NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of January 29, 2021

NMF: now higher and stronger.

Whether you’re sad in Scandinavia or astounded in Australasia, New Music Friday is here and providing you some great albums from Celeste, Seeb and Weezer, as well as top tracks from Clean Bandit, Mike Posner and Selena Gomez. Okay, humans, start your listening:

Notable albums out this week: Arlo Parks‘s Collapsed In Sunbeams (iTunes), Celeste‘s Not Your Muse (iTunes), Cody Fry‘s Pictures Of Mountains (iTunes), Logan Mize‘s Still That Kid (iTunes), Seeb‘s Sad In Scandinavia (iTunes), The Killers‘s Imploding The Mirage (Deluxe) (iTunes), Weezer‘s OK Human (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Jack Kays‘s Mixed Emotions (iTunes), Jake Hoot‘s Love Out Of Time (iTunes), PRETTYMUCH‘s Smackables (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“Agoraphobic”, CORPSE (iTunes)
“All I Need”, Verzache (iTunes)
“All Too Well”, Jake Scott (iTunes)
“All You Ever Wanted”, Rag’N’Bone Man (iTunes)
“American Mood”, JoJo (iTunes)
“At My Worst”, P!nk Sweat$ featuring Kehlani (iTunes)
“Baila Conmigo”, Selena Gomez & Rauw Alejandro (iTunes)
“Birdy Birdy Woof Woof”, Peppa Pig (iTunes)
“Bop”, CJ (iTunes)
“Broken”, Jonah Kagen (iTunes)
“Canary Islands”, Goth Babe (iTunes)
“Change Ur Mind”, Sarcastic Sounds featuring Claire Rosinkranz & Clinton Kane (iTunes)
“Close To You”, Brando (iTunes)
“Cruel World”, Emlyn (iTunes)
“Cry Over Boys”, Alexander 23 (iTunes)
“Did You Call Me Last Night”, Ben Laine (iTunes)
“Eloise”, Peter McPoland (iTunes)
“Every Part”, Hux featuring Karen Hardy (iTunes)
“Fahrenheit”, John Splithoff (iTunes)
“Fix Urself!”, JPEGMAFIA (iTunes)
“Fly Away (Jonas Blue Remix)”, Tones And I (iTunes)
“Future Ex”, Abigail Barlow (iTunes)
“FYO”, MICHELLE (iTunes)
“Girlfriend”, Rebecca Black (iTunes)
“Good Time”, Niko Moon featuring Shaggy (iTunes)
“Higher”, Clean Bandit featuring Iann Dior (iTunes)
“Holy Water”, Lil Mosey (iTunes)
“IDWK”, 347Aidan & Kenny Beats (iTunes)
“Itsy Bitsy”, Lyn Lapid (iTunes)
“Last Resort (Reloaded)”, Papa Roach & Jeris Johnson (iTunes)
“Little Bit Of Love (Acoustic)”, Tom Grennan (iTunes)
“Little Booties Matter”, Wes Period (iTunes)
“Live Forever”, Almost Monday (iTunes)
“Loco”, Anitta (iTunes)
“Lonely & Pathetic”, LØLØ (iTunes)
“Loved Us More”, Munn (iTunes)
“Lucky”, Nasty Cherry (iTunes)
“Mean To Me”, Devin Kennedy & Caroline Kole (iTunes)
“Momma Always Told Me”, Mike Posner featuring Yung Bae & Stanaj (iTunes)
“Money Dance”, LunchMoney Lewis (iTunes)
“My Head & My Heart (Kastra Remix)”, Ava Max (iTunes)
“Night Of Our Lives”, Kaidro featuring Lucas Marx (iTunes)
“Only A Matter Of Time”, Joshua Bassett (iTunes)
“Pass Me By”, Peter Fenn (iTunes)
“Powerless”, Mat Kearney (iTunes)
“Retrospect”, Trent Dabbs (iTunes)
“Sex With Me”, Tramp Stamps (iTunes)
“Sharpener’s Calling Me Again”, Cavetown featuring Kina (iTunes)
“She’s Mine”, Lauren Weintraub (iTunes)
“Slide”, Chase Atlantic (iTunes)
“Sorry”, Alan Walker featuring ISÁK (iTunes)
“Space Girl”, Frances Forever featuring Chloe Moriondo (iTunes)
“Step By Step”, Brandon Davis (iTunes)
“Stronger”, Sam Feldt featuring Kesha (iTunes)
“The Hardest Part”, Bre Kennedy & Hadley Kennary (iTunes)
“True Crime (Stripped)”, DREAMERS (iTunes)
“Victorious”, Sam Tinnesz & Burnboy (iTunes)
“Vintage”, Blu DeTiger (iTunes)
“Waving At Cars”, Isac Elliot (iTunes)
“When I Don’t Have You”, Idarose (iTunes)
“Wish You Were Here”, JT Roach (iTunes)
“You”, Benny Blanco, Marshmello & Vance Joy (iTunes)

