ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: June 4, 2017

This chart’s on the money.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back four years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of June 4, 2017…

Debuts:
40. ARCADE FIRE, “Everything Now”
39. LORDE, “Perfect Places”
38. MONDO COZMO, “Automatic”

Biggest Mover(s):
CHORD OVERSTREET, “Hold On” (39-29, ten spots)

10. LORDE, “Green Light” (down 3)
Album: Melodrama (2017, Lava/Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

09. DNCE, “Kissing Strangers” (steady, second week)
Album: (single only) (2017, Republic Records)
Peak: #9 for two weeks

08. JAMES TW, “Ex” (down 2)
Album: (single only) (2017, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #3 for two weeks

07. PARAMORE, “Hard Times” (up 4)
Album: After Laughter (2017, Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #4

06. NIALL HORAN, “Slow Hands” (up 6)
Album: Flicker (2017, Neon Haze/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for seven weeks

05. NEW POLITICS, “One Of Us” (steady, second week)
Album: Lost In Translation (2017, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #5 for two weeks

04. SCOTT HELMAN, “Kinda Complicated” (steady, second week)
Album: Hôtel De Ville (2017, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #4 for three weeks

03. SHAWN MENDES, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (steady, second week)
Album: Illuminate (Deluxe) (2017, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

02. HARRY STYLES, “Sign Of The Times” (steady, fifth week)
Album: Harry Styles (2017, Columbia Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

01. BLEACHERS, “Don’t Take The Money” (steady, fifth week)
Album: Gone Now (2017, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: October 13, 2013

The politics of pop music.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back seven years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of October 13, 2013…

Debuts:
40. MATT NATHANSON, “Kinks Shirt”
39. BRONZE RADIO RETURN, “Further On”
38. KACEY MUSGRAVES, “Follow Your Arrow”

Biggest Mover(s):
KEANE, “Higher Than The Sun” (32-25, seven spots)

10. AMERICAN AUTHORS, “Best Day Of My Life” (up 5)
Album: Oh, What A Life (2014, Mercury Records/IDJMG)
Peak: #1 for one week

09. PASSENGER, “Let Her Go” (down 2)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for twelve weeks

08. SHEPPARD, “Hold My Tongue” (up 1)
Album: Sheppard (EP) (2012, Empire Of Song/MGM Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

07. NEW POLITICS, “Harlem” (up 3)
Album: A Bad Girl In Harlem (2013, RCA Records)
Peak: #2

06. THE 1975, “Chocolate” (down 2)
Album: The 1975 (2013, Dirty Hit/Interscope Records)
Peak: #2

05. BASTILLE, “Pompeii” (steady, third week)
Album: Bad Blood (2014, Virgin/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

04. IMAGINE DRAGONS, “On Top Of The World” (up 2)
Album: Night Visions (2012, KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records)
Peak: #4 for two weeks

03. KATY PERRY, “Roar” (steady, second week)
Album: Prism (2013, Capitol Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

02. PASSENGER, “Holes” (down 1)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

01. COLDPLAY, “Atlas” (up 1)
Album: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013, Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of August 21, 2020

This New Music Friday is dynamite!

Scene any notable New Music Friday titles lately? Get ready to press play on this week’s top releases, including notable albums and EPs from Blackbear, The Killers and Troye Sivan, as well as the latest singles from BTS, Jxdn and Katy Perry. It’s explosive out there:

Notable albums out this week: Brasstracks‘s Golden Ticket (iTunes), Cold War Kids‘s New Age Norms 2 (iTunes), Davina Michelle‘s My Own World (iTunes), DUCKWRTH‘s SuperGood (iTunes), Erasure‘s The Neon (iTunes), Josh Turner‘s Country State Of Mind (iTunes), Lauren Sanderson‘s Midwest Kids Can Make It Big (Deluxe) (iTunes), Lecrae‘s Restoration (iTunes), Lewis Del Mar‘s August (iTunes), Mulatto‘s Queen Of Da Souf (iTunes), Nas‘s King’s Disease (iTunes), The Front Bottoms‘s In Sickness & In Flames (iTunes), The Killers‘s Imploding The Mirage (iTunes), Tim McGraw‘s Here On Earth (iTunes), Tucker Beathard‘s King (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Beaux‘s I Don’t Want To Make It Alone, I Want To Make It With You (iTunes), Blackbear‘s Everything Means Nothing (Part 2) (iTunes), Bryce Vine‘s Problems (iTunes), MASN‘s How To Kill A Rockstar (iTunes), New Politics’s Escape To Paradise (iTunes), ROZES‘s Crazy (iTunes), Ryland James‘s Ryland James (iTunes), Snow Patrol & The Saturday Songwriters‘s The Fireside Sessions (iTunes), South Of Eden‘s The Talk (iTunes), Stellie‘s Stellie (iTunes), Troye Sivan‘s In A Dream (iTunes), Vic Mensa‘s V Tape (iTunes), Wafia‘s Good Things (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“13 Going On 30”, Fivio Foreign (iTunes)
“45”, Kid Ink (iTunes)
“Ain’t It Different”, Headie One featuring AJ Tracey & Stormzy (iTunes)
“Alien”, Lions Head featuring Sido (iTunes)
“Aw Aw”, Russ (iTunes)
“Back In 84”, Delta Goodrem (iTunes)
“Baby”, Madison Beer (iTunes)
“Baby It’s You”, London Grammar (iTunes)
“Bad To Myself”, Greyson Chance (iTunes)
“Bang! (AhhHaa Remix)”, AJR featuring Hayley Kiyoko (iTunes)
“Better By Myself”, JORDY featuring Monique Heart (iTunes)
“Brick By Brick”, American Authors (iTunes)
“Casual (Acoustic)”, Jesse Barrera, Jeff Bernat & Johnny Stimson (iTunes)
“Chernobyl”, Alec Bailey (iTunes)
“Chew On My Heart (Madism Remix)”, James Bay (iTunes)
“Crazy”, Bazzi (iTunes)
“Dance Like Nobody’s Watching”, Iggy Azalea & Tinashe (iTunes)
“December”, Ivory Layne (iTunes)
“Deep Sea Diver”, Briston Maroney (iTunes)
“Don’t Be Sad”, Tate McRae (iTunes)
“Don’t Care”, Rich Brian (iTunes)
“Dynamite”, BTS (iTunes)
“Entrepreneur”, Pharrell Williams featuring JAY-Z (iTunes)
“Envious”, Aluna (iTunes)
“Feel”, FLETCHER (iTunes)
“Fingers Crossed”, Agnes (iTunes)
“Foolish”, Forest Blakk (iTunes)
“Free”, Charlie Puth (iTunes)
“Good Enough”, Carlie Hanson (iTunes)
“Half A Heart”, Sky McCreery (iTunes)
“Heartbreaker”, Tayo Sound (iTunes)
“Hurt”, Arlo Parks (iTunes)
“I Feel Like Dancing”, The Night Game (iTunes)
“I Like Cars”, Caroline Kole (iTunes)
“I Want To Be With You”, Chloe Moriondo (iTunes)
“Identical”, Phoenix (iTunes)
“I Should Go”, James Vincent McMorrow & Kenny Beats (iTunes)
“I’ll Be In Hell Comparing Myself” and “Music Doesn’t Even Help”, Mags (iTunes)
“In Your Eyes”, Wanderer (iTunes)
“Incognito”, Cody Jon (iTunes)
“Is It True (Four Tet Remix)”, Tame Impala (iTunes)
“Lie To Me”, Vera Blue (iTunes)
“Light Up”, Moon Taxi (iTunes)
“LLLL (Love Life Live Large)”, Dizzee Rascal featuring Chip (iTunes)
“Love Me The Same”, Esmée Denters (iTunes)
“Love On Top”, Pitch Perfect’s The Bellas (iTunes)
“Make Me Feel Alive”, You Me At Six (iTunes)
“Marilyn Monroe”, Astrid S (iTunes)
“Married In Vegas (Matoma Remix)”, The Vamps (iTunes)
“Mr. Brightside”, Don Diablo (iTunes)
“Never Let You”, Kiiara (iTunes)
“No Therapy”, Felix Jaehn featuring Nea & Bryn Christopher (iTunes)
“Nothing Good”, Goody Grace featuring G-Eazy & Juicy J (iTunes)
“Ohms”, Deftones (iTunes)
“One And Lonely”, CXLOE (iTunes)
“Only A Shadow”, White Reaper (iTunes)
“Over U.”, Will Hyde (iTunes)
“Petal Pickin'”, Contradash (iTunes)
“People and “Rest Up”, Boy Pablo (iTunes)
“Pray”, Jxdn (iTunes)
“Pretty Much”, Tobi Lou (iTunes)
“Really Counts”, Snow Tha Product (iTunes)
“Ross And Rachel”, Jake Miller (iTunes)
“Run To Me”, Steve Lukather featuring Joseph Williams & Ringo Starr (iTunes)
“Safe Zone (SIVV Remix)”, Seeb x Emelie Hollow (iTunes)
“Save The Day”, Mariah Carey featuring Lauryn Hill (iTunes)
“Seeing Other People”, Donovan Woods (iTunes)
“Share That Love”, Lukas Graham featuring G-Eazy (iTunes)
“Since I Was Young (Boiish Remix)”, Wrabel x Kesha (iTunes)
“Something Holy”, Jealous Of The Birds (iTunes)
“Space Song”, Pilar Victoria (iTunes)
“Talk To Me”, Apocalyptica featuring Lzzy Hale (iTunes)
“The House We Live In”, Arlissa (iTunes)
“The Lakes”, Taylor Swift (iTunes)
“Thong Song”, Amber Mark (iTunes)
“Tick Tock”, Clean Bandit & Mabel featuring 24KGoldn (iTunes)
“Too Good To Lose”, Justin Jesso (iTunes)
“What Makes A Woman”, Katy Perry (iTunes)

