ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (September 14, 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: Ed Sheeran gave the Top 40 format the shivers with his Most Added hit. Let’s add ’em up:

KEEP YOUR ED UP: It was another super start on the Top 40 adds report for the second radio single from Ed Sheeran’s upcoming album =. With 149 stations in its first week, “Shivers” was easily the Most Added song at the Top 40 format, which follows a #36 debut on the chart over the weekend. The tune also dominated at the Hot AC radio format yesterday, securing a robust 57 adds there. “Bad Habits” holds in the top three on both charts.

Justin Bieber is off to a fairly nice start with his new single from the Justice album, which he recently performed on the MTV Video Music Awards. “Ghost” picked up 63 new stations this week and a second place finish. The track debuted at #49 on last Sunday’s published update and a larger jump is expected by this weekend. It also landed in fifth place at the Hot AC format with nine early adds yesterday.

With his recent #1 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, Drake settled into third place on the report with the Future and Young Thug-assisted “Way 2 Sexy”. It secured 48 adds during the session. It was also the Most Added song at the Rhythmic and Urban radio formats this week. A second week at #1 looks very likely for its parent album Certified Lover Boy.

Charting singles from Doja Cat, Tai Verdes 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. ED SHEERAN, “Shivers” (Atlantic)
2. JUSTIN BIEBER, “Ghost” (Def Jam)
3. DRAKE featuring FUTURE & YOUNG THUG, “Way 2 Sexy” (OVO/Republic)
4. WALKER HAYES, “Fancy Like” (Monument/RCA)
5. DOJA CAT, “Need To Know” (Kemosabe/RCA)
6. NESSA BARRETT, “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead” (Warner)
7. KACEY MUSGRAVES, “Justified” (MCA Nashville/Interscope)
8-T. KANYE WEST featuring THE WEEKND & LIL BABY, “Hurricane” (G.O.O.D./Def Jam)
8-T. WIZKID featuring TEMS, “Essence” (Starboy/RCA)
10. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (September 7, 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: pop star Doja Cat is the fine feline at the top of the list. Let’s add ’em up:

“NEED” FOR ADDS: In a slow post-holiday week at the pop format, Doja Cat led the adds report with “Need To Know”, picking up a total of 20 adds this week. The song ranked at #29 on the published chart last weekend.

Tied for the runner-up spot with 19 adds each, Halsey‘s “I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God” (#26 last weekend) and Walker Hayes‘s “Fancy Like” (#37 last weekend) continue to perform well here.

Charting singles from Måneskin, Tai Verdes and Twenty One Pilots 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. DOJA CAT, “Need To Know” (Kemosabe/RCA)
2-T. HALSEY, “I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God” (Capitol)
2-T. WALKER HAYES, “Fancy Like” (Monument/RCA)
4. KANYE WEST featuring THE WEEKND & LIL BABY, “Hurricane” (G.O.O.D./Def Jam)
5. MÅNESKIN, “Beggin'” (Arista)
6. JACKSON WANG & INTERNET MONEY, “Drive You Home” (88rising/12Tone)
7. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
8-T. ALESSO & MARSHMELLO featuring JAMES BAY, “Chasing Stars” (Astralwerks/Capitol)
8-T. FARRUKO, “Pepas” (Carbon Fiber/The Orchard)
8-T. TWENTY ONE PILOTS, “Saturday” (Fueled By Ramen/EMG)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (July 6, 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: Dua Lipa gets a whole lot of love again for her latest radio single. Let’s add ’em up:

“LOVE” FOR LIPA: After starting off with 49 early adds and a third place finish last Tuesday, Dua Lipa took over the top spot on the adds report this week with 56 more stations for “Love Again”, the new single from the Future Nostalgia album. The song entered the chart at #37 on the most recent update last weekend. It’s also picking up some minor airplay at the Hot AC and Rhythmic radio formats, though it hasn’t impacted at either of them yet.

Watch out for new and emerging singles from Trinidad Cardona and Maroon 5: the former and his “Dinero” tied for third place with 20 stations, thanks in part to its viral success on TikTok, while the latter picked up another 15 stations for their “Lost”, landing in fifth place.

