NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of August 26, 2022

Getting “Closer” to Friday.

This week’s New Music Friday schedule is full of rockets, man, including the latest albums from Blackbear, DJ Khaled and Surfaces and tunes from Elton John, Lil Tjay and Rina Sawayama…

Notable albums out this week: Bastille‘s Give Me The Future/Dreams Of The Past (Stream), Blackbear‘s In Loving Memory (Stream), Blondie‘s Against The Odds: 1974-1982 (Stream), DJ Khaled‘s God Did (Stream), Dro Kenji‘s Anywhere But Here (Stream), Ingrid Andress‘s Good Person (Stream), JID‘s The Forever Story (Stream), John Harvie‘s Told Ya. (Stream), Julia Jacklin‘s Pre-Pleasure (Stream), Kameron Marlowe‘s We Were Cowboys (Stream), Laufey‘s Everything I Know About Love (Stream), Marcus King‘s Young Blood (Stream), Matt Maeson‘s Never Had To Leave (Stream), Muse‘s Will Of The People (Stream), Surfaces‘s Hidden Youth (Stream), The Happy Fits‘s Under The Shade Of Green (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Alt Bloom‘s Summer Craft (Stream), Francis Karel‘s Handle With Care (Stream), Games We Play‘s Get A Job (Stream), IDK‘s W13 (Stream), Paul Partohap‘s Lovers Playbook (Stream), Seaforth‘s What I Get For Loving You (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“2030 Revolution”, Dylan Fraser (Stream)
“Abandonment Issues”, Rowan Drake (Stream)
“All You Do”, Magdalena Bay (Stream)
“Aluminum”, Daisy The Great (Stream)
“Always Feel Like”, Alok (Stream)
“Bad Thing”, Miya Folick (Stream)
“Beat The Odds”, Lil Tjay (Stream)
“Bedroom Floor”, Sydney Rose (Stream)
“Beer With My Friends”, Kenny Chesney & Old Dominion (Stream)
“Better Off High”, Marcus Mumford (Stream)
“Bird Sing”, Anna Of The North (Stream)
“Black Mascara”, RAYE (Stream)
“Bois Lie (Acoustic)”, Avril Lavigne featuring Machine Gun Kelly (Stream)
“Calm Down”, Rema & Selena Gomez (Stream)
“Circles”, Rag’N’Bone Man featuring Ocean Wisdom (Stream)
“Colours Of You”, Nina Nesbitt (Stream)
“Complex (Demo)”, Katie Gregson-MacLeod (Stream)
“Congrats”, LANY (Stream)
“Creeps”, Koe Wetzel (Stream)
“Cross Your Mind”, ROLE MODEL (Stream)
“Crush”, Hallie Pecnik (Stream)
“Cry (Let It Out)”, FRENSHIP (Stream)
“Damn, Look At The View!”, Martin Luke Brown (Stream)
“Dangerous”, Madison Beer (Stream)
“Don’t Stop Believin'”, Teddy Swims (Stream)
“Emotional”, Ashe (Stream)
“Every Beginning Ends”, Noah Cyrus & Benjamin Gibbard (Stream)
“Everytime We Touch”, Brent Morgan (Stream)
“Figure You Out”, Djo (Stream)
“Fine On Your Own”, Nicklas Sahl (Stream)
“God Has A Sense Of Humor”, GAYLE (Stream)
“Half Of My Heart”, KYRK (Stream)
“Happier”, BANNERS (Stream)
“Hold Me Closer”, Elton John & Britney Spears (Stream)
“How Deep?”, Tai Verdes (Stream)
“I Can’t Help It”, JVKE (Stream)
“I Don’t Even Like You Anymore”, Anna Clendening (Stream)
“I Don’t Want It”, Crawlers (Stream)
“I Remember”, Cheat Codes & Russell Dickerson (Stream)
“I Want To Die In Your Arms”, EKKSTACY (Stream)
“If I Was Your Lover”, Kip Moore (Stream)
“I’m Good (Blue)”, David Guetta & Bebe Rexha (Stream)
“India Me”, SleazyWorld Go (Stream)
“Jane”, Skip Marley & Ayra Starr (Stream)
“Just Like Me”, Ben Kessler (Stream)
“Landslide”, Gus Dapperton (Stream)
“Leave It On The Dancefloor”, Hope Tala (Stream)
“Leave Me”, Anees (Stream)
“Let It Breathe”, Joey Bada$$ (Stream)
“Narcissist (Piano)”, Lauren Spencer-Smith (Stream)
“Ocean Of Tears”, Imanbek & DVBBS (Stream)
“OK”, Cleopatrick (Stream)
“Orange And White”, Conner Smith (Stream)
“Phantom”, Rina Sawayama (Stream)
“Rat Race”, Willow Kayne (Stream)
“Robbery”, DREAMERS featuring Sueco (Stream)
“Sins”, Red Leather (Stream)
“Something Worth Working On”, John K (Stream)
“Superficial Energy”, Denise Julia (Stream)
“Swim Away”, Seinabo Sey (Stream)
“That Dog’ll Hunt”, Walker Hayes (Stream)
“The Wrong Party”, Andy Grammer x Fitz And The Tantrums (Stream)
“Thinking Of Her”, Noah Davis (Stream)
“Touch Tank (Acoustic)”, Quinnie (Stream)
“Treesha”, Lil Tecca (Stream)
“Virginity”, Julia Wolf (Stream)
“Wait In The Truck”, HARDY featuring Lainey Wilson (Stream)
“We Used To Love”, Leslie Clio (Stream)
“Weird Goodbyes”, The National featuring Bon Iver (Stream)
“Winds May Change”, Felix Jaehn (Stream)
“Wrong Decisions”, NAV (Stream)
“You”, CKay (Stream)

