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[Ger]

POP

1. Big Energy: 18.233 (+128) | 57.910 (+0.654) 

2. Enemy: 17.704 (+430) | 54.278 (+0.423) 

3. Woman: 15.990 (+98) | 52.012 (-0.271) 

4. THATS WHAT I WANT: 15.410 (+137) | 49.366 (+0.205) 

5. One Right Now: 13.548 (+320) | 41.327 (+0.876) 

6. Heat Waves: 13.113 (+54) | 43.144 (-0.521) 

7. As It Was: 11.867 (+438) | 39.476 (+1.866) 

8. Ghost: 10.709 (+25) | 36.511 (+0.053) 

9. Sweetest Pie: 9.884 (+112) | 29.937 (+0.402) 

10 (+1) STAY: 9.855 (+106) | 33.329 (+0.367) 

 

11 (-1) Fingers Crossed: 9.729 (-27) | 26.698 (-1.055) 

12. Bam Bam: 8.347 (+140) | 23.872 (-0.118) 

13 (+1) Boyfriend: 8.089 (+149) | 24.448 (+0.167) 

14 (-1) she's all i wanna be: 8.065 (+97) | 23.133 (-0.543) 

15. abcdefu: 7.851 (+70) | 23.806 (-0.546) 

16. The Motto: 7.658 (+47) | 21.172 (-0.082) 

17. When You're Gone: 6.202 (+197) | 18.379 (+0.468) 

18. Numb Little Bug: 6.068 (+155) | 17.908 (+0.573) 

19. COMPLETE MESS: 5.519 (+33) | 12.343 (-0.103) 

20. Light Switch: 3.919 (-271) | 11.232 (-0.759) 

 

21. Chosen: 3.819 (+14) | 9.157 (+0.159) 

22. Peru: 3.800 (+37) | 7.819 (+0.358) 

23. About Damn Time: 3.527 (+27) | 8.694 (-0.651) 

24. I Love You So: 3.346 (+66) | 8.594 (+0.388) 

25. Get Into It (Yuh): 3.216 (+145) | 8.182 (+0.561) 

26. Freaky Deaky: 2.870 (+75) | 7.162 (+0.149) 

27. First Class: 2.834 (+488) | 8.932 (+1.759) 

28. Don't Forget My Love: 2.423 (+94) | 5.638 (+0.766) 

29. Love It When You Hate Me: 2.198 (-125) | 4.047 (-0.351) 

30. Out of Time: 2.111 (-4) | 3.669 (-0.078) 

 

33. House on Fire: 1.643 (+52) | 2.762 (-0.019) 

34 (+1) All 4 Nothing (I'm So in Love): 1.449 (+47) | 3.062 (+0.087) 

50 (-1) Envolver: 222 (=) | 0.617 (+0.059) 

 

0    45    THE KID LAROI    Thousand Miles    457    0    457    2.176

70    47    ED SHEERAN    2step    364    76    288    1.305

 

Since there are too many spins increases I believe there more stations added to the Pop Radio panel. Also, I realised they made some Audience adjustments. These adjusments/calibrations are more significant in HAC and AC stations, since these formats tend to be more popular than CHR/Pop. Truth is current-based formats (Top 40, Rhythmic, Urban, etc) are no longer the favorite among radio listeners.

[Green]

10 (+1) STAY: 9.855 (+106) | 33.329 (+0.367)  

[QueenofCopyPaste]

Cmon Latto

[Ger]

OVERALL

 

** = Incorrect update (song was dropped from or added to a format)

 

1. Imagine Dragons x J.I.D - "Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)" 85.78 (+0.25) 

2. Latto - "Big Energy" 84.75 (-0.62) **

3. Glass Animals - "Heat Waves" 81.14 (+0.75) 

4. Lil Nas X - "THATS WHAT I WANT" 79.88 (+1.35) 

5 (+1) The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - "STAY" 75.36 (+2.66) 

6 (-1) Doja Cat - "Woman" 72.32 (-2.47) 

7. Justin Bieber - "Ghost" 70.40 (+2.15) 

8. Ed Sheeran - "Bad Habits" 61.70 (+4.22) 

9 (+1) Harry Styles - "As It Was" 58.06 (+3.52) 

10 (-1) Post Malone & The Weeknd - "One Right Now" 57.06 (+0.69) 

 

11 (+1) Adele - "Easy on Me" 49.16 (+2.85) 

