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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (March 30, 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: Fruity finds are leading the way, as Justin Bieber tops the adds report. Let’s add ’em up:

A PEACHY POSITION: Justin Bieber leads the adds report at Top 40 radio with the Daniel Caesar and Givēon-assisted hit “Peaches”, earning another sweet and sugary 70 stations this week. Bieber’s “Hold On” is also holding onto a spot in the top five again, scoring 28 more adds and a third place finish. The former is looking to fly straight into the top 20 this week, while the latter is still approaching the top 30.

The top impacting titles on the log were by Demi Lovato and Addison Rae: the former’s “Dancing With The Devil” spun into the runner-up spot with 44 stations, while the latter’s “Obsessed” preoccupied the pop panel with 21 stations, good for fifth place. Lovato’s song is likely to reach the lower end of the top 40 by the weekend, while Rae’s should start somewhere in the top 50.

Charting singles from Ariana Grande, Cardi B and Masked Wolf 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
1. JUSTIN BIEBER featuring DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON, “Peaches” (Def Jam)
2. DEMI LOVATO, “Dancing With The Devil” (Island/Republic)
3. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Hold On” (Def Jam)
4. ARIANA GRANDE, “POV” (Republic)
5. ADDISON RAE, “Obsessed” (Sandlot/AWAL-in2une)
6-T. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
6-T. LIL NAS X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (Columbia)
6-T. SOFIA CARSON, “Fool’s Gold” (Hollywood)
9. MASKED WOLF, “Astronaut In The Ocean” (Elektra/EMG)
10. CARDI B, “Up” (Atlantic)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (March 29-30, 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? Here are three titles impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

ADDISON RAE, “Obsessed” (Sandlot/AWAL-in2une)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: Social media personality Rae is impacting at this format with her debut single, which is approaching the top 50.

DEMI LOVATO, “Dancing With The Devil” (Island/Republic)
Album: Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over (2021)
Past T40 History: A week ahead of her upcoming seventh studio album, Lovato hopes to earn her 18th top 40 entry at this format.

SOFIA CARSON, “Fool’s Gold” (Hollywood)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: The Disney star has charted twice at the Top 40 format, but neither of those releases went any higher than #42.

Next week: TBA, as no songs are currently listed as impacting.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (March 28, 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. For all your Passover pop activity, including more than a few songs passing over others on the survey, here’s a look at what’s moving at the format this week:

END OF THE DRIVE: Chart smash “Driver’s License” from Olivia Rodrigo cruises to a fifth week at the top of the pop chart. In the next few days, it will likely relinquish the chart crown to Billie Eilish, whose “Therefore I Am” is still gaining as it holds at #2.

Another week, another Justin Bieber debut. His 35th top 40 hit is “Peaches”, which scores a sweet start at #29. The track features Daniel Caesar and Givēon, who both score their first top 40 single to date at the format. Ariana Grande‘s “POV” is next at #34, which becomes her 25th top 40 hit at the format. Her new single was last Tuesday’s Most Added song at the format, while “Peaches” secured a second place finish. Format newcomers Lil Tjay and 6LACK are dialing up a hit in “Calling My Phone”, soaring from 43-37 this week. The collaboration is still rising quickly through the top 20 on both the Rhythmic and Urban lists, where both acts have charted previously. Up next, “Sunshine (The Light)” shines on the chart, up from 41-39 for Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and Amorphous. This marks the fifth top 40 hit and first in 16 years for Fat Joe, the 11th for DJ Khaled and the first for Amorphous. Finally, Duncan Laurence appears on the Top 40 radio chart with his first entry, “Arcade”, which debuts at #40. In 2019, it took the top prize at the Eurovision Song Contest and is now the first winning title from the competition to hit the this list since 1976’s “Save Your Kisses For Me” by Brotherhood Of Man, which reached #36 on the CHR survey in Radio & Records that June.

In the top 50, the aforementioned Givēon comes in at #45 with his own “Heartbreak Anniversary”. The track is also approaching the top 40 at the Rhythmic and Urban radio formats. At #47, Ashe and Finneas enter with the duet “Till Forever Falls Apart”. Finneas has written and/or produced a number of chart titles, including those for his sister Billie Eilish, but has never ranked in the top 50 as an artist. The viral hit “Telepatía” by newcomer Kali Uchis aparece en la lista de radio en #49 (or appears on the list at #49.) We have one final song in the #50 spot, coming from NF and the title cut from his recent mixtape Clouds. The set is expected to place in the top five on next week’s Billboard 200 update.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 28, 2021

Driving and thriving.

