twostepcub's music chart for August 22, 2014...

Friday is here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. This week Sam Smith spends his ninth week at the top, while electropop duo Big Data climb up two notches in the top-10. Former big hits from Lorde, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, and Fitz & The Tantrums drop off my list, while songs from Basement Jaxx, Luke Bryan, and Weezer make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Another year older, none the wiser...

This Week                  Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (1)
2. Problem - Ariana Grande (2)
3. Rude - Magic! (3)
4. A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay (5)
5. I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers (6)
6. Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz (4)
7. Dangerous - Big Data f/Joywave (9)
8. Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (8)
9. Summer - Calvin Harris (7)
10. Take Me To Church - Hozier (10)
11. Come With Me Now - KONGOS (11)
12. Latch - Discosure f/Sam Smith (14)
13. Fever - The Black Keys (13)
14. Chandelier - Sia (28)
15. Love Never Felt So Good - Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake (19)
16. Maps - Maroon 5 (31)
17. Girls Chase Boys - Ingrid Michaelson (17)
18. Fancy - Iggy Azalea f/Charli XCX (16)
19. Hideaway - Kiesza (20)
20. Aftermath - Dave Aude' f/Andy Bell (21)
21. We Are Tonight - Billy Currington (23)
22. Sing - Ed Sheeran (12)
23. Do It Again - Royksopp & Robyn (27)
24. Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton (15)
25. I Was Gonna Cancel - Kylie Minogue (25)
26. Who I Am With You - Chris Young (18)
27. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? - Arctic Monkeys (29)
28. I Don't Dance - Lee Brice (32)
29. Ain't It Fun - Paramore (22)
30. Drunk On A Plane - Dierks Bentley (34)
31. Happy - Pharrell Williams (26)
32. Wasted - Tiesto f/Matthew Koma (30)
33. Yeah - Joe Nichols (35)
34. I'm Not Coming Down - Martha Wash (24)
35. Derezzed - Daft Punk f/Negin (36)
36. Bartender - Lady Antebellum (43)
37. Waves - Mr. Probz (39)
38. Ghost - Ella Henderson (38)
39. Classic - MKTO (41)
40. Knock You Out - Bingo Players (40)
41. Pretty Hurts - Beyonce (46)
42. River Bank - Brad Paisley (42)
43. Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys (33)
44. Words As Weapons - Seether (48)
45. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (53)
46. Riptide - Vance Joy (52)
47. Rather Be - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (54)
48. Really Don't Care - Demi Lovato f/Cher Lloyd (58)
49. Song About A Girl - Eric Paslay (50)
50. Meanwhile Back At Mama's - Tim McGraw f/Faith Hill (51)
51. Play It Again - Luke Bryan (37)
52. Angel In Blue Jeans - Train (56)
53. Cool Kids - Echosmith (61)
54. Prayer In C - Lilly Wood & The Prick (60)
55. Holding On To Heaven - Foxes (55)
56. West Coast - Lana Del Rey (66)
57. Roller Coster - Luke Bryan (77)
58. All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor (DEBUT)
59. All Of Me - John Legend (45)
60. U Get Me High - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (68)
61. Peace - O.A.R. (57)
62. Never Say Never - Basement Jaxx (92)
63. Hope You Get Lonely Tonight - Cole Swindell (73)
64. Secrets - Mary Lambert (81)
65. Believer - American Authors (71)
66. Where It's At (Yep Yep) - Dustin Lynch (70)
67. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line f/Luke Bryan & Jason Derulo (69)
68. Don't - Ed Sheeran (78)
69. Calling All Hearts - DJ Cassidy f/Robin Thicke & Jessie J (59)
70. 1000hp - Godsmack (75)
71. Good Kisser - Usher (76)
72. Dare (La, La, La) - Shakira (72)
73. Beachin' - Jake Owen (65)
74. Small Town Throwdown - Brantley Gilbert f/Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett (84)
75. Back Home - Andy Grammer (79)
76. My Sweet Summer - Dirty Heads (86)
77. First Love - Jennifer Lopez (DEBUT)
78. One Minute More - Capital Cities (82)
79. Bye Felicia - Joe Gauthreaux f/Mitch Amtrak (DEBUT)
80. Back To The Shack - Weezer (98)
81. American Kids - Kenny Chesney (85)
82. Be Okay - Oh Honey (83)
83. Boom Clap - Charli XCX (95)
84. Dirt - Florida Georgia Line (90)
85. Gimme Something Good - Ryan Adams (DEBUT)
86. Ballast - Nothing More (91)
87. Superheroes - The Script (DEBUT)
88. Not A Bad Thing - Justin Timberlake (78)
89. Kick Drum - London Rose (89)
90. Baby Baby 2014 - Amy Grant f/Dave Aude (DEBUT)
91. Somethin' Bad - Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood (93)
92. Later On - The Swon Brothers (97)
93. Battleships - Daughtry (96)
94. Ready Set Roll - Chase Rice (DEBUT)
95. Crazy Stupid Love - Cheryl Cole f/Tinie Tempah (99)
96. Do You - Spoon (DEBUT)
97. It's You - Kem (DEBUT)
98. When The Beat Drops Out - Marlon Roudette (DEBUT)
99. Faded - Zhu (DEBUT)
100. Hopeful - Bars And Melody (DEBUT)

There are a dozen debuting songs on my chart this week (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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My top debut of the week belongs to 20-year-old Meghan Trainor from Nantucket, Massachussetts, with her first hit single and irresistible earworm "All About That Bass" at #58...

 I know I give Jennifer Lopez a lot of flack for her, um, questionable range and bad choices (I'm looking at you, "I Luh Ya Papi", but when her handlers and producers give her a good dressing, even I have to give in. Hence "First Love" popping in at #77...

On the crazy end of the club jam spectrum at #79 is DJ Joe Gauthreaux with Mitch Amtrak to bid "Bye Felicia"...

Alternative rocker Ryan Adams returns at #85 with "Gimme Something Good". He made my list most recently in 2011 with "Lucky Now"...

The Script also are back at #87 with their latest, "Superheroes", from their upcoming fourth album No Sound Without Silence. They had the biggest song of the year on my chart back in 2009 with "Breakeven"...

Former Christian music queen Amy Grant just released a remix album of her previous pop successes, marketed big-time to her gay fans, especially in Provincetown (where literal "fans" were passed out at the tea dances). Her revamped version of "Baby Baby" with mixer Dave Aude' enters at #90...

Country music newcomer and Survivor: Nicaragua runner-up Chase Rice debuts at #94 with his first big hit "Ready Set Roll"...

Alternative rock band Spoon score their first hit on my list with "Do You" at #96...

Neo-soul singer Kem is a notch below that at #97 with "It's You"...

Marlon Roudette, a singer/songwriter born in London but now living in the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, moves in at #98 with "When The Beat Drops Out"...

Mysterious electronica act Zhu makes its appearance on my chart at #99 with "Faded"...

The final new entry of the week is by Britain's Got Talent third-place finishers Bars and Melody with "Hopeful" at #100...