ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (September 29, 2020)

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: we find some fast adds for Travis Scott‘s fast food, which certainly helps to nourish the Top 40 panel. Let’s add ’em up:

A LOT FOR SCOTT: Travis Scott’s “Franchise”, a collaboration with Young Thug and M.I.A., is the week’s Most Added song at the Top 40 format with 56 stations on impact. It earns an additional 60 adds at the Rhythmic format and 63 on the Urban report.

The rest of the top four also consists of new entries: Bastille‘s “Survivin'”, which earned a third place finish at both the Alternative and Hot AC formats, was a survivor and started in second place here with 28 adds in its first week. Why Don’t We‘s “Fallin'” took the third position with 26 stations this week, just six hours after the tune was released. Look for it to score even more action during next week’s session, when it officially impacts at this format. Finally, Ali Gatie and Alessia Cara‘s collaboration “Welcome Back” was welcomed solidly by the Top 40 panel, settling in fourth place with 25 adds from the panel.

Charting singles from Madison Beer, Sam Smith and Zoe Wees returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

Next week: the aforementioned Why Don’t We, as well as Dua Lipa, will be falling into place on the log with plenty of new adds.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (ELEVEN)
1. TRAVIS SCOTT featuring YOUNG THUG & M.I.A., “Franchise” (Cactus Jack/Epic)
2. BASTILLE, “Survivin'” (Republic)
3. WHY DON’T WE, “Fallin'” (Signature Ent./Atlantic)
4. ALI GATIE featuring ALESSIA CARA, “Welcome Back” (Warner)
5-T. SAM SMITH, “Diamonds” (Capitol)
5-T. TATE MCRAE, “You Broke Me First” (RCA)
7. ZOE WEES, “Control” (Caroline)
8. MADISON BEER, “Baby” (Access/Epic)
9-T. JUSTIN BIEBER featuring CHANCE THE RAPPER, “Holy” (Def Jam)
9-T. MACHINE GUN KELLY x BLACKBEAR, “My Ex’s Best Friend” (Bad Boy/Interscope)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (September 28-29, 2020)

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? Here are two singles impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

ALI GATIE featuring ALESSIA CARA – “Welcome Back” (Warner)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: Gatie and Cara’s most recent chart entries here peaked at #34 and #28, respectively, during the past 12 months.

TRAVIS SCOTT featuring YOUNG THUG & M.I.A. – “Franchise” (Epic)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: This collaboration charted just outside the top 50 for yesterday’s official update, but it’ll debut by next weekend.

Why Don’t We will have one of the songs fallin’ onto the adds report next week with their new release.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (September 27, 2020)

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. Before you go looking at any other radio list tonight, here’s what’s popping at the format this week:

ANOTHER “GO” AROUND: Lewis Capaldi holds at #1 on the Top 40 chart with “Before You Go”, its second week at the top. A new #1 is on the horizon, however, as Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo‘s song “Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat)” (rising 3-2) is ready to make the leap. Capaldi’s track is now in its 37th week in the top 40, which is one week more than his previous #1 single “Someone You Loved” spent in the top 40 at this format.

There’s very little action at the bottom of the chart this week. Conan Gray has the only top 40 entry with “Heather”, up 42-40. This is his second top 40 entry at the format; in May, “Maniac” got to #37. Additionally, Madison Beer has the sole top 50 debut at #48 with “Baby”. About six months ago, “Good In Goodbye” peaked at #42.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: September 27, 2020

The Queen of the chart.