Next week, albums and EPs by the Foo Fighters and Jeremy Zucker/Chelsea Cutler 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 July 24, 2020

Can’t ignore Folklore.

Grab your cardigan and warm up with this week’s selected New Music Friday releases, including notable albums and EPs from Logic, Neon Trees and Taylor Swift, as well as the latest singles from J. Cole, Kylie Minogue and Maroon 5. It’s time for some music, lovers:

Notable albums out this week: Blair St. Clair‘s Identity (iTunes), Cub Sport‘s Like Nirvana (iTunes), Logic‘s No Pressure (iTunes), Lori McKenna‘s The Balladeer (iTunes), MisterWives‘s Superbloom (iTunes), Neon Trees‘s I Can Feel You Forgetting Me (iTunes), Pop Smoke‘s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (Deluxe) (iTunes), Taylor Swift‘s Folklore (iTunes), The Kid LAROI‘s F**k Love (iTunes), The Naked And Famous‘s Recover (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Acceptance‘s Wild (iTunes), Conor Matthews‘s Heartbreak In The Hills (iTunes), Emily Burns‘s I Love You, You’re The Worst (iTunes), John The Blind‘s II (iTunes), Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis‘s House (iTunes), Maverick Sabre‘s You Know How It Feels (iTunes), Morgan Saint‘s Help (iTunes), Noah Schnacky‘s Noah Schnacky (iTunes), Sarah Reeves‘s Paradise (iTunes), Seeb‘s Sad In Scandinavia, Pt. 1 (iTunes), Wes Period‘s How To Survive A Riot (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2AM”, MK featuring Carla Monroe (iTunes)
“Adult”, Christian Leave (iTunes)
“Ain’t Nobody Gon’ Judge”, Leo The Kind (iTunes)
“All Of Me”, The Score featuring Travis Barker (iTunes)
“Alone”, Loren Gray (iTunes)
“Baguetti”, Smino, JID & Kenny Beats (iTunes)
“Been Thinking”, Mike. (iTunes)
“Blind”, Role Model (iTunes)
“Bossa Nova Baby”, Teddi Gold featuring Mi$hrnz (iTunes)
“BRB”, Mahalia featuring Pink Sweat$ (iTunes)
“Bright Star Cast”, Bruce Hornsby featuring Jamila Woods & Vernon Reid (iTunes)
“Bum Bum”, Dirty Heads & Villain Park (iTunes)
“Burn The Hoods”, Ski Mask The Slump God (iTunes)
“Cabin Fever”, Jaden (iTunes)
“Cash Only”, Blac Chyna & Trippie Redd (iTunes)
“Changing”, Jay Sean x Sickick (iTunes)
“Concorde”, Gregory Porter (iTunes)
“Cowpoke”, Colter Wall (iTunes)
“Crowd”, Silver Sphere (iTunes)
“Difficult”, Kevin Gates (iTunes)
“Disco Barbie”, C-Rod featuring Peach Martine (iTunes)
“Disrespectful”, Malia Civetz (iTunes)
“Do What You Can”, Bon Jovi (iTunes)
“Don’t Turn Around”, Biig Piig (iTunes)
“Dunno”, Noah Cyrus (iTunes)
“Enough To Know You”, Nick Wilson (iTunes)
“Fade Into You”, Inhaler (iTunes)
“Fall Apart”, Merci, Mercy (iTunes)
“Favorite Part”, Marc Scibilia (iTunes)
“Ferris Wheel”, Sylvan Esso (iTunes)
“Focus”, Thomas Headon (iTunes)
“Guilty Conscience (Tame Impala Remix)”, 070 Shake (iTunes)
“Hallucinate (Paul Woolford Remix)”, Dua Lipa (iTunes)
“Happy Anywhere”, Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani (iTunes)
“Head & Heart (Acoustic)”, Joel Curry featuring MNEK (iTunes)
“Heartbreak Hotel”, Abigail Barlow (iTunes)
“Heaven Down”, ROARY & Tim Halperin (iTunes)
“Heaven Down Here”, Mickey Guyton (iTunes)
“Hello Hello Hello (Polo & Pan Remix)”, Remi Wolf (iTunes)
“Holding On To You”, Shawn Hook (iTunes)
“Holiday”, Little Mix (iTunes)
