twostepcub's music chart for January 3, 2014...

Hey gang, snowed in for the day, so a good time to post my top 100 tunes from the week. American Authors score their first #1 hit with their debut single, while Pearl Jam (pictured above) moves four spots up the top ten. Songs by Kristine W, Pharrell Williams, and Cole Swindell make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Rihanna, Dave Aude, Robin Thicke, and Emeli Sande drop out. Happy New Year!

This Week               Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (2)
2. Pompeii - Bastille (1)
3. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (4)
4. Stay The Night - Zedd f/Hayley Williams (8)
5. Let Her Go - Passenger (3)
6. Sirens - Pearl Jam (10)
7. Demons -  Imagine Dragons (9)
8. Royals - Lorde (6)
9. Wake Me Up! - Avicii (7)
10. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (5)
11. Hurt You - Toni Braxton & Babyface (16)
12. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (12)
13. Waiting For Superman - Daughtry (14)
14. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (19)
15. Out Of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (11)
16. Burn - Ellie Goulding (17)
17. Animals - Martin Garrix (13)
18. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (20)
19. Don't Let Me Be Lonely - The Band Perry (24)
20. Drunk Last Night - The Eli Young Band (25)
21. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (33)
22. Carolina - Parmalee (22)
23. Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake f/Majid Jordan (18)
24. Radio - Darius Rucker (28)
25. Unconditionally - Katy Perry (29)
26. Applause - Lady Gaga (21)
27. Sunny and 75 - Joe Nichols (15)
28. Thinking About You - Calvin Harris f/Ayah Marar (30)
29. All Night - Icona Pop (31)
30. Brave - Sara Bareilles (26)
31. Team - Lorde (41)
32. Sweet Annie - The Zac Brown Band (39)
33. Youth - Foxes (23)
34. Roar - Katy Perry (32)
35. We Were Us - Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert (27)
36. Friday Night - Eric Paslay (42)
37. Shake - The Head & The Heart (37)
38. Timber - Pitbull f/Ke$ha (45)
39. Whatever She's Got - David Nail (46)
40. Who You Love - John Mayer f/Katy Perry (40)
41. Let Me Go - Avril Lavigne f/Chad Kroeger (43)
42. Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen (52)
43. Stay - Florida Georgia Line (47)
44. Red - Taylor Swift (34)
45. Lights Out - Jessica Sutta (35)
46. Story Of My Life - One Direction (48)
47. Love Don't Die - The Fray (49)
48. Come With Me - Ricky Martin (38)
49. Without Me - Fantasia f/Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott (51)
50. MacArthur Park 2013 - Donna Summer (58)
51. Hey Brother - Avicii (63)
52. Lie To Me - Cole Plante f/Myon 54 & Shane (57)
53. Take Me Home - Cash Cash (53)
54. Hold On - Colbie Caillat (61)
55. Love Me Again - John Newman (55)
56. So Close To Me - Kristine W (86)
57. Wasting All These Tears - Cassadee Pope (65)
58. A Light That Never Comes - Linkin Park vs Steve Aoki (60)
59. Booyah - Showtek f/We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson (71)
60. Feva - Ranny f/Deepa Soul (50)
61. Chillin' It - Cole Swindell (78)
62. Jubel - Klingande (66)
63. Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton (59)
64. We Own The Night - The Wanted (76)
65. Come To Me - Goo Goo Dolls (67)
66. Happy - Pharrell Williams (96)
67. Of The Night - Bastille (77)
68. Make A Move - Gavin DeGraw (69)
69. Another Is Waiting - Avett Brothers (73)
70. Slow Down - Selena Gomez (74)
71. Indestructible - Veronica Jensen (75)
72. Miss Jackson - Panic! At The Disco f/Lolo (72)
73. Under Control - Calvin Harris & Alesso f/Hurts (85)
74. Up All Night - Jon Pardi (89)
75. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna (80)
76. It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett (70)
77. For The Rest Of My Life - Robin Thicke (87)
78. Higher - Deborah Cox f/Paige (DEBUT)
79. Crystals - Dank f/jACQ (79)
80. 365 Days - ZZ Ward (81)
81. Drink A Beer - Luke Bryan (95)
82. Compass - Lady Antebellum (97)
83. Marry Me - Jason Derulo (83)
84. Battle Born - Five Finger Death Punch (84)
85. Deal With The Devil - Pop Evil (100)
86. Safe And Sound - Capital Cities (68)
87. Afraid - The Neighbourhood (DEBUT)
88. Human - Christina Perri (98)
89. Loved Me Back To Life - Celine Dion (DEBUT)
90. Tired - Stone Sour (90)
91. Everybody's Got Somebody But Me - Hunter Hayes f/Jason Mraz (91)
92. One More Sleep - Leona Lewis (DEBUT)
93. Fire We Make - Alicia Keys & Maxwell (93)
94. Chocolate - the 1975 (DEBUT)
95. All Of Me - John Legend (DEBUT)
96. The Spark - Afrojack f/Spree Wilson (DEBUT)
97. When She Says Baby - Jason Aldean (DEBUT)
98. How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding (RE-ENTRY)
99. The Giving Tree - Plain White T's (DEBUT)
100. Now Or Never - Tritonal f/Phoebe Ryan (DEBUT)

There are ten new songs on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll connect to their official website for more info and music. And here they are on video after the break...

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The highest entry of the week is appropriately named "Higher". It's the new single from dance and soul singer Deborah Cox, and it arrives at #78...

Indie-rock band The Neighbourhood are still moving back up my chart with their breakthrough single "Sweater Weather", which was #9 on my year-end chart. Meanwhile, their new record "Afraid" comes in at #87...

Celine Dion returns to my chart for the first time since 2008's "Taking Chances" as "Loved Me Back To Life" enters at #89...

British X Factor champ Leona Lewis is also back at #92 with her seasonal hit "One More Sleep"...

English modern rock band the 1975 debut at #94 with their first to make my list, "Chocolate"...

Soul singer/songwriter and Grammy collector John Legend is back at #95 with "All Of Me"...

Dutch progressive house DJ and producer Afrojack dances in at #96 with "The Spark" featuring Spree Wilson on vocals...

The fifth single from Jason Aldean's Night Train album, "When She Says Baby", makes my list at #97...

Chicago pop/rock band Plain White T's come in at #99 with "The Giving Tree"..

The final entry of the week at #100 is "Now Or Never" from Texan progressive trance duo Tritonal with singer Phoebe Ryan...

That's it for my personal chart...I'll return tomorrow with my "chart sweeps" of the songs debuting on Billboard magazine's lists, but in case you missed it, you can check out my recap of the biggest hits on my list last year by clicking here...