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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (October 31, 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 a thriller of a Halloween hit parade, here’s what’s popping at the format this week:

STAYING SPOOKY: This Halloween, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber spend a ninth frightful yet fun week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart with “Stay”. It remains the longest-running #1 hit at the format for 2021. Will it creep into double digits for a tenth big week at the top? Stay tuned for next weekend’s update.

“Better Days”, the recent viral collaboration from NEIKED, Mae Muller and Polo G, enters way up at #28 this week. It marks the first top 40 hit at the format for NEIKED and Muller and the second for Polo G, who scored his first entry this past summer with “Rapstar”. Up 41-37, Jesy Nelson is in with her Nicki Minaj-assisted “Boyz”. It’s the first solo top 40 single for the former Little Mix member and the 40th for Minaj. Meanwhile, “Moth To A Flame” bows at #40 for Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd. The song is their fourth and 21st top 40 entries, respectively, and becomes the second charting title from the trio’s upcoming album Paradise Again.

In the top 50, Oliver Tree plants his roots at #48 with “Life Goes On”, another recent song to break on TikTok. He has previously charted at the Alternative radio format, but never on the Top 40 survey.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: October 31, 2021

The “heart” of the Halloween chart.

DEBUTS
40. Forest Blakk – Fall Into Me | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
35. Scott Helman – Pretty (40) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
23. Sting – Rushing Water (28) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
08. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (13) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. John Mayer – Wild Blue (14) | PEAK: #10
09. Silk Sonic – Skate (05) | PEAK: #02
08. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (13) | PEAK: #08
07. Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor (08) | PEAK: #07
06. The Script – I Want It All (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Adele – Easy On Me (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Duran Duran – Anniversary (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (01) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Trevor Daniel – Alone (1)
2. TWICE – The Feels (2)
3. Tom Grennan – Don’t Break The Heart (6)
4. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (-)
5. ABBA – Just A Notion (9)
6. The Wanted – Rule The World (7)
7. Kylie Minogue and Years & Years – A Second To Midnight (8)
8. Benson Boone – Ghost Town (-)
9. Bastille – No Bad Days (-)
10. The Walters – I Love You So (-)

In The Mix:
Gavin James – Greatest Hits
Jenna Raine – See You Later (Ten Years) (new)
Joel Corry featuring Mabel – I Wish (new)
Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware – Kiss Of Life (new)
Mimi Webb – 24/5
Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol

Chart Notes:

  • For the eighth week in a row, Elton John and Dua Lipa top my personal chart with “Cold Heart”, tying for the longest-running #1 song of the year. Waiting in the wings for another week, songs from Duran Duran (#2), Kacey Musgraves (#3), Ed Sheeran (#4) and Adele (#5) are still looking for an opening. Only only new entry cracks the countdown this week: “Fall Into Me”, landing at #40 for Forest Blakk. The song impacts at the Hot AC format in about a week.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: November 1, 2009

The City’s finest singles.

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 twelve years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of November 1, 2009:

Debuts:
38. PARACHUTE, “Under Control”
37. LIFEHOUSE, “Halfway Gone”
35. BOYS LIKE GIRLS, “Two Is Better Than One”

Biggest Mover:
(see #9 below)

10. GARY GO, “Wonderful” (down 3)
Album: Gary Go (2008, Decca Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

09. THE SCRIPT, “Breakeven” (up 8)
Album: The Script (2008, Epic Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

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

07. COLBIE CAILLAT, “Fallin’ For You” (down 2)
Album: Breakthrough (2009, Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

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

05. OWL CITY, “Fireflies” (up 3)
Album: Ocean Eyes (2009, Universal Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

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

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

02. ROB THOMAS, “Someday” (up 1)
Album: Cradlesong (2009, Emblem/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #2 for four weeks

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

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of October 29, 2021

Ed plus Sheeran equals a hit.

