twostepcub's music chart for February 7, 2014...

Hey gang, the end of the week is here, and time for my top 100 tunes from the past seven days. This week American Authors spend a sixth week at #1, while Lorde (pictured above) leaps into the top-5 with her second hit. Former big hits by Drake, the Head and the Heart, Icona Pop, Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert, Avril Lavigne, Blake Shelton, Martin Garrix, and a long-standing one from Alicia Keys drop off my list, while songs by Avenged Sevenfold, My Crazy Girlfriend, and Jason Derulo make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Here's to the best dog that ever lived...

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. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (3)
3. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (5)
4. Pompeii - Bastille (2)
5. Team - Lorde (10)
6. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (4)
7. Burn - Bastille (9)
8. Stay The Night - Zedd f/Foxes (6)
9. Sirens - Pearl Jam (7)
10. Let Her Go - Passenger (8)
11. Don't Let Me Be Lonely - The Band Perry (15)
12. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (12)
13. Hey Brother - Avicii (23)
14. Hurt You - Toni Braxton & Babyface (14)
15. Timber - Pitbull f/Ke$ha (19)
16. Demons - Imagine Dragons (11)
17. Friday Night - Eric Paslay (17)
18. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (18)
19. Waiting For Superman - Daughtry (13)
20. Sweet Annie - The Zac Brown Band (20)
21. Royals - Lorde (16)
22. Story Of My Life - One Direction (26)
23. Whatever She's Got - David Nail (27)
24. Happy - Pharrell Williams (31)
25. Love Don't Die - The Fray (25)
26. Wake Me Up! - Avicii (21)
27. Radio - Darius Rucker (22)
28. Thinking About You - Calvin Harris f/Ayah Marar (24)
29. Love Me Again - John Newman (32)
30. Hold On - Colbie Caillat (30)
31. For The Rest Of My Life - Robin Thicke (36)
32. Out Of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (28)
33. Lie To Me - Cole Plante f/Myon & Shane 54 w/Koko Laroo (33)
34. So Close To Me - Kristine W. (34)
35. Unconditionally - Katy Perry (29)
36. Afraid - The Neighbourhood (41)
37. Higher - Deborah Cox f/Paige (38)
38. Without Me - Fantasia f/Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott (42)
39. Stay - Florida Georgia Line (39)
40. Drunk Last Night - Eli Young Band (35)
41. Take It Like A Man - Cher (51)
42. Up All Night - Jon Pardi (44)
43. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna (45)
44. You Make Me - Avicii (46)
45. Wasting All These Tears - Cassadee Pope (45)
46. Compass - Lady Antebellum (56)
47. Drink A Beer - Luke Bryan (55)
48. Loved Me Back To Life - Celine Dion (48)
49. Do What U Want - Lady Gaga f/R. Kelly or Christina Aguilera (57)
50. All Of Me - John Legend (58)
51. Chillin' It - Cole Swindell (53)
52. It's About Time - Young The Giant (64)
53. Mad - Vassy (59)
54. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (40)
55. Roar - Katy Perry (50)
56. Make A Move - Gavin DeGraw (60)
57. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato (67)
58. When She Says Baby - Jason Aldean (66)
59. Go F**k Yourself - My Crazy Girlfriend (79)
60. Thursday - Pet Shop Boys f/Example (62)
61. Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About - Thompson Square (71)
62. Carolina - Parmalee (52)
63. Chocolate - The 1975 (70)
64. Human - Christina Perri (69)
65. Nightlife - Jody Watley (65)
66. Ordinary Love - U2 (680
67. Booyah - Showtek f/We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson (47)
68. Dark Horse - Katy Perry f/Juicy J (80)
69. Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend (73)
70. The Spark - Afrojack f/Spree Wilson (63)
71. Shepherd Of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold (93)
72. Come To Me - Goo Goo Dolls (72)
73. Helluva Life - Frankie Ballard (83)
74. Trumpets - Jason Derulo (90)
75. Strangers - Seven Lions f/Myon & Shane 54 w/Tove Lo (89)
76. Young Girls - Bruno Mars (91)
77. Battle Born - Five Finger Death Punch (78)
78. Tired - Stone Sour (84)
79. Rather Be - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (DEBUT)
80. Tous Les Memes - Stromae (81)
81. Tsunami - DVBBS & Borgeous (RE-ENTRY)
82. Now Or Never - Tritonal f/Phoebe Ryan (82)
83. Right There - Ariana Grande f/Big Sean (DEBUT)
84. House Of Gold - Twenty One Pilots (94)
85. I Hold On - Dierks Bentley (DEBUT)
86. Coming Of Age - Foster The People (DEBUT)
87. What To Do Now - Robbie Rivera & The EKGs (87)
88. It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett (88)
89. Goodnight Kiss - Randy Houser (DEBUT)
90. Lucky Strike - Maroon 5 (92)
91. She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert (DEBUT)
92. Holding On For Life - Broken Bells (DEBUT)
93. I See Fire - Ed Sheeran (DEBUT)
94. The Heart Of Dixie - Danielle Bradbery (100)
95. If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic vs. Alesso (RE-ENTRY)
96. Drunk In Love - Beyonce f/Jay Z (DEBUT)
97. My Favorite Thing - Ronald Isley f/Kem (DEBUT)
98. Do It All Over Again - Elyar Fox (DEBUT)
99. The Giving Tree - Plain White T's (RE-ENTRY)
100. Derniere Danse - Indila (DEBUT)

There are a dozen songs making their debut this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll connect to their officia website for tour dates, music, bios, pictures, and more. And here they are on video after the break...

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The top entry of the week at #79 is the first single from British electronic-dance duo Clean Bandit to make my list. "Rather Be" features vocals from Jess Glynne..

Former Nickelodeon teen star Ariana Grande comes in at #83 with her third hit "Right There" featuring rapper Big Sean...

Country singer Dierks Bentley returns at #85 with the first single from his upcoming album Riser, "I Hold On"...

California indie-pop trio Foster The People are in at #86 with "Coming Of Age", previewing their sophomore album Supermodel...

Randy Houser scores his third hit on my chart from his album How Country Feels with "Goodnight Kiss" at #89...

Singer/songwriter Mary Lambert, who co-wrote and sang the chorus on the marriage equality hit "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and now her interpolated rendition, "She Keeps Me Warm", enters my list at #91...

Producer/musician Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and The Shins' lead singer James Mercer, who record together on the name Broken Bells, come in at #92 with "Holding On For Life"...

I was fortunate enough to finally catch The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug last week, and the end-credits theme, "I See Fire" from British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, pops in at #93...

Grammy opening act Beyonce and Jay Z arrive at #96 with "Drunk In Love"....

R&B veteran Ronald Isley enters at #97 with "My Favorite Thing" featuring neo-soul singer Kem...

British YouTube star Elyar Fox debuts at #98 with his first single "Do It All Over Again"...

The final new entry on the chart this week at #100 is French singer Indila with her debut single "Derniere Danse"...

That's all for tonight... thank you so much for stopping by, and I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five "chart sweeps" of the songs reaching the singles charts in Billboard magazine. Have an amazing weekend!