Dua Lipa’s “Break My Heart” is in contention to reach #1 on this week’s Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.<\/p>\n
The “Don’t Start Now” follow-up received 2,446 spins on Sunday, which marked the start of the July 19-25 tracking period. Up 10% from last Sunday’s count, the tally slots “Break My Heart” at #1 on the Mediabase building\/real-time pop chart.<\/p>\n
Because the week is so young and because Sunday airplay can be erratic, it is too early to definitively predict that “Break My Heart” will reach #1. Nonetheless, the strong opening day and clear momentum definitely suggest “Break My Heart” has a chance.<\/p>\n
To get there, it will have to hold off Harry Styles’ surging “Watermelon Sugar.” Credited with 2,215 spins on Sunday, the Harry Styles hit is #3 on the building\/real-time chart (and likely to reach #2 within the next few days). It is also rising at a considerably faster rate; its spin count tops last Sunday’s mark by a whopping 18%.<\/p>\n
If they remain on their current trajectories, “Break My Heart” will stay narrowly<\/i> ahead of “Watermelon Sugar” as the week closes. “Watermelon Sugar” may, moreover, (slightly) slow down as radio prepares for a multi-week stint at #1 in the future. Still, this week’s race will be close. And even if “Break My Heart” ultimately earns #1, “Watermelon Sugar” could obviously take over as soon as next week.<\/p>\n
Number two on the building chart, Trevor Daniel’s “Falling” is technically ahead of “Watermelon Sugar” right now. It nonetheless seems likely to fall behind. Having already hit #1 last week and potentially ceding spins to follow-up “Past Life,” the song has considerably less momentum. Whereas “Watermelon Sugar” and “Break My Heart” are respectively up 18% and 10% from last week’s mark, “Past Life” is up less than 2%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Break My Heart” has a shot at #1 on this week’s pop radio chart.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140615,"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":[8763,6960,8433,13844,13188,13134],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n