12 (+2) Ed Sheeran - "Shivers" 48.08 (+3.61) **

13 (-2) GAYLE - "abcdefu" 46.38 (-0.38) **

14 (-1) Doja Cat - "Need to Know" 43.70 (-1.26) 

15 (+8) Elton John & Dua Lipa - "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" 42.05 (+4.59) **

16. Muni Long - "Hrs and Hrs" 41.14 (-2.22) 

17 (+2) Jnr Choi - "TO THE MOON" 39.89 (+0.52) 

18. Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - "Sweetest Pie" 39.60 (-0.52) 

19 (-4) Dierks Bentley - "Beers on Me (feat. BRELAND & HARDY)" 39.49 (-3.95) 

20 (+4) Dua Lipa - "Levitating" 38.75 (+2.40)

 

Cody Johnson - "'Til You Can't" 38.30 (-3.22) 

Lauren Spencer-Smith - "Fingers Crossed" 37.45 (-0.82) 

SZA - "I Hate U" 36.77 (-1.17) 

Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson - "Never Say Never" 35.77 (-2.23) 

Camila Cabello - "Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran)" 34.28 (+0.31) 

Kodak Black - "Super Gremlin" 32.57 (-0.13) 

Fireboy DML x Ed Sheeran - "Peru" 32.40 (-0.89) 

Dove Cameron - "Boyfriend" 30.00 (+0.47) **

Shawn Mendes - "When You're Gone" 28.36 (+1.30) 

Tate McRae - "she's all i wanna be" 27.77 (-0.78) 

Em Beihold - "Numb Little Bug" 24.78 (+1.24) 

5 Seconds Of Summer - "COMPLETE MESS" 22.94 (+0.24) 

Jack Harlow - "First Class" 20.15 (+2.65) 

Doja Cat - "Get Into It (Yuh)" 13.55 (+0.24) 

Lizzo - "About Damn Time" 12.44 (-0.21) 

[LCTV]

Levitating airplay

Sweetest Pie top 10 confirmed!

[makeme]

51 minutes ago, Green said:

10 (+1) STAY: 9.855 (+106) | 33.329 (+0.367)  

What the **** is this??? Is radio joking 

 

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Can't believe Freaky Deaky is still growing despite being N/A on all streaming services 

 

25. Get Into It (Yuh): 3.216 (+145) | 8.182 (+0.561) 

 

26. Freaky Deaky: 2.870 (+75) | 7.162 (+0.149) 

[makeme]

55 minutes ago, Ger-55 said:

 

 

Since there are too many spins increases I believe there more stations added to the Pop Radio panel. Also, I realised they made some Audience adjustments. These adjusments/calibrations are more significant in HAC and AC stations, since these formats tend to be more popular than CHR/Pop. Truth is current-based formats (Top 40, Rhythmic, Urban, etc) are no longer the favorite among radio listeners.

Not surprised pop is dying but Rhythmic kind of surprises me thats my favorite format. 

[Symmetra]

What is going on with radio

[Icarus]

People are tired of hearing Justin, The Weeknd, Ariana and Dua on an endless repeating cycle for the past 3 years, they're turning pop radio off 

[Ger]

Pop radio is in such a weird place right now. I still tune it, but I can't stay for too long, and the stations are very similar to each other. There's just no variety, and that wouldn't be a problem if at least the turnover for hits was way faster, but it isn't the case. What bothers me the most is how they keep playing absolutely overplayed smashes like IB, Miss Levitating, Mood, Shivers, SYT, STAY, etc. Man, give them some rest, we are so f*cking tired of hearing them. At this point I can't stand them, I have to change the station the moment I hear the damn intro, it's like not this a-f*ckin-gain.

 

What has caught my attention is how CHR/Top 40 has started playing more "Gold" hits, don't know if I hadn't plaid attention before, but there are always some throwback song between current hits, which isn't very common for current-based formats. For example, songs like Yeah!, Lose Yourself, Low, TiK ToK, Bad Romance, Hot in Herre, Let Me Love You, I Write Sins Not Tragedies, and Thanks fr th Mmrs get often airplay on Pop radio. I guess it also has to be with the rise of catalog streams, TikTok trends and basically this new generation discovering 2000's classics.

 

Radio is overall recovering from the pandemic, I believe, but ratings show the top formats to tune in the radio are: Adult Contemporary, Classic Hits, and News. At least it's nice to see these estimates getting more accurate, since reallity is radio hasn't been able to attract teen/young demographics.

