As we approach the end of the March 29-April 4 tracking period, it appears clear that Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” will cede its throne at pop radio.<\/p>\n
It is not, however, clear which song will take over the #1 spot on this week’s Mediabase pop radio chart.<\/p>\n
Harry Styles’ “Adore You” currently holds a narrow lead. The song, which received 10,361 spins during the first four days of the tracking period, is #1 on Mediabase’s building\/real-time chart.<\/p>\n
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” however, very closely follows at #2. It received 10,321 spins during the aforementioned four-day window. It is also gaining airplay at a faster rate; “Adore You” is up 10.2% from this time last week, while “Blinding Lights” is up a whopping 20.8%.<\/p>\n
Granted, “Adore You” did<\/i> enter the week with a more sizable lead over “Blinding Lights.” It could also easily pick up the relative pace as the tracking period comes to a close. These realities further underscore why the race is hard to predict.<\/p>\n
Styles is gunning for his first career #1 at pop radio. The Weeknd is looking for his third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Which song will dethrone Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now.”","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138852,"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":[1441,13160,8433,791],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n