Next week, the latest albums from Jon Pardi and Two Door Cinema Club are among the largest 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 (June 15, 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: no ties at the top spot this week, but we do have Tai leading the way. Let’s add ’em up:

NUMBER ONE IS A-O-K: Picking up another 28 adds this week, “A-O-K” from newcomer Tai Verdes is most certainly okay with taking the top spot on the adds report. The song debuted at #45 on the Top 40 chart last Sunday, while coming in at #30 on the Alternative chart.

In the top five, two new singles entered the region, which both came in third place with 17 commitments apiece: newcomer Tesher with the Jason Derulo-assisted remix of “Jalebi Baby” and Tones And I with her “Cloudy Day”. The former title impacted at the format this week, while the latter officially heads for adds next week.

Charting singles from Anitta, Coldplay and Polo G 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. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
2. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
3-T. TESHER x JASON DERULO, “Jalebi Baby” (Namah/Capitol)
3-T. TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Elektra/EMG)
5-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
5-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
7. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (300 Ent./Further.)
8. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
9-T. COLDPLAY, “Higher Power” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
9-T. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 8, 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: in a close finish, Anitta made her destination the top spot on the report. Let’s add ’em up:

RACING TO RIO: Though the numbers trended pretty slow in general this week, Latin star Anitta managed a good win on the adds report with “Girl From Rio”, which earned another 28 commitments this week. The song ranked at #29 on the Top 40 radio chart last weekend.

Just behind her were two impacting songs: with 26 adds, “A-O-K” from newcomer Tai Verdes took the runner-up spot. The single has also seen some activity at the Alternative format. Meanwhile, P!nk checked into third place with 24 adds for “All I Know So Far”. Now in the top 15 at the Hot AC format, the song can be found on the soundtrack to her Amazon documentary of the same name.

Charting singles from Bella Poarch, Mooski and Tomorrow x Together 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. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
2. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
3. P!NK, “All I Know So Far” (RCA)
4. MARSHMELLO x JONAS BROTHERS, “Leave Before You Love Me” (Joytime Collective/Republic)
5. MOOSKI, “Track Star” (Capitol)
6-T. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
6-T. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
8. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, “Magic” (BigHit/Republic)
9. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (300 Ent./Further.)
10. AREA21, “La La La” (STMPD/Hollywood)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 1, 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: with a little magic, this week’s session ended in a tie. Let’s add ’em up:

GOOD 4 THREE DOZEN: In a tie atop the adds report at the format, the enduring “Good 4 U” from superstar Olivia Rodrigo scored 36 more adds this week, the same amount registered by K-pop group Tomorrow x Together with their track “Magic”. The former is well into the top 25 at the format, while the latter is likely to crack the top 50 in the next week or two.

