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Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” Stays #1 At Hot AC Radio; Chainsmokers & Halsey, Twenty One Pilots Join Top 10

Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” spends a second week as hot adult contemporary radio’s #1 song.

The “Illuminate” single tops this week’s Mediabase Hot AC chart with a tracking week spin count of ~6,786. The count bests last week’s mark by 248.

Sia’s “Cheap Thrills (featuring Sean Paul)” holds at #2 with ~6,220 weekly spins (-127), while Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” remains #3 courtesy the ~6,070 spins it received during the October 9-15 tracking week (+31).

X Ambassadors’ “Unsteady” remains #4 with ~5,442 tracking period spins (+124), and Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling” holds at #5 with ~4,569 (-309).

While there are no new additions to the Top 5, two songs do make their first Top 10 appearances this week.

Up five places, The Chainsmokers’ “Closer (featuring Halsey)” takes #6 on the strength of ~4,411 tracking period spins (+611).

A four-place rise brings twenty one pilots’ “Heathens” up to #8. It garnered ~4,164 plays during the official tracking period (+621)

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