NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of January 1, 2021

These are the potential bops to start 2021.

Happy New Year from PGTC! Despite a limited number of releases for the holiday, these new tunes are bringing the fireworks as we ring in 2021:

Notable albums out this week: Ben Kweller‘s Circuit Boredom (iTunes), The Black Keys‘s Brothers (Deluxe/Anniversary) (iTunes), The Dirty Nil‘s F**k Art (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: DYLN‘s DYLN_02 (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2020”, Mitch Rossell (iTunes)
“2021”, Lauv (iTunes)
“Adrenaline”, You Me At Six (iTunes)
“Afterparty”, Abigail Barlow & Ariza (iTunes)
“Anyone”, Justin Bieber (iTunes)
“Better Life”, Joshua Radin (iTunes)
“Better Than Feeling Lonely”, Olivia O’ Brien (iTunes)
“Bucket List”, Mitchell Tenpenny (iTunes)
“Don’t Wanna Stop”, Alphalove featuring Conor Maynard (iTunes)
“Falling Apart”, Scott Finck (iTunes)
“Family Values (Acoustic)”, R3HAB x Nina Nesbitt (iTunes)
“Feel The Love”, Daði Freyr & ÁSDÍS (iTunes)
“Fillin’ My Cup”, Hailey Whitters featuring Little Big Town (iTunes)
“Good Day”, Apollo LTD featuring Social Club Misfits (iTunes)
“I Don’t Want Another Sorry”, Dax & Trippie Redd (iTunes)
“I Miss U (Chaya Remix)”, Jax Jones featuring Au/Ra (iTunes)
“Love Is Back”, Celeste (iTunes)
“Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) (Show N Prove Remix)”, Jason Derulo x Nuka (iTunes)
“More Than A Vow”, Cait Fairbanks (iTunes)
“New Year Song”, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (iTunes)
“No Son Of Mine”, Foo Fighters (iTunes)
“No Time For Tears (Acoustic)”, Nathan Dawe & Little Mix (iTunes)
“Overload (Todd Terry Remix)”, Melanie C (iTunes)
“Potential Breakup Song (2020)”, Aly & AJ (iTunes)
“Radioactive Rain”, Smith & Thell (iTunes)
“Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)”, Kylie Minogue x Dua Lipa (iTunes)
“Sober”, Bailey Bryan (iTunes)
“That’s All”, Amanda Shires (iTunes)
“The Sun Is Coming Up”, Newton Faulkner (iTunes)
“The Sun Is In Your Eyes (Voice Memo)”, Jacob Collier (iTunes)
“Town Home”, Austin Burke (iTunes)
“True”, SYML (iTunes)
“Up To You”, Stefan Benz (iTunes)
“Weluvthat”, Che (iTunes)
“When The Lights Go Out”, Gabrielle Aplin (iTunes)
“Wonderful Way”, Hannah Grace (iTunes)
“Words”, Barry Gibb & Dolly Parton (iTunes)

Next week, the latest albums from Barry Gibb and Morgan Wallen 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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Adam’s Top 100 of 2020: The Complete List

2020 was quite a year, one that will be remembered for some time to come: the pandemic, politics, protests and much more. While our lives will be much different headed into the new year, we can only hope that 2021 will bring some sort of normalcy and positive change.

Perhaps one of the few upsides of 2020 was the amount of great music that came out: despite the challenges of the last ten months, the music community remained creative and I’d like to think that some of that is reflected in my 2020 year-end chart. “Love” was in the air once again, with the top 100 containing 15 titles that used the word or the word family, including “I Love Me”, “Love Me Land”, “Stupid Love”, “Used To Love” and others. From “Me” to “You”, my chart saw some action from “Fall On Me” and “Rain On Me” to “Adore You” and “Someone To You” and even “Me & You Together Song”. Hits from Dua Lipa and Lady Gaga dominated the year, but there’s lots more to discover from the rankings of my list, including winners from radio, sync and yes, a few TikTok tunes as well.

So, after crunching all the numbers up, here are the top 100 songs based on my weekly personal chart:

The 2020 chart year encompasses a period of 53 weekly surveys from the chart dated December 1, 2019 to the chart dated November 29, 2020. Peaks listed for each track reflect the highest position reached by the final list of this period. For any ties in points, an entry with the highest peak is listed first, and further ties are broken by the weeks at a song’s peak position and the amount of time charted in the top 40. 166 titles had at least one point qualify towards the year-end chart, a small decrease from the 167 that did so in 2019. A total of 13 titles reached the #1 spot for at least one week this year, down significantly from the 20 that did so in 2019.