Next week, the latest projects from Disclosure, Katy Perry and Toni Braxton are among the larger 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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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of November 1, 2019

All we want for Christmas.

Goodbye to Halloween, hello to… Christmas? This week’s schedule is jingling all the way, but there are many other regular albums in the mix as well. Here are all the notable albums and singles hitting stores this Friday:

MARIAH CAREY – Merry Christmas (25th Anniversary Edition) (iTunes)
Features: “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, the annual classic that will likely return to the Hot 100 in the coming weeks

MIRANDA LAMBERT – Wildcard (iTunes)
Features: “It All Comes Out In The Wash”, the lead single, which is approaching the top ten on the Country radio chart

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Charlie’s Angels (Soundtrack) (iTunes)
Features: “Don’t Call Me Angel”, a collaboration from Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey, which is approaching the top 20 on the Top 40 radio chart

Notable albums out this week: Alphabeat‘s Don’t Know What’s Cool Anymore (iTunes), Cold War Kids‘s New Age Norms 1 (iTunes), Future‘s Monster (iTunes), Gang Starr‘s One Of The Best Yet (iTunes), Highly Suspect‘s MCID (iTunes), Hootie & The Blowfish‘s Imperfect Circle (iTunes), Jeff Lynne’s ELO‘s From Out Of Nowhere (iTunes), Michael Kiwanuka‘s Kiwanuka (iTunes), MØ‘s Walshy Fire Presents: MMMMØ – The Mix (iTunes), Monsta X‘s Follow – Find You (iTunes), New Politics‘s An Invitation To An Alternate Reality (iTunes), Patrick Stump‘s Spell (Soundtrack) (iTunes), R.LUM.R‘s Surfacing (iTunes), Yelawolf‘s Ghetto Cowboy (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: ALMA‘s Have U Seen Her? (Part I) (iTunes), Fergus James‘s All Of The Colours (iTunes), Frenship‘s Vacation (Versions) (iTunes), Lil Peep‘s Goth Sinner Angel (iTunes), Todrick Hall‘s Haus Party 3 (iTunes), WhoHurtYou‘s Stages (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“All The F–king Time”, Loote (iTunes)
“All Summer Long”, Connell Cruise featuring Charlie Finch (iTunes)
“Another Place”, Bastille featuring Alessia Cara (iTunes)
“Better Day”, Young Bombs featuring Aloe Blacc (iTunes)
“Carrie”, Landon Cube featuring Lil Skies (iTunes)
“Checklist”, MAX featuring Chromeo (iTunes)
“Click”, Madison Kozak (iTunes)
“Colorblind”, Mokita (iTunes)
“Do You Ever?”, Phil Good (iTunes)
“Dominos”, Northeast Party House (iTunes)
“Don’t Say (PBH & Jack Remix)”, Robinson (iTunes)
“Don’t Start Now”, Dua Lipa (iTunes)
“Dream Boy”, Beach Bunny (iTunes)
“Famous”, Vardaan Arora (iTunes)
“Fine”, Mike Shinoda (iTunes)
“Flying (Daniel Allan Remix)”, Wrabel (iTunes)
