DANIEL NIGRO:
CRACKING THE CODE The co-writer-producer of the moment, in his own words (12/12a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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There was a small gathering in Vegas this past weekend. Ha! … The iHeart party in the desert was full of lots of great performances and tons of selfies, but most importantly, puppies! Lots and lots of puppies!
Columbia’s Leipsner, Borris & Vaughan have the #1 song this week, The Chainsmokers f/Halsey’s “Closer” (Disruptor) which gives them back-to-back #1’s. And with the power rotations that are just coming for his one, it could sit on top of the chart for a few weeks. Calvin Harris’ “My Way” is charging toward the top of the chart and jumps from #34 to #22 and is Top 5 on iTunes and Top 5 on Shazam. Frenship’s “Capsize” is ready to make the jump to Top 30 pulling in new adds from WBMP, WKSC and WHQC. Impacting next week is Mike Perry’s “The Ocean.”
Capitol’s Marella, Rainey, Youngblood & Siciliano have Jon Bellion’s “All Time Low” heading Top 25 with 120+ stations spinning; KIIS is on the board for this week already. Bastille’s “Good Grief” now has 50+ stations on board, is bubbling just under and looking to chart. New stations this week include Sirius Hits1, WDZH and KUDD.
Def Jam’s Sackheim, Rothchild & Farag have moved Alessia Cara’s “Scars (To Your Beautiful)” Top 25 with more than 160 stations on board and the RTM research is Top 10 in all cells. Kanye West’s “Fade” (G.O.O.D.) pulled in over 60 stations on impact including KAMP, KIIS, WWPW and KKHH, and should chart next week.
Republic’s CW, Spangler & Russell have the #1 Greatest Gainer this week, The Weeknd f/Daft Punk’s “Starboy” (XO), which climbed up to #25 just a few days after impact. It is currently #2 on iTunes and has over 14.5m streams after just four days. Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” (Island) is now #3 and he just announced a 2017 arena tour. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey f/Zedd’s “Starving” moved Top 20 this week and has almost cleared the panel after nine weeks. Marc E. Bassy moved up to #32 this week and is #18 on the U.S. Spotify chart with 4m streams to date. Ariana Grande f/Nicki Minaj’s “Side to Side” charted and climbed to #34 one week after impact. Nick Jonas’ "Bacon” (Island) pulled in WBBM, WIOQ, KHTS and WBLI on impact and is now #37. Tove Lo’s “Cool Girl” (Island) pulled in WWPW, KKPT and WRVQ this week to add to the long list stations that jumped on board on impact.
RCA’s Riccitelli, JR, Daddio & Cooper are impacting Sia’s “The Greatest” (Monkey Puzzle) this week and there are already 75 stations on board—plus it’s #2 on the USA Future Hits Shazam Chart. Pitbull f/Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis’ “Greenlight” is now #35 and pulled in 11 new stations last week including Sirius HITS1, KPTT and WKSE. One of the performances everyone is talking about from the iHeart Festival is Martin Garrix & BeBe Rexha. Their track “In The Name of Love” (STMPD RCRDS) is ready to chart and already has over 115m Spotify Streams. Tinashe’s “Superlove” just pulled in KIIS and WWMX to add to the list of early supporters as the track moves toward the chart.
Warner Bros.’ Gray, Dyer, Reich & Shih’s Tinie Tempah f/Zara Larsson’s “Girls Like” is now on 160+ stations and is at #28 pulling in big spin increases from KCHZ, WXSS and WNKS. Jason Derulo’s “Kiss The Sky” (Beluga Heights) has charted and moved up to #36 with over 100+ stations on board. Dua Lipa’s “Blow Your Mind (Mwah)” impacts this week and WNCI, WRVW and Sirius Hits1 have jumped out early.
Epic’s Team Glassman is impacting Fifth Harmony’s “That’s My Girl” (SYCO) and there are already 60+ stations on board; look for this one to be toward the top of the add board this week. Zara Larsson’s “Ain’t My Fault” was one of the Most Added tracks at Pop last week and already has half the panel on board. Meghan Trainor’s “Better” is headed Top 25 with over 135 stations on board.
MUSIC WE LOVE: Jordan Fisher, “Lookin’ Like That” (Hollywood) ; Gavin DeGraw, “She Sets The World On Fire” (RCA)