twostepcub's music chart for March 11, 2011...

Hey folks, sorry a little late, but it's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Bruno Mars finally gives way to Florence + The Machine, while French DJ Martin Solveig (pictured above) moves up the top-10. Former big hits by Neon Trees, Keith Urban, and Shakira drop out, while songs by Lady GaGa, Rihanna, and Hannah makes the biggest jumps. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artists to go to the website for more info, tour dates, music, videos and more. Also I've included orange-marked links to classic clips from some of the debuting artists. Troutty mouth!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine (3)
2. Grenade - Bruno Mars (1)
3. Fuckin' Perfect - Pink (7)
4. Maybe - Sick Puppies (2)
5. Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias f/Ludacris (6)
6. Firework - Katy Perry (4)
7. For The First Time - The Script (5)
8. Hello - Martin Solveig f/Dragonette (10)
9. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (13)
10. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park (9)
11. Raise Your Glass - Pink (8)
12. Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant (16)
13. Marry Me - Train (11)
14. What's My Name - Rihanna f/Drake (14)
15. Better Than Today - Kylie Minogue (20)
16. Tighten Up - Black Keys (12)
17. Secrets - OneRepublic (17)
18. Born This Way - Lady GaGa (48)
19. Who's That Chick? - David Guetta f/Rihanna (19)
20. Sing - My Chemical Romance (28)
21. S&M - Rihanna (50)
22. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars (22)
23. Rhythm Of Love - Plain White T's (15)
24. Can't Be Friends - Trey Songz (24)
25. You Are - Charlie Wilson (25)
26. Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band (39)
27. Back To December - Taylor Swift (27)
28. This - Darius Rucker (33)
29. Higher - Taio Cruz f/Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy (41)
30. A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & The Scene (30)
31. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri (31)
32. Fuck You/Forget You - Cee-Lo Green (45)
33. Hello World - Lady Antebellum (35)
34. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (34)
35. We R Who We R - Ke$ha (21)
36. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (38)
37. Rock Tonight - J786 (37)
38. Voices - Chris Young (18)
39. Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears (43)
40. Who Are You When I'm Not Looking - Blake Shelton (40)
41. Somewhere With You - Kenny Chesney (23)
42. Let Me Down Easy - Billy Currington (42)
43. Take Over Control - Afrojack f/Eva Simons (36)
44. You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me - Cher (26)
45. The Cave - Mumford & Sons (55)
46. Someone Else Calling You Baby - Luke Bryan (32)
47. Move On Fast - Yoko Ono (51)
48. Little Miss - Sugarland (54)
49. Help Is On The Way - Rise Against (59)
50. Rocketeer - Far East Movement f/Ryan Tedder (52)
51. Closer To The Edge - 30 Seconds To Mars (53)
52. What Do You Want - Jerrod Niemann (56)
53. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna (49)
54. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas (44)
55. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne (65)
56. Isolation - Alter Bridge (61)
57. I Need Love - DJ Yiannis f/Georgie Porgie (58)
58. Sanity - Hannah (80)
59. I'm Doing Me - Fantasia (63)
60. Party Of The Year - Jipsta f/Sandy B. (66)
61. The Last Days Of Disco - Robbie Williams (47)
62. This Is Country Music - Brad Paisley (64)
63. Sleepyhead - Passion Pit (73)
64. Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square (70)
65. Baby Likes To Bang - Zayra (67)
66. Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (72)
67. From A Table Away - Sunny Sweeney (69)
68. Wildflower - JaneDear Girls (68)
69. Naked - Consuelo Costin f/Massi & DeLeon (74)
70. The Shape I'm In - Joe Nichols (71)
71. Seek Bromance - Tim/Berg (81)
72. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland (76)
73. Someone Like You - Adele (DEBUT)
74. Stay The Night - James Blunt (84)
75. We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun (77)
76. Lay With You - El DeBarge f/Faith Evans (78)
77. New Low - Middle Class Rut (78)
78. I Do - Colbie Caillat (DEBUT)
79. Machine Gun Blues - Social Distortion (83)
80. Family Man - Craig Campbell (82)
81. Uncharted - Sara Bareilles (DEBUT)
82. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (86)
83. A Little Bit Stronger - Sara Evans (87)
84. Heart Like Mine - Miranda Lambert (94)
85. Real - James Wesley (85)
86. This Night - Mask Munkeys (DEBUT)
87. Welcome To The Family - Avenged Sevenfold (91)
88. Georgia Clay - Josh Kelley (92)
89. Coming Home - Diddy-Dirty Money f/Skylar Grey (89)
90. Yeah 3X - Chris Brown (90)
91. Just A Dream - Nelly (57)
92. Where Do I Go From You - Clay Walker (93)
93. Share My Life -Kem (95)
94. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 (99)
95. Champion - Chipmunk f/Chris Brown (97)
96. Freefallin' - Zoe Badwi (DEBUT)
97. My Body - Young The Giant (98)
98. I Won't Let Go - Rascal Flatts (DEBUT)
99. Stay - Hurts (DEBUT)
100. Celui - Colonel Reyel (100)

This week there are seven new songs on my list (highlighted in yellow), and the highest is by the artist with the biggest-selling CD in both America and England this year so far. Adele's first single from 21, "Rolling In The Deep", jumps into my top-10 this week, making her second top-10 on my chart following 2008's "Chasing Pavements". Her latest is my pick for song of the year, and it's the plaintive "Someone Like You"...



The next debut is by Californian Colbie Caillat, who has made the US Pop top-10 with "Bubbly" in 2007 and the Adult Top-40 #1 position with "Fallin' For You" two years later. The singer (who in my mind looks remarkably like a young Jennifer Aniston) is back with another breezy pop hit in "I Do"...



The next lady in this hat trick of adult-pop sirens is Sara Bareilles, who follows her excellent "King Of Anything" and top-5 pop hit "Love Song" with the equally fun song with a cameo-studded lipsynch video for "Uncharted". See if you can ID all the guests (some hints: Adam Levine of Maroon5, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, and Josh Groban)...



And now for something different....here's the mysterious dance act Mask Munkeys with their debut single "This Night"...



Aussie Zoe Badwi also has her debut single charting, which already is a top-10 hit in her home country, with "Free Fallin'"...



After all these new artists, longstanding country group Rascal Flatts stands out, with eleven #1 country hits from 2002's "These Days" to last year's "Why Wait". The followup to that latter song it the ballad "I Won't Let Go"...



and finally, English synth-pop duo Hurts harkens back to the golden age of British new wave of Soft Cell, Pet Shop Boys, and Naked Eyes, and they reaped in success especially in Germany, where their "Wonderful Life" was one of the biggest songs of the year there, and their latest is following in the top-5 there. Here's "Stay"...



Hell to the no!