Charting singles from Nic D, Tai Verdes and Tones And I 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. DUA LIPA, “Love Again” (Warner)
2. DOJA CAT featuring THE WEEKND, “You Right” (Kemosabe/RCA)
3-T. TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
3-T. TRINIDAD CARDONA, “Dinero” (Run-It-Up/Island/Republic)
5-T. MAROON 5, “Lost” (222/Interscope)
5-T. TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Bad Batch-Elektra/EMG)
7-T. NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Republic)
7-T. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
9. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
10. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (Further.)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 29, 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: Ed Sheeran does a whole lot of good with one of his baddest songs ever. Let’s add ’em up:

HABITS OF A HIT: The winner of this week’s adds report at Top 40 radio is “Bad Habits”, earning 177 stations for Ed Sheeran. The sum is only three adds short of clearing the whole panel. It entered the survey at #25 last weekend and should move up very quickly. Across all of the various North American radio formats monitored by Mediabase, the song picked up a massive 327 adds in total.

The new single from Doja Cat and her Planet Her album is a collaboration with The Weeknd. With 122 adds in its first week, “You Right” is totally right for a second place finish. A week ahead of impact, Dua Lipa checks into third place with 49 stations for “Love Again”.

Charting singles from Anitta, Bella Poarch and Tai Verdes 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 (ELEVEN)
1. ED SHEERAN, “Bad Habits” (Atlantic)
2. DOJA CAT featuring THE WEEKND, “You Right” (Kemosabe/RCA)
3. DUA LIPA, “Love Again” (Warner)
4. TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
5. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
6-T. NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Republic)
6-T. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
6-T. TESHER x JASON DERULO, “Jalebi Baby” (Namah/Capitol)
9. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
10-T. GIVĒON, “Heartbreak Anniversary” (Not So Fast/Epic)
10-T. MAROON 5, “Lost” (222/Interscope)

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 22, 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: Tate McRae and Khalid work it and easily take the top spot this week. Let’s add ’em up:

“WORKING” ON IT: The new collaboration from Tate McRae and Khalid is called “Working”, and it’s really working, scoring 124 adds in its first week at the Top 40 format. It debuted at #43 on Sunday’s chart update, so expect this one to soar by this coming weekend’s list.

Two other impacting singles reached the top five: in second place, “Our Song” picked up 18 adds for Anne-Marie and Niall Horan. At the Hot AC format, the collaboration is rising in the top 30. Close behind, Tones And I tied for a fourth place finish with “Cloudy Day”, scoring 15 more stations. It also tied for the same position on yesterday’s report at Hot AC radio with six adds there.

Just outside the region, another recent TikTok hit came in sixth place: Nic D and “Fine Apple”, with 13 stations taking a bite on impact.

Charting singles from Anitta, Bella Poarch and Tai Verdes 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 (THIRTEEN)
1. TATE MCRAE x KHALID, “Working” (RCA)
2. ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN, “Our Song” (Warner)
3. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (Further.)
4-T. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
4-T. TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Bad Batch-Elektra/EMG)
6. NIC D, “Fine Apple” (Republic)
7-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
7-T. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
9. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
10-T. AREA21, “La La La” (STMPD/Hollywood)
10-T. COLDPLAY, “Higher Power” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
10-T. NF, “Just Like You” (Virgin)
10-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (June 20, 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. Everybody’s working for the weekend chart update, so let’s hit the list and check out what’s popping at the format:

DUA IT AGAIN: For the second week in a row, Dua Lipa lands at #1 on the Top 40 radio chart with “Levitating”, finishing a bit over 2,000 spins ahead of the song at #2. “Levitating” also leads the chart at the Hot AC format for a second week and remains active in the top ten at AC radio.

Tai Verdes has the only new song in the top 40 with “A-O-K”, leaping from 45-39. It’s his first top 40 hit at the format. The single entered at #30 on the Alternative radio chart last week due to a new music integration program, but falls out of the region on the current update.

A massive six new tunes enter the top 50 at the format, led by Tate McRae and Khalid with “Working” in the #43 spot. The collaboration is one of several impacting singles this coming Tuesday. Latin star Bad Bunny puts his new streaming hit onto the chart at #46, as “Yonaguni” (referring to a Japanese island) continues to build at radio in several major markets. Girl In Red starts at #47 with “Serotonin”, which holds at #7 on the Alternative radio chart. One of 2021’s top breakouts is in at #48 with her new entry: of course, Olivia Rodrigo with “Traitor”. A collaboration from T-Pain and Kehlani is next at #49: “I Like Dat”, which also likes being in the top 30 on the Rhythmic radio chart. Lastly, Area21 comes in at #50 with “La La La”, which returns DJ Martin Garrix to the pop chart. The track briefly made the top 40 at Alternative radio earlier this year.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 15, 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: no ties at the top spot this week, but we do have Tai leading the way. Let’s add ’em up:

NUMBER ONE IS A-O-K: Picking up another 28 adds this week, “A-O-K” from newcomer Tai Verdes is most certainly okay with taking the top spot on the adds report. The song debuted at #45 on the Top 40 chart last Sunday, while coming in at #30 on the Alternative chart.

