twostepcub's music chart for September 21, 2012...

Good afternoon, folks, it's Friday afternoon, so that mean's my top-100 tunes for the week. This week New Yorkers fun stay on top for a second week, while ginger cub Alex Clare (pictured above) jumps into the top-10. Songs by Nicki Minaj, Anita Baker, and Richard Vission vs Luciana make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Gotye, the Band Perry, fun, Scissor Sisters, Demi Lovato, and Love & Theft drop out.

This Week               Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Some Nights - fun (1)
2. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees (4)
3. She's So Mean - Matchbox Twenty (3)
4. Lights - Ellie Goulding (2)
5. Oh Love - Green Day (5)
6. Too Close - Alex Clare (11)
7. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - Pink (9)
8. Wide Awake - Katy Perry (6)
9. Timebomb - Kylie Minogue (7)
10. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (12)
11. Payphone - Maroon 5 f/Wiz Khalifa (8)
12. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye - Train (16)
13. Pontoon - Little Big Town (15)
14. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (10)
15. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (19)
16. The Wind - The Zac Brown Band (17)
17. Let's Go - Calvin Harris f/Ne-Yo (13)
18. Let's Have A Kiki - Scissor Sisters (23)
19. Spectrum (Say My Name) - Florence + The Machine (21)
20. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen (24)
21. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (26)
22. Dark Side - Kelly Clarkson (14)
23. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (18)
24. Scream - Usher (20)
25. Burn It Down - Linkin Park (22)
26. Whistle - Flo Rida (28)
27. Where Have You Been - Rihanna (25)
28. Spectrum - Zedd f/Matthew Koma (32)
29. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora (31)
30. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (34)
31. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (27)
32. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (43)
33. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (33)
34. Turn Up The Radio - Madonna (38)
35. One More Night - Maroon 5 (47)
36. Mercy - Dave Matthews Band (48)
37. Settle Down - No Doubt (39)
38. For You - Keith Urban (36)
39. Tongue Tied - Grouplove (29)
40. Never Close Your Eyes - Adam Lambert (40)
41. Brokenhearted - Karmin (35)
42. Blown Away - Carrie Underwood (52)
43. Tonight (Best You Ever Had) -  John Legend f/Ludacris (44)
44. Sex Is In The Heel - Cyndi Lauper (46)
45. Fastest Girl In Town - Miranda Lambert (50)
46. Silhouettes - Avicii f/Salif al Fakir (30)
47. Over - Blake Shelton (37)
48. Want U Back - Cher Lloyd (56)
49. Madness - Muse (59)
50. You're Gonna Love Again - NERVO (62)
51. Time Is Love - Josh Turner (51)
52. Black Heart - Stooshe (53)
53. Runaways - The Killers (55)
54. Home - Philip Phillips (60)
55. Why Ya Wanna - Jana Kramer (57)
56. Hard To Love - Lee Brice (66)
57. Feelin' Single - R. Kelly (67)
58. Lately - Anita Baker (73)
59. Take A Little Ride - Jason Aldean (69)
60. Queen Of California - John Mayer (64)
61. Lovin' You Is Fun - Easton Corbin (75)
62. When It Feels This Good - Richard Vission vs. Luciana (77)
63. Tacata - Tacabro (65)
64. Pound The Alarm - Nicki Minaj (94)
65. I Can Only Imagine - David Guetta f/Chris Brown (79)
66. Cowgirls and Angels - Dustin Lynch (71)
67. Pray For Me - Anthony Hamilton (68)
68. The Veldt - deadmau5 f/Chris James (72)
69. I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li (70)
70. Allein - Eric Prydz (74)
71. Superlove - Avicii vs. Lenny Kravitz (81)
72. Truck Yeah - Tim McGraw (76)
73. Hello - Karmin (DEBUT)
74. All Stars - Blush (78)
75. Distance - Christina Perri f/Jason Mraz (83)
76. Come Wake Me Up - Rascal Flatts (89)
77. Nothing's Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson (87)
78. Wanted You More - Lady Antebellum (DEBUT)
79. One Day/Reckoning Song - Asaf Avidan & The Mojo (84)
80. Miss Me - Andy Grammer (DEBUT)
81. This Is Love - will.i.am f/Eva Simons (93)
82. Uh Oh - Junior Doctor (82)
83. The One That Got Away - Jake Owen (95)
84. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Luke Bryan (DEBUT)
85. Beautiful Surprise - Tamia (86)
86. Goin' In - Jennifer Lopez f/Flo Rida (58)
87. Gold On The Ceiling - Black Keys (63)
88. Summer Paradise - Simple Plan f/Sean Paul (92)
89. Hall Of Fame - The Script f/will.i.am (DEBUT)
90. That's Why I Pray - Big & Rich (90)
91. Feel Again - OneRepublic (DEBUT)
92. Bara Bara Bere Bere - Alex Ferrari (98)
93. Shinin' On Me - Jerrod Niemann (DEBUT)
94. Wings - Little Mix (DEBUT)
95. We Own The Night - Tiesto & Wolfgang Gartner f/Luciana (97)
96. Bom Bom - Sam & The Womp (96)
97. No Lie - 2 Chainz f/Drake (99)
98. Til My Last Day - Justin Moore (DEBUT)
99. Under The Sun - Cheryl Cole (DEBUT)
100. Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy (DEBUT)

