POP
1 (+1) drop dead: 15237 (-5) | 35.762 (+0.278)
2 (-1) Dracula (JENNIE Remix): 15153 (-284) | 43.576 (-0.511)
3. Risk It All: 14564 (-426) | 40.587 (-0.588)
4. Midnight Sun: 13410 (-90) | 37.380 (-0.247)
5. hate that i made you love me: 12991 (+249) | 35.049 (+0.826)
6. So Easy (To Fall in Love): 11873 (-338) | 37.954 (-0.467)
7. I Knew It, I Knew You: 11753 (-61) | 26.105 (+0.071)
8. Choosin' Texas: 10402 (-47) | 20.904 (-0.051)
9. Babydoll: 8396 (+51) | 19.911 (+0.127)
10. SPEED DEMON: 8044 (-145) | 17.698 (-0.390)

11. Mr. Know It All: 7875 (-53) | 17.856 (+0.070)
12. House Tour: 6696 (-270) | 17.126 (-0.461)
13. Hit the Wall: 6411 (-123) | 12.910 (-0.140)
14. My Body Isn't Ready: 6037 (-37) | 12.647 (-0.027)
15. stupid song: 5779 (-10) | 14.789 (-0.022)
16. Earrings: 4979 (+25) | 7.814 (+0.199)
17. The Time of My Life: 4905 (+2) | 8.205 (-0.008)
18 (+1) Boston: 4047 (+93) | 7.241 (+0.231)
19 (-1) iloveitiloveitiloveit: 3760 (-328) | 5.258 (-0.392)
20. petal: 3628 (+209) | 8.802 (+0.387)

21. Animal: 3433 (+142) | 7.650 (+0.279)
22 (+1) Repeat It: 3189 (+41) | 5.338 (+0.097)
23 (-1) Tastes So Good: 3134 (-17) | 5.462 (-0.106)
24. Dai Dai: 2435 (-2) | 5.096 (+0.005)
25. Lush Life: 2389 (=) | 9.675 (+0.224)

Gosh, those Pop updates are depressing.

Country - Thursday Update

TW TW+ Artist Title Spins Spin+ Bullet Bullet+ Aud Aud+ 1 = LUKE COMBS Be By You 8924 +38 135 -9 40.035 +0.078 2 +1 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN Chevy Silverado 8610 +79 588 -9 36.261 +0.294 3 -1 ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN I Can't Love You Anymore 8221 -289 -1262 -228 37.098 -0.632 4 = STELLA LEFTY Boston 7218 +97 568 +147 31.564 +0.548 5 = KANE BROWN Woman 7163 +24 49 -40 27.990 +0.105 6 = KENNY CHESNEY Carry On 6741 +30 313 +42 28.346 +0.233 7 = TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew It, I Knew You 6809 +69 17 +101 26.065 +0.114 8 = MORGAN WALLEN Don't We 5618 -41 -582 +164 27.441 -0.189 9 = JOHN MORGAN Kid Myself 5358 +37 33 +46 25.313 +0.244 10 = GEORGE BIRGE Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan 5384 -5 165 -44 20.551 -0.061 11 = LUKE BRYAN Country And She Knows It 4887 +26 31 +42 19.891 +0.034 12 = LAUREN ALAINA All My Exes f/Chase Matthew 4469 +45 101 -63 19.761 +0.077 13 = MORGAN WALLEN Been By Now 4464 +115 667 -12 19.547 +0.316 14 = ZACH TOP South Of Sanity 4026 -4 122 +11 17.441 -0.092 15 = ZACH JOHN KING Get To Drinkin' 3916 +14 47 -53 16.255 +0.205 16 = RILEY GREEN Think As You Drunk 3718 +23 152 +80 15.745 +0.314 17 = LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER Phone, Keys, Wallet 3849 +33 138 -10 15.409 +0.209 18 = DAN + SHAY Say So 3771 +31 25 +64 15.669 +0.034 19 = HARDY McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ... 3647 -7 -115 -2 11.240 +0.334 20 = JELLY ROLL Hands Up 3257 +82 216 +86 13.105 +0.126 21 = JON PARDI Boots Off 3127 = -68 -21 11.813 -0.006 22 = ELLA LANGLEY Loving Life Again 2986 +16 135 -81 12.782 +0.297 23 = DUSTIN LYNCH Easy To Love 2768 -98 -133 -138 11.162 -0.305 24 = GREYLAN JAMES Water At A Wedding 2637 +28 174 +17 10.030 +0.261 25 = HUDSON WESTBROOK Painted You Pretty 2549 +8 56 -4 9.334 +0.007

The second I heard "drop dead" back in April, I knew it sounded like a radio classic. A lot of people doubted you, but I never did

On a side note, now that "the cure" has established itself as the biggest streaming hit of the era, I wonder if Interscope will be dumb enough to send it to radio after "stupid song" (we want "expectations"!!!)

Edited August 20Aug 20 by lomlguts

Olivia back to #1 where she belongs

Hope "drop dead" can make it on Billboard, unlike "vampire".

