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YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEWS

It’s going to be a dogfight this week to see if Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Ent-Epic-Republic) can overtake WizKid's “Essence” f/Tems (RCA) for #1. If it doesn’t happen, Drake looks to take the top spot by the following week. Entering the Top 10 this week is RCA’s Doja Cat with “Need To Know” (Kemosabe) and Interscope’s Moneybagg Yo with “Wockesha.” Drake is also rocketing inside the Top 125 with “Girls Want Girls” while Columbia’s Chlöe enters the Top 20 with “Have Mercy” and adds another 450 spins to her total. Epic’s GIVĒON will have this week’s highest debut with “For Tonight” (Not So Fast) and you can also look for RCA’s Latto to debut with “Big Energy.”


 
 
THE BALL STREET JOURNAL

RCA’s WizKid holds at #1 for a second consecutive week with “Essence” f/Tems, and Lori G and Inca couldn’t be prouder. This was also his first #1 at the format! Sliding inside the Top 15 with an increase of 600 spins this week is Doja Cat’s “Need to Know” (Kemosabe). Latto’s “Big Energy” ihs about a week away from impacting. It’s already bubbling under the chart at #46 and was up 250 spins.

Columbia’s John Strazza and James White hold Lil Nas X’s “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlow at #2. They also welcome The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber’s “Stay” inside the Top 10 with a 265-rotation boost. This one is currently holding the #1 at Top 40 as well. Chlöe’s “Have Mercy” (Parkwood) continues to impress. With an increase of 620 spins, she rockets inside the Top 25. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar’s “family ties” (pgLang) moves to #27 and gains 295 spins. Strazza and White are also impacting Lil Nas Xs “THAT’S WHAT I WANT” this week thanks to the tremendous early success it’s having at Top 40. Look for this one to debut in the next two weeks.

Over at Epic, Rick Sackheim and Dontay Thompson have BIA’s “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY” up triple digits and holding at #11. DJ Khaled’s “BODY IN MOTION” f/Bryson Tiller, Lil Baby & Roddy Ricch(WTB/Roc/Nation/QC/Capitol) climbs five spots to #32 and adds 205 spins to his total. GIVĒON’s “For Tonight” (Not So Fast) just misses a debut and comes in at #42. With an increase of over 400 spins, he’ll arrive in high on the chart this coming week.

Davey Dee and Garrett Ream at Republic have Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Ent/Epic) poised to pounce on the #1 spot this coming week. It currently sits at #3 and is up an impressive 900 spins. Pop Smoke’s “Woo Baby” f/Chris Brown (Victor Victor) adds 280 spins to his total and lands at #4 this week. Drake also has his second single, “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby, rocketing to #20 after a whopping 980-spin boost. He will have two records in the Top 10 in a matter of a few weeks.

Warner’s B Dot Scales has Wale’s “Angles” f/Chris Brown perched at #6. Wale’s latest track, “Poke it Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre, already has a very solid buzz. Look for this one to be among the Most Added this week. Smiley’s “Over the Top” f/Drake (OVO) continues to build, coming in at #26 this week. Isaiah Rashad’s “From the Garden” f/Lil Uzi Vert moves up 2 spots to #37 and sees a 55-spin jump.

Capitol’s Dixie Tipton is laser focused on Capella Grey’s “GYALIS.” It was up 330 spins and moves to #13 this week.

Def Jam’s Noah Sheer sees Kanye West’s “Hurricane” f/The Weeknd & Lil Baby (G.O.O.D./Cap-Rep) move to #17 after adding 330 spins to his total. Kendra Jae’s “Seesaw” f/Saweetie just misses a debut and lands at #43. Up 115 spins, this one continues to pick up new believers each week.

And at Interscope, Nino Cuccinello’s hard work continues to pay off as Moneybagg Yo’s “Wockesha” enters the Top 10. Up 380 spins, it looks to go Top 5 in the next few weeks. Swae Lee & Jhené Aiko’s “In the Dark” (MARVEL/Hollywood) gains another 100 spins and is now sitting at #30, while Morray’s “Trenches” makes his way back onto the chart and comes in at #39 this week.

Biggest Increase:
Drake “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby (OVO/Republic)
Drake “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Ent/Epic-Republic)
Chlöe “Have Mercy” (Parkwood/Columbia)
Doja Cat “Need to Know” (Kemosabe/RCA)
GIVĒON “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic)

Buzz Records:
Latto “Big Energy” (RCA)
Wale “Poke it Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre (MMG/Warner)
Lil Nas X “THAT’S WHAT I WANT” (Columbia)
Kendra Jae “Seesaw” f/Saweetie (10:22pm/Def Jam)
Coi Leray “TWINNEM” (Republic)


 
 
YOUR RADIO ADD RECAPS

Warner’s Wale wasted no time picking up 40 adds for his latest track, “Poke it Out” f/J. Cole & Cool & Dre, and taking the Most Added honor this week. RCA’s Latto comes in at a close second, grabbing 34 commitments—with 14 early adds last week—on “Big Energy.” Columbia’s Lil Nas X sees 22 stations out of the box on “THAT’S WHAT I WANT” while Chlöe’s “Have Mercy” (Parkwood/Columbia) and GIVĒON’s “For Tonight” (Not So Fast/Epic) see nine new believers come in each.


 
 
YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEWS

RCA’s WizKid and Columbia’s Lil Nas X hold down the #1 and #2 spots on the chart with “Essence” f/Tems and “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlow, respectively, as Republic’s Drake rockets to #3 with “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO/300 Entertainment-Epic). Entering the Top 10 this week is Columbia’s The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber with “Stay” and Interscope’s Moneybagg Yo with “Wockesha.” Capitol’s Capella Grey makes his way to the Top 15 with “GYALIS” and joining the Top 25 is Republic’s Drake with “Girls Want Girls” w/Lil Baby and Columbia’s Chlöe with “Have Mercy” (Parkwood).