Weezer’s cover of “Africa” continues to make upward moves at hot adult contemporary radio. The song blasts into the Top 20 on this week’s Mediabase Hot AC chart.<\/p>\n
Played 1,331 times during the July 8-14 tracking period, “Africa” earns #19 on this week’s chart. It was #25 last week.<\/p>\n
This count tops last week’s mark by a healthy 472 spins. Only Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” (+543) enjoyed a greater airplay gain.<\/p>\n
“Africa” concurrently rises to #6 at Weezer’s core alternative radio format.<\/p>\n
— As for Hot AC radio, “Africa” is the only new<\/i> addition to the Top 20. There is, however, a re-entry in the form of A Great Big World’s “Younger.” Up one place, the song returns to its #20 peak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Africa” makes a big jump on the Hot AC radio chart.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[1175,11100,2585,3892],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n