Played almost twice as frequently as the runner-up, Idina Menzel’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (featuring Michael Buble)” remains the song to beat at adult contemporary radio.<\/p>\n
According to Mediabase, Menzel’s take on the classic received an impressive 1,192 spins and 6.84 million audience impressions during the December 7-13 tracking week. No song on Mediabase’s adult contemporary airplay listing came close in either regard.<\/p>\n
Kelly Clarkson’s “Wrapped in Red,” which rises to #2 on this week’s airplay chart, received 646 spins during the tracking period. Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off,” which slips to #3 from an airplay standpoint but reached the format’s second-largest audience, commanded 625 spins and 3.42 million impressions.<\/p>\n
Other AC movers this week:<\/p>\n
— Whitney Wolanin’s “Silver Bells” rises to #5 on the AC airplay chart.<\/p>\n
— Maroon 5’s “Animals” rises two places to a new high of #15.<\/p>\n
— Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” blasts into the top 20 at #16. Sam Smith’s “I’m Not the Only One” enters the top 20 at #18, while Darius Rucker’s version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (featuring Sheryl Crow)” grabs the #20 position.<\/p>\n
— Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” enters the top 25 at #21 (+9). Sam Smith’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” enters the Top 30 at #26 (+34), while Ed Sheeran’s “Don’t” gets there at #30 (+4). Pentatonix’s “Mary, Did You Know?” reaches the top 40 at #40 (+4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29967,"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":[692,3262,1151,314,1748,711,2429,1342,1142,1819,793,145,3301],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n