[Green]

The fact that Bad Habits is still #8 on Radio Songs after 10 months 

 

[UnusualBoy]

Not all the ancient songs gaining big again, imagine how tired we are.

[AG Grande]

I think lack of new hits plays a big role in the fact that radio keeps playing the same old songs over and over, i fail to name more than 2 hits released in 2022 (or maybe I've been out of touch lately).

[Prismee]

4 hours ago, Ger-55 said:

5 (+1) The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - "STAY" 75.36 (+2.66) 

7. Justin Bieber - "Ghost" 70.40 (+2.15) 

8. Ed Sheeran - "Bad Habits" 61.70 (+4.22) 

12 (+2) Ed Sheeran - "Shivers" 48.08 (+3.61) **

[makeme]

2 hours ago, Ger-55 said:

Pop radio is in such a weird place right now. I still tune it, but I can't stay for too long, and the stations are very similar to each other. There's just no variety, and that wouldn't be a problem if at least the turnover for hits was way faster, but it isn't the case. What bothers me the most is how they keep playing absolutely overplayed smashes like IB, Miss Levitating, Mood, Shivers, SYT, STAY, etc. Man, give them some rest, we are so f*cking tired of hearing them. At this point I can't stand them, I have to change the station the moment I hear the damn intro, it's like not this a-f*ckin-gain.

 

What has caught my attention is how CHR/Top 40 has started playing more "Gold" hits, don't know if I hadn't plaid attention before, but there are always some throwback song between current hits, which isn't very common for current-based formats. For example, songs like Yeah!, Lose Yourself, Low, TiK ToK, Bad Romance, Hot in Herre, Let Me Love You, I Write Sins Not Tragedies, and Thanks fr th Mmrs get often airplay on Pop radio. I guess it also has to be with the rise of catalog streams, TikTok trends and basically this new generation discovering 2000's classics.

 

Radio is overall recovering from the pandemic, I believe, but ratings show the top formats to tune in the radio are: Adult Contemporary, Classic Hits, and News. At least it's nice to see these estimates getting more accurate, since reallity is radio hasn't been able to attract teen/young demographics.

Thank you for this detailed explanation. 

 

I think the only song that deserves to be spammed on Pop is Need to know everything else can GO.

 

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I think we are also in a drought of proper pop stars 

Edited April 23, 2022 by makeme

[FAN]

19 minutes ago, makeme said:

Thank you for this detailed explanation. 

 

I think the only song that deserves to be spammed on Pop is Need to know everything else can GO.

 

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I think we are also in a drought of proper pop stars 

Lol no, we are over that song at this point as well. Nothing should be spammed anymore. The Top 10 at Pop should be Big Energy, Enemy, As It Was, Bam Bam, She’s All I Want To Be, Boyfriend, Woman, First Class, The Motto and One Right Now.

 

The argument that old songs are doing better on streaming which is why the old songs are doing better on radio I hate..because radios spamming them 24/7 they’re getting constant exposure which in turns helps with streaming and sales 

Edited April 23, 2022 by FAN

[Ger]

21 minutes ago, makeme said:

I think the only song that deserves to be spammed on Pop is Need to know everything else can GO.

Yep yep. Don't know what Doja put on that song besides talent because I ALWAYS hear the song fully on the radio, and I have heard it probably 500 times, it's how good and timeless it is. The fact it's half beeps, yet GP loves it.

[makeme]

15 minutes ago, FAN said:

Lol no, we are over that song at this point as well. Nothing should be spammed anymore. The Top 10 at Pop should be Big Energy, Enemy, As It Was, Bam Bam, She’s All I Want To Be, Boyfriend, Woman, First Class, The Motto and One Right Now.

 

The argument that old songs are doing better on streaming which is why the old songs are doing better on radio I hate..because radios spamming them 24/7 they’re getting constant exposure which in turns helps with streaming and sales 

Haha I was half joking I know the old songs need to go. I don't even think ORN deserves to be top ten anymore. Camila's song is actually good and sounds nice on the radio so idk why pop radio isn't picking it up more. Boyfriend is also cute but its just toooooo Billie Eilish. 

 

10 minutes ago, Ger-55 said:

Yep yep. Don't know what Doja put on that song besides talent because I ALWAYS hear the song fully on the radio, and I have heard it probably 500 times, it's how good and timeless it is. The fact it's half beeps, yet GP loves it.

And also the fact that unlike the rest of the top ten Need to know was never meant to be a radio single or a single in general it was just a promo track that organically took off on its own with little playlisting. Her team was forced to send it to radio the demand was REAL. And it was so well loved it managed to go top ten on pop while Kiss me more and You Right were still in the top 10 on the format. Who else?

