Songs from two of the most bankable radio acts impacted the hot adult contemporary format this week.
Predictably, those two songs received colossal support from the format’s programmers.
Taylor Swift’s new “Bad Blood (featuring Kendrick Lamar)”* and Maroon 5’s new “This Summer’s Gonna Hurt” rank as the Hot AC’s most and second-most added songs, respectively.
The former, which is the follow-up to Swift’s #1 Hot AC hit “Style,” tops the Mediabase add board on the strength of pickups from 62 monitored stations.
The latter, which is the follow-up to Maroon 5’s #1 Hot AC hit “Sugar,” was added by 52 monitored stations this week.
Both songs have already gained impressive traction on the format’s airplay chart. Maroon 5’s “This Summer’s Gonna Hurt” appears at #39 on Mediabase’s rolling Hot AC airplay chart, while “Bad Blood” is currently #42. The latter, meanwhile, debuts at #40 on the official edition of Billboard’s corresponding Adult Pop Songs chart.
Most added last week, Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” follows as this week’s third-most added song. It received another 32 adds.
Kelly Clarkson’s new “Invincible” follows with 26 adds, while a total of 16 adds earns Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again (featuring Charlie Puth)” the fifth-most added distinction.
Other popular Hot AC options: Sam Smith’s “Like I Can” (14 adds, 6th-most added), Allen Stone’s “Freedom” (11 adds, 7th-most added), Hozier’s “Someone New” (10 adds, 8th-most added, tie), Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (10 adds, 8th-most added, tie) and Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” (9 adds, 10th-most added).
Major market adds:
Fresh 102.7 (New York) – Beggin for Thread (BANKS), Invincible (Kelly Clarkson), This Summer’s Gonna Hurt (Maroon 5), Bad Blood (Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar), See You Again (Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth)
104.3 MYFM (Los Angeles) – This Summer’s Gonna Hurt (Maroon 5), Believe (Mumford & Sons)
101.9fm (Chicago) – Bright (Echosmith), Hold Back the River (James Bay), Somebody (Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih)
Star 101.3 (San Francisco) – Ex’s and Oh’s (Elle King), Someone New (Hozier), Girl Crush (Little Big Town), Invincible (Kelly Clarkson)
Alice @ 97.3 (San Francisco) – This Summer’s Gonna Hurt (Maroon 5), Bad Blood (Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar), Like I Can (Sam Smith)
103.7 KVIL (Dallas) – Tear in My Heart (twenty one pilots), Invincible (Kelly Clarkson), Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
102.9 NOW (Dallas) – Cheerleader (OMI), This Summer’s Gonna Hurt (Maroon 5)
*Note: While the original “Bad Blood” has also received some Hot AC airplay, Mediabase now exclusively lists the song as “Bad Blood (featuring Kendrick Lamar).”