01. DUA LIPA, “Break My Heart” (1,025 points)
Album: Future Nostalgia
Label: Warner
Peak: #1 for eight weeks

02. LADY GAGA & ARIANA GRANDE, “Rain On Me” (967 points)
Album: Chromatica
Label: Interscope
Peak: #1 for ten weeks

03. JP SAXE featuring JULIA MICHAELS, “If The World Was Ending” (937 points)
EP: Hold It Together
Label: Arista
Peak: #1 for two weeks

04. HARRY STYLES, “Adore You” (922 points)
Album: Fine Line
Label: Erskine/Columbia
Peak: #1 for three weeks

05. DUA LIPA, “Don’t Start Now” (908 points)
Album: Future Nostalgia
Label: Warner
Peak: #1 for four weeks

06. SAM FISCHER, “This City” (868 points)
EP: Not A Hobby and Homework
Label: RCA
Peak: #1 for five weeks

07. THE KILLERS, “Caution” (765 points)
Album: Imploding The Mirage
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #2 for six weeks

08. GABBY BARRETT featuring CHARLIE PUTH, “I Hope” (764 points)
Album: Goldmine
Label: Warner/Warner Nashville
Peak: #2 for five weeks

09. AVA MAX, “Kings & Queens” (676 points)
Album: Heaven & Hell
Label: APG/Atlantic
Peak: #1 for three weeks

10. DUA LIPA, “Physical” (637 points)
Album: Future Nostalgia
Label: Warner
Peak: #1 for one week

11. KYGO & TINA TURNER, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” (636 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: RCA
Peak: #2 for eight weeks

12. DUA LIPA, “Hallucinate” (630 points)
Album: Future Nostalgia
Label: Warner
Peak: #1 for three weeks

13. SCOTT HELMAN, “Wait No More” (624 points)
Album: Nonsuch Park (SA)
Label: Warner
Peak: #3 for three weeks

14. LEWIS CAPALDI, “Before You Go” (613 points)
Album: Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (Extended)
Label: Capitol
Peak: #2 for two weeks

15. TONES AND I, “Never Seen The Rain” (611 points)
EP: The Kids Are Coming
Label: Bad Batch/Elektra
Peak: #3 for three weeks

16. LADY GAGA, “Stupid Love” (592 points)
Album: Chromatica
Label: Interscope
Peak: #2 for two weeks

17. THE 1975, “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)” (591 points)
Album: Notes On A Conditional Form
Label: Dirty Hit/Interscope
Peak: #3 for two weeks

18. THE 1975, “Me & You Together Song” (578 points)
Album: Notes On A Conditional Form
Label: Dirty Hit/Interscope
Peak: #6

19. MANDY MOORE, “Save A Little For Yourself” (574 points)
Album: Silver Landings
Label: Verve Forecast
Peak: #3 for four weeks

20. KATY PERRY, “Daises” (573 points)
Album: Smile
Label: Capitol
Peak: #3 for three weeks

21. BENEE featuring GUS DAPPERTON, “Supalonely” (569 points)
EP: Stella & Steve
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #3 for two weeks

22. MILEY CYRUS, “Midnight Sky” (556 points)
Album: Plastic Hearts
Label: RCA
Peak: #1 for four weeks

23. MAGGIE ROGERS, “Love You For A Long Time” (551 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Capitol
Peak: #5 for four weeks

24. ASHE, “Moral Of The Story” (542 points)
EP: Moral Of The Story: Chapter 1
Label: Mom+Pop/Further.
Peak: #3 for two weeks

25. COLDPLAY, “Orphans” (540 points)
Album: Everyday Life
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Peak: #1 for three weeks

26. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Cardigan” (532 points)
Album: Folklore
Label: Republic
Peak: #4 for three weeks

27. MAJOR LAZER featuring MARCUS MUMFORD, “Lay Your Head On Me” (527 points)
Album: Music Is The Weapon
Label: Mad Decent/Columbia
Peak: #5

28. TONES AND I, “Bad Child” (525 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Bad Batch/Elektra
Peak: #4

29. THE KILLERS, “My Own Soul’s Warning” (502 points)
Album: Imploding The Mirage
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #6 for three weeks

30. NIALL HORAN, “Nice To Meet Ya” (492 points) (2019 YE: #70)
Album: Heartbreak Weather
Label: Neon Haze/Capitol
Peak: #1 for six weeks (2019/2020)

31. BANNERS, “Someone To You” (486 points)
EP: Empires On Fire and Album: Where The Shadow Ends (Reissue)
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #2

