twostepcub's music chart for August 26, 2011...

Hey everyone! Well I'm pretty late with this weeks top-100 tunes, but nothing like a bit of surgery to slow me down. This week Katy Perry spends a third week on top, while my girl Kylie Minogue (pictured above) makes the biggest leap inside the top-10. The biggest jumps are from songs by Gavin DeGraw, Colbie Caillat, and The Script, as former big hits by Maroon5, Death Cab For Cutie, Marsha Ambrosius, and Katy Perry drop off. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artists below to go to their official website for more info. Ready, Percoset, Go!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (1)
2. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (2)
3. Save The World - Swedish House Mafia (4)
4. Walk - Foo Fighters (6)
5. The Edge Of Glory - Lady GaGa (3)
6. Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (10)
7. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (7)
8. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (9)
9. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (13)
10. Good Life - OneRepublic (5)
11. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (18)
12. Save Me, San Francisco - Train (12)
13. Give Me Everything - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (8)
14. Knee Deep - The Zac Brown Band f/Jimmy Buffett (14)
15. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (11)
16. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce (20)
17. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (15)
18. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj (22)
19. Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer (19)
20. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (16)
21. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera (33)
22. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (24)
23. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (25)
24. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan (26)
25. Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley (29)
26. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (30)
27. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (17)
28. You & Tequila - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (32)
29. The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (41)
30. Till Death - Wynter Gordon (31)
31. Country Song - Seether (21)
32. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (28)
33. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (23)
34. Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias f/Usher & Lil' Wayne (38)
35. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo (36)
36. Freak Of Nature (Mas) - Ricky Martin (40)
37. What A Feeling - Alex Gaudino f/Kelly Rowland (39)
38. Someone Like You - Adele (53)
39. Arms - Christina Perri (43)
40. Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene (35)
41. Tomorrow - Chris Young (27)
42. Where Them Girls At - David Guetta f/Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj (42)
43. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (44)
44. Faster - Matt Nathanson (48)
45. Pieces Of Me - Ledisi (46)
46. Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban (52)
47. I'm Into You - Jennifer Lopez f/Lil' Wayne (37)
48. Nothing - The Script (65)
49. California King Bed - Rihanna (57)
50. Panic - Sublime With Rome (51)
51. Love Done Gone - Billy Currington (55)
52. Remind Me - Brad Paisley f/Carrie Underwood (54)
53. Rope - Foo Fighters (50)
54. Here For A Good Time - George Strait (58)
55. Homeboy - Eric Church (45)
56. All That You Are - Goo Goo Dolls (62)
57. Dirt Road Anthem - Jason Aldean f/Ludacris (47)
58. Talking To The Universe - Yoko Ono (74)
59. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (77)
60. I Smile - Kirk Franklin (61)
61. Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band (66)
62. Worldwide - Roger Sanchez (63)
63. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney (67)
64. Changing - Airborne Toxic Event (56)
65. Addiction - Medina (60)
66. Take A Back Road - Rodney Atkins (68)
67. Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (69)
68. Man Down - Rihanna (73)
69. Lost In You - Three Days Grace (71)
70. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (72)
71. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (89)
72. If It Isn't Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (76)
73. Glad You Came - The Wanted (78)
74. Till The World Ends - Britney Spears (64)
75. Up All Night - Blink-182 (87)
76. I Wanna Go - Britney Spears (84)
77. Don't Stop The Party - Black Eyed Peas (79)
78. So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold (82)
79. Love Don't Run - Steve Holy (80)
80. Louder - DJ Fresh f/Sian Evans (81)
81. I Love You This Big - Scotty McCreery (83)
82. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton (DEBUT)
83. She Makes Me Wanna - JLS f/Dev (93)
84. I Got You - Thompson Square (92)
85. Loud Music - Michelle Branch (90)
86. Little Bad Girl - David Guetta f/Taio Cruz & Ludacris (RE-ENTRY)
87. Undivided - Blush f/Snoop Dogg (99)
88. Sunset In July - 311 (DEBUT)
89. True Love - George Acosta (91)
90. Let It Rain - David Nail (94)
91. Stand - Lenny Kravitz (DEBUT)
92. Danza Kuduro - Don Omar f/Lucenzo (DEBUT)
93. Cinema - Benny Benassi f/Gary Go (DEBUT)
94. Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten - Tim Bendzko (98)
95. Made In America - Toby Keith (96)
96. Honey Bee - Blake Shelton (86)
97. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil f/Bruno Mars (DEBUT)
98. When The Lights Go Down - Grace V. (DEBUT)
99. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (DEBUT)
100. Swagga Jagga - Cher Lloyd (DEBUT)

There are nine new songs on my list (highlighted in yellow), and here they are with a little background on the artists and links to their previous hits in orange...