This week’s New Music Friday schedule equates to lots of future hits, including new albums from Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion and The War On Drugs, as well as new singles from Joel Corry, Kylie Minogue and Meduza. Thee hottest tunes of the week sound like this:

Notable albums out this week: A$AP Rocky‘s LIVE.LOVE.A$AP (10th Anniversary) (Stream), Bad Wolves‘s Dear Monsters (Stream), CHVRCHES‘s Screen Violence: Director’s Cut (Stream), Dami Im‘s My Reality (Stream), Ed Sheeran‘s = (Stream), Elvie Shane‘s Backslider (Stream), IDK‘s USEE4YOURSELF (Deluxe) (Stream), Jerry Cantrell‘s Brighten (Stream), Mastodon‘s Hushed And Grim (Stream), Maya Jane Coles‘s Night Creature (Stream), Megan Thee Stallion‘s Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives (Stream), Meghan Trainor‘s A Very Trainor Christmas (Deluxe) (Stream), Nat “King” Cole‘s A Sentimental Christmas With Nat King Cole And Friends: Cole Classics Reimagined (Stream), Nicki Nicole‘s Parte De Mí (Stream), Of Monsters And Men‘s My Head Is An Animal (10th Anniversary) (Stream), Pentatonix‘s Evergreen (Stream), R.E.M.‘s New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary) (Stream), Spice Girls‘s Spice (25th Anniversary) (Stream), The War On Drugs‘s I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Stream), Tom Gregory‘s Things I Can’t Say Out Loud (Stream), Tori Amos‘s Ocean To Ocean (Stream), The Harder They Fall (Soundtrack) (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Alina Baraz‘s Moongate (Stream), Big Sean & Hit-Boy‘s What You Expect (Stream), Christian Leave‘s Days Like Lost Dogs (Stream), Kevin Garrett‘s Keep Sleeping (Stream), Maude Latour‘s Strangers Forever (Stream), Morgan Evans‘s The Country And The Coast (Side A) (Stream), Orson Wilds‘s What Is It That You Won’t Let Go? (Stream), Reiley‘s BRB, Having An Identity Crisis (Stream), Royston Langdon‘s Chains (Stream), Scorey‘s Catch Me If You Can (Stream), Shy Carter‘s The Rest Of Us (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“6 Months”, BJ The Chicago Kid (Stream)
“After You”, Gryffin & Jason Ross featuring Calle Lehmann (Stream)
“Again & Again”, Fly By Midnight featuring Elliana (Stream)
“All Mine”, Ayokay (Stream)
“All Mine”, Niko Rubio (Stream)
“All You Need Is Love”, Katy Perry (Stream)
“ALYGATYR”, Kasabian (Stream)
“Amor Fati”, Mike Posner (Stream)
“And It Sounds Like (Ice Cream)”, Forrest Nolan (Stream)
“Are You Lonely?”, Welshly Arms (Stream)
“B4 (Remix)”, Kidd Kenn & Saucy Santana (Stream)
“Beautiful Life”, Cobra Starship (Stream)
“Beautiful Nightmare”, Robert Grace (Stream)
“Becoming”, Volbeat (Stream)
“Best Of Me”, Alicia Keys (Stream)
“Bloodline”, Sam Tompkins (Stream)
“Bodybag”, Peter Fenn & Ethan Tasch (Stream)
“Born With A Broken Heart”, Babygirl (Stream)
“Caddy”, SSGKobe (Stream)
“Calling Card”, Ella Jane (Stream)
“Cemetery Dreams”, Daine (Stream)
“Chameleon”, Matisyahu featuring Salt Cathedral (Stream)
“Charmander”, Aminé (Stream)
“Doesn’t Matter”, BENEE (Stream)
“Don’t Make Sense”, Caspr (Stream)
“Don’t Say You Love Me (Acoustic)”, JC Stewart (Stream)
“Doomsday”, Lizzy McAlpine (Stream)
“Drop Dead”, Grandson, Kesha & Travis Barker (Stream)
“Duck Duck Goose”, Joyner Lucas (Stream)