“For My Daughter”, Kane Brown (iTunes)
“Frío”, Omar Apollo (iTunes)
“F–kyounoah”, Noah Cyrus featuring London On Da Track (iTunes)
“Funeral”, Miguel (iTunes)
“Ghosts”, Six60 (iTunes)
“Gold”, Digital Farm Animals (iTunes)
“Good For Me”, Harper Finn (iTunes)
“Graveyard (Axwell Remix)”, Halsey (iTunes)
“Heartbeats”, Tom Walker (iTunes)
“Heartstrings”, Felly featuring Santana (iTunes)
“Home To You”, Sigrid (iTunes)
“I Feel Love”, Sam Smith (iTunes)
“I Wanna Be Yours”, Pink Sweat$ featuring Crush (iTunes)
“International Woman Of Leisure”, La Roux (iTunes)
“Is It Just Me?”, Emily Burns (iTunes)
“It Might Be Time”, Tame Impala (iTunes)
“Kissing Other People”, Lennon Stella (iTunes)
“Lalala (Remix)”, Y2K & Bbno$ with Enrique Iglesias & Carly Rae Jepsen (iTunes)
“Let It Happen”, Violet Days (iTunes)
“Lose Myself”, Faustix (iTunes)
“Love Me More”, Trippie Redd (iTunes)
“Lucky”, Chelsea Cutler & Alexander 23 (iTunes)
“Messy”, Twin XL (iTunes)
“Monsta”, BENEE (iTunes)
“Morning”, Teyana Taylor & Kehlani (iTunes)
“Motivation (Remix)”, Normani featuring 21 Savage (iTunes)
“Now I’m In It”, Haim (iTunes)
“On A Prayer”, Boy In Space featuring Shy Martin (iTunes)
“Own”, Hartley (iTunes)
“Play With Fire”, Nico Santos (iTunes)
“Rich”, Kid Ink (iTunes)
“Scumbag”, Goody Grace featuring Blink-182 (iTunes)
“Sideshow”, Jutes (iTunes)
“So Good”, Dove Cameron (iTunes)
“Somebody Else”, Katelyn Tarver (iTunes)
“Someone Else”, Bishop Briggs (iTunes)
“Something Unreal”, The Script (iTunes)
“Teeth (Live From The Vault)”, 5 Seconds Of Summer (iTunes)
“That Bitch”, Bea Miller (iTunes)
“The Greatest”, John Lindahl (iTunes)
“Unbroken”, Bon Jovi (iTunes)
“Used To Love”, Martin Garrix & Dean Lewis (iTunes)
“Villains”, Elley Duhé (iTunes)
“We Got Love”, Sigala featuring Ella Henderson (iTunes)
“We’re Just Kids”, Call Me Karizma (iTunes)
“What You Did (Preditah Remix)”, Mahalia featuring Ella Mai (iTunes)
“Where The Wild Things”, Labrinth (iTunes)
“Winter Wonderland”, Sam Feldt (iTunes)
“You And Me As One (Acoustic)”, Sigma & Jack Savoretti (iTunes)
“You’re The Best”, Kiesza (iTunes)

Next week, look out for new albums from artists like Bishop Briggs, Luke Combs, Snow Patrol and more. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: October 27, 2013

Worldly hits in the top ten.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back six years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of October 27, 2013…

Debuts:
40. FITZ & THE TANTRUMS, “The Walker”
38. ONE DIRECTION, “Story Of My Life”

Biggest Mover(s):
THE FRAY, “Love Don’t Die” (40-26, 14 spots)

10. EMELI SANDÉ, “My Kind Of Love” (up 2)
Album: Our Version Of Events (2012, Capitol Records)
Peak: #7

09. BASTILLE, “Pompeii” (steady, second week)
Album: Bad Blood (2014, Virgin/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

