Monthly Archives: June 2021

ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 29, 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: Ed Sheeran does a whole lot of good with one of his baddest songs ever. Let’s add ’em up:

HABITS OF A HIT: The winner of this week’s adds report at Top 40 radio is “Bad Habits”, earning 177 stations for Ed Sheeran. The sum is only three adds short of clearing the whole panel. It entered the survey at #25 last weekend and should move up very quickly. Across all of the various North American radio formats monitored by Mediabase, the song picked up a massive 327 adds in total.

The new single from Doja Cat and her Planet Her album is a collaboration with The Weeknd. With 122 adds in its first week, “You Right” is totally right for a second place finish. A week ahead of impact, Dua Lipa checks into third place with 49 stations for “Love Again”.

Charting singles from Anitta, Bella Poarch and Tai Verdes 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. ED SHEERAN, “Bad Habits” (Atlantic)
2. DOJA CAT featuring THE WEEKND, “You Right” (Kemosabe/RCA)
3. DUA LIPA, “Love Again” (Warner)
4. TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
5. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
6-T. NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Republic)
6-T. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
6-T. TESHER x JASON DERULO, “Jalebi Baby” (Namah/Capitol)
9. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
10-T. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
10-T. MAROON 5, “Lost” (222/Interscope)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (June 28-29, 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 two new songs impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

DOJA CAT & THE WEEKND, “You Right” (Kemosabe/RCA)
Album: Planet Her (2021)
Past T40 History: This tune entered at #41 on Sunday’s chart update, as the SZA-assisted “Kiss Me More” looks to hit the top spot.

ED SHEERAN, “Bad Habits” (Atlantic)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: After a debut in the top 25 on both the Hot AC and Top 40 charts, this song will easily take the Most Added title.

Next week: The Top 40 panel has much love again for the latest single from Dua Lipa.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (June 27, 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. Let’s uncover the habits of hit songs and see what’s popping at the format this weekend:

LEAPIN’ WITH LIPA: For the third and final week, Dua Lipa holds at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart with “Levitating”. The smash drops to #2 at the Hot AC radio format. However, Lipa is making some leaps with “Love Again”, the next single from her Future Nostalgia album. The tune officially hits the pop airwaves following the holiday weekend for Independence Day, but due to its recent action just below the top 50, it could be charting as soon as next weekend.

Tate McRae and Khalid are “Working” for the weekend, as their collaboration makes a massive jump from 43-24 on the chart. It’s the third top 40 hit at the format for McRae and the 12th for Khalid. Right behind them, Ed Sheeran blasts in at #25 with “Bad Habits”, becoming his 22nd chart hit. The song also enters the Hot AC radio chart within the same region, landing at #23 after just two days of airplay.

From her recent album Planet Her, which is looking at a top three entry on the Billboard 200 chart, Doja Cat is in at #41 with “You Right”, a collaboration with The Weeknd. The tune is also picking up significant early airplay at the Rhythmic and Urban radio formats. Coming in at #44, Tones And I is back on the survey with “Cloudy Day”, the new single from her Welcome To The Madhouse album. The forecast calls for a sunny chart run ahead of the project, which comes out in three weeks. Finally, if you’re looking for a little dessert to finish our musical meal, “Jalebi Baby” enters at #47 for newcomer Tesher and chart mainstay Jason Derulo. The single (in its original form) recently experienced a tasty viral moment on TikTok.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: June 27, 2021

Powered to the top.

