2 hours ago, lomlguts said:

Kinda funny how Tame Impala and Zara were never exactly radio darlings and now suddenly reach the top with such ease, while Olivia and Ariana seem to be fighting for their lives to hit #1

radio is shifting... i remember the days when katie perry was a radio darling and then during the witness era she started to struggle, and now she's radio poison

jennie her power

3 hours ago, lomlguts said:

Kinda funny how Tame Impala and Zara were never exactly radio darlings and now suddenly reach the top with such ease, while Olivia and Ariana seem to be fighting for their lives to hit #1

I mean it took Midnight Sun a year to get there

US Radio Updater answering some interesting questions about current singles and artists . here is the link.

https://x.com/USRadioUpdater/with_replies

POP
1. Dracula (JENNIE Remix): 16951 (-36) | 46.337 (-0.078)
2. Risk It All: 16017 (+177) | 42.462 (+0.569)
3 (+1) drop dead: 14490 (+97) | 33.798 (+0.274)
4 (-1) Midnight Sun: 14451 (+54) | 40.092 (+0.246)
5. So Easy (To Fall in Love): 12896 (+7) | 40.414 (+0.083)
6. I Knew It, I Knew You: 11287 (+65) | 26.149 (+0.371)
7. hate that i made you love me: 10210 (+115) | 26.364 (+0.302)
8. Stateside + Zara Larsson: 10006 (-52) | 27.684 (-0.406)
9. Choosin' Texas: 8838 (+111) | 17.800 (+0.195)
10. FEVER DREAM: 8330 (-86) | 17.638 (-0.257)

11. House Tour: 8267 (+131) | 18.953 (+0.280)
12. American Girls: 7110 (-113) | 15.640 (-0.146)
13. SPEED DEMON: 7098 (+115) | 15.654 (+0.444)
14 (+1) Babydoll: 6340 (+264) | 13.824 (+0.654)
15 (-1) Mr. Know It All: 6292 (+61) | 12.751 (+0.126)
16. Hit the Wall: 5757 (+116) | 11.478 (+0.042)
17 (+1) My Body Isn't Ready: 4519 (+167) | 10.022 (+0.314)
18 (-1) iloveitiloveitiloveit: 4421 (+25) | 5.862 (+0.098)
19. The Time of My Life: 4305 (+112) | 7.240 (+0.242)
20. Earrings: 3783 (+112) | 5.436 (+0.203)

21 (+1) stupid song: 3248 (+168) | 8.683 (+0.294)
22 (-1) Need Your Love: 2697 (-441) | 4.186 (-0.881)
23. Tastes So Good: 2553 (+13) | 4.533 (+0.034)
24. Repeat It: 2359 (+59) | 3.048 (+0.105)
25. SHE DID IT AGAIN: 2142 (-65) | 2.625 (-0.092)

"Babydoll" to become a radio hit despite programmers not liking the song?

