twostepcub's music chart for September 26, 2010...

Hey guys, it's time for my top tunes for the week. This week Sara Bareilles spends a fourth week on top, while British R&B singer Taio Cruz (pictured above) puts his second single into the top-5. Tracks by Stone Sour, Katy Perry, and Adam Lambert make some of the biggest moves (marked in red), while former big hits by the Zac Brown Band, Shinedown, B.o.B, Carrie Underwood, and Nickelback drop out. Link-O-Rama is still in full effect, so you can click on any of the artists highlighted below to go to their website (rightclick, and you can use another window or tab). This week I also linked to some videos of another great songs from the debuting artists (marked in orange). Let the 'Race' begin!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. King Of Anything - Sara Bareilles (1)
2. Misery - Maroon5 (2)
3. Animal - Neon Trees (5)
4. If It's Love - Train (3)
5. Dynamite - Taio Cruz (6)
6. Mockingbird - Rob Thomas (4)
7. Lisztomania - Phoenix (9)
8. I Like It - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (11)
9. The Catalyst - Linkin Park (13)
10. Fire With Fire - Scissor Sisters (10)
11. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher f/Pitbull (21)
12. California Gurls - Katy Perry f/Snoop Dogg (8)
13. Pretty Good At Drinking Beer - Billy Currington (15)
14. Lay Me Down - Dirty Heads (12)
15. Figure It Out - Dave Aude f/Isha Coco (19)
16. All In - Lifehouse (18)
17. Glitter In the Air - Pink (7)
18. September - Daughtry (22)
19. In One Ear - Cage The Elephant (14)
20. 4th Of July (Fireworks) - Kelis (24)
21. Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) - Alicia Keys (17)
22. Come Back Song - Darius Rucker (30)
23. There Goes My Baby - Usher (23)
24. All The Lovers - Kylie Minogue (16)
25. We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool f/DCup (33)
26. Little White Church - Little Big Town (28)
27. Our Kind Of Love - Lady Antebellum (37)
28. Roll With It - Easton Corbin (32)
29. I'm In - Keith Urban (20)
30. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem f/Rihanna (35)
31. I Run To You - Lady Antebellum (38)
32. The Only Exception - Paramore (42)
33. Breakeven - The Script (29)
34. The Boys Of Fall - Kenny Chesney (36)
35. Alejandro - Lady GaGa (27)
36. Another Way To Die - Disturbed (41)
37. Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha (26)
38. Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira (40)
39. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland (50)
40. Lately - Macy Gray (45)
41. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (56)
42. Bittersweet - Fantasia (49)
43. Bulletproof - La Roux (39)
44. All About Tonight - Blake Shelton (44)
45. Crossfire - Brandon Flowers (53)
46. If I Had You - Adam Lambert (58)
47. Love Like Crazy - Lee Brice (47)
48. Why Would You Stay? - Kem (52)
49. Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo (61)
50. Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold (55)
51. Home - Goo Goo Dolls (51)
52. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner (54)
53. Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida f/David Guetta (60)
54. Half Of My Heart - John Mayer f/Taylor Swift (48)
55. Secrets - OneRepublic (59)
56. Wouldnit (I'm A Star) - Yoko Ono (66)
57. Smile - Uncle Kracker (57)
58. All Over Me - Josh Turner (62)
59. Pop Goes The World - The Gossip (67)
60. Strobelight - Kimberley Locke (43)
61. One (Your Name) - Swedish House Mafia f/Pharrell (73)
62. Rockstar 101 - Rihanna (31)
63. The Truth - Kris Allen f/Pat Monahan (65)
64. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (74)
65. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (75)
66. Fuerte - Nelly Furtado (72)
67. You Lost Me - Christina Aguilera (79)
68. I Told You So - Solange (68)
69. Love Dealer - Esmee Denters f/Justin Timberlake (70)
70. The Radio - Get Far (71)
71. Take It Off - Ke$ha (76)
72. Vertigo - Giulietta (77)
73. V.I.P. - Zayra (83)
74. Rhythm Of Love - Plain White T's (78)
75. Commander - Kelly Rowland f/David Guetta (64)
76. Dirty Talk - Wynter Gordon (46)
77. Mine - Taylor Swift (82)
78. This Ain't Nothin' - Craig Morgan (80)
79. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars (91)
80. Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour (98)
81. Why Wait - Rascal Flatts (85)
82. Bad Company - Five Finger Death Punch (84)
83. Could You Believe - ATb (DEBUT)
84. Impossible - Anberlin (86)
85. Wavin' Flag - K'naan (81)
86. The Breath You Take - George Strait (92)
87. Love All Over Me - Monica (DEBUT)
88. Farmer's Daughter - Rodney Atkins (90)
89. As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band f/Alan Jackson (DEBUT)
90. Sunshine - Steve Azar (93)
91. Eternity - Guru Josh Project (DEBUT)
92. Speakers - Days Difference (94)
93. Voices - Chris Young (95)
94. Restlessness - Bastien Laval (96)
95. My Best Theory - Jimmy Eat World (DEBUT)
96. Just A Dream - Nelly (DEBUT)
97. Wonderful Life - Hurts (DEBUT)
98. Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti & Spearhead (DEBUT)
99. Way Out Here - Josh Thompson (99)
100. Body Shots - Kaci Battaglia f/Ludacris (DEBUT)

