NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of January 12, 2024

Yes, it’s here.

Get enough of these New Music Friday releases, including the latest songs from Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Nas X and many others…

Notable albums out this week: 21 Savage‘s American Dream (Stream), Hannah Ellis‘s That Girl (Stream), Harrison Storm‘s Wonder, Won’t You? (Stream), ITZY‘s Born To Be (Stream), Jeymes Samuel‘s The Book Of Clarence (Soundtrack) (Stream), Kali Uchis‘s Orquídeas (Stream), Kid Cudi‘s Insano (Stream), Mean Girls (Soundtrack) (Stream)

Notable EPs out this week: Jessica Baio‘s Petals (Stream)

New digital singles that you can buy/stream this week include:
“02.02.99”, That Mexican OT (Stream)
“24”, NIKI (Stream)
“Afterlife”, Gavin James (Stream)
“Beautiful People (Stay High)”, The Black Keys (Stream)
“Bitter Sweet Love”, James Arthur (Stream)
“Can’t Get Enough”, Jennifer Lopez (Stream)
“Can’t Pass The Bar”, Scotty McCreery (Stream)
“Comfortable”, Victor Ray (Stream)
“Dear Taylor”, Here At Last (Stream)
“Deep In Your Love”, Alok x Bebe Rexha (Stream)
“Evolution”, Sheryl Crow (Stream)
“Fallout (Lyrical Lemonade)”, Gus Dapperton, Lil Yachty & Joey Bada$$ (Stream)
“Friend Of A Friend”, The Smile (Stream)
“Girl In The Mirror”, Ashley Kutcher (Stream)
“Gold Mine”, Stephen Day (Stream)
“Good Side”, Crash Adams (Stream)
“Hard As Stone”, Jake Kohn (Stream)
“Holster”, The Strumbellas (Stream)
“Honey Ain’t No Sweeter”, Willow Avalon (Stream)
“J Christ”, Lil Nas X (Stream)
“Kinda Fun”, Bailee Madison (Stream)
“Level Up!”, 6arelyhuman & Odetari (Stream)
“Lonely People”, Aidan Martin (Stream)
“Man Made Money”, Reid Haughton (Stream)
“Meanwhile In Carolina”, Conner Smith (Stream)
“Missing You”, Frank Walker & Nate Smith (Stream)
“Mozzarella”, Yung Gravy & Lil Keed (Stream)
“Never Again”, MICHELLE (Stream)
“No Man’s Land”, Marshmello & Venbee (Stream)
“Nothing To Declare”, MGMT (Stream)
“OMG”, Suki Waterhouse (Stream)
“Photographs”, Hollow Coves (Stream)
“Pink Skies”, Giant Rooks (Stream)
“Quit!!”, HARDY (Stream)
“Right Now”, Chris Young (Stream)
“Scared To Start”, Michael Marcagi (Stream)
“Single Again” / “Truck Girl”, Josh Ross (Stream)
“Sounds Like The Radio”, Zach Top (Stream)
“Teenage Rebellion”, Sarah Barrios (Stream)
“The Things I Do For Love”, Bludnymph (Stream)
“This Is What Winter Feels Like”, JVKE (Stream)
“Told Ya”, Lil Tjay (Stream)
“Trucks, Ducks, Bucks & Beer”, Brian Kelley (Stream)
“Tug Of War”, Birksie (Stream)
“Two Hands”, Astrid S (Stream)
“Waking Up”, Felix Jaehn & Leony (Stream)
“Wish You Were Dead”, Lola Young (Stream)
“Xho Sex”, Hunxho (Stream)
“Yes, And?”, Ariana Grande (Stream)
“You Want My…”, Bright Light Bright Light (Stream)

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Next week’s releases include: new albums/EPs from Eladio Carrión, Green Day, Lil Dicky and others.

RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (March 20, 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. Don’t lose sight of these emerging records…

X-TRA TIME: Five weeks ago, Lil Nas X led the Top 40 radio chart with “That’s What I Want”, his third consecutive #1 hit from the album Montero. Now, it returns to the top for a second nonconsecutive week. All three cuts have now spent a combined total of five weeks at the top spot since July of last year.

