Making good on the mid-week projection, Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” reaches #1 on the Mediabase hot adult contemporary airplay chart.
Spun ~6,601 times during the October 2-8 tracking week (+554), “Treat You Better” seizes the throne from Sia’s “Cheap Thrills (featuring Sean Paul).”
“Cheap Thrills,” which spent the past seven weeks at #1, falls to #2 with ~6,399 weekly plays (-319).
“Treat You Better” follows “Stitches” in becoming Mendes’ second Hot AC radio #1.
Credited with ~6,070 in tracking period plays (+112), Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” holds at #3. X Ambassadors’ “Unsteady” rises one spot to #4 with ~5,341 plays (+222), while Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” drops to #5 courtesy a spin count of ~4,929 (-393).