38 minutes ago, Ger said:

Olivia back to #1 where she belongs

Hope "drop dead" can make it on Billboard, unlike "vampire".

It only needs to hold onto the top spot until Sunday to go #1 on Billboard, right? Seems likely since Dracula is having bigger drops.

25 minutes ago, georgechxng said:

It only needs to hold onto the top spot until Sunday to go #1 on Billboard, right? Seems likely since Dracula is having bigger drops.

It needs to hold on till tomorrow actually.

1 hour ago, Ger said:

It needs to hold on till tomorrow actually.

"Risk It All" was at #1 last Thursday and still lost to "Dracula". I'm not gonna take anything for granted, cause "vampire" still gives me war flashbacks...

i don't hate drop dead to be clear but it's such a fraud #1 with that audience

Just now, Matthew4815 said:

i don't hate drop dead to be clear but it's such a fraud #1 with that audience

not a fraud if it has the most spins and good callouts.

1 minute ago, georgechxng said:

not a fraud if it has the most spins and good callouts.

audience is more important

drop dead rising to #1 on pop in it's 16th week in the pop Top 10 a pop smash with great longevity!

Girls are already mad!

57 minutes ago, Matthew4815 said:

i don't hate drop dead to be clear but it's such a fraud #1 with that audience

"drop dead" (130M) already has more total streams on US Spotify than "Risk It All" (118M) and "Midnight Sun" (85M), and it's currently charting above them (and "Dracula" as well) on US Apple Music.

The #1 on radio might be a label push, but the public is definitely listening to it.

Ariana sucking up all the plays

That's what 10+ years of consistency in the business gives you

1 hour ago, Matthew4815 said:

i don't hate drop dead to be clear but it's such a fraud #1 with that audience

Some big cities are ignoring it, smaller cities are 'drop dead' biggest supporter.

A fraud is when a song gets a big push out of nowhere when it's close to hitting #1 and then freefalls immediately. We've seen it happen a few times.

Finally Drop Dead #1

I need US to give a chance to Dai Dai

Hate That I Made You Love Me will be the next #1

13 hours ago, Ger said:

POP
5. hate that i made you love me: 12991 (+249) | 35.049 (+0.826)
6. So Easy (To Fall in Love): 11873 (-338) | 37.954 (-0.467)
7. I Knew It, I Knew You: 11753 (-61) | 26.105 (+0.071)
8. Choosin' Texas: 10402 (-47) | 20.904 (-0.051)

Why Taylor and Texas audiences are so low given the spins?

48 minutes ago, OrgVisual said:

Why Taylor and Texas audiences are so low given the spins?

That's the common thing with country music on pop radio, they get bigger support from small stations, whlist most stations coming from metropolitan areas are more hesitant to play them.

POP
1. drop dead: 15409 (+172) | 36.211 (+0.449)
2. Dracula (JENNIE Remix): 15027 (-126) | 43.460 (-0.116)
3. Risk It All: 14391 (-173) | 40.353 (-0.234)
4. Midnight Sun: 13371 (-39) | 37.269 (-0.111)
5. hate that i made you love me: 13361 (+370) | 35.915 (+0.866)
6 (+1) I Knew It, I Knew You: 11910 (+157) | 26.277 (+0.172)
7 (-1) So Easy (To Fall in Love): 11680 (-193) | 37.367 (-0.587)
8. Choosin' Texas: 10519 (+117) | 21.160 (+0.256)
9. Babydoll: 8513 (+117) | 20.113 (+0.202)
10. SPEED DEMON: 8001 (-43) | 17.527 (-0.171)

11. Mr. Know It All: 7860 (-15) | 17.849 (-0.007)
12 (+1) Hit the Wall: 6525 (+114) | 13.047 (+0.137)
13 (-1) House Tour: 6457 (-239) | 16.601 (-0.525)
14. My Body Isn't Ready: 6082 (+45) | 12.804 (+0.157)
15. stupid song: 5828 (+49) | 15.060 (+0.271)
16. Earrings: 5014 (+35) | 7.964 (+0.150)
17. The Time of My Life: 4916 (+11) | 8.177 (-0.028)
18. Boston: 4177 (+130) | 7.490 (+0.249)
19 (+1) petal: 3848 (+220) | 9.242 (+0.440)
20 (+1) Animal: 3591 (+158) | 8.048 (+0.398)

21 (-2) iloveitiloveitiloveit: 3447 (-313) | 4.760 (-0.498)
22. Repeat It: 3233 (+44) | 5.440 (+0.102)
23. Tastes So Good: 3111 (-23) | 5.212 (-0.250)
24. Dai Dai: 2452 (+17) | 5.123 (+0.027)
25. Lush Life: 2441 (+52) | 9.735 (+0.060)

Fake news, Taylor ain't done yet.

Ariana gaining like there's no tomorrow, HTIMYLM is certainly coming for #1 next week.

Ariana's audience numbers are really good. I think this is going to be a strong era for her on radio, and the potential saving grace for the next single.

