twostepcub's music chart for December 16, 2011...

Hey everyone, sorry for being a little tardy but with the holidays coming I've been on overdrive, but it's time for my top-100 tunes from last week. David Guetta and Usher spend a second week at the top, while LMFAO (pictured above) have their second top-5 hit. Singles by Wynter Gordon, Avicii, and Adele make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by the Eli Young Band. Morgan Page, and Taylor Dayne drop out. Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist links to go to their official website for more info on them (rightclick, and you can use a different tab or window and keep this one up). I'm up to my eyes in peanut butter!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Without You - David Guetta f/Usher (1)
2. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (2)
3. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (3)
4. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (7)
5. Crawling Back To You - Daughtry (6)
6. Someone Like You - Adele (5)
7. Paradise - Coldplay (7)
8. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (4)
9. Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert (10)
10. We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum (12)
11. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (21)
12. Nothing - The Script (8)
13. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (15)
14. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (14)
15. Walk - Foo Fighters (13)
16. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (16)
17. When We Stand Together - Nickelback (19)
18. All Your Life - The Band Perry (24)
19. You Make Me Feel... - Cobra Starship f/Sabi (17)
20. I Got You - Thompson Square (22)
21. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (11)
22. Keep Me In Mind - Zac Brown Band (26)
23. You & I - Lady GaGa (18)
24. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (32)
25. Lonely Boy - Black Keys (33)
26. Tonight - Seether (28)
27. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera (23)
28. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (30)
29. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (31)
30. Fool For You - Cee-Lo Green f/Melanie Fiona or Philip Bailey (34)
31. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (29)
32. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (36)
33. Let It Rain - David Nail (35)
34. Countdown - Beyonce (42)
35. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger (20)
36. Heartbeat - The Fray (38)
37. In The Dark - Dev (27)
38. Easy - Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield (40)
39. Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean (43)
40. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (25)
41. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (58)
42. Stay - Tyrese (46)
43. I Like How It Feels - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (59)
44. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (48)
45. You - Chris Young (55)
46. Reality - Kenny Chesney (52)
47. It Girl - Jason Derulo (37)
48. Drink In My Hand - Eric Church (56)
49. Levels - Avicii (67)
50. Brand New Bitch - Anjulie (65)
51. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton (41)
52. Show Me - Jessica Sutta (44)
53. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (53)
54. Bring It Back - Global Deejays (54)
55. One More Drinking Song - Jerrod Niemann (45)
56. Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute (60)
57. Rain - C+C Music Factory (61)
58. Buy My Love - Wynter Gordon (82)
59. Too Much In Love - Chris Willis (DEBUT)
60. Invisible - Skylar Grey (62)
61. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (66)
62. We're All No One - Nervo f/Afrojack & Steve Aoki (72)
63. Country Must Be Countrywide - Brantley Gilbert (63)
64. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift (39)
65. Lights - Ellie Goulding (69)
66. These Days - Foo Fighters (DEBUT)
67. Loca People - Sak Noel (57)
68. If It's Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (68)
69. Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles (71)
70. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (77)
71. 1,000 Ships - Rachel Platten (73)
72. Storm Warning - Hunter Hayes (76)
73. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (74)
74. I Got Nothin' - Darius Rucker (78)
75. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (80)
76. Dark Horses - Switchfoot (83)
77. Read All About it - Professor Green f/Emeli Sande (79)
78. Called Out in The Dark - Snow Patrol (84)
79. Papi - Jennifer Lopez (49)
80. Hangover - Taio Cruz f/Flo Rida (92)
81. Party People - Erika Jayne (DEBUT)
82. Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne (89)
83. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (81)
84. Sail - AWOLnation (86)
85. When I Start (To Break It Down) - Erasure (87)
86. Amen - Edens Edge (90)
87. Geronimo - Aura Dione (91)
88. Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs (DEBUT)
89. Stay Together - Ledisi f/Jaheim (99)
90. My Heart Can't Tell You No - Sara Evans (94)
91. Earthquake - Labrinth f/Tinie Tempah (95)
92. Lightning - The Wanted (88)
93. Didin't I - James Wesley (93)
94. Un Deux Trois - Laura Larue (DEBUT)
95. Take A Chance On Me - JLS (97)
96. Video Games - Lana Del Ray (DEBUT)
97. Party - Beyonce (DEBUT)
98. Care - Kid Rock f/Martina McBride & T.I. (98)
99. Home - Dierks Bentley (DEBUT)
100. Bad - The Cab (DEBUT)