“Dying To Believe”, Papa Roach (Stream)
“End Of A Dark Age”, Amy Allen (Stream)
“Enemy”, Imagine Dragons x JID (Stream)
“Fairytale Of New York”, Vance Joy (Stream)
“Family”, David Guetta featuring Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (Stream)
“Get Back”, Mario featuring Chris Brown (Stream)
“God Sent Me As Karma”, Emlyn (Stream)
“Green Juice”, A$AP Ferg featuring Pharrell Williams (Stream)
“Heading West”, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Stream)
“Heyday”, Ronan Keating (Stream)
“How Do You Love”, Cheat Codes featuring Lee Brice & Lindsay Ell (Stream)
“Hyperlandia”, Deadmau5 featuring Foster The People (Stream)
“I Don’t Really Care”, French Montana (Stream)
“I Will Wait”, Prentiss (Stream)
“I Wish”, Joel Corry featuring Mabel (Stream)
“I Won’t Complain”, 44Phantom featuring Tom The Mail Man (Stream)
“Ice Baby”, Flo Milli (Stream)
“I’m Hot”, BRS Kash featuring Chi Chi & Nick Papz (Stream)
“Killer Queen”, Mad Tsai (Stream)
“Kiss Of Life”, Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware (Stream)
“Last Train Home (Alternate/Ballad)”, John Mayer (Stream)
“Liberated”, Britton (Stream)
“Life”, Mother Mother (Stream)
“Light Year”, Crooked Colours featuring Masked Wolf & Jasiah (Stream)
“Lipstick”, Kungs (Stream)
“Look What You’ve Done”, Emeli Sandé (Stream)
“Lose My Number”, Nightly (Stream)
“Madonna”, Snail Mail (Stream)
“Mess U Made”, MICHELLE (Stream)
“Money On My Mind”, HVME (Stream)
“More (Acoustic)”, Sam Ryder (Stream)
“Myyyy Medssss”, LŪN (Stream)
“Next Year”, Macklemore featuring Windser (Stream)
“No More Virgos”, CMAT (Stream)
“Oh Na Na”, Myke Towers, Camila Cabello & Tainy (Stream)
“One Last Song About Christmas”, The Goo Goo Dolls (Stream)
“Oxygen”, Beach Bunny (Stream)
“Paranoia”, HAVEN (Stream)
“Peace”, SAINT PHNX (Stream)
“Pedi”, Baby Tate (Stream)
“Pictures”, Chaz Cardigan (Stream)
“Puppet”, Faouzia (Stream)
“Rescue Me”, Alesso & Danna Paola (Stream)
“Rise Up”, Walk The Moon (Stream)
“Rising Seas”, Midnight Oil (Stream)
“Shameless”, Sandro Cavazza (Stream)
“She Knows It”, Maggie Lindemann (Stream)
“Sign Language”, YG (Stream)
“Signals”, Regard & Kwabs (Stream)
“Skelly”, Lil Gnar (Stream)
“Snot”, Carlie Hanson featuring Deb Never (Stream)
“Sober/Hungover”, Sueco featuring Arizona Zervas (Stream)
“Song From Hell”, Peach Tree Rascals (Stream)
“South Dakota”, JORDY (Stream)
“Stalker”, ElyOtto (Stream)
“Started This”, BBY Kodie (Stream)
“Stay The Hell”, Tayler Buono (Stream)
“Stoked”, Weston Estate (Stream)
“Swear On Love”, Petey Martin & Haywood (Stream)
“Sweet And Sour”, Amelia Moore (Stream)
“Taken For Granted”, J.I. The Prince Of N.Y. (Stream)
“Tarantula” and “Wings Of A Butterfly”, Azealia Banks (Stream)
“Teenage Dream”, VÉRITÉ (Stream)
“Telepath”, Conan Gray (Stream)
“Television/So Far So Good”, Fran Vasilić (Stream)
“Tell It To My Heart”, Meduza x Hozier (Stream)
“The Hardest Cut”, Spoon (Stream)
“The Holiday”, Bryce Vine (Stream)
“The Night You Left”, Ashley Kutcher (Stream)
“Those Eyes”, ARTY featuring Griff Clawson (Stream)
“Trust Nobody”, Ama Lou (Stream)
“Try”, FRENSHIP x Lauren Sanderson (Stream)
“Unstoppable”, James Blunt (Stream)
“Used 2”, Reyanna Maria (Stream)
“West”, Warren Hue (Stream)
“You’re Just Drunk”, Johnny Orlando (Stream)