DEBUTS
40. Harry Styles – Golden
39. Dua Lipa – Levitating | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
26. Marshmello & Demi Lovato – OK Not To Be OK (31) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
20. Joel Corry featuring MNEK – Head & Heart (25) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
11. Ashe – Save Myself (16) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Chris Cornell – Patience (12) | PEAK: #10
09. BANNERS – Someone To You (11) | PEAK: #09
08. Zara Larsson – Love Me Land (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Zedd & Jasmine Thompson – Funny (07) | PEAK: #07
06. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me (06) | PEAK: #01 for ten weeks
05. Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Taylor Swift – Cardigan (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Dua Lipa – Hallucinate (03) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
02. Kygo & Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It? (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Ava Max – Kings & Queens (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Shawn Hook – Holding On To You (1)
2. Tate McRae – You Broke Me First (4)
3. Sasha Sloan – Lie (6)
4. Rozzi – Best Friend Song (2)
5. LP – The One That You Love (5)
6. JP Saxe – A Little Bit Yours (8)
7. Keith Urban & P!nk – One Too Many (-)
8. Jamie Scott – New York Nights (7)
9. Kygo & Donna Summer – Hot Stuff (10)
10. Kylie Minogue – Magic (-)

In The Mix:
Alicia Keys – Love Looks Better
Aloe Blacc – My Way
Bastille – Survivin’ (new)
Bea Miller – Feel Something
Donovan Woods – Clean Slate (new)
Gracie Abrams – Friend
Lady Gaga – 911
Matt Simons – Better Tomorrow
Rachel Platten – Soldiers
Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On
Sir Sly – Material Boy (new)
Steps – What The Future Holds
Tyler Shaw – Remember

Chart Notes:

• Ava Max easily rules my countdown for a second week with “Kings & Queens”, as the top eight on the chart remains frozen. Just ahead of a new remix featuring rapper DaBaby, this week’s higher of two debuts is Dua Lipa‘s “Levitating” at #39. Coming in one spot lower is Harry Styles with “Golden”. The #40 entry has not been officially confirmed as a radio single yet, but it’s earning some good airplay in several U.S. markets.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: September 27, 2009

They belong on my 2009 chart.

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 11 years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of September 27, 2009:

Debuts:
40. THE SCRIPT, “Breakeven”
39. ONEREPUBLIC, “All The Right Moves”

Biggest Mover:
ROB THOMAS, “Someday” (30-21, nine spots)

10. KELLY CLARKSON, “Already Gone” (steady, second week)
Album: All I Ever Wanted (2009, 19/RCA Records)
Peak: #2

09. MICHAEL BUBLÉ, “Haven’t Met You Yet” (up 8)
Album: Crazy Love (2009, 143/Reprise Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

08. BOYS LIKE GIRLS, “Love Drunk” (down 3)
Album: Love Drunk (2009, Columbia Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

07. UNCLE KRACKER, “Smile” (up 1)
Album: Happy Hour (2009, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #7 for four weeks

06. MIKA, “We Are Golden” (up 1)
Album: The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2009, Casablanca/Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

05. DAUGHTRY, “No Surprise” (down 1)
Album: Leave This Town (2009, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

04. TAYLOR SWIFT, “You Belong With Me” (down 1)
Album: Fearless (2008, Big Machine/Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

03. COLBIE CAILLAT, “Fallin’ For You” (up 3)
Album: Breakthrough (2009, Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

02. FIVE FOR FIGHTING, “Chances” (steady, second week)
Album: Slice (2009, Aware/Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

01. GARY GO, “Wonderful” (steady, second week)
Album: Gary Go (2008, Decca Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of September 25, 2020

The gift of New Music Friday.

Any New Music Friday can be a holiday, including this one, which includes the current studio albums from Carrie Underwood, Deftones and Public Enemy, as well as the latest songs from Kylie Minogue, Travis Scott and ZAYN. Gift yourself with a streaming session:

Notable albums out this week: Carrie Underwood‘s My Gift (iTunes), Deftones‘s Ohms (iTunes), Fredo Bang‘s In The Name Of Gee (iTunes), Granger Smith‘s Country Things, Vol. 1 (iTunes), Jessie Reyez‘s Before Love Came To Kill Us+ (iTunes), Joji‘s Nectar (iTunes), Machine Gun Kelly‘s Tickets To My Downfall (iTunes), Public Enemy‘s What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? (iTunes), Starley‘s One Of One (iTunes), Sufjan Stevens‘s The Ascension (iTunes), Svrcina‘s Elysian Fields (iTunes), The Neighbourhood‘s Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Caro‘s The Longest Year, Pt. 1 (iTunes), Jeremy Renner‘s Live For Now (iTunes), Melanie Martinez‘s After School (iTunes), Shaylen‘s Temporary Feelings (iTunes), Silver Sphere‘s All My Boyfriends (iTunes), Thomas Headon‘s Goodbye (iTunes), Will Hyde‘s Dark Until September (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“5”, Max Leone (iTunes)
“Alien (Acoustic)”, Dennis Lloyd (iTunes)
“Always Forever”, Bryson Tiller (iTunes)
“Bad Things”, Alison Wonderland (iTunes)
“Be With Me” and “Leave Me Alone!”, Boy Pablo (iTunes)
“Because I’m High”, Jake Etheridge (iTunes)
“Better”, ZAYN (iTunes)
“Between The Lines”, Gwen Bunn & Faith Evans (iTunes)
“Bitter”, FLETCHER featuring Trevor Daniel & Kito (iTunes)
“Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)”, Tame Impala (iTunes)
“Brand New”, Sheppard (iTunes)
“By My Side”, The Paper Kites featuring Rosie Carney (iTunes)
“Caffeine”, Fly By Midnight featuring Shoffy (iTunes)
“Changes”, Hayd (iTunes)
“Closing Doors”, Harry Hudson featuring Astrid S (iTunes)
“Come Give Me Love”, First Aid Kit (iTunes)
“Cotton Candy Lemonade”, Blu DeTiger (iTunes)
“Courage To Change”, Sia (iTunes)
“Crush”, Glades (iTunes)
“Dance Like No One’s Watching”, Swae Lee (iTunes)
“Dear First Love”, LØLØ (iTunes)
“Diablo”, Nea & Nio Garcia (iTunes)
“Dirty”, Grandson (iTunes)
“Don’t Call Me”, Brando (iTunes)
“Don’t Say Goodbye”, Alok & Ilkay Sencan featuring Tove Lo (iTunes)
“Drinkin’ Songs”, MacKenzie Porter (iTunes)
“Dropout”, Brakence & Blackbear (iTunes)
“Duele”, TINI featuring John C (iTunes)
“Earn It”, Austin Brown (iTunes)
“Ego”, Carlie Hanson featuring Iann Dior (iTunes)
“Epidemic”, Polo G (iTunes)
“Family Values”, R3HAB & Nina Nesbitt (iTunes)
“Fantastic”, Blame My Youth (iTunes)
“Franchise”, Travis Scott featuring Young Thug & M.I.A. (iTunes)
“Future”, Jesse Ruben (iTunes)
“Ghosts”, Bruce Springsteen (iTunes)
“Good Energy”, Mike Sabath (iTunes)
“Heaven”, Amy Allen (iTunes)
“Heavy”, CXLOE (iTunes)
“How Does It Feel”, Julia Brennan (iTunes)
“If The World Falls To Pieces”, Young Summer (iTunes)
“I’ll Stay”, Kyd The Band (iTunes)
“In And Out Of Love”, Medina (iTunes)
“Island Lights”, Birdy (iTunes)
“Jackie Onassis”, ELIO (iTunes)
“Keep In Touch”, Jake Scott (iTunes)
“Like A Man”, Thomas Mac (iTunes)
“Lonely” and “Pa’ Ti”, Jennifer Lopez & Maluma (iTunes)
“Look The Other Way”, Katie Pruitt (iTunes)
“Love On Display”, Guy Sebastian (iTunes)
“Mac & Cheese”, Rei Ami (iTunes)
“Madgical”, I Don’t Speak French (iTunes)
“Magic”, Kylie Minogue (iTunes)
“Maybe Don’t”, Maisie Peters & JP Saxe (iTunes)
“Money Up”, MadeinTYO featuring Toro Y Moi (iTunes)
“Old School”, Cassy London (iTunes)
“On Me”, Jada (iTunes)
“One (Monster & Infinity)”, SuperM (iTunes)
“Only Me”, Tim Chadwick (iTunes)
“Out On Bail”, YG (iTunes)
“Revolving”, Yung Bae featuring Marc E. Bassy (iTunes)
“RIP”, Arizona Zervas (iTunes)
“Room”, Chaz Cardigan (iTunes)
“Same Devil”, Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile (iTunes)
“Same Hands”, BIA featuring Lil Durk (iTunes)
“She Waits For Me To Come Back Down”, Donovan Woods featuring Katie Pruitt (iTunes)
“Skinny Skinny”, Ashton Irwin (iTunes)
“So Annoying (Acoustic)”, Mae Muller (iTunes)
“Somewhere”, Hauskey (iTunes)
“Speechless”, Eddie Benjamin (iTunes)
“Sports”, Elah Hale (iTunes)
“Survivin'”, Bastille (iTunes)
“Talk About”, Seaforth (iTunes)
“The Business”, Tiësto (iTunes)
“That Guy”, Jack Gray (iTunes)
“The Great Divide”, The Shins (iTunes)
“The World’s Always Been Ending”, Lostboycrow (iTunes)
“Trouble’s Coming”, Royal Blood (iTunes)
“Tu Tu Tu (That’s Why We)”, Galantis & NGHTMRE featuring Liam O’Donnell (iTunes)
“Underwater”, Anabel Englund x MK (iTunes)
“Used To”, SayGrace (iTunes)
“Want To Know”, Phantoms (iTunes)
“What We Had”, Dylan Dunlap (iTunes)
“Wild Life”, OneRepublic (iTunes)
“Wow”, Zara Larsson featuring Sabrina Carpenter (iTunes)
“You Time”, Scotty McCreery (iTunes)