DEBUTS
40. Milky Chance – Colorado
37. Maroon 5 – Lost
33. Bastille – Distorted Light Beam
28. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
22. Lorde – Solar Power (27)
18. Dua Lipa – Love Again (25) | BIGGEST MOVER
07. Duran Duran – Invisible (12)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (07) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
09. Bleachers – Stop Making This Hurt (09) | PEAK: #09
08. Ben Platt – Imagine (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Duran Duran – Invisible (12) | PEAK: #07
06. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (03) | PEAK: #03
05. Olivia Rodrigo – Déjà Vu (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Mimi Webb – Good Without (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U (06) | PEAK: #03
02. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
01. Coldplay – Higher Power (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Tai Verdes – A-O-K (1)
2. Nic D – Fine Apple (6)
3. Saint Motel – It’s All Happening (2)
4. Sigrid – Mirror (3)
5. Tomorrow x Together – Magic (4)
6. Zara Larsson – Right Here (7)
7. Calvin Harris featuring Tom Grennan – By Your Side (5)
8. Scott Helman – Old Friends (10)
9. Mimi Webb – Dumb Love (-)
10. Olivia Holt – Next (-)

In The Mix:
American Authors featuring Mark McGrath – Nice And Easy (new)
Billie Eilish – Lost Cause
Calum Scott – Biblical
Gabby Barrett – The Good Ones
Journey – The Way We Used To Be (new)
Matt Maltese – As The World Caves In
MAX & Ali Gatie – Butterflies (new)
Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor

Chart Notes:

  • Coldplay scores their ninth #1 single on my personal chart with “Higher Power”, advancing to the top after three weeks in the runner-up position. The group is back in a tie with Taylor Swift for the most #1 songs ever in my chart’s history. However, Dua Lipa might make that a three-way tie with “Love Again”, as her latest single soars from 25-18 to become the Biggest Mover of the week. Four tracks are new to the countdown, three of which are from artists who have claimed at least two #1 hits to date: Ed Sheeran, who lands way up at #28 with “Bad Habits”, followed by Bastille at #33 with “Distorted Light Beam” and Maroon 5 at #37 with “Lost”. The fourth and final entry comes from the duo Milky Chance, who take advantage of their chance at a debut with “Colorado” at #40.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: June 25, 2006

A chart full of “Wonder” and nostalgia.

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 15 years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of June 25, 2006…

Debuts:
39. JOSH STRICKLAND with PHIL COLLINS, “Who Better Than Me?”
38. JOHN MAYER, “Waiting On The World To Change”

Biggest Movers:
(see #3 below)

10. KT TUNSTALL, “Suddenly I See” (steady, second week)
Album: Eye To The Telescope (2006, Virgin Records)
Peak: #8

09. BON JOVI featuring JENNIFER NETTLES, “Who Says You Can’t Go Home?” (down 3)
Album: Have A Nice Day (2005, Island Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

08. DANIEL POWTER, “Lie To Me” (down 5)
Album: Daniel Powter (2006, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #2 for four weeks

07. ROB THOMAS, “Ever The Same” (down 2)
Album: …Something To Be (2005, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #3 for two weeks

06. BO BICE, “The Real Thing” (down 2)
Album: The Real Thing (2005, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

05. THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, “Move Along” (up 3)
Album: Move Along (2005, Doghouse/Interscope Records)
Peak: #5 for three weeks

04. JAMES BLUNT, “High” (up 3)
Album: Back To Bedlam (2005, Custard/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #3

03. FIVE FOR FIGHTING, “The Riddle (You And I)” (up 18)
Album: Two Lights (2006, Aware/Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

02. KEANE, “Is It Any Wonder?” (steady, second week)
Album: Under The Iron Sea (2006, Interscope Records)
Peak: #2 for two weeks

01. DANIEL POWTER, “Bad Day” (steady, eighth week)
Album: Daniel Powter (2006, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks (2005) and ten weeks (2006)

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of June 25, 2021

Pop goes planetary.