[lillavend3r]

5 hours ago, makeme said:

Can't believe Freaky Deaky is still growing despite being N/A on all streaming services 

Doja Is radio's current fave so it will at least crack the top 20 before tanking

[Ger]

46 minutes ago, makeme said:

And also the fact that unlike the rest of the top ten Need to know was never meant to be a radio single or a single in general it was just a promo track that organically took off on its own with little playlisting. Her team was forced to send it to radio the demand was REAL. And it was so well loved it managed to go top ten on pop while Kiss me more and You Right were still in the top 10 on the format. Who else?

Facts, I fear.  

[Into The Void]

whats with the massive gain for ORN?  and STAY needs to GO my god

[Cryptique]

They did Bam Bam dirty 

[Cryptique]

12 hours ago, LCTV said:

Levitating airplay

Sweetest Pie top 10 confirmed!

Dua's payola knows no bounds 

[brianc33710]

15 hours ago, Green said:

10 (+1) STAY: 9.855 (+106) | 33.329 (+0.367)  

That last minute push to keep it current on MB Pop! ?  

[brianc33710]

15 hours ago, Ger-55 said:

OVERALL

 

** = Incorrect update (song was dropped from or added to a format)

 

1. Imagine Dragons x J.I.D - "Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)" 85.78 (+0.25) 

2. Latto - "Big Energy" 84.75 (-0.62) **

3. Glass Animals - "Heat Waves" 81.14 (+0.75) 

4. Lil Nas X - "THATS WHAT I WANT" 79.88 (+1.35) 

5 (+1) The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - "STAY" 75.36 (+2.66) 

6 (-1) Doja Cat - "Woman" 72.32 (-2.47) 

7. Justin Bieber - "Ghost" 70.40 (+2.15) 

8. Ed Sheeran - "Bad Habits" 61.70 (+4.22) 

9 (+1) Harry Styles - "As It Was" 58.06 (+3.52) 

10 (-1) Post Malone & The Weeknd - "One Right Now" 57.06 (+0.69) 

 

11 (+1) Adele - "Easy on Me" 49.16 (+2.85) 

12 (+2) Ed Sheeran - "Shivers" 48.08 (+3.61) **

13 (-2) GAYLE - "abcdefu" 46.38 (-0.38) **

14 (-1) Doja Cat - "Need to Know" 43.70 (-1.26) 

15 (+8) Elton John & Dua Lipa - "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" 42.05 (+4.59) **

16. Muni Long - "Hrs and Hrs" 41.14 (-2.22) 

17 (+2) Jnr Choi - "TO THE MOON" 39.89 (+0.52) 

18. Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - "Sweetest Pie" 39.60 (-0.52) 

19 (-4) Dierks Bentley - "Beers on Me (feat. BRELAND & HARDY)" 39.49 (-3.95) 

20 (+4) Dua Lipa - "Levitating" 38.75 (+2.40)

 

Cody Johnson - "'Til You Can't" 38.30 (-3.22) 

Lauren Spencer-Smith - "Fingers Crossed" 37.45 (-0.82) 

SZA - "I Hate U" 36.77 (-1.17) 

Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson - "Never Say Never" 35.77 (-2.23) 

Camila Cabello - "Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran)" 34.28 (+0.31) 

Kodak Black - "Super Gremlin" 32.57 (-0.13) 

Fireboy DML x Ed Sheeran - "Peru" 32.40 (-0.89) 

Dove Cameron - "Boyfriend" 30.00 (+0.47) **

Shawn Mendes - "When You're Gone" 28.36 (+1.30) 

Tate McRae - "she's all i wanna be" 27.77 (-0.78) 

Em Beihold - "Numb Little Bug" 24.78 (+1.24) 

5 Seconds Of Summer - "COMPLETE MESS" 22.94 (+0.24) 

Jack Harlow - "First Class" 20.15 (+2.65) 

Doja Cat - "Get Into It (Yuh)" 13.55 (+0.24) 

Lizzo - "About Damn Time" 12.44 (-0.21) 

Yeah on All Access its clear AC & HAC got big positive audience adjustments. As for my favorite formats; Active Rock, Country & Alternative all lost market share but AAA totals don't look much different. I'll get a better idea when I do the audience charts Sunday night. Yes I do also listen to some Christian but I don't follow those charts nearly enough to know if those totals got a noticeable adjustment either way.