Next week, the latest albums from ABBADiana Ross and James Arthur 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 (October 26, 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: a TikTok-fueled single from NEIKED, Mae Muller and Polo G has some big days to come at the format. Let’s add ’em up:

“BETTER” TOGETHER: After a recent viral run on TikTok, the Top 40 format is appreciating some “Better Days” ahead due to NEIKED, Mae Muller and Polo G, whose collaboration took the top spot on the adds report with 87 stations on impact. The track is expected to have a fairly high debut in the top 40 by the weekend, which will be the first charting hit for both NEIKED and Muller here. It also comes five years after NEIKED last impacted at the Top 40 format with the Dyo-assisted “Sexual”, which did not chart.

In second place, the current collaboration from Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd also finished well for its impact date. “Moth To A Flame” fluttered with 54 stations this week. It should also see a good ascent by the weekend, as the group prepares for their second top 40 entry from an upcoming album titled Paradise Again.

Charting singles from CKay, GIVĒON and The Anxiety 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. NEIKED, MAE MULLER & POLO G, “Better Days” (Capitol)
2. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA & THE WEEKND, “Moth To A Flame” (Republic)
3. PITBULL featuring ANTHONY WATTS & DJWS, “I Feel Good” (Mr. 305)
4. THE ANXIETY (WILLOW & TYLER COLE), “Meet Me At Our Spot” (MSFTS/Roc Nation/in2une)
5. CKAY, “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)” (Chocolate City/Atlantic)
6. OLIVER TREE, “Life Goes On” (Atlantic)
7. BBNO$ featuring RICH BRIAN, “Edamame” (Mtheory/Further.)
8. ANITTA featuring SAWEETIE, “Faking Love” (Warner)
9-T. COLDPLAY x BTS, “My Universe” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
9-T. GIVĒON, “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)
9-T. TREVOR DANIEL, “Alone” (Alamo/RCA)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (October 25-26, 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’s the one single impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA & THE WEEKND, “Moth To A Flame” (Republic)
Album: Paradise Again (2022)
Past T40 History: The trio’s new single, the likely second chart entry from their upcoming album, just missed the top 50 last weekend.

Next week: nothing is currently noted on the schedule, but watch out for updates!

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (October 24, 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 the top songs and performers, both old and Yung, let’s see what’s popping at the format this week:

KID PLUS 8: “Stay” earns an eighth week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart, as The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber continue their run with the longest-running #1 song of 2021 at the Top 40 format. It also remains atop the Hot AC radio chart, now in its third week there.

We’ve seen a pair of top 40 hits from Elton John (1981) and Emblem3 (2013) about a girl named “Chloe” and now the performer who bills herself simply as Chlöe enters the top 40 for the first time. “Have Mercy” moves from 41-39 this week, as the tune continues to approach the top ten on the Rhythmic and Urban radio charts. Meanwhile, Trevor Daniel jumps from 42-40 with his third top 40 song thus far, “Alone”. It interpolates “Better Off Alone”, the only chart hit at the format for Alice Deejay, which spent four weeks at #19 in the spring and summer of 2000.

In the top 50, Anitta and Sweetie lead four new entries in the region with “Faking Love”, which starts at #47. One spot lower, Charli XCX is in with “Good Ones” at #48. Her new release also appears in the top 50 on the Hot AC chart this week at #47, but with a significantly lower spin total. Imagine Dragons re-enter at #49 with “Follow You”, a former #1 hit on the Alternative radio chart from earlier this year. On the Top 40 chart, the track peaked at #47 in the late spring and hasn’t ranked in the top 50 since June. Lastly, at #50, Yung Bleu starts with the Chris Brown and 2 Chainz-assisted “Baddest”, a current top five hit on the Rhythmic and Urban charts.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: October 24, 2021

Another session at number one.