“Hot”, Pia Mia (iTunes)
“Hurting On Purpose”, Whethan featuring K.Flay (iTunes)
“I Built A Friend (2020 Version)”, Alec Benjamin (iTunes)
“I Know”, Des Rocs (iTunes)
“If You Don’t Like My Mama”, Jades Goudreault (iTunes)
“Kangaroo (Acoustic)”, Winnetka Bowling League (iTunes)
“Kingdom (Demo)”, Zeke Finn (iTunes)
“Leap Of Faith (Acoustic)”, Christopher (iTunes)
“Let Me Move You”, Sabrina Carpenter (iTunes)
“Lightbeam”, Lil Skies featuring NoCap (iTunes)
“Lighter”, Nathan Dawe featuring KSI (iTunes)
“Lion King On Ice” and “The Climb Back”, J. Cole (iTunes)
“Little More Love”, Evie Irie (iTunes)
“Mood”, 24KGoldn featuring Iann Dior (iTunes)
“Nevermind”, HRVY (iTunes)
“Nightrider”, Arizona Zervas (iTunes)
“Nobody’s Love”, Maroon 5 (iTunes)
“One More Night”, Lost Frequencies featuring Easton Corbin (iTunes)
“Only You (Freestyle)”, Headie One & Drake (iTunes)
“Options”, MarMar Oso (iTunes)
“Pac-Man”, Gorillaz featuring ScHoolboy Q (iTunes)
“Papa”, Scott Helman (iTunes)
“Patience”, Chris Cornell (iTunes)
“Pissed”, Glaive (iTunes)
“Problematic”, Twin XL (iTunes)
“Put In Work”, Jacquees & Chris Brown (iTunes)
“Ruff Rydas”, NLE Choppa (iTunes)
“Say My Name”, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Regard (iTunes)
“Save Myself”, Ashe (iTunes)
“Say Something”, Kylie Minogue (iTunes)
“Scarlet”, The Rolling Stones featuring Jimmy Page (iTunes)
“Second Wind”, Healy (iTunes)
“Slow Motion”, Charlotte Lawrence (iTunes)
“Somebody That I Used To Know”, Three Days Grace (iTunes)
“Something To Believe”, The Man Who (iTunes)
“Supercuts”, Jeremy Zucker (iTunes)
“Swim”, DVBBS & Sondr featuring Keelan Donovan (iTunes)
“Take You Dancing”, Jason Derulo (iTunes)
“Taxin”, Cochise (iTunes)
“Tell Me What You See”, Vigiland (iTunes)
“The One That You Love”, LP (iTunes)
“This Woman’s Work”, Maja Francis (iTunes)
“Through The Valley (The Last Of Us, Part II)”, Tash Sultana (iTunes)
“Time Flies”, Tori Kelly (iTunes)
“Tunnel Vision” and “Win Me Over”, Fields (iTunes)
“Un Día (One Day)”, J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy (iTunes)
“Us (How Sweet It Is)”, Ricky Reed, Jim James & Duendita (iTunes)
“We Belong”, Dove Cameron (iTunes)
“Weekend”, Lions Head (iTunes)
“What You Waiting For”, SOMI (iTunes)
“Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?”, Dawes (iTunes)
“Wish You The Worst”, Theresa Rex (iTunes)
“You N Me Sellin’ Weed”, The Flaming Lips (iTunes)
“You Should Know”, Sam Feldt & Fedde Le Grand featuring Craig Smart (iTunes)

Next week, the new albums from Alanis Morissette and Brandy 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!

(PGTC supports the fight against racial inequality in our country: please use this resources website and help where you can.)

ADAM’S TOP 100 OF 2019: #70-61

As 2019 and the decade draw to a close, it’s time for the annual Top 100 of the year! According to my tabulations, these titles ranked as the most successful on my personal chart. The year was full of love, found and lost, from “Higher Love” and “Lover” to “Somebody You Loved” and more. Time was the essence, whether it was “All The Time” or “The Last Time”, and the light guided the way towards the upper half of the list, including “Light On” and “Lights Up”.