Just behind those two songs, the impacting “Build A Bitch” from chart newcomer and TikTok star Bella Poarch secured a third place finish with 29 adds this week. The song entered the top 50 on last week’s Top 40 chart update at #46.

Charting singles from Mooski, NF and Polo G 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-T. OLIVIA RODRIGO, “Good 4 U” (Geffen/Interscope)
1-T. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, “Magic” (BigHit/Republic)
3. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
4. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
5. MARSHMELLO x JONAS BROTHERS, “Leave Before You Love Me” (Joytime Collective/Republic)
6. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
7. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (300 Ent./Further.)
8. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
9. MOOSKI, “Track Star” (Capitol)
10-T. MAJID JORDAN, “Waves Of Blue” (OVO Sound/Warner)
10-T. NF, “Just Like You” (Virgin)
10-T. P!NK, “All I Know So Far” (RCA)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (May 31-June 1, 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? These three new releases will be impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: TikTok star Poarch is already off to a nice start at the format, reaching the top 50 last weekend with her first hit.

DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Epic)
Album: Khaled Khaled (2021)
Past T40 History: From his recent #1 album on the Billboard 200 list, this big collaboration hit the top 40 on last weekend’s chart.

TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER), “Magic Island” (BigHit/Republic)
EP: The Dream Chapter: Magic (2019)
Past T40 History: Based in South Korea, this two-year-old cut is the first song to impact at the format for the five guys from Seoul.

Next week: P!nk and Tai Verdes are A-O-K with some new support from the pop panel on Tuesday.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (May 30, 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 one peachy holiday weekend romp up the pop radio chart, here’s what’s ripening at the format this week:

YOU’RE A PEACH: Justin Bieber easily picks up a third week atop on the Top 40 radio list with Daniel Caesar and GIVĒON-assisted “Peaches”, which is very likely to reign for a fourth week if the current trends remain on the same track. Elsewhere, the tune dips from 1-2 on the Rhythmic chart, but rises from 11-10 at the Hot AC format.

It’s another busy week in the top 40 with four new songs in the region, led by Marshmello and the Jonas Brothers with the collaboration “Leave Before You Love Me”, which bounces from 45-27. It’s their 11th and 13th top 40 hits at the format, respectively. Majid Jordan earns their first top 40 song in 7-1/2 years with “Waves Of Blue”, which splashes up the list from 42-36. Rising from 41-39, “I Did It” is still moving for DJ Khaled with Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby and DaBaby. As individual artists, this single marks their 12th, 14th, fifth, first and fourth top 40 hits, respectively. Polo G also takes his recent #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 into the top 40 on the pop radio list, as “Rapstar” advances from 44-40. It’s his first top 40 hit here, though he’s had plenty on both the Rhythmic and Urban charts.

Two new songs enter the top 50 this week: TikTok star and chart newcomer Bella Poarch comes in at #46 with her viral hit “Build A Bitch”, while Em starts without a bullet at #48 with “Say What You Mean”.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (May 25, 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: BTS is really cooking with gas with their bold and buttery new release. Let’s add ’em up:

SHOULD’VE KNOWN BUTTER: K-pop septet and worldwide phenomenon BTS had a huge first week at the Top 40 format, earning the commitments of entire panel (180 stations) on impact with “Butter”. It is the first song since 2019 to achieve this goal. Elsewhere, the big hit scored 52 and 25 adds at the Hot AC (second place) and Rhythmic (third place) radio formats, respectively.

Entering in the runner-up position with a still fairly substantial 115 adds this week, Marshmello and the Jonas Brothers impacted at the format with “Leave Before You Love Me”. It led yesterday’s report at the Hot AC format with 56 stations, just sneaking past BTS.

