Four young acts — three quartets and one solo — enter the Top 60 at hot adult contemporary radio.
The highest-ranking of the bunch is Echosmith’s “Let’s Love.” The song, which received 132 plays during the August 2-8 tracking week (+98), earns the Mediabase Hot AC panel’s #53 position. It was #81 last week.
One Direction’s “Drag Me Down,” which reaches the Top 30 on this week’s pop chart, concurrently rises thirty one places to #54 at Hot AC. It received 123 weekly spins (+93).
5 Seconds of Summer’s Top 20 pop hit “She’s Kinda Hot” is now a Top 60 Hot AC song. Up four places, it grabs #57 on the strength of its 113 weekly plays (+31).
Shawn Mendes’ “Stitches” also establishes itself as a Top 60 song. Spun 108 times during the tracking week (+28), it rises four places to #58.
