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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
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COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
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AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
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DICKON STAINER 
Epic’s DJ Khaled and RCA’s Doja Cat will battle it out next week for the #1 spot with “EVERY CHANCE I GET” f/Lil Baby & Lil Durk (WTB/Roc Nation) and “You Right” f/The Weeknd (XO/Kemosabe/Republic), respectively. Republic has Post Malone’s “Motley Crew” moving to #8 while Columbia’s Lil Nas X will be up and over 500 spins again this week with “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlow. Touting impressive increases will be RCA’s WizKid with “Essence” f/Tems and Republic’s Pop Smoke with “Woo Baby” f/Chris Brown (Victor Victor). Republic also sees a 1,000 spin-boost on The Weeknd's “Take My Breath” (XO) as it enters the Top 25. Look for Warner’s Smiley to debut this week with “Over the Top” f/Drake.
Republic’s The Weeknd gets 50 commitments on “Take My Breath” (XO) out of the box, taking the top honor this week. Interscope’s Moneybagg Yo nabs 21 adds on “Wockesha” as Warner’s Smiley picks up another 17 stations on “Over the Top” f/Drake. Columbia’s The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber also lock in 17 new believers on “Stay” and Interscope’s BAS picks up 9 more adds on “The Jackie” f/J. Cole & Lil Tjay.
There are three tracks continuing to move up inside the Top 5 this week, Interscope’s Kali Uchis with “telepatía,” RCA’s Doja Cat with “You Right” f/The Weeknd (XO, Kemosabe, Republic) and Epic’s DJ Khaled with “EVERY CHANCE I GET” f/Lil Baby & Lil Durk. Republic’s Post Malone also enters the Top 10 with “Motley Crew” as Pop Smoke’s “Demeanor” f/Dua Lipa (Victor Victor) slides into the Top 20. Columbia will see Lil Nas X’s “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlow debut inside the Top 25. Pop Smoke’s “Woo Baby” f/Chris Brown will also have a sizable increase, as will Capitol’s Capella Grey with “GYALIS.”
It was an active week at Rhythm with plenty of new music. On the addboard, Republic’s Pop Smoke picked up 37 commitments on “Woo Baby” f/Chris Brown with Warner’s Smiley following behind with 21 adds on “Over the Top” f/Drake. Interscope’s Bas grabbed 19 stations on “The Jackie” f/J. Cole & Lil Tjay as RCA’s Khalid pulled in 18 stations on “New Normal.” Columbia also had a solid first week with Lil Nas X’s “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlow, locking in 17 early believers.