So, come along with “ME!” as I count down the hits, won’t you? Let’s get some numbers rolling…

The 2019 chart year encompasses a period of 52 weekly surveys from the chart dated December 2, 2018 to the chart dated November 24, 2018. Peaks listed reflect the highest position reached by the final list of this period. For any ties in points, a song with the higher peak is listed first, and further ties are broken by the weeks at a song’s peak position and the amount of time charted in the top 40. 167 titles had at least one point qualify towards the year-end chart, a decrease from the 171 that did so in 2018.

70. NIALL HORAN, “Nice To Meet Ya”
Album: (single only)
Label: Neon Haze/Capitol
Peak: #1 for six+ weeks (2019/2020)

69. CHARLI XCX & TROYE SIVAN, “1999”
Album: Charli
Label: Atlantic/EMG
Peak: #12

68. BARNS COURTNEY, “You And I”
Album: 404
Label: Capitol
Peak: #12

67. BEN PLATT, “Grow As We Go”
Album: Sing To Me Instead
Label: Atlantic
Peak: #13

66. JAMES TW, “Incredible”
Album: Chapters
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #12

65. STEVE AOKI featuring BACKSTREET BOYS, “Let It Be Me”
Album: (single only)
Label: Ultra
Peak: #8

64. BACKSTREET BOYS, “No Place”
Album: DNA
Label: K-Bahn/RCA
Peak: #12

63. SEEB x BASTILLE, “Grip”
Album: (single only)
Label: Island/Republic
Peak: #12

62. KELLY CLARKSON, “Heat”
Album: Meaning Of Life
Label: Atlantic/EMG
Peak: #9

61. ARIANA GRANDE, “Thank U, Next”
Album: Thank U, Next
Label: Republic
Peak: #10

Scroll up for more information from this year’s top 100 list. Thanks for visiting PGTC!

Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: January 6, 2019

“Down” to be my new #1.

DEBUTS
38. Jon Bellion – Stupid Deep
37. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
24. Seeb x Bastille – Grip (33) | BIGGEST MOVER
23. Avril Lavigne – Tell Me It’s Over (28)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Scott Helman – Hang Ups (12) | PEAK: #10
09. Kelly Clarkson – Heat (09) | PEAK: #09
08. Michael Bublé – Love You Anymore (08) | PEAK: #07
07. Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water (03) | PEAK: #01 for one week
06. Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life (05) | PEAK: #05
05. Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (07) | PEAK: #05
04. Backstreet Boys – Chances (06) | PEAK: #04
03. Maggie Rogers – Light On (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow (01) | PEAK: #01 for four weeks
01. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Freya Ridings – Lost Without You (1)
2. American Authors featuring Bear Rinehart – Neighborhood (4)
3. Jess Glynne – Thursday (2)
4. Kian – Waiting (6)
5. Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (7)
6. Alice Merton – Funny Business (8)
7. half•alive – Still Feel (10)
8. Elle King – Baby Outlaw (9)
9. We Three – Heaven’s Not Too Far (-)
10. Jimmie Allen – Best Shot (-)

In The Mix:
Dan + Shay – Speechless (new)
David Gray – A Tight Ship (new)
Drax Project – Woke Up Late
Haley Reinhart – Don’t Know How To Love You (new)
Mat Kerekes – Ruby (new)
Sasha Sloan – Older

Chart Notes:

• Congrats to newcomer Alec Benjamin, whose first top 40 hit becomes my first #1 song of 2019. “Let Me Down Slowly” is now at the top in its 15th week on the chart, which is a fairly slow climb, but by no means a record. The song is included on his mixtape called Narrated For You, which came out late last year. Seeb x Bastille take “Grip” up from 33-24, earning it the title of Biggest Mover on my newest update. A pair of new songs by Imagine Dragons (“Bad Liar”) and Jon Bellion (“Stupid Deep”) land at #37 and #38, respectively. A lyric video for the former debuted earlier this week, which is charting in countries like Australia, Norway and Switzerland, which the latter is being serviced to radio here in the U.S. very soon.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of April 20, 2018

The Cole wide world is listening.