08. PASSENGER, “The Wrong Direction” (up 3)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

07. NEW POLITICS, “Harlem” (steady, third week)
Album: A Bad Girl In Harlem (2013, RCA Records)
Peak: #2

06. KATY PERRY, “Roar” (down 3)
Album: Prism (2013, Capitol Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

05. IMAGINE DRAGONS, “On Top Of The World” (down 1)
Album: Night Visions (2012, KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records)
Peak: #4 for two weeks

04. AMERICAN AUTHORS, “Best Day Of My Life” (up 2)
Album: Oh, What A Life (2014, Mercury Records/IDJMG)
Peak: #1 for one week

03. PASSENGER, “Holes” (down 1)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

02. SHEPPARD, “Hold My Tongue” (up 3)
Album: Sheppard (EP) (2012, Empire Of Song/MGM Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

01. COLDPLAY, “Atlas” (steady, third week)
Album: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013, Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: November 3, 2013

“Love” for 2013.

It’s the start of another weekend, which means it’s time for another trip back into the archives on Adam’s Top 40 Flashback! Every Saturday, the day before my latest top 40 goes up for the week, I feature the highlights of a past countdown. They’re all here — the hit songs, the songs that flopped, and the songs that may be a little embarrassing to reflect on.

This week, we stroll back four years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of November 3, 2013…

Debuts:
34. BASTILLE, “Of The Night”

Biggest Mover(s):
ONE DIRECTION, “Story Of My Life” (38-28, ten spots)

10. WALK OFF THE EARTH, “Gang Of Rhythm” (up 1)
Album: R.E.V.O (2013, Columbia Records)
Peak: #10

09. EMELI SANDÉ, “My Kind Of Love” (up 1)
Album: Our Version Of Events (2012, Capitol Records)
Peak: #7

08. KATY PERRY, “Roar” (down 2)
Album: Prism (2013, Capitol Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

07. PASSENGER, “The Wrong Direction” (up 1)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

06. PASSENGER, “Holes” (down 3)
Album: All The Little Lights (2012, Nettwerk Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

05. IMAGINE DRAGONS, “On Top Of The World” (steady, second week)
Album: Night Visions (2012, KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records)
Peak: #4 for two weeks

04. NEW POLITICS, “Harlem” (up 3)
Album: A Bad Girl In Harlem (2013, RCA Records)
Peak: #2

03. COLDPLAY, “Atlas” (down 2)
Album: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013, Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

02. AMERICAN AUTHORS, “Best Day Of My Life” (up 2)
Album: Oh, What A Life (2014, Mercury Records/IDJMG)
Peak: #1 for one week

01. SHEPPARD, “Hold My Tongue” (up 1)
Album: Sheppard (EP) (2012, Empire Of Song/MGM Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

Check back next Saturday for another Adam’s Top 40 Flashback countdown and don’t forget to follow the blog by using the tab below or find PGTC on social media by clicking the “Get Social!” tab at the top of the page.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of October 6, 2017

Music is our religion.

Say a few pop prayers for our contenders this week, as they all compete for the top debut on next week’s Billboard 200. Here are the albums and singles you need to know:

NF – Perception (iTunes)
The Contemporary Christian hip-hop artist is poised to score his highest-charting album to date with his latest effort, as he looks to score his first crossover hit with “Let You Down”, impacting at CHR/Top 40 radio on Halloween. The album includes the song “10 Feet Down”, featuring PGTC favorite Ruelle, the only collaboration in the mix. Just how high will it go? Stay tuned.

AUGUST BURNS RED – Phantom Anthem (iTunes)
From Pennsylvania, this heavy metal quintet has gone as high as #9 on the Billboard 200 with their last two studio albums, both of them topping the Independent Albums chart. Like NF, they also have a Christian fanbase driving their sales numbers. It could rise above that #9 high mark, assuming streaming numbers are solid for it.

MARILYN MANSON – Heaven Upside Down (iTunes)
Manson and his group have been hitting the Billboard 200 for over 20 years now, and their tenth studio effort is likely to reach a top ten peak next week. Of course, they have two #1 albums to date, their last coming in 2003. Lead single “KILL4ME” is headed toward the top 20 on the Active Rock chart.