drop dead a Top 3 pop HIT

Country - Wednesday Update

TW	TW+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spin+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+
1	=	MORGAN WALLEN	Don't We	9644	+14	345	-79	41.032	+0.248
2	=	ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN	I Can't Love You Anymore	8854	-14	19	-98	39.210	+0.281
3	=	LUKE COMBS	Be By You	8015	+37	113	+21	34.877	+0.237
4	=	JASON ALDEAN	Don't Tell On Me	7342	-85	-1651	+230	34.617	-0.740
5	=	BAILEY ZIMMERMAN	Chevy Silverado	7683	+46	349	-4	31.847	+0.041
6	=	KANE BROWN	Woman	6429	+12	83	-45	24.968	-0.017
7	=	TAYLOR SWIFT	I Knew It, I Knew You	6221	-8	104	-28	24.279	+0.002
8	=	STELLA LEFTY	Boston	5927	+140	509	+8	24.247	+0.786
9	=	KENNY CHESNEY	Carry On	5978	+101	332	+118	25.150	+0.683
10	=	JOHN MORGAN	Kid Myself	5070	+113	210	+143	21.472	+0.213
11	=	GEORGE BIRGE	Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan	5140	+30	11	+102	20.102	+0.123
12	=	LUKE BRYAN	Country And She Knows It	4570	-40	323	-77	18.493	+0.040
13	=	LAUREN ALAINA	All My Exes f/Chase Matthew	3945	+79	354	+16	18.102	+0.359
14	=	ZACH TOP	South Of Sanity	3656	+32	61	+71	16.419	+0.202
15	=	ZACH JOHN KING	Get To Drinkin'	3545	-20	27	-56	14.698	+0.022
16	=	DAN + SHAY	Say So	3569	-17	81	-60	15.409	-0.036
17	=	HARDY	McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ...	3533	-11	-144	+3	12.599	-0.483
18	=	LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER	Phone, Keys, Wallet	3491	-24	151	-4	13.849	+0.233
19	=	RILEY GREEN	Think As You Drunk	3338	+19	118	-69	14.420	-0.056
20	=	JON PARDI	Boots Off	3165	-6	136	-14	12.667	+0.235
21	+1	MORGAN WALLEN	Been By Now	2816	+256	2816	+256	13.488	+1.143
22	-1	JELLY ROLL	Hands Up	2783	+32	148	-13	12.068	+0.306
23	=	DUSTIN LYNCH	Easy To Love	2697	+19	29	-9	10.415	-0.096
24	=	GREYLAN JAMES	Water At A Wedding	2401	-11	-46	-38	9.004	-0.232
25	--	ELLA LANGLEY	Loving Life Again	2180	--	440	--	8.101	--

Love Sensation will hit number one on da Dance Airplay this weekend

Weird song to have in the top 5 on Pop in Canada.

5

ELLA LANGLEY

Choosin' Texas

31 minutes ago, Raphy said:

Weird song to have in the top 5 on Pop in Canada.

5

ELLA LANGLEY

Choosin' Texas

Choosin Texas is #1 on the building Year End Chart in Canada so far it's almost as huge there as in the US it seems

10 hours ago, Icarus said:

Choosin Texas is #1 on the building Year End Chart in Canada so far it's almost as huge there as in the US it seems

well it's higher on Top 40 radio here than in US. idk how it did on country. but AC radio is eating it up too.

Country - Thursday Update

TW	TW+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spin+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+
1	=	MORGAN WALLEN	Don't We	9575	-69	200	-145	40.891	-0.141
2	=	ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN	I Can't Love You Anymore	8974	+120	104	+85	39.499	+0.289
3	=	LUKE COMBS	Be By You	8093	+78	211	+98	35.318	+0.441
4	+1	BAILEY ZIMMERMAN	Chevy Silverado	7701	+18	286	-63	32.160	+0.313
5	-1	JASON ALDEAN	Don't Tell On Me	7265	-77	-1426	+225	33.388	-1.229
6	=	KANE BROWN	Woman	6501	+72	183	+100	25.215	+0.247
7	=	TAYLOR SWIFT	I Knew It, I Knew You	6268	+47	131	+27	24.466	+0.187
8	=	STELLA LEFTY	Boston	5999	+72	485	-24	25.224	+0.977
9	=	KENNY CHESNEY	Carry On	5996	+18	254	-78	25.657	+0.507
10	=	JOHN MORGAN	Kid Myself	5117	+47	170	-40	21.703	+0.231
11	=	GEORGE BIRGE	Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan	5225	+85	158	+147	20.196	+0.094
12	=	LUKE BRYAN	Country And She Knows It	4586	+16	260	-63	18.400	-0.093
13	=	LAUREN ALAINA	All My Exes f/Chase Matthew	3930	-15	326	-28	18.267	+0.165
14	=	ZACH TOP	South Of Sanity	3672	+16	85	+24	16.661	+0.242
15	=	ZACH JOHN KING	Get To Drinkin'	3610	+65	82	+55	14.787	+0.089
16	=	DAN + SHAY	Say So	3571	+2	39	-42	15.332	-0.077
17	=	HARDY	McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ...	3518	-15	-141	+3	12.241	-0.358
18	=	LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER	Phone, Keys, Wallet	3491	=	101	-50	13.936	+0.087
19	=	RILEY GREEN	Think As You Drunk	3374	+36	156	+38	14.373	-0.047
20	+1	MORGAN WALLEN	Been By Now	3091	+275	3091	+275	14.826	+1.338
21	-1	JON PARDI	Boots Off	3154	-11	114	-22	12.434	-0.233
22	=	JELLY ROLL	Hands Up	2785	+2	171	+23	11.870	-0.198
23	=	DUSTIN LYNCH	Easy To Love	2694	-3	-2	-31	10.608	+0.193
24	=	GREYLAN JAMES	Water At A Wedding	2398	-3	-60	-14	9.060	+0.054
25	=	ELLA LANGLEY	Loving Life Again	2227	+47	430	-10	8.635	+0.534