 There are eleven new songs on this week's list (highlighted in green), and here they are, along with a little about the artist, with links to their earlier hits on video in purple.

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The top entry this week is by electro-pop duo Karmin, who are still on my chart with their first hit, "Brokenhearted", and their new song "Hello" was written by six people, but still manages to crib Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"...(they claim it doesn't but WTF)

Country trio Lady Antebellum tally up the fourth hit from their latest album, Own The Night, which gave them another big crossover hit with "Just A Kiss" last year. The newest single is "Wanted You More"...

Singer/songwriter Andy Grammer had his big break last year with the adult-pop hit "Keep Your Head Up", and the third single from his debut album, "Miss Me", debuts this week...

Country hunk Luke Bryan's third album, Tailgates & Tanlines, has given him three big country hits so far, like the #1 "Drunk On You", and the fourth hit rising is "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"...

Irish rockers The Script had a huge hit in the states in 2008 with "Breakeven", and this time they hook up with Black Eyed Pea will.i.am, who lead singer Danny O'Donaghue shared the spinning chairs with on the UK version of The Voice. Their new collaboration, "Hall Of Fame", is currently the top single in Britain right now...

American pop/rock group OneRepublic are back with their new hit, "Feel Again". Last year they reached the top-10 with "Secrets"...

Country singer Jerrod Niemann had a #1 hit with his Sonia Dada redux "Lover, Lover" in 2010, and now is back with the first single from his upcoming sophomore album, "Shinin' On Me"...

UK X Factor winners Little Mix come in with their second #1 British hit "Wings". Their first, a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball", topped the chart at Christmas last year...

Justin Moore has had two #1 country hits, most recently with "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", and from that same album comes his third single from it, the equally morbid "Til My Last Day"...

Singer Cheryl Cole, who was a member of the reality-show girl-group Girls Aloud as well as a judge on the UK X Factor, just went to #1 with "Call My Name", and follows it up with "Under The Sun"...

The final new song is actually an old one, and it's by a legendary rap group, Public Enemy, who despite their fame and accolades, only made the pop top-40 once in America, with 1994's "Give It Up". Their single from 2007, "Harder Than You Think", is now a top-5 hit in the UK due to its use in the BBC broadcasts of the London Paralympics...

That does it for this week. Thanks for dropping by, and please come by tomorrow for another Song of the Day, Candletime, and the five-part "chart sweeps" of the new music on this week's pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance charts in Billboard magazine. Hope to see ya back!