More albums out this week: Cody Fry‘s Flying (iTunes), Jeremy Camp‘s The Answer (iTunes), JP Cooper‘s Raised Under Grey Skies (iTunes), Kane Brown‘s Kane Brown (deluxe edition) (iTunes), Liam Gallagher‘s As You Were (iTunes), Lil Pump‘s Lil Pump (iTunes), New Politics‘s Lost In Translation (iTunes), Rationale‘s Rationale (iTunes), Zak Abel‘s Only When We’re Naked (iTunes)

More holiday albums out this week: Blake Shelton‘s Cheers, It’s Christmas. (reissue) (iTunes), Elvis Presley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra‘s Christmas (iTunes), Fantasia‘s Christmas After Midnight (iTunes), Frank Sinatra‘s Ultimate Christmas (iTunes), Gwen Stefani‘s You Make It Feel Like Christmas (iTunes)

More EPs out this week: Bea Miller‘s chapter three: yellow (iTunes), filous‘s For Love (iTunes), Gabrielle Aplin‘s Avalon (iTunes), Jacob Sartorius‘s Left Me Hangin’ (iTunes), LÉON‘s Surround Me (iTunes), XXXTENTACION/Ski Mask The Slump God‘s Members Only, Vol. 1 (iTunes)

New digital-only singles that you can buy this week include:
“All The Love”, SAARA featuring Jillionaire (iTunes)
“Bad Habit”, Kid Ink (iTunes)
“Be My Lover”, Sam Feldt x Alex Schulz (iTunes)
“Black And White”, Rudy Mancuso x Poo Bear (iTunes)
“Can’t Lie”, MiC LOWRY (iTunes)
“Control (Secretly Sorry)”, JR JR (iTunes)
“Dear Hate”, Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill (iTunes)
“Easy Love”, Lauv (iTunes)
“Escape My Mind”, Grace VanderWaal (iTunes)
“Eyes Shut”, Isac Elliot (iTunes)
“Fade”, Lewis Capaldi (iTunes)
“Fantasies”, Biyo (iTunes)
“Fly With You”, The Last Bandoleros (iTunes)
“For The Gram”, Craig David (iTunes)
“For You”, James TW (iTunes)
“Go To Work (Acoustic)”, Nadine (iTunes)
“Good Ol’ Boys”, Gazzo & American Authors (iTunes)
“Hair Down (Xenomania Remix)”, Mollie King (iTunes)
“Help Me Out”, Maroon 5 and Julia Michaels (iTunes)
“Hey”, Matthew Young (iTunes)
“How Long”, Charlie Puth (iTunes)
“Ill Nana”, DRAM featuring Trippie Redd (iTunes)
“James Has Changed”, Phoebe Ryan (iTunes)
“Like A Riddle”, Felix Jaehn featuring Hearts & Colors & Adam Trigger (iTunes)
“Love So Soft (Cash Cash & Ryan Riback Remixes)”, Kelly Clarkson (iTunes)
“Más De Lo Que Sabes (More Than You Know)”, Axwell /\ Ingrosso featuring Sebastian Yatra and Cali Y El Dandee (iTunes)
“Mess”, Jordan Fisher (iTunes)
“Milk”, The 1975 (iTunes)
“Mystik”, Tash Sultana (iTunes)
“Nobody Compares To You”, Gryffin featuring Katie Pearlman (iTunes)
“Not My Ex”, Jessie J (iTunes)
“Only You”, Zara Larsson featuring Nena (iTunes)
“Perfect For You”, Rachel Platten (iTunes)
“Raincheck (Jack Fickle Friends Remix)”, Hannah Jane Lewis (iTunes)
“Right To It”, Louis The Child featuring Ashe (iTunes)
“Thin”, Aquilo (iTunes)
“Til I Get Found”, Marc E. Bassy (iTunes)
“Vesuvius”, Guy Sebastian (iTunes)
“Weekend Woman”, Weezer (iTunes)
“Whatever You Want”, P!nk (iTunes)
“Who Am I”, Tayler Buono (iTunes)
“Wild Animal”, Whissell (iTunes)
“Wonder Years”, Fedde Le Grand featuring Adam McInnis (iTunes)
“You Should Be Loved”, Hunter Hayes featuring The Shadowboxers (iTunes)

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: June 18, 2017

Illuminating the top spot.