New Music Friday is packed with big releases from some cool Cats this week, including the latest albums from Doja Cat, Modest Mouse and Tyler, The Creator, as well as new singles from Bastille, Ed Sheeran and LANY. Whether you’re dancing in the kitchen or chilling on the couch, these tunes are for you:

Notable albums out this week: Anthony Ramos‘s Love And Lies (Stream), Beartooth‘s Below (Stream), Brian Kelley‘s Sunshine State Of Mind (Stream), Buckcherry‘s Hellbound (Stream), Cautious Clay‘s Deadpan Love (Stream), Doja Cat‘s Planet Her (Stream), Felix Cartal‘s Expensive Sounds For Nice People (Stream), Gary Allan‘s Ruthless (Stream), Hiatus Kaiyote‘s Mood Valiant (Stream), Hobo Johnson‘s The Revenge Of (Stream), Jack Savoretti‘s Europiana (Stream), Jennifer Nettles‘s Always Like New (Stream), John K‘s In Case You Miss Me (Stream), JP Saxe‘s Dangerous Levels Of Introspection (Stream), Juicy J‘s The Hustle Still Continues (Stream), Light The Torch‘s You Will Be The Death Of Me (Stream), Logic‘s The YS Collection, Vol. 1 (Stream), Lucy Dacus‘s Home Video (Stream), Modest Mouse‘s The Golden Casket (Stream), Mother Mother‘s Inside (Stream), Paula Fuga‘s Rain On Sunday (Stream), Phil Wickham‘s Hymn Of Heaven (Stream), Picture This‘s Life In Colour (Stream), Polo & Pan‘s Cyclorama (Stream), REI AMI‘s Foil (Stream), Saint Motel‘s The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Stream), Ski Mask The Slump God‘s Sin City: The Mixtape (Stream), Surfaces‘s Pacifico (Stream), The Goo Goo Dolls‘s Rarities (Stream), The Marías‘s Cinema (Stream), The Veronicas‘s Human (Stream), Tyler, The Creator‘s Call Me If You Get Lost (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Beabadoobee‘s Our Extended Play (Stream), Cat & Calmell‘s Life Of Mine (Stream), Eve 6‘s Grim Value (Stream), Greyson Chance‘s Trophies (Stream), Jake Scott‘s Goldenboy (Stream), Jason Mraz‘s Lucky (Stream), Jensen McRae‘s Who Hurt You? (Stream), Lady A‘s What A Song Can Do (Chapter One) (Stream), LAUREL‘s Limbo Cherry (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“1”, Jaye Locke & Julius Tunstall (Stream)
“2Gether Now”, Lady Leshurr (Stream)
“3 Purple Hearts”, Ryland James (Stream)
“18”, Jeremy Zucker (Stream)
“Again&Again”, Against The Current featuring Guardin (Stream)
“Almost Happy”, LACES featuring Butch Walker (Stream)
“Already Drank That Beer”, Ashley Cooke (Stream)
“Astro Pup”, Bendigo Fletcher (Stream)
“At The Top”, Coi Leray featuring Kodak Black & Mustard (Stream)
“Avalanche”, Christian French (Stream)
“Back In Love City”, The Vaccines (Stream)
“Bad Habits”, Ed Sheeran (Stream)
“Beautiful Failure”, Anabel (Stream)
“Bedroom Eyes”, The Knocks featuring Studio Killers (Stream)
“Better In My Head”, JORDY (Stream)
“Bottle Rocket”, Briston Maroney featuring Manchester Orchestra (Stream)
“Bounce”, S1mba featuring Tion Wayne & Stay Flee Get Lizzy (Stream)
“Boys & Girls”, Filous & G Flip (Stream)
“Butterflies”, MAX & Ali Gatie (Stream)
“Bye”, Jaden (Stream)
“Cabo”, Bankrol Hayden (Stream)
“Car Chase”, Kaitlyn Dorff (Stream)
“Checkered Flag”, Brian Setzer (Stream)
“Closure”, Sarcastic Sounds featuring Birdy & Mishaal (Stream)
“Come With Me”, Riton x Bad Boy Chiller Crew (Stream)
“Counting Crimes”, Nessa Barrett (Stream)
“Dancing In The Kitchen”, LANY (Stream)
“Diamonds In The Ring”, Pretty Sister (Stream)
“Did It To Myself”, Robert DeLong featuring Lights (Stream)
“Disappear”, Jason Walker (Stream)
“Distorted Light Beam”, Bastille (Stream)
“Don’t Be Afraid”, Diplo & Damien Lazarus featuring Jungle (Stream)
“Don’t Blame It On Love”, Yuna featuring Pink Sweat$ (Stream)
“Dumb”, J Ember (Stream)
“Enter Sandman”, Juanes (Stream)
“Favorite What If”, Ashley Kutcher (Stream)
