twostepcub's music chart for May 13, 2011...

Hey folks, I've been "off the grid" all weekend, and finally back, but here in jury duty. Since I'm cooped up for the moment, no better time to catch up on my top 100 tunes for the past week. This week Adele finally makes it to #1, while Sara Bareilles (pictured above) sneaks into the top-10. Former big hits by Florence + The Machine, Taio Cruz, and Charlie Wilson drop off the list, while tracks by Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, and Alexandra Stan make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist names below to go to their website. Five dolla footlong!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (2)
2. S&M - Rihanna (1)
3. Fuck You/Forget You - Cee-Lo Green (3)
4. Born This Way - Lady GaGa (4)
5. The Cave - Mumford & Sons (6)
6. Fuckin' Perfect - Pink (5)
7. Help Is On The Way - Rise Against (8)
8. For The First Time - The Script (7)
9. Uncharted - Sara Bareilles (11)
10. Good Girl - Alexis Jordan (12)
11. E.T. - Katy Perry f/Kanye West (14)
12. Far Away - Marsha Ambrosius (16)
13. Rope - Foo Fighters (9)
14. Someone Like You - Adele (10)
15. Where You At - Jennifer Hudson (20)
16. A Little Bit Stronger - Sara Evans (19)
17. Grenade - Bruno Mars (15)
18. Sing - My Chemical Romance (18)
19. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (26)
20. Closer To The Edge - 30 Seconds To Mars (22)
21. I Do - Colbie Caillat (23)
22. You Lie - The Band Perry (27)
23. Firework - Katy Perry (21)
24. More - Usher (28)
25. What Do You Want - Jerrod Niemann (25)
26. Colder Weather - The Zac Brown Band (13)
27. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO f/Lauren Bennett & Goonrock (35)
28. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne (29)
29. This - Darius Rucker (17)
30. Howling For You - The Black Keys (38)
31. Without You - Keith Urban (36)
32. I Won't Let Go - Rascal Flatts (32)
33. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 (34)
34. Country Song - Seether (42)
35. Bleed Red - Ronnie Dunn (37)
36. Army Of Love - Kerli (40)
37. Heart Like Mine - Miranda Lambert (41)
38. Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant (30)
39. Live A Little - Kenny Chesney (43)
40. Turn It Up - Ultra Nate (46)
41. Dancing Tonight - Kat Deluna (51)
42. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (39)
43. Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias f/Ludacris (33)
44. Bright Lights, Bigger City - Cee-Lo Green (52)
45. Hello - Martin Solveig f/Dragonette (31)
46. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull (48)
47. Call My Name - Sultan & Ned Shepard f/Nadia Ali (49)
48. Sweat - Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta (73)
49. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (57)
50. I Can't Love You Back - Easton Corbin (50)
51. Beautiful People - Chris Brown f/Benny Benassi (69)
52. Falling In - Lifehouse (54)
53. Tomorrow - Chris Young (58)
54. Freefallin' - Zoe Badwi (59)
55. Love Letter - R. Kelly (56)
56. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (72)
57. Back To December - Taylor Swift (53)
58. Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer (60)
59. Mean - Taylor Swift (61)
60. Good Life - OneRepublic (62)
61. Something To Believe In - Parachute (65)
62. Hey (Nah Neh Nah) - Rico Bernasconi vs. Vaya Con Dios (70)
63. Family Man - Craig Campbell (63)
64. Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (64)
65. Blow - Ke$ha (67)
66. Raise Your Glass - Pink (55)
67. Walking - Mary Mary (45)
68. My Body - Young The Giant (68)
69. Tacalacateo - India & Peppe Citarella (71)
70. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park (47)
71. Till The World Ends - Britney Spears (75)
72. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (76)
73. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger (74)
74. Adolescents - Incubus (82)
75. Old Alabama - Brad Paisley f/Alabama (80)
76. Hesitate - Stone Sour (81)
77. All Of The Lights - Kanye West f/Rihanna (77)
78. Sun Of A Gun - Oh Land (82)
79. Raymond - Brett Eldredge (79)
80. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan (88)
81. I'll Be Waiting - Michael Franti & Spearhead (83)
82. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (DEBUT)
83. If Heaven Isn't So Far Away - Justin Moore (85)
84. Look It Up - Ashton Shepherd (84)
85. Somewhere Else - Toby Keith (86)
86. Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square (66)
87. 4Evermore - Anthony David f/Algebra (DEBUT)
88. Loser Like Me - Glee Cast (90)
89. Push It - Jessie & The Toy Boys f/Yelawolf (DEBUT)
90. Addiction - Medina (DEBUT)
91. I Wouldn't Be A Man - Josh Turner (93)
92. Happily Ever After - He Is We (96)
93. A Night Like This - Caro Emerald (DEBUT)
94. Changing - Airborne Toxic Event (94)
95. Cherie Coco - Magic System f/Soprano (100)
96. Buzzin' - Mann f/50 Cent (DEBUT)
97. When You're Young - 3 Doors Down (98)
98. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman (DEBUT)
99. Unorthodox - Wretch 32 f/Example (DEBUT)
100. Honey Bee - Blake Shelton (DEBUT)

This week there are nine new songs on my list (highlighted in yellow), and I've included links to some of their previous videos in orange.

The highest entry is by Bruno Mars, who has had quite a year, placing all five of his official single releases (3 as a lead artist, 2 supporting) have made the Billboard Hot 100 top-5. Three of those have gone all the way to #1: "Nothin' On You" with B.o.B, and his first two solo hits "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade". His latest also comes with an eye-catching video, though pretty low-rent but entirely entertaining courtesy of some dancing monkeyheads. Here's "The Lazy Song"...



Next up is R&B singer Anthony David, who was born in Savannah, Georgia, but now is based out of Atlanta. He's been mentored by fellow alt-soul songbird India.Arie, and his single with her "Words" was a top-20 adult R&B hit and got David nominated for a Grammy in 2009. His latest recruits another singer off the soulbeaten trap, Algebra, for "4Evermore"...



Jessie Malakouti has her first hit with a band, the "Toy Boys", apparently made from mannequins which is i guess kind of new. Here's Jessie getting down in the laundromat with "Push It"...



Danish singer Medina has previously scored on dance radio with "You & I" in 2009, and two years on she follows up with "Addiction"...



Traveling south, Amsterdam-born Caro Emerald has her debut pan-European smash that's hit the top of the Dutch, Austrian, and Romanian charts, and right now is top-5 in the big German market. Here's the pop-swing a la Swing Out Sister of "A Night Like This"...



West LA rapper Mann nabs his first hit with a little help with 50 Cent (owner of the triad of #1s "In Da Club", "21 Questions", and "Candy Shop"), and a bit more help from the 80's dance-pop duo Nu Shooz, with a generous sample of their #3 hit from 1986, "I Can't Wait".



..and since I'm in the 80's, its a propos that the latest debut is actually a single from 1988. Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" may not have been her biggest hit (that goes to the top-3 "Give Me One Reason"), but it remains her signature and most well-known work. It's back in the UK top-5 due to a version on X Factor in the UK. A portend for the US version, perhaps?



British rap artist Wretch 32 has his first hit on my list with his second top-5 hit in Britain (following "Traktor") with a track featuring Example, who has had a top-3 hit of his own with "Kickstarts". Their newest is "Unorthodox"...



The final new entry is by Mr. Miranda Lambert...uh, Blake Shelton, who in ten years has racked up eight country #1 hits, from "Austin" to "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking". His latest is "Honey Bee", and Blake, don't worry, I couldn't care less about touching you. Blech...



Nighty Nights!