The highest entry is by country star and Voice coach Blake Shelton, who follows up one of his biggest single successes ("Honey Bee"), which became his second top-20 all-genre US hit after his debut single "Austin". Here's "God Gave Me You" (there's been no official video yet, so here's a lyric clip)...



Reggae--punk-rock outfit 311 have scored two #1 modern rock hits with "Down" in 1996 and their remake of the Cure's "Love Song" for the 50 First Dates soundtrack in 2004. The guys are back with their ninth top-10 on that chart, "Sunset In July"...



Also coming back is retro-rocker Lenny Kravitz, who since 1989 has placed two records in the US top 10 ("It Ain't Over Til It's Over" and "Again") and two charttopping rock hits ("Are You Gonna Go My Way" and "Fly Away"). He is also one of those rare artists that hasn't put out a CD I didn't like as yet. Surprisingly his new work is understated (the first single "Come On Get it" barely dented the Rock sales chart), and I'll have to go take a deeper look. Here's the second single, "Stand"...



French/Portugese singer Lucenzo had a top-10 European hit (which also dented my chart) last year with the song "Vem Dancar Kuduro" with Big Ali, which represented the Kuduro music style popular in the (formerly Portuguese-run) southwestern African country of Angola. Now Lucenzo teams up with Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Don Omar, who has topped the Latin chart with "Angelito" and "Taboo" (a remake of the "Lambada" song which was the basis for Jennifer Lopez's "On The Floor" smash). The song is redone in Spanish and Portugusese and again made #1 Latin and #1 in Germany with "Danza Kuduro"...



Italian DJ Benny Benassi has been almost as busy as his French rival David Guetta these days. After having a #2 UK pop hit in 2003 with the robotic "Satisfaction", and two top-10 dance hits with "Illusion" and "Every Single Day", all with his cousin as the Benassi Bros., Benny broke out on his own and recently had a worldwide hit supporting Chris Brown on his first #1 dance hit "Beautiful People". He as back now as a lead artist with support from British adult-pop singer Gary Go, who two years ago placed a top-30 hit in the UK and also adult-top-40 radio with "Wonderful". Their collaboration is a top-20 UK single and a top-3 song on US dance radio. Here's "Cinema"...



Speaking of collaborations, Bad Meets Evil is the pairing of legendary rapper Enimem, who has had four #1 US pop hits (including "Lose Yourself" and "Love The Way You Lie") with not so famous Detroiter Royce Da 5'9", whose biggest hit was the lowercharting R&B track "You Can't Touch Me". The duo score a top-5 hit with support from singer Bruno Mars (of "Grenade" fame) for "Lighters"...



Next up is Russian-born ingenue Grace V., who American Idol's Randy Jackson mentors into her first top-20 dance hit, "When The Lights Go Down"...



After fronting funk brother group GAP band for over twenty years with classic hits like "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" and "Early In The Morning", Charlie Wilson left the group, and after supporting Snoop Dogg on the top-10 "Beautiful", he's been a powerhouse in adult R&B, with six #1 hits like "You Are". His latest proclaims he's the "Life Of The Party"...



The final debut is by X Factor UK contestant Cher Lloyd, who wowed Simon and the crew with her version of "Turn My Swag On". She went on to place just fourth in that season, but she does make up for it by having a #1 hit, something only winner Matt Cardle acheived. Here she is getting her "Oh My Darling Clementine" on in "Swagger Jagger" (guess she likes the swag)...



and as a bonus, here's the song that after one week on my list finally jumps back in, French DJ David Guetta with Taio Cruz and Ludacris on "Little Bad Girl"...



Nite Nites...