twostepcub's music chart for May 2, 2014...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. This week Pharrell Williams holds on for an eighth week at #1, while Neon Trees (pictured above) move up in the top-10. Former big hits by Young The Giant, Bruno Mars, Thompson Square, Zedd, Kimberly Davis, and Imagine Dragons fall off my list, while songs by Bastille, Mariah Carey, and DJ Snake make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). It's gotta be May!

This Week                Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Happy - Pharrell Williams (1)
2. All of Me - John Legend (2)
3. Rather Be - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (4)
4. The Walker - Fitz & The Tantrums (6)
5. The Man - Aloe Blacc (5)
6. Sleeping With A Friend - Neon Trees (10)
7. Into The Blue - Kylie Minogue (3)
8. Red Lights - Tiesto (8)
9. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (7)
10. Let It Go - Idina Menzel (16)
11. Hey Brother - Avicii (11)
12. Drink To That All Night - Jerrod Niemann (14)
13. Team - Lorde (9)
14. Pompeii - Bastille (12)
15. Dark Horse - Katy Perry f/Juicy J (13)
16. Come With Me Now - KONGOS (24)
17. Goodnight Kiss - Randy Houser (17)
18. Fever - Black Keys (26)
19. Fall In Love - Phantogram (19)
20. Human - Christina Perri (20)
21. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo f/2 Chainz (23)
22. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (18)
23. Story Of My Life - One Direction (15)
24. #SELFIE - The Chainsmokers (28)
25. Coming Of Age - Foster The People (21)
26. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (22)
27. Heaven Knows - Pretty Reckless (27)
28. I Choose You - Sara Bareilles (32)
29. Burn - Ellie Goulding (25)
30. Doin' What She Likes - Blake Shelton (30)
31. Girls Chase Boys - Ingrid Michaelson (37)
32. Bottoms Up - Brantley Gilbert (39)
33. She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert (31)
34. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (34)
35. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith (35)
36. Rewind - Rascal Flatts (36)
37. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (33)
38. Tonight You're Perfect - New Politics (40)
39. Magic - Coldplay (53)
40. Find You - Zedd f/Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant (46)
41. Ain't It Fun - Paramore (55)
42. Automatic - Miranda Lambert (52)
43. Play It Again - Luke Bryan (57)
44. Time After Time 2014 - Cyndi Lauper (54)
45. On Top Of The World - Imagine Dragons (49)
46. Shiny Disco Balls - Scotty Boy f/Sue Cho (51)
47. 19 You + Me - Dan + Shay (48)
48. Raging Fire - Phillip Phillips (58)
49. Beat Of The Music - Brett Eldredge (59)
50. Blue Moon - Beck (50)
51. I Hold On - Dierks Bentley (41)
52. Addicted To You - Avicii (62)
53. Take Me Away - Rokelle f/Dave Aude (43)
54. Bad Blood - Bastille (72)
55. Timber - Pitbull f/Kesha (45)
56. Supernova - Ray Lamontagne (68)
57. Give Me Back My Hometown - Eric Church (61)
58. Get Me Some Of That - Thomas Rhett (64)
59. Not A Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake (71)
60. I Got U - Duke Dumont f/Jax Jones (69)
61. When She Says Baby - Jason Aldean (56)
62. Cop Car - Keith Urban (66)
63. Invisible - U2 (63)
64. Holding On For Life - Broken Bells (38)
65. You're Mine (Eternal) - Mariah Carey (80)
66. Sing - Ed Sheeran (DEBUT)
67. For The Rest Of My Life - Robin Thicke (65)
68. Take Out The Gunman - Chevelle (84)
69. My Love - Route 94 f/Jess Glynne (74)
70. Can't Remember To Forget You - Shakira f/Rihanna (70)
71. Southern Sun - Boy & Bear (75)
72. March - George Tandy Jr. (86)
73. Lettin' The Night Roll - Justin Moore (85)
74. I Blame You - Ledisi (88)
75. Waves - Mr. Probz (76)
76. Turn Down For What - DJ Snake f/Lil Jon (91)
77. Kinks Shirt - Matt Nathanson (79)
78. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line f/Luke Bryan (82)
79. Helluva Life - Frankie Ballard (77)
80. Revolution - R3Hab & NERVO f/Ummet Ozcan (81)
81. Give Life Back To Music - Daft Punk (DEBUT)
82. Partition - Beyonce (DEBUT)
83. Summer - Calvin Harris (DEBUT)
84. Ten Feet Tall - Afrojack f/Wrabel (94)
85. Guilty All The Same - Linkin Park f/Rakim (89)
86. Hideaway - Kiesza (DEBUT)
87. La La La - Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith (RE-ENTRY)
88. Memory - Asher Monroe f/Chris Brown (92)
89. I'm A Freak - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (100)
90. Nobody To Love - Sigma (DEBUT)
91. Fancy - Iggy Azalea f/Charli XCX (DEBUT)
92. Drunk In Love - Beyonce f/Jay Z (87)
93. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna (93)
94. Lookin' For That Girl - Tim McGraw (98)
95. The Worst - Jhene Aiko (99)
96. Keep Them Kisses Comin' - Craig Campbell (DEBUT)
97. The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES (DEBUT)
98. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato (RE-ENTRY)
99. Last Night - The Vamps (DEBUT)
100. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (RE-ENTRY)

There are ten songs making their first appearance on my chart (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll connect to their official website. And here they are on video after the break...

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Leaping in as the high debut at #66 is English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran with "Sing" produced by my #1 artist Pharrell Williams...

Another act that Pharrell has collabrated with, French electro-funk Grammy winners Daft Punk, come in at #81 with the third single from their Random Access Memories album, "Give Life Back To Music"...

Beyonce's third track from her self-titled album to make my list is "Partition", which enters at #82...

Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris returns with the hopeful song of the next season with "Summer" at #83...

Canadian-born newcomer Kiesza debuts at #86 with my personal favorite for song of the summer, "Hideaway"...

British drum and bass duo Sigma climb in at #90 with their first, "Nobody To Love", an interpolation of Kanye West's "Bound 2"...

Iggy Azalea, the "next big thing" female rapper from Australia, arrives at #91 with "Fancy" featuring Charli XCX...

Country singer Craig Campbell follows up his hit "Outta My Head" which made my list last year with "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" at #96...

A second Scottish act, electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, sneak on at #97 with the single from one of my favorite albums of last year, The Bones Of What you Believe, called "The Mother We Share"..

The final debut of the week belongs to British "boy-band with instruments" the Vamps with their third consecutive single to make my chart, "Last Night", at #99...

That's all for now...thanks so much for stopping by my corner of the interwebs, and I'll be back tomorrow with my five-part chart sweeps of the new songs making the charts in this week's Billboard magazine. Cheers!