DEBUTS
40. Scott Helman – Pretty | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
35. Westlife – Starlight (40)
23. Jax – Like My Father (28)
07. Adele – Easy On Me (18) | BIGGEST MOVER

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Vaultboy – Everything Sucks (11) | PEAK: #10
09. Walk The Moon – Can You Handle My Love?? (06) | PEAK: #06
08. Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Adele – Easy On Me (18) | PEAK: #07
06. The Script – I Want It All (09) | PEAK: #06
05. Silk Sonic – Skate (02) | PEAK: #02
04. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Duran Duran – Anniversary (05) | PEAK: #02
01. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (01) | PEAK: #01 for seven weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Trevor Daniel – Alone (3)
2. TWICE – The Feels (2)
3. Clinton Kane – I Guess I’m In Love (1)
4. Sting – If It’s Love (4)
5. Forest Blakk – Fall Into Me (6)
6. Tom Grennan – Don’t Break The Heart (7)
7. The Wanted – Rule The World (9)
8. Kylie Minogue and Years & Years – A Second To Midnight (8)
9. ABBA – Just A Notion (-)
10. Rod Stewart – One More Time (10)

In The Mix:
Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (new)
Gavin James – Greatest Hits
Jesy Nelson featuring Nicki Minaj – Boyz
Mimi Webb – 24/5
Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol (new)

Chart Notes:

  • Elton John and Dua Lipa continue their strength at the top of my personal chart with “Cold Heart”, now in its seven week at the summit. John’s latest release The Lockdown Sessions is out now and should have a moderate entry on the Billboard 200 early next month. To no one’s surprise, Adele has the Biggest Mover on my chart with “Easy On Me”, which jumps from 18-7 on its way to the top spot. Meanwhile, Scott Helman beautifies the top 40 with this week’s only debut: “Pretty”, which comes in at #40.

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: October 21, 2018

These tunes are looking quite alright.

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 three years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of October 21, 2018:

Debuts:
40. ZARA LARSSON, “Ruin My Life”
38. MAGGIE ROGERS, “Light On”
35. MICHAEL BUBLÉ, “Love You Anymore”

Biggest Mover:
LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER, “Shallow” (36-24, twelve spots)

10. ONEREPUBLIC, “Connection” (steady, second week)
Album: (single only) (2018, Mosley/Interscope Records)
Peak: #10 for two weeks

09. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, “Again And Again” (up 2)
Album: Come Tomorrow (2018, Bama Rags/RCA Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

08. NIALL HORAN & MAREN MORRIS, “Seeing Blind” (down 3)
Album: Flicker (2017, Neon Haze/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

07. ELLE KING, “Shame” (up 1)
Album: Shake The Spirit (2018, RCA Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

06. GEORGE EZRA, “Shotgun” (steady, second week)
Album: Staying At Tamara’s (2018, Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

05. NINA NESBITT, “Loyal To Me” (up 2)
Album: The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change (2019, Cooking Vinyl Records)
Peak: #2 for three weeks

04. IMAGINE DRAGONS, “Natural” (down 1)
Album: Origins (2018, KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records)
Peak: #3

03. MARSHMELLO x BASTILLE, “Happier” (up 1)
Album: (single only) (2018, Joytime Collective-Astralwerks/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

02. PANIC! AT THE DISCO, “High Hopes” (steady, second week)
Album: Pray For The Wicked (2018, Fueled By Ramen/Elektra Records)
Peak: #2 for two weeks

01. DEAN LEWIS, “Be Alright” (steady, third week)
Album: A Place We Knew (2019, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of October 22, 2021

Future, past and present hits.

