ADAM’S TOP 100 OF 2019: #30-21

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.

30. LIZZO, “Truth Hurts”
Album: Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)
Label: Atlantic
Peak: #5

29. MICHAEL BUBLÉ, “Love You Anymore”
Album: Love
Label: Reprise/Warner
Peak: #3

28. ROB THOMAS, “Can’t Help Me Now”
Album: Chip Tooth Smile
Label: Atlantic
Peak: #5

27. THE STRUMBELLAS, “Salvation”
Album: Rattlesnake
Label: Underneath A Mountain/Glassnote/AWAL
Peak: #4

26. MAGGIE ROGERS, “Light On”
Album: Heard It In A Past Life
Label: Debay Sounds/Capitol
Peak: #3

25. THE CRANBERRIES, “All Over Now”
Album: In The End
Label: Curtain Call/BMG
Peak: #4

24. WALK THE MOON, “Timebomb”
Album: (single only)
Label: RCA
Peak: #1 for two weeks

23. MICHAEL BUBLÉ, “Forever Now”
Album: Love
Label: Reprise/Warner
Peak: #4

22. ANDY GRAMMER, “Don’t Give Up On Me”
Album: Naïve
Label: S-Curve/Hollywood
Peak: #2

21. CALVIN HARRIS & RAG’N’BONE MAN, “Giant”
Album: (single only)
Label: Columbia
Peak: #3

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: November 5, 2017

A “New” week of flashbacks.

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 two years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of November 5, 2017…

Debuts:
(none)

Biggest Mover(s):
HARRY STYLES, “Kiwi” (27-19, eight spots)

10. U2, “You’re The Best Thing About Me” (steady, second week)
Album: Songs Of Experience (2017, Interscope Records)
Peak: #3 for three weeks

09. PHILLIP PHILLIPS, “Miles” (steady, second week)
Album: Collateral (2018, Interscope Records)
Peak: #9 for two weeks

08. TAYLOR SWIFT, “Look What You Made Me Do” (down 3)
Album: Reputation (2017, Big Machine/Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

07. MAROON 5 featuring SZA, “What Lovers Do” (steady, second week)
Album: Red Pill Blues (2017, 222/Interscope Records)
Peak: #6

06. NIALL HORAN, “Too Much To Ask” (up 2)
Album: Flicker (2017, Neon Haze/Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

05. WALK THE MOON, “One Foot” (up 1)
Album: What If Nothing (2017, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

04. P!NK, “What About Us” (down 3)
Album: Beautiful Trauma (2017, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for three weeks

03. ED SHEERAN, “Perfect” (up 1)
Album: ÷ (2017, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #2

02. KELLY CLARKSON, “Love So Soft” (steady, third week)
Album: Meaning Of Life (2017, Atlantic Records)
Peak: #2 for four weeks

01. DUA LIPA, “New Rules” (up 2)
Album: Dua Lipa (2017, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

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ADAM’S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: August 23, 2015

A World of chart hits.

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 August 23, 2015…

Debuts:
40. CONNELL CRUISE, “Into The Wild”
39. JAMIE LAWSON, “Wasn’t Expecting That”

Biggest Mover(s):
(see #5 below)

10. AMERICAN AUTHORS, “Go Big Or Go Home” (down 4)
Album: What We Live For (2016, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #4

09. JUKEBOX THE GHOST, “Postcard” (down 2)
Album: Jukebox The Ghost (2015, Cherrytree/Interscope Records)
Peak: #1 for seven weeks

08. GAVIN JAMES, “The Book Of Love” (down 3)
Album: Bitter Pill (2016, Capitol Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

07. SHAWN MENDES, “Stitches” (up 1)
Album: Handwritten (2015, Island/Republic Records)
Peak: #5

06. CARLY RAE JEPSEN, “Run Away With Me” (up 5)
Album: E·MO·TION (2015, Interscope Records)
Peak: #2 for four weeks

05. A GREAT BIG WORLD, “Hold Each Other” (up 7)
Album: When The Morning Comes (2015, Epic Records)
Peak: #1 for four weeks

04. WALK THE MOON, “Different Colors” (down 1)
Album: Talking Is Hard (2014, RCA Records)
Peak: #1 for one week

03. RØMANS, “Uh Huh” (down 2)
Album: Overthinking – Pt. 1 (EP) (2015, Roc Nation Records)
Peak: #1 for two weeks

02. JOHN NEWMAN, “Come And Get It” (up 2)
Album: Revolve (2015, Republic Records)
Peak: #1 for six weeks

01. DURAN DURAN featuring JANELLE MONÁE and NILE RODGERS, “Pressure Off” (up 1)
Album: Paper Gods (2015, Warner Bros. Records)
Peak: #1 for five weeks

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 31, 2019

Following the “Rainbow”.

