Making good on the mid-week projection, Taylor Swift’s “Delicate” ascends to #1 on this week’s Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.<\/p>\n
The song, which was #5 last week, seizes the throne from Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left To Cry.”<\/p>\n
“Delicate” earns #1 on the strength of its ~16,727 tracking period spins. This week’s count tops last week’s mark by a mammoth 2,727 plays**.<\/p>\n
“Delicate” follows “Look What You Made Me Do” as the second pop radio #1 from Swift’s “reputation.” Unlike “Look,” it also reached (and remains) #1 at hot adult contemporary radio; it thus represents the first multi-format #1 from the album.<\/p>\n
Looking beyond “reputation,” the song represents Swift’s tenth career #1 on the Mediabase pop radio chart.<\/p>\n
Shortly after 12AM ET Sunday (when the tracking week ended and the news became official), Swift wrote an Instagram post commenting on the achievement.<\/p>\n
“Delicate is a song that was written about such a vulnerable time in my life and I can\u2019t express to you how grateful I am that it\u2019s gone #1,” wrote Swift. “You guys astonish me with your support. Guess you could say I\u2019m feeling PRETTY DELICATE about the whole thing I LOVE YOU SO MUCH”<\/p>\n
Up one place, Marshmello & Anne-Marie’s “FRIENDS” earns #2 on this week’s chart. It received ~15,548 spins during the July 15-21 tracking period.<\/p>\n
Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” follows at #3. The song, which was #6 last week, received ~15,520 spins this week (+3,417).<\/p>\n
The aforementioned “No Tears Left To Cry” falls three spots to #3 with ~15,257 spins (-1,139), while a play count of ~14,258 (-1,557) brings Bazzi’s “Mine” down three places to #5.<\/p>\n
**Editor’s Note: Because Mediabase added eight stations to its pop reporting panel this week, the aforementioned week-over-week spin gains are inflated. Mediabase may retroactively adjust last week’s spins to account for the panel change, which would result in reductions to the numbers reported in this story.<\/em><\/p>\n Delicate is a song that was written about such a vulnerable time in my life and I can\u2019t express to you how grateful I am that it\u2019s gone #1. You guys astonish me with your support. Guess you could say I\u2019m feeling PRETTY DELICATE about the whole thing I LOVE YOU SO MUCH \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n A post shared by Taylor Swift<\/a> (@taylorswift) on \n