Dance Sweep: December 15, 2012...

It's time to wrap up today's "chart sweeps" with the latest dance jams in the clubs and on the radio according to Billboard magazine.

On the DJ-polled Hot Dance Club Play chart, Rihanna climbs into the #1 spot with "Diamonds".

Australian DJ and singer Havana Brown claims the top debut at #33 with "Big Banana". It succeeds her #1 dance hit "We Run The Night" from early this year...(NSFW)

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Justin Bieber might have missed out on the Grammy nominations this year (where both his fans and his manager forget are about artistic excellence, not sales or a rabid tween fanbase), but he enters at #47 with "Beauty And A Beat" featuring Nicki Minaj...

Stereo Missile score their first hit at #49 with "Freak", featuring vocalist Carlotta Chadwick. It's from Tommy Boy Records, so it's got the requisite party quotient...

The last entry at #50 is the collaboration of singer Crystal Waters, and DJs Nicola Fasano and Steve Forest on "A Love I Call My Own". Crystal had topped the dance chart seven times, the latest in 2003 with "My Time" (with Dutch)...

Meanwhile, over on the radio-monitored Dance Airplay chart, Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" hangs on to #1 for a sixth week, and there are no new entries...

Finally, on the Global Dance Tracks list, SHM also stay at #1 for a tenth non-consecutive week with "Don't You Worry Child"...

Rocketing in at #24 is Robbie Williams and his former British #1 hit, "Candy"...

British drum & bass act Rudimental comes in at #31 with "Not Giving In" featuring John Newman & Alex Clare...

Superstar remixer Dave Aude is back at #36 with his own "Something For The Weekend" featuring British singer Luciana...

The last debut here is by Dutch DJ/producer Fedde Le Grand with "Sparks" featuring Matthew Koma, who was in the top-3 here with Zedd on "Spectrum"...

Mind you, every single one of these is better than the musical dump that is Grammy nominated Al Walser's "I Can't Live Without You"... Grammys, you've got some 'splainin to do!


That's it for tonight....thanks for stopping by, and I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, Candletime, This week's "album Sweep", and the latest from Great Britain. Cheers!