Highlights from Adam's Top 40: March 25, 2018
More Troye to enjoy.
40. Snow Patrol – Don't Give In
33. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood | HIGHEST DEBUT
29. Bishop Briggs – White Flag (34)
23. Paramore – Rose-Colored Boy (29)
22. Echosmith – Over My Head (31) | BIGGEST MOVER
17. Taylor Swift – Delicate (23)
07. Maroon 5 – Wait (06) | PEAK: #05
02. Niall Horan – On The Loose (04) | PEAK: #02
4. LANCO – Greatest Love Story (2)
6. Loote – Your Side Of The Bed (10)
7. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (5)
9. Kylie Minogue – Dancing (4)
10. Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop – Capital Letters (9)
Barenaked Ladies – Lookin' Up
Bon Jovi – When We Were Us
Donovan Woods – Burn That Bridge (new)
James Bay – Pink Lemonade
Jesse McCartney – Better With You (new)
Kacey Musgraves – High Horse (new)
Lola Marsh – Wishing Girl
Nina Nesbitt – Somebody Special
Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (new)
P!nk – Whatever You Want (new)
Shawn Mendes – Lost In Japan (new)
The Driver Era – Preacher Man (new)
This week's Highest Debut belongs to 19-year-old Shawn Mendes, new at #33 with "In My Blood". It's his sixth entry on my chart, the biggest of which was a three-week #1 from last summer, "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back". His third album is due later this year, which also features "Lost In Japan", a groovy tune that debuted alongside "Blood" late last week. A second new entry is in at #40: charting with their first entry in just under six years, Snow Patrol returns with "Don't Give In", giving the group their seventh top 40 hit since 2006. Their biggest of the seven came that year, a four-week #1 called "Chasing Cars". On May 25, the band is releasing their upcoming studio album, Wildness. It's great to have them back!
Tagged as Bishop Briggs, Bruno Mars, Calum Scott, George Ezra, Jukebox The Ghost, Kelly Clarkson, Kesha, Maroon 5, Niall Horan, P!nk, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Troye Sivan, Walk The Moon
ADAM'S TOP 40 FLASHBACK: March 24, 2013
"Two" for one.
This week, we stroll back five years and find out what was topping my chart for the week of March 24, 2013…
40. MATT NATHANSON, "Mission Bells"
39. WALK OFF THE EARTH, "Red Hands"
36. PASSENGER, "Let Her Go"
DANIEL POWTER, "Crazy All My Life" (32-23, nine spots)
10. PASSION PIT, "Carried Away" (up 2)
Album: Gossamer (2012, Columbia Records)
09. ONE DIRECTION, "Kiss You" (steady, second week)
Album: Take Me Home (2012, Syco/Columbia Records)
08. FUN., "Carry On" (down 2)
Album: Some Nights (2012, Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Records)
Peak: #1 for eight weeks
07. TRAIN, "Mermaid" (down 2)
Album: California 37 (2012, Columbia Records)
06. FITZ & THE TANTRUMS, "Out Of My League" (up 5)
Album: More Than Just A Dream (2013, Elektra Records)
Peak: #2 for five weeks
05. OLLY MURS, "Army Of Two" (up 2)
Album: Right Place, Right Time (2013, Columbia Records)
04. ONEREPUBLIC, "If I Lose Myself" (down 1)
Album: Native (2013, Mosley/Interscope Records)
03. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, "Suit & Tie" (up 1)
Album: The 20/20 Experience (2013, RCA Records)
02. PHILLIP PHILLIPS, "Gone, Gone, Gone" (steady, second week)
Album: The World From The Side Of The Moon (2012, 19/Interscope Records)
01. P!NK featuring NATE RUESS, "Just Give Me A Reason" (steady, third week)
Album: The Truth About Love (2012, RCA Records)
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Filed under Personal Charts, Retro
Tagged as Fitz & The Tantrums, fun., Justin Timberlake, Nate Ruess, One Direction, OneRepublic, P!nk, Phillip Phillips, Train
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of March 23, 2018
You don't know Jack about this week's releases.