POP
1. Dracula (JENNIE Remix): 16944 (-7) | 46.377 (+0.040)
2. Risk It All: 16120 (+103) | 42.853 (+0.391)
3. drop dead: 14568 (+78) | 33.851 (+0.053)
4. Midnight Sun: 14451 (=) | 40.283 (+0.191)
5. So Easy (To Fall in Love): 12975 (+79) | 40.534 (+0.120)
6. I Knew It, I Knew You: 11367 (+80) | 26.273 (+0.124)
7. hate that i made you love me: 10259 (+49) | 26.772 (+0.408)
8. Stateside + Zara Larsson: 10034 (+28) | 27.380 (-0.304)
9. Choosin' Texas: 8875 (+37) | 17.828 (+0.028)
10 (+1) House Tour: 8473 (+206) | 19.278 (+0.325)

11 (-1) FEVER DREAM: 8116 (-214) | 17.197 (-0.441)
12 (+1) SPEED DEMON: 7262 (+164) | 16.140 (+0.486)
13 (-1) American Girls: 6886 (-224) | 15.384 (-0.256)
14. Babydoll: 6475 (+135) | 14.237 (+0.413)
15. Mr. Know It All: 6400 (+108) | 13.006 (+0.255)
16. Hit the Wall: 5755 (-2) | 11.357 (-0.121)
17. My Body Isn't Ready: 4664 (+145) | 10.217 (+0.195)
18. iloveitiloveitiloveit: 4473 (+52) | 5.967 (+0.105)
19. The Time of My Life: 4397 (+92) | 7.461 (+0.221)
20. Earrings: 3913 (+130) | 5.741 (+0.305)

21. stupid song: 3375 (+127) | 9.008 (+0.325)
22 (+1) Tastes So Good: 2631 (+78) | 4.675 (+0.142)
23 (+1) Repeat It: 2396 (+37) | 3.160 (+0.112)
24 (-2) Need Your Love: 2246 (-451) | 3.363 (-0.823)

30 25 STELLA LEFTY Boston 2123 1504 619 3.346

"Smash Tour" biggest update of the day and Top 10

how long are they going to push Drop dead with payola?

That audience with that amount of spins are really bad.

Is Lush Life #1 yet?

The stability of Midnight Sun

shook that Midnight Sun reached 40M audience, this is incredible for her

Where Is My Husband goes recurrent, which (finally) makes room for Bertie Higgins, most famous for his 1981 hit Key Largo, to debut on Billboard AC.

Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 30 (August 1, 2026)

1 1 Alex Warren - Ordinary (39 weeks at #1)** 1 64
2 2 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 2 28
4 3 Huntr/X - Golden 2 43
3 4 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 3 38
5 5 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) 5 25
6 6 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 2 42
7 7 Taylor Swift - Opalite 4 38
8 8 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You 8 7
10 9 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 9 23
11 10 Justin Bieber - Daisies 9 49

9 11 Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 9 20
12 12 Bruno Mars - Risk It All 12 19
14 13 Kehlani - Folded 13 9
15 14 Teddy Swims - Mr Know It All 14 2
13 15 Sombr - Back to Friends 13 40
16 16 Harry Styles - American Girls 16 15
18 17 Sombr - Homewrecker 17 11
17 18 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide 15 13
20 19 Tame Impala & Jennie - Dracula 17 8
19 20 BTS - Swim 16 18

