RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (May 9, 2021)

Welcome to Radio Active, a Sunday evening report from POP! Goes The Charts that gets to the chart of the matter: all the highlights from the CHR/Top 40 chart, as published by Mediabase 24/7 and Mediabase Research. This week’s survey is full of rap stars and pop stars aplenty, so here’s what’s moving at the format this week:

STILL SAVING THE CHART: “Save Your Tears” spends a third week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart, as The Weeknd‘s big hit lifts from 2-1 on the Hot AC chart. This will likely be its last week at the summit here on the pop list, as Justin Bieber is salivating for a sweet jump to the top with this week’s #2 song, the Daniel Caesar and GIVĒON-assisted “Peaches”.

Hong Kong’s Jackson Wang is up from 41-39 on the Top 40 radio chart with “LMLY (Leave Me Loving You)”, giving Wang his third top 40 song at the format. Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based songwriter Annika Wells earns her first top 40 hit as an artist with “Sucks Being Sober”, leaping from 45-40.

In the top 50, Polo G debuts at #45 with “Rapstar”, which recently starred at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Starting at #48, “I Did It” marks a giant collaboration for DJ Khaled with Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby and DaBaby. You can find it on the recent album Khaled Khaled, which just landed at the top of the Billboard 200 list.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: May 9, 2021

“Open” to a second week on top.

DEBUTS
40. OneRepublic – Run
38. Barenaked Ladies – Flip
31. P!nk – All I Know So Far
24. Coldplay – Higher Power | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
28. Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae – You (33)
25. Ben Platt – Imagine (32)
23. Billie Eilish – Your Power (35) | BIGGEST MOVER
16. Mimi Webb – Good Without (24)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. The Strumbellas – Greatest Enemy (10) | PEAK: #10
09. Anson Seabra – Walked Through Hell (12) | PEAK: #09
08. Maroon 5 – Beautiful Mistakes (11) | PEAK: #08
07. Olivia Rodrigo – Driver’s License (04) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
06. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Passenger – Sword From The Stone (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
04. Sara Kays – Remember That Night? (07) | PEAK: #04
03. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (05) | PEAK: #03
02. Dua Lipa – We’re Good (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. January Jane – Versions Of You (5)
2. Taylor Swift – Mr. Perfectly Fine (7)
3. Years & Years – Starstruck (4)
4. Illenium & Iann Dior – First Time (6)
5. MisterWives – Superbloom (2)
6. Counting Crows – Elevator Boots (10)
7. Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan – Let’s Go Home Together (9)
8. Anderson East – Madelyn (8)
9. Tai Verdes – A-O-K (-)
10. Camino – Burning Fire (-)

In The Mix:
Anitta – Girl From Rio
Jillian Rossi – Fever Dream (new)
Rag’N’Bone Man & P!nk – Anywhere Away From Here
Tom Gregory – River

Chart Notes:

• Silk Sonic (the new project featuring Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) keeps the door closed to visitors, as “Leave The Door Open” spends a second week at #1 on my personal chart. The song is currently in the top ten at five different radio formats, though a sixth is on the way soon. After checking in at #35 on last week’s chart, Billie Eilish jumps to #23 with “Your Power”, which takes the Biggest Mover honors. Speaking of power, Coldplay has a really powerful start at #24 with “Higher Power”, this week’s Highest Debut of the four in the countdown. P!nk also has a fairly high debut at #31 with “All I Know So Far”, a new song and the title cut from the soundtrack to her upcoming documentary, which is due on Amazon in two weeks. Debuting at #38, the Barenaked Ladies return to the chart with “Flip”, which marks their first time in the region since the summer of 2013. Finally, OneRepublic is also back and entering at #40 with “Run”.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: May 8, 2016

“Like” these bops and more.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back five years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of May 8, 2016…

Debuts:
40. ZAYN, “Like I Would”
38. INGRID MICHAELSON, “Hell No”
36. JORDAN FISHER, “All About Us”
26. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, “Can’t Stop The Feeling”

Biggest Mover(s):
TEGAN AND SARA, “Boyfriend” (32-24, eight spots)

10. P!NK, “Just Like Fire” (up 7)
Album: Alice Through The Looking Glass (Soundtrack) (2016, RCA-Walt Disney Records)
Peak: #3 for four weeks

09. BANNERS, “Start A Riot” (up 1)
Album: BANNERS (2015, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #7

08. WALK THE MOON, “Work This Body” (down 2)
Album: Talking Is Hard (2014, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

