twostepcub's music chart for November 25, 2011...

Hey folks, it's after-Thanksgiving pre-Christmas limbo, and time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Adele remains on top for an eighth week, while Kelly Clarkson (pictured above) makes it into the top-5. Singles by Katy Perry, Selena Gomez & The Scene, and Tyrese make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by the Swedish House Mafia, Katy Perry, David Guetta, Blink-182, Leona Lewis, George Strait, and Rodney Atkins drop out. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist names to go to their official website. Pass the leftovers!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Someone Like You - Adele (1)
2. Without You - David Guetta f/Usher (4)
3. Nothing - The Script (2)
4. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (6)
5. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (3)
6. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (8)
7. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (11)
8. Walk - Foo Fighters (7)
9. You & I - Lady GaGa (5)
10. Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert (12)
11. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (8)
12. Crawling Back To You - Daughtry (14)
13. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (17)
14. We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum (18)
15. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera (15)
16. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (16)
17. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (13)
18. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton (10)
19. Paradise - Coldplay (29)
20. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift (22)
21. You Make Me Feel... - Cobra Starship f/Sabi (27)
22. I Got You - Thompson Square (24)
23. In The Dark - Dev (20)
24. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger (28)
25. Crazy Girl - The Eli Young Band (25)
26. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (21)
27. Loca People - Sak Noel (19)
28. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (32)
29. Papi - Jennifer Lopez (30)
30. In The Air - Morgan Page f/Sultan & Ned Shepard, BT, & Angela McCluskey (31)
31. It Girl - Jason Derulo (35)
32. Show Me - Jessica Sutta (36)
33. When We Stand Together - Nickelback (37)
34. Keep Me In Mind - The Zac Brown Band (44)
35. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (23)
36. All Your Life - The Band Perry (50)
37. Tonight - Seether (45)
38. Let It Rain - David Nail (40)
39. Floor On Fire - Taylor Dayne (43)
40. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (34)
41. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (26)
42. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (52)
43. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (77)
44. Fool For You - Cee-Lo Green f/Melanie Fiona or Philip Bailey (54)
45. One More Drinkin' Song - Jerrod Niemann (47)
46. Easy - Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield (48)
47. Wepa - Gloria Estefan (33)
48. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (38)
49. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (79)
50. Elle Me Dit - Mika (46)
51. Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean (55)
52. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (62)
53. Jet Lag - Simple Plan f/Natasha Bedingfield (57)
54. Heartbeat - The Fray (65)
55. Good Life - OneRepublic (51)
56. Bring It Back - Global Deejays (66)
57. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys (DEBUT)
58. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (78)
59. Stay - Tyrese (87)
60. Love Slayer - Joe Jonas (64)
61. Reality - Kenny Chesney (82)
62. Drink In My Hand - Eric Church (74)
63. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (DEBUT)
64. Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute (69)
65. Country Must Be Countrywide - Brantley Gilbert (71)
66. Invisible - Skylar Grey (81)
67. Countdown - Beyonce (DEBUT)
68. All About Tonight - Pixie Lott (68)
69. Heaven - O.A.R. (73)
70. You - Chris Young (DEBUT)
71. Rain - C+C Music Factory (83)
72. If It's Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (72)
73. Tonight - D'Manti (DEBUT)
74. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (DEBUT)
75. New Age - Marlon Roudette (75)
76. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (DEBUT)
77. Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles (DEBUT)
78. Lights - Ellie Goulding (96)
79. Cost Of Livin' - Ronnie Dunn (80)
80. Helena Beat - Foster The People (85)
81. Read All About It - Professor Green f/Emeli Sande (91)
82. I Got Nothin' - Darius Rucker (86)
83. Skyscraper - Demi Lovato (84)
84. Storm Warning - Hunter Hayes (89)
85. 1,000 Ships - Rachel Platten (95)
86. Out Of My Head - Theory Of A Deadman (99)
87. Rain Over Me - Pitbull f/Marc Anthony (88)
88. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (94)
89. When I Start (To Break It Down) - Erasure (DEBUT)
90. Lightning - The Wanted (90)
91. Sail - AWOLnation (RE-ENTRY)
92. Bottoms Up - Nickelback (92)
93. Dark Horses - Switchfoot (DEBUT)
94. We're All No One - Nervo f/Afrojack & Steve Aoki (DEBUT)
95. Eyes - Kaskade f/Mindy Glenhill (DEBUT)
96. Amen - Edens Edge (100)
97. With Ur Love - Cher Lloyd f/Mike Posner (DEBUT)
98. Earthquake - Labrinth f/Tinie Tempah (98)
99. Geronimo - Aura Dione (DEBUT)
100. Hangover - Taio Cruz (DEBUT)

There are fifteen new songs on my list this week (highlighted in yellow), and here they are, with a little about the artists as well as links to their previous hits in orange...

