twostepcub's music chart for December 30, 2011...

Hey guys, it's time for the final weekly music chart for 2011. This week David Guetta and Usher spend a fourth week at the top, while Coldplay (pictured above) hang around in the top-10. Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and Adele has the songs with the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Thompson Square, Jason Derulo, Blake Shelton, and Jessica Sutta drop out. Happy New Year!

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 (4)
5. Crawling Back To You - Daughtry (5)
6. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (6)
7. Paradise - Coldplay (7)
8. Someone Like You - Adele (8)
9. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (11)
10. All Your Life - The Band Perry (14)
11. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (12)
12. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (10)
13. When We Stand Together - Nickelback (15)
14. Keep Me In Mind - The Zac Brown Band (18)
15. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (19)
16. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys (20)
17. We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum (9)
18. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (22)
19. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (33)
20. Walk - Foo Fighters (17)
21. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (26)
22. Nothing - The Script (16)
23. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (21)
24. Countdown - Beyonce (28)
25. Let It Rain - David Nail (29)
26. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (27)
27. Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert (13)
28. Fool For You - Cee-Lo Green f/Melanie Fiona or Philip Bailey (30)
29. Levels - Avicii (40)
30. Heartbeat - The Fray (32)
31. You - Chris Young (41)
32. Tonight - Seether (25)
33. You Make Me Feel... - Cobra Starship f/Sabi (23)
34. Easy - Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield (38)
35. Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean (37)
36. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera (31)
37. I Like How It Feels - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (39)
38. Too Much In Love - Chris Willis (48)
39. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (34)
40. Brand New Bitch - Anjulie (46)
41. Buy My Love - Wynter Gordon (50)
42. Stay - Tyrese (42)
43. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (44)
44. Reality - Kenny Chesney (45)
45. Drink In My Hand - Eric Church (47)
46. These Days - Foo Fighters (51)
47. You & I - Lady GaGa (35)
48. Don't Hold Your Breath - Nicole Scherzinger (43)
49. Hangover - Taio Cruz f/Flo Rida (61)
50. We're All No One - Nervo f/Afrojack & Steve Aoki (54)
51. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (56)
52. Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute (52)
53. Rain - C+C Music Factory (53)
54. Lights - Ellie Goulding (58)
55. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (36)
56. Storm Warning - Hunter Hayes (64)
57. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (57)
58. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (66)
59. In The Dark - Dev (49)
60. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (65)
61. Party People - Erika Jayne (71)
62. Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol (74)
63. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (55)
64. Dark Horses - Switchfoot (72)
65. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (69)
66. Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs (76)
67. Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne (77)
68. Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles (68)
69. 1,000 Ships - Rachel Platten (70)
70. My Heart Can't Tell You No - Sara Evans (78)
71. Give - LeAnn Rimes (84)
72. Last Drag - Traci Lords (82)
73. Amen - Edens Edge (81)
74. Stay Together - Ledisi f/Jaheim (79)
75. You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban (90)
76. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (DEBUT)
77. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith (DEBUT)
78. Video Games - Lana Del Ray (88)
79. Didn't I - James Wesley (89)
80. Camouflage - Brad Paisley (100)
81. Home - Dierks Bentley (91)
82. Our Day Will Come - Amy Winehouse (86)
83. Party - Beyonce (87)
84. Bottoms Up - Nickelback (92)
85. Geronimo - Aura Dione (85)
86. Monarchy Of Roses - Red Hot Chili Peppers (DEBUT)
87. Love After War - Robin Thicke (DEBUT)
88. Bad - The Cab (96)
89. Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) - Lloyd f/Lil' Wayne & Andre3000 (DEBUT)
90. Love On Top - Beyonce (95)
91. 5 O'Clock - T'Pain f/Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen (DEBUT)
92. She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul (98)
93. Wishing On A Star - X Factor Finalists 2011 f/JLS & One Direction (93)
94. Ni**as In Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West (DEBUT)
95. Care - Kid Rock f/Martina McBride & T.I. (97)
96. Love's Gonna Make It Alright - George Strait (DEBUT)
97. We Are Young - Glee Cast (DEBUT)
98. Mayhem - Julissa Veloz (99)
99. Aberdeen - Cage The Elephant (DEBUT)
100. Bait A Hook - Justin Moore (DEBUT)

There are eleven 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 video in orange.