“First Class”, Big Bratt (Stream)
“Free Fall”, Selah Sue (Stream)
“Gateway To Your Heart”, Jimmy Barnes (Stream)
“Gira De Desamor (Heartbreak Tour)”, Kat & Alex (Stream)
“Girl Who Didn’t Care”, Tenille Townes (Stream)
“Good Luck”, James Hype featuring Pia Mia (Stream)
“Half The Time”, Cico P & Kevin Gates (Stream)
“Happy For You”, Lukas Graham featuring Hanin Dhiya (Stream)
“Healing”, FLETCHER (Stream)
“Heart-Shaped Box”, State Of Mine (Stream)
“Heroes”, Natalie Hemby (Stream)
“Hide (Live)”, Rainbow Kitten Surprise (Stream)
“Holding On”, Cassette Tapes (Stream)
“I Must Be In Love”, Aaron Taos (Stream)
“I Wanna Remember (R3HAB Remix)”, NEEDTOBREATHE featuring Carrie Underwood (Stream)
“I’m So Happy”, Emily Burns (Stream)
“Infinite”, Lyn Lapid (Stream)
“Karma”, Arlie (Stream)
“Kids Of Summer”, Mayday Parade (Stream)
“Know It All”, The Band CAMINO (Stream)
“Learning Curve”, Aitch (Stream)
“Letter To My Daughter”, NLE Choppa (Stream)
“Lighthearted”, Natasha Bedingfield (Stream)
“Lipstick”, Willow (Stream)
“Lived It Twice”, Rachel Grae (Stream)
“Losing Sleep”, DVBBS & Powfu (Stream)
“Lost You”, Snoh Aalegra (Stream)
“Lots Of Nothing”, Spacey Jane (Stream)
“Loud”, JC Stewart (Stream)
“Love Is Real”, Morgan Evans (Stream)
“Love Letter”, Scorey (Stream)
“Love Me Better”, Dillon Francis & Shift K3Y featuring Marc E. Bassy (Stream)
“Love Me Like You Say You Love Me”, KYLE (Stream)
“Make U Go”, DUCKWRTH (Stream)
“Mandy Moore”, 90’s Kids & Phangs (Stream)
“Meditation”, Dennis Lloyd (Stream)
“Mirror (Piano)”, Sigrid (Stream)
“Moon”, Jonah Kagen (Stream)
“Morning”, Anthony Russo (Stream)
“My Escape”, Kids In America featuring Sam Tinnesz (Stream)
“Next”, Olivia Holt (Stream)
“Nice And Easy”, American Authors featuring Mark McGrath (Stream)
“Nightmare”, Dylan Fraser (Stream)
“Now Is The Time”, Jade Bird (Stream)
“Other Side”, Suzuki Saint (Stream)
“Paranoia”, Finn Askew (Stream)
“Politicians”, Hayden Calnin (Stream)
“Pound Signs”, Headie One (Stream)
“Rain”, Grandson & Jessie Reyez (Stream)
“Red Light Green Light”, DaBaby (Stream)
“Red Wine”, Tia Tia (Stream)
“Remedy”, Here At Last (Stream)
“Rest Of My Life”, Parker McCollum (Stream)
“Ride The Lightning”, Warren Zeiders (Stream)
“Rotation”, Ebhoni (Stream)
“Rowdy”, Sydney Yungins (Stream)
“Satisfy”, Russ (Stream)
“Shame”, Spencer Sutherland (Stream)
“Spike Collar”, The Blossom (Stream)
“Stop Making Stupid People Famous”, Our Lady Peace featuring Pussy Riot (Stream)
“Stranger To Me”, Zachary Knowles (Stream)
“Street Lights”, Florrie (Stream)
“Sugar Rush”, RANI (Stream)
“Symptomatic”, Peach PRC (Stream)
“Taking Pictures”, Britton Buchanan (Stream)
“Talk To You”, Ricky Montgomery (Stream)
“Teenage Dream 2”, Kidd G & Lil Uzi Vert (Stream)
“Text You Back”, Brother Sundance featuring Bryce Vine (Stream)
“That’s Life”, Still Woozy (Stream)
“The Edge Of Glory”, Years & Years (Stream)
“The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows”, Damon Albarn (Stream)
“The Way We Used To Be”, Journey (Stream)
“The Way You Felt (Acoustic)”, Alec Benjamin (Stream)
“Told You So”, Nathan Evans (Stream)
“Traffic Lights”, Sara Kays (Stream)
“Tragic”, Jazmine Sullivan (Stream)
“Traitor”, Elley Duhé (Stream)
“Victorious”, The Score (Stream)
“Weekend Run”, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Stream)
“Where The Country Girls At”, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan & Pitbull (Stream)
“Who Are You”, Dusty Black (Stream)
“Wide Open”, Wafia featuring Ta-ku & Masego (Stream)
“Without You”, Skylar Astin (Stream)
“Wonder”, Morgxn & Sara Bareilles (Stream)
“Wussup”, Bbno$ & Yung Gravy (Stream)
“Yoü And I”, Ben Platt (Stream)
“Young Forever”, Vistas (Stream)