Next week, the latest albums from Bon Jovi, Dolly Parton, LANY and Mariah Carey 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 (September 22, 2020)

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: Justin Bieber and Sam Smith witness some triple-digit love at the Top 40 format, but which of their diamonds is the jewel of the panel? Let’s add ’em up:

O “HOLY” FIGHT: The race was tight for the week’s Most Added single, but in the battle of the one-word titles, “Holy” found the faith to blast past “Diamonds”. Bieber and Chance The Rapper‘s new collaboration together secured 165 stations on impact, just ahead of Smith’s still impressive 145. The pair of pop winners are already well into the top 40 at this format and should continue to make some moves through the fall. On Monday, “Diamonds” snuck ahead of “Holy” to become the Most Added track at the Hot AC format, but the top spot on today’s report at the Rhythmic format went to “Holy”.

Last week’s top song, Marshmello and Demi Lovato‘s “OK Not To Be OK”, settled for third place with 29 more adds this week.

Charting singles from Tate McRae and Zoe Wees returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next week for more adds action!

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (ELEVEN)
1. JUSTIN BIEBER featuring CHANCE THE RAPPER, “Holy” (Def Jam)
2. SAM SMITH, “Diamonds” (Capitol)
3. MARSHMELLO & DEMI LOVATO, “OK Not To Be OK” (Island/Republic)
4. TATE MCRAE, “You Broke Me First” (RCA)
5-T. CALVIN HARRIS x THE WEEKND, “Over Now” (Columbia)
5-T. JOEL CORRY featuring MNEK, “Head & Heart” (Big Beat/EMG)
7-T. BLACKPINK & SELENA GOMEZ, “Ice Cream” (Interscope)
7-T. ZOE WEES, “Control” (Caroline)
9-T. MADISON BEER, “Baby” (Access/Epic)
10-T. 24KGOLDN featuring IANN DIOR, “Mood” (RECORDS-Columbia)
10-T. AVA MAX, “Kings & Queens” (Atlantic)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (September 21-22, 2020)

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? Here are two singles impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

JUSTIN BIEBER featuring CHANCE THE RAPPER – “Holy” (Def Jam)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: The big collaboration is already in the top 40 at the format, becoming Bieber’s 30th such entry here since 2009.

