Please be upstanding for musical movement at BBC Radio 1, as alt-J join the A List alongside alt rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen, who just leaped #109-92 on the Shazam U.K. chart. Meanwhile, Ariana Grande’s EDM-drizzled track with Zedd is playlisted alongside Fall Out Boy, Usher/Nicki, alt-thrash provocateurs Marmozets, power-popsters Lower Than Atlantis, hip-hop soulster Kwabs and more.
PLAYLISTED
Ariana Grande f/Zedd, “Break Free” (Universal-Island)
DJ Fresh f/Ellie Goulding, “Flashlight” (Ministry of Sound)
Ella Henderson, “Glow” (Syco)
Fall Out Boy, “Centuries” (Virgin EMI)
Kwabs, “Walk” (Atlantic UK)
Lower Than Atlantis, “Emily” (Easy Life)
Marmozets, “Born Young and Free” (Roadrunner)
Usher f/Nicki Minaj, “She Came to Give It to You” (RCA)
ROTATION INCREASES
A LIST
alt-J, “Every Other Freckle” (Infectious)
Catfish & the Bottlemen, “Cocoon” (Universal-Island)
Nick Mulvey, “Cucurucu” (Fiction)
Professor Green f/Tori Kelly, “Lullaby” (Virgin)
Sigma f/Paloma Faith, “Changing” (All Around the World/3beat)
B LIST
Ella Eyre, “Comeback” (Virgin)
Gorgon City f/Zak Abel, “Unmissable” (Virgin EMI)
Jamie T, “Zombie” (Virgin)
Jessie Ware, “Say You Love Me” (Universal-Island)
Labrinth, “Let It Be” (Syco)
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass” (Epic)
The Magician f/Years & Years, “Sunlight” (Potion/FFRR)PRINCE, FIVE YEARS GONE: SOME PURPLE MUSINGS
His death continues to reverberate. (4/22a)
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