32. KELLY CLARKSON, “I Dare You” (476 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Atlantic/EMG
Peak: #5 for three weeks

33. CHRIS CORNELL, “Patience” (457 points)
Album: No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1
Label: UMe
Peak: #6

34. SCOTT HELMAN, “Everything Sucks” (455 points) (2019 YE: #88)
Album: Nonsuch Park (SA)
Label: Warner
Peak: #2 for three weeks

35. ASHE, “Save Myself” (452 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Mom+Pop/Further.
Peak: #3 for two weeks

36. ZARA LARSSON, “Love Me Land” (450 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: TEN/Epic
Peak: #8 for four weeks

37. TONES AND I, “Ur So F**king Cool” (442 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Bad Batch/Elektra
Peak: #6 for three weeks

38. TAYLOR SWIFT, “The Man” (434 points)
Album: Lover
Label: Republic
Peak: #8

39. HARRY STYLES, “Falling” (432 points)
Album: Fine Line
Label: Erskine/Columbia
Peak: #7 for four weeks

40. CARLY RAE JEPSEN, “This Love Isn’t Crazy” (426 points)
Album: Dedicated Side B
Label: School Boy/Interscope
Peak: #8 for three weeks

41. ZEDD & JASMINE THOMPSON, “Funny” (415 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Atlantic
Peak: #7 for three weeks

42. BILLIE EILISH, “Everything I Wanted” (413 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Darkroom/Interscope
Peak: #7 for two weeks

43. ALANIS MORISSETTE, “Reasons I Drink” (407 points)
Album: Such Pretty Forks In The Road
Label: Epiphany/Thirty Tigers
Peak: #8

44. MARTIN GARRIX & DEAN LEWIS, “Used To Love” (405 points)
Album: (single only)
Label: STMPD/RCA
Peak: #8

45. NIALL HORAN, “Put A Little Love On Me” (397 points)
Album: Heartbreak Weather
Label: Neon Haze/Capitol
Peak: #10 for two weeks

46. SHAWN HOOK, “I Don’t Wanna Dance” (392 points)
EP: Take Me Home
Label: Ultra
Peak: #8

47. TONES AND I, “Dance Monkey” (383 points) (2019 YE: #20)
EP: The Kids Are Coming
Label: Bad Batch/Elektra
Peak: #1 for six weeks (2019)

48. JOEL CORRY featuring MNEK, “Head & Heart” (371 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Big Beat/EMG
Peak: #4

49. JAYMES YOUNG, “Happiest Year” (368 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Please Rewind/Atlantic/EMG
Peak: #10

50. NIALL HORAN, “Black And White” (366 points)
Album: Heartbreak Weather
Label: Neon Haze/Capitol
Peak: #9 for two weeks

51. PASSENGER, “The Way That I Love You” (360 points)
Album: Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted
Label: Nettwerk
Peak: #9

52. HARRY STYLES, “Lights Up” (358 points) (2019 YE: #94)
Album: Fine Line
Label: Erskine/Columbia
Peak: #6 for four weeks

53. LOUIS TOMLINSON, “We Made It” (351 points)
Album: Walls
Label: Syco/Arista
Peak: #8 for three weeks

54. SAINT MOTEL, “Preach” (339 points)
EP: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Pt. 2
Label: Elektra
Peak: #9

55. THE SCRIPT, “The Last Time” (338 points) (2019 YE: #71)
Album: Sunsets & Full Moons
Label: Columbia
Peak: #3 for five weeks (2019/2020)

56. MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, “I Got You” (329 points)
Album: Work Hard And Be Nice
Label: Boo Boo Wax/Thirty Tigers
Peak: #10 for two weeks

57. ROYAL & THE SERPENT, “Overwhelmed” (325 points)
EP: Get A Grip
Label: Atlantic
Peak: #6

58. DUA LIPA, “Levitating” (310 points)
Album: Future Nostalgia
Label: Warner
Peak: #1 for four (+) weeks

59. DEMI LOVATO, “I Love Me” (308 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #10

60. THE CHICKS (f/k/a DIXIE CHICKS), “Gaslighter” (307 points)
Album: Gaslighter
Label: Columbia
Peak: #10

61. NEON TREES, “Used To Like” (299 points)
Album: I Can Feel You Forgetting Me
Label: Thrill Forever/ADA
Peak: #11

62. GAVIN JAMES, “Boxes” (291 points)
EP: Boxes
Label: Capitol
Peak: #11 for two weeks

63. MAROON 5, “Nobody’s Love” (275 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: 222/Interscope
Peak: #11 for two weeks

