RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (January 17-18, 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:

EMMY MELI, “I Am Woman” (Disruptor/Arista)
Album: TBA (2022)
Chart Position: #33 (1/16/22)
T40 Hits To Date: 1

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JUICE WRLD & JUSTIN BIEBER, “Wandered To LA” (Grade A/Interscope)
Album: Fighting Demons (2021)
Chart Position: #36 (1/16/22)
T40 Hits To Date: 4 (Juice WRLD) / 38 (Justin Bieber)

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THE WALTERS, “I Love You So” (Warner)
EP: Songs For Dads (2014)
Chart Position: #67 (1/16/22)
T40 Hits To Date: None

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (January 11, 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 Weeknd has a new sacrificial smash for the Top 40 airwaves. Let’s add ’em up:

LOVE ON THE WEEKND: It was a wild first report of 2022 at the Top 40 format, as the adds flew in for plenty of emerging songs. In the top spot this week, The Weeknd secured 118 adds for “Sacrifice”, the new single from Dawn FM. It started at #37 on the published chart last weekend. In the runner-up position, Doja Cat meowed with 96 new stations for “Woman”, which climbed to #27 on the same chart update. Her labelmates Latto and SZA were also huge winners on the report this week: the former finished in third place with 59 new adds for “Big Energy”, while the latter appeared in fourth place with 38 new stations for “I Hate U”. Rounding out the top five, the late Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber wandered into fifth place with “Wandered To LA”, new at 37 stations.

Just below the region, the recent collaboration from Alesso and Katy Perry was also decent on the report: “When I’m Gone” scored a total of 28 adds and tied for seventh place on the list. Meanwhile, watch out for newcomer Lauren Spencer-Smith, whose “Fingers Crossed” is also in seventh place. The viral hit (currently being worked by in2une) was teased on TikTok beginning in November and released last week.

Charting singles from Emmy Meli and GAYLE 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. THE WEEKND, “Sacrifice” (XO/Republic)
2. DOJA CAT, “Woman” (Kemosabe/RCA)
3. LATTO, “Big Energy” (Streamcut/RCA)
4. SZA, “I Hate U” (TDE/RCA)
5. JUICE WRLD & JUSTIN BIEBER, “Wandered To LA” (Grade A/Interscope-Def Jam)
6. ACRAZE featuring CHERISH, “Do It To It” (Thrive/Virgin)
7-T. ALESSO & KATY PERRY, “When I’m Gone” (10:22PM/Astralwerks/Capitol)
7-T. LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH, “Fingers Crossed” (in2une)
9. EMMY MELI, “I Am Woman” (Disruptor/Arista)
10. GAYLE, “Abcdefu” (Atlantic)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (January 9, 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. From L.A. to Peru, these songs are moving at the pop format:

MAXIMIZING “ME” TIME: 2022 is starting off well for superstar Adele, as she continues at #1 on the Top 40 chart for a sixth week with “Easy On Me”. It remains more than 1,700 spins ahead of the song at #2.

Taken from his new album Dawn FM, The Weeknd scores his 23rd top 40 hit at the format with “Sacrifice”, entering at #37 this week. This entry is unrelated to the Bebe Rexha song of the same name that charted last spring or the Elton John song interpolated in his current hit “Cold Heart”, which holds at #9 on the list. Up from 43-39, the late Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber are in with “Wandered To LA”, giving the two men their fourth and 38th top 40 singles, respectively. It’s included on the posthumous album Fighting Demons, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 last month.

Three singles appear in the top 50 for the first time this week: “When I’m Gone” is the highest of the new entries, as Alesso and Katy Perry start at #45. ALYA is at #46 with “Pleasure Is Mine”, while Fireboy DML brings some heat at #49 with the Ed Sheeran-assisted “Peru”.

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (December 26, 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 see what’s wandering up the list at the format this week:

“EASY” TO PIVOT: As radio shifts from seasonal to year-end programming, Adele holds at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart for a fourth week in a row with “Easy On Me”. The song is still in the top ten at four separate formats: AC, Hot AC, R&B (formerly Urban AC) and Top 40.

Format star Doja Cat scores her ninth top 40 hit with “Woman”, soaring from 41-33 this week. It’s the fourth single to chart from her album Planet Her. Rising from 46-38, “Merry Christmas” goes on a sleigh ride up the survey for Ed Sheeran and Elton John. It’s the 24th top 40 song for Sheeran and the 48th for John when combining the archives of both Mediabase and Radio & Records since late 1973. Lastly, “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” leaps from 42-40 this week, as Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion sit and unwrap their first, 27th and sixth top 40 presents, or singles, respectively.

The last top 50 entry of the year is a posthumous hit from Juice WRLD in a collaboration with Justin Bieber. “Wandered To LA” wanders into the countdown at #48.

