twostepcub's music chart for December 28, 2012...

Hey gang, it's the end of the workweek, and time for my top-100 tunes for this Christmas week. Ne-Yo hangs on to #1 for a second week, while Pink (pictured above airing herself out) moves closer to the top-10. Songs by the Lumineers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Avicii with Lenny Kravitz make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Train, Miranda Lambert, Kristine W, and Taryn Manning drop out. A gnome?

This Week           Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo (1)
2. Madness - Muse (2)
3. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (4)
4. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (6)
5. Skyfall - Adele (3)
6. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (7)
7. Some Nights - fun (5)
8. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (8)
9. Adorn - Miguel (9)
10. Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (10)
11. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (11)
12. Try - Pink (14)
13. Chalk Outline - Three Days Grace (13)
14. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (24)
15. Home - Phillip Phillips (15)
16. Die Young - Ke$ha (17)
17. Diamonds - Rihanna (21)
18. One More Night - Maroon 5 (18)
19. Southern Comfort Zone - Brad Paisley (23)
20. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - Pink (12)
21. Gangnam Style - PSY (19)
22. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (20)
23. Take A Walk - Passion Pit (25)
24. Too Close - Alex Clare (16)
25. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (29)
26. Feel Again - OneRepublic (28)
27. Creepin' - Eric Church (31)
28. Goodbye In Her Eyes - The Zac Brown Band (34)
29. Candy - Robbie Williams (30)
30. Cruise - Florida Georgia Line (32)
31. Till My Last Day - Justin Moore (36)
32. She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) - David Guetta f/Sia (22)
33. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (38)
34. The One That Got Away - Jake Owen (27)
35. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (45)
36. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (42)
37. El Cerrito Place - Kenny Chesney (41)
38. Finally Found You - Enrique Iglesias f/Sammy Adams (46)
39. Hall Of Fame - The Script f/will.i.am (35)
40. Your Body - Christina Aguilera (40)
41. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (47)
42. How Country Feels - Randy Houser (50)
43. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (33)
44. Lately - Anita Baker (44)
45. Miss Me - Andy Grammer (43)
46. Something For The Weekend - Dave Aude f/Luciana (51)
47. Did It For The Girl - Greg Bates (52)
48. She's So Mean - Matchbox Twenty (48)
49. I Cry - Flo Rida (59)
50. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (61)
51. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allan (55)
52. Beer Money - Kip Moore (54)
53. Don't Mind - Mary J. Blige (53)
54. Overjoyed - Matchbox Twenty (58)
55. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Luke Bryan (37)
56. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (66)
57. Been Away Too Long - Soundgarden (68)
58. Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean (62)
59. Trojans - Atlas Genius (69)
60. Begin Again - Taylor Swift (65)
61. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (81)
62. Kill Your Heroes - AWOLnation (63)
63. Superlove - Avicii vs. Lenny Kravitz (83)
64. Tornado - Little Big Town (79)
65. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (73)
66. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (86)
67. We Come Running - Youngblood Hawke (71)
68. True Believers - Darius Rucker (72)
69. Picking Up The Pieces - Paloma Faith (84)
70. I Don't Deserve You - Paul van Dyk f/Plumb (70)
71. One Day/Reckoning Song - Asaf Avidan & The Mojos (49)
72. The Only Way I Know -Jason Aldean f/Luke Bryan & Eric Church (82)
73. Don't Stop The Party - Pitbull f/TJR (77)
74. Spectrum - Zedd f/Matthew Koma (74)
75. Between The Raindrops - Lifehouse f/Natasha Bedingfield (76)
76. Tip It On Back - Dierks Bentley (80)
77. Live While We're Young - One Direction (78)
78. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (88)
79. My Oh My - Tristan Prettyman (57)
80. Love's Got A Hold On Me - Frenchie Davis (DEBUT)
81. I'm Moving On - Yoko Ono (67)
82. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (94)
83. Daylight - Maroon 5 (87)
84. Soldier - Gavin DeGraw (92)
85. Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber f/Nicki Minaj (100)
86. Enemies - Shinedown (DEBUT)
87. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (DEBUT)
88. Only Love - Ben Howard (90)
89. Six Degrees Of Separation - The Script (DEBUT)
90. 93 Million Miles - Jason Mraz (DEBUT)
91. Stars - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (91)
92. The Power Of Love - Gabrielle Aplin (RE-ENTRY)
93. Little Things - One Direction (93)
94. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (DEBUT)
95. Cryin' On A Suitcase - Casey James (96)
96. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (DEBUT)
97. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown (RE-ENTRY)
98. Parking Lot - Nelly Furtado (98)
99. A L'ombre - Mylene Farmer (RE-ENTRY)
100. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (DEBUT)

There are eight new songs on my final chart for the year (highlighted in blue), and you can click on any of the artists to be connected to their official website. And after the break, here they are...

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The top entry this week is by singer/actress Frenchie Davis, who went from being on American Idol to a notable stage career, most famously in Rent, before appearing on The Voice and finishing fifth. She's already had a top-5 dance single as a featured artist on Tony Moran's "You Are" from 2010, and now she's back with her own amazing debut solo hit, "Love's Got A Hold On Me"...

Florida hard rockers Shinedown get the third single from their latest album Amaryllis on my list with "Enemies". The first, "Bully", showed up on my Top 100 for the year...

As Hunter Hayes' breakthrough hit, "Wanted" moves up my chart in its 21st week, his followup, "Somebody's Heartbreak" joins it..

Another act with two songs on my list this week, Irish rock group The Script succeed "Hall Of Fame" with "Six Degrees Of Separation"...

Jason Mraz took "I Won't Give Up" to #1 on my chart this past year, and now he's back with "93 Million Miles". The former hit still has yet to show up on my year-end recap, but it will...as for this one, it's the third big video to feature Red Rocks (after Mumford & Sons and Train)...

R&B singer Avant last appeared on my personal chart way back in 2003 with "Read Your Mind", and he's back at #94 with "You & I" featuring KeKe Wyatt from the R&B Divas "reality" show on TVOne...it's good to see him back...

Now that Tim McGraw has settled his issues with his former record company, he's back with a new track, "One Of Those Nights"...

The last debut is the first hit by Swedish EDM duo Cazzette, with "Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode)" complete with a high-end invasion-style video...

Well that's it for now...Thanks so much for coming, I'm still counting down my top-100 songs of the year, and you can check it out by clicking here.

Tomorrow I'll have another Song of the Day, Candletime, and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the latest songs to make the Billboard charts. See you then!