DEBUTS
38. Westlife – Better Man
36. Kelly Clarkson – Broken & Beautiful | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
34. Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way (39)
29. Noah Kahan – Mess (36) | BIGGEST MOVER
26. Maggie Rogers – Burning (31)
24. Lauv & Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired… (30)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Dua Lipa – Swan Song (08) | PEAK: #08
09. P!nk – Walk Me Home (10) | PEAK: #09
08. Dean Lewis – 7 Minutes (09) | PEAK: #08
07. Walk The Moon – Timebomb (05) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
06. The Cranberries – All Over Now (07) | PEAK: #06
05. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (02) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
04. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (06) | PEAK: #04
03. Calvin Harris & Rag’N’Bone Man – Giant (03) | PEAK: #03
02. Westlife – Hello My Love (04) | PEAK: #02
01. Kacey Musgraves – Rainbow (01) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Rachel Crow – Up All Night (1)
2. Ocean Park Standoff – Good Time (2)
3. Galantis featuring OneRepublic – Bones (3)
4. AJ Mitchell – All My Friends (6)
5. Freya Ridings – You Mean The World To Me (5)
6. Sara Bareilles – Fire (7)
7. Ava Max – So Am I (9)
8. Fitz & The Tantrums – 123456 (-)
9. The Cranberries – Wake Me When It’s Over (-)
10. BANNERS – Got It In You (-)

In The Mix:
A R I Z O N A – Find Someone
Bülow – Sweet Little Lies
Dennis Lloyd – Never Go Back
for KING & COUNTRY – God Only Knows
James Morrison featuring Joss Stone – My Love Goes On (new)
Jimmie Allen – Best Shot
Josh Groban with Jennifer Nettles – 99 Years
Lennon Stella – Bitch (Takes One To Know One)
Maddie Poppe – Made You Miss (new)
Nina Nesbitt – The Best You Had
NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku – So Close
O.A.R. – Knocking At Your Door (new)
The Head And The Heart – Missed Connection
The Score featuring blackbear – Dreamin
The Strumbellas – I’ll Wait (new)
Thomas Rhett – Look What God Gave Her
Zara Larsson – Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me (new)

Chart Notes:

• Kacey Musgraves holds steady at #1 for the third week with “Rainbow”, but she’s facing some competition from Westlife‘s huge comeback: in addition to debuting at #38 with “Better Man”, they’re up from 4-2 with “Hello My Love”, their highest-charting entry on my list to date. On the move from 36-29, Noah Kahan takes the Biggest Mover title with “Mess”, his fourth top 40 single since 2017. Finally, this week’s Highest Debut, starting at #36, is a new soundtrack tune from the kelegendary artist herself, Kelly Clarkson. “Broken & Beautiful” is featured on the set from the animated movie UglyDolls, opening in May. Clarkson also voices one of the lead characters named Moxy. It’s the performer’s first soundtrack hit on my personal chart since 2004, when “Breakaway” (from The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement) peaked at #3.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 24, 2019

A colorful chart-topper.

DEBUTS
39. Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
33. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me (38) | BIGGEST MOVER
31. Maggie Rogers – Burning (35)
28. Billie Eilish – When The Party’s Over (32)
24. Carly Rae Jepsen – Now That I Found You (28)
22. Passenger – Survivors (26)
21. John Mayer – I Guess I Just Feel Like (25)
(see #6 below)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. P!nk – Walk Me Home (12) | PEAK: #10
09. Dean Lewis – 7 Minutes (11) | PEAK: #09
08. Dua Lipa – Swan Song (08) | PEAK: #08
07. The Cranberries – All Over Now (07) | PEAK: #07
06. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (10) | PEAK: #06
05. Walk The Moon – Timebomb (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
04. Westlife – Hello My Love (05) | PEAK: #04
03. Calvin Harris & Rag’N’Bone Man – Giant (04) | PEAK: #03
02. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (02) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
01. Kacey Musgraves – Rainbow (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Rachel Crow – Up All Night (3)
2. Ocean Park Standoff – Good Time (5)
3. Galantis featuring OneRepublic – Bones (6)
4. Betty Who – I Remember (2)
5. Freya Ridings – You Mean The World To Me (8)
6. AJ Mitchell – All My Friends (9)
7. Sara Bareilles – Fire (7)
8. Dennis Lloyd – Never Go Back (10)
9. Ava Max – So Am I (-)
10. Lennon Stella – Bitch (Takes One To Know One) (-)

