NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of November 25, 2022

A thankful bunch of (fewer than 3860) releases.

Pass the sweet potatoes and some even sweeter New Music Friday releases, including the new albums from Avril Lavigne, Cliff Richard and Stormzy and songs from Duncan Laurence, Machine Gun Kelly and Olly Murs…

Notable albums out this week: Avril Lavigne‘s Love Sux (Deluxe) (Stream), Cliff Richard‘s Christmas With Cliff (Stream), David Bowie‘s Divine Symmetry (Stream), Nick Fradiani‘s Past My Past (Stream), Paulo Londra‘s Back To The Game (Stream), Quando Rondo & YoungBoy Never Broke Again‘s 3860 (Stream), Stormzy‘s This Is What I Mean (Stream), Por La Cultura Mixtape, Vol. 1 (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: David Foster & Katharine McPhee‘s Christmas Songs (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“Angel”, Jimi Hendrix featuring ZAYN (Stream)
“Break Up With That Guy”, Virginia To Vegas (Stream)
“Clones”, Lana Lubany (Stream)
“Dreamers (FIFA World Cup)”, Jung Kook (of BTS) (Stream)
“Fake Love”, James Hersey (Stream)
“Gatsby”, Daniel Leggs (Stream)
“Get On My Love”, Picture This (Stream)
“Golden Hour”, JVKE featuring Cat Burns (Stream)
“I Hate You When You’re Drunk”, Olly Murs (Stream)
“I Wanna Feel Good”, Chris James & Gnash (Stream)
“I Wanna Know”, ALTÉGO (Stream)
“I Want It All”, Duncan Laurence (Stream)
“If You Want My Love”, Alayna (Stream)
“Introvert (With Extroverted Expectations)”, Carla Wehbe (Stream)
“Jupiter’s Eye”, Narrowcast (Stream)
“Kiss You”, Caity Baser (Stream)
“Look Like Money”, Mac Critter (Stream)
“Love Is A Black Hole!”, Martin Luke Brown (Stream)
“No Wonder”, Billianne (Stream)
“Old Time Christmas”, Randall King (Stream)
“On My Way”, Emotional Oranges (Stream)
“Paralyzed (2022)”, Big Time Rush (Stream)
“Poison”, R3HAB, Timmy Trumpet & W&W (Stream)
“Realistic”, Corook (Stream)
“Rebels Without Applause”, Morrissey (Stream)
“Religion’s Epitome”, Munn (Stream)
“River”, Emily Weisband featuring Bill Weisband (Stream)
“Scared Of Love”, Ali Gatie (Stream)
“Shapeless”, Daine (Stream)
“Sleigh Ride”, American Authors (Stream)
“Smell Like Smoke”, Lainey Wilson (Stream)
“Stacy’s Brother”, Mad Tsai (Stream)
“Start Nowhere”, Sam Hunt (Stream)
“Taurus”, Machine Gun Kelly featuring Naomi Wild (Stream)
“Turn Off All The Christmas Songs”, Sam Tinnesz (Stream)
“Unwrap Me”, Tia Tia (Stream)

Next week, the new albums from Olly Murs and RM (of BTS) 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!

ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (March 1, 2022)

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: Kygo and DNCE get the Top 40 radio panel dancing and reporting. Let’s add ’em up:

“FEET” DON’T FAIL ME NOW: It was a more moderate start for the new collaboration from Kygo and DNCE, which led the adds report at the Top 40 format this week. “Dancing Feet” waltzed in with 59 stations on impact, well ahead of the tracks tied for the runner-up spot. It also tied for the Most Added title at the Hot AC format yesterday, scoring another 18 adds there. “Dancing” edged in at #49 on the pop chart last weekend and is currently seeing a nice climb for the next published update.

Watch out for emerging releases from Diplo & Miguel (18 adds) and Mimi Webb (17 adds), which are also beginning to see some action.

Charting singles from Avril Lavigne, Dove Cameron and Em Beihold also 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. KYGO featuring DNCE, “Dancing Feet” (RCA)
2-T. CAST OF “ENCANTO”, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Walt Disney/Hollywood)
2-T. TATE MCRAE, “She’s All I Wanna Be” (RCA)
4. IMAGINE DRAGONS x JID, “Enemy” (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
5-T. DIPLO & MIGUEL, “Don’t Forget My Love” (Higher Ground/Mad Decent)
5-T. DOVE CAMERON, “Boyfriend” (Disruptor/Columbia)
7. MIMI WEBB, “House On Fire” (Epic)
8. AVRIL LAVIGNE featuring BLACKBEAR, “Love It When You Hate Me” (DTA/EMG)
9. EM BEIHOLD, “Numb Little Bug” (Moon Projects/Republic)
10. TIESTO & AVA MAX, “The Motto” (Atlantic)

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of February 25, 2022

Love sux, but these releases don’t.