07. ADELE, “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” (up 7)
Album: 25 (2015, XL/Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

06. FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS, “HandClap” (up 1)
Album: Fitz And The Tantrums (2016, Elektra Records)
Peak: #3 for two weeks

05. ZAYN, “Pillowtalk” (down 2)
Album: Mind Of Mine (2016, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

04. GWEN STEFANI, “Make Me Like You” (down 2)
Album: This Is What The Truth Feels Like (2016, Interscope Records)
Peak: #2 for three weeks

03. THE 1975, “The Sound” (up 1)
Album: I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (2016, Dirty Hit/Interscope Records)
Peak: #3

02. THE STRUMBELLAS, “Spirits” (up 3)
Album: Hope (2016, Glassnote Records)
Peak: #2 for three weeks

01. BARNS COURTNEY, “Fire” (steady, second week)
Album: The Dull Drums (EP) (2017, Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of May 7, 2021

Know your new music releases.

Here’s what we know so far… New Music Friday is looking amazing with albums from Aly & AJ, Bebe Rexha and Rag’N’Bone Man, as well as singles from Coldplay, J. Cole and P!nk. The higher chart powers are ready to reveal themselves:

Notable albums out this week: Aly & AJ‘s A Touch Of The Beat Gets You Up On Your Feet Gets You Out And Then Into The Sun (iTunes), Amy Winehouse‘s At The BBC (iTunes), Ashe‘s Ashlyn (iTunes), Bailey Bryan‘s Fresh Start (iTunes), Bebe Rexha‘s Better Mistakes (iTunes), Cheat Codes‘s Hellraisers, Part 1 (iTunes), Chloe Moriondo‘s Blood Bunny (iTunes), Cochise‘s Benbow Crescent (iTunes), Dodie‘s Build A Problem (iTunes), Jack Ingram/Miranda Lambert/Jon Randall‘s The Marfa Tapes (iTunes), Jeremy Zucker/Chelsea Cutler‘s Brent: Live From The Internet (iTunes), Josh Kerr‘s 12 Of 12 (iTunes), Kenny Chesney‘s Here And Now (Deluxe) (iTunes), Mod Sun‘s Internet Killed The Rockstar (Deluxe) (iTunes), Nancy Wilson‘s You And Me (iTunes), Quando Rondo‘s Still Taking Risks (iTunes), Radio Company‘s Vol. 2 (iTunes), Rag’N’Bone Man‘s Life By Misadventure (iTunes), Remi Wolf‘s We Love Dogs! (iTunes), Toosii‘s Thank You For Believing (iTunes), Travis Tritt‘s Set In Stone (iTunes), Van Morrison‘s Latest Record Project, Vol. 1 (iTunes), Weezer‘s Van Weezer (iTunes), Zayde Wølf‘s Neon Blood Type (iTunes), Girls5eva (Soundtrack) (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: 19&You‘s 19&You (iTunes), Alfie Templeman‘s Forever Isn’t Long Enough (iTunes), Between Friends‘s Tape 003 (iTunes), Fickle Friends‘s Weird Years (Season 2) (iTunes), Fiji Blue‘s Reasons You Should Care (iTunes), Joseph Ray‘s 300 Below (iTunes), Kelsy Karter‘s Live From Nowhere (iTunes), Marcellus Juvann‘s Hardheaded (iTunes), Melvoni‘s Return To Sender (iTunes), Salem‘s Salem II (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“90s Kids (Unplugged)”, Jax (iTunes)
“A-O-K” and “Momma Told Me Imma Be”, Tai Verdes (iTunes)
“All I Know So Far”, P!nk (iTunes)
“All I Want”, Boys Noize featuring Jake Shears (iTunes)
“Astronaut In The Ocean (Remix)”, Masked Wolf featuring G-Eazy & DDG (iTunes)
“Astronomy”, Conan Gray (iTunes)
“Bad For Me”, Sebastian Javier (iTunes)
“Baddest”, Imanbek & Cher Lloyd (iTunes)
“Balcony”, Dayglow (iTunes)
“Bored”, Wingtip (iTunes)
“Bout Me”, Coi Leray (iTunes)
“Close To You”, Bklava (iTunes)
