The end of December is traditionally a quiet period for radio, so much so that some music industry outlets do not cover the associated airplay charts. Mediabase, moreover, does not apply recurrent\/purge rules to the published listings.<\/p>\n
Yet there is nothing quiet about this week’s pop radio race \u2014 three songs are contending for a position in the Top 10 on this week’s Mediabase chart.<\/p>\n
As of press time, Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” is leading the way. The song, which received 3,927 spins during the first three days of the December 15-21 tracking period (6.7% vs. same-time-last-week), is #10 on the Mediabase building\/real-time chart.<\/p>\n
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber’s “10,000 Hours” and Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” are, however, very close behind. “10,000 Hours” is #11 on the building chart with 3,920 spins (+4.1%), while “Dance Monkey” is #12 with 3,907 (+6.6%).<\/p>\n
Given their fairly similar spin counts and gain rates, it is hard to say which will pull ahead.<\/p>\n
It, moreover, is too early to guarantee that any will get there. While NF’s “Time” is down to #13 on the building chart (3,903, -5.5%), it could bounce back into the Top 10 by the end of tracking.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it is possible that two spots will open up this week. Jonas Brothers’ building #8 (4,121, -7%) is starting to fade — and could soon join “Time” in falling out of the Top 10. Whether it will be by this week remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will the songs get there this week?","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134427,"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":[12988,1971,12725,13078,6960,96,12695],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n