This week there are nine new songs on my list (marked in yellow), and the first is by German Andre Tanneberger, who records under the moniker ATb. His classic trance track "9PM (Till I Come)" was a fave of mine back in the day, and his latest single isn't too shabby. Here's "Could You Believe"...



Next is R&B singer Monica, who was only 15 in 1995 when her debut album came out giving her three top-10 pop hits, including "Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)". Her biggest success was her duet with Brandy, "The Boy Is Mine", as well as two more #1 hits, "The First Night" and "Angel Of Mine". Monica's last single, "Everything To Me", made #1 on the R&B chart, and her latest is almost there, here's "Love All Over Me"...



I just purchased the sophomore effort from the Zac Brown Band, and am happy to relay that it's as great as their debut effort, The Foundation, which produced four country #1s and a #2 hit (with all five making the top-40 on Billboard's Hot 100). Those #1's were "Chicken Fried", "Toes", "Highway 20 Ride" and my favorite cut on the CD, "Free", which just dropped on my chart this week. The first single from You Get What You Give I must confess feels to me like stuntcasting, but they do bring out a great performance by Alan Jackson, and it's quite understated and sweet coming from a blockbuster CD and awards bonanza. Here's "As She's Walking Away"...




Here is another dance artist going under a pseudonym, this time Englishman Paul Walden who records under the name Guru Josh. His megahit "Infinity" was a top-10 hit in England twice, in 1990 at the middle of the big "rave" scene, and in 2008, where it became a worldwide hit even on my chart. The followup to that is the "Eternity", which I'm still trying to find out the sample sax riff in this, because it sounds so familiar early 80s, like Gerry Rafferty or the like.



Arizona-based Jimmy Eat World's sixth major-label release comes 16 years after their first, including two alternative rock #1 hits, "The Middle" and "Pain". Their latest could be their third, it's already #2 on Billboard's list, and it's called "My Best Theory"...



When Cornell Haynes Jr., aka Nelly, came onto the rap scene in 2000, I didn't think a rapper with a name like "Nelly" would be anything but a one/two hit wonder (with "Country Grammar"). Boy was I wrong. Since then he's accrued four number 1 pop hits, including his signature track "Hot In Herre", his duet with Kelly Rowland "Dilemma", "Shake Your Tailfeather" from Bad Boys II, and that ode to fake teeth, "Grillz". Nelly's latest steers him more in the pop/rap hybrid B.o.B's ben ridin' with lately, and it's given him his first top-10 song in five years. Here's "Just A Dream"...



English duo Hurts continue in the synthpop steps of Naked Eyes, Soft Cell, and Erasure combined with the dark overtones of Depeche Mode on "Wonderful Life", which has become a hit across Europe, making the top-10 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Denmark, even though not making the top-10 in their home country (although with a top-5 album there). It's a great song, and deserves some love here in the States. Here's "Wonderful Life"...



Michael Franti has been a seminal player in the alternative rap culture, with his work with the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy notable for the anti-hatecrime "The Language Of Violence", which brought to light the homophobia in urban gang life. Since then he's evolved into a more peacenik artist (barefoot all the time and all), and struck gold with the hit "Say Hey (I Love You)", which made it all the way to #4 nationwide and #1 on my chart. Along with the group Spearhead, his latest is just in time for the end of the season, "The Sound Of Summer"...



Florida native Kaci Battaglia was first a hit in England, churning out three top-40 hits in the beginning of the 2000s, including a version of the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You" which made the top-10 in the UK. Since then Kaci has matured into a semi-raunchy dance act, with "Crazy Possessive" hitting #1 on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart. Kaci's new single is already in the top-10 on the dance chart, and for the third time this year on my chart features rapper Ludacris. Here's "Body Shots"...



Thanks again for reading, and have an awesome week!