twostepcub's music chart for December 15, 2017...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. After eleven weeks, there's a new king in town as Sam Smith takes over at #1, while Charlie Puth (pictured above) dances into my top ten. Former big hits from the Killers, Cage the Elephant, Sevyn Streeter, Charlie Puth, and Liam Payne drop off my list, while songs from Andy Grammer, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike/David Guetta/Kiiara, and Walk The Moon make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highligted in red).  This is the last week of my "chart year", so the tallying has begun for my recap of 2017. Who'll be on top? We'll see...

This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith (3)
2. What About Us - Pink (1)
3. Havana - Camila Cabello f/Young Thug (7)
4. Love So Soft - Kelly Clarkson (2)
5. Thunder - Imagine Dragons (4)
6. Sorry Not Sorry - Demi Lovato (5)
7. Perfect - Ed Sheeran & Beyonce (8)
8. Up All Night - Beck (9)
9. How Long - Charlie Puth (12)
10. Feel It Still - Portugal, The Man (10)
11. 1-800-273-8255 - Logic f/Alessia Cara & Khalid (6)
12. Walk On Water - 30 Seconds To Mars (14)
13. New Rules - Dua Lipa (11)
14. The Sky Is A Neighborhood - Foo Fighters (17)
15. Praying - Kesha (15)
16. Silence - Marshmello f/Khalid (20)
17. You're The Best Thing About Me - U2 (13)
18. Light It Up - Luke Bryan (18)
19. Bad At Love - Halsey (23)
20. What Lovers Do - Maroon 5 f/SZA (16)
21. Waving Through A Window - Ben Platt & the Cast of Dear Evan Hansen (25)
22. Location - Khalid (22)
23. Lay It On Me - Vance Joy (19)
24. No Roots - Alice Merton (28)
25. Disco T!ts - Tove Lo (26)
26. Unforgettable - Thomas Rhett (21)
27. Ask Me How I Know - Garth Brooks (31)
28. Round Here Buzz - Eric Church (34)
29. Fix A Drink - Chris Janson (29)
30. I Could Use A Love Song - Maren Morris (32)
31. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back - Shawn Mendes (27)
32. Losing Sleep - Chris Young (39)
33. When It Rains It Pours - Luke Combs (33)
34. Every Little Thing - Carly Pearce (24)
35. Mi Gente - J. Balvin & Willy William f/Beyonce (30)
36. Like I Loved You - Brett Young (44)
37. The Gold - Manchester Orchestra (51)
38. Woman - Kesha f/Dap King Horns (52)
39. Giants - LIGHTS (43)
40. Two High - Moon Taxi (40)
41. Slow Hands - Niall Horan (36)
42. Believer - Imagine Dragons (38)
43. Angela - The Lumineers (53)
44. Greatest Love Story - LANCO (45)
45. No Promises - Cheat Codes f/Demi Lovato (35)
46. What Ifs - Kane Brown f/Lauren Alaina (46)
47. When We - Tank (55)
48. Cola - CamelPhat & Elderbrook (48)
49. Broken Glass - Rachel Platten (37)
50. Lights Down Low - MAX f/gnash (56)
51. All On My Mind - Anderson East (57)
52. Smoke Clears - Andy Grammer (89)
53. Don't Take The Money - Bleachers (63)
54. Yours - Russell Dickerson (64)
55. Anywhere - Rita Ora (65)
56. Rich Love - OneRepublic f/Seeb (70)
57. One Foot - Walk The Moon (81)
58. Small Town Boy - Dustin Lynch (58)
59. Rx (Medicate) - Theory Of A Deadman (59)
60. Reggaeton Lento - CNCO & Little Mix (60)
61. Too Much To Ask - Niall Horan (71)
62. Versace On The Floor - Bruno Mars (67)
63. Complicated - Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike f/David Guetta & Kiiara (93)
64. Love In Ruins - Gryffin f/Sinead Harnett (74)
65. I'm Too Sexy (Touch This Skin) - Ultra Nate & Quentin Harris as Black Stereo Faith (79)
66. Redbone - Childish Gambino (66)
67. Go To War - Nothing More (68)
68. So Tied Up - Cold War Kids f/Bishop Briggs (69)
69. Pain - The War On Drugs (83)
70. Day I Die - The National (84)
71. I'll Name The Dogs - Blake Shelton (76)
72. I Got You - Greg Gatsby f/J Allen (72)
73. Boom - Emily Perry (73)
74. Good Times - All Time Low (54)
75. Dusk Till Dawn - Zayn & Sia (61)
76. A Girl Like You - Easton Corbin (100)
77. Miles - Phillip Phillips (47)
78. Body Like A Back Road - Sam Hunt (78)
79. Beautiful Trauma - Pink (DEBUT)
80. Without You - Avicii f/Sandro Cavazza (80)
81. Outta Style - Aaron Watson (DEBUT)
82. Freak - Rosabel f/Tamara Wallace (DEBUT)
83. Almost Home - Sultan + Ned Shepard f/Nadia Ali & IRO (95)
84. Shine Your Love - Scotty Boy & Lizzie Curious (DEBUT)
85. Do I Make You Wanna - Billy Currington (85)
86. Wish I Knew You - The Revivalists (86)
87. Carry You Home - Tiesto f/Stargate & Aloe Blacc (88)
88. I Got A Problem (I Wonder...) - G.H. Hat f/Mickey Shiloh (98)
89. All Stars - Martin Solveig f/ALMA (DEBUT)
90. Katchi - Ofenbach & Nick Waterhouse (90)
91. Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2 - Stormzy f/MNEK (DEBUT)
92. I Miss You - Clean Bandit f/Julia Michaels (92)
93. Betray and Degrade - Seether (94)
94. Wolves - Marshmello f/Selena Gomez (DEBUT)
95. Judas - Fozzy (99)
96. Meant To Be - Bebe Rexha f/Florida Georgia Line (DEBUT)
97. X With U - Tom Budin & Luciana (DEBUT)
98. Let Me Go - Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso f/Florida Georgia Line & Watt (DEBUT)
99. You Broke Up With Me - Walker Hayes (DEBUT)
100. Love - Kendrick Lamar f/Zacari (DEBUT)

