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We've finally come to the end of my year-end recap of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart in 2014. You can catch up with all the other installments by clicking here ... #10. "Am I Wrong" - Nico & Vinz         from the album Black Star Elephant (2014)         twostepcubchart peak: #2 (two weeks)         weeks on the chart: 34 (so far in 2014 - still charting) If you needed something totally unexpected in music in 2014, here's two black soul singers from Norway with an international pop hit that was originally released under a different name. Formerly known as Envy, Nico Sereba and Vincent Dery cruised into my top-ten with this Afrobeat song that urged you to follow your dreams. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

We're coming close to the end of my top-100 recap of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart for 2014. You can check out the rest of the pack by clicking here ... #20 - "The Walker" - Fitz & The Tantrums          from the album More Than Just A Dream (2013)          twostepcubchart peak: #1 (two weeks)          weeks on the chart: 24 The soulful L.A. modern rock band also made the top-20 on my 2013 with "Out Of My League" (#11), and this time out is lower on the list but did one better by reaching #1 on my chart for two weeks. Never has the zombie apocalypse seemed so fun . (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I'm back with another part of my recap of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart from 2014. You can catch up with the other seven parts so far by clicking here ... #30 - "Story Of My Life" - One Direction           from the album Midnight Memories (2013)           twostepcubchart peak: #7 (one week)           weeks on the chart (in 2014): 23 You could say that the X Factor losers turn boy-band winners "grew up" on this record, as it did the best on the older radio formats, topping the adult pop list and #2 on the adult contemporary (or "easy listening") chart. And if this video doesn't give you the 'feels', check your pulse. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

We've made it to the top forty on my recap of the songs racking up the most points on my weekly chart for 2014. You can catch up with the other installments (plus my Xmas "bubbling under" bonus 25) by clicking here ... #40 - "Play It Again" - Luke Bryan           from the album Crash My Party (2013)           twostepcubchart peak: #2 (two weeks)           weeks on the chart: 20 Country A-lister Luke Bryan, who also appeared here this year at #51 with "Roller Coaster", had the #60 song of last year with "That's My Kind Of Night", and #82 with "Crash My Party". This time he "crashes" the top-40 with the top country song on my recap this year, "Play It Again"... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I've been counting down my top 100 tunes from the year on my weekly personal music chart, and as a bonus, here's the songs that "bubbled under" (in Billboard 's terms) my list; the also-rans, though equally as worthy... #125 - "Really Don't Care" - Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd           twostepcubchart peak: #10 (two weeks)           weeks on the chart: 11 (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I've reached the halfway mark on my recap of the top 100 tunes on my weekly personal music chart for 2014. You can catch up with the first five installments by clicking here ... #50 - "Talk Dirty" - Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz          from the album Talk Dirty (2014)          twostepcubchart peak: #10 (one week)          weeks on the chart (in 2014): 20 Originally on my chart as a minor hit last year when the song was a European and Australian hit, the stripper-friendly jam finally caught on in America as the biggest single from his Talk Dirty album. Also, his first hit to have a guest rapper on it. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

It's time for the fifth installment of my year-end list of the biggest songs on my personal weekly chart in 2014. You can catch up on parts one through four by clicking here ... #60 - "Superheroes" - The Script          from the album No Sound Without Silence (2014)          twostepcubchart peak: #12 (two weeks)          weeks on the chart:  18 (so far in 2014 - still charting) The Irish pop/rock band, who had my top song of 2010 with "Breakeven", came back for their fourth album after lead singer Danny O'Donoghue's stint as the "Adam Levine" on the British version of The Voice with this anthemic fist-raiser. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I'm back with part four of my recap of the biggest songs on my personal music chart from this year. You can catch up with the first three installments by clicking here ... #70 - "It's About Time" - Young The Giant          from the album Mind Over Matter (2014)          twostepcubchart peak: #9 (one week)          weeks on the chart: 16 Alt-rockers from California Young The Giant took four years between their debut and their sophomore album, and their sound got a bit harder, especially on this rager that almost topped the Modern Rock chart. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I'm back with part three of my recap of the biggest songs on my weekly personal music chart this year. You can check out the first two parts by clicking here ... #80 - "Into The Blue" - Kylie Minogue           from the album Kiss Me Once (2014)           twostepcubchart peak: #3 (two weeks)           weeks on the chart: 12 After parting ways with career-long manager Terry Blamey, switching to Americentric Roc Nation, she again seemed to try to capture the Western audience with her 12th album Kiss Me Once , which harkened back to her "see what sticks" effort X but with a bit more vivaciousness and overt sexuality (three songs had sex in the title), but still included a club anthem in this single that should've at least hit the top-40 if not for American pop radio's ageism, and young gay men's infatuation with slutty younger girls. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

It's time for round two of my year-end recap of the biggest hits on my weekend personal chart this year. You can catch up on part one by clicking here ... #90 - "We Are Tonight" - Billy Currington          from the album We Are Tonight (2013)          Highest Peak: #20 (one week)          Weeks on the chart: 18 Currington had a wild 2013; as his "Hey Girl" ended up Billboard 's Country Single of the Year (it ended up #81 on my year-end chart), he pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an altercation with a boat captain who was stalking his property with tourists. Moving onward, he returned to #1 on the country chart with this suburban-country rocker. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I cannot believe it's already time to start this year's rundown of the top 100 tunes of the year from my weekly blog . Where on earth did 2014 go? Well I tallied up all the numbers by rank each week and these are the songs that went the highest and/or stuck around the longest. And each weekday until New Years Eve (except Christmas) I'll bring out ten more until we get to the top. And away we go.... #100 - "I Got U" - Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones           from the album EP1           Highest Rank: 17 (two weeks)           Weeks on the chart: 16 2014 was the year neo-house broke through in a big way, and I couldn't be more happier, as my garage-music days of the 90s finally made the tetro train. British DJ Adam Dyment, aka Duke Dumont, followed up his Grammy-nominated classic "Need U (100%)" from last year with this rework of Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Y...