A Triple Crown winner, Summer Show shenanigans and lots of new hits made for a very memorable weekend! Speaking of The Weeknd: fresh off a #1 Pop song, the genre-blending superstar unleashes his Max Martin collaboration “I Can’t Feel My Face.” Republic’s CW, Spangler and Russell will definitely have it among the Most Added next week, with tons of stations on impact. Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” (Big Machine) is this week’s Greatest Gainer, launching into the Top 5 after three short weeks of airplay, while Tove Lo’s “Talking Body” (Island) is second in spin gains, up to #4 with a huge research story that continues to build. Jessie J's “Flashlight,” Shawn Mendes’ “Stitches” (Island) and Fall Out Boy’s “Uma Thurman” (DCD2/Island) have lots of good things going on and are moving up the chart.
RCA’s Riccitelli, JR, Daddio, Cooper and Strazza have posted huge numbers on Walk The Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance,” ranking Top 5 on Pop Charts airplay, single sales and streams plus pulled in some huge MediaBase National Callout to boot. Sia's “Elastic Heart” moved Top 20 this week, picking up 12 new stations and continuing to build while Pitbull f/Chris Brown’s “Fun” pulled in WIHT, WKSC, KZZP and KTFM this week. Prince Royce was one of the week’s Most Added on Impact with /“Back It Up” f/Pitbull, with early believers WKTU, Y100, and KHTS among 25+ others.
Columbia’s Leipsner, Borris and Vaughn have 35+ stations confirmed on MKTO's new single “Bad Girls," a shoe-in for the Most Added column. Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” posted up some really big numbers just as the track is set to move Top 30 on the chart, and she got another big boost on Social Media thanks to Ms. Taylor Swift. Omi’s “Cheerleader” (Ultra/Louder Than Life) was one of this week’s Greatest Gainers, jumping 26-17 and George Ezra’s “Budapest” is now Top 20 and climbing.
Pictured: Columbia's Jon Borris, LunchMoney Lewis and WPXY PD Mike Danger at 98PXY's Summer Jam.
Capitol’s Reese, Rainey, Youngblood and Siciliano took home Most Added honors last week with Tori Kelly's "Should’ve Been Us” and the song is quickly chartbound. Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” (MCA Nashville) moves to #33 and ready to chart next week is Sam Smith with “Like I Can.”
Glassman’s team at Epic has won big with Fifth Harmony f/Kid Ink’s “Worth It” (SYCO); the record moves Top 10 this week with Top 10 sales at iTunes moving over 1M singles to date. Jidenna’s “Classic Man” (Wondaland) is looking to chart, powered by the airplay its getting all over the NBA Finals in the Beats commercial featuring LeBron. That momentum is helping it bubble the song up to Top 40.
It seemed like Andy Grammer s “Honey, I’m Good” (S-Curve/Hollywood) was going to make a move into the Top 10 but its a tight spin race there, however rest assured that Hollywood’s Finck, Smith and Ennis will be doing the heavy lifting, with a great callout story to tell the panel, and they’ll move it up this week.
RAL’s Weil and Halpern are through-the-roof happy with the success of Shaggy's “I Need Your Love” f/Mohombi/Faydee/Costi), which moves Top 20, propelled by great callout from Boston, NYC and a few others.
Warner Bros.' Gray, Dyer, Reich and Shih are ready to tip Jason Derulo's “Want to Want Me” (Beluga Heights) into that #1 slot next week as they continue to grow spins and storm #1. Echosmith's “Bright” moves up to #16, and Adam Lambert's “Ghost Town” is on 140+ stations now, ready to move Top 30 after only four weeks.
Def Jam’s Sackheim, Rothchild and Farag debut Jeremih's “Tonight Belongs to U” f/Flo Rida and pick up new adds from WFLZ, WNKS and WNRW while they get ready to launch new tracks from Rihanna, Axwell ^Ingrosso and newcomer Alessia Cara (pictured here with Z100's Mark Medina) over the next few weeks.
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