“Closer”, Saint Nomad (iTunes)
“Cry And Drive”, CXLOE (iTunes)
“Dark Horse” and “Medicine”, Sydney Mack (iTunes)
“Dark Skinned”, RAY BLK (iTunes)
“Dimension”, Alex Porat (iTunes)
“Emily Ivory”, Guster (iTunes)
“Fast (Motion)”, Saweetie (iTunes)
“Federal”, SpotemGottem (iTunes)
“Feel Something”, Joshua Bassett (iTunes)
“Forevermore”, Cuco (iTunes)
“F.R.A.”, REI AMI (iTunes)
“Freckles”, Eves Karydas (iTunes)
“Funeral”, Maisie Peters featuring James Bay (iTunes)
“Get Together”, David Guetta (iTunes)
“Going Down South”, The Black Keys (iTunes)
“Golden Boy”, Bryce Fox (iTunes)
“Hello Baby”, Young M.A. featuring Fivio Foreign (iTunes)
“Hide And Seek (Le Youth Remix)”, Catie Turner (iTunes)
“High Water”, Elephante (iTunes)
“Higher Power”, Coldplay (iTunes)
“Hollywood Sucks”, KennyHoopla featuring Travis Barker (iTunes)
“House Of Cards”, Alexander Stewart (iTunes)
“Hurts 2 Hate Somebody (Chase Atlantic Remix)”, ELIO featuring No Rome (iTunes)
“I Need You (To Be Wrong)”, Switchfoot (iTunes)
“I Only Love You When I’m Sad”, Lillian Hepler (iTunes)
“I’d Rather Be Here”, Dylan Fraser (iTunes)
“Iowa”, Donovan Woods & Aiofe O’Donovan (iTunes)
“Interlude”, J. Cole (iTunes)
“Into The Mystery”, NEEDTOBREATHE (iTunes)
“Isn’t Everyone”, HEALTH & Nine Inch Nails (iTunes)
“Jorge”, Cat & Calmell (iTunes)
“Knock Knock”, Nardo Wick (iTunes)
“Know Me Again”, Cian Ducrot featuring Cate (iTunes)
“Last Call”, Kidd G (iTunes)
“Latest Trends”, A1 x J1 featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (iTunes)
“Lay Wit Ya”, Isaiah Rashad featuring Duke Deuce (iTunes)
“Like That”, JP Saxe (iTunes)
“Lost”, Jake Bugg (iTunes)
“Love Like This”, Maximillian (iTunes)
“Mess It Up”, Gracie Abrams (iTunes)
“Middle Of Love”, Jake Wesley Rogers (iTunes)
“Miss The Rage”, Trippie Redd featuring Playboi Carti (iTunes)
“Money”, Tom Odell (iTunes)
“Monogamy”, Emilie Adams (iTunes)
“My Point Of You”, Matilda Mann (iTunes)
“Never Been In Love”, Haley Mae Campbell (iTunes)
“Never Left”, Lil Tecca (iTunes)
“Only One”, Felix Cartal & Karen Harding (iTunes)
“Oppanese”, Fredo Bang (iTunes)
“PBJ”, Tay Money (iTunes)
“Perfect Timing”, YG, Mozzy & Blxst (iTunes)
“Purge The Poison”, MARINA featuring Pussy Riot (iTunes)
“Ready Or Not”, Douwe Bob (iTunes)
“REM”, Mac Wetha (iTunes)
“Run”, OneRepublic (iTunes)
“Salsa”, TheHxliday (iTunes)
“Say Something”, Nick Wilson (iTunes)
“She Goes To Work”, Jake Dodds (iTunes)
“Sideways”, Illenium, Valerie Broussard & Nurko (iTunes)
“Small Talk”, Russ (iTunes)
“So Good”, Joan (iTunes)
“Somebody’s Song”, Kyd The Band (iTunes)
“Strawberry Cheeks”, Ūla (iTunes)
“Tequila Talkin'”, Kameron Marlowe (iTunes)
“The Catch (Acoustic)”, FRANKIE (iTunes)
“The Long Way Home”, Powfu featuring Sara Kays & Sarcastic Sounds (iTunes)
“Thirdwheeler”, Reuben Gray (iTunes)
“Through The Storm”, Don Diablo featuring Jordan Mackampa (iTunes)
“Thumbin'”, Kash Doll (iTunes)
“Tiempo”, Ozuna (iTunes)
“War In Your Arms”, Ben Abraham (iTunes)
“We Are Between”, Modest Mouse (iTunes)
“What Is Love”, Showtek featuring Theresa Rex (iTunes)
“What You Need”, Don Toliver (iTunes)
“Who’s Hurting Who”, Jack Savoretti featuring Nile Rodgers (iTunes)
“Who’s Your Money On? (Plastic House)”, Inhaler (iTunes)
“Witness Trees”, Henry Jamison (iTunes)
“Worldwide”, Emanuel (iTunes)
“Xcxoplex”, A.G. Cook & Charli XCX (iTunes)