This week’s New Music Friday are locked down and in place for you to stream, including the latest albums from Duran Duran, Elton John and Rob Thomas, as well as new singles from ABBA, DJ Snake and Swedish House Mafia. It’s just a notion, but we think you’ll like a few of these:

Notable albums out this week: Agnes‘s Magic Still Exists (Stream), Angel Du$t‘s Yak: A Collection Of Truck Songs (Stream), BIA‘s For Certain (Deluxe) (Stream), Biffy Clyro‘s The Myth Of The Happily Ever After (Stream), Bktherula‘s Love Black (Stream), Duran Duran‘s Future Past (Stream), DVBBS‘s Sleep (Stream), Elton John‘s The Lockdown Sessions (Stream), Emily Vaughn‘s Silver Linings (Stream), Every Time I Die‘s Radical (Stream), Felly‘s Young Fel 2 (Stream), Flora Cash‘s Our Generation (Stream), HONNE‘s Let’s Just Say The World Ended A Week From Now, What Would You Do? (Stream), Hunter Hayes‘s Wild Blue (Complete) (Stream), ILLENIUM‘s Fallen Embers (Deluxe) (Stream), JPEGMAFIA‘s LP! (Stream), Lady A‘s What A Song Can Do (Stream), Lana Del Rey‘s Blue Banisters (Stream), Majid Jordan‘s Wildest Dreams (Stream), Moneybagg Yo‘s A Gangsta’s Pain (Reloaded) (Stream), Olivia Newton-John‘s Physical (40th Anniversary) (Stream), Pistol Annies‘s Hell Of A Holiday (Stream), Pouya‘s Blood Was Never Thick As Water (Stream), Ritt Momney‘s Sunny Boy (Stream), Rob Thomas‘s Something About Christmas Time (Stream), RÜFÜS DU SOL‘s Surrender (Stream), Sam Austins‘s Homeless Star (Stream), Starset‘s Horizons (Stream), Tenille Arts‘s Girl To Girl (Stream), The Rolling Stones‘s Tattoo You (40th Anniversary) (Stream), Wale‘s Folarin II (Stream), Wet‘s Letter Blue (Stream), Kawhi Leonard Presents: Culture Jam (Vol. 1) (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: 347Aidan‘s Chasing Harmony (Stream), Dream Theater‘s A View From The Top Of The World (Stream), Dua Saleh‘s Crossover (Stream), Elijah Woods‘s Look What I Made (Stream), Jessie James Decker‘s The Woman I’ve Become (Stream), Joe P‘s Emily Can’t Sing (Stream), MALINDA‘s Sea To Sky (Stream), Mimi Webb‘s Seven Shades Of Heartbreak (Stream), Peg Parnevik‘s What They’ll Say About Us (Stream), ROSIE‘s 20Mg Of Happiness (Stream), That Kid‘s Comedown (Stream), Warren Zeiders‘s 717 Tapes (Stream), Wrabel‘s Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas To You (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“Alarm”, The Score (Stream)
“Alive”, Yot Club (Stream)
“All Is Well”, Diana Ross (Stream)
“Am I Alright”, Aly & AJ (Stream)
“Are You Letting Go?”, Dreamer Boy featuring BENEE (Stream)
“Avocados”, Jaira Burns (Stream)
“Bad Posture”, Abby Anderson (Stream)
“Big”, Kendra Jae (Stream)
“Big Subwoofer”, Mount Westmore (Stream)
“Boys”, Hippo Campus (Stream)
“By My Side”, A7S (Stream)
“Catching A Dream”, Jonah Kagen (Stream)
“Chapstick”, Hastings (Stream)
“Christmas Kinda Sucks” and “I’ve Been Bad, Santa”, Peach PRC (Stream)
“Close To You”, The WLDLFE (Stream)
“Come Back Home”, Stan Walker (Stream)
“Demons (TELYKast Remix)”, Imagine Dragons (Stream)
“Downtown”, Anya Taylor-Joy (Stream)
“Dressed For The Weather (Acoustic)”, Marc Scibilia (Stream)
“Dynamite”, Sean Paul featuring Sia (Stream)
“Fall Short”, Fergus James (Stream)