DEBUTS
40. Annika Wells – Sucks Being Sober
39. Demi Lovato – Dancing With The Devil | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
26. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (32)
19. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (26)
16. Sara Kays – Remember That Night? (21)
08. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (17) | BIGGEST MOVER — three weeks

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Tones And I – Fly Away (07) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
09. Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato – What Other People Say (12) | PEAK: #09
08. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (17) | PEAK: #08
07. Harry Styles – Treat People With Kindness (10) | PEAK: #07
06. Taylor Swift – Willow (04) | PEAK: #03
05. JESSIA – I’m Not Pretty (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Dua Lipa – We’re Good (06) | PEAK: #04
03. Passenger – Sword From The Stone (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Ava Max – My Head & My Heart (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Olivia Rodrigo – Driver’s License (01) | PEAK: #01 for six weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. MisterWives – Superbloom (1)
2. Zak Abel – Be Kind (4)
3. Nessa Barrett featuring Jxdn – La Di Die (3)
4. Illenium & Iann Dior – First Time (7)
5. Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan – Let’s Go Home Together (5)
6. January Jane – Versions Of You (6)
7. Addison Rae – Obsessed (-)
8. James Newman – Embers (8)
9. Bülow – First Place (9)
10. James Arthur – Medicine (10)

In The Mix:
BANNERS – If I Didn’t Have You
Ingrid Michaelson & ZAYN – To Begin Again
James TW – Butterflies
Maisie Peters – John Hughes Movie
Sofia Carson – Fool’s Gold (new)
Tom Gregory – River

Chart Notes:

  • Olivia Rodrigo is parked at the top for a sixth week on my personal chart with her hit “Driver’s License”, as Silk Sonic (the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) earns the Biggest Mover title for the third week in a row with “Leave The Door Open”, up from 17-8 and headed for #1. A couple of new tracks check in the top 40: chart regular Demi Lovato enters at #39 with “Dancing With The Devil”, while newcomer Annika Wells starts at #40 with “Sucks Being Sober”.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: March 30, 2008

It’s a beautiful 2008 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 13 years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of March 30, 2008…

Debuts:
39. REO SPEEDWAGON, “Find Your Own Way Home”

Biggest Mover(s):
BEN LEE, “American Television” (up 36-30)
COLBIE CAILLAT, “Realize” (up 28-22, six spots)

10. THE LAST GOODNIGHT, “Stay Beautiful” (up 2)
Album: Poison Kiss (2007, Virgin Records)
Peak: #4 for three weeks

09. THE BRAVERY, “Believe” (up 2)
Album: The Sun And The Moon (2007, Island Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

08. JACK JOHNSON, “If I Had Eyes” (up 1)
Album: Sleep Through The Static (2008, Brushfire/Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #7 for two weeks

07. ADELE, “Chasing Pavements” (steady, fifth week)
Album: 19 (2008, XL/Columbia Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

06. EMERSON HART, “I Wish The Best For You” (down 2)
Album: Cigarettes And Gasoline (2007, Manhattan Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

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

04. R.E.M., “Supernatural Superserious” (up 2)
Album: Accelerate (2008, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #2 for six weeks

03. LIFEHOUSE, “Whatever It Takes” (steady, second week)
Album: Who We Are (2007, Geffen Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

02. MATCHBOX TWENTY, “These Hard Times” (steady, second week)
Album: Exile On Mainstream (2007, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #2 for two weeks

01. LEONA LEWIS, “Bleeding Love” (steady, fourth week)
Album: Spirit (2008, Syco/J/RMG Records)
Peak: #1 for fourteen weeks

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of March 26, 2021

The musical forecast looks cloudy.

This orchestral New Music Friday is sounding like a winner and that’s OK with us. Check out the latest albums by 24KGoldn, Carrie Underwood and NF, as well as the latest singles from All Time Low, Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift. Keep your head (and volume) up high:

