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sombr’s “back to friends” retains its #1 position on this week’s Mediabase pop radio chart, earning a second week as the format’s biggest song. It concurrently rises to #1 on the hot adult contemporary listing.<\/p>\n

— “back to friends” received ~16,156 pop spins during the February 1-7 tracking period, trailing last week’s mark by a non-trivial 831 but still ranking as the format’s top song.<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” holds at #2, while Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” rises a level to #3. HUNTR\/X’s “Golden” drops a place to #4, and Swift’s “The Fate Of Ophelia” stays at #5.<\/p>\n

— The sombr song meanwhile garnered ~5,629 Hot AC spins (+645), facilitating a two-place lift to #1.<\/p>\n

“Man I Need” drops a spot to #2, as “Golden” rises two levels to #3. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” falls two spots to #4, and “Opalite” ascends a position to #5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“back to friends” rules two formats this week.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172457,"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":[16688,17448,17223,17248,17322,17096,145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nSombr's "Back To Friends" Remains #1 At Pop Radio, Reaches #1 At Hot Adult Contemporary Radio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"sombr's "back to friends" retains its #1 position on this week's Mediabase pop radio chart, earning a second week as the format's biggest song. 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