)
9. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (11)
10. Tornado - Little Big Town (12)
11. Little Black Submarines - Black Keys (7)
12. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (14)
13. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (13)
14. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (9)
15. Southern Comfort Zone - Brad Paisley (15)
16. Daylight - Maroon 5 (16)
17. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (19)
18. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (24)
19. Adorn - Miguel (17)
20. Carry On - fun (21)
21. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (23)
22. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (20)
23. Trojans - Atlas Genius (27)
24. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allen (18)
25. Overjoyed - Matchbox Twenty (26)
26. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (22)
27. Clarity - Zedd (29)
28. Lover Of The Light - Mumford & Sons (31)
29. The Lucky Ones - Kerli (34)
30. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (30)
31. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (35)
32. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (36)
33. How Country Feels - Randy Houser (25)
34. Flavor - Tori Amos (42)
35. Home - Phillip Phillips (28)
36. Change - Churchill (41)
37. Don't Stop The Party - Pitbull f/TJR (39)
38. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (40)
39. We Are Young - Vassy (46)
40. Tip It On Back - Dierks Bentley (47)
41. Diamonds - Rihanna (37)
42. Goodbye In Her Eyes - The Zac Brown Band (38)
43. Take A Walk - Passion Pit (43)
44. Begin Again - Taylor Swift (44)
45. Leaving - Pet Shop Boys (45)
46. Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night) - Neon Trees f/Kaskade (51)
47. Skyfall - Adele (33)
48. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (52)
49. Between The Raindrops - Lifehouse f/Natasha Bedingfield (49)
50. I Found You - The Wanted (50)
51. Mermaid - Train (53)
52. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (58)
53. Clown - Emeli Sande (61)
54. Merry Go 'Round - Kacey Musgraves (54)
55. Crying On A Suitcase - Casey James (55)
56. Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber f/Nicki Minaj (56)
57. Sorry - Ciara (63)
58. The Only Way I Know - Jason Aldean f/Luke Bryan & Eric Church (48)
59. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (59)
60. Impossible - James Arthur (60)
61. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (80)
62. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (62)
63. Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj (67)
64. Hero - Family Of The Year (66)
65. Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton (78)
66. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (64)
67. Days Turns Into Night - Delerium (68)
68. Get Up (Rattle) - Bingo Boys f/Far East Movement (70)
69. Come Along - Vicci Martinez f/Cee-Lo Green (69)
70. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (72)
71. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (75)
72. I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice (76)
73. Because We Can - Bon Jovi (77)
74. Heaven Nor Hell - Volbeat (74)
75. If I Didn't Have You - Thompson Square (79)
76. I Could Be The One - Avicii vs. Nicki Romero (94)
77. Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake f/Jay-Z (81)
78. Tears Of Joy - Faith Evans (85)
79. Stand Up - All That Remains (84)
80. The Pit - Silversun Pickups (82)
81. Learn To Love Again - Lawson (89)
82. Rum & Raybans - Sean Kingston f/Cher Lloyd (88)
83. Let There Be Cowgitls - Chris Cagle (83)
84. Hollow - Alice In Chains (DEBUT)
85. Alone Together - Daley f/Marsha Ambrosius (90)
86. Downtown - Lady Antebellum (DEBUT)
87. One And Only - Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (87)
88. Turn Around - Conor Maynard f/Ne-Yo (DEBUT)
89. Put The Gun Down - ZZ Ward (93)
90. Scream & Shout - will.i.am f/Britney Spears (92)
91. I Can Take It From There - Chris Young (DEBUT)
92. White Noise - Disclosure f/AlunaGeorge (DEBUT)
93. Alive - Krewella (95)
94. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark - Fall Out Boy (DEBUT)
95. Die Young - Ke$ha (91)
96. I Love It - Icona Pop f/Charli XCX (96)
97. Just A Fool - Christina Aguilera f/Blake Shelton (97)
98. Supercharged - Kwanza Jones (98)
99. Ay Mama Mia - Mayra Veronica (DEBUT)
100. C'mon - Ke$ha (DEBUT)

There are eight new songs on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and here they are (after the break)...


The top entry this week is the return of grunge gods Alice In Chains with the first single from their upcoming album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, "Hollow"...

Country crossover champs Lady Antebellum also are back with the promo single for their upcoming fourth album, "Downtown"...

the "British Bieber" Conor Maynard scores the third hit on my chart with "Turn Around" featuring Ne-Yo...

Country heartthrob Chris Young returns with "I Can Take It From There"...

British electropop duo Disclosure get their first hit on my chart with the awesome "White Noise" featuring AlunaGeorge...

Alt-rock veterans Fall Out Boy come out of retirement with their latest, "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (I'm On Fire)"...

Cuban-American actress/singer Mayra Veronica is back with her club hit "Ay Mama Mia"...

The final entry on my list is the queen of trash-pop Ke$ha, with "C'mon"...

That does it for tonight...I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, Candletime, and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the latest songs making their way on the Billboard charts. Good night!