twostepcub's music chart for April 19, 2013...

Hey gang, it's that time again----the end of the work week and my top-100 tunes from last week. This time out Imagine Dragon hang on at the top for a second week, while Scottish fave of mine Emeli Sande (pictured above) moves up in the top-10. Songs by Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran, and Michael Buble' make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Little Big Town, Tori Amos, Of Monsters And Men, The Script, and Randy Houser drop out. Stay Calm and don't watch CNN!

This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (1)
2. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (2)
3. Carry On - fun. (3)
4. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (4)
5. Lover Of The Light - Mumford & Sons (5)
6. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (6)
7. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (8)
8. Just Give Me A Reason - Pink f/Nate Ruess (12)
9. Daylight - Maroon 5 (9)
10. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (10)
11. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (11)
12. Clarity - Zedd (14)
13. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (13)
14. Trojans - Atlas Genius (18)
15. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (15)
16. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake (31)
17. I Could Be The One - Avicii vs. Nicky Romero (19)
18. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (24)
19. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (7)
20. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (34)
21. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (17)
22. I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice (30)
23. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (21)
24. Hero - Family Of The Year (32)
25. Madness - Muse (25)
26. Try - Pink (16)
27. Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert (38)
28. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (28)
29. Heaven - Depeche Mode (39)
30. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (26)
31. Downtown - Lady Antebellum (33)
32. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (22)
33. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (23)
34. Closer - Tegan & Sara (47)
35. Alive - Krewella (36)
36. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (29)
37. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (27)
38. I Can Take It From There - Chris Young (42)
39. If I Didn't Have You - Thompson Square (46)
40. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (40)
41. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (41)
42. Ay Mama Mia - Mayra Veronica (37)
43. Adorn - Miguel (43)
44. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (44)
45. The Pit - Silversun Pickups (49)
46. Hold Me - Yoko Ono f/Dave Aude (56)
47. Oh Mama Mey - Chris Cox + DJ Frankie f/Crystal Waters (35)
48. Beat Don't Stop - C-Rod f/Jason Walker (48)
49. Pirate Flag - Kenny Chesney (53)
50. Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips (54)
51. Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton (45)
52. Get Your Shine On - Florida Georgia Line (58)
53. Come Along - Vicci Martinez f/Cee-Lo Green (55)
54. Mermaid - Train (50)
55. Feel This Moment - Pitbull f/Christina Aguilera (59)
56. It's A Beautiful Day - Michael Buble' (70)
57. Because We Can - Bon Jovi (57)
58. Love And War - Tamar Braxton (68)
59. Demons - Imagine Dragons (61)
60. Little Black Submarines - Black Keys (51)
61. Forever - Ralphi Rosario f/Frankie (73)
62. Army Of Two - Olly Murs (62)
63. Rest Of My Life - Ludacris f/David Guetta & Usher (63)
64. 1994 - Jason Aldean (DEBUT)
65. Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake f/Jay-Z (65)
66. Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (76)
67. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allan (60)
68. Give It All We Got Tonight - George Strait (72)
69. So High - Jay Sean (69)
70. More Than Miles - Brantley Gilbert (80)
71. Let Her Go - Passenger (79)
72. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (66)
73. Freak Like Me - Halestorm (78)
74. News For You - Eric Benet (74)
75. Put The Gun Down - ZZ Ward (75)
76. Sexy People (The Fiat Song) - Arianna f/Pitbull (84)
77. If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic (81)
78. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker (90)
79. Panic Station - Muse (DEBUT)
80. Like Jesus Does - Eric Church (88)
81. 22 - Taylor Swift (91)
82. Acid Rain - Alexis Jordan (96)
83. Scream & Shout - will.i.am f/Britney Spears (83)
84. Stompa - Serena Ryder (94)
85. Rebel Beat - Goo Goo Dolls (85)
86. As Your Friend - Afrojack f/Chris Brown (86)
87. Up In The Air - 30 Seconds To Mars (87)
88. Gimme That (Ring My Bell) - Princess X (93)
89. What About Us - The Saturdays (89)
90. Pompeii - Bastille (92)
91. I Love It - Icona Pop f/Charli XCX (RE-ENTRY)
92. Heart Attack - Demi Lovato (DEBUT)
93. Where Did The Angels Go - Papa Roach (980
94. We Come Running - Youngblood Hawke (99)
95. Harlem Shake - Baauer (95)
96. San Francisco - The Mowgli's (DEBUT)
97. Beat This Summer - Brad Paisley (DEBUT)
98. J'me Tire - Maitre Gims (100)
99. The High Road - Three Days Grace (DEBUT)
100. Let's Get Ready To Rhumble - RJ & Duncan (DEBUT)

There's a lucky seven new songs on my chart (plus one re-entry), and they're highlighted in blue, with links to their main artist's official website if you click on them. And here they are, under the break...

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The big entry of the week at #64 is country rocker Jason Aldean with his throwback track "1994". Now, I do have issue with this, solely because Aldean explicity said if there were a video for this song that the name-checked Joe Diffie would be in it. Alas, no Joe to be found. Not cool, Jason! Fix it! Especially since everybody else is on it.

British neo-progressive rock kings Muse are back with the followup to "Madness" which went to #1 on my chart. "Panic Station" shivers in at #79...

Ex-Disney girl and X Factor judge Demi Lovato returns at #92 with "Heart Attack". Her "Give Your Heart A Break" made my top-100 of last year. Who'd have known that she's be the loser in the "who's crazier" game on that show, but with a ringer like Britney, she didn't have a chance...

Newcomers The Mowgli's score their first hit on my chart with the extra-fun and lovable "San Francisco" at #96...

Well warmer weather must be coming soon, since the first "summer" song is upon us, this time with "accidental racist" Brad Paisley's "Beat This Summer" at #97. It follows "Southern Comfort Zone" which went top-20 on my chart earlier this year...

Canadian hard-rockers Three Days Grace fill the Nickelbackless void at #99 with "The High Road", which succeeds their top-20 hit on my chart "Chalk Outline"...

The final debut of the week is a throwback actually to 1994, as British TV presenters/sometime singers Ant & Dec, recording as PJ & Duncan, come in at #100 with their single "Let's Get Ready To Rhumble", which after going top-10 in 1994, came back as a charity single and topped the chart this month in the UK...

That does it for my chart for the week...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five-part "Chart Sweeps" of the newest songs to make the charts in Billboard magazine. Thanks for stopping by!