In The Mix:
A R I Z O N A – Find Someone
Bülow – Sweet Little Lies
Fitz & The Tantrums – 123456 (new)
for KING & COUNTRY – God Only Knows
H.E.R. – Hard Place
Jimmie Allen – Best Shot
Josh Groban with Jennifer Nettles – 99 Years
Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me
Nina Nesbitt – The Best You Had
NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku – So Close
Shinedown – Get Up
The Cranberries – Wake Me When It’s Over (new)
The Head And The Heart – Missed Connection
The Score featuring blackbear – Dreamin
Thomas Rhett – Look What God Gave Her
X Ambassadors – Boom

Chart Notes:

• Singer Kacey Musgraves holds onto the top spot for a second week with “Rainbow”, her first #1 on my personal chart. However, much of the action is smaller this time around, with the Biggest Mover climbing just five notches from last week: “Don’t Give Up On Me”, a new soundtrack cut from Five Feet Apart by Andy Grammer, takes the title with a move from 38-33. One debut lands in the top 40, another soundtrack song off the wildly popular set from A Star Is Born. Lady Gaga lands at #39 with “Always Remember Us This Way”. While “Shallow”, her duet with co-star Bradley Cooper, has a second life at several radio formats, this reactive cut has also earned unsolicited airplay in several big markets.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 17, 2019

A Golden surprise at #1.

DEBUTS
40. George Ezra – Pretty Shining People
39. Noah Kahan – Mess
38. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me
37. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
28. Carly Rae Jepsen – Now That I Found You (35) | BIGGEST MOVER
20. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (26)
18. Lizzo – Juice (23)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (11) | PEAK: #10
09. Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (07) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
08. Dua Lipa – Swan Song (08) | PEAK: #08
07. The Cranberries – All Over Now (09) | PEAK: #07
06. The Strumbellas – Salvation (06) | PEAK: #04
05. Westlife – Hello My Love (05) | PEAK: #05
04. Calvin Harris & Rag’N’Bone Man – Giant (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Walk The Moon – Timebomb (01) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
02. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
01. Kacey Musgraves – Rainbow (02) | PEAK: #01 for one week | NEW #1

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way (6)
2. Betty Who – I Remember (4)
3. Rachel Crow – Up All Night (1)
4. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up (3)
5. Ocean Park Standoff – Good Time (10)
6. Galantis featuring OneRepublic – Bones (-)
7. Sara Bareilles – Fire (-)
8. Freya Ridings – You Mean The World To Me (-)
9. AJ Mitchell – All My Friends (-)
10. Dennis Lloyd – Never Go Back (-)

In The Mix:
A R I Z O N A – Find Someone (new)
Ava Max – So Am I
Bülow – Sweet Little Lies
for KING & COUNTRY – God Only Knows
H.E.R. – Hard Place
Jimmie Allen – Best Shot
Jonas Brothers – Sucker
Josh Groban with Jennifer Nettles – 99 Years
Lennon Stella – Bitch (Takes One To Know One) (new)
Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me
Nina Nesbitt – The Best You Had
NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku – So Close
Shinedown – Get Up
The Head And The Heart – Missed Connection (new)
The Score featuring blackbear – Dreamin
Thomas Rhett – Look What God Gave Her
X Ambassadors – Boom

Chart Notes:

• After narrowly missing the top spot last year with “High Horse”, which had a four-week run at #2, Kacey Musgraves easily secures a #1 song this time around with a short six-week sprint to the summit for “Rainbow”. Both this cut and “High” are from her Grammy-winning set Golden Hour, with the former continuing to see increased airplay at a handful of radio formats following her performance on the recent award show. A total of four debuts land on this week’s chart update, led by Louis Tomlinson‘s “Two Of Us” at #37. “Two” marks Tomlinson’s third solo song outside of One Direction to make my survey. The soundtrack cut “Don’t Give Up On Me”, featured in Five Feet Apart, starts at #38 for Andy Grammer. Further entries from Noah Kahan (“Mess”) at #39 and George Ezra (“Pretty Shining People”) at #40 round out the list; “Mess” recently impacted at the Triple A radio format, while “Pretty” spiked in the U.K. last week after its music video debuted.