Finally, after earning 40 early adds last week, Olivia Rodrigo grabbed another 86 stations for “Good 4 U”, ranking in third place. The song recently became her third top 40 hit from the Sour album, which is likely to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart later this month.

Charting singles from Anitta and GIVĒON 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. BTS, “Butter” (BigHit/Columbia)
2. MARSHMELLO x JONAS BROTHERS, “Leave Before You Love Me” (Joytime Collective/Republic)
3. OLIVIA RODRIGO, “Good 4 U” (Geffen/Interscope)
4. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
5. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
6. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
7. REGARD, TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE, “You” (Ministry Of Sound/Epic)
8. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
9. NESSA BARRETT featuring JXDN, “La Di Die” (Warner)
10-T. JACKSON WANG, “LMLY (Leave Me Loving You)” (88rising/12Tone)
10-T. KALI UCHIS, “Telepatía” (Virgin EMI/Interscope)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (May 11, 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: it’s a return to the top spot for Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae regarding the latest adds report. Let’s add ’em up:

“YOU” KNOW THIS SONG: In a largely uneventful week in terms of big numbers, the current chart hit “You” earned another 29 adds on the updated report, as Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae claim the top spot for the third time in the last four weeks. Their reactive tune is currently breezing through the top 30 at the format.

Fresh titles from Mimi Webb and NF performed well enough to reach the top five on the report, as the former’s “Good Without” earned 22 stations during the session and a third place finish, while the latter’s “Just Like You” picked up 21 stations and took fourth.

Charting singles from Billie Eilish, Kali Uchis and Polo G 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. REGARD, TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE, “You” (Ministry Of Sound/Epic)
2. BILLIE EILISH, “Your Power” (Darkroom/Interscope)
3. MIMI WEBB, “Good Without” (Epic)
4. NF, “Just Like You” (Virgin)
5. KALI UCHIS, “Telepatía” (Virgin EMI/Interscope)
6. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
7-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
7-T. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
9. COLDPLAY, “Higher Power” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
10. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (May 9, 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. This week’s survey is full of rap stars and pop stars aplenty, so here’s what’s moving at the format this week:

STILL SAVING THE CHART: “Save Your Tears” spends a third week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart, as The Weeknd‘s big hit lifts from 2-1 on the Hot AC chart. This will likely be its last week at the summit here on the pop list, as Justin Bieber is salivating for a sweet jump to the top with this week’s #2 song, the Daniel Caesar and GIVĒON-assisted “Peaches”.

Hong Kong’s Jackson Wang is up from 41-39 on the Top 40 radio chart with “LMLY (Leave Me Loving You)”, giving Wang his third top 40 song at the format. Meanwhile, Los Angeles-based songwriter Annika Wells earns her first top 40 hit as an artist with “Sucks Being Sober”, leaping from 45-40.

In the top 50, Polo G debuts at #45 with “Rapstar”, which recently starred at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Starting at #48, “I Did It” marks a giant collaboration for DJ Khaled with Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby and DaBaby. You can find it on the recent album Khaled Khaled, which just landed at the top of the Billboard 200 list.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (May 4, 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: superstar Billie Eilish is happier than ever at the top of the adds report. Let’s add ’em up:

A “POWER” GRAB: Taken from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish easily grabs the top spot on the adds report at Top 40 radio with “Your Power”, picking up 141 commitments in its first week. Unsurprisingly, the track also led this week’s report at Alternative radio, earning 48 adds there.

The numbers drop off significantly from there, with several new or emerging collaborations taking up the rest of the top four.

Charting singles from AJR, Kali Uchis and Lil Nas X 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. BILLIE EILISH, “Your Power” (Darkroom/Interscope)
2. REGARD, TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE, “You” (Ministry Of Sound/Epic)
3. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
4. MAJOR LAZER featuring SIA & LABRINTH, “Titans” (Mad Decent)
5. KALI UCHIS, “Telepatía” (Virgin EMI/Interscope)
6. LIL NAS X, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (Columbia)
7. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
8. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
8-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
10-T. AJR, “Way Less Sad” (S-Curve/Hollywood)
10-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)

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