The ship has seemingly sailed on Katy Perry’s “Birthday” becoming a pop music smash. On the spectrum of “PRISM” singles, it will end its run far closer to disappointment “Unconditionally” than blockbusters “Roar” and “Dark Horse (featuring Juicy J).”<\/p>\n
It will not, however, go down without a notable airplay milestone. According to Mediabase, “Birthday” ranked as pop radio’s tenth-most-played song for the seven days ending June 15.<\/p>\n
Aiding the rise was Ed Sheeran’s “Sing,” which slipped to #11 thanks to a weekly spin decrease of 1241. That song, which seemed like a surefire smash upon release, ended up fizzling far earlier than expected.<\/p>\n
If “Birthday” can continue making slow gains, it stands a chance of passing declining tracks like Justin Timberlake’s “Not a Bad Thing” (#7) and John Legend’s “All of Me” (#8). It will also be the subject of an overtaking; MAGIC!’s #12 song “Rude,” which remains the fastest-rising song at Top 40 radio, will charge past “Birthday” (and “Sing”) this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[1993,314,486,2098,2190,2044],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n