64. KALEO, “I Want More” (266 points)
Album: Surface Sounds
Label: Elektra
Peak: #15

65. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Lover” (265 points) (2019 YE: #42)
Album: Lover
Label: Republic
Peak: #2 (2019)

66. HARRY STYLES, “Golden” (263 points)
Album: Fine Line
Label: Erskine/Columbia
Peak: #3 for three (+) weeks

67. CHAZ CARDIGAN, “Not OK!” (261 points)
EP: Vulnerabilia
Label: Loud Robot/Capitol
Peak: #14 for two weeks

68. MARSHMELLO & DEMI LOVATO, “OK Not To Be OK” (260 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #11

69. MADDIE POPPE, “Not Losing You” (249 points) (2019 YE: #93)
Album: Whirlwind
Label: 19/Hollywood
Peak: #8

70. CLAIRE ROSINKRANZ, “Backyard Boy” (246 points)
EP: BeVerly Hills BoYfRiEnd
Label: Purple Monkey/Republic
Peak: #12

71. MANDY MOORE, “Tryin’ My Best, Los Angeles” (242 points)
Album: Silver Landings
Label: Verve Forecast
Peak: #12

72. LIZZO, “Cuz I Love You” (242 points)
Album: Cuz I Love You
Label: Nice Life/Atlantic
Peak: #13 for two weeks

73. NIALL HORAN, “No Judgement” (240 points)
Album: Heartbreak Weather
Label: Neon Haze/Capitol
Peak: #14

74. SHAWN MENDES, “Wonder” (234 points)
Album: Wonder
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #8 for three weeks

75. JAMIE SCOTT, “Friendly Fire” (232 points)
Album: How Still The River
Label: Catherine
Peak: #15 for four weeks

76. HARRY STYLES, “Watermelon Sugar” (231 points)
Album: Fine Line
Label: Erskine/Columbia
Peak: #15

77. SZA x JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, “The Other Side” (227 points)
Album: Trolls World Tour (Soundtrack)
Label: RCA
Peak: #12

78. CONAN GRAY, “Maniac” (225 points)
Album: Kid Krow
Label: Republic
Peak: #15 for two weeks

79. SILVERSUN PICKUPS, “Toy Soldiers” (220 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: New Machine
Peak: #15 for two weeks

80. CAM, “Redwood Tree” (219 points)
Album: The Otherside
Label: Triple Tigers/RCA
Peak: #17 for three weeks

81. KESHA featuring BIG FREEDIA, “Raising Hell” (213 points)
Album: High Road
Label: Kemosabe/RCA
Peak: #12

82. A GREAT BIG WORLD & CHRISTINA AGUILERA, “Fall On Me” (206 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: S-Curve
Peak: #18

83. LIZZO, “Good As Hell” (197 points) (2019 YE: #57)
Album: Coconut Oil (EP)
Label: Nice Life/Atlantic
Peak: #6 for three weeks

84. SMITH & THELL, “Year Of The Young” (196 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Arista
Peak: #18

85. ZARA LARSSON, “Wow” (196 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: TEN/Epic
Peak: #19 for two weeks

86. FINNEAS, “Let’s Fall In Love For The Night” (193 points)
EP: Blood Harmony (Deluxe)
Label: OYOY/AWAL
Peak: #18

87. JP SAXE, “A Little Bit Yours” (184 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Arista
Peak: #5+

88. KACEY MUSGRAVES, “Oh, What A World” (183 points)
Album: Golden Hour
Label: MCA Nashville/Capitol
Peak: #17

89. COLDPLAY, “Champion Of The World” (180 points)
Album: Everyday Life
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Peak: #19

90. PICTURE THIS, “One Night” (178 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Republic
Peak: #15 for three weeks

91. GOO GOO DOLLS, “Fearless” (178 points)
Album: Miracle Pill
Label: Warner
Peak: #17

92. DIXIE D’AMELIO, “Be Happy” (172 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: HITCO
Peak: #18 for two weeks

93. WHY DON’T WE, “Fallin'” (171 points)
Album: The Good Times And The Bad Ones
Label: Signature Ent./Atlantic
Peak: #11+

94. AVENUE BEAT, “F2020” (169 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Tape Room/Valory-in2une
Peak: #16

95. BASTILLE, “Survivin'” (162 points)
EP: Goosebumps
Label: Republic
Peak: #14+

96. BLINDLOVE, “I Wanna Be Okay” (145 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: IronHeart (now Bee & El/Warner)
Peak: #19

97. LUKAS GRAHAM, “Lie” (143 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Warner
Peak: #14 for two weeks

98. KEANE, “Love Too Much” (142 points) (2019 YE: #44)
Album: Meaning Of Life
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #3 (2019)

99. LUKAS GRAHAM, “Share That Love” (138 points)
Album: (n/a)
Label: Warner
Peak: #21

100. LAUV, “Modern Loneliness” (133 points)
Album: ~how i’m feeling~
Label: AWAL/in2une
Peak: #20

Happy New Year from PGTC! See you in 2021.

RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (December 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. For all the top pop positions you want, here is a look at what’s popping at the format this week:

FROZEN POSITIONS: As we hit the midway point of the holiday freeze, superstar Ariana Grande is frozen at #1 on the Top 40 chart for a second week with the title cut from her album Positions. The follow-up single, “34+35”, advances from 15-13.

Ed Sheeran has this week’s only new entry in the top 40 with “Afterglow”, which debuts way up at #25. It’s his 21st top 40 hit. The song is also doing very well at the Hot AC format in its first week, where it enters at #19 and marks his 17th top 40 hit.

Three seasonal songs scored enough airplay to enter the top 50 this week, but will be gone by the next update: the Jonas Brothers return to the chart at #45 with “Like It’s Christmas”, Mariah Carey‘s new version of “Oh Santa!” (with the aforementioned Grande and Jennifer Hudson) lands at #47 and Taylor Swift‘s “Christmas Tree Farm” starts at #49. The original version of Carey’s tune dates back to 2010, while the other two entries were released last year.

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

Still looking golden after Christmas.

DEBUTS
36. Taylor Swift featuring HAIM – No Body, No Crime
27. Ed Sheeran – Afterglow | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
31. Troye Sivan & Kacey Musgraves featuring Mark Ronson – Easy (36)
21. Bleachers featuring Bruce Springsteen – Chinatown (27)
19. The Knocks featuring Foster The People – All About You (25)
13. Taylor Swift – Willow (22) | BIGGEST MOVER — two weeks

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Tones And I – Fly Away (11) | PEAK: #10
09. Why Don’t We – Fallin’ (08) | PEAK: #08
08. Bastille – Survivin’ (09) | PEAK: #08
07. Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky (03) | PEAK: #01 for four weeks
06. Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On (06) | PEAK: #06
05. LANY – If This Is The Last Time (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Miley Cyrus featuring Dua Lipa – Prisoner (05) | PEAK: #04
03. JP Saxe – A Little Bit Yours (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Dua Lipa – Levitating (02) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
01. Harry Styles – Golden (01) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Mammoth WVH – Distance (2)
2. Des Rocs – This Is Our Life (1)
3. Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys – Matches (7)
4. Dixie D’Amelio – One Whole Day (8)
5. Anson Seabra – Walked Through Hell (6)
6. Semisonic – Basement Tapes (3)
7. Tai Verdes – Stuck In The Middle (4)
8. Jeris Johnson & Ricky Desktop – Damn! (5)
9. Paul McCartney – Find My Way (-)
10. Ava Max – My Head & My Heart (-)

In The Mix:
Forest Blakk – If You Love Her (new)
Gavin James – Man On The Moon
Grace Potter – Release
Nothing, Nowhere. – Fake Friend
Rina Sawayama – Lucid
The Band CAMINO – Roses
Why Don’t We – Slow Down

Chart Notes:

• Following the holidays, Harry Styles stays at #1 for a third week on my personal chart with “Golden”, while Taylor Swift leaps from 22-13 with “Willow”, the Biggest Mover for the second week in a row. Ed Sheeran makes his return to my chart at #27 with his surprise song “Afterglow”, which was released on Monday morning with little advance notice. Sheeran has indicated via social media that the track is not the first official single from his fifth studio album, but something that he still wanted to put out. Further down the list, the aforementioned Swift is in at #36 with another single from her Evermore album: the HAIM-assisted “No Body, No Crime”. The cut impacts at the Country radio format in two weeks.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: December 30, 2007

The “Best” is yet to come.