In the top five, two new singles entered the region, which both came in third place with 17 commitments apiece: newcomer Tesher with the Jason Derulo-assisted remix of “Jalebi Baby” and Tones And I with her “Cloudy Day”. The former title impacted at the format this week, while the latter officially heads for adds next week.

Charting singles from Anitta, Coldplay and Polo G 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. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
2. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
3-T. TESHER x JASON DERULO, “Jalebi Baby” (Namah/Capitol)
3-T. TONES AND I, “Cloudy Day” (Elektra/EMG)
5-T. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
5-T. POLO G, “Rapstar” (Columbia)
7. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (300 Ent./Further.)
8. RITON x NIGHTCRAWLERS featuring MUFASA & HYPEMAN, “Friday” (RCA)
9-T. COLDPLAY, “Higher Power” (Parlophone/Atlantic)
9-T. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)

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RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (June 13, 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. Everyone is A-O-K to check out this week’s update, so here’s a look at what’s popping at the format:

LIPA LEVITATES: We have a tie! Two songs were logged at 17,513 spins by the final update, but Dua Lipa narrowly advanced from 2-1 on the chart with “Levitating”, flying ahead of Justin Bieber and his Daniel Caesar and GIVĒON-assisted “Peaches”. This is the fourth song to reach the summit for Lipa, three of which have come from her Future Nostalgia era.

TikTok star Bella Poarch has this week’s top new entry in the top 40 with “Build A Bitch”, which soars from 41-32. It’s her first song to land on the chart. With their respective fourth top 40 singles, Cheat Codes and Tinashe lean into the region with “Lean On Me”, up from 42-36. We also have the first chart song from Mooski, who recently led the Rhythmic and Urban radio charts with “Track Star”. This week, it jumps from 44-40 on the list.

Tai Verdes ranks with his first chart entry at #45 and that’s certainly “A-O-K” with him. It’s also on the move at the Alternative radio format this week, where it reaches the top 40. Calvin Harris and Tom Grennan debut at #47 with “By Your Side”, a collaboration that just hit the top 20 in the United Kingdom. Billie Eilish is also new to the survey at #48 with “Lost Cause”, a recent track from her forthcoming Happier Than Ever album.

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ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (June 8, 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: in a close finish, Anitta made her destination the top spot on the report. Let’s add ’em up:

RACING TO RIO: Though the numbers trended pretty slow in general this week, Latin star Anitta managed a good win on the adds report with “Girl From Rio”, which earned another 28 commitments this week. The song ranked at #29 on the Top 40 radio chart last weekend.

Just behind her were two impacting songs: with 26 adds, “A-O-K” from newcomer Tai Verdes took the runner-up spot. The single has also seen some activity at the Alternative format. Meanwhile, P!nk checked into third place with 24 adds for “All I Know So Far”. Now in the top 15 at the Hot AC format, the song can be found on the soundtrack to her Amazon documentary of the same name.

Charting singles from Bella Poarch, Mooski and Tomorrow x Together 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. ANITTA, “Girl From Rio” (Warner)
2. TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
3. P!NK, “All I Know So Far” (RCA)
4. MARSHMELLO x JONAS BROTHERS, “Leave Before You Love Me” (Joytime Collective/Republic)
5. MOOSKI, “Track Star” (Capitol)
6-T. BELLA POARCH, “Build A Bitch” (Warner)
6-T. DJ KHALED featuring POST MALONE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, LIL BABY & DABABY, “I Did It” (We The Best/Roc Nation/Epic)
8. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, “Magic” (BigHit/Republic)
9. CHEAT CODES featuring TINASHE, “Lean On Me” (300 Ent./Further.)
10. AREA21, “La La La” (STMPD/Hollywood)

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RADIO REPORT: What’s Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (June 7-8, 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? These three new releases will be impacting this week at the Top 40 format:

AREA21, “La La La” (STMPD/Hollywood)
Album: TBA (2021)
Past T40 History: After a very short run in the top 40 at Alternative radio in April, the Martin Garrix project impacts at pop radio.

P!NK, “All I Know So Far” (RCA)
Album: All I Know So Far: Setlist (2021)
Past T40 History: Now in the top 15 at the Hot AC format, this soundtrack cut from her documentary just entered the top 50 here.

TAI VERDES, “A-O-K” (Last Nite/Arista)
Album: TV (2021)
Past T40 History: Verdes had some minor pop airplay a few months back with “Stuck In The Middle”, but he’s never charted here.

Next week: a new “Baby” is delivered from Tesher and Jason Derulo.

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

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