In the top 40, “Don’t Forget My Love” jumps from 43-37 for Diplo and Miguel, taken from the former’s self-titled release. It’s the ninth solo credit for Diplo in the top 40, while Miguel earns his sixth entry into the region. Mimi Webb heats up from 42-38 with “House On Fire”, the second top 40 entry for the singer in under a year. It recently reached the top ten in both the U.K. and Ireland. Iann Dior climbs from 44-39 with “Let You”, also marking his second top 40 hit at the format. Lastly, Jena Rose lifts from 41-40 with “Checkmate”, her first top 40 song.

From HBO’s Euphoria, “I’m Tired” is in at #41 on the chart, as Labrinth and Zendaya enter with their first collaboration together. The duo Lawrence debuts at #44 with “Don’t Lose Sight”, which was recently heard in a Microsoft commercial. Ylona Garcia entertains the format at #46 with “Entertain Me”, while Yung Bleu and Kehlani decorate with #48 spot with “Beautiful Lies”, a recent #1 single on the Rhythmic radio chart.

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (February 13, 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. Jokers, queens and more royal records are ready for you:

TRIPLE X: With his third #1 song from the album Montero, Lil Nas X leaps from 3-1 on the Top 40 radio chart with “That’s What I Want”. It also hits the top ten at the Hot AC format this week, advancing from 11-10.

There are three debuts in the top 40 this week: Anitta earns her third top 40 hit to date with “Boys Don’t Cry”, climbing from 43-38. Coming in at #39, Saweetie and H.E.R. are new to the chart with “Closer”, taken from the former’s upcoming debut album Pretty Bitch Music. This collaboration marks their sixth and second top 40 entries, respectively. Finally, the cast of Encanto moves from 41-40 with the global hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, which marks the first song from a Disney animated feature to reach the top 40 at the format since the fall of 1999.

Ed Sheeran enters at #41 with his Taylor Swift-assisted version of “The Joker And The Queen”, which can be found in its original form on his album = in 2021. Sheeran was a featured artist on two of Swift’s top 40 entries in 2013 and 2017, respectively. Tate McRae is new at #46 with “She’s All I Wanna Be”, while newcomer Em Beihold starts at #49 with the TikTok-fueled “Numb Little Bug”.

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (November 14, 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 all the top titles that keep the music industry afloat, here’s what’s popping at the format this week:

BABY’S FIRST WEEK: After sitting it out at #2 for the past four weeks, “Industry Baby” becomes the new #1 song at the Top 40 format. It marks the second chart-topper this year for Lil Nas X and the first for Jack Harlow. The Columbia label now claims the top three spots on the chart: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber drop from 1-2 with “Stay” after ten weeks at the summit, while Adele‘s “Easy On Me” blasts from 8-3.

Format newcomer Oliver Tree branches out and soars from 44-36 with “Life Goes On”. It’s his first hit to rank on the Top 40 chart, but he’s already seen some action for a couple of past releases on the Alternative chart. Up from 42-38, “Faking Love” pairs Anitta and Saweetie for their second and fifth top 40 hits at the format, respectively. Finally, Imagine Dragons return to the Top 40 chart with “Follow You”, rising from 43-40. It’s their 11th entry to date and first since the spring of 2019.

The only new tune in the top 50 is one that earned most of its airplay on Friday: “Message In A Bottle”, entering at #46 for Taylor Swift. It’s included on Red (Taylor’s Version), a re-recorded release of her 2012 album, which will debut atop the Billboard 200 chart later this month.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (October 12, 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: the Top 40 format gets anxious, as The Anxiety continues to perform. Let’s add ’em up:

SEE “SPOT” RUN: The format continues to embrace the first top 40 single for The Anxiety, the duo of Willow and Tyler Cole, who take the top spot on the adds report with “Meet Me At Our Spot”. With 33 new adds this week, it finished only one station ahead of the impacting “Boyz”, a new collaboration from Jesy Nelson (formerly of Little Mix) and Nicki Minaj.