Next week, the newest albums from Dennis Lloyd and Jxdn 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 (June 22, 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: Tate McRae and Khalid work it and easily take the top spot this week. Let’s add ’em up:

“WORKING” ON IT: The new collaboration from Tate McRae and Khalid is called “Working”, and it’s really working, scoring 124 adds in its first week at the Top 40 format. It debuted at #43 on Sunday’s chart update, so expect this one to soar by this coming weekend’s list.

Two other impacting singles reached the top five: in second place, “Our Song” picked up 18 adds for Anne-Marie and Niall Horan. At the Hot AC format, the collaboration is rising in the top 30. Close behind, Tones And I tied for a fourth place finish with “Cloudy Day”, scoring 15 more stations. It also tied for the same position on yesterday’s report at Hot AC radio with six adds there.

Just outside the region, another recent TikTok hit came in sixth place: Nic D and “Fine Apple”, with 13 stations taking a bite on impact.

Charting singles from Anitta, Bella Poarch and Tai Verdes 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 (THIRTEEN)
1. TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
2. ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN, “Our Song” (Warner)
3. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (Further.)
4-T. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
4-T. TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Bad Batch-Elektra/EMG)
6. NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Republic)
7-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
7-T. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
9. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
10-T. AREA21, “La La La” (STMPD/Hollywood)
10-T. COLDPLAY, “Higher Power” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
10-T. NF, “Just Like You” (Virgin)
10-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (June 21-22, 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 four new titles impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN, “Our Song” (Warner)
Album: Therapy (2021)
Past T40 History: Currently in the top 30 at the Hot AC radio format, this cut from Anne-Marie’s upcoming album heads for adds.

NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Casablanca/Republic)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: After a quick viral run on TikTok, the artist and podcast host impacts at the pop radio format with his first song.

TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: This single started at #43 on Sunday’s published chart update and has a good chance of leading the adds report.

TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Elektra/EMG)
Album: Welcome To The Madhouse (2021)
Past T40 History: The Australian performer is looking for her third top 40 song. Her biggest to date, “Dance Monkey”, went to #6.

Next week: Ed Sheeran has a habitual hit for the pop panel.

