50 to 46

50. 10 Seconds- Jazmine Sullivan, Peak – 8

Jazmine kills it on her new album.  The first of two appearances is her second single from Love Me Back.  This album SHOULD bring her more grammy nominations as well as more interviews, interviews, interviews!

49. Dynamite- Taio Cruz, Peak – 6

It’s pretty impressive that Taio Cruz’s second US single, Dynamite, ended up being the bigger of his two hits of the year.  Two reasons it surprised me, 1) Break Your Heart was a huge hit and usually a second single after a huge hit doesn’t do quite as well, 2) Dynamite doesn’t have a featured rapper/vocalist to give it an extra boost.  On Billboard’s year end chart, Dynamite (#9) just outpeaks Break Your Heart (#10).  Since the guy writes his own songs, he’s definitely paid this year.

48. Firework- Katy Perry, Peak – 3

Firwork is still in the top 5 on my chart, so this position at #48 is for a partial chart run.  Katy has one more song on the countdown coming up later.

47. Holding You Down- Jazmine Sullivan, Peak – 10

Another Jazmine song, this was the lead single off of her new album.  One comment about Jazmine’s album – the singles don’t grab me as much as the singles from her last album did, but the set of songs as a whole is a lot more cohesive.

46. Here I Am- Monica, Peak – 4

Monica had a really good year this year.  She racked up a few grammy nominations that will hopefully turn into wins.  She also had a few big R&B hits.  Here I Am was not one of these.  It was originally slated to be the 2nd single from the album, but was scrapped in favor of a song that became a huge hit.  Then a duet with Trey Songz was half-heartedly released as the third single, but no video and no promotion left it pretty much unknown.  Give it a listen – Monica doing this more Urban stuff alongside the modern R&B classics make her as well rounded as anyone in the game right now.