Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: December 5, 2021

“Easy” eases into December at #1.

DEBUTS
40. Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas
39. Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
35. LANY – Ex I Never Had (40)
26. GAYLE – Abcdefu (36) | BIGGEST MOVER
19. Adele – Oh My God (25)
17. Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti (22)
16. Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (21)
15. Benson Boone – Ghost Town (20)
07. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window (13)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Sting – Rushing Water (11) | PEAK: #10
09. Jax – Like My Father (09) | PEAK: #09
08. MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Silk Chiffon (10) | PEAK: #08
07. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window (13) | PEAK: #07
06. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Duran Duran – Anniversary (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
04. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (05) | PEAK: #04
03. The Script – I Want It All (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (02) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
01. Adele – Easy On Me (01) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Tiësto & Ava Max – The Motto (4)
2. The Walters – I Love You So (3)
3. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (1)
4. BoyWithUke – Toxic (5)
5. JESSIA – But I Don’t (2)
6. Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10)
7. JP Saxe – Soft Landing (7)
8. Kelly Clarkson – Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You) (9)
9. Emmy Meli – I Am Woman (-)
10. Neon Trees – Holiday Rock (-)

In The Mix:
Adele – Can I Get It
Mokita – Colorblind
Rob Thomas – Small Town Christmas
Shawn Mendes – It’ll Be Okay (new)

Chart Notes:

• From the recent album 30, “Easy On Me” spends a third week at #1 on my personal chart for Adele, one of two releases she currently has in the top 20. Up ten spots, the Biggest Mover of the week comes from newcomer GAYLE with “Abcdefu”, advancing from 36-26. Two songs debut on the list, both of which feature the 74-year-old music legend who reached #1 on my chart this past fall in a duet with Dua Lipa: of course, he’s Elton John. Coming in at #39, “E-Ticket” is a collaboration with Eddie Vedder from The Lockdown Sessions, which impacts at the Triple A radio format on Monday. At #40, John shares a seasonal single with Ed Sheeran in “Merry Christmas”. All of the proceeds from the song in the United Kingdom will go towards their own respective charities.

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

“Easy” is thankful for another week at #1.

DEBUTS
40. LANY – Ex I Never Had
39. Avril Lavigne – Bite Me
36. GAYLE – Abcdefu | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
35. Jenna Raine – See You Later (Ten Years) (40)
25. Adele – Oh My God (39) | BIGGEST MOVER
22. Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti (29)
21. Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (30)
20. Benson Boone – Ghost Town (28)
13. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window (18)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Silk Chiffon (12) | PEAK: #10
09. Jax – Like My Father (09) | PEAK: #09
08. John Mayer – Wild Blue (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (05) | PEAK: #03
06. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (07) | PEAK: #06
05. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (04) | PEAK: #04
04. The Script – I Want It All (06) | PEAK: #04
03. Duran Duran – Anniversary (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
02. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (02) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
01. Adele – Easy On Me (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (1)
2. JESSIA – But I Don’t (3)
3. The Walters – I Love You So (5)
4. Tiësto & Ava Max – The Motto (6)
5. BoyWithUke – Toxic (9)
6. TWICE – The Feels (2)
7. JP Saxe – Soft Landing (-)
8. Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket (8)
9. Kelly Clarkson – Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You) (-)
10. Taylor Swift – All Too Well (-)

In The Mix:
Adele – Can I Get It
Joel Corry featuring Mabel – I Wish
Mokita – Colorblind
Neon Trees – Holiday Rock
Rob Thomas – Small Town Christmas
Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton – I Bet You Think About Me

Chart Notes:

• Adele not only earns a second consecutive week at #1 on my personal chart with “Easy On Me”, but follow-up “Oh My God” is the Biggest Mover in the top 40, climbing from 39-25 in its second week. This week’s three debuts come from GAYLE, Avril Lavigne and LANY: “Abcdefu” (#36), “Bite Me” (#39) and “Ex I Never Had” (#40) were all recently serviced to different radio formats. Of the three singles, two impact in the next couple of weeks: “Ex I Never Had” heads for adds at the Hot AC format on Monday, while “Abcdefu” has its official date at Top 40 radio in early December. (Lavigne’s “Bite Me” is nearing the top 40 at the Alternative format, as it’s seen some airplay activity since the middle of the month.)
• This is the last chart to be included for the 2021 chart year… stay tuned for more details about my Top 100 of 2021 in the coming weeks.