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

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As Pink departs her perch at #1 with "What About Us", the second single from her stellar album Beautiful Trauma, the title track, arrives as the top new entry at #79...

A veteran of the "Texas Country" genre, Aaron Watson finally scores his first big mainstream country hit and lands on my chart at #81 with "Outta Style"...

DJ's Ralphi Rosario and Abel Aguilera, who collaborate under the moniker Rosabel, return to the chart at #82 with "Freak", featuring singer Tamara Wallace. It's the follow-up to their #1 club hit "Anthem Of House".


Another club master, DJ Scotty Boy, hooks up with singer Lizzie Curious at #84 for "Shine Your Love"...

French DJ/producer Martin Solveig is back at #89 with "All Stars" featuring Finnish singer ALMA. A finalist on that country's version of American Idol, she's already appeared on my chart when she sang on Felix Jaehn's "Bonfire" in 2016...

British rapper Stormzy lands on my list at #91 with "Blinded By My Grace, Pt. 2" featuring singer/songwriter MNEK. It's from his UK #1 album Gang Signs & Prayer...

Mysterious producer/DJ Marshmello, who is at #16 with his collab with Khalid, "Silence", growls in at #94 with "Wolves" featuring Selena Gomez..

Country crossover duo Florida Georgia Line are featured on two pop singles that enter my chart this week. First at #96 is dance/pop singer Bebe Rexha with "Meant To Be"...

Australian remixer Tom Budin has a hit of his own as his record with British singer Luciana, "X With U", rolls in at #98...

The other Florida Georgia Line pop collaboration enters at #98. It's the trop-house excursion "Let Me Go" from actress/singer Hailee Steinfeld and Swedish DJ Alesso which also features producer/musician (Andrew) Watt...

Country newcomer Walker Hayes makes his debut at #99 with "You Broke Up With Me". It's from his just-released second album Boom...

The final newbie of the week at is from the biggest album of 2017 per Billboard, Kendrick Lamar's DAMN., as "Love" featuring Zacari slips in at the bottom spot...