twostepcub's music chart for April 15, 2011...

Hey folks, it's Tax Day in the US, though I've already had my refund back for 2 months now, so it's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week The Zac Brown Band put the first country song at my top spot in a long long while, as Cee-Lo Green (pictured above) also finally makes it into the top-3. The biggest jumps come from songs by Alexis Jordan, Jennifer Hudson, and Katy Perry (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while a former big hit by Bruno Mars that was in my top-10 for the year so far drops out. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the 100 and so artists highlighted to go to their website (right-click, and you can use another tab or window and leave this one up. Neato!) And here we go.....

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Colder Weather - The Zac Brown Band (3)
2. S&M - Rihanna (4)
3. Fuck You/Forget You - Cee-Lo Green (5)
4. Fuckin' Perfect - Pink (2)
5. Born This Way - Lady GaGa (1)
6. Grenade - Bruno Mars (6)
7. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (7)
8. Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant (8)
9. For The First Time - The Script (9)
10. This - Darius Rucker (12)
11. Help Is On The Way - Rise Against (18)
12. Rope - Foo Fighters (16)
13. The Cave - Mumford & Sons (17)
14. Sing - My Chemical Romance (15)
15. Firework - Katy Perry (11)
16. Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias f/Ludacris (10)
17. Higher - Taio Cruz f/Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy (13)
18. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine (14)
19. Hello - Martin Solveig f/Dragonette (19)
20. Someone Like You - Adele (26)
21. Uncharted - Sara Bareilles (34)
22. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (20)
23. Marry Me - Train (23)
24. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri (24)
25. Back to December - Taylor Swift (25)
26. Good Girl - Alexis Jordan (49)
27. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park (27)
28. Let Me Down Easy - Billy Currington (28)
29. What Do You Want - Jerrod Niemann (33)
30. Better Than Today - Kylie Minogue (21)
31. A Little Bit Stronger - Sara Evans (38)
32. Little Miss - Sugarland (36)
33. Closer To The Edge - 30 Seconds To Mars (39)
34. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (30)
35. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne (37)
36. Hold It Against Me - Britney Spears (31)
37. Move On Fast - Yoko Ono (29)
38. I Do - Colbie Caillat (44)
39. Sanity - Hannah (40)
40. Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square (42)
41. I Won't Let Go - Rascal Flatts (46)
42. Raise Your Glass - Pink (32)
43. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (43)
44. E.T. - Katy Perry f/Kanye West (59)
45. Tighten Up - The Black Keys (41)
46. Walking - Mary Mary (56)
47. Hello World - Lady Antebellum (22)
48. Far Away - Marsha Ambrosius (60)
49. Bleed Red - Ronnie Dunn (53)
50. Heart Like Mine - Miranda Lambert (50)
51. You Lie - The Band Perry (61)
52. Lay With You - El DeBarge f/Faith Evans (52)
53. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 (57)
54. You Are - Charlie Wilson (48)
55. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland (55)
56. Where You At - Jennifer Hudson (76)
57. Seek Bromance - Tim/Berg (45)
58. Twist Of Love - Kimberly Davis (58)
59. More - Usher (71)
60. Live A Little - Kenny Chesney (62)
61. Without You - Keith Urban (66)
62. Howlin' For You - The Black Keys (69)
63. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull (67)
64. Georgia Clay - Josh Kelley (64)
65. New Low - Middle Class Rut (65)
66. I Can't Love You Back - Easton Corbin (78)
67. Army Of Love - Kerli (77)
68. Family Man - Craig Campbell (68)
69. Country Song - Seether (75)
70. Freefallin' - Zoe Badwi (70)
71. Love Letter - R. Kelly (73)
72. Keep On Dancing - Alyssa Rubino (72)
73. Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (79)
74. Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom) - Shinedown (74)
75. Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer (83)
76. My Body - Young The Giant (80)
77. Something To Believe In - Parachute (82)
78. Tomorrow - Chris Young (85)
79. Falling In - Lifehouse (84)
80. Rocketeer - Far East Movement f/Ryan Tedder (35)
81. I'll Be There - Tiffany Evans (81)
82. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger (86)
83. Turn It Up - Ultra Nate (DEBUT)
84. Blow - Ke$ha (88)
85. What's My Name - Rihanna f/Drake (51)
86. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (DEBUT)
87. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (97)
88. Sun Of A Gun - Oh Land (100)
89. Sun Is Up - Inna (89)
90. Raymond - Brett Eldredge (94)
91. Mean - Taylor Swift (DEBUT)
92. Hollywood Hills - Sunrise Avenue (92)
93. Gold Forever - The Wanted (93)
94. Good Life - OneRepublic (DEBUT)
95. We R Who We R - Ke$ha (87)
96. Who's That Chick? - David Guetta f/Rihanna (54)
97. Call My Name - Sultan & Ned Shepard f/Nadia Ali (DEBUT)
98. Toutes Les Nuits - Colonel Reyel (98)
99. Never See You Again - Talia Coles (99)
100. Hare Krishna - Sir Ivan (DEBUT)

This week there are six new songs on my list (marked in yellow), and I've included previous hit video links in orange.

The highest debut belongs to dance sensation Ultra Nate', who is one of the few consistent singers who mostly are confined to the clubs (Kristine W also comes to mind). The Maryland native (from Havre de Grace) has had seven charttopping club hits, from "Show Me" in 1994 to the classics "Free" and "Found A Cure" in 1997-8 (both top-10 pop hits in England) to 2007's double punch of "Automatic" and "Give It All You Got". Her latest is from her upcoming CD Hero Worship, and it's "Turn It Up"...



Next up is the first single from indie-rock trio Foster The People, named presumably for singer Mark Foster. It's mellowed out vibe hides a dark little chorus on "Pumped Up Kicks"...



Taylor Swift recently won Entertainer of the Year at the ACM awards show, and performed this track on the program. It's a favorite of mine from the Speak Now CD, and is possibly a contender to be her fifth country #1, joining juggernauts like "Our Song" and "You Belong With Me". It's also a little kiss-off to her critics, who are "Mean"...



Ryan Tedder's band, OneRepublic, have their third single chart from their latest CD Waking Up, with a song that's already been a top-20 hit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, like their last hit, "Secrets", was before crossing over here to the States. Their crowning achievement still remains their collaboration with uber-producer Timbaland with "Apologize", but "Good Life" is a great top-40 song nonetheless...



The next song is by the DJ duo of Sultan and Ned Shepard from Montreal, Canada, who have remixed many artists, but have the first hit on their own right with a song featuring Libyan-American chanteuse Nadia Ali, who has already reached the dance chart summit twice, once as part of the group iiO with "Is It Love?" and once solo with "Love Story". Their latest is "Call My Name"...



The last entry is in my view the oddest of the set. It's by "Sir" Ivan (Wilzig), who is a Jersey-born banker-turned singer reknown for his Long Island parties, and also converting non-dance oldies for the clubs (i.e. the top-50 dance hit of "For What It's Worth"). His latest is a dance version of, yes, um, "Hare Krishna". Enjoy. um. Enjoy.

Sir Ivan - "Hare Krishna" (FORD Radio Mix) by SobelPromotions

and that's it! HHHHHHHHavre de Graace!