“Feel Like Us Again”, Frank Walker & Amber Van Day (Stream)
“Flower In The Dark”, Fiji Blue (Stream)
“Fortunate”, Cozz (Stream)
“Gidip Gel”, Selin (Stream)
“Got Me”, Maya Jane Coles featuring Julia Stone (Stream)
“Halloweenie IV: Innards”, Ashnikko (Stream)
“Here Comes The Night”, Tokio Hotel (Stream)
“Hey!”, Lea Heart (Stream)
“High Tide”, Shallou (Stream)
“Holding Me More”, Darin (Stream)
“Honest”, She Loves Boon & Belis (Stream)
“Hope Full”, Michael J. Woodard (Stream)
“Horoscope”, Carter Rubin (Stream)
“Hurt Like That”, Katelyn Tarver (Stream)
“Hurt Me”, Suriel Hess (Stream)
“I Love You But I Love Me More”, MARINA featuring Beach Bunny (Stream)
“I Will”, Gregory Porter (Stream)
“Insomnia”, Olivver The Kid (Stream)
“It’s All Gone”, Niko B (Stream)
“Just A Notion”, ABBA (Stream)
“Let Me Go”, Benny Benassi & Ne-Yo (Stream)
“Listerine”, Cece Coakley (Stream)
“Looks Like Me”, Dean Lewis (Stream)
“Luigi”, 2KBABY featuring Chief Keef (Stream)
“Million Dollar Moment”, Wiz Khalifa (Stream)
“Mittens”, Train (Stream)
“Mood”, KABBA (Stream)
“Moth To A Flame”, Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd (Stream)
“My Mother Wants Me Dead”, Carolesdaughter (Stream)
“My Way”, PVRIS (Stream)
“No Bad Days”, Bastille (Stream)
“Not For Me”, Sarah Proctor (Stream)
“Not In The Mood”, Lil Tjay, Fivio Foreign & Kay Flock (Stream)
“Nothing Feels Better”, Pink Sweat$ (Stream)
“Now (In Space)”, Montaigne (Stream)
“One Punch”, Aries (Stream)
“Outsiders”, UNSECRET x Bryce Fox (Stream)
“Pa’ Mis Muchachas”, Christina Aguilera featuring Becky G, Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso (Stream)
“Pixie’s Parasol”, Smith & Thell (Stream)
“Present”, Khalid (Stream)
“Prodigal Daughter”, Lights (Stream)
“River”, The Knocks featuring Parson James (Stream)
“Rockland”, Gracie Abrams (Stream)
“Runaway”, Imanbek x Hollywood Undead (Stream)
“Ruthless”, Cannons (Stream)
“Say Nothing”, Wes Nelson (Stream)
“Scorpio Season”, Charlotte Cardin (Stream)
“SG”, DJ Snake, Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion & LISA (Stream)
“Show You”, Kota The Friend (Stream)
“Sickle And Peace”, Mastodon (Stream)
“Skinny Dipping (Acoustic)”, Sabrina Carpenter (Stream)
“Soaked”, LÉON (Stream)
“Somebody”, Keshi (Stream)
“Song 55”, The Backfires (Stream)
“Sorry In Advance”, Brent Morgan (Stream)
“SOS”, James Arthur (Stream)
“Start Walking”, Tove Styrke (Stream)
“Sydney”, Gabby Start (Stream)
“Taking Me Back”, Jack White (Stream)
“Teenage Dirtbag”, Cavetown featuring Chloe Moriondo (Stream)
“That’s How It Goes (Guitar Version)”, Zoe Wees (Stream)
“The Way It Was”, Morgxn (Stream)
“Tiptoeing”, Hope Tala (Stream)
“Vampire”, Pebe Sebert (Stream)
“Water”, X Ambassadors (Stream)
“Water Me Down”, Taylor Austin Dye (Stream)
“What A Life”, Big Sean & Hit-Boy (Stream)
“When She Comes Around”, No Rome (Stream)
“Who You Are”, Craig David & MNEK (Stream)
“Why Don’t Ya”, Alex Clare (Stream)
“Wonder”, One OK Rock (Stream)
“You’re Not Mine”, Jordie Ireland featuring Cam Robertson (Stream)

Next week, the current albums from Ed SheeranMegan Thee Stallion and Tori Amos 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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