Twostepcub's music chart for December 23, 2016...






Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. Bruno Mars reigns for a fifth week, while Old Dominion (pictured above) climbs a couple notches in the top ten. Former big hits from Blink-182, the Lumineers, Calum Scott, and Betty Who drop off my list, while songs from Lodato/Joseph Duveen, Empire of the Sun, and Rag N' Bone Man make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red).

And don't forget, I'm counting down the biggest hits on this here chart ten at a time every weekday until New Year's - you can click here to catch up...

This Week         Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars (1)
2. Waste A Moment - Kings Of Leon (2)
3. Starboy - The Weeknd f/Daft Punk (3)
4. Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 f/Kendrick Lamar (4)
5. Heathens - twenty-one pilots (6)
6. Song For Another Time - Old Dominion (8)
7. Trouble - Cage The Elephant (7)
8. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes (5)
9. Sleep Without You - Brett Young (9)
10. Unsteady - X Ambassadors (10)
11. Closer - The Chainsmokers f/Halsey (11)
12. Fresh Eyes - Andy Grammer (14)
13. I Can't Stop Thinking About You - Sting (17)
14. Wanna Be That Song - Brett Eldredge (21)
15. All We Ever Knew - The Head and the Heart (15)
16. Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya (20)
17. Human - Rag N' Bone Man (27)
18. Say It To Me - Pet Shop Boys (22)
19. HandClap - Fitz & The Tantrums (19)
20. The Greatest - Sia f/Kendrick Lamar (25)
21. Thick Of It - Mary J. Blige (28)
22. Good Grief - Bastille (12)
23. Love Me Now - John Legend (31)
24. Middle Of A Memory - Cole Swindell (16)
25. Kids - OneRepublic (13)
26. Dirty Laundry - Carrie Underwood (34)
27. Setting The World On Fire - Kenny Chesney f/P!nk (23)
28. Move - Luke Bryan (18)
29. People Grinnin' - NERVO f/The Child of Lov (29)
30. Water Under The Bridge - Adele (39)
31. Cheap Thrills - Sia f/Sean Paul (26)
32. Say Yes - Tony Moran f/Jason Walker (42)
33. Side To Side - Ariana Grande f/Nicki Minaj (43)
34. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele (24)
35. Believe - Crystal Waters f/Sted-E & Hybrid Heights (36)
36. Star Of The Show - Thomas Rhett (44)
37. Way Down We Go - Kaleo (32)
38. Rockabye - Clean Bandit f/Anne-Marie & Sean Paul (48)
39. Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake (35)
40. Blue Ain't Your Color - Keith Urban (40)
41. How I'll Always Be - Tim McGraw (46)
42. Perfect Strangers - Jonas Blue f/JP Cooper (38)
43. Let Me Love You - DJ Snake f/Justin Bieber (45)
44. In The Name Of Love - Martin Garrix f/Bebe Rexha (49)
45. Shout Out To My Ex - Little Mix (50)
46. Scars To Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara (51)
47. Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur (52)
48. Telepathy - Christina Aguilera f/Nile Rodgers (33)
49. Take It All Back - Judah & The Lion (59)
50. Permission - Ro James (30)
51. 80s Mercedes - Maren Morris (56)
52. Move - Saint Motel (60)
53. My Way - Calvin Harris (41)
54. So I Can Have You Back - Joe (66)
55. May We All - Florida Georgia Line f/Tim McGraw (55)
56. Older - Lodato & Joseph Duveen (70)
57. I Hate U, I Love U - gnash f/Olivia O'Brien (61)
58. If The Boots Fit - Granger Smith (62)
59. Welcome To Your Life - Grouplove (63)
60. Love Me - DJ Hollywood f/Abri (69)
61. Starving - Hailee Steinfeld & Grey f/Zedd (71)
62. Teardrops - Cole Plante & Bobi (47)
63. A Little More Summertime - Jason Aldean (53)
64. A Guy With A Girl - Blake Shelton (74)
65. High and Low - Empire Of The Sun (77)
66. My Name Is Human - Highly Suspect (76)
67. When The Tequila Runs Out - Dawes (67)
68. Go Robot - Red Hot Chili Peppers (72)
69. Kill A Word - Eric Church f/Rhiannon Giddens (73)
70. She's Out Of Her Mind - blink-182 (75)
71. Seal the Deal - Volbeat (81)
72. It Don't Hurt Like It Used To - Billy Currington (68)
73. Cold Water - Major Lazer f/Justin Bieber & MO (58)
74. Seein' Red - Dustin Lynch (82)
75. Play That Song - Train (80)
76. She Sets The City On Fire - Gavin DeGraw (64)
77. Gold - Kiara (57)
78. Button Pusha - Ralphi Rosario & Aneeta Beat (DEBUT)
79. Holy Commotion - The Pretenders (83)
80. Blow Your Mind (MWAH) - Dua Lipa (DEBUT)
81. Icarus - R3Hab (91)
82. Sure and Certain - Jimmy Eat World (86)
83. Superlove - Tinashe (87)
84. Ophelia - The Lumineers (84)
85. 1990X - Maxwell (89)
86. Mercy - Shawn Mendes (DEBUT)
87. Still Breathing - Green Day (97)
88. Love On The Weekend - John Mayer (96)
89. Alarm - Anne-Marie (93)
90. I Know Somebody - LoCash (78)
91. Somebody's Love - Passenger (RE-ENTRY)
92. This Town - Niall Horan (92)
93. Shine - Mondo Cozmo (DEBUT)
94. Square Hammer - Ghost (DEBUT)
95. Love On The Brain - Rihanna (DEBUT)
96. Sexual - NEIKED (RE-ENTRY)
97. Lost On You - LP (RE-ENTRY)
98. Sober Saturday Night - Chris Young f/Vince Gill (DEBUT)
99. So Good - Louisa Johnson (99)
100. Breathing Underwater - Emeli Sande

There are eight songs making their debut on the "first chart of 2017's chart year", and they are highlighted in blue. If you click on any of them, you'll connect to that artist's official website for more info. And here they are on video, after the break...

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House music club legend Ralphi Rosario is back with the highest debut at #78 on the EDM-DJ dissing "Button Pusha" featuring "Aneeta Beat". It's the third single from his 2 Sides To The Story album to make my chart after "La Jungla" and "Fuck Your Boyfriend"...


British singer Dua Lipa follows up her breakthrough single "Hotter Than Hell" with her club hit "Blow Your Mind (MWAH)" at #80...


While Shawn Mendes remains in the top ten with "Treat You Better", which will be on my year-end list, he lands at #86 with "Mercy"...


Indie-rock singer/songwriter Josh Ostrander, who is recording under the moniker Mondo Cozmo these days, makes his debut at #93 with "Shine"...


Swedish death metal band Ghost, who won the metal Grammy at the beginning of the year for "Cirice", land on my chart for the first time at #94 with "Square Hammer"...


The fourth single from Rihanna's Anti album, "Love On The Brain", chimes in at #95. It's a hit as a ballad on radio and remixed in the clubs as well...


Country singer Chris Young shuffles in at #98 with "Sober Saturday Night" featuring genre icon Vince Gill...


The final newbie of the week at #100 is the second single from Scottish singer Emeli Sande's stellar Long Live The Angels album, "Breathing Underwater"...







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