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Highlights from Adam’s Top 40: March 10, 2019

More “Time” at the top.

DEBUTS
38. Maggie Rogers – Burning
37. Lauv & Troye Sivan – I’m So Tired…
35. Carly Rae Jepsen – Now That I Found You | HIGHEST DEBUT

TOP GAINERS
33. Julia Michaels featuring Niall Horan – What A Time (38)
32. Billie Eilish – When The Party’s Over (37)
27. John Mayer – I Guess I Just Feel Like (34)
19. Rob Thomas – One Less Day (Dying Young) (26)
15. P!nk – Walk Me Home (23) | BIGGEST MOVER
(see #2 below)

THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
10. Backstreet Boys – Chances (08) | PEAK: #01 for three weeks
09. The Cranberries – All Over Now (11) | PEAK: #09
08. Dua Lipa – Swan Song (09) | PEAK: #08
07. Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
06. The Strumbellas – Salvation (05) | PEAK: #04
05. Westlife – Hello My Love (06) | PEAK: #05
04. Calvin Harris & Rag’N’Bone Man – Giant (04) | PEAK: #04
03. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (02) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks
02. Kacey Musgraves – Rainbow (07) | PEAK: #02
01. Walk The Moon – Timebomb (03) | PEAK: #01 for two weeks

Top 10 Next In Line:
1. Rachel Crow – Up All Night (3)
2. Kian – Waiting (2)
3. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up (5)
4. Betty Who – I Remember (6)
5. Louis Tomlinson – Two Of Us (-)
6. Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way (-)
7. George Ezra – Pretty Shining People (-)
8. Noah Kahan – Mess (-)
9. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me (-)
10. Ocean Park Standoff – Good Time (10)

In The Mix:
Adam Lambert – Feel Something
AJ Mitchell – All My Friends
Anna Clendening – Invisible
Ava Max – So Am I (new)
Bülow – Sweet Little Lies
Dennis Lloyd – Never Go Back
for KING & COUNTRY – God Only Knows
Freya Ridings – You Mean The World To Me
Galantis featuring OneRepublic – Bones
Grey featuring LÉON – Want You Back
H.E.R. – Hard Place
Jimmie Allen – Best Shot
Jonas Brothers – Sucker
Josh Groban with Jennifer Nettles – 99 Years
Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES – Here With Me (new)
Max Frost – Money Problems
Nina Nesbitt – The Best You Had
NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku – So Close
Sara Bareilles – Fire
Sasha Sloan – Older
Shinedown – Get Up
The Score featuring blackbear – Dreamin
Thomas Rhett – Look What God Gave Her
X Ambassadors – Boom

Chart Notes:

• Walk The Moon‘s “Timebomb” holds at #1 for a second week on my personal chart, marking the group’s 13th week overall at the summit over their five #1 singles since 2014. However, that entry’s run may be curtailed by Kacey Musgraves‘s “Rainbow”, which leaps from 7-2 in only its fifth week in the top 40. For now, the cut from Golden Hour ties for Musgraves’s highest-charting tune to date on my survey, with “High Horse” galloping into the runner-up position last year. Other notable movers in the top 40 include the latest Hot AC releases from John Mayer, P!nk and Rob Thomas, all of which are well on their way towards the top ten. Carly Rae Jepsen leads a pack of three new entries at #35 with one of the two tracks she released last week, “Now That I Found You”, which was recently featured in a trailer for the third season of Netflix’s Queer Eye. Impacting at the Top 40 format on Tuesday, “I’m So Tired…” by Lauv and Troye Sivan gets awakened with a #37 debut. Finally, the new single from Maggie Rogers heats up the top 40: at #38, her second chart entry is “Burning”. Her “Light On”, a former #3 hit, is still on the list this week.

(See my full chart on Crownnote)