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Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” Earns #1 At Hot AC Radio

The race as closer than anticipated, but it ultimately ends as expected. Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” overtakes Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” for #1 on Mediabase’s hot adult contemporary airplay chart.

Up one place, “Send My Love” takes #1 on the strength of its ~7,166 tracking week spins. This week’s count bests last week’s by 78.

“Can’t Stop The Feeling,” which had spent four straight (and seven total) weeks at #1, drops to #2. It received ~7,100 spins during the July 31-August 6 tracking period (-37).

P!nk’s “Just Like Fire” holds at #3 with ~6,827 spins (-106), while Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” (#4, = | ~6,679, +361) and twenty one pilots’ “Ride” (#5, = | ~5,453, +488) again complete the Top 5.

Brian Cantor

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