DEBUTS
39. Picture This – Never Change
36. Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut To The Feeling | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
34. Andy Grammer – Give Love (39)
29. Lorde – Perfect Places (34)
24. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (31) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)
23. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – So Close (28)
12. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (17)
11. Tom Walker – Just You And I (18) | BIGGEST MOVER (tie)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Foster The People – Doing It For The Money (10) | PEAK: #10
09. Train – Drink Up (09) | PEAK: #09
08. New Politics – One Of Us (06) | PEAK: #05
07. Miley Cyrus – Malibu (08) | PEAK: #07
06. Scott Helman – Kinda Complicated (04) | PEAK: #04
05. Paramore – Hard Times (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (05) | PEAK: #04
03. Bleachers – Don’t Take The Money (03) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
02. Harry Styles – Sign Of The Times (01) | PEAK: #01 for one week
01. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. John Mayer – In The Blood (1)
2. Hanson – I Was Born (4)
3. Barns Courtney – Golden Dandelions (9)
4. LeAnn Rimes – Love Is Love Is Love (7)
5. Rag’N’Bone Man – Skin (5)
6. Loote – High Without Your Love (10)
7. Billy Raffoul – Driver (8)
8. Ingrid Michaelson – Celebrate (6)
9. Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt – OK (-)
10. All Time Low – Good Times (-)

In The Mix:
BANNERS – Someone To You
Dagny – Wearing Nothing
George Ezra – Don’t Matter Now (new)
Jennifer Hudson – Remember Me
Jorge Blanco – Summer Soul (new)
Lauv – I Like Me Better
Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass
Rachel Crow – Dime
The Killers – The Man (new)
Welshly Arms – Legendary

Chart Notes:

• Congrats to Canadian singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes on his first #1 on my chart, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”. It climbs 2-1 in its ninth week in the countdown. Mendes went as high as #2 last year with “Treat You Better”. Another treasure from Canada, Carly Rae Jepsen, lands this week’s Highest Debut with “Cut To The Feeling”. The cut from Leap! hops in at #36. It’s Jepsen’s seventh time on my chart since 2012. Additionally, Irish duo Picture This lands in the picture at #39 with their first top 40 hit, “Never Change”.
• Right now, as this post goes public, I’m likely dancing the night away at a family wedding. Needless to say, full commentary is going to be back next weekend.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)

Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: June 11, 2017

Hit ’em up, Styles.

DEBUTS
40. James Arthur – Can I Be Him
39. Andy Grammer – Give Love
37. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
34. Lorde – Perfect Places (39)
31. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (40) | BIGGEST MOVER
28. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – So Close (33)
24. Chord Overstreet – Hold On (29)
18. Tom Walker – Just You And I (24)
(see #8 below)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Foster The People – Doing It For The Money (14) | PEAK: #10
09. Train – Drink Up (11) | PEAK: #09
08. Miley Cyrus – Malibu (15) | PEAK: #08
07. Paramore – Hard Times (07) | PEAK: #07
06. New Politics – One Of Us (05) | PEAK: #05
05. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (06) | PEAK: #05
04. Scott Helman – Kinda Complicated (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Bleachers – Don’t Take The Money (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks
02. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (03) | PEAK: #02
01. Harry Styles – Sign Of The Times (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. John Mayer – In The Blood (1)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut To The Feeling (4)
3. Picture This – Never Change (7)
4. Hanson – I Was Born (5)
5. Rag’N’Bone Man – Skin (2)
6. Ingrid Michaelson – Celebrate (6)
7. LeAnn Rimes – Love Is Love Is Love (10)
8. Billy Raffoul – Driver (9)
9. Barns Courtney – Golden Dandelions (-)
10. Loote – High Without Your Love (-)

In The Mix:
All Time Low – Good Times (new)
BANNERS – Someone To You (new)
Dagny – Wearing Nothing
Jennifer Hudson – Remember Me
Lauv – I Like Me Better
Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass
Rachel Crow – Dime
Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt – OK (new)
Welshly Arms – Legendary

Chart Notes:

• After five huge weeks at #2, Harry Styles makes it to the top of my personal chart with “Sign Of The Times”, the first single from his self-titled solo album. Together with Niall Horan and ZAYN, pop group One Direction becomes the first act to send three of its members to #1 on my chart in solo projects. By the way, the record for the most weeks spent at #2 prior to a run at #1 on my personal chart is seven, which is held by two tracks: Darren Hayes‘s “Darkness” (2004-2005, two weeks at #1) and Natasha Bedingfield‘s “Unwritten” (2005-2006, ten nonconsecutive weeks at #1).
• Earlier this year, singer and songwriter Julia Michaels had no “Issues” squeezing into the #1 spot on my top 40 for a week. Now, she’s looking to repeat that feat with her follow-up single, “Uh Huh”, which is the week’s Highest Debut at #37. Believe it or not, this is the third top 40 song called “Uh Huh” to make my chart in the past 15 years, following hits from B2K (2002) and ROMANS (2015). (The latter entry spent two weeks at #1 that August.) Michaels’s original song goes for adds at Top 40 radio on June 20.
• As for this week’s other two debuts, both songs are impacting at the Hot AC format later this month. Launching on June 19 is “Give Love” by Andy Grammer, which enters at #39. The 33-year-old scores his eighth top 40 hit on my chart, with five of those entries becoming top ten hits. A notch lower, and going for adds a week later, is “Can I Be Him” by James Arthur. He hit my top ten earlier this year with “Say You Won’t Let Go”, which reached #1 at the format recently.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)

Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: June 4, 2017

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick…

DEBUTS
40. Arcade Fire – Everything Now
39. Lorde – Perfect Places
38. Mondo Cozmo – Automatic | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
29. Chord Overstreet – Hold On (39) | BIGGEST MOVER
21. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (26)
15. Miley Cyrus – Malibu (22)
(see #6 below)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Lorde – Green Light (07) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
09. DNCE – Kissing Strangers (09) | PEAK: #09
08. James TW – Ex (06) | PEAK: #03
07. Paramore – Hard Times (11) | PEAK: #07
06. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (12) | PEAK: #06
05. New Politics – One Of Us (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Scott Helman – Kinda Complicated (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Harry Styles – Sign Of The Times (02) | PEAK: #02
01. Bleachers – Don’t Take The Money (01) | PEAK: #01 for five weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. John Mayer – In The Blood (2)
2. Rag’N’Bone Man – Skin (3)
3. LANY – ILYSB (1)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen – Cut To The Feeling (6)
5. Hanson – I Was Born (8)
6. Ingrid Michaelson – Celebrate (4)
7. Picture This – Never Change (9)
8. Julia Michaels – Uh Huh (-)
9. Billy Raffoul – Driver (10)
10. LeAnn Rimes – Love Is Love Is Love (-)

In The Mix:
Barns Courtney – Golden Dandelions (new)
Dagny – Wearing Nothing
Jennifer Hudson – Remember Me
Lauv – I Like Me Better
Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass (new)
Loote – High Without Your Love
Rachel Crow – Dime
Saint Motel – Destroyer
The Score – Legend
Welshly Arms – Legendary

Chart Notes:

• All three of this week’s new entries impact at the Alternative radio format in the next few weeks, but one’s had a head start at the Triple A format, where it was last week’s Most Added title. That song is “Automatic” by Mondo Cozmo, new at #38 this week. Singer and songwriter Josh Ostrander topped the latter format’s chart in January with previous single “Shine”, a track that also reached the top 15 at the former format in March. An album, Plastic Soul, is due in July.
• While Lorde‘s “Green Light” remains in my top ten this week, her follow-up lands in the countdown at #39. “Perfect Places” can also be found on her forthcoming album, Melodrama, due on June 16. If you attended the Governors Ball Music Festival this weekend, you saw her perform it live with co-writer Jack Antonoff, who also co-wrote “Green” and claims my #1 spot for the fifth week in a row as Bleachers with “Don’t Take The Money”.
• Finally, at #40, is Arcade Fire‘s “Everything Now”. It’s the title track from the Montreal group’s upcoming set, due July 28. They bubbled under my top 40 in the spring of 2007 with “Keep The Car Running”, which was a minor hit on the Alternative chart. Their Infinite Content Tour hits North America in September.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)