Take a bite of these top titles for New Music Friday, including the new albums from Avril Lavigne, Gang Of Youths and Tears For Fears and singles from Florence + The Machine, Kygo and ROSALÍA…

Notable albums out this week: Avril Lavigne‘s Love Sux (Stream), Central Cee‘s 23 (Stream), Conway The Machine‘s God Don’t Make Mistakes (Stream), Dreamer Isioma‘s Goodnight Dreamer (Stream), EARTHGANG‘s Ghetto Gods (Stream), Gang Of Youths‘s Angel In Realtime (Stream), Kodak Black‘s Back For Everything (Stream), Lo Moon‘s A Modern Life (Stream), Robert Glasper‘s Black Radio III (Stream), Tears For Fears‘s The Tipping Point (Stream), Unghetto Mathieu‘s Happy Trap (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Ber‘s And I’m Still Thinking About That (Stream), Blessing Offor‘s Brighter Days (Stream), Goth Babe‘s Santa Catalina (Stream), Rachel Bochner‘s Twenty Something (Stream), Salem Ilese‘s Unsponsored Content (Stream), Teddy Robb‘s Get Away With It (Stream), Weston Estate‘s Maggie Valley (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“2 Seater”, Tiana Major9 featuring Smino (Stream)
“7 Minutes”, Rossi (Stream)
“Aftermath Of You”, Sarah Barrios (Stream)
“Ahhh Ha”, Lil Durk (Stream)
“Back To Us”, Two Another (Stream)
“Back Words”, Jon Langston (Stream)
“BBYCakes”, Mura Masa featuring Lil Uzi Vert, PinkPantheress & Shygirl (Stream)
“Becoming All Alone”, Regina Spektor (Stream)
“Beds Are Burning”, AWOLNATION featuring Tim Mcllrath (of Rise Against) (Stream)
“Better Off Without Me”, Kyle Hume (Stream)
“Call Me Your Ex”, Kieran Ivy (Stream)
“Charger”, JVKE & Chillpill (Stream)
“Chicken Teriyaki”, ROSALÍA (Stream)
“Come Around”, Peter McPoland (Stream)
“Damage (Collateral)”, Caleb Hearn & Haywood (Stream)
“Dancing Feet”, Kygo featuring DNCE (Stream)
“Dancing Slow”, Jewel featuring Train (Stream)
“Dark Bird”, Jake Wesley Rogers (Stream)
“Dawn To Dusk”, 24kGoldn & LAY (Stream)
“Dead To Me”, Chloe Adams (Stream)
“Do It To It (Tiësto Remix)”, ACRAZE featuring Cherish (Stream)
“Don’t Keep Me Waiting”, SIDEPIECE (Stream)
“Don’t Trip”, Justus Bennetts & GAYLE (Stream)
“Doppelgänger”, Joshua Bassett (Stream)
“Dying On The Inside”, Nessa Barrett (Stream)
“Earthquake”, Jasiah featuring Jxdn (Stream)
“Every Bottle (Is My Boyfriend)”, CMAT (Stream)
“Fake It”, Tauren Wells featuring Aaron Cole (Stream)
“Fall In Love With A Girl”, Cavetown featuring Beabadoobee (Stream)
“Fckn In Love”, Fefe Dobson (Stream)
“Felices x Siempre”, Maria Becerra (Stream)
“Fool4Love”, Ericdoa (Stream)
“Fortune Favors The Bold”, Joy Oladokun featuring Tim Gent (Stream)
“Four Leaf Dream”, Matilda Mann (Stream)
“Freaky Deaky”, Tyga & Doja Cat (Stream)
“From Austin”, Zach Bryan (Stream)
“Gay 4 Me”, G Flip featuring Lauren Sanderson (Stream)
“Glimpse Of Heaven”, Munn (Stream)
“Go Easy, Kid”, Monica Martin & James Blake (Stream)
“Gone”, Baylee Littrell (Stream)
“Happy Girl”, Jensen McRae (Stream)
“Haunted”, Isabel LaRosa (Stream)
“Heartbreak Szn”, Al Calderon (Stream)
“Highs & Lows”, Jesse Boone (Stream)
“Holding Back”, BANKS (Stream)
“I Know You Hate Me”, Midwxst (Stream)
“I Like”, Rubi Rose (Stream)
“King”, Florence + The Machine (Stream)
“Last Week”, Chloe Lilac (Stream)
“Layover”, Rêve (Stream)
“Like You’re God”, Mehro (Stream)
“Little Story”, Kehlani (Stream)
“Loose”, Grace Ives (Stream)
“Lose My Mind”, James Arthur featuring Josh Franceschi (Stream)
“Love You More”, Ashley Kutcher (Stream)
“Magic”, Jillian Jacqueline (Stream)
“Moderation”, Lilyisthatyou (Stream)
“Monday Morning”, Cece Coakley (Stream)
“My Name (In Your Mouth)”, John Harvie (Stream)
“Nintendo”, JXN & Reyanna Maria (Stream)
“No Woman Is An Island”, Rae Morris (Stream)
“Notion (Acoustic)”, The Rare Occasions (Stream)
“NYC”, BabySantana (Stream)
“Ode To NYC”, Blossoms (Stream)
“On The Hill”, Wylder (Stream)
“PBC”, Flo Milli (Stream)
“Photograph”, JT Roach (Stream)
“Pink Champagne”, Abby Roberts (Stream)
“Profile”, Kinrose (Stream)
“Put Your Hands On My ____”, R3HAB & Saucy Santana (Stream)
“Ready Set”, Joey Valence & Brae (Stream)
“Reckless Driving”, Lizzy McAlpine featuring Ben Kessler (Stream)
“Redlight”, Swedish House Mafia & Sting (Stream)
“Renegade”, Zayde Wølf (Stream)
“Run”, Becky Hill & Galantis (Stream)
“Scuba Diving”, Mooski (Stream)
“Seen”, DEZI (Stream)
“Sensitive Subject”, Grey Zeigler (Stream)
“Sex Magik”, Bloc Party (Stream)
“Sexual”, TELYKast (Stream)
“Shadow Of Mine”, Alec Benjamin (Stream)
“Simply The Best”, Billianne (Stream)
“Slim Waist”, Erica Banks (Stream)
“S.O.A.G.”, Layto (Stream)
“Somebody Else”, Ruelle (Stream)
“Sorry”, Josie Dunne & Phil Good (Stream)
“Space Man”, Sam Ryder (Stream)
“Take A Walk”, Judah & The Lion (Stream)
“Tears ’06”, Jimi Somewhere (Stream)
“The Curse”, FRENSHIP (Stream)
“The Story”, Jana Kramer (Stream)
“Thunder Fever”, The Vaccines (Stream)
“Wait”, Troye Sivan & Gordi (Stream)
“Waiting For A Lifetime (2.0 Remix)”, John Newman (Stream)
“West Coast”, OneRepublic (Stream)
“What Should I Do?”, Budjerah (Stream)
“Who Do You Love”, ARTY featuring Rozzi (Stream)
“You Make Me Feel”, Delanie Leclerc (Stream)
“Zuckerpunch”, The Snuts (Stream)