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of December 10, 2021

It was a… (New Music Friday) of note.

We present to you some key New Music Friday releases for your streaming pleasure, including fresh albums from Alicia Keys, Juice WRLD and Rick Ross, as well as top tracks from Astrid S, Martin Garrix and Tame Impala. Thank you for noting these future hits:

Notable albums out this week: 2KBaby‘s First Quarter (Stream), Alicia Keys‘s Keys (Stream), Big Boi & Sleepy Brown‘s Big Sleepover (Stream), Damien Styles‘s For All The Times I Fell On My Face (Stream), Fleet Foxes‘s A Very Lonely Solstice (Stream), Juice WRLD‘s Fighting Demons (Stream), Julia Wolf‘s Girls In Purgatory (Full Moon) (Stream), Jxdn‘s Tell Me About Tomorrow (Deluxe) (Stream), Marc E. Bassy‘s Little Men (Deluxe) (Stream), Mark Diamond‘s Butterflies In My Head (Stream), Monsta X‘s The Dreaming (Stream), Neil Young & Crazy Horse‘s Barn (Stream), Rick Ross‘s Richer Than I Ever Been (Stream), Russ‘s Chomp 2 (Stream), Snoop Dogg‘s Algorithm (Global) (Stream), Don’t Look Up (Soundtrack) (Stream), The Hating Game (Soundtrack) (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Cian Ducrot‘s Make Believe (Stream), Jack Kays & Travis Barker‘s My Favorite Nightmares (Stream), Lost Kings‘s It’s Not You, It’s Me (Stream), Matoma‘s Acoustics (Stream), Phil Good‘s Home Sweet Home (Stream), PnB Rock‘s 2 Get You Thru The Rain (Stream), Tierra Whack‘s Pop? (Stream), Will Hyde‘s Nothing Ever Changes (Stream), Zacari‘s Sol (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“3 A.M.”, We Three (Stream)
“23”, Kyle Hume (Stream)
“Adore You”, Porches (Stream)
“Alien”, Galantis x Lucas & Steve x ILIRA (Stream)
“All Around Me”, Bahari & Cody Lovaas (Stream)
“American Horror Story”, EARTHGANG (Stream)
“Amnesia”, Virginia To Vegas (Stream)
“B-Side”, Khruangbin & Leon Bridges (Stream)
“Back 2 U”, Youngr (Stream)
“Back To You”, Jake Cornell (Stream)
“Big Dreams”, The Score featuring FITZ (Stream)
“Bluffing”, Midwxst (Stream)
“Breakfast”, Fana Hues (Stream)
“Butterflies”, MAX featuring FLETCHER (Stream)
“Candy Drip”, Lucky Daye (Stream)
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, Elle Winter (Stream)
“Christmas Vacation”, LØLØ (Stream)
“Diva”, MILES (Stream)
“Faultline”, Girlpool (Stream)
“Feel It 2”, Twocolors featuring Georgie Keller (Stream)
“Finders Keepers”, Dro Kenji featuring Scorey & Internet Money (Stream)
“Follow Me”, Sam Feldt & Rita Ora (Stream)
“For Those Who Can’t Be Here”, Tom Walker (Stream)
“Friends Don’t F*ck”, HAVEN (Stream)
“God Is A DJ”, Faithless vs. David Guetta (Stream)
“Growing Up Is ____”, Ruel (Stream)
“Hands On You”, Austin George (Stream)
“He”, Kate Gill (Stream)
“Heat Lightning”, Mitski (Stream)
“Hey Brother”, Caleb Hearn (Stream)
“High School (Piano)”, Alt Bloom (Stream)
“Holiday Inn”, Symba (Stream)
“I Feel Fantastic”, Riovaz (Stream)
“I Wanna Run Away”, R3HAB x Mr. Eazi x Wafia (Stream)
“Infinity (Pretty Young Remix)”, Jaymes Young (Stream)
“It Was A… (Masked Christmas)”, Jimmy Fallon featuring Ariana Grande & Megan Thee Stallion (Stream)
“Just Names”, Masked Wolf featuring Smokepurpp (Stream)
“Kick Ass”, Bryan Adams (Stream)
“Last October”, Kidd G (Stream)
“London”, Wrabel & Cam (Stream)
“Love Myself”, Andy Grammer (Stream)
“Masquerade II (Dante’s Inferno)”, Siouxxie (Stream)
“Midnight River”, Pink Sweat$ featuring 6LACK (Stream)
“Miss The Rest”, Charlie Oriain (Stream)
“My All”, Larissa Lambert (Stream)
“My Sunny Day”, Ted Fresco & Lyn Lapid (Stream)
“No Choice”, Tame Impala (Stream)
“No Drama”, Bankrol Hayden (Stream)
“Not The Same God As Mine”, Lil Mosey (Stream)
“Party With You”, Cobra Starship (Stream)
“Perfect”, KYLE (Stream)
“Pretty”, Astrid S & Dagny (Stream)
“Ramona”, Jukebox The Ghost (Stream)
“Refuge”, Skillet (Stream)
“R.I.P.”, Casey Baer (Stream)
“Saw Ur Mom At The Grocery Store”, Abby Cates (Stream)
“Seventeen Going Under (Acoustic)”, Sam Fender & Holly Humberstone (Stream)
“Snow”, Caspr (Stream)
“Stay Down”, Ne-Yo featuring Yung Bleu (Stream)
“Stop Coming Over”, Chris Lane (Stream)
“Sweatpants”, Jaira Burns (Stream)
“Thank You Note”, Salem Ilese (Stream)
“The Best Is Yet To Come (Alternate)”, Ben Rector (Stream)
“The Cops”, ElyOtto (Stream)
“The Door”, Chloe George (Stream)
“The Parting Glass (Christmas)”, Ronan Keating (Stream)
“The Weekend (Remix)”, 88rising, BIBI & 347Aidan (Stream)
“Tis The Season”, Big Freedia (Stream)
“We Outside”, Lil Jon featuring JaySounds & Kronic (Stream)
“Won’t Let You Go”, Martin Garrix x Matisse & Sadko x John Martin (Stream)
“WYD Now?”, Sadie Jean (Stream)

