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The Script&#8217;s &#8220;No Good in Goodbye&#8221; earns fourth-most-added courtesy its 13 weekly pickups, while Andy Grammer&#8217;s &#8220;Honey, I&#8217;m Good&#8221; enjoys a show of support from 12 stations.<\/p>\n<p>Other popular options at Hot AC included Echosmith&#8217;s &#8220;Bright&#8221; (6th-most-added, 11 adds), Rihanna, Kanye West &#038; Paul McCartney&#8217;s &#8220;FourFiveSeconds&#8221; (6th-most-added, 11 adds), Train&#8217;s &#8220;Bulletproof Picasso&#8221; (6th-most-added, 11 adds), Walk the Moon&#8217;s &#8220;Shut Up and Dance&#8221; (9th-most-added, 10 adds), Lilly Wood &#038; Robin Schulz&#8217; &#8220;Prayer in C&#8221; (10th-most-added, 9 adds) and Young Rising Sons&#8217; &#8220;High&#8221; (10th-most-added, 9 adds).<\/p>\n<p>Major market adds:<\/p>\n<p>95.5 PLJ (New York) \u2013 Imagine Dragons&#8217; &#8220;I Bet My Life&#8221;<br \/>\nFresh 102.7 (New York) \u2013 Echosmith&#8217;s &#8220;Bright,&#8221; Sam Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Lay Me Down&#8221;<br \/>\nStar 101.3 (San Francisco) \u2013 &#8220;Lay Me Down,&#8221; Andy Grammer&#8217;s &#8220;Honey, I&#8217;m Good,&#8221; Big Data&#8217;s &#8220;Dangerous,&#8221; Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Style,&#8221; The Script&#8217;s &#8220;No Good in Goodbye,&#8221; Train&#8217;s &#8220;Bulletproof Picasso,&#8221; Veronicas&#8217; &#8220;You Ruin Me,&#8221; Young Rising Sons&#8217; &#8220;High&#8221;<br \/>\nAlice @ 97.3 (San Francisco) \u2013 &#8220;Bright,&#8221; &#8220;Lay Me Down,&#8221; &#8220;High&#8221;<br \/>\n103.7 KVIL (Dallas) \u2013 &#8220;No Good in Goodbye,&#8221; &#8220;Bulletproof Picasso,&#8221; &#8220;High,&#8221; Ellie Goulding&#8217;s &#8220;Love Me Like You Do&#8221;<br \/>\n102.9 NOW (Dallas) &#8211; Lilly Wood &#038; Robin Schulz&#8217; &#8220;Prayer in C,&#8221; Who is Fancy&#8217;s &#8220;Goodbye&#8221;<br \/>\nMix 96-5 (Houston) \u2013 Cage the Elephant&#8217;s &#8220;Cigarette Daydreams&#8221;<br \/>\n94.7 Fresh (DC) \u2013 &#8220;Bright,&#8221; &#8220;No Good in Goodbye,&#8221; &#8220;Bulletproof Picasso,&#8221; &#8220;High,&#8221; 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