22 21 Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead 17 12
24 22 Benson Boone - The Time Of My Life 22 2
23 23 Ella Langley - Be Her 23 5
27 24 Backstreet Boys - Bottle Up 19 3
21 25 Miley Cyrus - Younger You 13 17
25 26 Alex Warren - Fever Dream 25 8
26 27 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 20 12
29 28 OneRepublic - Need Your Love 28 4
** 29 Bertie Higgins - A River 29 1
28 30 Village People - Disco Star 28 4

Recurrents/Exits:
30 RC Raye - Where Is My Husband 17 26

Descending songs below No. 5 are moved to recurrent after 78 weeks on the chart. Descending songs below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 52 weeks on the chart. Descending songs below No. 15 are moved to recurrent after 26 weeks on the chart.

POP
1. Dracula (JENNIE Remix): 16862 (-82) | 46.415 (+0.038)
2. Risk It All: 16140 (+20) | 43.062 (+0.209)
3. drop dead: 14567 (-1) | 34.022 (+0.171)
4. Midnight Sun: 14454 (+3) | 40.369 (+0.086)
5. So Easy (To Fall in Love): 12959 (-16) | 40.352 (-0.182)
6. I Knew It, I Knew You: 11350 (-17) | 26.379 (+0.106)
7. hate that i made you love me: 10268 (+9) | 27.324 (+0.552)
8. Stateside + Zara Larsson: 9898 (-136) | 27.412 (+0.032)
9. Choosin' Texas: 8946 (+71) | 17.974 (+0.146)
10. House Tour: 8561 (+88) | 19.402 (+0.124)

11. FEVER DREAM: 7750 (-366) | 16.200 (-0.997)
12. SPEED DEMON: 7431 (+169) | 16.521 (+0.381)
13. American Girls: 6612 (-274) | 14.974 (-0.410)
14. Babydoll: 6594 (+119) | 14.551 (+0.314)
15. Mr. Know It All: 6490 (+90) | 13.315 (+0.309)
16. Hit the Wall: 5763 (+8) | 11.461 (+0.104)
17. My Body Isn't Ready: 4813 (+149) | 10.421 (+0.204)
18 (+1) The Time of My Life: 4433 (+36) | 7.552 (+0.091)
19 (-1) iloveitiloveitiloveit: 4432 (-41) | 5.988 (+0.021)
20. Earrings: 4006 (+93) | 5.906 (+0.165)

21. stupid song: 3520 (+145) | 9.427 (+0.419)
22. Tastes So Good: 2664 (+33) | 4.777 (+0.102)
23. Repeat It: 2451 (+55) | 3.289 (+0.129)
24 (+1) Boston: 2194 (+71) | 3.474 (+0.128)

27 25 TYLA F/ZARA LARSSON SHE DID IT AGAIN 2095 2117 -22 2.738

Edited July 31Jul 31 by Ger

On Pop, it looks like Fever Dream goes recurrent this weekend.