The only other impacting song of note is “Chosen”, which tied for fourth place this week with 22 adds. It’s the first time in the top five on the adds report here for Blxst, though his collaborators Tyga and Ty Dolla $ign have ranked high in the past.

Charting singles from Lil Nas X, Nessa Barrett and Trevor Daniel 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 ANXIETY (WILLOW & TYLER COLE), “Meet Me At Our Spot” (MSFTS/Roc Nation/in2une)
2. JESY NELSON featuring NICKI MINAJ, “Boyz” (Republic)
3. ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA, “Cold Heart” (Mercury/Interscope-Warner)
4-T. BLXST & TYGA featuring TY DOLLA $IGN, “Chosen” (Red Bull/Evgle/in2une)
4-T. COLDPLAY x BTS, “My Universe” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
6. GIVĒON, “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)
7. CHLÖE, “Have Mercy” (Columbia)
8. LIL NAS X, “That’s What I Want” (Columbia)
9. TREVOR DANIEL, “Alone” (Alamo/RCA)
10. NESSA BARRETT, “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead” (Warner)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (October 5, 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: the pop radio universe is revolving around Coldplay and BTS. Let’s add ’em up:

A UNIVERSAL REPORT: After starting in second place last week, “My Universe” earned another 38 adds this week, as Coldplay and BTS have the Most Added song at the Top 40 format. The collaboration entered at #32 on the survey this past weekend and flew to #1 on the Hot 100 update from earlier this week. Last week’s leader from Lil Nas X fell to second place, as “That’s What I Want” picked up 34 more adds.

The first track to impact at the format from the K-pop group TWICE was just behind them at 32 adds this week, with “The Feels” coming in third place. At 28 adds and a fourth place start, Trevor Daniel is in with “Alone”, which he hopes will become his second #1 hit to date.

Rounding out the top five and moving up from last week’s report, The Anxiety (the duo of Willow and Tyler Cole) secured an additional 24 adds for “Meet Me At Our Spot”.

Charting singles from GIVĒON and the Jonas Brothers 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. COLDPLAY x BTS, “My Universe” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
2. LIL NAS X, “That’s What I Want” (Columbia)
3. TWICE, “The Feels” (JYP/Republic)
4. TREVOR DANIEL, “Alone” (Alamo/RCA)
5. THE ANXIETY (WILLOW & TYLER COLE), “Meet Me At Our Spot” (MSFTS/Roc Nation/in2une)
6. JONAS BROTHERS, “Who’s In Your Head” (Republic)
7. DRAKE featuring FUTURE & YOUNG THUG, “Way 2 Sexy” (OVO/Republic)
8-T. BBNO$ featuring RICH BRIAN, “Edamame” (Mtheory/Further.)
8-T. ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA, “Cold Heart” (Mercury/Interscope-Warner)
8-T. GIVĒON, “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (September 28, 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: radio really wants Lil Nas X and the feeling is mutual. Let’s add ’em up:

“WANT” FLAUNTS: The third top 40 song from Montero is a smash on the pop airwaves, as Lil Nas X claimed the top spot on this week’s adds report at the Top 40 format. “That’s What I Want” scored 73 new stations during today’s session, which was ten adds ahead of the song that settled into the runner-up spot: “My Universe”, the buzzy collaboration from Coldplay and BTS. Given its 63 adds on impact, the tune should chart in the coming days.

Outside of the top three, new releases from GIVĒON, The Anxiety and Troye Sivan also entered the top ten for the first time.