The highest entry is by British group Florence + The Machine, who had their US breakthrough last year with the hit "Dog Days Are Over", which made the top-40 in the US and #1 on my list. In Britain their biggest hit was the live performance with rapper Dizzee Rascal from the Brits Awards show of "You Got The Dirtee Love" that made the runner-up spot in 2010. She's back with a new excellent CD, Ceremonials, and a new single with "Shake It Out"...



Right under Florence is renegade Toby Keith, who captured his 20th #1 country hit last year with "Made In America". My 3 favorites of his are "How Do You Like Me Now", "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You", and "A Little Less Talk, and A Lot More Action". His latest has already been featured on Glee, and it proclaims the virtues of the "Red Solo Cup"...



The Red Hot Chili Peppers follow up their huge comeback "Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" with their album-opening "Monarchy Of Roses". My three fave RCHP hits? "Scar Tissue", "Dani California" and "Soul To Squeeze" (from the classic Coneheads movie)...



Smooth blue-eyed soulman Robin Thicke (son of Growing Pains' Alan Thicke and Days Of Our Lives actress/singer Gloria Loring) returns with his fifth CD, after making the top of the R&B charts twice with "Lost Without U" in 2006 and "Sex Therapy" from his last CD in 2009. Also, his underground sleeper "When I Get You Alone" (my favorite song of his), was covered on Glee by Blaine and the Warblers. The heir apparent slash competition to Justin Timberlake is back with "Love After War"...



Now taking a sharp turn from that smoothness is the newest hit by R&B/hip-hop singer Lloyd. Lloyd is best known for his one top-10 pop/#1 R&B hit "You" with Lil' Wayne in 2006. Five years later, he's still gettin' support from Weezy on a song that channels the rudeness into a retro jam a la Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" on "Dedication To My Ex (Miss You)", with a clip featuring Wayne Brady and actor Talon Reid...



Autotune god T-Pain racked up five top-10 pop lead-artist singles in the mid-naughties as well 8 supporting roles on other's top-tenners, including all told three charttoppers - Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss", Flo Rida's "Low", and his own "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')". He was last seen prominently on Pitbull's "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" last year, and he's back with his own single with rap backup from Wiz "Black & Yellow" Khalifa and crediting the generous sample from Lily Allen's UK top-40 hit "Who'd Have Known", hereby giving Allen her first top-10 song. Interestingly, "Who'd Have Known" itself samples the UK vocal group Take That's 2007 hit "Shine", therefore giving Gary Barlow a top-ten writing credit. Cheers!



The next debut is the first single that I can recall that made it to the Billboard Hot 100 top-5 while being censored for something other than a curse world. Leave it to rap powermoguls Jay-Z and Kayne West to co-0p the "N" word for the swank "Ni**gas in Paris"....



Next up completely on the other side of the spectrum is the totally white-bread George Strait with his latest single, hoping to continue his record where he's sent 83 singles into the country top 10. His latest is aiming there as well, and "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" either way...My faves of his are "I Cross My Heart", "I've Come To Expect It From You", and "You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody"...



The next entry is the latest to hit my list from the cast of Glee, this time covering an obscure alt-rock track by the group fun with Janelle Monae (go check out the original). Here's "We Are Young"..



Rock group Cage The Elephant so far have notched three modern rock #1 hits, including "Shake Me Down" which made my year-end list for this yearm and are back with another top-10 effort with another wackadoo video, "Aberdeen"...



The final debut on my list is country newcomer Justin Moore, who's managed a #1 hit from each of his albums ("Small Town USA" and "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"). He follows up the latter with "Bait A Hook"...



That's it for this year...I hope everyone has a safe and festive New Years! I love holidays that everyone can celebrate!