Notable albums out this week: 24KGoldn‘s El Dorado (iTunes), AJR‘s OK Orchestra (iTunes), Ali Gatie‘s The Idea Of Her (iTunes), Ben Howard‘s Collections From The Whiteout (iTunes), Bren Joy‘s Twenties (Deluxe) (iTunes), Carrie Underwood‘s My Savior (iTunes), Chloe Angelides‘s Friends Who Failed At Love (iTunes), Death From Above 1979‘s Is 4 Lovers (iTunes), Donovan Woods‘s Without People (Deluxe) (iTunes), Evanescence‘s The Bitter Truth (iTunes), Fitz‘s Head Up High (iTunes), Justin Bieber‘s Justice (Deluxe) (iTunes), Karol G‘s KG0516 (iTunes), Louis The Child‘s Here For Now (Deluxe) (iTunes), Major Lazer‘s Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded) (iTunes), NF‘s Clouds (Mixtape) (iTunes), Rod Wave‘s SoulFly (iTunes), Train‘s Drops Of Jupiter (20th Anniversary) (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Gallant‘s Neptune (iTunes), Midwxst‘s Summer03 (iTunes), NewDad‘s Waves (iTunes), Peach Tree Rascals‘s Camp Nowhere (iTunes), Scarypoolparty‘s Los Angeles (iTunes), Tate McRae‘s Too Young To Be Sad (iTunes), Vic Mensa‘s I Tape (iTunes), Wild Youth‘s Forever Girl (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2 Sauce”, Sleepy Hallow (iTunes)
“90s Kids”, Jax (iTunes)
“Afraid Of The Dark”, Chef’Special (iTunes)
“All Your Exes”, Julia Michaels (iTunes)
“ASAP”, Milow (iTunes)
“Astronaut In The Ocean”, Our Last Night (iTunes)
“Bankrupt”, Russ (iTunes)
“Be Kind (Acoustic)”, Zak Abel (iTunes)
“B*tch On Heels”, The Vivienne (iTunes)
“Bored”, Thomas Headon & Lizzy McAlpine (iTunes)
“Body”, Elderbrook (iTunes)
“Boy With The Blues”, Delacey (iTunes)
“Buzzcut”, BROCKHAMPTON featuring Danny Brown (iTunes)
“Cheers To Us”, Haywood featuring Loote (iTunes)
“Chivalry”, Audrey Mika (iTunes)
“Control”, Kid Bloom (iTunes)
“Crocodiles”, Cian Ducrot (iTunes)
“Crystal Ball”, Jake Miller (iTunes)
“Dancing With The Devil”, Demi Lovato (iTunes)
“Don’t Back Down”, Mammoth WVH (iTunes)
“Fall In Love Again”, Rag’N’Bone Man (iTunes)
“Fangs”, Maddie Walker (iTunes)
“Find My Way”, Paul McCartney featuring Beck (iTunes)
“Fool’s Gold”, Sofia Carson (iTunes)
“Godzilla”, The Veronicas (iTunes)
“Good Without”, Mimi Webb (iTunes)
“Hard For The Next”, Moneybagg Yo & Future (iTunes)
“Heat Waves”, Glass Animals & Iann Dior (iTunes)
“Here’s To Another”, Anna Of The North (iTunes)
“Hey, What’s Up”, Munn (iTunes)
“Higher Love”, Will Hyde (iTunes)
“Hit Like A Girl”, Meet Me @ The Altar (iTunes)
“Home”, JVKE (iTunes)
“Honey”, Derivakat (iTunes)
“Hurt U”, Devin Kennedy (iTunes)
“Hurts So Good (Maximillian & Kina Version)”, Astrid S (iTunes)
“Hydra”, Wolf (iTunes)
“I Don’t”, Johnny Orlando & DVBBS (iTunes)
“I Don’t Mind”, Props (iTunes)
“I Will Help You”, Ilse DeLange (iTunes)
“Ice Cream”, Teenage Joans (iTunes)
“Identity Crisis”, Matt Simons (iTunes)
“Indica”, Alaina Castillo (iTunes)
“It’s Not My Fault”, Princess Nokia (iTunes)
“Jealous Boy Anthem”, Wes Period (iTunes)
“Jenn!fer An!ston”, Evann McIntosh (iTunes)
“Jenny”, Studio Killers featuring Kim Petras (iTunes)
“Jetski”, Internet Money featuring Lil Tecca & Lil Mosey (iTunes)
“John Hughes Movie (Oliver Nelson Remix)”, Maisie Peters (iTunes)
“Last Day On Earth”, Beabadoobee (iTunes)
“Last Time”, Becky Hill (iTunes)
“Let It Ring”, Reiley (iTunes)
“Limbo”, Royal Blood (iTunes)
“Love & Roulette”, Izzi De-Rosa (iTunes)
“Mango”, Grace Mitchell (iTunes)
“Mirror Mirror”, Kamille (iTunes)
“Miseducation”, Calboy featuring Lil Wayne (iTunes)
“Mojave”, Jad Saad (iTunes)
“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, Lil Nas X (iTunes)
“My Only Mistake”, Elliana (iTunes)
“Naive”, The Kooks x Seeb (iTunes)
“New Person, Old Place”, Madi Diaz (iTunes)
“No Diggity”, Lucas & Steve & Blackstreet (iTunes)
“Notorious”, Elliphant (iTunes)
“Once In A Lifetime”, All Time Low (iTunes)
“Part Of You”, 19&YOU featuring Carlie Hanson (iTunes)
“Patchwerk”, Sub Urban & Two Feet (iTunes)
“Pretty In Pink”, Sarah Barrios (iTunes)
“Pretty Little Lies”, Marco Luka (iTunes)
“Pump The Brakes”, Dom Dolla (iTunes)
“Push & Pull”, Georgia Webster (iTunes)
“R U High”, The Knocks featuring Mallrat (iTunes)
“Roll The Dice”, Arden Jones (iTunes)
“Romeo & Juliet (Acoustic)”, Peter McPoland (iTunes)
“Sex”, Alle Farben featuring Theresa Rex (iTunes)
“Sex Is Good (But Have You Tried)”, Donna Missal (iTunes)
“Sky Is Crying”, ZHU & Yuna (iTunes)
“So Sorry”, J. Scott & Joey Fleming (iTunes)
“Stay”, Saint Nomad (iTunes)
“Still In Love”, The Beach (iTunes)
“Supposed To”, BLÜ EYES (iTunes)
“Tell Me I’m Pretty (Icona Pop Remix)”, Brynn Elliott (iTunes)
“The Friend Space”, Ryan Woods (iTunes)
“Things You Said”, Griff Clawson (iTunes)
“This Will Be My Year”, Two Friends featuring Point North (iTunes)
“Thru The Fire”, Grace Weber featuring Chance The Rapper (iTunes)
“Tiny Riot”, Sam Ryder (iTunes)
“Tired”, Alt Bloom (iTunes)
“Too Many Problems”, Ouse featuring Powfu (iTunes)
“Unlearn”, Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams (iTunes)
“Wear It Like A Crown”, Sarah Harding (iTunes)
“When She’s Dancing”, Fly By Midnight (iTunes)
“Wild Parts”, Maddie Medley (iTunes)
“You All Over Me”, Taylor Swift featuring Maren Morris (iTunes)
“You Can Get It”, Arkells featuring K.Flay (iTunes)

