ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (March 2, 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: Glass Animals leads the song safari at the format. Let’s add ’em up:

THE “HEAT” IS ON: As it continues its ascent at the Alternative format, “Heat Waves” keeps on sizzling with a super win on the adds report at the Top 40 format. The first crossover hit for Glass Animals secures another 31 new stations this week. Tying for the runner-up position, AJR‘s “Way Less Sad” and Masked Wolf‘s “Astronaut In The Ocean” were good for totals of 25 adds each.

Charting singles from Cardi B, Conan Gray and Tiësto returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

Maroon 5 and Megan Thee Stallion look to beautify the top of next week’s adds report with their new collaboration.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (ELEVEN)
1. GLASS ANIMALS, “Heat Waves” (Republic)
2-T. AJR, “Way Less Sad” (S-Curve/Hollywood)
2-T. MASKED WOLF, “Astronaut In The Ocean” (Elektra/EMG)
4. CARDI B, “Up” (Atlantic)
5. FAT JOE featuring DJ KHALED & AMORPHOUS, “Sunshine (The Light)” (RNG/EMPIRE)
6-T. CONAN GRAY, “Overdrive” (Republic)
6. THE KID LAROI, “Without You” (Grade A/Columbia)
6-T. TIËSTO, “The Business” (Atlantic)
9. JESSIA, “I’m Not Pretty” (Artist Driven/Republic)
10-T. DAYA, “Bad Girl” (Sandlot/AWAL)
10-T. LOONA, “Star” (Blockberry Creative)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (January 24, 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. It’s time to get down to business and have a look at what’s popping at the format this week:

GRANDE CENTRAL: Ariana Grande‘s “Positions” holds steady for a sixth week at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart. The track is up in airplay at both the Rhythmic and Hot AC formats, appearing at #9 and #13, respectively. It’s likely to spend a seventh week at the top, unless one of Justin Bieber‘s recent singles receives an extra boost during the new tracking week.

Up from 42-39, LOONA has a starring role in the top 40 this week with “Star”. It’s the first top 40 entry at the format for the K-pop group. Meanwhile, Zara Larsson and Young Thug blast from 48-40 with “Talk About Love”, which becomes their tenth and fifth top 40 hits, respectively.

Further down in the top 50, Ava Max checks in at #41 with “My Head & My Heart”, which follows her recent top five song “Kings & Queens”. DJ/producer Tiësto scores his first top 50 entry since 2018 with “The Business”, which appears at #46. One collaboration is new to the region at #49: Jason Derulo and Adam Levine team up for “Lifestyle”, as the former’s current solo track “Take You Dancing” remains active in the top 15. Finally, we say “Oops!” and “hello” to newcomer Yung Gravy, who starts at #50.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (January 19, 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: Olivia Rodrigo gives it some gas and races into the top spot for a second week, but who else is on the road to radio love? For this emerging hit and much more, let’s add ’em up:

DRIVING TO THE TOP: Disney star Olivia Rodrigo continues her reign at Top 40 radio with “Driver’s License”, scoring another 77 adds and the Most Added title for the second consecutive week. The tune became her first top 40 hit this past weekend, entering way up at #30. It was also this week’s Most Added song at the Hot AC format, picking up 20 stations there. Look for the track to fly on both charts during the next couple of months.

Ava Max landed in second place with 32 stations for “My Head & My Heart”, which is still scheduled to impact here a month from now. It tied with Travis Scott and HVME‘s “Goosebumps”, a remix of a remix of Scott’s 2017 hit at the Rhythmic format.

