twostepcub's music chart for December 30, 2016...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. "24K Magic" from Bruno Mars remains on top for a sixth week, while Sting (pictured above) climbs into the top ten. Songs from Chris Young/Vince Gill, Green Day, and Rihanna make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits from Adele, Justin Timberlake, OneRepublic, Christina Aguilera, Calvin Harris, Jonas Blue, LoCash, and Kiiara drop off my list.

Don't forget, I'll be rolling out the top ten hits of 2016 on my chart later on today...

This Week           Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars (1)
2. Waste A Moment - Kings Of Leon (2)
3. Starboy - The Weeknd f/Daft Punk (3)
4. Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5 f/Kendrick Lamar
5. Song For Another Time - Old Dominion (6)
6. Heathens - twenty-one pilots (5)
7. Trouble - Cage The Elephant (7)
8. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes (8)
9. I Can't Stop Thinking About You - Sting (13)
10. Fresh Eyes - Andy Grammer (12)
11. Closer - The Chainsmokers f/Halsey (11)
12. Wanna Be That Song - Brett Eldredge (14)
13. Human - Rag N' Bone Man (17)
14. Unsteady - X Ambassadors (10)
15. Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya (16)
16. The Greatest - Sia f/Kendrick Lamar (20)
17. All We Ever Knew - The Head and the Heart (15)
18. Say It To Me - Pet Shop Boys (18)
19. HandClap - Fitz & The Tantrums (19)
20. Thick Of It - Mary J. Blige (21)
21. Sleep Without You - Brett Young (9)
22. Dirty Laundry - Carrie Underwood (26)
23. Love Me Now - John Legend (23)
24. Water Under The Bridge - Adele (30)
25. Side To Side - Ariana Grande f/Nicki Minaj (33)
26. Star Of The Show - Thomas Rhett (36)
27. Setting The World On Fire - Kenny Chesney f/P!nk (27)
28. Rockabye - Clean Bandit f/Anne-Marie & Sean Paul (38)
29. Middle Of A Memory - Cole Swindell (24)
30. Say Yes - Tony Moran f/Jason Walker (32)
31. Cheap Thrills - Sia f/Sean Paul (31)
32. Good Grief - Bastille (22)
33. How I'll Always Be - Tim McGraw (41)
34. Blue Ain't Your Color - Keith Urban (40)
35. Shout Out To My Ex - Little Mix (45)
36. Scars To Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara (46)
37. People Grinnin' - NERVO f/The Child Of Lov (29)
38. Let Me Love You - DJ Snake f/Justin Bieber (43)
39. Take It All Back - Judah & The Lion (49)
40. Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur (47)
41. 80s Mercedes - Maren Morris (51)
42. Move - Luke Bryan (28)
43. In The Name of Love - Martin Garrix f/Bebe Rexha (44)
44. Way Down We Go - Kaleo (37)
45. Believe - Crystal Water f/Sted-E & Hybrid Heights (35)
46. So I Can Have You Back - Joe (54)
47. I Hate U, I Love U - gnash f/Olivia O'Brien (57)
48. Older - Lodato & Joseph Duveen (56)
49. Starving - Hailee Steinfeld & Grey f/Zedd (61)
50. Move - Saint Motel (52)
51. High and Low - Empire of the Sun (65)
52. Go Robot - Red Hot Chili Peppers (68)
53. If The Boots Fit - Granger Smith (58)
54. Permission - Ro James (50)
55. Welcome To Your Life - Grouplove (59)
56. My Name Is Human - Highly Suspect (66)
57. A Guy With A Girl - Blake Shelton (64)
58. She's Out Of Her Mind - blink-182 (70)
59. May We All - Florida Georgia Line f/Tim McGraw (55)
60. Love Me - DJ Hollywood f/Abri (60)
61. Seal The Deal - Volbeat (71)
62. Button Pusha - Ralphi Rosari & Aneeta Beat (78)
63. Blow Your Mind (MWAH) - Dua Lipa (80)
64. Seein' Red - Dustin Lynch (74)
65. Kill A Word - Eric Church f/Rhiannon Giddens (69)
66. Icarus - R3Hab (81)
67. Still Breathing - Green Day (87)
68. A Little More Summertime - Jason Aldean (63)
69. Superlove - Tinashe (83)
70. Mercy - Shawn Mendes (86)
71. Play That Song - Train (75)
72. Better Man - Little Big Town (DEBUT)
73. Sober Saturday Night - Chris Young f/Vince Gill (98)
74. Love On The Weekend - John Mayer (88)
75. Love On The Brain - Rihanna (95)
76. It Don't Hurt Like It Used To - Billy Currington (72)
77. Teardrops - Cole Plante & Bobi (62)
78. She Sets The City On Fire - Gavin DeGraw (76)
79. Holy Commotion - The Pretenders (79)
80. Square Hammer - Ghost (94)
81. 1990X - Maxwell (85)
82. This Town - Niall Horan (92)
83. Cold Water - Major Lazer f/Justin Bieber & MO (73)
84. Ophelia - The Lumineers (84)
85. Alarm - Anne-Marie (89)
86. You're Not There - Lukas Graham (DEBUT)
87. Lost On You - LP (97)
88. To Not Love You - DJ Pebbles (DEBUT)
89. Shine - Mondo Cozmo (93)
90. Million Reasons - Lady Gaga (DEBUT)
91. Hell In Paradise 2016 - Yoko Ono (DEBUT)
92. Today - Brad Paisley (RE-ENTRY)
93. In A Drawer - Band Of Horses (DEBUT)
94. Blood In The Cut - k. flay (DEBUT)
95. Wish I Knew You - The Revivalists (RE-ENTRY)
96. Sexual - NEIKED (96)
97. I Feel It Coming - The Weekend f/Daft Punk (DEBUT)
98. So Good - Louisa Johnson (99)
99. Chöre - Mark Forster (DEBUT)
100. Take My Breath Away - Alesso (DEBUT)

There are ten songs making their debut on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and as always if you click on any of them, you'll connect to that artist's official website for more info. And here they are on video, after the break...

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Country vocal group Little Big Town claim the top debut of the week at #72 with "Better Man", co-written by Taylor Swift...

Danish pop/rock band Lukas Graham land their third hit on my chart as "You're Not There" comes in at #86. The first, "7 Years", is a contender for single of the year on my year-end list...

DJ Pebbles, a young Australian dance music artist that will be in college this fall in New York, arrives at #88 with her club hit "To Not Love You"...

Lady Gaga follows up her "Perfect Illusion" with the song at #90, "Million Reasons"...

Back in 2004, Yoko Ono topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart with a remix of her track "Hell In Paradise". Now at 83 years old, she's back on the dancefloor and at #91 with "Hell In Paradise 2016". It originally was released in 1985 and was a top-20 club hit then...

Indie-rock group Band Of Horses came in at #83 on my 2016 year-end list with "Casual Party"; now their next single, "In A Drawer", pulls in at #93...

Newcomer k. flay (aka Kristine Flaherty) makes her debut at #94 with "Blood In The Cut"...

While the Weeknd and Daft Punk are going strong at #3 with "Starboy", their other collaboration on the Starboy album, "I Feel It Coming", drops in at #97. The song appears on his "MANIA" short film starting at 8:42 ...

German pop/R&B artist Mark Forster slips in at #99 with "Chöre" ("Choir"). It's his third time on my chart...

The final newbie of the week at #100 is Swedish EDM DJ/producer Alesso with "Take My Breath Away"...

Have a safe and fun weekend, guys and girls!