John Legend remains the ruler of Pop, as Chris Brown also continues his incumbency at Rhythm. KONGOS do their best to safeguard the top slot from The Black Keys.

YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEW

What to Expect at Three Key Mediabase Formats
It’s Friday; that means we’re doing our ceremonial radio dance. The ritual involves smoking a lot of pot and whirling around on our North Hollywood balconies, praying for the Mediabase gods to rain add and spin knowledge down upon us. When that doesn't work, we just ask somebody what's going to happen. Here you go.


TOP 40
The musical chairs game is starting to move again inside the Top 10, but Columbia's John Legend remains in the top slot with "All of Me" for another week. RCA's Justin Timberlake is one of this week’s greatest gainers with "Not a Bad Thing," and moves to #3. Capitol's Naughty Boy moves Top 10 with "La La La" f/Sam Smith. Columbia has two tracks with good spin weeks, moving inside the Top 20: DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s "Turn Down for What" and MKTO’s "Classic." Iggy Azalea’s "Fancy" moves Top 20 via Def Jam. The week's greatest gainer is Katy Perry’s "Birthday," and she looks to join the Top 20 as well. Right behind her is labelmate 5 Seconds of Summer’s "She Looks So Perfect" with a big spin week. Nico & Vinz’s "Am I Wrong" (Warner Bros.) continues its run up the chart with another great spin week. Calvin Harris’ "Summer" (Columbia) also moves into the 20s. Republic's Ariana Grande jumps on the chart in a big way with "Problem" f/Iggy Azalea. Columbia's One Direction sees a big spin week with "You & I" and also moves on the chart. Lastly, don’t be surprised to see Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake’s "Love Never Felt So Good," on Epic, come climbing on as well.

RHYTHM
RCA's Chris Brown holds the #1 spot again with "Loyal," and Columbia's DJ Snake & Lil Jon will climb into the Top 5 with "Turn Down for What." RCA also has huge gains with Justin Timberlake’s"Not a Bad Thing," Kid Ink f/Chris Brown’s "Main Chick" and Tinashe’s "2 On." Childish Gambino’s “3005” (Glassnote) is proving to be a hit; it’ll be up over 300 spins and leap to #21. Ariana Grande f/ Iggy Azalea’s "Problem" (Republic) will be the biggest debut. Interscope will also debut K Camp f/2 Chainz’s "Cut Her Off."

ALTERNATIVE
The #1 record is in question on a Friday for the third week in a row, but right now it looks likes Epic’s KONGOS will prevail with their big hit "Come with Me Now," over the fast-charging "Fever" by Warner Bros.Black Keys. In the race for a future #1, Virgin’s Bastille is moments away from #3 with "Bad Blood." RCA’s Kings of Leon will enter the Top 10 with their hit "Wait for Me." Columbia's Jack White is on fire, as "Lazaretto" will zoom #31-16, up over 300x. Crush/Warner Bros. Big Data will be up over 100x with "Dangerous," moving to #18. Foster the People’s new single, "Best Friend" (Columbia), will also be up 100x, as that’ll move at least #28-22.






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