Next week, the latest albums from NLE Choppa and Roddy Ricch are the largest 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 (August 18, 2020)

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: Miley Cyrus is sky high on the log with her latest tune, while the top five sees some major turnover. Let’s add ’em up:

“MIDNIGHT” ROCKS: The 80’s-inspired “Midnight Sky” by Miley Cyrus is today’s winner at the Top 40 format, as it struts into the adds report with 117 stations on impact. It also led yesterday’s report at Hot AC radio. Dan + Shay‘s “I Should Probably Go To Bed” followed in second place with 41 stations this week, so the format certainly wasn’t sleeping on it. Unsurprisingly, it finished in the runner-up position behind Cyrus on the same Hot AC log. The two releases are off to a great start on both charts.

In third place, Drake starts with 32 stations on impact for the Lil Durk-assisted “Laugh Now Cry Later”, which grabs the top spot on the reports at both Rhythmic and Urban radio this week. Zara Larsson also returns to the Top 40 report with 2019’s ‘Wow”. It rockets into fourth place with 22 stations during the session, which follows a prominent placement in Netflix’s Work It from earlier this month. (The song previously earned some unsolicited airplay at the format last summer.

Charting singles from Billie Eilish and Zoe Wees returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next Tuesday for another adds recap, including data on the BTS single that’s sure to, well, explode at the format.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1. MILEY CYRUS, “Midnight Sky” (RCA)
2. DAN + SHAY, “”I Should Probably Go To Bed”” (Warner)
3. DRAKE featuring LIL DURK, “Laugh Now Cry Later” (OVO/Republic)
4. ZARA LARSSON, “Wow” (TEN/Epic)
5. BILLIE EILISH, “My Future” (Darkroom/Interscope)
6. SAWEETIE, “Tap In” (ICY/Artistry/Warner)
7. JUICE WRLD & MARSHMELLO, “Come & Go” (Grade A/Interscope)
8. ZOE WEES, “Control” (Caroline)
9. TOPIC & A7S, “Breaking Me” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
10. 24KGOLDN featuring IANN DIOR, “Mood” (RECORDS-Columbia)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (August 11, 2020)

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 Top 40 panel taps Saweetie for a nice start at the format, but did she land atop the adds report? Let’s add ’em up:

WHAT’S ON “TAP”: During a slow week at the format, Saweetie’s “Tap In” narrowly made it across the finish line to be the Most Added song at the Top 40 format, impacting with 27 stations. In second place, newcomer Zoe Wees put up another 21 stations for “Control”, while Billie Eilish finished in third with 20 more adds for “My Future”.

No other impacting titles entered the top ten.