Next week, new albums from Diplo and Sueco are the largest releases on the schedule. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: February 20, 2011

Maybe you’ll remember these hits…

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 eleven years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of February 20, 2011…

Debuts:
40. TAMAR KAPRELIAN, “New Day”
39. KIMBERLY CALDWELL, “Desperate Girls And Stupid Boys”
37. KENNY CHESNEY, “Somewhere With You”
34. TIM MCGRAW, “Felt Good On My Lips”

Biggest Mover(s):
PARACHUTE, “Something To Believe In (Jeremiah)” (37-27, ten spots)

10. SICK PUPPIES, “Maybe” (up 2)
Album: Tri-Polar (2009, Virgin Records)
Peak: #10

09. AVRIL LAVIGNE, “What The Hell” (up 1)
Album: Goodbye Lullaby (2011, RCA Records)
Peak: #6 for two weeks

08. LADY ANTEBELLUM, “Hello World” (down 2)
Album: Need You Now (2010, Capitol Nashville Records)
Peak: #3 for four weeks

07. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Back To December” (up 1)
Album: Speak Now (2010, Big Machine Records)
Peak: #7 for three weeks

06. P!NK, “F**kin’ Perfect” (up 1)
Album: Greatest Hits… So Far!!! (2010, LaFace/Jive Records)
Peak: #2 for seven weeks

05. KATY PERRY, “Firework” (steady, second week)
Album: Teenage Dream (2010, Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

04. BRUNO MARS, “Grenade” (steady, second week)
Album: Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010, Atlantic/Elektra Records)
Peak: #4 for three weeks

03. TRAIN, “Marry Me” (steady, second week)
Album: Save Me, San Francisco (2009, Columbia Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

02. ANDY GRAMMER, “Keep Your Head Up” (steady, second week)
Album: Andy Grammer (2011, S-Curve Records)
Peak: #2 for eight weeks

01. ADELE, “Rolling In The Deep” (steady, third week)
Album: 21 (2011, XL/Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback 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.

ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (February 15, 2022)

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: Saweetie and H.E.R. get closer to being added by the full Top 40 panel. Let’s add ’em up:

UPON “CLOSER” INSEPCTION: Flying high in the Top 40 skies, the buzzing collaboration from Saweetie and H.E.R is off to a fast start at the Top 40 format. “Closer” picked up 110 adds on impact, making it the Most Added song of the week. It also dominated at the Rhythmic format with another 53 adds there. “Closer” debuted at #39 on the Top 40 chart last week and looks to move well this week.

Another notable collaboration managed a strong second place finish on the log: “The Joker And The Queen”, which teams Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. It scored 76 adds this week, just ahead of the 74 that came in Monday at the Hot AC format, where it led that report. It began at #41 on the Top 40 chart last week.

Charting singles from Anitta, Lauren Spencer-Smith and Tate McRae also 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. SAWEETIE featuring H.E.R., “Closer” (Warner)
2. ED SHEERAN featuring TAYLOR SWIFT, “The Joker And The Queen” (Atlantic)
3. TATE MCRAE, “She’s All I Wanna Be” (RCA)
4-T. IMAGINE DRAGONS x JID, “Enemy” (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
4-T. TIESTO & AVA MAX, “The Motto” (Atlantic)
6. ANITTA, “Boys Don’t Cry” (Warner)
7. FIREBOY DML x ED SHEERAN, “Peru” (YBNL Nation/EMPIRE/Further.)
8-T. CAST OF “ENCANTO”, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Walt Disney/Hollywood)
8-T. LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH, “Fingers Crossed” (Island/Republic/in2une)
10. AVRIL LAVIGNE featuring BLACKBEAR, “Love It When You Hate Me” (DTA/EMG)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (February 8, 2022)

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: don’t cry for me, Anitta… the truth is that you scored the most adds this week. Let’s add ’em up:

“BOYS” AND GIRLS UNITE: Anitta is on the verge of her third top 40 song at the pop format with “Boys Don’t Cry”, which picked up 45 stations this week and landed in first place on the adds report. Meanwhile, Tiësto and Ava Max finished in second place with “The Motto”, securing another 35 adds from the panel.

One week ahead of its official impact date, “She’s All I Wanna Be” managed a fourth-place finish for Tate McRae. It earned 30 stations this time around and is likely headed for many more next Tuesday.

Charting singles from Latto, The Chainsmokers and The Walters also 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. ANITTA, “Boys Don’t Cry” (Warner)
2. TIESTO & AVA MAX, “The Motto” (Atlantic)
3. IMAGINE DRAGONS x JID, “Enemy” (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
4. TATE MCRAE, “She’s All I Wanna Be” (RCA)
5. LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH, “Fingers Crossed” (Island/Republic/in2une)
6. CAST OF “ENCANTO”, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Walt Disney/Hollywood)
7. THE CHAINSMOKERS, “High” (Disruptor/Columbia)
8-T. AVRIL LAVIGNE featuring BLACKBEAR, “Love It When You Hate Me” (DTA/EMG)
8-T. LATTO, “Big Energy” (Streamcut/RCA)
10-T. EM BEIHOLD, “Numb Little Bug” (Moon Projects/Republic)
10-T. THE WALTERS, “I Love You So” (Warner)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (February 1, 2022)

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: The Chainsmokers have a high first-week add total for their latest tune. Let’s add ’em up:

HITTING A “HIGH”: The return of The Chainsmokers had the Top 40 radio panel talking this Tuesday, as “High” scored a giant 159 adds on impact and the Most Added title. It picked up 41 adds on the report at the Hot AC format yesterday, where it also took first place.

In the runner-up position on the report, Imagine Dragons and JID earned 34 more stations on impact for “Enemy”, the theme song from Netflix’s Arcane: League Of Legends.

