twostepcub's music chart for July 22, 2011...

Hey folks, after a 106 degree day today I'm glad to be home in air conditioning, and it's time for my tunes for the week. This week LMFAO spend a fifth week at the top, while Pitbull and Ne-Yo (pictured above) climb within the top-10. Songs by Foo Fighters, Adele, and Swedish House Mafia make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ highlighted in red), while former big hits by Rise Against, Michael Jackson, Lady GaGa, and My Chemical Romance drop out. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artists' names to go to their website (rightclick and you can use another window or tab and leave this up). Here we go...

This Week Song/Artists (last week's position in parentheses)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (1)
2. The Edge Of Glory - Lady GaGa (2)
3. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (7)
4. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (4)
5. You Lie - The Band Perry (5)
6. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (6)
7. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (3)
8. Give Me Everything - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (10)
9. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (16)
10. Country Song - Seether (8)
11. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (13)
12. Good Life - OneRepublic (12)
13. Mean - Taylor Swift (9)
14. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (14)
15. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 (11)
16. Judas - Lady GaGa (20)
17. Rope - Foo Fighters (17)
18. Something To Believe In - Parachute (18)
19. Adolescents - Incubus (19)
20. I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc (21)
21. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (27)
22. Save Me, San Francisco - Train (26)
23. Fuckin' Perfect - Pink (15)
24. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (24)
25. Tomorrow - Chris Young (25)
26. Save The World - Swedish House Mafia (38)
27. You Are A Tourist - Death Cab For Cutie (28)
28. Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn (30)
29. E.T. - Katy Perry f/Kanye West (23)
30. Mirrors - Natalia Kills (32)
31. Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer (35)
32. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan (34)
33. For The First Time - The Script (22)
34. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (36)
35. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (40)
36. Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band f/Jimmy Buffett (42)
37. Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene (47)
38. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (46)
39. Far Away - Marsha Ambrosius (33)
40. Fade - Kristine W. (31)
41. Dirt Road Anthem - Jason Aldean f/Ludacris (45)
42. Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley (44)
43. Till The World Ends - Britney Spears (39)
44. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (52)
45. Addiction - Medina (50)
46. Walk - Foo Fighters (69)
47. If Heaven Wasn''t So Far Away - Justin Moore (49)
48. Where Them Girls At - David Guetta f/Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj (53)
49. Homeboy - Eric Church (51)
50. You & Tequila - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (55)
51. I'm Into You - Jennifer Lopez f/Lil' Wayne (58)
52. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj (62)
53. Sweat - Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta (37)
54. Fuck You (Forget You) - Cee-Lo Green (41)
55. 4Evermore - Anthony David f/Algebra (56)
56. Run The World (Girls) - Beyonce (61)
57. Changing - Airborne Toxic Event (57)
58. World Keeps Turning - Sylvia Tosun (43)
59. Move With It - Linnea (59)
60. We Own The Night - Andrea Rosario (60)
61. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (79)
62. Honey Bee - Blake Shelton (66)
63. Changed The Way You Kiss Me - Example (73)
64. Arms - Christina Perri (72)
65. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull (63)
66. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (78)
67. Catch A Fire - John LePage & Debby Holiday f/LFB (68)
68. I Smile - Kirk Franklin (70)
69.Your Surrender - Neon Trees (74)
70. Panic - Sublime With Rome (71)
71. Falling In - Lifehouse (67)
72. Not My Daddy - Eva (76)
73. See The New Hong Kong - Josie Cotton (83)
74. Till Death - Wynter Gordon (DEBUT)
75. I Wouldn't Be A Man - Josh Turner (77)
76. Crazy Girl - The Eli Young Band (80)
77. Faster - Matt Nathanson (81)
78. Remind Me - Brad Paisley f/Carrie Underwood (82)
79. Love Done Gone - Billy Currington (87)
80. Lies Of The Beautiful People - Sixx:AM (84)
81. Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (85)
82. Pieces Of Me - Ledisi (86)
83. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo (93)
84. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce (DEBUT)
85. California King Bed - Rihanna (90)
86. (It) Feels So Good - Steven Tyler (88)
87. Don't Stop The Party - Black Eyed Peas (89)
88. Here For A Good Time - George Strait (98)
89. Lost In You - Three Days Grace (97)
90. Bounce - Calvin Harris f/Kelis (91)
91. What A Feeling - Alex Gaudino f/Kelly Rowland (DEBUT)
92. Love Don't Run - Steve Holy (94)
93. Take A Back Road - Rodney Atkins (DEBUT)
94. I Love You This Big - Scotty McCreery (99)
95. Vamos A La Playa - Loona (96)
96. Gave Up On Love - Kelli (DEBUT)
97. I Miss You - Sarah Engels & Pietro Lombardi (DEBUT)
98. Sail - AWOLnation (100)
99. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney (DEBUT)
100. The Last Goodbye - David Cook (DEBUT)

This week there are eight new entries on my list (highlighted in yellow), and here they are, with links to the artists' other hits in orange. And away we go...

The highest debut belongs to Wynter Gordon, who first got exposure from co-writing and singing on Flo Rida's top-10 hit "Sugar". Last year she topped the US dance charts and this year lingered in the British top-40 with the song "Dirty Talk", and the followup is already in the dance top-5. Here's "Til Death"...



The next entry is the song I feel Beyonce should have released first from her latest CD 4. While "Run The World (Girls)" finally got a tepid response from her performance on the Billboard Music Awards (and a diva-token #1 Dance hit placing), "The Best Thing I Never Had" has that needed drama that rivals her past hits like "Irreplaceable" and "If I Were A Boy"...



And now for the second most successful Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland. After a #1 hit with Nelly, "Dilemma", Kelly has settled for a lower-key career with a few dance and international hits, including the worldwide jam of 2009, "When Love Takes Over" with David Guetta. This year she can boast a bigtime R&B hit that has outperformed her friend Beyonce's, "Motivation" (which is bubbling under my list). Debuting on my chart, though, is another DJ collaboration, this time with Italian DJ Alex Gaudino, who has scored two previous top-10 pop hits in the UK with "I'm In Love (I Wanna Do It)" and "Destination Calabria" (the latter with Crystal Waters). The result is the anthemic "What A Feeling"...



Country hunk Rodney Atkins is a good example of tenacity, with his debut album producing a top-10 hit with "Honesty" on his third single. That paid off with his sophomore effort, which gave Atkins four #1 hits in a row, including 2006's top Billboard country hit, "If You're Going Through Hell". His latest ode to escapism is "Take A Back Road"...



Next up is Kelli, who appeared on the Bravo "docudrama"-faux reality show NYC Prep, which means that I shouldn't like this auto-tuned mess as much as I do. Damn you, cool production!



Speaking of "reality" shows, here's the winner and runner-up to Germany's version of the
Idol franchise, Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Pietro Lombardi already was seen on my chart with his winner's song, "Call My Name", and now the two pair up for "I Miss You"...



Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney scored his biggest hit so far with his first, the adult-pop top-10 single "Nothing Left To Lose" in 2006. His latest is just climbing that same chart, and it's with the bubbly "Hey Mama"...



The final entry is another Idol franchise winner, this time from the American version's seventh season, David Cook. After winning, Cook has made the US top-40 with six singles, most successfully with the top-3 "Time Of My Life". His latest, from his top-10 sophomore CD This Loud Morning, is "The Last Goodbye"...



Now get to bed, pardner!