Next week, the new albums from J. Cole and The Black Keys are among the larger releases on the schedule. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (May 4, 2021)

Welcome to Add Lib, your Tuesday report on POP! Goes The Charts that’s mad about CHR/Top 40 adds, based on the station data provided by Mediabase 24/7 and Add Board. This week: superstar Billie Eilish is happier than ever at the top of the adds report. Let’s add ’em up:

A “POWER” GRAB: Taken from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish easily grabs the top spot on the adds report at Top 40 radio with “Your Power”, picking up 141 commitments in its first week. Unsurprisingly, the track also led this week’s report at Alternative radio, earning 48 adds there.

The numbers drop off significantly from there, with several new or emerging collaborations taking up the rest of the top four.

Charting singles from AJR, Kali Uchis and Lil Nas X returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next week for another action-packed adds session.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (ELEVEN)
1. BILLIE EILISH, “Your Power” (Darkroom/Interscope)
2. REGARD, TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE, “You” (Ministry Of Sound/Epic)
3. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
4. MAJOR LAZER featuring SIA & LABRINTH, “Titans” (Mad Decent)
5. KALI UCHIS, “Telepatía” (Virgin EMI/Interscope)
6. LIL NAS X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (Columbia)
7. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
8. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
8-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
10-T. AJR, “Way Less Sad” (S-Curve/Hollywood)
10-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (May 3-4, 2021)

It’s time once again to analyze the airwaves and find out if your favorite new releases will be lighting up your local station’s playlist this week. Which tunes will climb to the top and which ones will hit a stop? These two songs will be impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

BILLIE EILISH, “Your Power” (Darkroom/Interscope)
Album: Happier Than Ever (2021)
Past T40 History: This song debuted at #34 on the Top 40 chart over the weekend, becoming Eilish’s seventh top 40 entry to date.

GIRL IN RED, “Serotonin” (AWAL/in2une)
Album: If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021)
Past T40 History: This newcomer from Norway impacts here for the first time. Her song is rising in the top 15 at Alternative radio.

Next week: no additional songs are currently listed as impacting for next week.

How will these songs perform on the adds report? Let me know!

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (May 2, 2021)

Welcome to Radio Active, a Sunday evening report from POP! Goes The Charts that gets to the chart of the matter: all the highlights from the CHR/Top 40 chart, as published by Mediabase 24/7 and Mediabase Research. This week’s pop chart is feeling more powerful than before, so here’s what’s feeling the force at the format this week:

AS “TEARS” GO BY: “Save Your Tears” is safe for a second week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart, as The Weeknd‘s hit continues to climb in airplay at the format. The song also holds at #2 on the Hot AC chart, just behind labelmate Taylor Swift‘s “Willow”. As for next week, the pop chart is looking peachy, but we can wait on that one…

In the top 40, Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae bounce from 41-32 with “You”, earning the three artists their third, sixth and second top 40 hits, respectively. After debuting on Thursday, Billie Eilish powers through the top 40 and into the #34 spot with “Your Power”. The song becomes her seventh top 40 entry and third from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever. Lifting from 43-39 on the list, AJ Mitchell makes it into the region with “Stop”, which goes ahead to become his fourth top 40 hit. Finally, TikTok stars Nessa Barrett and Jxdn enter the top 40 with the collaboration “La Di Die”, a recent top 20 single on the Alternative chart, which jumps from 48-40. This is the first top 40 song on the pop airwaves for both performers.

Newcomer Sara Kays leads another handful of releases making their first entry into the top 50 at the format, with “Remember That Night?” coming in at #46. Her song has already reached the top 15 at the Triple A format. Mooski lands at #48 with “Track Star”, which is now at #2 at the Urban format following a viral moment earlier this year. Finally, Veronika is in at #49 with “Homesick”.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: May 2, 2021

An extra silky chart-topper.

