Dance Sweep: December 6, 2014...






It's time to wrap up today's "chart sweeps" of the singles charts in Billboard magazine with the latest dance jams in the clubs and on the radio...

On the DJ-polled Dance Club Play chart, Jennifer Lopez claims yet another #1 hit with "Booty" featuring Iggy Azalea and Pitbull...

They might be "broken up", but two-thirds of the Swedish House Mafia take the highest entry at #34 with "Can't Hold Us Down". Third SHM member Steve Angello's own "Wasted Love" still hangs in at #49...


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Singer Nikkole follows up her top-20 hit "Gonna Get It Right" with the song at #46 and my "Dance Pick of the Week", "Zero"...


 British modern rock band Bastille sail in at #47 with the remixes of their top-10 rock hit "Flaws". They went to #1 with "Pompeii"...


British singer/songwriter Charli XCX shimmies in at #48 with "Break The Rules".  Her last hit "Boom Clap" climbed to #13...


Meanwhile, on the radio-monitored Dance Airplay chart, which expands from 25 to 40 spots this week, Calvin Harris spends a fifth week at #1 with "Blame"...

Austin-based trance duo Tritonal land at #14 with "Anchor". They took "Now Or Never" into the airplay top-10...


Taylor Swift's #1 pop hit "Blank Space" garners enough airplay on dance stations to enter the chart at #17...


Dubstep remixer/artists Diplo and Skrillex, collaborating together as Jack U, hire Canadian singer Kiesza ("Hideaway") for the song at #20, "Take U There"...


Fergie is back at #23 with her weed-induced "L.A. Love (La La)"...


English singer Kyla La Grange comes in at #27 with "Cut Your Teeth". The song was a top-20 pop hit in Denmark and the Netherlands...


Belgium DJ Stephen Fasano, aka The Magician, appears at #28 with "Sunlight" featuring Years and Years. The track went top-10 in England and his native Belgium...


Sam Smith makes it on to the dance radio chart at #29 with "I'm Not The Only One". It follows "Stay With Me", which peaked at #4 on this format...


Australian EDM duo Knife Party come in at #30 with "Begin Again"...


Swedish progressive house duo Galantis enters at #32 with "Runaway (You & I)"...


Another pair from Sweden, Cazzette, move in at #34 with "Blind Heart" featuring Terri B...


British electrohouse producer Michael Woods recruits singer Lauren Dyson for "In Your Arms", which enters at #35...


Moroccan remixer R3hab lands at #36 with "Soundwave" featuring vocals from Trevor Guthrie, who sang on Armin Van Buuren's top-10 "This Is What It Feels Like"...


Polish DJ/producer Tom Swoon collaborates with Paris & Simo at #37 for "Wait"...


The aforementioned Charli XCX single, "Break The Rules", pops on to the airplay chart at #39. Her last single, "Boom Clap", which went to #1 on the airplay chart, drops to #33 this week..

The final debut of the week at #40 is Dutch teen DJ wunderkind Martin Garrix and MOTi with "Virus (How About Now)"....


That's all for the night...thanks for taking today's musical journey, and hopefully something has caught your ear. Cheers!









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