TOP GAINERS
32. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (38)
28. PRETTYMUCH – Would You Mind (33)
24. P!nk – What About Us (35) | BIGGEST MOVER
19. Lights – Giants (24)
15. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (20)
10. The Script – Rain (17)
THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN 10. The Script – Rain (17) | PEAK: #10 09. Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut To The Feeling (12) | PEAK: #09 08. Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (10) | PEAK: #08
07. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh (04) | PEAK: #04 06. Andy Grammer – Give Love (06) | PEAK: #06 05. George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (02) | PEAK: #02 03. Kesha – Praying (07) | PEAK: #03 02. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (03) | PEAK: #02
01. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (01) | PEAK: #01 for seven weeks
Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (7)
2. BANNERS – Someone To You (2)
3. LP – No Witness (1)
4. Wrabel – The Village (4)
5. Neon Trees – Feel Good (6)
6. Dean Lewis – Waves (3)
7. HAIM – Little Of Your Love (-)
8. Shania Twain – Life’s About To Get Good (5)
9. Paramore – Fake Happy (-)
10. OneRepublic & Seeb – Rich Love (-)
In The Mix:
Anderson East – All On My Mind (new)
BØRNS – Faded Heart
Grouplove – Remember That Night (new)
HAIM – Nothing’s Wrong
Jack Johnson – My Mind Is For Sale
Jessie Ware – Midnight
Miley Cyrus – Younger Now (new)
Olivia O’Brien – RIP
Passenger – Simple Song
Rachel Platten – Broken Glass (new)
The Struts – One Night Only
Chart Notes:
This week’s Highest Debut is the fifth top 40 song for former American Idol winner Phillip Phillips. He’s new at #39 with “Miles”, the first single from his upcoming third album. Phillips last hit my personal chart with “Unpack Your Heart”, which spent four weeks at #3 in October and November 2014. “Miles” was co-written with Kevin Griffin, a regular on my top 40 as both a writer and the leader of Better Than Ezra.
The only other debut this week is from 18-year-old Sabrina Carpenter, breaking in at #40 with “Why”. Carpenter charted on Top 40 radio earlier this year with “Thumbs”, which reached #26. After making it in the Disney world, she’s poised to get a bigger audience with her latest material.
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: we question questionable titles from P!nk and Sabrina Carpenter! Got numbers? We do. Let’s calculate and celebrate these top radio records:
“WHAT” GOES UP: Since the spring of 2000, pop superstar P!nk has reached the top 40 with 27 songs, and her 27th and latest hit sounds like a winner. “What About Us” is the Most Added title at the format this week, scoring 121 stations on impact. 18 of her 27 hits, or two-thirds, have peaked in the top ten, with nine of those reaching #1. That’s pretty outstanding. With her upcoming set due October 13, titled Beautiful Trauma, I’m sure several of those totals will be headed upward. P!nk’s last single to chart here, the collaboration “Waterfall” with Stargate and Sia, spent a week at #33 (4/2/17 MB) and quickly fell apart. (That definitely won’t be the case with “What” now!) Check back to see how her new single does in the coming weeks.
IF I WERE A CARPENTER: After reaching a #26 peak this past spring with “Thumbs”, 18-year-old Sabrina Carpenter keeps the one word title streak alive with “Why”, scoring the second Most Added record at Top 40 radio with 43 stations on impact. Even though her title is just three letters in length, we’ve had a couple of top 40 hits that are just one character: “7” (#2, 2/5-12/93 R&R) by Prince and the New Power Generation and “i” (#30, 11/9/14 MB) by Kendrick Lamar. However, all these songs are not short on quality, and that’s what matters! Can Carpenter hammer out a hit for the fall? Stay tuned.
MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN 1. P!NK, “What About Us” (RCA) 2. SABRINA CARPENTER,“Why” (Hollywood) 3. SELENA GOMEZ featuring GUCCI MANE, “Fetish”(Interscope)
4. LOUIS TOMLINSON featuring BEBE REXHA & DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS, “Back To You” (Syco/Epic) 5. HARRY STYLES,“Two Ghosts” (Columbia) 6. PORTUGAL. THE MAN,“Feel It Still”(Atlantic) 7. WHY DON’T WE,“Something Different” (Atlantic)
8. FRENCH MONTANA featuring SWAE LEE,“Unforgettable” (Eardrum/Bad Boy/Interscope-Epic)
9. DEMI LOVATO,“Sorry Not Sorry” (Safehouse/Island/Republic/Hollywood) 10. HALSEY,“Bad At Love” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
DEBUTS
39. James TW – Please Keep Loving Me
38. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
35. P!nk – What About Us | HIGHEST DEBUT
TOP GAINERS
32. Dua Lipa – New Rules (39)
25. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (31)
24. Lights – Giants (29)
20. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (25)
17. The Script – Rain (23)
10. Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (16)
07. Kesha – Praying (15) | BIGGEST MOVER
THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN 10. Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (16) | PEAK: #10
09. Miley Cyrus – Malibu (07) | PEAK: #02
08. HAIM – Want You Back (05) | PEAK: #05 07. Kesha – Praying (15) | PEAK: #07 06. Andy Grammer – Give Love (10) | PEAK: #06 05. George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now (06) | PEAK: #05 04. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh (04) | PEAK: #04 03. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (03) | PEAK: #03 02. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (02) | PEAK: #02 01. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (01) | PEAK: #01 for six weeks
Top 10 Next In Line:
1. LP – No Witness (1)
2. BANNERS – Someone To You (2)
3. Dean Lewis – Waves (3)
4. Wrabel – The Village (6)
5. Shania Twain – Life’s About To Get Good (4)
6. Neon Trees – Feel Good (9)
7. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (-)
8. Sabrina Carpenter – Why (-)
9. Phillip Phillips – Miles (-)
10. Olivia O’Brien – RIP (-)
In The Mix:
BØRNS – Faded Heart
HAIM – Little Of Your Love (new)
HAIM – Nothing’s Wrong (new)
Jack Johnson – My Mind Is For Sale
Jessie Ware – Midnight
Paramore – Fake Happy (new)
Passenger – Simple Song
The Killers – The Man
The Struts – One Night Only
Vance Joy – Lay It On Me
Chart Notes:
This week’s Highest Debut is the 29th top 40 hit on my chart for a singer who made her debut in 2000 with the song “There You Go”. 17 years later, pop superstar P!nk climbs aboard at #35 with “What About Us”. This cut is the lead single from her forthcoming album Beautiful Trauma, which is due October 13. When it premiered on Thursday, “What” topped the iTunes charts in over a dozen countries, including the United States.
Singer Ed Sheeran has three top ten songs to his credit from the chart-topping ÷ album: “Castle On The Hill” (#2), “Shape Of You” (#8) and “Galway Girl” (#10). This week, his potential fourth top ten single from the set enters at #38. “Perfect” has a bit of early support at three Hot AC stations, though that total is expected to grow in the coming weeks.
Finally, at #39, is the third top 40 entry for 19-year-old singer/songwriter James TW. “Please Keep Loving Me” follows his recent #3 song called “Ex”, though his biggest hit came last fall with a seven-week #1 titled “When You Love Someone”. This single was recently serviced to the Hot AC format, where “When” reached the top 30.
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: Harry Styles raises a toast to “Ghosts”, AJR prove that they are fanatics of the dramatic and much more. Forget about the popcorn and popsicles, munch down on these pop stats tonight:
“TWO” BECOMES ONE: After Louis Tomlinson led the Top 40 adds report for the past two weeks, it’s time for another One Direction member to take control at the top. Harry Styles is looking for his second solo top 40 single with “Two Ghosts”, and at pop stations this week, it spooks up 36 adds from the panel. “Two” is the follow-up to “Sign Of The Times”, which scored a massive 127 adds on impact in April, peaking at #12 (4/30, 5/7 and 5/21/17) on the chart. Of course, Styles’s self-titled album entered at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart earlier this year. Though much of the initial hype of this era has died down, “Two” can still take a nice run up the chart. However, even with the ghost talk, I wouldn’t get into the Halloween spirit too early… it’s only August 8. (It’s definitely a good time for candy, regardless of the date.)
FREAKS OF THE “WEAK”: Since 2014, the trio of brothers known as AJR have reached the Top 40 chart with two top 30 hits: “I’m Ready” (#25, 7/27/14) and “Weak” (#27, 6/4 and 6/18/17). Now, the Met siblings get some brotherly love from the stations of the pop panel, receiving 24 adds on impact, good for a third place (tie) finish. It’s the second radio single from their newest set TheClick,which didn’t exactly click with the buying public, reaching #61 on the Billboard 200. Will Adam, Jack and Ryan finally break into the top 20? Will a brick wall await them below the region once more? Ooh, time will tell, kids. Watch this space!
MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN 1. HARRY STYLES, “Two Ghosts” (Columbia) 2. PORTUGAL. THE MAN,“Feel It Still” (Atlantic) 3. AJR, “Drama” (AJR Prod./RED)
4. SELENA GOMEZ featuring GUCCI MANE, “Fetish”(Interscope) 5. LOUIS TOMLINSON featuring BEBE REXHA & DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS, “Back To You” (Syco/Epic) 6. DEMI LOVATO,“Sorry Not Sorry” (Safehouse/Island/Republic/Hollywood) 7. FRENCH MONTANA featuring SWAE LEE, “Unforgettable”(Eardrum/Bad Boy/Interscope-Epic)
8. ZEDD & LIAM PAYNE,“Get Low” (Interscope)
9. KHALID,“Location” (RCA) 10. WHY DON’T WE,“Something Different” (Atlantic)
DEBUTS
40. Why Don’t We – Something Different
39. Dua Lipa – New Rules | HIGHEST DEBUT
TOP GAINERS
31. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (36)
30. Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals – Back To You (37) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
25. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (31)
16. Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (23) | BIGGEST MOVER — two weeks (tie)
15. Kesha – Praying (20)
(see #6 below)
THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN 10. Andy Grammer – Give Love (13) | PEAK: #10
09. Tom Walker – Just You And I (08) | PEAK: #07
08. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (05) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
07. Miley Cyrus – Malibu (04) | PEAK: #02 06. George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now (12) | PEAK: #06 05. HAIM – Want You Back (07) | PEAK: #05 04. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh (06) | PEAK: #04 03. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (03) | PEAK: #03 02. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (02) | PEAK: #02 01. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
Top 10 Next In Line:
1. LP – No Witness (1)
2. BANNERS – Someone To You (4)
3. Dean Lewis – Waves (2)
4. Shania Twain – Life’s About To Get Good (5)
5. James TW – Please Keep Loving Me (-)
6. Wrabel – The Village (-)
7. Sheppard – Edge Of The Night (7)
8. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (-)
9. Neon Trees – Feel Good (-)
10. BØRNS – Faded Heart (-)
In The Mix:
Dagny – Wearing Nothing
Echosmith – Goodbye
Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (new)
Jack Johnson – My Mind Is For Sale
Jessie Ware – Midnight
Olivia O’Brien – RIP
Passenger – Simple Song
Sabrina Carpenter – Why
The Killers – The Man
The Struts – One Night Only
Vance Joy – Lay It On Me
Chart Notes:
Just ahead of its August 22 impact at Top 40 radio, this week’s Highest Debut belongs to Dua Lipa‘s “New Rules”, which is new at #39. Of course, its viral video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube, some of which are definitely mine. The song is featured on her self-titled debut album, which hit the top ten in several countries in Europe. Will Lipa finally get her first top ten at the format with her potential fourth top 40 single? We’ll see soon.
The only other debut this week is by a new five-member boy band who call themselves Why Don’t We. Their first entry on my chart is “Something Different”, which shakes up the #40 spot. It heads to Top 40 radio on Tuesday. One of the five guys, Daniel Seavey, was a contestant on American Idol in 2015.
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: Portugal. The Man feels its way up the leaderboard on a slow week, but it’s certainly doing well, along with the current hits from Louis Tomlinson, Selena Gomez and more. A new month means that new reports are on the way, and here’s the latest one:
MAN ABOUT TOWN: It’s been six big weeks at #1 on the Alternative chart for Portugal. The Man‘s “Feel It Still”, and with its Hot AC and Top 40 airplay growing quickly, it looks like it’ll be a crossover smash through the fall. This Tuesday, it feels super cool for these five men, as they pull in 18 new stations on impact, good for the sixth Most Added spot. Their most recent album debuted in the top 40 on the Billboard 200, and it’s called Woodstock. Though the quintet’s now had five top 40 singles to date at their core format since 2011, this is the first to chart outside of the rock world and internationally. (Yes, it’s in the top 100 songs on Spotify in Portugal. It might need a few more men, and women, to play it.)
THE BOY IS YOURS:Fall Out Boy‘s “Champion” (#8) and Rita Ora‘s “Your Song” (#9) are making their first appearances on the weekly column, having appeared just outside the top ten here in recent weeks. The latter entry debuted at #45 this past Sunday on the published chart, while the former entry missed the top 50 by just three spins. (Don’t worry, it’s already moving up.) Ora last appeared in the top 40 in November 2014, when she was the featured artist on a #1 hit for Iggy Azalea, “Black Widow”. As for the band, they’ve been more consistent on the U.S. charts, having last touched the format in February 2016 with “Irresistible”. That hit featured Demi Lovato, and it peaked at #21.
MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN (ELEVEN) 1. LOUIS TOMLINSON featuring BEBE REXHA & DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS, “Back To You” (Syco/Epic) 2. SELENA GOMEZ featuring GUCCI MANE,“Fetish” (Interscope) 3. KESHA, “Praying” (Kemosabe/RCA)
4. ZEDD & LIAM PAYNE, “Get Low” (Interscope) 5. DEMI LOVATO, “Sorry Not Sorry” (Safehouse/Island/Republic/Hollywood) 6-T. JONAS BLUE featuring WILLIAM SINGE,“Mama” (Capitol) 6-T. PORTUGAL. THE MAN, “Feel It Still”(Atlantic)
8. FALL OUT BOY,“Champion” (Island/Republic)
9. RITA ORA,“Your Song” (Atlantic) 10-T. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS featuring SEAN PAUL,“Subeme La Radio (Remix)” (Sony Latin/RCA) 10-T. FRENCH MONTANA featuring SWAE LEE,“Unforgettable” (Eardrum/Bad Boy/Interscope-Epic) 10-T. THE CHAINSMOKERS, “Honest” (Disruptor/Columbia)
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. To my dear readers and pop enthusiasts out there, if you ever find yourself having an interview with the New Yorker, would you refrain from calling me a pop paranoiac? I think you surely could use another phrase or word to describe me, right? Right? Anyways, don’t be a musical mooch and check out the top songs on this week’s list:
LEAVE IT TO BIEBER: He still has three songs in the top 40 as a featured artist, but only one of JustinBieber‘s hits is at #1 for the fourth week on the Top 40 chart. Of course, that’s the remix of “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which certainly looks good for a 12th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 tomorrow. It’s also up 12-11 at Hot AC radio and 33-29 on the AC chart, but at this point, you probably won’t be hearing anyone requesting it on Delilah anytime soon. Back on the pop survey, “Despacito” doesn’t have a bullet again this week, and could see some larger losses during rotation shifts in the middle of this upcoming week. Still, it’s a potent chart-topper that continues to show its strength.
Canadian singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes looks like he might cut the reign of the three amigos short, as his current single is up a fast three notches from 5-2. If “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” secures the top spot next week, it’ll be his first single to do so since “Stitches”, which spent two weeks at #1 in November 2015. Two of his main competitors get a boost into the top ten this week: DJ Khaled‘s “Wild Thoughts”, featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, yells its way from 11-8, while Niall Horan‘s “Slow Hands” makes a handy 12-10 move. Stay tuned to see what happens!
WHAT’S “BETTER” THAN THIS?: With the removal of three records from the chart that were eligible for recurrent status, plus two other under-performing songs falling out of the top 40, a very exciting five new entries enter the region this week. Jumping up a very healthy 13 spots, from 48-35, is the 16th top 40 hit for Selena Gomez. “Fetish” features Gucci Mane, who has a featured slot on Fifth Harmony‘s “Down” (#24) as well. Major Lazer has their seventh chart single with “Know No Better”, rising 42-36. It’s a collaboration with three other artists, Travis Scott, Camila Cabello and Quavo, giving the latter one a total of four top 40 hits in a featured role this week. That’s a lot of raindrops and drop tops for one chart. One spot below that crew, up 41-37, is a female singer that has her second credited top 40 single: Julia Michaels and “Uh Huh”. Michaels just released a new set called Nervous System, featuring her current hit and her former #4 song, “Issues”, which recently went recurrent.
“Mama” lands Jonas Blue and featured artist William Singe their first top 40 entry at the Top 40 format, as it climbs 44-39. The song has already been a top ten hit in over a dozen countries, including top five peaks in Austria, Denmark, Germany and more. Not quite there yet, but still ranking on a number of national charts overseas, is the current single from former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson. He leaps onto the chart at #40 with “Back To You”, featuring Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals. Back in March, Tomlinson hit #32 as the vocalist on Steve Aoki‘s “Just Hold On”, which was his only solo chart record until this week.
LEARN A NEW “SONG” (OR FOUR): This week’s super action on the pop radio survey also extends into the top 50, where four new songs make their way onto the chart. Leading the way is “Your Song” by Rita Ora, which makes its debut at #45. The single hit the top ten in Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom earlier this year. Ora last reached the top 50 here in the spring of 2015 on a Charli XCX song called “Doing It”, which got as high as #43 that March. Debuting at #46 is the first top 50 appearance in six years for the pop-punk quartet known as All Time Low. “Good Times” comes in five spots below the peak of “I Feel Like Dancin'”, which spent three weeks at #41 in June and July 2011. “Good” is already a solid top 40 hit on the Hot AC chart, so it’s capable of doing well here.
Breaking into the top 50 with her first chart entry is 15-year-old Skylar Stecker, starting at #49 with “Only Want You”. She’s had a pair of prior singles serviced to the format in the last two years, but neither of them received any significant adds from the panel. It’s an independent release with a low spin total, so if it goes much further, it’ll be crawling up the chart to its new peak. Entering at #50 is a song that should be moving up at a much quicker rate, “Subeme La Radio” by Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul. In 2014, the two men appeared on the international hit “Bailando”, also billed as Iglesias featuring Paul, which peaked at #9 in September.
