twostepcub's music chart for January 17, 2014...

Hey gang, Friday is here, and time for my top 100 tunes from the week. This time out American Authors spend a third week at #1, while fellow newcomers A Great Big World along with Christina Aguilera (pictured above) move four spots in the top-10 with their collab. Songs by Avicii, Robin Thicke, and Deborah Cox make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits from Foxes and Jessica Sutta drop out. Back on track!

This Week                   Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (1)
2. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (3)
3. Pompeii - Bastille (3)
4. Stay The Night - Zedd f/Hayley Williams (4)
5. Sirens - Pearl Jam (5)
6. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (10)
7. Demons - Imagine Dragons (7)
8. Let Her Go - Passenger (6)
9. Hurt You - Toni Braxton & Babyface (9)
10. Royals - Lorde (8)
11. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (16)
12. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (12)
13. Waiting For Superman - Daughtry (13)
14. Burn - Ellie Goulding (14)
15. Don't Let Me Be Lonely - The Band Perry (17)
16. Wake Me Up - Avicii (11)
17. Team - Lorde (25)
18. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (18)
19. Out Of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (19)
20. Unconditionally - Katy Perry (21)
21. Thinking About You - Calvin Harris f/Ayah Marar (23)
22. Radio - Darius Rucker (22)
23. Friday Night - Eric Paslay (28)
24. Sweet Annie - The Zac Brown Band (26)
25. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (15)
26. Drunk Last Night - Eli Young Band (20)
27. Timber - Pitbull f/Ke$ha (30)
28. Whatever She's Got - David Nail (31)
29. Shake - The Head and the Heart (33)
30. The Story Of My Life - One Direction (34)
31. Love Don't Die - The Fray (35)
32. Animals - Martin Garrix (24)
33. Hey Brother - Avicii (41)
34. All Night - Icona Pop (29)
35. Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake f/Majid Jordan (27)
36. Hold On - Colbie Caillat (44)
37. Lie To Me - Cole Plante f/Myon & Shane 54 w/Koko Laroo (47)
38. So Close To Me - Kristine W. (48)
39. Stay - Florida Georgia Line (39)
40. Love Me Again - John Newman (50)
41. Happy - Pharrell Williams (51)
42. Carolina - Parmalee (32)
43. Roar - Katy Perry (38)
44. MacArthur Park 2013 - Donna Summer (46)
45. Without Me - Fantasia f/Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott (45)
46. Let Me Go - Avril Lavigne f/Chad Kroeger (40)
47. For The Rest Of My Life - Robin Thicke (59)
48. Applause - Lady Gaga (36)
49. Booyah - Showtek f/We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson (49)
50. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna (60)
51. Wasting All These Tears - Cassadee Pope (53)
52. Higher - Deborah Cox f/Paige (64)
53. We Were Us - Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert (43)
54. We Own The Night - The Wanted (54)
55. Of The Night - Bastille (55)
56. Up All Night - Jon Pardi (62)
57. Chillin' It - Cole Swindell (57)
58. You Make Me - Avicii (72)
59. Afraid - The Neighbourhood (69)
60. Sunny and 75 - Joe Nichols (37)
61. Drink A Beer - Luke Bryan (67)
62. Loved Me Back To Life - Celine Dion (74)
63. Come To Me - Goo Goo Dolls (63)
64. Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen (42)
65. Make A Move - Gavin DeGraw (66)
66. Compass - Lady Antebellum (68)
67. All Of Me - John Legend (77)
68. Who You Love - John Mayer f/Katy Perry (52)
69. The Spark - Afrojack f/Spree Wilson (81)
70. Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton (65)
71. Do What U Want - Lady Gaga f/R. Kelly or Christina Aguilera (76)
72. Nightlife - Jody Watley (DEBUT)
73. Under Control - Calvin Harris & Alesso f/Hurts (73)
74. Thursday - Pet Shop Boys f/Example (DEBUT)
75. When She Says Baby - Jason Aldean (85)
76. Ordinary Love - U2 (82)
77. It's About Time - Young The Giant (87)
78. Human - Christina Perri (84)
79. Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About - Thompson Square (79)
80. Battle Born - Five Finger Death Punch (80)
81. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato (91)
82. Chocolate - The 1975 (86)
83. Deal With The Devil - Pop Evil (83)
84. It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett (78)
85. Mad - Vassy (89)
86. Take It Like A Man - Cher (DEBUT)
87. Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend (92)
88. Come With Me - Ricky Martin (58)
89. Take Me Home - Cash Cash (75)
90. Tired - Stone Sour (90)
91. Helluva Life - Frankie Ballard (94)
92. Now Or Never - Tritonal f/Phoebe Ryan (95)
93. Fire We Make - Alicia Keys & Maxwell (93)
94. Tous Les Memes - Stromae (RE-ENTRY)
95. Look Right Through - Storm Queen (100)
96. Skyscraper - Sam Bailey (96)
97. How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding (97)
98. Changes - Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau (98)
99. The Giving Tree - Plain White T's (99)
100. Trumpets - Jason Derulo (DEBUT)

There are only four debuting song on this week's chart (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them you'll connect to their official website for more info. and here they are on video, after the jump...

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My favorite dance track of last year, "Nightlife" from club icon Jody Watley, finally is getting national attention, and leaps on to my list at #72. Her last to make my chart was "A Beautiful Life" back in 2008...


Another fave of mine from last year making waves now is "Thursday" from the Pet Shop Boys with Example, which comes in at #74. It follows "Vocal", which made #23 here last year...

 Living legend Cher returns at #86 with "Take It Like A Man". It succeeds the top-40 "A Woman's World"...

The final entry at #100 is R&B/pop singer Jason Derulo with the fourth track from his EP Tattoos, "Trumpets"....

That's it for tonight...thanks for stopping by my little chart-geek corner of the internets, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the songs reaching the singles charts in Billboard magazine. Cheers!