It's looking white outside after another snowstorm on the East Coast, and next week's album chart is looking pretty White too. Here are the albums and singles you need to know on digital services and in stores this Friday:
JACK WHITE – Boarding House Reach (iTunes)
Featuring the radio singles "Connected By Love" and "Over And Over And Over", the former in the top 20 at Triple A radio and the latter in the top 30 at Alternative radio, White hopes to bring his streak of solo #1 albums to three with his current set. Can he do it? Stay tuned.
JORDAN DAVIS – Home State (iTunes)
Davis's first single to make the Country radio chart, "Singles You Up", has enjoyed a slow ride into the top ten and is currently closing in on the top five. Look for this set to have a good chance of becoming the top title on that genre's album chart next week.
Notable albums out this week: Chloe x Halle's The Kids Are Alright (iTunes), George Ezra's Staying At Tamara's (iTunes), Jordan Feliz's Future (iTunes), Lissie's Castles (iTunes), Toni Braxton's Sex And Cigarettes (iTunes)
Notable EPs out this week: Diplo's California (iTunes), Hudson Taylor's Feel It Again (iTunes), Svrcina's Svrcina (iTunes), Timeflies's To Dream (iTunes)
New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
"(F*ck A) Silver Lining" and "Say Amen (Saturday Night)", Panic! At The Disco (iTunes)
"Back In The Water", HAEVN (iTunes)
"Bad In Common", SHY Martin (iTunes)
"Battlefield", Joe Taylor (iTunes)
"Believe", Don Diablo featuring Ansel Elgort (iTunes)
"Better With You", Jesse McCartney (iTunes)
"Blind To You/Simple Life", Ben Hobbs (iTunes)
"Bridges Burn", NEEDTOBREATHE (iTunes)
"Candy", Doja Cat (iTunes)
"Coming Home", Keith Urban featuring Julia Michaels (iTunes)
"Crash", Burak Yeter (iTunes)
"Creeping", Lil Skies featuring Rich The Kid (iTunes)
"Danger in Me", 7Chariot (iTunes)
"Diamonds Or Twine", Ryan Hurd (iTunes)
"Differently", Marian Hill (iTunes)
"Endless Summer", Grizfolk (iTunes)
"Father Father", Cole Redding (iTunes)
"Flames", David Guetta & Sia (iTunes)
"Follow Your Fire", Kodaline (iTunes)
"Friends", NONONO (iTunes)
"FRIENDS (R3hab Remix)", Marshmello & Anne-Marie (iTunes)
"H.O.L.Y.", Alle Farben & RHODES (iTunes)
"Hide", Rainbow Kitten Surprise (iTunes)
"High Horse", Kacey Musgraves (iTunes)
"Holding On", Nightly (iTunes)
"Honest", Bazzi (iTunes)
"I Don't Know", Jack & Jack (iTunes)
"Imagination", Lovespeake (iTunes)
"In My Blood" and "Lost In Japan", Shawn Mendes (iTunes)
"Kansas City", The Mowgli's (iTunes)
"Let It Rain", Causes (iTunes)
"Lonely", Matoma featuring MAX (iTunes)
"Love Me Still", BLVK JVCK featuring Jessie Reyez (iTunes)
"Love Struck", WSTRN featuring Tiwa Savage & Mr Eazi (iTunes)
"One Track Mind", Thirty Seconds To Mars featuring A$AP Rocky (iTunes)
"Over You", Marc Scibilia (iTunes)
"Playinwitme", KYLE featuring Kehlani (iTunes)
"Running Up That Hill", Matthew Young (iTunes)
"Sanctuary", Welshly Arms (iTunes)
"Self Control", Lion (iTunes)
"Signs", Chris Watts (iTunes)
"Such A Simple Thing", Ray LaMontagne (iTunes)
"Symphony", Josh Groban (iTunes)
"Take You Back (To Basics)", Cale Dodds (iTunes)
"The Vow", RuthAnne (iTunes)
"Think About You (Olsen Remix)", Delta Goodrem (iTunes)
"This Is Me (Alan Walker Remix)", Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble (iTunes)
"This Morning", Picture This (iTunes)
"Thoughts & Prayers", grandson (iTunes)
"Time", Colouring (iTunes)
"Waiting For You", The Aces (iTunes)
"You From The Rest", Adam French (iTunes)
Next week: look out for new albums from Hayley Kiyoko, Kacey Musgraves and more. For Adam's personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!