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

The highest entry this week is by gospel-turned-dance male diva Chris Willis. Under the mentorship of current #1 artist David Guetta, Willis placed two #1 US dance hits with "Love Is Gone" (radio) and "Gettin' Over You" (club play), as well as a collaboration #1 with Ultra Nate, "Give It All You Got". After striking out on his own, Willis scored a #1 lead-artist hit with "Louder (Put Your Hands Up)" at the beginning of this year. He's back with the next single from his Premium: Songs From The Love Ship EP which was released digitally last month, and it's worth checking out. He's got one of the best and most soulful male voices in dance music right now, in the tradition of Byron Stingily. Here's the Kravitz-sampling "Too Much In Love"...



Next up is the third single from the Foo Fighters' latest CD Wasting Light which gave the group six Grammy nominations this year, including Album of the Year. Of course, it is Adele's year to lose, but Grohl and the boys put out the best rock album by far this year. The public caught on as well, giving them their first #1 album as well as the record-setting 20-week reign of "Rope" atop the Rock Songs chart followed by the first consecutive pair of #1's with "Walk", which is still in my top-15. Their newest is "These Days"...



Dance-pop singer Erika Jayne is trying to extend her streak of five (as in, all of her singles) songs to hit the #1 spot on the US dance club chart, including my faves "Stars" and "Give You Everything". Her latest is already in the top-10, so it's looking good with "Party People (Ignite The World)"..



The original British version of the X Factor concluded this week, with the triumph of the first group in its eight seasons, Little Mix. In the meantime, the sixth-season runner-up Olly Murs has carved out a much bigger career than his counterpart Joe McElderry, celebrating his third #1 UK hits (after "Please Don't Let Me Go" and "Heart Skips A Beat") with a song he performed on the show (a given, given his host status of spinoff show the XTRA Factor) with the Muppets, "Dance With Me Tonight"...



Laura Larue follows up her debut top-20 single "San Francisco Is My Disco" with her second, "Un Deux Trois"...



Trust-fund 1%er Elizabeth Grant (her dad is internet entrepreneur Robert Grant), aka Lana Del Rey, channels her inner Fiona Apple for her first indie hit, which has gone to #1 in Germany of all places, as well as becoming a top-10 hit in the UK. Here's the haunting "Video Games"...



Beyonce's 4 hasn't given her a top-10 pop hit so far, but it's much better than it's been received. Between the bombast of "Best Thing I Never Had" and the frantic sass of latest dance hit "Countdown", there are a lot of high points on the record, but I believe her ship was sunk with the mess that was "Run The World (Girls)". However she joins "Countdown" which is still top-40 with a song that's been holding at the #2 spot on the R&B chart, and the video features sister Solange "Basement Baby" Knowles as well as former Destiny's Child-mate Kelly Rowland (who's "Motivation" outdid anything of Bey's this year) and rap-singer J. Cole (replacing album-version Andre 3000 of Outkast). And the clip? It's a "Party"...



Arizona native Dierks Bentley went to high school at a private school right down the road from where I did (The Lawrenceville School, alma mater of Huey Lewis), but he's made his name on the country music scene, with eight number ones to his credit, including my favorites "Settle For A Slowdown and "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)". His last single, "Am I The Only One", also made the top spot, and this latest, the second from his upcoming CD Home, is the title track...



The final entry is by Las Vegas-based rock outfit the Cab, whose only other chart appearance was minor pop airplay in 2009 for single "Bounce". They are back with a track getting play on Adult pop radio, here's "Bad"...



Starting in a couple days I will be starting my countdown recap of the 100 biggest songs of 2011 on my chart. Relive the best of what I thought was the best, including the song that didn't claim the year-end top spot until the very last week. Stay tuned....

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