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

An easy chart-topper for the holidays.

DEBUTS
40. Jenna Raine – See You Later (Ten Years)
39. Adele – Oh My God | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
30. Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (40) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
18. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window (28) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie) — two weeks

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Troye Sivan – Angel Baby (10) | PEAK: #10
09. Jax – Like My Father (09) | PEAK: #09
08. John Mayer – Wild Blue (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (07) | PEAK: #07
06. The Script – I Want It All (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (04) | PEAK: #03
04. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (05) | PEAK: #04
03. Duran Duran – Anniversary (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
02. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (02) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
01. Adele – Easy On Me (03) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (1)
2. TWICE – The Feels (2)
3. JESSIA – But I Don’t (4)
4. Avril Lavigne – Bite Me (7)
5. The Walters – I Love You So (6)
6. Tiësto & Ava Max – The Motto (8)
7. ABBA – Just A Notion (5)
8. Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket (10)
9. BoyWithUke – Toxic (9)
10. GAYLE – Abcdefu (-)

In The Mix:
Adele – Can I Get It (new)
Joel Corry featuring Mabel – I Wish
JP Saxe – Soft Landing (new)
Kelly Clarkson – Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)
LANY – Ex I Never Had (new)
Mokita – Colorblind (new)
Neon Trees – Holiday Rock
Rob Thomas – Small Town Christmas
Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton – I Bet You Think About Me

Chart Notes:

• Superstar Adele achieves her ninth #1 hit on my personal chart with “Easy On Me”, moving from #3 last week. It’s the lead single from her newest album 30, a set which is expected to have the largest debut of the year on the Billboard 200 list later this month. The new singles from Silk Sonic and Taylor Swift tie for the Biggest Mover in the countdown this week, both moving up ten spots each. There are two new entries on the chart and the aforementioned Adele has one of them with “Oh My God”, a popular album cut that comes in at #39. It also ranks in the top 50 at the Hot AC radio format from unsolicited airplay. At #40, “See You Later (Ten Years)” marks the first chart entry for newcomer Jenna Raine, whose song became a recent viral hit on the video app TikTok.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: November 14, 2021

DEBUTS
40. Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle
36. U2 – Your Song Saved My Life | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
33. Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti (39)
31. Benson Boone – Ghost Town (38)
28. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window (37) | BIGGEST MOVER
23. Westlife – Starlight (28)
13. Sting – Rushing Water (18)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Troye Sivan – Angel Baby (11) | PEAK: #10
09. Jax – Like My Father (12) | PEAK: #09
08. John Mayer – Wild Blue (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (07) | PEAK: #07
06. The Script – I Want It All (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (05) | PEAK: #04
04. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (04) | PEAK: #03
03. Adele – Easy On Me (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (02) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
01. Duran Duran – Anniversary (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (1)
2. TWICE – The Feels (3)
3. Jenna Raine – See You Later (Ten Years) (7)
4. JESSIA – But I Don’t (10)
5. ABBA – Just A Notion (4)
6. The Walters – I Love You So (9)
7. Avril Lavigne – Bite Me (-)
8. Tiësto & Ava Max – The Motto (-)
9. BoyWithUke – Toxic (-)
10. Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket (-)

In The Mix:
Joel Corry featuring Mabel – I Wish
Kelly Clarkson – Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)
Neon Trees – Holiday Rock
Rob Thomas – Small Town Christmas
Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton – I Bet You Think About Me (new)

Chart Notes:

• The legendary Duran Duran secures a second week at #1 on my personal chart with “Anniversary”, while Adele waits in the wings with “Easy On Me”, which holds at #3 and could reach the top spot next week. This week’s Biggest Mover is from the duo Silk Sonic: jumping from 37-28, “Smokin’ Out The Window” is lighting up the countdown in its second week of activity. There are two new songs on the chart this week: from the upcoming film Sing 2, “Your Song Saved My Life” is in at #36 for U2. It is currently earning airplay at the Hot AC and Triple A radio formats. The other debut is from Red (Taylor’s Version), a re-recorded release of Taylor Swift‘s popular 2012 album. Originally intended for that set nine years ago, “Message In A Bottle” floats ashore at #40.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: November 7, 2021

DEBUTS
40. Bastille – No Bad Days
39. Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti
38. Benson Boone – Ghost Town
37. Silk Sonic – Smokin’ Out The Window | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
30. Scott Helman – Pretty (35)
18. Sting – Rushing Water (23)
12. Jax – Like My Father (19) | BIGGEST MOVER
11. Troye Sivan – Angel Baby (16)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor (07) | PEAK: #07
09. Silk Sonic – Skate (09) | PEAK: #02
08. John Mayer – Wild Blue (10) | PEAK: #08
07. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (08) | PEAK: #07
06. The Script – I Want It All (06) | PEAK: #06
05. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (04) | PEAK: #04
04. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (03) | PEAK: #03
03. Adele – Easy On Me (05) | PEAK: #03
02. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (01) | PEAK: #01 for eight weeks
01. Duran Duran – Anniversary (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Dean Lewis – Looks Like Me (4)
2. Trevor Daniel – Alone (1)
3. TWICE – The Feels (2)
4. ABBA – Just A Notion (5)
5. U2 – Your Song Saved My Life (-)
6. Tom Grennan – Don’t Break The Heart (3)
7. Jenna Raine – See You Later (Ten Years) (-)
8. The Wanted – Rule The World (6)
9. The Walters – I Love You So (10)
10. JESSIA – But I Don’t (-)

In The Mix:
Elton John & Eddie Vedder – E-Ticket (new)
Joel Corry featuring Mabel – I Wish
Kelly Clarkson – Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You) (new)
Kylie Minogue and Jessie Ware – Kiss Of Life
Kylie Minogue and Years & Years – A Second To Midnight
Neon Trees – Holiday Rock (new)
Rob Thomas – Small Town Christmas (new)
Tiësto & Ava Max – The Motto (new)

Chart Notes:

• Forty years after releasing their debut album, Duran Duran is still making some quality music and their current single certainly proves it. “Anniversary” rises from 2-1 on my personal chart this week, becoming the band’s fourth #1 tune since 2005. It follows “Invisible”, the lead single from Future Past, which reached #3 earlier this year. American Idol alum Jax scores the week’s Biggest Mover with “Like My Father”, which leaps from 19-12 and continues to see airplay at the Hot AC radio format. The debut activity picks back up this week with four new titles in the top 40, led by the third chart entry from the duo Silk Sonic: at #37, “Smokin’ Out The Window” previews An Evening With Silk Sonic, which comes out on Friday. Another Idol alum is in at #38: it’s Benson Boone with “Ghost Town”, which continues to grow from a viral TikTok moment. Ed Sheeran is next with “Overpass Graffiti”, which lands at #39. It’s the third chart hit from his recent album =. Finally, Bastille enters at #40 with “No Bad Days”, the second song to chart from their forthcoming album Give Me The Future.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: October 3, 2021

“Cold” is still bold.

