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THE BALL STREET JOURNAL

To no one’s surprise, Republic’s Drake holds at #1 for a second week with “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug(OVO/300 Ent/Epic). It was up 560 spins and will remain in the top spot for at least one more week. His second single, “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby, sits at #12 and is up 540 spins. Look for this to enter the Top 10 this week. Davey Dee and Garrett Ream also see Pop Smoke’s “Woo Baby” f/Chris Brown (Victor Victor) move up 135 spins and hold at #4. Coi Leray’s latest track, “TWINNEM,” is starting to create quite a buzz and it’s currently #58 on the chart.

Over at RCA, Lori G and Inca have three records in the Top 10. WizKid’s “Essence” f/Tems sits in the #2 position while Doja Cat’s “Need to Know” (Kemosabe) moves #9-7 and sees an additional 370 spins added to her total. Latto’s “Big Energy” is up a massive 660 spins, rocketing from #31-23, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Interscope’s Nino Cuccinello continues to drive Moneybagg Yo’s “Wockesha” inside the Top 10. It’s up 320 spins and looks to go Top 5 in the next few weeks. Swae Lee’s “In the Dark” f/Jhené Aiko comes in at #32 this week. They’re impacting Summer Walker’s new “Ex for a Reason” next week, but there’s already a solid early buzz going for this.

Columbia’s John Strazza and James White have The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber’s “Stay” moving up 2 spots to #6. With a 365-spin boost, they’re aiming for the Top 5 on this one. Chlöe’s “Have Mercy” (Parkwood) enjoys a 435-spin increase and climbs from #17 to the Top 15. Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar “family ties” (pgLang) gains 120 spins and lands at #21 this week. The streams are still very impressive on this. Based on the sheer excitement and overall streaming numbers, Columbia is also taking adds on Adele’s “Easy on Me.”

Epic’s Rick Sackheim and Dontay Thompson welcome GIVĒON’s “For Tonight” (Not So Fast) inside the Top 25. Up 475 spins, it’s also climbing at Urban and Top 40. DJ KHALED’s “BODY IN MOTION” f/Bryson Tiller, Lil Baby & Roddy Ricch (WTB/Roc Nation/QC/Capitol) gains 170 spins this week and comes in at #26. They’re also impacting BIA’s “BESITO” f/G Herbo this week after she’s coming off a Top 5 record.

Dixie Tipton and Capitol have Capella Grey’s “GYALIS” at #11. With a 225-rotation increase, they’re looking to enter join the Top 10. Also impacting is Ne-Yo’s “What If” this week. It was among the Most Added column last week and is up 120 spins.

Def Jam’s Noah Sheer has Kanye West’s “Hurricane” f/The Weeknd & Lil Baby moving up one spot to #14 with a 190-spin jump. Kendra Jae’s “Seesaw” f/Saweetie sees an increase of 125 spins, which puts her at #35 this week.

Warner’s B Dot Scales is all smiles as Wale’s “Poke It Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre rockets #36-24 with a massive 735+ spins added to his total. Isaiah Rashad’s “From the Garden” comes in at #34 and impacting this week is Anitta’s “Faking Love” f/Saweetie.

Biggest Increase:
Wale “Poke it Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre (MMG/Warner)
Latto “Big Energy” (RCA)
Drake “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Ent./Epic-Republic)
Drake “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby (OVO/Republic)
GIVĒON “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)

Buzz Records:
Ne-Yo “What If” (Motown/Capitol)
Summer Walker “Ex for a Reason” f/City Girls (LVRN/Interscope)
Adele “Easy on Me” (Columbia)
Anitta “Faking Love” f/Saweetie (Warner)
Coi Leray “TWINNEM” (Republic)


 
 
YOUR RADIO ADD RECAPS

Warner corrals 33 stations on impact for Anitta’s “Faking Love” f/Saweetie, just surpassing Epic’s BIA with “BESITO” f/G Herbo, which gets 29 adds. Interscope’s Summer Walker picks up 15 early commitments on “Ex for a Reason” f/City Girls as Columbia sees Adele’s “Easy on Me” grabs 10 stations. Epic also sees 7 more believers come aboard GIVĒON’s “For Tonight” (Not So Fast) and Capitol’s Ne-Yo grabs 6 more adds onWhat If.”


 
 
YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEWS

Republic’s Drake remains in the #1 position again this week with “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Ent-Epic) as RCA’s Doja Cat and Interscope’s Moneybagg Yo continue to build inside the Top 10 with “Need To Know” (Kemosabe) and “Wockesha,” respectively. Columbia’s Chlöe enters the Top 15 this week with “Have Mercy” (Parkwood) while Republic’s Drake also sees another 600+ spin increase this week on “Girls Want Girls” w/Lil Baby. Rocketing inside the Top 25 this week is Epic’s GIVĒON with “For Tonight” (Not So Fast), RCA’s Latto with “Big Energy” and Warner’s Wale with “Poke it Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre. Look for Columbia’s Lil Nas X to debut this week with “THAT’S WHAT I WANT.”


 
 
YOUR RADIO ADD RECAPS

It was a slow week and with no official impacts, Capitol’s Ne-Yo picks up 18 early commitments on “What If” as Warner’s Wale closes out another 17 stations on “Poke It Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre. RCA’s Latto grabs 10 more believers on “Big Energy” and Columbia’s Lil Nas X reels in 7 additional adds on “THAT’S WHAT I WANT.”