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Maroon 5 & Kendrick Lamar’s “Don’t Wanna Know” Easily Ranks As Pop Radio’s Most Added Song

The high-profile new releases keep coming, and so too does the ample impact week support from pop radio.

This week, Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know (featuring Kendrick Lamar)” receives the warm opening week reception. The new single was picked up by a whopping 159 Mediabase-monitored pop stations.

More than five times the count achieved by the next-most added song, the tally easily positions “Don’t Wanna Know” atop the weekly add board.

Shawn Mendes’ “Mercy” follows with 28 weekly adds, while an add count of 27 positions Fifth Harmony’s “That’s My Girl” as third-most added.

Credited with 21 adds each, Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” and John Legend’s “Love Me Now” tie for fourth.

This week’s other notable pop radio options: Ariana Grande’s “Side To Side (featuring Nicki Minaj)” (20 adds, 6th-most, tie), D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli (featuring Lil Yachty)” (20 adds, 6th, tie), Rihanna’s “Love On The Brain” (18 adds, 8th), DNCE’s “Body Moves” (16 adds, 9th), and Flume’s “Say It (featuring Tove Lo)” (12 adds, 10th).

Major Market Adds:
New York – Z100 – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), In The Name Of Love (Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha)
New York – 103.5 KTU – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Side To Side (Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj), Scars To Your Beautiful (Alessia Cara)
New York – 92.3 AMP – Perfect Strangers (Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper), Sucker For Pain (Lil Wayne/Wiz Khalifa/Imagine Dragons), The Ocean (Mike Perry ft. Shy Martin), Not Nice (PARTYNEXTDOOR), JuJu On That Beat (Zay Hilfiggerrr & Zayion McCall)

Los Angeles – 102.7 KIIS – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), The Greatest (Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar)
Los Angeles – Radio Disney – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), 24K Magic (Bruno Mars), Mercy (Shawn Mendes)
Los Angeles – 97.1 AMP –

Chicago – B96 – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Say It (Flume ft. Tove Lo), Mercy (Shawn Mendes), Love Me Now (John Legend), In The Name Of Love (Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha)
Chicago – 103.5 KISS – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Mercy (Shawn Mendes)

San Francisco – 99-7 NOW – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Bad Things (MGK & Camila Cabello), All We Know (The Chainsmokers ft. Phoebe Ryan)
San Francisco – WiLD 94.9 – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Capsize (Frenship ft. Emily Warren)

Dallas – Hot 93.3 – The Greatest (Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar)
Dallas – 103.7 KVIL – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Bonbon (Era Istrefi), i hate u i love u (gnash ft. olivia o’brien), LUV (Tory Lanez), Ain’t My Fault (Zara Larsson)
Dallas – 106.1 KISS – Don’t Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar), Broccoli (D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty), Bad Things (MGK ft. Camila Cabello)

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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