Charting singles from Avenue Beat and Jack Harlow returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next Tuesday for another adds recap, including data on the current Country and Hot AC radio hit from Dan + Shay.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1. SAWEETIE, “Tap In” (ICY/Artistry/Warner)
2. ZOE WEES, “Control” (Caroline)
3. BILLIE EILISH, “My Future” (Darkroom/Interscope)
4-T. AVENUE BEAT, “F2020” (Tape Room/Valory-in2une)
4-T. JACK HARLOW, “Whats Poppin” (Atlantic)
4-T. JUICE WRLD & MARSHMELLO, “Come & Go” (Grade A/Interscope)
7. TOPIC & A7S, “Breaking Me” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
8. ZEDD & JASMINE THOMPSON, “Funny” (Interscope-Atlantic)
9-T. DJ KHALED featuring DRAKE, “Popstar” (We The Best/OVO/Republic-Epic)
9-T. KANE BROWN, SWAE LEE & KHALID, “Be Like That” (RCA-Interscope)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (August 4, 2020)

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: Billie Eilish tries to predict the future on the pop format and channels it into a win on the report. Let’s add ’em up:

WELCOME TO THE “FUTURE”: With 78 stations on impact, Billie Eilish’s “My Future” takes on the present at pop radio, as it easily secures the top spot on this week’s adds report. The single leaped into top 40 on last Sunday’s published chart, becoming her fifth top 40 entry to date. It also takes second place on the report at Alternative radio, where it picks up another 20 stations.

The only other major impacting track of note is a collaboration from J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny and Tainy. With a total of 27 stations on impact, “Un Dia (One Day)” finishes in fifth place. It ranked in second place on the report at Rhythmic radio, finding 18 additional stations there.

Charting singles from Avenue Beat, Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next Tuesday for another adds recap, including data on the current Rhythmic and Urban radio hit from Saweetie.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1. BILLIE EILISH, “My Future” (Darkroom/Interscope)
2. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Cardigan” (Republic)
3. JUICE WRLD & MARSHMELLO, “Come & Go” (Grade A/Interscope)
4. MAROON 5, “Nobody’s Love” (222/Interscope)
5. J BALVIN, DUA LIPA, BAD BUNNY & TAINY, “Un Dia (One Day)” (UMLE/Republic)
6. AVENUE BEAT, “F2020” (Tape Room/Valory-in2une)
7. JEREMY ZUCKER, “Supercuts” (Republic)
8. TOPIC & A7S, “Breaking Me” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
9. DJ KHALED featuring DRAKE, “Popstar” (We The Best/OVO/Republic-Epic)
10-T. CHRIS BROWN x YOUNG THUG, “Go Crazy” (RCA-300 Ent.)
10-T. ZOE WEES, “Control” (Caroline)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (July 28, 2020)

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: terrific triple digit wins for Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift‘s latest releases. Let’s add ’em up:

“NOBODY’S” SUPPOSED TO BE HERE: After a day of heavy action, Maroon 5’s “Nobody’s Love” secures the love of the radio panel, picking up 143 Top 40 stations on impact. Finishing in a strong second place, Swift’s “Cardigan” warms up with 110 adds. At this time, the former is headed for a top 30 move by the weekend, while the latter should make a larger debut within the top 40.

Impacting singles from DJ Khaled and Drake (#4), Jeremy Zucker (#6) and Jonas Blue and MAX (#8) also reached the top ten on impact, but with significantly smaller totals. “Popstar” is already inside the top 50 at the format. The latter two entries could enter the region (with continued support) during the latter part of August.

Charting singles from Avenue Beat and the late Juice WRLD returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

We’ll see you next Tuesday for another adds recap!

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1. MAROON 5, “Nobody’s Love” (222/Interscope)
2. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Cardigan” (Republic)
3. JUICE WRLD & MARSHMELLO, “Come & Go” (Grade A/Interscope)
4. DJ KHALED featuring DRAKE, “Popstar” (We The Best/OVO/Republic-Epic)
5. AVENUE BEAT, “F2020” (Tape Room/Valory-in2une)
6. JEREMY ZUCKER, “Supercuts” (Republic)
7. ZARA LARSSON, “Love Me Land” (Epic)
8-T. JONAS BLUE & MAX, “Naked” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
8-T. KANE BROWN, SWAE LEE & KHALID, “Be Like That” (RCA-Interscope)
8-T. TOPIC & A7S, “Breaking Me” (Astralwerks/Capitol)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (July 27-28, 2020)

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 tracks impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

JEREMY ZUCKER – “Supercuts” (Republic)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: Last March, Zucker entered the pop chart for the first time with his song “Comethru”, which got as high as #37.

JONAS BLUE & MAX – “Naked” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: Blue continues to struggle here: his highest-charting track, the William Singe-assisted “Mama”, hit #31 in 2017.

MAROON 5 – “Nobody’s Love” (222/Interscope)
Album: TBA (2020)
Past T40 History: This song entered at #36 on yesterday’s published chart, extending the popular band’s history to 28 top 40 hits.

TAYLOR SWIFT – “Cardigan” (Republic)
Album: Folklore (2020)
Past T40 History: It’s not quite “Lovefool” by The Cardigans, a #1 single for six weeks in 1997, but “Cardigan” should still be solid.

Among next week’s impacting titles is a Latin lovefest from J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny and Tainy. Will it rule for one day and pace ahead of other emerging titles? Stay tuned.

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