DEBUTS
37. Alec Benjamin – The Way You Felt
35. Billie Eilish – Your Power | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
33. Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae – You (38)
32. Ben Platt – Imagine (39) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
30. Tom Grennan – Little Bit Of Love (35)
24. Mimi Webb – Good Without (31) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie) — two weeks
19. The Band CAMINO – 1 Last Cigarette (24)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. The Strumbellas – Greatest Enemy (13) | PEAK: #10
09. Duncan Laurence – Arcade (08) | PEAK: #08
08. Ava Max – My Head & My Heart (06) | PEAK: #02
07. Sara Kays – Remember That Night? (08) | PEAK: #07
06. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (07) | PEAK: #06
05. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Olivia Rodrigo – Driver’s License (04) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
03. Passenger – Sword From The Stone (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
02. Dua Lipa – We’re Good (03) | PEAK: #02
01. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Nessa Barrett featuring Jxdn – La Di Die (1)
2. MisterWives – Superbloom (2)
3. Barenaked Ladies – Flip (4)
4. Years & Years – Starstruck (7)
5. January Jane – Versions Of You (8)
6. Illenium & Iann Dior – First Time (5)
7. Taylor Swift – Mr. Perfectly Fine (10)
8. Anderson East – Madelyn (-)
9. Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan – Let’s Go Home Together (-)
10. Counting Crows – Elevator Boots (-)

In The Mix:
Anitta – Girl From Rio (new)
Camino – Burning Fire (new)
James Arthur – Medicine
Rag’N’Bone Man & P!nk – Anywhere Away From Here
Tom Gregory – River

Chart Notes:

• The new duo of Silk Sonic (a collaborative project from Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) opens the door and peeks inside to find their very first #1 hit on my personal chart in “Leave The Door Open”, which rises from 2-1. Last month, the tune also topped the Billboard Hot 100 survey. A full studio album from the two performers is expected to be released later this year. Two recent entries from Ben Platt and Mimi Webb are tied for the Biggest Mover, up seven spots. A couple of new tunes also check into the countdown from Billie Eilish and Alec Benjamin: “Your Power” and “The Way You Felt” are off to a nice start at #35 and #37, respectively.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: May 3, 2015

The top hits from six years (and years) ago.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back six years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of May 3, 2015…

Debuts:
40. WALK THE MOON, “Different Colors”
36. ADAM LAMBERT, “Ghost Town”

Biggest Mover(s):
GAVIN JAMES, “The Book Of Love” (39-33)
SAM HUNT, “Take Your Time” (33-27, six spots)

10. DELTA RAE, “Scared” (steady, second week)
Album: After It All (2015, Sire/Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #7 for three weeks

09. MAT KEARNEY, “Billion” (steady, second week)
Album: Just Kids (2015, Republic Records)
Peak: #9 for two weeks

08. TORI KELLY, “Nobody Love” (down 2)
Album: Unbreakable Smile (2016, Capitol Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

07. CARLY RAE JEPSEN, “I Really Like You” (up 1)
Album: E·MO·TION (2015, Interscope Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

06. THE SCRIPT, “Man On A Wire” (up 1)
Album: No Sound Without Silence (2014, Columbia Records)
Peak: #5

05. LIFE OF DILLON, “Overload” (down 3)
Album: Prologue (EP) (2015, Disruptor/Epic Records)
Peak: #2

04. ELLIE GOULDING, “Love Me Like You Do” (steady, second week)
Album: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Soundtrack) (2015, CT/Republic-Interscope Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

03. NATE RUESS, “Nothing Without Love” (up 2)
Album: Grand Romantic (2015, Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #3 for two weeks

02. YEARS & YEARS, “King” (up 1)
Album: Communion (2015, Interscope Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

01. SAINT MOTEL, “My Type” (steady, second week)
Album: My Type (EP) (2014, Elektra Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of April 30, 2021

The DJ is on duty.