Country - Friday Update

TW TW+ Artist Title Spins Spin+ Bullet Bullet+ Aud Aud+ 1 = MORGAN WALLEN Don't We 9599 +24 78 -122 40.817 -0.074 2 = ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN I Can't Love You Anymore 8951 -23 42 -62 39.467 -0.032 3 = LUKE COMBS Be By You 8087 -6 179 -32 35.319 +0.001 4 = BAILEY ZIMMERMAN Chevy Silverado 7755 +54 327 +41 32.434 +0.274 5 = JASON ALDEAN Don't Tell On Me 7194 -71 -1190 +236 32.309 -1.079 6 = KANE BROWN Woman 6473 -28 67 -116 25.266 +0.051 7 = TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew It, I Knew You 6347 +79 228 +97 24.872 +0.406 8 = STELLA LEFTY Boston 6069 +70 483 -2 25.840 +0.616 9 = KENNY CHESNEY Carry On 5979 -17 262 +8 26.210 +0.553 10 = JOHN MORGAN Kid Myself 5151 +34 174 +4 21.847 +0.144 11 = GEORGE BIRGE Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan 5244 +19 93 -65 20.254 +0.058 12 = LUKE BRYAN Country And She Knows It 4693 +107 318 +58 18.647 +0.247 13 = LAUREN ALAINA All My Exes f/Chase Matthew 3949 +19 312 -14 18.426 +0.159 14 = ZACH TOP South Of Sanity 3666 -6 53 -32 16.660 -0.001 15 = ZACH JOHN KING Get To Drinkin' 3572 -38 18 -64 14.840 +0.053 16 = DAN + SHAY Say So 3664 +93 103 +64 15.375 +0.043 17 +3 MORGAN WALLEN Been By Now 3350 +259 3328 +237 16.303 +1.477 18 = LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER Phone, Keys, Wallet 3508 +17 125 +24 13.871 -0.065 19 -2 HARDY McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ... 3448 -70 -264 -123 11.892 -0.349 20 -1 RILEY GREEN Think As You Drunk 3387 +13 95 -61 14.419 +0.046 21 = JON PARDI Boots Off 3173 +19 143 +29 12.209 -0.225 22 = JELLY ROLL Hands Up 2743 -42 58 -113 11.680 -0.190 23 = DUSTIN LYNCH Easy To Love 2705 +11 5 +7 10.655 +0.047 24 = GREYLAN JAMES Water At A Wedding 2431 +33 -21 +39 8.966 -0.094 25 = ELLA LANGLEY Loving Life Again 2238 +11 347 -83 9.085 +0.450

Midnight Sun coming back top three!

25 minutes ago, pride4jc1222 said:

On Pop, it looks like Fever Dream goes recurrent this weekend.

Country - Friday Update

TW TW+ Artist Title Spins Spin+ Bullet Bullet+ Aud Aud+ 1 = MORGAN WALLEN Don't We 9599 +24 78 -122 40.817 -0.074 2 = ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN I Can't Love You Anymore 8951 -23 42 -62 39.467 -0.032 3 = LUKE COMBS Be By You 8087 -6 179 -32 35.319 +0.001 4 = BAILEY ZIMMERMAN Chevy Silverado 7755 +54 327 +41 32.434 +0.274 5 = JASON ALDEAN Don't Tell On Me 7194 -71 -1190 +236 32.309 -1.079 6 = KANE BROWN Woman 6473 -28 67 -116 25.266 +0.051 7 = TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew It, I Knew You 6347 +79 228 +97 24.872 +0.406 8 = STELLA LEFTY Boston 6069 +70 483 -2 25.840 +0.616 9 = KENNY CHESNEY Carry On 5979 -17 262 +8 26.210 +0.553 10 = JOHN MORGAN Kid Myself 5151 +34 174 +4 21.847 +0.144 11 = GEORGE BIRGE Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan 5244 +19 93 -65 20.254 +0.058 12 = LUKE BRYAN Country And She Knows It 4693 +107 318 +58 18.647 +0.247 13 = LAUREN ALAINA All My Exes f/Chase Matthew 3949 +19 312 -14 18.426 +0.159 14 = ZACH TOP South Of Sanity 3666 -6 53 -32 16.660 -0.001 15 = ZACH JOHN KING Get To Drinkin' 3572 -38 18 -64 14.840 +0.053 16 = DAN + SHAY Say So 3664 +93 103 +64 15.375 +0.043 17 +3 MORGAN WALLEN Been By Now 3350 +259 3328 +237 16.303 +1.477 18 = LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER Phone, Keys, Wallet 3508 +17 125 +24 13.871 -0.065 19 -2 HARDY McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ... 3448 -70 -264 -123 11.892 -0.349 20 -1 RILEY GREEN Think As You Drunk 3387 +13 95 -61 14.419 +0.046 21 = JON PARDI Boots Off 3173 +19 143 +29 12.209 -0.225 22 = JELLY ROLL Hands Up 2743 -42 58 -113 11.680 -0.190 23 = DUSTIN LYNCH Easy To Love 2705 +11 5 +7 10.655 +0.047 24 = GREYLAN JAMES Water At A Wedding 2431 +33 -21 +39 8.966 -0.094 25 = ELLA LANGLEY Loving Life Again 2238 +11 347 -83 9.085 +0.450

Great country update for taylor.

come thru House Tour