twostepcub's music chart for January 30, 2015...

Friday is here, and it's time again to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars make a quick trip to #1 with "Uptown Funk!", while Meghan Trainor (pictured above) follows it close behind into the top-5. Songs from Nikkole, Jason Aldean, and James Newton Howard/Jennifer Lawrence make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits from Aristofreeks/Kathy Sledge, Zhu, and Usher drop off the list. Congrats, grad Bruno!

This Week       Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars (3)
2. Jealous - Nick Jonas (2)
3. Take Me To Church - Hozier (1)
4. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor (6)
5. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran (5)
6. I'm Not The Only One - Sam Smith (4)
7. Something From Nothing - Foo Fighters (7)
8. Budapest - George Ezra (8)
9. Centuries - Fall Out Boy (9)
10. From Eden - Hozier (11)
11. Animals - Maroon 5 (10)
12. Ghost - Ella Henderson (12)
13. Call My Name - Avery Sunshine (15)
14. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (14)
15. Try - Colbie Caillat (16)
16. Blank Space - Taylor Swift (18)
17. Heroes (We Could Be) - Alesso f/Tove Lo (13)
18. I Lived - OneRepublic (20)
19. Til It's Gone - Kenny Chesney (23)
20. Something In The Water - Carrie Underwood (24)
21. Blame - Calvin Harris f/John Newman (17)
22. Like A Cowboy - Randy Houser (26)
23. Let Me Down Easy - Paolo Nutini (19)
24. I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons (28)
25. Waves (Robin Schulz Mix) - Mr. Probz (25)
26. All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor (21)
27. Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo (27)
28. Perfect Storm - Brad Paisley (32)
29. Riptide - Vance Joy (29)
30. Don't - Ed Sheeran (22)
31. Go All Night - Gorgon City f/Jennifer Hudson (41)
32. Dangerous - David Guetta f/Sam Martin (30)
33. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (33)
34. Afterlife - Ingrid Michaelson (38)
35. Make You Better - The Decemberists (37)
36. Shake It Off - Taylor Swift (31)
37. Figure It Out - Royal Blood (39)
38. Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Mix) - Lilly Wood & The Prick (34)
39. Make Me Wanna - Thomas Rhett (49)
40. Cigarette Daydreams - Cage The Elephant (44)
41. Close Your Eyes - Parmalee (36)
42. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon (48)
43. Talladega - Eric Church (43)
44. Mean To Me - Brett Eldredge (46)
45. Wrapped Up - Olly Murs f/Travie McCoy (35)
46. Dangerous - Big Data f/Joywave (40)
47. I See You - Luke Bryan (51)
48. Reason - Erasure (55)
49. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande f/The Weeknd (53)
50. Big Fun - D.O.N.S. f/Terri B! (50)
51. Shotgun Rider - Tim McGraw (42)
52. Take It On Back - Chase Bryant (52)
53. R U Mine? - Arctic Monkeys (57)
54. World - Gia (58)
55. It's Your World - Jennifer Hudson f/R. Kelly (45)
56. Just Gettin' Started - Jason Aldean (70)
57. The Hanging Tree - James Newton Howard f/Jennifer Lawrence (71)
58. Can't Hold Us Down - Axwell & Ingrosso (59)
59. Rolling In The Deep - Aretha Franklin (60)
60. Wrong Side Of Heaven - Five Finger Death Punch (64)
61. Homegrown Honey - Darius Rucker (65)
62. Kansas City - The New Basement Tapes (74)
63. Headphones - Matt Nathanson f/Lolo (63)
64. Nobody - Kem (68)
65. Destination (We Are The Ones) - Twisted Dee & Spyglass Edmund f/Amuka (66)
66. Geronimo - Sheppard (78)
67. Like I Can - Sam Smith (67)
68. Sun Daze - Florida Georgia Line (67)
69. Animals - Nabiha (47)
70. Lonely Tonight - Blake Shelton f/Ashley Monroe (75)
71. What's Best For You - Trey Songz (61)
72. Zero - Nikkole (90)
73. Drinking Class - Lee Brice (77)
74. Blind Heart - Cazzette f/Terri B! (84)
75. All Of You - Betty Who (87)
76. Turn In Up - Kwanza Jones (76)
77. Up - Olly Murs f/Demi Lovato (82)
78. I Like You - Tony Moran f/Debby Holiday (86)
79. The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez (79)
80. Sugar - Five Knives (80)
81. Too Cool To Dance - Eden XO (69)
82. Love Come Home - Kristine W. (62)
83. Every Breaking Wave - U2 (85)
84. These Days - Take That (54)
85. Lonely Eyes - Chris Young (89)
86. Surrender - Cash Cash (91)
87. Somewhere In My Car - Keith Urban (83)
88. Lampshades On Fire - Modest Mouse (DEBUT)
89. Walk - Kwabs (94)
90. Bartender - Lady Antebellum (97)
91. Right Now - Mary J. Blige (DEBUT)
92. Wish You Were Here - Phillip George (96)
93. Words - Christina Perri (DEBUT)
94. Let Me Know - Tamar Braxton f/Future (DEBUT)
95. Everywhere - MYNC & Mario Fischetti f/Deborah Cox (DEBUT)
96. Dearly Departed - Shakey Graves (RE-ENTRY)
97. 7/11 - Beyonce (DEBUT)
98. Anchor - Tritonal (DEBUT)
99. Leave The Night On - Sam Hunt (99)
100. God Made Girls - RaeLynn (100)

There are seven songs making their first appearance 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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Indie-rock band Modest Mouse returns after seven years with the highest debut of the week, "Lampshades On Fire" at #88. It's from their upcoming Strangers To Ourselves, due in March...

The second track from Mary J. Blige's amazing London Sessions album to make my list, "Right Now", drops in at #91...

Singer/songwriter Christina Perri enters at #93 with "Words". It's the third hit from her sophomore record Head Or Heart. The first, "Human", made my top-100 of 2014...

Tamar Braxton ("dot com") is back at #94 with "Let Me Know" featuring rapper Future...

London DJ MYNC (aka Mark Brown) and Mario Fischetti team up with Canadian singer Deborah Cox at #95 for "Everywhere"...

 Beyonce' arrives at #97 with "7/11", from the expanded version of her self-titled album...

The final new entry of the week at #98 is "Anchor" from Texan trance act Tritonal...

That's it for tonight...I'll be back tomorrow with my five-part "chart sweeps" of the latest songs to make the charts in Billboard magazine. Cheers!