twostepcub's music chart for June 29, 2012...

Hey folks, it's that time again - my top-100 tunes for the week. This time Carly Rae Jepsen spends a third week by the phone and on top, while rap/rockers Linkin Park (pictured above) move up in the top-10. Songs by Keith Urban, Eva Simons, and Imagine Dragons make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while a former big hit from Jason Aldean drops 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 for more info, music, videos, tourdates, and more. Where's the beach!

This Week              Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (1)
2. Payphone - Maroon5 f/Wiz Khalifa (2)
3. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye f/Kimbra (3)
4. Brokenhearted - Karmin (5)
5. Wild Ones - Flo Rida f/Sia (4)
6. We Are Young - fun f/Jonelle Monae (6)
7. Good Girl - Carrie Underwood (7)
8. Starships - Nicki Minaj (8)
9. Burn It Down - Linkin Park (10)
10. Gold On The Ceiling - Black Keys (11)
11. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (13)
12. Tongue Tied - Grouplove (14)
13. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (9)
14. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction (12)
15. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees (16)
16. Where Have You Been - Rihanna (19)
17. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (17)
18. Drive By - Train (18)
19. Rumour Has It - Adele (15)
20. Greyhound - Swedish House Mafia (20)
21. Live To Rise - Soundgarden (21)
22. Climax - Usher (27)
23. Beers Ago - Toby Keith (25)
24. 5-1-5-0 - Dierks Bentley (28)
25. Glad You Came - The Wanted (23)
26. Girl Gone Wild - Madonna (22)
27. Drunk On You - Luke Bryan (31)
28. Even If It Breaks Your Heart - The Eli Young Band (32)
29. Better Than I Used To Be - Tim McGraw (29)
30. Thank You - Estelle (30)
31. Calling (Lose My Mind) - Sebastian Ingrosso + Alesso f/Ryan Tedder (38)
32. Dance Again - Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull (34)
33. Let's Go - Calvin Harris f/Ne-Yo (39)
34. No Hurry - The Zac Brown Band (24)
35. Shadow Days - John Mayer (35)
36. The Night Out - Martin Solveig (46)
37. Trust Me - Matt Zarley (37)
38. Postcard From Paris - The Band Perry (42)
39. Springsteen - Eric Church (41)
40. You Don't Know Her Like I Do - Brantley Gilbert (44)
41. I Heart You - Toni Braxton (50)
42. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris (26)
43. Part Of Me - Katy Perry (33)
44. Time Is Love - Josh Turner (45)
45. Hold On - Alabama Shakes (49)
46. Menergy - Ralphi Rosario f/Shawn Christopher (54)
47. Sweeter - Gavin DeGraw (47)
48. Give Your Heart A Break - Demi Lovato (48)
49. Wide Awake - Katy Perry (59)
50. Zero Gravity - Kerli (52)
51. Free - Graffiti6 (51)
52. Come Over - Kenny Chesney (53)
53. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (57)
54. I Don't Like You - Eva Simons (66)
55. Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) - Silversun Pickups (56)
56. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (68)
57. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (43)
58. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber (58)
59. Days Go By - The Offspring (69)
60. Midnight City - M83 (36)
61. Outta My Head - Daughtry (63)
62. Too Close - Alex Clare (40)
63. Watching You Watch Him - Eric Hutchinson (55)
64. (Kissed You) Good Night - Gloriana (64)
65. Guardian - Alanis Morissette (70)
66. For You - Keith Urban (80)
67. Chasing The Sun - The Wanted (77)
68. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (76)
69. Next Breath - Tank (71)
70. Don't Stop (Color On The Walls) - Foster The People (74)
71. Can't Stop Me - Afrojack f/Shermanology (75)
72. Hats Off To The Bull - Chevelle (72)
73. My Kind Of Love - Emeli Sande (73)
74. Sing - Gary Barlow & Commonwealth Choir f/Military Wives (79)
75. Somethin' 'Bout A Truck - Kip Moore (67)
76. Princess Of China - Coldplay f/Rihanna (82)
77. Touch Me - Katharine McPhee (DEBUT)
78. Why Ya Wanna - Jana Kramer (78)
79. Angel Eyes - Love And Theft (81)
80. Euphoria - Loreen (88)
81. Scream - Usher (DEBUT)
82. Silhouettes - Avicii f/Salif Al Fakir (83)
83. Vision Of Love - Kris Allen (87)
84. Home Sweet Home - The FARM (84)
85. Tage Die Wiese - Die Toten Hosen (86)
86. Back In Time - Pitbull (90)
87. White Knuckle Ride - Jamiroquai (DEBUT)
88. Feel The Love - Rudimental (89)
89. Free - Haley Reinhart (93)
90. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora (94)
91. Cowboys And Angels - Dustin Lynch (91)
92. Dark Side - Kelly Clarkson (DEBUT)
93. Balada - Gusttavo Lima (95)
94. Lullaby - Nickelback (60)
95. Tacata - Tacabro (99)
96. Whistle - Flo Rida (96)
97. Call My Name - Cheryl Cole (97)
98. Glass - Thompson Square (DEBUT)
99. Over - Blake Shelton (DEBUT)
100. Blessed - Jill Scott (RE-ENTRY)

There are a half-dozen new songs on this week's chart (highlighed in green),  and here they are, along with a little about the artist, with links to their previous hits on video in orange.

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The highest debut this week belongs to American Idol runner-up Katherine McPhee. McPhee may have lost to Taylor (Who?) Hicks in the fifth season, but she's done respectably since,  having two US top-40 records with "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Over It" (that's one more than Hicks, if you're counting), but now she's the star of the NBC Broadway-themed show Smash, and a song from that show has been remixed and is now a top-5 club hit. It's "Touch Me"...

Usher's slow-jam R&B hit "Climax" is still climbing my list at #22, but the dance-styled "Scream" already has made the pop top-10 in the US, and arrives on my list this week, and the clip features the Off-Broadway show Fuerza Bruta which I passed last weekend...

British alt-dance collective Jamiroquai are best known in the US for their top-40 airplay hit "Virtual Insanity", but in their homeland they have accrued twenty-six top-40 singles, including nine top-10 titles. Their last British top-40 is now a top-10 US club hit, "White Knuckle Ride"...

Kelly Clarkson follows up her #1 hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which is still on my list, with "Dark Side"...

Husband-and-wife duo Thompson Square debut with their third top-20 country hit (including their #1 "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"), called "Glass"...

...and finally, Blake Shelton has parlayed his Voice mentorship into a much bigger exposure level for himself, and following six #1 country hits (including the top-20 all-genre "Honey Bee") is another ballad already in the top-20 he's surely hoping for an even seven with, "Over"...

Also, Jill Scott's recent #1 Adult R&B hit "Blessed", sneaks back on at #100...

That's it. Have a great weekend! My weekly chart sweep's of Billboard's official charts starts tomorrow afternoon!