It’s another one… another New Music Friday, that is, including attractive albums from DJ Khaled, Girl In Red and Thomas Rhett, as well as satisfying singles from Alec Benjamin, Billie Eilish and Little Mix. Here are your major and minor keys for the week:

Notable albums out this week: Amy Shark‘s Cry Forever (iTunes), Ashley Monroe‘s Rosegold (iTunes), Birdy‘s Young Heart (iTunes), Cake Pop‘s Cake Pop 2 (iTunes), COIN‘s Rainbow Mixtape (iTunes), DJ Khaled‘s Khaled Khaled (iTunes), Dropkick Murphys‘s Turn Up That Dial (iTunes), Girl In Red‘s If I Could Make It Go Quiet (iTunes), Glades‘s Planetarium (iTunes), Gojira‘s Fortitude (iTunes), Julia Michaels‘s Not In Chronological Order (iTunes), Julia Stone‘s Sixty Summers (iTunes), Lil Eazzyy‘s Rookie Of The Year (iTunes), Manchester Orchestra‘s The Million Masks Of God (iTunes), MercyMe‘s Inhale (Exhale) (iTunes), Morray‘s Street Sermons (iTunes), Royal Blood‘s Typhoons (iTunes), Shelley FKA Dram‘s Shelley FKA Dram (iTunes), Siena Liggins‘s Ms. Out Tonight (iTunes), Thomas Rhett‘s Country Again (Side A) (iTunes), ZHU‘s Dreamland 2021 (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Boy In Space‘s Frontyard (iTunes), Laufey‘s Typical Of Me (iTunes), Madeline The Person‘s Chapter 1: The Longing (iTunes), Max Leone‘s Malleable (iTunes), Peter Fenn‘s Cadillac Dreams (iTunes), Priscilla Block‘s Priscilla Block (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2:22 PM”, Contradash (iTunes)
“Anybody Else”, Spill Tab (iTunes)
“Anything Could Happen (Superorganism Remix)”, Dylan Cartlidge (iTunes)
“Are You OK?”, NEFFEX (iTunes)
“Astronaut In The Ocean (Alok Remix)”, Masked Wolf (iTunes)
“Be Somebody”, Mitch James (iTunes)
“Beside Myself”, Lights (iTunes)
“Better Words”, Josh Cumbee (iTunes)
“Breakfast In Bed”, Sophia Messa & Avenue Beat (iTunes)
“Burn”, Ethan Fields & Luke Brown (iTunes)
“Chargie”, Alana Maria featuring Midas The Jagaban (iTunes)
“Cherry Bomb”, Finn Askew (iTunes)
“Choker”, Twenty One Pilots (iTunes)
“Climate”, Kxlly (iTunes)
“Confetti (Remix)”, Little Mix featuring Saweetie (iTunes)
“Crossfire”, Rag’N’Bone Man (iTunes)
“Daddy”, Tiny Meat Gang featuring Quinn XCII (iTunes)
“Daniel”, Will Young (iTunes)
“Dead End”, Jackie Hayes (iTunes)
“Deathwish”, Stand Atlantic featuring Nothing, Nowhere. (iTunes)
“Die For A Man”, Bebe Rexha featuring Lil Uzi Vert (iTunes)
“Dirty Laundry”, Parson James & JoJo (iTunes)
“Disco Man (Hot Chip Remix)”, Remi Wolf (iTunes)
“Dizzy”, SHAED (iTunes)
“Don’t Freak”, The Aces (iTunes)
“Durag Activity”, Baby Keem & Travis Scott (iTunes)
“Early In The Morning”, Kris Kross Amsterdam, Shaggy & Conor Maynard (iTunes)
“Eenie Meenie”, Yung Baby Tate (iTunes)
“Elevator Boots”, Counting Crows (iTunes)
“Even When/The Best Part”, Olivia Rodrigo & Joshua Bassett (iTunes)
“Feels Like I Know You”, Chaz Cardigan & TheGifted (iTunes)
“Fever Dream”, Jillian Rossi (iTunes)
“Fires”, Ina Wroldsen (iTunes)
“Fool’s Gold (Tiësto 24 Karat Gold Edition)”, Sofia Carson (iTunes)
“Forgotten Souls” and “Pure Love”, Mother Mother (iTunes)
“Found My Friends”, Hayley Kiyoko (iTunes)
“Friday On A Tuesday”, Gaff (iTunes)
“Geraldene”, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall (iTunes)
“Get Better”, Laureline (iTunes)
“Girl From Rio”, Anitta (iTunes)
“Go To Sleep”, Blame My Youth (iTunes)
“Gone”, Chiiild (iTunes)
“Good”, Wrabel (iTunes)
“Gray!”, 44Phantom (iTunes)
“Happy For Me”, Lou Elliotte (iTunes)
“Hate That I Fell In Love With You”, Bow Anderson (iTunes)