Filed under Album Reviews
Tagged as Diplo, George Ezra, Hudson Taylor, Jack White, Jordan Davis, Lissie, New Music Friday, Toni Braxton
ADD LIB — Brace For (CHR) Impact (March 20, 2018)
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: AJR! Halsey! The Chainsmokers! More! It's another huge week at the format, which means no one's ending up "Alone" on the report. Let's add 'em up on this evening before another major snowstorm:
BETTER OFF "ALONE": After successfully earning a second week at the top of the pop chart in a duet with G-Eazy, "Him & I", Halsey returns to the format with "Alone", available in its original version and a remix with Big Sean and Stefflon Don. With a solid total of 57 stations on impact, it starts in second place on the current update, just five adds behind Taylor Swift's "Delicate". "Alone" is the latest single from the album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, which reached #1 on the Billboard 200 last summer. That release has yet to produce a chart-topper on the Top 40 airwaves, though both "Bad At Love" (#2) and "Now Or Never" (#3) nearly made it. (We'll see if this one can get the job done.)
As previously mentioned, a number of new singles break into the top ten on this week's Top 40 report, with "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers and "Sober Up" by AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo ranking the next highest in the top ten. That hate isn't affecting "Hates" in its opening week, as it starts at 31 stations, good for third place on the new report. "Sober", a former #1 title on the Alternative chart, drinks in 27 stations on impact, as it shares a fourth place finish. A little further down, another sobering song title, simply called "Sober", brings in 20 stations and a sixth place (in a tie) finish for G-Eazy featuring Charlie Puth. Look for all three songs to make the top 50 by the end of the month, perhaps by the next published update.
MOST ADDED — THIS WEEK'S TOP TEN (ELEVEN)
1. TAYLOR SWIFT, "Delicate" (Big Machine/Republic)
2. HALSEY featuring BIG SEAN and STEFFLON DON, "Alone" (Astralwerks/Capitol)
3. THE CHAINSMOKERS, "Everybody Hates Me" (Disruptor/Columbia)
4-T. AJR featuring RIVERS CUOMO, "Sober Up" (S-Curve/Hollywood)
4-T. BAZZI, "Mine" (APG/Atlantic)
6-T. DUA LIPA, "IDGAF" (Warner Bros.)
6-T. G-EAZY featuring CHARLIE PUTH, "Sober" (RCA)
8. POST MALONE featuring TY DOLLA $IGN, "Psycho" (Republic)
9. KHALID & NORMANI, "Love Lies" (Right Hand/Keep Cool/RCA)
10-T. KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA, "All The Stars" (Interscope)
10-T. LOGIC & MARSHMELLO, "Everyday" (Def Jam)
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Filed under Charts/Trade Papers
Tagged as AJR, Bazzi, Dua Lipa, Halsey, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Logic, Normani, Post Malone, Taylor Swift, The Chainsmokers, Top 40
RADIO REPORT: What's Popping At Top 40 Radio This Week (March 19-20, 2018)
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? Here are the five new tracks impacting this week at the Top 40 format:
AJR featuring RIVERS CUOMO – "Sober Up" (S-Curve/Hollywood) (formerly BMG/RED)
Album: The Click (2017)
Past T40 History: The family trio has two mid-charting top 40 entries to date: 2014's "I'm Ready" (#25) and 2017's "Weak" (#27).
ECHOSMITH – "Over My Head" (Warner Bros.)
Album: Inside A Dream (2018)
Past T40 History: Another family trio, once a quartet, is looking for their first top ten song since 2014's "Cool Kids", which hit #9.
G-EAZY featuring CHARLIE PUTH – "Sober" (RCA)
Album: The Beautiful & Damned (2017)
Past T40 History: Both artists now have two #1 singles at the format to date, as G-Eazy's "Him & I" (with Halsey) holds at the top.
KHALID & NORMANI – "Love Lies" (RCA)
Album: Love, Simon (Soundtrack) (2018)
Past T40 History: Khalid has four top 40 entries to date, but Normani (of Fifth Harmony) has never ranked here with a solo song.