Charting singles from the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber and Walker Hayes 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. LIL NAS X, “That’s What I Want” (Columbia)
2. COLDPLAY x BTS, “My Universe” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
3. JONAS BROTHERS, “Who’s In Your Head” (Republic)
4. DRAKE featuring FUTURE & YOUNG THUG, “Way 2 Sexy” (OVO/Republic)
5-T. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Ghost” (Def Jam)
5-T. TROYE SIVAN, “Angel Baby” (Capitol)
7. GIVĒON, “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)
8. ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA, “Cold Heart” (Mercury/Interscope-Warner)
9-T. THE ANXIETY (WILLOW & TYLER COLE), “Meet Me At Our Spot” (MSFTS/Roc Nation/in2une)
9-T. WALKER HAYES, “Fancy Like” (Monument/RCA)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (September 27-28, 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 are five singles impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

COLDPLAY x BTS, “My Universe” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
Album: Music Of The Spheres (2021)
Past T40 History: This new release should easily become the 14th top 40 hit for Coldplay on the Top 40 list and the ninth for BTS.

GIVĒON, “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: This performer led the Top 40 list for four weeks earlier this year assisting Justin Bieber on the track “Peaches”.

LIL NAS X, “That’s What I Want” (Columbia)
Album: Montero (2021)
Past T40 History: Lil Nas X just picked up his sixth top 40 hit with this song, which is also the third from his new album Montero.

THE ANXIETY, “Meet Me At Our Spot” (MSFTS/Roc Nation/in2une)
Album: The Anxiety (2020)
Past T40 History: This duo features Willow, who holds in the top 50 on the list with her Travis Barker-assisted “Transparentsoul”.

TROYE SIVAN, “Angel Baby” (Capitol)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: Sivan was recently featured on “You”, a collaboration with Regard that reached the top ten on the list in August.

Next week: Charli XCX impacts with her latest single… and it’s a good one.

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

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (September 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. For the justified jumps and more, here’s what’s popping at the format this week:

LET’S “STAY” TOGETHER: Their enduring radio smash is titled “Stay” and it seems like The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber are doing it, as they and their collaboration earn a fourth week at #1 on the Top 40 chart. The cut is down about 300 spins, but it remains above 19,000 total again this week and nearly 1,900 ahead of its nearest competitor.

Rising from 50-31 to score their 14th top 40 hit at the format, the Jonas Brothers are off to a very fast start with “Who’s In Your Head”. Lil Nas X is also seeing some major support for “That’s What I Want”, which debuts at #33 this week. It’s his sixth top 40 song to date and third from his recent album Montero, which just debuted at #2 on the latest Billboard 200 update.

Two solo women have this week’s entries in the top 50: Kacey Musgraves lands at #45 with “Justified”, while Nessa Barrett starts at #46 with “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead”. Musgraves is looking for her first top 40 entry at the format, while Barrett is going for her second.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (September 21, 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: the Jonas Brothers are in your head and the top spot on the adds report. Let’s add ’em up:

“WHO’S” AT NUMBER ONE: The latest single from the Jonas Brothers got a head start on the competition and took the top spot on this week’s log. “Who’s In Your Head” secured 89 stations on impact at the Top 40 format, adding onto the 22 stations that it received at the Hot AC format yesterday in a second place finish. Look for the song to make a larger move on both charts this week.

In second place, Lil Nas X had a want for adds, as “That’s What I Want” picked up 51 of them ahead of its official impact. Later this month, the song will become the third top 40 single from his recent album Montero, which is expected to debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Charting singles from Doja Cat, Ed Sheeran and Walker Hayes 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. JONAS BROTHERS, “Who’s In Your Head” (Republic)
2. LIL NAS X, “That’s What I Want” (Columbia)
3. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Ghost” (Def Jam)
4. DRAKE featuring FUTURE & YOUNG THUG, “Way 2 Sexy” (OVO/Republic)
5. WALKER HAYES, “Fancy Like” (Monument/RCA)
6. ED SHEERAN, “Shivers” (Atlantic)
7-T. DOJA CAT, “Need To Know” (Kemosabe/RCA)
7-T. MONSTA X, “One Day” (Starship Ent./BMG)
9. NESSA BARRETT, “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead” (Warner)
10. KACEY MUSGRAVES, “Justified” (MCA Nashville/Interscope)

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