“Have We Met Before?”, Sarah Barrios & Eric Nam (iTunes)
“Help Herself”, Bbno$ & Diamond Pistols featuring BENEE (iTunes)
“Here’s Your Perfect”, Jamie Miller (iTunes)
“Hero”, Afrojack & David Guetta (iTunes)
“Homegrown”, Finmar (iTunes)
“Hush”, The Marías (iTunes)
“I Can’t Get Over You”, Mags (iTunes)
“I Lied”, Lord Huron featuring Allison Ponthier (iTunes)
“Ice Cold”, Brandon Davis (iTunes)
“I’d Rather Die Than Be Deported”, Berwyn (iTunes)
“IDK What I Did”, Sydney Rose (iTunes)
“If I Could”, Brynn Cartelli (iTunes)
“Jackson”, Trixie Mattel featuring Orville Peck (iTunes)
“Jump In”, Caroline Kole (iTunes)
“Kenny”, Still Woozy (iTunes)
“Kentucky”, Donkeyboy (iTunes)
“Kilometre”, Burna Boy (iTunes)
“Knee On”, Clayton Shay (iTunes)
“LA House Party”, Picture This (iTunes)
“Last Night”, Digital Farm Animals featuring Harlee (iTunes)
“Letter To A Girl”, Brynn Elliott (iTunes)
“Life’s Not Like The Movies”, Andi (iTunes)
“Light Year”, Adam Melchor featuring Lennon Stella (iTunes)
“Lost In Love”, Jany Green (iTunes)
“Love Is A Weapon”, Letdown. (iTunes)
“Love Race”, Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn (iTunes)
“Love You For A Long Time (Live)”, Maggie Rogers featuring Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes (iTunes)
“Lover/Loner”, Nightly (iTunes)
“Made To Fall”, Mob Rich (iTunes)
“Molasses”, Alec Bailey (iTunes)
“Montana”, Daya (iTunes)
“Moody”, ANNALIA (iTunes)
“My Baby”, Lil Skies featuring Zhavia Ward (iTunes)
“No Gods No Masters”, Garbage (iTunes)
“Oh My God”, Inna (iTunes)
“Okay”, FRVRFRIDAY featuring Vory (iTunes)
“On Me (Remix)”, Lil Baby & Megan Thee Stallion (iTunes)
“One By One”, Diplo featuring Elderbrook & Andhim (iTunes)
“One More Day”, Alfie Templeman featuring April (iTunes)
“Over You”, Rhys (iTunes)
“Overnight Sensation”, Lily Rose (iTunes)
“Pity Party”, Marinelli (iTunes)
“Please”, Jessie Ware (iTunes)
“Pull Me Back”, Pretty Sister (iTunes)
“Rider”, Mereba (iTunes)
“She Said”, Harper Finn (iTunes)
“Small Town Crazy”, Bailey Zimmerman (iTunes)
“So What”, Louis The Child featuring A R I Z O N A (iTunes)
“Something Sexy”, SmithField (iTunes)
“Sorry Isn’t Good Enough”, Joy Oladokun (iTunes)
“Sorry Mom”, The Band CAMINO (iTunes)
“Spiral”, 21 Savage (iTunes)
“Stone Man”, Chord Overstreet (iTunes)
“Stuck In The Burbs”, JayXander (iTunes)
“Take Me To The Moon”, Julius (iTunes)
“Temporary”, Lauren Jauregui (iTunes)
“Thaw”, Sabrina Song (iTunes)
“The Best”, Hook N Sling & Galantis featuring Karen Harding (iTunes)
“The Great Escape”, Blanco & Central Cee (iTunes)
“The Way You Felt”, Alec Benjamin (iTunes)
“This Damn Song”, Warren Zeiders (iTunes)
“Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”, The Maine (iTunes)
“Tung Tied”, LoveLeo featuring Rico Nasty (iTunes)
“Waiting For You”, Anabel Englund x Yotto (iTunes)
“Want Need Love”, Prospa (iTunes)
“We’re On Our Way Now”, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (iTunes)
“Who Do You Love?”, Terrell Hines (iTunes)
“Without You (Remix)”, The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus (iTunes)
“Woman On The Moon”, Yung Bae featuring UPSAHL (iTunes)
“Would You”, Mikey Dam (iTunes)
“You Could Be The One”, Niko Rubio (iTunes)
“Your Power”, Billie Eilish (iTunes)

Next week, albums from Ashe, Bebe Rexha and Rag’N’Bone Man are among the larger releases on the schedule. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

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