PARAMORE – "Rose-Colored Boy" (Fueled By Ramen/RRP)
Album: After Laughter (2017)
Past T40 History: "Boy" is the second pop radio single from their newest release; the first, "Hard Times", peaked at #42 last June.
Next week: a collaboration from Eminem and Kehlani is the only song (so far) impacting at the format.
Which of these new songs would you like to see top the charts? Let me know!
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Filed under POP! Goes The Picks (Radio), Single Reviews
Tagged as AJR, Charlie Puth, Echosmith, G-Eazy, Khalid, Love Lies, Normani, Over My Head, Paramore, Rose-Colored Boy, Sober, Sober Up
RADIO ACTIVE — A Weekly Chart CHRonicle (March 18, 2018)
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. After a jolly ol' St. Patrick's Day, that luck of the Irish continues on the charts for a number of buzzing tracks this week. So, let's get to counting (and downing the final Shamrock Shake of the season):
"HIM" FOR THE WEEKEND: Rapper G-Eazy and singer Halsey stay at #1 for the second week on the Top 40 list with "Him & I", the second single from G-Eazy's latest album, The Beautiful & Damned. A third radio single from the set, "Sober", which features Charlie Puth, impacts at the format this week. Ironically, it's up against another sobering song title, "Sober Up", done by AJR and Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer. (Unsurprisingly, I'll be drinking up all the Top 40 adds numbers in a couple of days, so watch this space for more.) Meanwhile, "Him" slips to #6 on the Rhythmic chart and climbs to #32 at the Hot AC format this Sunday. Next week could provide an opportunity for Bruno Mars and Cardi B's "Finesse" (holding at #3) to reach the top, despite its small gain in spins this week. We'll find out soon.
THE "REAL" DEAL: After sporting a solid impact week at the format this past Tuesday, the boy band In Real Life, five guys that were put together on the ABC series Boy Band last summer, leads a pack of four top 50 entries on the published update with "Tattoo (How 'Bout You)", launching at #46. This is the act's first time charting at the format. An unrelated "Tattoo", performed by one-time American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, went to #5 in early 2008. Coming in at #47, singer Arlissa strikes with her first chart entry titled "Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie", a collaboration with DJ/producer Jonas Blue. Blue recently released a collaboration with two-time #26 peaker Sabrina Carpenter called "Alien", and if the planets align for it, we may be seeing it in the top 50 during the spring.
Teenage newcomer and world traveler bülow is next, blasting onto the countdown at #49 with "Not A Love Song". The performer is currently finishing up high school in The Netherlands, but she's lived in at least four other countries, including Canada, where "Not" glides into the top 20 on their respective Top 40 survey. (The CanCon of it all!) Lastly, bowing at #50, is a notable duet from Khalid and Normani (of Fifth Harmony) called "Love Lies". The tune is taken from the soundtrack to Love, Simon, and it impacts at the Top 40 format this Tuesday. (Another cut from the set, "Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)" by Bleachers, has a simultaneous launch at Alternative radio on the same day.)
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Tagged as Arlissa, bülow, G-Eazy, Halsey, Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie, Him & I, In Real Life, Khalid, Love Lies, Mediabase, Normani, Not A Love Song, Tattoo (How 'Bout You), Top 40
RECORD REWIND: PGTC Picks, March 11-17, 2018
EMILY BURNS – "Girlfriend At The Time" (Spotify)
Previously on the Rewind: First time featured
Notes: Burns is known to both the SoundCloud and Spotify crowd, with thousands of streams for tracks like "Bitch" and "Take It Or Leave It". Ahead of her Seven Scenes From The Same Summer set, due in July, this new release is a pop lover's dream. Very catchy!
THE DRIVER ERA – "Preacher Man" (Spotify)
Notes: If you were a fan of the pop group R5, who recorded for Hollywood Records, then you already know Ross and Rocky Lynch's current project, whose track climbed into top 100 on iTunes during its release day. Your pop prayers have certainly been answered!
EMMA MCGRATH – "Butterfly"
SASHA SLOAN – "Hurt"
Tagged as Emily Burns, Emma McGrath, Girlfriend At The Time, Independent, Preacher Man, Sasha Sloan, The Driver Era, Unsigned