"HTIMYLM" gains look like a final push to get it to #1, and then shift the focus to "petal".

Honestly, I'd forgo investing in "petal" and focus entirely on maximizing "HTIMYLM" stability.

On Pop, So Easy and iloveitiloveitiloveit will go recurrent this weekend.

On Country, it looks like Bailey is going to be blocked from even a Mediabase #1.

Country - Friday Update

TW	TW+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spin+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+
1	=	LUKE COMBS	Be By You	9114	+190	299	+164	40.317	+0.282
2	=	BAILEY ZIMMERMAN	Chevy Silverado	8777	+167	692	+104	36.898	+0.637
3	=	ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN	I Can't Love You Anymore	7947	-274	-1546	-284	37.442	-0.656
4	=	STELLA LEFTY	Boston	7411	+193	673	+105	32.316	+0.752
5	=	KANE BROWN	Woman	7274	+111	77	+28	28.538	+0.548
6	=	KENNY CHESNEY	Carry On	6757	+16	317	+4	28.179	-0.167
7	=	TAYLOR SWIFT	I Knew It, I Knew You	6805	-4	-4	-21	26.141	+0.076
8	+1	JOHN MORGAN	Kid Myself	5407	+49	8	-25	25.506	+0.193
9	-1	MORGAN WALLEN	Don't We	5585	-33	-327	+255	27.414	-0.027
10	=	GEORGE BIRGE	Ride, Ride, Ride f/Luke Bryan	5442	+58	223	+58	20.808	+0.257
11	=	LUKE BRYAN	Country And She Knows It	4881	-6	29	-2	19.750	-0.141
12	=	LAUREN ALAINA	All My Exes f/Chase Matthew	4602	+133	234	+133	20.174	+0.413
13	=	MORGAN WALLEN	Been By Now	4579	+115	642	-25	20.030	+0.483
14	=	ZACH TOP	South Of Sanity	4018	-8	120	-2	17.505	+0.064
15	=	ZACH JOHN KING	Get To Drinkin'	4006	+90	181	+134	16.527	+0.272
16	=	RILEY GREEN	Think As You Drunk	3806	+88	242	+90	15.838	+0.093
17	=	LAINEY WILSON & JOHN MAYER	Phone, Keys, Wallet	3932	+83	271	+133	15.682	+0.273
18	=	DAN + SHAY	Say So	3779	+8	-40	-65	15.754	+0.085
19	=	HARDY	McArthur f/Church, Wallen, ...	3613	-34	-136	-21	11.602	+0.362
20	=	JELLY ROLL	Hands Up	3259	+2	142	-74	13.257	+0.152
21	+1	ELLA LANGLEY	Loving Life Again	3181	+195	354	+219	13.312	+0.530
22	-1	JON PARDI	Boots Off	3179	+52	-55	+13	12.197	+0.384
23	=	DUSTIN LYNCH	Easy To Love	2807	+39	-60	+73	11.296	+0.134
24	=	GREYLAN JAMES	Water At A Wedding	2577	-60	83	-91	9.926	-0.104
25	=	HUDSON WESTBROOK	Painted You Pretty	2578	+29	66	+10	9.438	+0.104

what happened to iloveitiloveitiloveit hated it at first but it grew on me.

On 8/20/2026 at 7:33 AM, lomlguts said:

The second I heard "drop dead" back in April, I knew it sounded like a radio classic. A lot of people doubted you, but I never did

On a side note, now that "the cure" has established itself as the biggest streaming hit of the era, I wonder if Interscope will be dumb enough to send it to radio after "stupid song" (we want "expectations"!!!)

no we don't!

8 minutes ago, Raphy said:

what happened to iloveitiloveitiloveit hated it at first but it grew on me.

It's too indie for pop I'd say, it wouldn't blow out unless there was some huge streaming take off. I like the song very much, but it's a song that appeals mostly to the young demo.

30 minutes ago, Raphy said:

no we don't!

Gurl it's the only possible option

18 minutes ago, Ger said:

It's too indie for pop I'd say, it wouldn't blow out unless there was some huge streaming take off. I like the song very much, but it's a song that appeals mostly to the young demo.

Hope "Earrings" doesn't suffer the same fate... it's definitely the bigger hit tho and Malcolm has a lot more hype as an artist.

Edited August 21Aug 21 by lomlguts

I don't think the "it's too indie for pop radio" argument really holds up anymore. A large percentage of today's biggest hits already have indie-pop, indie-soft/rock, alternative, or folk-pop influences. In fact, I've noticed a lot of overlap between Pop, Hot AC, Triple A, Alternative, and even Country formats lately. Triple A and Alternative, in particular, seem more aligned with Hot AC and Pop radio than ever before because they're often playing the same indie-pop, soft-rock, and alternative-leaning tracks. When I flip through stations, there are times I barely hear a difference between them. The reason is that many of today's biggest streaming hits fall into styles like indie-pop, folk-pop, indie-soft rock, alt-R&B, and indietronica, which can cross over into 4-5 different radio formats.