twostepcub's music chart for January 11, 2013...

Hey gang, it's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Bruno Mars takes over the #1 spot, while American Idol's Philliip Phillips (pictured above) moves right under the top-10. Songs by Macklemore, the Band Perry, and Eric Prydz make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Carry on!

This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (2)
2. Madness - Muse (1)
3. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (5)
4. Try - Pink (6)
5. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (4)
6. Adorn - Miguel (7)
7. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo (3)
8. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (8)
9. Little Black Submarines - Black Keys (10)
10. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (12)
11. Home - Philliip Phillips (13)
12. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (14)
13. Some Nights - fun (11)
14. Skyfall - Adele (9)
15. Southern Comfort Zone - Brad Paisley (15)
16. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (20)
17. Diamonds - Rihanna (17)
18. One More Night - Maroon 5 (18)
19. Take A Walk - Passion Pit (19)
20. Chalk Outline - Three Days Grace (16)
21. Goodbye In Her Eyes - The Zac Brown Band (27)
22. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (22)
23. Creepin' - Eric Church (23)
24. Feel Again - OneRepublic (25)
25. Gangnam Style - PSY (21)
26. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (31)
27. Til My Last Day - Justin Moore (29)
28. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (36)
29. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (40)
30. Die Young - Kesha (24)
31. Too Close - Alex Clare (26)
32. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (32)
33. How Country Feels - Randy Houser (37)
34. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (34)
35. El Cerrito Place - Kenny Chesney (35)
36. Finally Found You - Enrique Iglesias f/Sammy Adams (38)
37. Candy - Robbie Williams (33)
38. Cruise - Florida Georgia Line (30)
39. I Cry - Flo Rida (42)
40. Something For The Weekend - Dave Aude f/Luciana (41)
41. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (48)
42. Overjoyed - Matchbox Twenty (46)
43. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allan (47)
44. Lately - Anita Baker (44)
45. Did It For The Girl - Greg Bates (45)
46. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - Pink (28)
47. Hall of Fame - The Script f/will.i.am (43)
48. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (60)
49. Tornado - Little Big Town (57)
50. Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean (54)
51. Been Away Too Long - Soundgarden (53)
52. Beer Money - Kip Moore (52)
53. Daylight - Maroon 5 (61)
54. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (56)
55. Trojans - Atlas Genius (55)
56. She's So Mean - Matchbox Twenty (50)
57. Superlove - Avicii vs Lenny Kravitz (59)
58. Begin Again - Taylor Swift (58)
59. Your Body - Christina Aguilera (39)
60. Picking Up The Pieces - Paloma Faith (62)
61. Miss Me - Andy Grammer (49)
62. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (66)
63. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (63)
64. The Only Way I Know - Jason Aldean f/Luke Bryan & Eric Church (64)
65. Love's Got A Hold On Me - Frenchie Davis (65)
66. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (51)
67. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (69)
68. Tip It On Back - Dierks Bentley (72)
69. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (74)
70. Between The Raindrops - Lifehouse f/Natasha Bedingfield (71)
71. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (76)
72. Every Day - Eric Prydz (82)
73. Don't Stop The Party - Pitbull f/TJR (73)
74. Only Love - Ben Howard (78)
75. Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber f/Nicki Minaj (75)
76. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (81)
77. Gold - Neon Hitch f/Tyga (85)
78. Dancing In My Head - Eric Turner vs. Avicii (84)
79. Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night) - Neon Trees f/Kaskade (79)
80. Soldier - Gavin DeGraw (80)
81. Big Banana - Havana Brown f/R3hab (DEBUT)
82. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (87)
83. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (83)
84. I Found You - The Wanted (RE-ENTRY)
85. Carry On - fun (DEBUT)
86. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (86)
87. Impossible - James Arthur (91)
88. Merry Go Round - Kacey Musgraves (DEBUT)
89. Crying On A Suitcase - Casey James (93)
90. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (96)
91. Change - Churchill (DEBUT)
92. The Power Of Love - Gabrielle Aplin (92)
93. Mermaid - Train (DEBUT)
94. Parking Lot - Nelly Furtado (94)
95. Enemies - Shinedown (RE-ENTRY)
96. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Justice Collective (DEBUT)
97. Let There Be Cowgirls - Chris Cagle (97)
98. Scream & Shout - will.i.am f/Britney Spears (98)
99. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (DEBUT)
100. Swimming Pools (Drank) - Kendrick Lamar (DEBUT)

There are eight new songs spending their first week on my list (highlighted in blue), and here they are, and you can also click on the names of the artists in the chart to click to their official website...

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The highest entry this week is by Australian DJ and singer Havana Brown (real name Angelique Meunier), who renamed herself after a kind of cat, and follows her hit "We Run The Night" (which made the top-40 of my chart) with her #1 dance hit "Big Banana" featuring Moroccan DJ/producer R3Hab (real name Fadil El Ghoul), one of my favorite remixers...

New York alt-rock darlings fun get their third single on my chart with the anthemic "Carry On", as their title track from the album Some Nights still hangs on in the top-20...

Country newcomer Kacey Musgraves appeared first on the competition show Nashville Star six years ago, and new she gets her first hit with the compellingly realistic "Merry Go Round"...

Denver-based folk-rock band Churchill arrive with their debut single, "Change"...

California veterans Train's third single from their California 37 album is "Mermaid". The first two both made the top-40 of my year-end biggest of 2012...

The next entry was the #1 single for Christmas week in Britain last year, the charity remake of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by the "Justice Collective", with Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Mel C of the Spice Girls, Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, two of the original Hollies, and more. It was released to raise money for the legal fight by the families of those killed in the football stampede/collapse/crushing tragedy in England in 1989 to exonerate their name. I love this version, though the choice of song is like the worst pun ever to remember deaths by crushing...

Rihanna's followup to her Sia-penned hit "Diamonds" (still in my top-20) is the ballad "Stay" featuring Louisiana singer Mikky Ekko...

The final debut this week is by rapper Kendrick Lamar, with his first hit "Swimming Pools (Drank)"...

That does it for today...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, Candletime, and this week's five-part "chart sweeps" of the latest music making the Billboard charts. Good night!