DEBUTS
40. Whitney Houston & Clean Bandit – How Will I Know
35. Charli XCX – Good Ones
34. Jax – Like My Father | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
27. Coldplay x BTS – My Universe (36) | BIGGEST MOVER
22. John Mayer – Wild Blue (27)
19. The Script – I Want It All (24)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor (10) | PEAK: #10
09. Ed Sheeran – Shivers (11) | PEAK: #09
08. Walk The Moon – Can You Handle My Love?? (08) | PEAK: #08
07. Dua Lipa – Love Again (05) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
06. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits (02) | PEAK: #02
05. Milky Chance – Colorado (06) | PEAK: #05
04. Imagine Dragons – Wrecked (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Kacey Musgraves – Justified (07) | PEAK: #03
02. Silk Sonic – Skate (03) | PEAK: #02
01. Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (01) | PEAK: #01 for four weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Clinton Kane – I Guess I’m In Love (2)
2. Saint Phnx – Happy Place (1)
3. Eddie Vedder – Long Way (4)
4. Sting – If It’s Love (3)
5. Lorde – Mood Ring (8)
6. Olivia Vedder – My Father’s Daughter (5)
7. FINNEAS – The 90s (6)
8. January Jane – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) (-)
9. TWICE – The Feels (-)
10. Sting – Rushing Water (-)

In The Mix:
Duran Duran – Tonight United
Forest Blakk – Fall Into Me
James Blunt – Love Under Pressure
John Mellencamp featuring Bruce Springsteen – Wasted Days (new)
Mimi Webb – 24/5
Patrick Droney – Like The Water (new)
Rod Stewart – One More Time
The Anxiety – Meet Me At Our Spot
Tom Grennan – Don’t Break The Heart
Trevor Daniel – Alone (new)

Chart Notes:

• Frozen solid at #1 on my personal chart for the fourth consecutive week, “Cold Heart” is still beating at the top spot for Elton John and Dua Lipa. Their duet, which is featured on John’s The Lockdown Sessions compilation, should be safe at the summit for the next few weeks. Coldplay and BTS climb from 36-27 on the chart with “My Universe”, earning it the title of this week’s Biggest Mover. Three releases debut in the top 40: “Like My Father” is the highest at #34, as Jax earns her second top 40 single of 2021. Charli XCX is one notch lower with “Good Ones”, off to a fairly good start at #35. Finally, the late Whitney Houston debuts at #40 with a new remix of 1986’s “How Will I Know”, reimagined by Clean Bandit. The original song spent two weeks at #1 on the CHR radio chart.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: July 25, 2021

All 4 number one.

DEBUTS
40. Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor
38. SEB – Seaside
37. Jax – 90s Kids | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
25. Imagine Dragons – Wrecked (30) | BIGGEST MOVER — two weeks

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Olivia Rodrigo – Déjà Vu (05) | PEAK: #04
09. Elle King & Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (09) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
08. John Mayer – Last Train Home (10) | PEAK: #08
07. Mimi Webb – Good Without (03) | PEAK: #03
06. Bleachers – Stop Making This Hurt (08) | PEAK: #06
05. Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Dua Lipa – Love Again (06) | PEAK: #04
03. Duran Duran – Invisible (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Coldplay – Higher Power (01) | PEAK: #01 for four weeks
01. Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Olivia Holt – Next (5)
2. American Authors featuring Mark McGrath – Nice And Easy (3)
3. Nic D – Fine Apple (1)
4. Walk Off The Earth x Lukas Graham – Love You Right (9)
5. Brandi Carlile – Right On Time (-)
6. Jxdn featuring Machine Gun Kelly – Wanna Be (10)
7. Ralph – Tommy (7)
8. Dixie D’Amelio featuring Rubi Rose – Psycho (-)
9. Conan Gray – People Watching (-)
10. Maisie Peters – Psycho (-)

In The Mix:
Mimi Webb – Dumb Love
Saint Phnx – Happy Place
Scott Helman – Old Friends
Vaultboy – Everything Sucks (new)

Chart Notes:

• Olivia Rodrigo scores her second #1 song on my personal chart with “Good 4 U”, climbing from 2-1 this week. She now has five singles charting concurrently from her recent album Sour, making her the first woman to pull off the trick. American Idol alum Jax has the Highest Debut on the list with “90s Kids”, which nostalgically enters at #37. The viral demo “Seaside” is in at #38 for newcomer SEB, while the aforementioned Rodrigo is new at #40 with “Traitor”.

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