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 13 years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of December 30, 2007…

Debuts:
40. JACK JOHNSON, “If I Had Eyes”
39. MATCHBOX TWENTY, “These Hard Times”
36. ADELE, “Chasing Pavements”

Biggest Mover(s):
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, “Elvis Ain’t Dead” (32-25, seven spots)

10. CELINE DION, “Taking Chances” (down 1)
Album: Taking Chances (2007, Columbia Records)
Peak: #8 for two weeks

09. ONEREPUBLIC, “Stop And Stare” (up 4)
Album: Dreaming Out Loud (2007, Mosley/Interscope Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

08. MATCHBOX TWENTY, “How Far We’ve Come” (down 1)
Album: Exile On Mainstream (2007, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

07. MAROON 5, “Won’t Go Home Without You” (up 1)
Album: It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (2007, A&M/Octone Records)
Peak: #4 for three weeks

06. ROZ BELL, “Papercut” (steady, second week)
Album: The First Sunbeams (2007, Universal Records – Canada)
Peak: #4 for two weeks

05. DURAN DURAN, “Falling Down” (down 1)
Album: Red Carpet Massacre (2007, Epic Records)
Peak: #4

04. EMERSON HART, “I Wish The Best For You” (up 1)
Album: Cigarettes And Gasoline (2007, Manhattan Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

03. MATT NATHANSON, “Car Crash” (down 1)
Album: Some Mad Hope (2007, Vanguard Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

02. GRAHAM COLTON, “Best Days” (up 1)
Album: Here Right Now (2007, Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

01. TIMBALAND presents ONEREPUBLIC, “Apologize” (steady, second week)
Album: Dreaming Out Loud (2007, Mosley/Interscope Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

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

Fired up for Christmas.

Merry Christmas from PGTC! There’s little on the schedule this week, but if Santa didn’t bring you exactly what you wanted, try these tunes out:

Notable albums out this week: Chris Webby‘s 28 Wednesdays Later (iTunes), J. Stone‘s The Definition Of Pain (iTunes), Kidd G‘s Teenage Dream: 1,000 Miles From Georgia (iTunes), Lil Durk‘s The Voice (iTunes), Playboi Carti‘s Whole Lotta Red (iTunes), Popp Hunna‘s Mud Baby (iTunes), Rubi Rose‘s For The Streets (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Tink‘s A Gift And A Curse (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2020”, Logan Paul (iTunes)
“Afterglow”, Ed Sheeran (iTunes)
“Cheers”, Blackbear & Wiz Khalifa (iTunes)
“Dreamland”, Morray (iTunes)
“Flags”, Coldplay (iTunes)
“Friend”, Drew Beck (iTunes)
“Good Days”, SZA (iTunes)
“Green Dot”, YoungBoy Never Broke Again (iTunes)
“Haircut”, Chaz Cardigan (iTunes)
“Having A Good Time, Sometimes”, Bakar (iTunes)
“Hearts On Fire”, Illenium & Dabin featuring Lights (iTunes)
“I Love You Baby”, Emilee (iTunes)
“It’s Not You It’s Me”, EBEN (iTunes)
“Just Call My Name”, Mýa (iTunes)
“Laugh A Little”, TheHxliday (iTunes)
“Long Live Cowboys”, Aaron Watson (iTunes)
“Make Someone Happy”, Augustana (iTunes)
“My Play”, AJR (iTunes)
“My Way”, Steve Aoki x Aloe Blacc (iTunes)
“Oh What A Love”, Kina Grannis (iTunes)
“One Thing”, Matt Wills (iTunes)
“Protect”, NLE Choppa (iTunes)
“Roommates”, Dixie D’Amelio (iTunes)
“Second Chance”, Johnny 2 Phones (iTunes)
“The Girl Who Stole My Heart”, Blue October (iTunes)
“Why So Serious?”, Kyan Palmer (iTunes)
“You’re The One For Me (Digital Farm Animals Remix)”, Great Good Fine OK (iTunes)

Next week, new releases are limited due to New Year’s Day. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (December 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. This week’s survey is looking holly and jolly with plenty of chart cheer, including a new tune at the top. Here’s what’s under the musical mistletoe at the format this week:

POSITIONED AT NUMBER ONE: The end of the year brings a new #1 song at the Top 40 format, as Ariana Grande takes the top spot with “Positions”, up 3-1. The song also ranks at #12 and #14 on the Rhythmic and Hot AC radio charts, respectively.

After debuting at #41 last week, “Willow” becomes the 33rd top 40 single at the format for Taylor Swift this week, which moves up to #28 on the list. Her new album Evermore just entered at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart on the most recent update. A little further down the chart, MAX earns his fifth top 40 song to date with “Blueberry Eyes”, rising from 43-39. The tune also marks the first solo top 40 entry for SUGA of the septet BTS. Finally, up from 42-40, Julia Michaels sneaks in with “Lie Like This”, her eighth top 40 hit here.

