twostepcub's music chart for January 6, 2023...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Taylor Swift cashes in at #1 for a third week, while Pink (pictured above) skates into the top five. Former big hits from Harry Styles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ingrid Andress/Sam Hunt, and CAAMP drop off my chart, while songs from Metallica, Avril Lavigne, and Taylor Swift make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). And under the list, everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. This would be an excellent day for some indictments, Merrick!

If you missed my year-end series of the biggest hits on this weekly list for 2022, you can click here for all the posts...

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)

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1. Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (1)

2. Cuff It - Beyonce (4)

3. Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras (2)

4. Sex, Drugs, etc. - Beach Weather (3)

5. Never Gonna Not Dance Again - Pink (6)

6. Edging - blink-182 (8)

7. Victoria's Secret - Jax (5)

8. Made You Look - Meghan Trainor (16)

9. Snap - Rosa Linn (7)

10. Lift Me Up - Rihanna (10)

11. Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi (11)

12. Down Home - Jimmie Allen (12)

13. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy (9)

14. Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez (18)

15. This Is Why - Paramore (15)

16. Whiskey On You - Nate Smith (22)

17. Star Walkin' - Lil Nas X (17)

18. Hold Me Closer - Elton John & Britney Spears (14)

19. Son Of A Sinner - Jelly Roll (19)

20. What My World Spins Around - Jordan Davis (21)

21. Tonight- Phoenix f/Ezra Koenig (23)

22. Run Away To Mars - TALK (24)

23. Fall In Love - Bailey Zimmerman (13)

24. She Had Me At Heads Carolina - Cole Swindell (20)

25. I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha (30)

26. How Do I Say Goodbye - Dean Lewis (31)

27. I'm In Love With You - The 1975 (37)

28. Sunroof - Nicky Youre & dazy (28)

29. Unstoppable - Sia (29)

30. I'm A Mess - Avril Lavigne f/YUNGBLUD (44)

31. Records - Weezer (43)

32. I Like You (The Happier Song) - Post Malone f/Doja Cat (28)

33. Lavender Haze - Taylor Swift (47)

34. BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 52 - Bizarrap & Quevedo (38)

35. Half Of Me - Thomas Rhett f/Riley Green (25)

36. You Proof - Morgan Wallen (36)

37. Don't Come Lookin' - Jackson Dean (27)

38. Free Mind - Tems (34)

39. Don't Let The Light Go Out - Panic! At The Disco (39)

40. I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic (35)

41. Surrender - Godsmack (41)

42. Music For A Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles (32)

43. More Than Machines - Bush (33)

44. 10:35 - Tiesto f/Tate McRae (54)

45. Murder In My Mind - Kordhell (40)

46. The Kind Of Love We Make - Luke Combs (42)

47. Hurt Me So Good - Jazmine Sullivan (48)

48. As It Was - Harry Styles (46)

49. Lux Aeterna - Metallica (67)

50. Die For You - The Weeknd (56)

51. Pick Me Up - Gabby Barrett (61)

52. One Of Those Days - Ozzy Osbourne (52)

53. Stick Season - Noah Kahan (53)

54. Miss You - Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz (62)

55. 5 Foot 9 - Tyler Hubbard (45)

56. Burning - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (60)

57. Day N Night - Afrojack & Black V Neck f/Muni Long (57)

58. Devil Doesn't Bargain - Alec Benjamin (58)

59. Heartfirst - Kelsea Ballerini (63)

60. Thank God - Kane Brown f/Katelyn Brown (64)

61. Seeing Someone Else - Ingrid Andress (65)

62. Stay Out Of It - Michigander (66)

63. Numb - Marshmello & Khalid (55)

64. Sleepwalking - All Time Low (68)

65. San Quentin - Nickelback (79)

66. No Love For You - Regard & Drop-G (71)

67. Heart Like A Truck - Lainey Wilson (77)

68. Golden Hour - JVKE (72)

69. Break My Soul - Beyonce (69)

70. Escapism - Raye f/070 Shake (75)

71. The Loneliest - Maneskin (81)

72. Closer Than Close - Nya (74)

73. Take My Name - Parmalee (73)

74. Lionheart (Fearless) - Joel Corry & Tom Grennan (78)

75. Wait In The Truck - HARDY f/Lainey Wilson (DEBUT)
76. Celestial - Ed Sheeran (76)

77. Pointless - Lewis Capaldi (91)

78. Out In The Middle - The Zac Brown Band (82)

79. All By Myself - Alok, Sigala, & Ellie Goulding (83)

80. Black Summer - Red Hot Chili Peppers (80)

81. Blind For Love - American Authors (85)

82. Firebabe - Stormzy (86)

83. Going, Going, Gone - Luke Combs (DEBUT)

84. Spiral - Lena Leon (94)

85. Beguiled - Smashing Pumpkins (89)

86. Weird Goodbyes - The National f/Bon Iver (87)

87. Sail Away - lovelytheband (88)

88. Trillions - Alicia Keys f/Brent Faiyaz (92)

89. You Didn't - Brett Young (DEBUT)
90. Messy In Heaven - Venbee & Goddard (90)

91. Kill Bill - SZA (DEBUT)
92. Thought You Should Know - Morgan Wallen (96)

93. Creepin - Metro Boomin' f/The Weeknd & 21 Savage (93)

94. Off My Mind - Joe P. (DEBUT)

95. Pretty Boy - Noah Gallagher's High Flying Birds (95)

96. Nobody Gets Me - SZA (DEBUT)
97. Whitney - Rêve (DEBUT)

98. Metamorphosis - INTERWORLD (100)

99. Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj (RE-ENTRY)

100. Tomorrow 2 - GloRilla & Cardi B (DEBUT)

Along with a re-entry from Nicki Minaj, there are eight songs making their debut on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll connect to their official website for more information on them. And here they are on video, after the break...

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The top debut of the week at #75 is claimed by country music singer/songwriter HARDY (aka Michael Wilson Hardy) with his poignant revenge tale "Wait In The Truck" with Lainey Wilson, who also jumps 10 notches with her own "Heart Like A Truck"...

Luke Combs drops in at #83 with "Going, Going, Gone", the third radio single from his Growin' Up album. It follows "The Kind Of Love We Make", which sits at #46 and made my year-end list at #21...

Country music artists take the top three debuts this week as Brett Young arrives at #89 with "You Didn't", from this Weekends Look a Little Different These Days album...

As SZA has the top album in America for a third week with SOS, two songs from the record make my first chart of 2023. Lead single "Kill Bill" shoots in at #91...