The highest debut comes from Akron, Ohio rock duo the Black Keys, who had their breakthrough hit at the end of last year with "Tighten Up" which topped the rock charts, followed by the top-3 "Howling For You". They preview their upcoming CD with the track "Lonely Boy"...



The next track is a "double sample". South Florida-based rapper Flo Rida claims two of the biggest-selling digital singles with the #1 hits "Low" and "Right Round". This time he's back with a song that is based on Swedish dance artist Avicii's "Levels" which itself is cribbed from R&B legend Etta James' "Something's Gotta Hold On Me" from 1962. Here's "Good Feeling"....



Beyonce's 4 has put five singles on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, though none have gone higher than the #16 placing of "Best Thing I Never Had". That's a far cry from the previous three albums which produced five #1 hits between them, including "Baby Boy" and "Irreplaceable". Her latest featured her "baby bump", and is destined to be another #1 dance hit, "Countdown"...



Nashville Star winner Chris Young hit his stride on his sophomore album, and now is working on a string a four consecutive #1 country singles, including "Voices" (which took over a year to get to the top) and "The Man I Want To Be". His latest is in the top-20 so far, and it's "You"...



Las Vegas newcomer D'Manti has her first hit with the club track "Tonight", which makes it the fourth "Tonight" single in the last couple weeks, with songs by Seether, Nicola Fasano, and Hot Chelle Rae (doubly so)...



In her 20 year career, Martina McBride has climbed to the top of Billboard's Country chart five times, from 1995's "Wild Angels" to 2001's "Blessed". Though she has somewhat "cooled" in the last ten years, she's consistently stayed on the radio where others of her era have fallen completely off (Deana Carter, ahem). She's back with the inspirational "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"....



Next up is English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who claims his third straight top-5 hit in Britain - His debut, "A-Team" made #3, the followup "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" hit #4, and yes, so far the third "Lego House" is at #5. Here's the clip featuring Ron Weasley himself, Rupert Grint, playing Sheehan's doppelganger obsessed fan on 'Lego House'...



After having a pop smash in 2007 with "Love Song", and having one of my favorite tracks from last year, "King Of Anything", Sara Bareilles has settled in as the middle (read "Paula Abdul") judge on the Sing-Off, in my opinion the best singing competition on television. The final is Monday, and Sara is set to perform, possibly this, her latest hit, "Gonna Get Over You"...



I'm so happy to see synth-pop pioneers Erasure back with a new CD. Vince Clarke and Andy Bell had 14 top-10 singles in the UK, including the #2 "Sometimes" and #1 with the EP "Abba-esque" which included their take on "Take A Chance On Me". Their last single to make it that far was 2005's "Breathe", but they are back with an excellent new song, "When I Start (To Break It Down)"...



San Diego-based rock band Switchfoot's 2003 release The Beautiful Letdown gave them both their top-20 pop hits with "Meant To Live" and "Dare You To Move". They're back with the rockin' "Dark Horses"....



Australian twin sister act Nervo are songwriters who penned some great tunes in the past couple years, like David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over" and Kylie Minogue's "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". They have their first hit in their own right with the dance track "We're All No One", featuring Dutch DJ Afrojack (of "Take Over Control" and "Give Me Everything" fame) and Los Angeles' Steve Aoki (who had a UK top-40 with "I'm In The House")...



Chicago-born DJ Ryan Raddon, or Kaskade, has amassed a number of dance radio #1 hits, including "Move For Me" and "I Remember", as well as a single #1 club hit, "Everything". He's back with folk-singer Mindy Glenhill providing vocals on "Eyes"...



UK X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd had her first British #1 a few weeks back with "Swagger Jagger", and is back with her top-5 followup, featuring American singer Mike Posner of "Cooler Than Me" fame, on "With Ur Love"...



Danish singer Aura Dione had a European hit a couple years back with "I Will Love You Monday (365)", and she's back with another song that hit #1 in Germany (her biggest audience) with "Geronimo"...



The final new track is by British R&B star Taio Cruz, who thanks to megahits "Break Your Heart" and "Dynamite" is back with a song that hasn't caught on yet in the States, but is already a top-3 hit in Germany. Here's "Hangover"...



Now time for sleep!