Charting singles from CJ, Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

Singer Indiana Massara hopes to squeeze onto the report next week with her current single.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (TWELVE)
1. OLIVIA RODRIGO, “Driver’s License” (Geffen/Interscope)
2-T. AVA MAX, “My Head & My Heart” (Atlantic)
2-T. TRAVIS SCOTT & HVME, “Goosebumps” (Cactus Jack-B1/Epic)
4. SAWEETIE featuring DOJA CAT, “Best Friend” (ICY/Warner)
5. THE KID LAROI, “Without You” (Grade A/Columbia)
6-T. ALL TIME LOW featuring BLACKBEAR, “Monsters” (Fueled By Ramen/EMG)
6-T. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Anyone” (Def Jam)
6-T. MEGAN THEE STALLION, “Body” (1501 Certified/300 Ent.)
9. NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, “Lil Bit” (RECORDS/Columbia)
10-T. CJ, “Whoopty” (Warner)
10-T. LOONA, “Star” (Blockberry Creative)
10-T. ZARA LARSSON featuring YOUNG THUG, “Talk About Love” (TEN/Epic)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (January 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: Justin Bieber and Olivia Rodrigo drove big activity on the new report at the format, but who ended up on top? For those hits and much more, let’s add ’em up:

DRIVER’S SEATED: Disney star and singer Olivia Rodrigo has a massive sales and streaming smash with “Driver’s License” and radio is taking notice, as it leads the Top 40 adds report one week before impact. The track speeds in with 65 early stations and will likely enter the top 40 by the weekend, especially given all the new momentum for it. It will be Rodrigo’s first song to chart here.

Two recent collaborations also made the top five on the log: coming in with a solid 34 stations, Saweetie and Doja Cat entered in third place with “Best Friend”, while Zara Larsson and Young Thug took fourth place with 30 stations for “Talk About Love”.

Further down the list, LOONA lands in the top ten for the first time with “Star”, while The Kid LAROI‘s “Without You” secures a few more early believers and sneaks into the region. The former scores another 17 adds, tying for sixth place, while the latter has 14 and ties for ninth.

Charting singles from Ed Sheeran and the late Pop Smoke returned to the top ten on the adds report this week.

Olivia Rodrigo’s new hit looks to continue to drive up the adds report when it officially impacts next week.

MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
1. OLIVIA RODRIGO, “Driver’s License” (Geffen/Interscope)
2. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Anyone” (Def Jam)
3. SAWEETIE featuring DOJA CAT, “Best Friend” (ICY/Warner)
4. ZARA LARSSON featuring YOUNG THUG, “Talk About Love” (TEN/Epic)
5. MEGAN THEE STALLION, “Body” (1501 Certified/300 Ent.)
6-T. LOONA, “Star” (Blockberry Creative)
6-T. POP SMOKE, “What You Know ‘Bout Love” (Victor Victor/Republic)
8. ED SHEERAN, “Afterglow” (Atlantic)
9-T. BLACK EYED PEAS x SHAKIRA, “Girl Like Me” (Epic)
9-T. THE KID LAROI, “Without You” (Grade A/Columbia)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (January 3, 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. As we march into the first full week of 2021, here’s what’s popping at the format this week:

STATE YOUR POSITIONS: The first #1 song of 2021 belongs to the same one that led the last chart of 2020: Ariana Grande is at #1 on the Top 40 list for the third week with the title track from her album Positions. “34+35” holds at #13 for the second week. It remains to be seen whether or not “POV” will start to rise again, which was added by a few stations during the last session of 2020.

Justin Bieber‘s “Anyone”, his fourth top 40 single since September and 33rd entry overall, enters at #39 this week. It was released this past Friday. Up from 41-40, the Black Eyed Peas and Shakira sneak into the region with “Girl Like Me”. The track marks the 21st top 40 hit for the group and the 12th for Shakira, who appears in the top 40 for the first time since 2014.

This week’s top 50 entries are by K-pop act LOONA and the late rapper Pop Smoke. The former’s “Star” comes in at #47, marking their first charting song at the format. The latter’s “For The Night”, which features Lil Baby and DaBaby, is two spots lower at #49 on the chart. The collaboration also moves from 2-1 to become the new leader at the Rhythmic format this week.

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