Four songs are new to the top 50 this week due to a purge of recent lower-charting titles, led by the Black Eyed Peas and Shakira at #42 with “Girl Like Me”. It’s their first charting single together. After reaching the top in a featured spot on 24KGoldn‘s “Mood”, Iann Dior checks in at #47 with his solo release “Holding On”. BTS jumps in at #48 with “Life Goes On”, which recently debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart due to strong sales numbers. Finally, Chung Ha and R3HAB land at #50 with “Dream Of You”.

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

The golden standard this week.

DEBUTS
36. Troye Sivan & Kacey Musgraves featuring Mark Ronson – Easy | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
34. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Reintroduce Myself (40)
29. Chris Cornell – Watching The Wheels (36)
27. Bleachers featuring Bruce Springsteen – Chinatown (33)
22. Taylor Swift – Willow (31) | BIGGEST MOVER

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Ashe – Save Myself (07) | PEAK: #03
09. Bastille – Survivin’ (09) | PEAK: #09
08. Why Don’t We – Fallin’ (08) | PEAK: #08
07. LANY – If This Is The Last Time (11) | PEAK: #07
06. Ritt Momney – Put Your Records On (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Miley Cyrus featuring Dua Lipa – Prisoner (05) | PEAK: #05
04. JP Saxe – A Little Bit Yours (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky (03) | PEAK: #01 for four weeks
02. Dua Lipa – Levitating (02) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
01. Harry Styles – Golden (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Des Rocs – This Is Our Life (1)
2. Mammoth WVH – Distance (3)
3. Semisonic – Basement Tapes (4)
4. Tai Verdes – Stuck In The Middle (5)
5. Jeris Johnson & Ricky Desktop – Damn! (8)
6. Anson Seabra – Walked Through Hell (6)
7. Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys – Matches (9)
8. Dixie D’Amelio – One Whole Day (10)
9. Rina Sawayama – Lucid (-)
10. Grace Potter – Release (-)

In The Mix:
Gavin James – Man On The Moon
Nothing, Nowhere. – Fake Friend (new)
The Band CAMINO – Roses
Why Don’t We – Slow Down (new)

Chart Notes:

• Harry Styles earns a second week at #1 on my personal chart with “Golden”, while Taylor Swift is moving ahead with “Willow”, leaping from 31-22 after debuting on last week’s countdown. The only new entry in the top 40 comes in at #36: “Easy” by Troye Sivan. The single version of it is a collaboration with Kacey Musgraves that also features Mark Ronson. Sivan’s original solo version can be on the EP In A Dream from earlier this year.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: December 20, 2009

Chasing down some 2009 winners.

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 December 20, 2009…

Debuts:
37. LEONA LEWIS, “I Got You”
36. COLLECTIVE SOUL, “You”

Biggest Mover(s):
THE FRAY, “Syndicate” (37-31, six spots)

10. NICKELBACK, “Never Gonna Be Alone” (down 2)
Album: Dark Horse (2008, Roadrunner/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #7 for three weeks

09. NORAH JONES, “Chasing Pirates” (steady, second week)
Album: The Fall (2009, Blue Note Records)
Peak: #4 for two weeks

08. INGRID MICHAELSON, “Maybe” (down 1)
Album: Everybody (2009, Cabin 24 Records)
Peak: #7

07. LIFEHOUSE, “Halfway Gone” (up 3)
Album: Smoke And Mirrors (2010, Geffen Records)
Peak: #3 for eight weeks

06. KELLY CLARKSON, “Already Gone” (down 3)
Album: All I Ever Wanted (2009, 19/RCA Records)
Peak: #2

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

04. TRAIN, “Hey, Soul Sister” (steady, second week)
Album: Save Me, San Francisco (2009, Columbia Records)
Peak: #4 for four weeks

03. ROB THOMAS, “Someday” (up 2)
Album: Cradlesong (2009, Emblem/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #2 for four weeks

02. THE SCRIPT, “Breakeven” (steady, second week)
Album: The Script (2008, Epic Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

01. OWL CITY, “Fireflies” (steady, fourth week)
Album: Ocean Eyes (2009, Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of December 18, 2020

Don’t cry, it’s New Music Friday.