Next week, new albums from Demi Lovato and Lil Tjay 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 (March 23, 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: Ariana Grande is positioned at the top once again. Let’s add ’em up:

ENJOY THE VIEW: Top 40 radio has a point of view on Ariana Grande’s “POV”, which leads the adds report with 81 stations on impact. This will soon be the third top 40 hit from the album Positions: both the title track and “34+35” reached #1 at the format.

Five adds behind Grande, Justin Bieber opened in second place with the Daniel Caesar and Givēon-assisted hit “Peaches”. At 76 stations this week, it comes in well ahead of another recent Bieber release, “Hold On”, scoring 24 adds and a fourth place finish. Meanwhile, featured artist Givēon is also breaking out with his own tune “Heartbreak Anniversary”, which takes fifth place with 18 new commitments from the panel.

Format newcomer Duncan Laurence also had a great day with “Arcade”, a hit which won the Eurovision Song Contest two years ago. Thanks in part to recent activity on TikTok, it’s having a successful second life: it secured up 50 adds on impact, good for third place.

Charting singles from Bebe Rexha, Cardi B and Masked Wolf 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
1. ARIANA GRANDE, “POV” (Republic)
2. JUSTIN BIEBER featuring DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON, “Peaches” (Def Jam)
3. DUNCAN LAURENCE, “Arcade” (Capitol)
4. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Hold On” (Def Jam)
5. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
6. MASKED WOLF, “Astronaut In The Ocean” (Elektra/EMG)
7-T. ANNIKA WELLS, “Sucks Being Sober” (Vol. 1/Epic)
7-T. BEBE REXHA, “Sacrifice” (Warner)
9-T. CARDI B, “Up” (Atlantic)
9-T. GLASS ANIMALS, “Heat Waves” (Republic)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (March 22-23, 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? Here are six releases impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

ANNIKA WELLS, “F**k/Sucks Being Sober” (Vol. 1/Epic)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: Wells is a newcomer to the format, but she’s penned album cuts for top groups like BTS and the Jonas Brothers.

ARIANA GRANDE, “POV” (Republic)
Album: Positions (2020)
Past T40 History: Will this secure Grande her third #1 hit of the Positions era? She’s led the chart with the title track and “34+35”.

