twostepcub's music chart for January 6, 2012....

Hey folks, it's time for my first music list of the new year, and thanks for hanging around (or droppin' in). This week Kelly Clarkson takes over the top spot, while the Band Perry (pictured above) moves up in the top-10. Former big hits by Miranda Lambert, Nicole Scherzinger, and Foster The People drop out, while songs by Florence + The Machine, George Strait, and LeAnn Rimes make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist names to go to their official website (rightclick, with you can use a different tab or window and keep this up). Happy Birthday, Heather Rose!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (2)
2. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (3)
3. Without You - David Guetta f/Usher (1)
4. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (4)
5. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (6)
6. Paradise - Coldplay (7)
7. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (9)
8. All Your Life - The Band Perry (10)
9. Crawling Back To You - Daughtry (5)
10. Someone Like You - Adele (8)
11. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (15)
12. Lonely Boy - Black Keys (16)
13. Keep Me In Mind - Zac Brown Band (14)
14. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (12)
15. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (19)
16. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (18)
17. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (11)
18. When We Stand Together - Nickelback (13)
19. Levels - Avicii (29)
20. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (21)
21. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (26)
22. Countdown - Beyonce (24)
23. Let It Rain - David Nail (25)
24. Fool For You - Cee-Lo Green f/Melanie Fiona or Philip Bailey (28)
25. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (23)
26. Heartbeat - The Fray (30)
27. You - Chris Young (31)
28. Too Much In Love - Chris Willis (38)
29. We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum (17)
30. Walk - Foo Fighters (20)
31. Buy My Love - Wynter Gordon (41)
32. Easy - Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield (34)
33. Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean (35)
34. Nothing - The Script (22)
35. I Like How It Feels - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (37)
36. Brand New Bitch - Anjulie (40)
37. These Days - Foo Fighters (46)
38. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (43)
39. Hangover - Taio Cruz f/Flo Rida (49)
40. Stay - Tyrese (42)
41. Drink In My Hand - Eric Church (45)
42. Reality - Kenny Chesney (44)
43. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (39)
44. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Chrisina Aguilera (36)
45. You Make Me Feel...Cobra Starship f/Sabi (33)
46. Tonight - Seether (32)
47. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (51)
48. Lights - Ellie Goulding (54)
49. Party People - Erika Jayne (61)
50. We're All No One - Nervo f/Afrojack & Steve Aoki (50)
51. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (60)
52. Storm Warning - Hunter Hayes (56)
53. You & I - Lady GaGa (47)
54. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (58)
55. Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs (66)
56. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (76)
57. Give - LeAnn Rimes (71)
58. Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol (62)
59. Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne (67)
60. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (65)
61. Last Drag - Traci Lords (72)
62. Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute (52)
63. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith (77)
64. Dark Horses - Switchfoot (64)
65. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (57)
66. My Heart Can't Tell You No - Sara Evans (70)
67. 1,000 Ships - Rachel Platten (69)
68. Video Games - Lana Del Ray (78)
69. In The Dark - Dev (59)
70. You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban (75)
71. Amen - Edens Edge (73)
72. Monarchy Of Roses - Red Hot Chili Peppers (86)
73. Stay Together - Ledisi f/Jaheim (74)
74. Love After War - Robin Thicke (87)
75. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (55)
76. Camouflage - Brad Paisley (80)
77. Home - Dierks Bentley (81)
78. Marry The Night - Lady GaGa (DEBUT)
79. Didn't I - James Wesley (79)
80. Party - Beyonce (83)
81. Love's Gonna Make It Alright - George Strait (96)
82. Our Day Will Come - Amy Winehouse (82)
83. Geronimo - Aura Dione (85)
84. She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul (92)
85. Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) - Lloyd f/Lil' Wayne & Andre3000 (89)
86. 5 O'Clock - T-Pain f/Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen (91)
87. Bad - The Cab (88)
88. Love On Top - Beyonce (90)
89. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (RE-ENTRY)
90. Arrow Through My Heart - Eddie Amador & Kimberly Cole (DEBUT)
91. I Like It Like That - Hot Chelle Rae f/New Boyz (DEBUT)
92. Cannonball - Little Mix (DEBUT)
93. Aberdeen - Cage The Elephant (99)
94. Ni**as In Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West (94)
95. Care - Kid Rock f/Martina McBride & T.I. (95)
96. If It Wasn't For Love - Deborah Cox (DEBUT)
97. Lotus Flower Bomb - Wale f/Miguel (DEBUT)
98. Bait A Hook - Justin Moore (100)
99. Je L'aime A Mourir - Shakira (DEBUT)
100. Where I Come From - Montgomery Gentry (DEBUT)

There are eight new songs to bring on the new year, and here they are, along with a little about the artists, with links to their previous hits on YouTube in orange....

The highest debut belongs to Lady GaGa, who brought in the New Year inexplicably making kissy face with Mayor Bloomberg wearing a rhinestone faceplate. Her latest single, the fifth official single from Born This Way, carries a video that's one-third Flashdance, one-third Robocop, and one-third Trainspotting. I still have no idea what her emerging from a burning car has to do with a dancer's auditioning struggle, but no mind. Here's the epic "Marry The Night" in its 14 minute splendor...



American DJ/producer Eddie Amador has his first hit on my chart, though he's placed a top-30 hit on the US dance chart with "Save Me" in 2006, and a UK top-20 hit with "Rise" in 2000. He's back with some help from Kimberly Cole, who a couple years back had a top-5 dance hit of her own with "Smack You". They collaborate together on the US top-20 dance hit "Arrow Through My Heart"...



US group Hot Chelle Rae follow up their debut top-10 hit "Tonight Tonight" with a song featuring rap duo New Boyz, who had a top-40 hit of their own last year with "Backseat". Here's the similarly simple-titled "I Like It Like That"...



The winners of the UK version of the X Factor beat out the British "Christmas #1" battle by going on sale a week earlier, with a cover of the Damien Rice alt-rock hit "Cannonball". It's the first group to win the series, and the young girls can claim a charttopper without the rush..



The next entry is by singer Deborah Cox, who for a time held the record for the longest stay at #1 on the R&B charts with her 14 week stay with "Nobody Supposed To Be Here" in 1998. She's also racked up ten #1 dance hits from 1996's "Who Do U Love" to 2008's "Beautiful U R". Her latest effort has reached the top-10 so far, "If It Wasn't For Love"...



Washington, DC rapper Wale has his first US top-40 hit and his first R&B charttopper with a song featuring a singer that had Billboard's #1 R&B hit of 2011, Miguel ("Sure Thing"). Wale himself collaborated with Lady GaGa a couple years back with his UK top-20 hit "Chillin".. his latest R&B winner is the seductive "Lotus Flower Bomb"...



The next entry is a song by Colombian siren Shakira, but unlike her previous Latin-ized hits like her #1 "Hips Don't Lie" and "Whenever Wherever", this one is in French, taken from her Paris Concert video, and the #1 song in that country for the last 3 weeks. It's the somber "Je L'Aime A Mourir" ("I'd Love to Die")...here's her half-Spanish half French version ("Frannish"?)



The final new song is by country-rock duo Montgomery Gentry, who after six albums on the Columbia label, and five #1 country hits including "Roll With Me" and "If You Ever Stop Loving Me", released their first studio CD on indie Average Joe's and are back in the top-20 with the jingoistic "Where I Come From"...



and finally, as a bonus, one song re-enter's my top-100, the excellent collab between French DJ David Guetta and Aussie alt-pop singer Sia, and "Titanium", now complete with cool video....



And let 2012 be 10X better than last year!