Feel free to listen to these New Music Friday releases once or twice today, including the new albums from Maggie Rogers and Paul McCartney, as well as fresh singles from Jxdn and TWICE. Have a holly jolly streaming party:

Notable albums out this week: Contradash‘s All-Star (iTunes), Diplo‘s Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil (Deluxe) (iTunes), Eminem‘s Music To Be Murdered By: Side B (Deluxe) (iTunes), G-Eazy‘s The Beautiful & Damned (Deluxe) (iTunes), Maggie Rogers‘s Notes From The Archive: Recordings 2011-2016 (iTunes), Mike Posner‘s Operation: Wake Up (iTunes), Paul McCartney‘s McCartney III (iTunes), Quinn Lewis‘s Everyone But Me (iTunes), Riz La Vie‘s Feed. (Deluxe) (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Hayley Williams‘s Petals For Armor: Self-Serenades (iTunes), J.I The Prince Of N.Y‘s Hood Life Krisis, Vol. 3 (iTunes), Kiesza‘s Dark Tales (iTunes), Rook Monroe‘s Californialand (iTunes), Shaylen‘s Goodbye (Acoustic Sessions) (iTunes), The Wrecks‘s Static (iTunes), Tokyo’s Revenge‘s Lilium (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“Aegean”, Push Baby (iTunes)
“All I Need (Rudimental Remix)”, Jake Bugg (iTunes)
“All The Smoke”, Tyla Waweh featuring Gunna & Wiz Khalifa (iTunes)
“Arizona”, UPSAHL (iTunes)
“Better”, Mike Donehey (iTunes)
“Better Off Dead”, Jxdn (iTunes)
“Blessings”, DVSN (iTunes)
“Breathless”, Caroline Polachek (iTunes)
“Chop Suey!”, August Burns Red (iTunes)
“Cry For Me”, TWICE (iTunes)
“Cycles”, Peter Thomas (iTunes)
“Desperados”, MILES (iTunes)
“Don’t Stop Me Eatin'”, LadBaby (iTunes)
“Every Girl I Ever Loved”, Noah Schnacky (iTunes)
“Exes”, Loote (iTunes)
“Fever (Oklou Remix)”, Dua Lipa & Angèle (iTunes)
“FTL”, James Droll (iTunes)
“Georgia On My Mind”, Broadway For Georgia (iTunes)
“Get In The Way”, Glades (iTunes)
“Goodbye”, Imanbek & Goodboys (iTunes)
“Gum”, CupcakKe (iTunes)
“Hallway Weather”, NIKI (iTunes)
“Happiness (Dyro Remix)”, John K (iTunes)
“Here’s To The Nights”, Ringo Starr (iTunes)
“Hold On To Me”, Sofia Carson (iTunes)
“How I Been”, YoungBoy Never Broke Again (iTunes)
“Holy”, Justin Bieber featuring Chance The Rapper & The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Choir (iTunes)
“I Believe In Santa Claus”, Rob Thomas & Abby Anderson (iTunes)
“I Miss U (Joel Corry Remix)”, Jax Jones & Au/Ra (iTunes)
“I Need You To Hate Me (Alle Farben Remix)”, JC Stewart (iTunes)
“I’m F**ked, I Know”, Munn & Delanie Leclerc (iTunes)
“Last Christmas”, Great Good Fine OK & Abigail Barlow (iTunes)
“Learning To Fly”, Sheppard (iTunes)
“Lemonade”, Twin XL (iTunes)
“Maybe I’ll Be Alone For Christmas”, Kevin Garrett (iTunes)
“No Hopeless Soul”, Stephen Stanley (iTunes)
“November Sleep”, Lostboycrow (iTunes)
“OK”, Lil Skies (iTunes)
“Ones You Miss”, R3HAB (iTunes)
“Options”, EARTHGANG x Wale (iTunes)
“Redemption”, Nathaniel Rateliff (iTunes)
“Relations”, Felix Sandman featuring Astrid S (iTunes)
“She’s My Religion”, Pale Waves (iTunes)
“Should’ve Let Go”, Jackson Wang & JJ Lin (iTunes)
“Slow Down”, Why Don’t We (iTunes)
“Something Good”, Hux (iTunes)
“Take Me Out Of It”, Olivia Holt (iTunes)
“This Is Gonna Be Our Year”, HOKO (iTunes)
“Throw My Arms Around The World”, LeAnn Rimes (iTunes)
“Truth”, Brandon Colbein (iTunes)
“Villain”, Lily Rose (iTunes)
“Waking Up Is Hard To Do”, The WLDLFE (iTunes)
“Wasted Energy”, Alicia Keys featuring Diamond Platnumz & Kaash Paige (iTunes)
“When The Lights Go Down”, Bonnie Tyler (iTunes)
“White Tiger”, Elliphant (iTunes)
“Wish List”, Yo Gotti (iTunes)
“With Myself (MUNA Remix)”, Winona Oak (iTunes)
“World”, Lonr. (iTunes)

Next week, new releases are limited due to Christmas. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

(PGTC supports the fight against racial inequality in our country: please use this resources website and help where you can.)