twostepcub's music chart for April 27, 2012...

It's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Antipodeans Gotye and Kimbra spend an eighth week at the top, while British TigerBeaters the Wanted (pictured above) make it into the top-five. Former big hits by Robin Thicke and Katy Perry drop out, as singles by One Direction, Justin Bieber, and Carrie Underwood make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red).Link-O-Rama is in effect, so you can click on any of the artists' names to open up their official website for more info.

This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Something That I Used To Know - Gotye f/Kimbra (1)
2. We Are Young - fun. f/Jonelle Monae (2)
3. Rumour Has It - Adele (5)
4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (4)
5. Glad You Came - The Wanted (7)
6. Bully - Shinedown (8)
7. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (3)
8. Part Of Me - Katy Perry (10)
9. Domino - Jessie J (9)
10. Turn Me On - David Guetta f/Nicki Minaj (6)
11. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris (15)
12. Drive By - Train (12)
13. Love On Top - Beyonce (13)
14. Wild Ones - Flo Rida f/Sia (16)
15. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (11)
16. Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna f/Nicki Minaj & MIA (18)
17. Levels - Avicii (17)
18. Alone With You - Jake Owen (14)
19. A Woman Like You - Lee Brice (21)
20. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (20)
21. Lonely Boy - Black Keys (19)
22. These Days - Foo Fighters (22)
23. Tonight Is The Night - Outasight (24)
24. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (26)
25. Run - Matt Nathanson f/Sugarland (25)
26. Dancing Away With My Heart - Lady Antebellum (32)
27. Over You - Miranda Lambert (37)
28. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction (72)
29. International Love - Pitbull f/Chris Brown (29)
30. Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Michel Telo (30)
31. Starships - Nicki Minaj (41)
32. Respect - Melanie Amaro (34)
33. Good Girl - Carrie Underwood (47)
34. Fine By Me - Andy Grammer (38)
35. Ours - Taylor Swift (23)
36. Naked - Dev & Enrique Iglesias (42)
37. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (27)
38. Banjo - Rascal Flatts (40)
39. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (43)
40. Drink On It - Blake Shelton (44)
41. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (31)
42. Paradise - Coldplay (28)
43. Gold On The Ceiling - Black Keys (50)
44. Better Than I Used To Be - Tim McGraw (48)
45. No Hurry - Zac Brown Band (49)
46. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (36)
47. Not Your Fault - AWOLnation (35)
48. Girl Gone Wild - Madonna (54)
49. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (39)
50. Thank You - Estelle (51)
51. Better Than I Know Myself - Adam Lambert (56)
52. Lullaby - Nickelback (52)
53. She Gets Down On Her Knees - Yoko Ono (53)
54. Tongue Tied - Grouplove (58)
55. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - RLP & Barbara Tucker f/Lil Jon (55)
56. Wild One Two - Jack Back f/David Guetta, Nicky Romero & Sia (66)
57. Woo - Anthony Hamilton (57)
58. Shadow Days - John Mayer (60)
59. Never Forget - Dave Aude f/Lena Katina (63)
60. Changed The Way You Kiss Me - Example (64)
61. Don't Stop (Color On The Walls) - Foster The People (33)
62. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (45)
63. Fly Over States - Jason Aldean (71)
64. Midnight City - M83 (68)
65. Even If It Breaks Your Heart - Eli Young Band (67)
66. Eyes Open - Taylor Swift (76)
67. Charlie Brown - Coldplay (69)
68. If You Ever Come Back - The Script (73)
69. Oh My Goodness - Olly Murs (79)
70. You Don't Know Her Like I Do - Brantley Gilbert (74)
71. Simple Song - The Shins (75)
72. Drunk On You - Luke Bryan (82)
73. Watching You Watch Him - Eric Hutchinson (77)
74. Brokenhearted - Karmin (DEBUT)
75. Springsteen - Eric Church (81)
76. Got My Country On - Chris Cagle (80)
77. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (DEBUT)
78. Famous - Audio Playground (DEBUT)
79. Ships In The Night - Mat Kearney (83)
80. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber (100)
81. Cough Syrup - Young Giant (61)
82. Rock The Boat - Bob Sinclar f/Pitbull (86)
83. This Ole Boy - Craig Morgan (87)
84. Alone Again - Alyssa Reid f/Jump Smokers (84)
85. Heart Skips A Beat - Olly Murs f/Rizzle Kicks (89)
86. Time Is Love - Josh Turner (91)
87. Favorite Song - Colbie Caillat f/Common (99)
88. Somethin' 'Bout A Truck - Kip Moore (90)
89. She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul (93)
90. Let's Don't Call It A Night - Casey James (92)
91. Share My Love - R. Kelly (DEBUT)
92. Paso (The Nini Anthem) - Sak Noel (96)
93. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (88)
94. Turn Up The Music - Chris Brown (98)
95. Feel Like A Rock Star - Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw (DEBUT)
96. No Resolution - Seether (DEBUT)
97. Real Love - Eric Benet (RE-ENTRY)
98. Give Your Heart A Break - Demi Lovato (DEBUT)
99. Wanna Make You Love Me - Andy Gibson (DEBUT)
100. Easy - Cro (DEBUT)

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

The highest debut belongs to the duo Karmin, who rode the YouTube wave to record label success. Nick Noonan and Amy Heidemann, who met at Boston's Berklee College of Music and are now engaged, put out a series of covers of hiphop songs like "Look At Me Now" which grew a Reddit fanbase. They recently were the musical guest of Saturday Night Live (rare for an act with no released album), and one of the songs they performed, "Brokenhearted" is breaking through as a top-5 dance and top-40 pop hit.

 Next up is another internet-dependent sensation, this time Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen. Jepsen, from the town of Mission in British Columbia, was a contestant on Canadian Idol, where she came in third in 2007. She had a couple of top-40 hits in Canada, but it took being signed to Justin Bieber's Schoolboy label and his promotion to his gajillion tween "Beliebers" to give her a #1 there as well as England and cross over to the US for a top-10 hit with the uber-cute "Call Me Maybe"...

Also from Canada, this time from Edmonton, Alberta, is dance trio Audio Playground, with their first American hit. With singer Anthony Gitto, they topped the Canadian charts with a cover of Erasure's "A Little Respect", and now reach the US dance list with "Famous"...

R&B loverman R.Kelly has topped the US soul charts a dozen times, most recently with 2003's "Step In The Name Of Love". His newest CD, Write Me Back, is due out in June, and the first single from it is the adult R&B top-5 hit "Share My Love"..

 

Between them country giants Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw have forty-three charttoppers, and they team up for a song that had one of the highest debuts on that list in years (#13) with "Feel Like A Rock Star"..

 South African post-grunge band Seether place their third single from their latest album Holding On To Strings Better Left To Fray onto the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, where they sent "Country Song" and "Tonight" to the #1 spot. It's with "No Resolution"...

After struggling with recovery from drugs, alcohol, and an eating disorder, former Disney actress and Barney kid Demi Lovato had her first solo pop top-10 with "Skyscraper" last year, and the followup has made the adult-pop top-30. Here's "Give Your Heart a Break"...

Andy Gibson, co-writer of the Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson crossover country-pop smash "Don't You Wanna Stay", has his first singing chart hit with the top-30 country single "Wanna Make You Love Me".

The final debut is by German rapper Cro, who cribs the hook from the 60s hit "Sunny" for his first top-3 hit in his homeland, "Easy"..

Thank you, and good night....