SAM SMITH – “Diamonds” (Capitol)
Album: Love Goes (2020)
Past T40 History: “Diamonds” is already shining brightly at the pop format. It’s Smith’s third top 40 single of 2020 and 15th total.

Let’s welcome back Ali Gatie and Alessia Cara to the Top 40 format: their newly-released collaboration impacts next week.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (September 20, 2020)

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. Yes, someone you loved is back at the top of the pop chart. Here’s what’s popping this week:

THE WAY TO “GO”: Lewis Capaldi scores his second #1 song on the Top 40 chart with “Before You Go”. In its 36th week in the top 40, the single sets a new record for the slowest run ever to the top spot in the plays-per-week era, surpassing the previous record by five weeks. It’s already reached #1 on the Hot AC radio chart.

Three superstar releases leap into the top 40 this week, led by Marshmello and Demi Lovato‘s collaboration “OK Not To Be OK”. It blasts from 43-29, becoming their tenth and 17th top 40 singles at the pop format, respectively. Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper enter the chart at #34 with “Holy”, marking their 30th and fifth top 40 songs here, respectively. The track was just released on Friday. Lastly, the 15th top 40 single for Sam Smith lands at #39. “Diamonds” is taken from the Love Goes album, which comes out on October 23.

The only top 50 entry this week comes from newcomer Jxdn. The social media star debuts at #49 with “Angels & Demons”.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: September 20, 2020

In the Max-imum position.

DEBUTS
40. Salem Ilese – Mad At Disney
39. Alaina Castillo – Tonight
37. Lukas Graham – Share That Love
31. Marshmello & Demi Lovato – OK Not To Be OK | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
33. Smith & Thell – Year Of The Young (38) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
21. Claire Rosinkranz – Backyard Boy (26) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. The Killers – My Own Soul’s Warning (08) | PEAK: #06
09. Scott Helman – Wait No More (06) | PEAK: #03
08. Zara Larsson – Love Me Land (09) | PEAK: #08
07. Zedd & Jasmine Thompson – Funny (10) | PEAK: #07
06. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me (04) | PEAK: #01 for ten weeks
05. Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Taylor Swift – Cardigan (05) | PEAK: #04
03. Dua Lipa – Hallucinate (01) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
02. Kygo & Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It? (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Ava Max – Kings & Queens (03) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Shawn Hook – Holding On To You (1)
2. Rozzi – Best Friend Song (4)
3. Taylor Swift – Betty (3)
4. Tate McRae – You Broke Me First (10)
5. LP – The One That You Love (5)
6. Sasha Sloan – Lie (-)
7. Jamie Scott – New York Nights (6)
8. JP Saxe – A Little Bit Yours (-)
9. Dua Lipa featuring Madonna & Missy Elliott – Levitating (7)
10. Kygo & Donna Summer – Hot Stuff (-)

In The Mix:
Alicia Keys – Love Looks Better
Aloe Blacc – My Way (new)
Bea Miller – Feel Something
Gracie Abrams – Friend
Keith Urban & P!nk – One Too Many (new)
Lady Gaga – 911 (new)
Matt Simons – Better Tomorrow
NOTD & Nina Nesbitt – Cry Dancing
Rachel Platten – Soldiers (new)
Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On (new)
Steps – What The Future Holds
Taylor Swift – The 1
The Vamps – Married In Vegas
Tyler Shaw – Remember
Walk Off The Earth – Farther We Go
ZZ Ward – Giant

Chart Notes:

• Ava Max earns her first #1 song on my chart with “Kings & Queens”, reaching the top after two weeks at #3. She previously got to #6 with “Sweet But Psycho”. Four songs are new to the top 40, with “OK Not To Be OK” by Marshmello and Demi Lovato leading the way at #31. Further down, Lukas Graham‘s “Share That Love” shares in an entry at #37, while two newcomers are new at #39 and #40, respectively: Alaina Castillo with “Tonight” and Salem Ilese with the viral hit “Mad At Disney”.

  (See my full chart on Crownnote)