Last week, Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” ranked as the runner-up on Mediabase’s pop and hot adult contemporary radio charts.
This week, it earns the #1 spot on both listings.
Spun ~18,789 times during the official October 18-24 tracking week (+759), “Wildest Dreams” ascends to #1 on the Mediabase pop chart. It seizes the throne from Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean?,” which slips to #2 this week. Bieber’s tune received ~17,955 weekly plays (-590).
The Weeknd’s “The Hills” (#3, = | ~17,363, +45), Shawn Mendes’ “Stitches” (#4, = | ~16,456, +1,603), and R. City’s “Locked Away (featuring Adam Levine)” (#5, = | ~11,340, -3,409) complete pop’s weekly Top 5.
“Wildest Dreams” concurrently received ~6,942 tracking week spins at Hot AC radio (+402), where it takes the crown from X Ambassadors’ “Renegades.” That song, which reigned for two weeks, falls to #2 courtesy its ~6,694 weekly plays (+67).
R. City’s “Locked Away (featuring Adam Levine)” (#3, = | ~6,492, +72), Elle King’s “Ex’s and Oh’s (#4, = | ~6,259, +432), and Meghan Trainor’s “Like I’m Gonna Lose You (featuring John Legend)” (#5, +2 | ~5,130, +629) complete the Top 5.
“Wildest Dreams” is the fifth single from Taylor Swift’s “1989” — and the fifth to reach #1 at both radio formats.
— “Wildest Dreams,” additionally claims a Top 10 position at adult contemporary radio and what should be a Top 25 position at rhythmic radio (due to Fetty Wap’s “My Way” going recurrent).