Charting singles from Latto, Lauren Spencer-Smith and SZA also 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 (TWELVE)
1. THE CHAINSMOKERS, “High” (Disruptor/Columbia)
2. IMAGINE DRAGONS x JID, “Enemy” (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope)
3. CHARLIE PUTH, “Light Switch” (Atlantic)
4. TIESTO & AVA MAX, “The Motto” (Atlantic)
5. CAST OF “ENCANTO”, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Walt Disney/Hollywood)
6. LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH, “Fingers Crossed” (in2une)
7-T. AVRIL LAVIGNE featuring BLACKBEAR, “Love It When You Hate Me” (DTA/EMG)
7-T. DAISY THE GREAT x AJR, “Record Player” (S-Curve/Hollywood)
9. ANITTA, “Boys Don’t Cry” (Warner)
10-T. ALESSO & KATY PERRY, “When I’m Gone” (10:22PM/Astralwerks/Capitol)
10-T. LATTO, “Big Energy” (Streamcut/RCA)
10-T. SZA, “I Hate U” (TDE/RCA)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (January 30, 2022)

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. Time to head to an alternate pop planet:

CURIOSITY FILLED THE CAT: The album Planet Her is full of big hits and another has reached the summit: “Need To Know” rises from 3-1 on the Top 40 radio list for Doja Cat, the second chart-topper from her current era and third historically.

Back in the top 40 for the first time since the summer of 2019, The Chainsmokers start at #30 with “High”, their 13th top 40 entry to date. From her forthcoming album Love Sux, Avril Lavigne leaps from 43-38 with the Blackbear-assisted “Love It When You Hate Me”. It’s her 17th top 40 hit at the format and first since the summer of 2013, while Blackbear earns his ninth overall. Finally, Daisy The Great lifts from 46-39 this week with the AJR-assisted “Record Player”, now at #6 on the Alternative radio chart. The collaboration is the first top 40 title for the duo and the seventh for trio.

With their current #2 hit on the Alternative radio chart, Imagine Dragons land at #44 on the chart with “Enemy”, the theme song from the Netflix series Arcane: League Of Legends. Two versions of “Enemy” are receiving airplay: one by the quartet itself and other featuring rapper JID. Coming off a recent viral trend on TikTok, “Every Summertime” enters at #46 for newcomer NIKI. The track was originally featured on the soundtrack to Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings last year. The film hits continue at #47 this week with the debut of Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, sung by the cast of the animated movie. The song recently reached #1 nationally in the U.K. and is headed that way in the U.S., appearing at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Finally, newcomer Jena Rose checks in at #49 with “Checkmate”.

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (January 24-25, 2022)

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 songs impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

AVRIL LAVIGNE featuring BLACKBEAR, “Love It When You Hate Me” (DTA/EMG)
Album: Love Sux (2022)
Chart Position: #43 (1/23/22)
T40 Hits To Date: 16 (Avril Lavigne) / 8 (Blackbear)

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CHARLIE PUTH, “Light Switch” (Atlantic)
Album: TBA (2022)
Chart Position: #30 (1/23/22)
T40 Hits To Date: 12

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DAISY THE GREAT x AJR, “Record Player” (S-Curve/Hollywood)
Album: TBA (2022)
Chart Position: #46 (1/23/22)
T40 Hits To Date: None (Daisy The Great) / 6 (AJR)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (January 23, 2022)

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. Here come this week’s party Animals:

THE “HEAT” IS ON: In its 29th nonconsecutive week in the top 40, “Heat Waves” rises from 2-1 on the Top 40 survey, as Glass Animals score their first #1 song at the format. Their hit spent three weeks at #1 on the Alternative radio chart in March of last year.

Singer and songwriter Charlie Puth lights up the #30 spot with his new release titled “Light Switch”. The debut marks his 12th top 40 hit to date. The Walters also enter the top 40 this week with “I Love You So”, landing at #39. Originally released back in 2014, the tune went viral on TikTok last fall and continues to grow.

This week’s top new entry in the top 50 is a collaboration that teams Avril Lavigne and Blackbear: “Love It When You Hate Me” has more love than hate from the Top 40 panel, as it starts at #43. The track is also just below the top 40 at the Hot AC format. Newcomers Daisy The Great spin their way into the #46 position with the AJR-assisted “Record Player”, a current top ten hit on the Alternative chart. The original version of the tune (without AJR) had a fairly successful run on TikTok during the fall of 2019. Producers ALTÉGO are also new to the list at #47 with “Toxic Pony”, their mashup of two chart classics: “Toxic” spent four weeks at #1 for Britney Spears during the spring of 2004, but “Pony” only got as high as #32 for Ginuwine in early 1997. (It hit the top five on the Rhythmic and Urban charts in late 1996.) Finally, Sena Kana and Poo Bear sneak in at #49 with “Undisputed”.

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