twostepcub's music chart for May 16, 2014...

Friday is here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week, as Pharrell finally gets deposed at the top by Fitz & The Tantrums, while KONGOS (pictured above) leap into the top-10. Former big hits by Dierks Bentley and Eminem with Rihanna leave the chart, while songs by the Band Perry, Nico & Vinz, and Havana Brown make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places are highlighted in red). Happy birthday, sis!

This Week              Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. The Walker - Fitz & The Tantrums (2)
2. Happy - Pharrell Williams (1)
3. Sleeping With A Friend - Neon Trees (5)
4. All Of Me - John Legend (4)
5. Let It Go - Idina Menzel (6)
6. Come With Me Now - KONGOS (11)
7. Rather Be - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (3)
8. Red Lights - Tiesto (8)
9. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (9)
10. Fever - The Black Keys (12)
11. The Man - Aloe Blacc (7)
12. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo f/2 Chainz (16)
13. Hey Brother - Avicii (13)
14. Pompeii - Bastille (14)
15. Team - Lorde (15)
16. Human - Christina Perri (18)
17. Drink To That All Night - Jerrod Niemann (10)
18. Girls Chase Boys - Ingrid Michaelson (25)
19. Ain't It Fun - Paramore (29)
20. #SELFIE - The Chainsmokers (20)
21. Fall In Love - Phantogram (19)
22. I Choose You - Sara Bareilles (24)
23. Dark Horse - Katy Perry f/Juicy J (23)
24. Bottoms Up - Brantley Gilbert (26)
25. Magic - Coldplay (27)
26. Play It Again - Luke Bryan (31)
27. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (22)
28. Automatic - Miranda Lambert (38)
29. Into The Blue - Kylie Minogue (17)
30. Rewind - Rascal Flatts (32)
31. Supernova - Ray Lamontagne (41)
32. Find You - Zedd f/Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant (36)
33. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith (33)
34. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (34)
35. Goodnight Kiss - Randy Houser (21)
36. Addicted To You - Avicii (42)
37. Not A Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake (49)
38. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (28)
39. Beat Of The Music - Brett Eldredge (47)
40. Bad Blood - Bastille (50)
41. Raging Fire - Phillip Phillips (48)
42. Coming Of Age - Foster The People (30)
43. She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert (35)
44. Shiny Disco Balls - Scotty Boy f/Sue Cho (46)
45. On Top Of The World - Imagine Dragons (45)
46. I Got U - Duke Dumont f/Jax Jones (52)
47. Burn - Ellie Goulding (37)
48. Sing - Ed Sheeran (56)
49. Get me Some Of That - Thomas Rhett (53)
50. You're Mine (Eternal) - Mariah Carey (55)
51. Heaven Knows - The Pretty Reckless (39)
52. Take Out The Gunman - Chevelle (60)
53. Summer - Calvin Harris (63)
54. Cop Car - Keith Urban (58)
55. Give Me Back My Hometown - Eric Church (57)
56. Blue Moon - Beck (54)
57. Doin' What She Likes - Blake Shelton (40)
58. Hideaway - Kiesza (62)
59. Turn Down For What - DJ Snake f/Lil' Jon (64)
60. Time After Time 2014 - Cyndi Lauper (44)
61. Chainsaw - The Band Perry (79)
62. Southern Sun - Boy & Bear (66)
63. Story Of My Life - One Direction (43)
64. Lettin' The Night Roll - Justin Moore (68)
65. Ten Feet Tall - Afrojack f/Wrabel (70)
66. 19 You + Me - Dan + Shay (59)
67. Waves - Mr. Probz (73)
68. When She Says Baby - Jason Aldean (65)
69. I Blame You - Ledisi (74)
70. Give Life Back To Music - Daft Punk (71)
71. Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz (85)
72. Partition - Beyonce (76)
73. Warrior - Havana Brown (87)
74. Nobody To Love - Sigma (82)
75. Kinks Shirt - Matt Nathanson (75)
76. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (DEBUT)
77. Guilty All The Same - Linkin Park f/Rakim (81)
78. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line f/Luke Bryan (78)
79. My Love - Route 94 f/Jess Glynne (69)
80. I'm A Freak - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (84)
81. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (51)
82. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato (88)
83. La La La - Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith (83)
84. March - George Tandy Jr. (72)
85. For The Rest Of My Life - Robin Thicke (67)
86. Memory - Asher Monroe (86)
87. Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton (89)
88. Whiskey In My Water - Tyler Farr (90)
89. Fancy - Iggy Azalea f/Charli XCX (91)
90. Keep Them Kisses Comin' - Craig Campbell (92)
91. Wake Up Lovin' You - Craig Morgan (94)
92. I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers (96)
93. Invisible - U2 (77)
94. Giants - Bear Hands (DEBUT)
95. Peace - O.A.R. (97)
96. Calling All Hearts - DJ Cassidy f/Robin Thicke & Jessie J (DEBUT)
97. Beam - Mako (DEBUT)
98. Invincible - Borgeous (98)
99. Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (DEBUT)
100. Beachin' - Jake Owen (DEBUT)

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

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The top entry of the week belongs to British "blue-eyed" soul singer Sam Smith, who first stole England's heart with "Money On My Mind" (which is in my top-40), but is now introduced to America with the grand ballad "Stay With Me" at #76. If I had my way this will be this year's "Someone Like You"...

Experimental rock band Bear Hands debut at #94 with their first hit "Giants". It's from the New Yorkers second album Distraction...

I'm looking forward to the release of DJ Cassidy's retro-disco album Paradise Royale, and the first single from the project, "Calling All Hearts", featuring vocals from Robin Thicke and Jessie J, dances in at #96...

Los Angeles-based dance act Mako makes their first appearance at #97 with "Beam"...

Colorado-bred pop/rock group OneRepublic released an expanded version of their latest album Native, and the single pulled from it, "Love Runs Out", moves in at #99...

The last new entry at #100 is country singer Jake Owen with "Beachin'", the second single from his Days Of Gold album...

That's it for my list...thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow with my five-part "chart sweeps" of the songs that are hitting the latest radio and club charts in Billboard magazine... Cheers!