DUNCAN LAURENCE, “Arcade” (Capitol)
Album: Small Town Boy (2020)
Past T40 History: Few Eurovision winners have been successful at Top 40 radio, but this Dutch star is aiming to score his first hit.

GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
Album: When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time (2021)
Past T40 History: The newcomer recently earned a top ten debut on the album chart and a feature on Justin Bieber’s latest album.

JUSTIN BIEBER, “Hold On” (Def Jam)
Album: Justice (2021)
Past T40 History: This past weekend, Bieber claimed his 34th top 40 hit with this new entry. His album looks good for a #1 debut.

LIL TJAY featuring 6LACK, “Calling My Phone” (Columbia)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: The viral collaboration is on the move and surging through the top 20 at both the Rhythmic and Urban formats.

Next week: TBA, as no songs are currently listed as impacting.

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (March 21, 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. For all the songs that continue to drive onto the pop radio highway, here’s a look at what’s hitting the gas at the format this week:

DRIVERS WANTED: Holding steady for a fourth week, Olivia Rodrigo claims the top spot on the pop chart and remains above 19,000 spins with “Driver’s License”. However, the song is in need of some fuel: it’s down more than 500 spins. Additionally, the hit advances from 2-1 on the Hot AC chart, marking her first chart-topper at that format as well.

Justin Bieber has the highest of two new entries in the top 40 with “Hold On”, climbing from 45-34. Accordingly, it’s also his 34th top 40 single to date. Also new to the top 40: “Sacrifice”, the 18th chart entry for Bebe Rexha, which leaps from 44-35.

There’s also some larger debut activity in the top 50 this week: leading things off, “Friday” comes in at #45 for producers Riton and Nightcrawlers. Their song features a sample of a viral video created by internet personalities Mufasa and Hypeman. “Friday” is already a solid hit overseas, reaching the top ten in some parts of Europe. Chart regular Drake starts at #47 with one of three songs he released earlier this month, “What’s Next”. It just debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Lastly, at #49, is the TikTok-fueled “In The End”, a partial remake of Linkin Park‘s 2002 hit from producer Tommee Profitt and singer Fleurie. Profitt has a small history of top 40 entries as a songwriter and producer for NF, including his chart-topping “Let You Down” from three years ago.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 21, 2021

New week, same driver.

DEBUTS
40. Dean Lewis – Falling Up
37. The Band CAMINO – 1 Last Cigarette | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
32. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (38)
27. The Strumbellas – Greatest Enemy (32)
18. Maroon 5 – Beautiful Mistakes (24)
17. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (28) | BIGGEST MOVER — two weeks
14. Duncan Laurence – Arcade (19)
06. Dua Lipa – We’re Good (12)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Harry Styles – Treat People With Kindness (13) | PEAK: #10
09. Ed Sheeran – Afterglow (06) | PEAK: #02
08. Taylor Swift featuring HAIM – No Body, No Crime (09) | PEAK: #08
07. Tones And I – Fly Away (05) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
06. Dua Lipa – We’re Good (12) | PEAK: #06
05. JESSIA – I’m Not Pretty (08) | PEAK: #05
04. Taylor Swift – Willow (03) | PEAK: #03
03. Passenger – Sword From The Stone (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Ava Max – My Head & My Heart (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Olivia Rodrigo – Driver’s License (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. MisterWives – Superbloom (1)
2. Joy Oladokun – Breathe Again (2)
3. Nessa Barrett featuring Jxdn – La Di Die (5)
4. Zak Abel – Be Kind (10)
5. Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan – Let’s Go Home Together (4)
6. January Jane – Versions Of You (8)
7. Illenium & Iann Dior – First Time (-)
8. James Newman – Embers (9)
9. Bülow – First Place (-)
10. James Arthur – Medicine (-)

In The Mix:
Addison Rae – Obsessed (new)
Annika Wells – Sucks Being Sober (new)
BANNERS – If I Didn’t Have You
Gwen Stefani – Slow Clap
Ingrid Michaelson & ZAYN – To Begin Again (new)
James TW – Butterflies (new)
Maisie Peters – John Hughes Movie
Tom Gregory – River (new)

Chart Notes:

  • Olivia Rodrigo picks up a fifth week at #1 on my personal chart with her international smash “Driver’s License”, as the hot duo Silk Sonic (consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) earns the Biggest Mover for a second week with “Leave The Door Open”, jumping from 28-17. A pair of new entries in this week’s chart come from The Band CAMINO and Dean Lewis: the former lands at #37 with “1 Last Cigarette”, while the latter comes in at #40 with “Falling Up”. It’s their first and sixth top 40 songs, respectively.

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