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (June 20, 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. Everybody’s working for the weekend chart update, so let’s hit the list and check out what’s popping at the format:

DUA IT AGAIN: For the second week in a row, Dua Lipa lands at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart with “Levitating”, finishing a bit over 2,000 spins ahead of the song at #2. “Levitating” also leads the chart at the Hot AC format for a second week and remains active in the top ten at AC radio.

Tai Verdes has the only new song in the top 40 with “A-O-K”, leaping from 45-39. It’s his first top 40 hit at the format. The single entered at #30 on the Alternative radio chart last week due to a new music integration program, but falls out of the region on the current update.

A massive six new tunes enter the top 50 at the format, led by Tate McRae and Khalid with “Working” in the #43 spot. The collaboration is one of several impacting singles this coming Tuesday. Latin star Bad Bunny puts his new streaming hit onto the chart at #46, as “Yonaguni” (referring to a Japanese island) continues to build at radio in several major markets. Girl In Red starts at #47 with “Serotonin”, which holds at #7 on the Alternative radio chart. One of 2021’s top breakouts is in at #48 with her new entry: of course, Olivia Rodrigo with “Traitor”. A collaboration from T-Pain and Kehlani is next at #49: “I Like Dat”, which also likes being in the top 30 on the Rhythmic radio chart. Lastly, Area21 comes in at #50 with “La La La”, which returns DJ Martin Garrix to the pop chart. The track briefly made the top 40 at Alternative radio earlier this year.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: June 20, 2021

“Drunk” on chart stats.

DEBUTS
40. Olivia Rodrigo – Brutal
39. Holly Humberstone – The Walls Are Way Too Thin | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
34. Wrabel – Nothing But The Love (39)
32. Dayglow – Medicine (37)
27. Lorde – Solar Power (36) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
26. Tones And I – Cloudy Day (35) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
25. Dua Lipa – Love Again (33)
22. John Mayer – Last Train Home (30)
20. Bella Poarch – Build A Bitch (26)
18. Ben Rector featuring Steve Winwood – Range Rover (24)
17. Anne-Marie & Niall Horan – Our Song (23)
12. Duran Duran – Invisible (17)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Billie Eilish – Your Power (12) | PEAK: #10
09. Bleachers – Stop Making This Hurt (13) | PEAK: #09
08. Ben Platt – Imagine (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open (04) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
06. Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U (09) | PEAK: #06
05. Olivia Rodrigo – Déjà Vu (06) | PEAK: #05
04. Mimi Webb – Good Without (05) | PEAK: #04
03. Imagine Dragons – Follow You (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Coldplay – Higher Power (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Tai Verdes – A-O-K (2)
2. Saint Motel – It’s All Happening (1)
3. Sigrid – Mirror (4)
4. Tomorrow x Together – Magic (8)
5. Calvin Harris featuring Tom Grennan – By Your Side (7)
6. Nic D – Fine Apple (-)
7. Zara Larsson – Right Here (9)
8. Billie Eilish – Lost Cause (10)
9. Milky Chance – Colorado (-)
10. Scott Helman – Old Friends (-)

In The Mix:
Calum Scott – Biblical
Gabby Barrett – The Good Ones
Joy Oladokun & Maren Morris – Bigger Man
Lukas Graham – Happy For You
Matt Maltese – As The World Caves In
Mimi Webb – Dumb Love
Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor

Chart Notes:

  • My personal chart is still intoxicated by Elle King and Miranda Lambert with “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”, which remains at #1 for its fifth (and perhaps final) week. A steady stream of bulleted titles are just behind it, including Alternative chart crossovers from Coldplay at #2 and Imagine Dragons at #3. After some higher debuts on last week’s survey, Lorde and Tones And I are tied for this week’s Biggest Mover, as “Solar Power” (36-27) and “Cloudy Day” (35-26) advance nine notches on the list. The two debuts in the countdown are also by women: newcomer Holly Humberstone is new at #39 with “The Walls Are Way Too Thin”, while Olivia Rodrigo starts at #40 with “Brutal”, the fourth single to rank from her recent chart-topping album Sour.

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