Justin Bieber + BloodPop - Friends / via @justinbieber
Justin Bieber & BloodPop’s “Friends,” Demi Lovato’s “Sorry Not Sorry” and Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” make big gains on this week’s Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.
“Friends” rises six spots to #13, while “Sorry Not Sorry” climbs three places to #14. “Feel It Still” also rises three spots, in its case moving from #18 to #15.
“Friends” received 6,681 spins during the August 27-September 2 tracking week, besting last week’s mark by 2,028 plays. Only Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (+5,025) and Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do (featuring SZA)” (+2,869) enjoyed greater gains.
“Sorry Not Sorry” garnered 6,404 tracking week spins (+755).
“Feel It Still” posted a tracking period spin count of 6,328 (+1,434). Its week-over-week gain was the pop format’s fifth-largest (beneath those for “Look What You Made Me Do,” “What Lovers Do,” “Friends,” and Niall Horan’s “Slow Hands”).