As the second weekend of Coachella gets closer, make the most of this massive musical madness before you reach the festival. Here are the albums and singles you need to check out on digital services and in stores this Friday:

J. COLE – KOD (iTunes)
With his first album since 4 Your Eyez Only, which topped the Billboard 200 in December 2016, the popular hip-hop performer should get his fifth #1 title next week, with a very healthy boost from streaming-equivalent units. No radio single has been announced as of yet, but its cuts should receive quite a few spins at Rhythmic and Urban radio over the weekend, as well as plenty of playlist love.

Notable albums out this week: A Perfect Circle‘s Eat The Elephant (iTunes), Ashley Monroe‘s Sparrow (iTunes), Bishop Briggs‘s Church Of Scars (iTunes), Black Stone Cherry‘s Family Tree (iTunes), Brothers Osborne‘s Port Saint Joe (iTunes), Donovan Woods‘s Both Ways (iTunes), Kimbra‘s Primal Heart (iTunes), Lord Huron‘s Vide Noir (iTunes), Sting & Shaggy‘s 44/876 (iTunes), Stryper‘s God Damn Evil (iTunes), Upchurch‘s Creeker (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Bad Wolves‘s False Flags, Vol. 2 (iTunes), PRETTYMUCH‘s PRETTYMUCH (iTunes), Sasha Sloan‘s Sad Girl (iTunes), Seeb’s Nice To Meet You (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“2002”, Anne-Marie (iTunes)
“Alone (Calvin Harris Remix)”, Halsey featuring Stefflon Don (iTunes)
“Basement”, Russ & Jessie Reyez (iTunes)
“Best Friend”, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie featuring Tory Lanez (iTunes)
“Better Off”, Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler (iTunes)
“Better Off Alone”, Ryan Pulford (iTunes)
“Beyond”, Leon Bridges (iTunes)
“Can’t Do It Alone”, Peter Wise & Tiger Darrow (iTunes)
“Chasing Fire (Robin Schulz Remix)”, Lauv (iTunes)
“Control”, Lemaitre with Jerry Folk (iTunes)
“End Of Time”, Johnny Stimson (iTunes)
“Familiar”, Liam Payne & J Balvin (iTunes)
“Fix Me Up”, Matthew Young (iTunes)
“Game Over”, Martin Garrix & LOOPERS (iTunes)
“Good Boys”, Josie Dunne (iTunes)
“Hair Too Long”, The Vamps (iTunes)
“Hands On Me”, BURNS featuring Maluma & Rae Sremmurd (iTunes)
“I Like That”, Janelle Monáe (iTunes)
“I Love You (All The Way)”, Luke Elliot (iTunes)
“Let Her Go”, Family Of The Year (iTunes)
“Little Victories”, Malia Civetz (iTunes)
“Lovely”, Billie Eilish & Khalid (iTunes)
“LY4L”, Katelyn Tarver (iTunes)
“Mind Eraser”, CRUISR (iTunes)
“Need You Right Now”, HEDEGAARD featuring Hayley Warner (iTunes)
“Nightclub Love”, Matt Maltese (iTunes)
“No Tears Left To Cry”, Ariana Grande (iTunes)
“One”, VHS Collection (iTunes)
“OTW”, Khalid, 6LACK and Ty Dolla $ign (iTunes)
“Over You (Acoustic)”, Marc Scibilia (iTunes)
“Palace”, Cam (iTunes)
“Perdido”, Poo Bear & J Balvin (iTunes)
“Pink Lemonade (Acoustic)”, James Bay (iTunes)
“Push And Pull”, Hey Monea (iTunes)
“Queendom”, AURORA (iTunes)
“Rule The World”, ZAYDE WØLF (iTunes)
“Sin Pijama”, Becky G & Natti Natasha (iTunes)
“Somebody”, The Chainsmokers featuring Drew Love (iTunes)
“Something True”, Jon Lemmon (iTunes)
“Stay With Me”, Jack & Jack (iTunes)
“Tip Pon It”, Sean Paul & Major Lazer (iTunes)
“Too Fat”, Sage The Gemini featuring Trina (iTunes)
“Trust Fund Baby (Acoustic)”, Why Don’t We (iTunes)
“Two Shots (Acoustic)”, Goody Grace (iTunes)
“When I Grow Up”, Confetti (iTunes)
“Who’s Up”, LunchMoney Lewis (iTunes)
“Winnebago”, Gryffin featuring Quinn XCII & Daniel Wilson (iTunes)

Next week: look out for new albums from Janelle Monáe, Post Malone and more. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!