Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like,” which is already #1 on Billboard Pop Songs, has taken an early lead in the race for the top spot on this week’s Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.<\/p>\n
Mars’ single received 5,265 spins during the first two days of the April 23-29 tracking period. Up 0.4% from the count at this point last week, the tally slots “That’s What I Like” at #1 on the building chart.<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You,” which has spent the past ten weeks at #1, is #2 on the building listing. It received 5,102 spins during the week’s first two days (-5.3%).<\/p>\n
As the two songs are separated by fewer than 200 spins, it is too early to guarantee a victory for “That’s What I Like.”<\/p>\n
The scenario looks good, however. While “That’s What I Like” is narrowly up in week-over-week airplay, “Shape Of You” is down by over 5%. If those trajectories hold up across the rest of the week, “That’s What I Like” will be the clear #1 when the chart goes final.<\/p>\n
He topped the chart as a featured artist on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk,” but “That’s What I Like” would become Mars’ first pop radio #1 as a solo\/lead artist since “When I Was Your Man” reached the summit in early 2013.<\/p>\n
In ruling for the past ten weeks, “Shape Of You” tied “Blurred Lines” and “Closer” for the longest reign of the Mediabase era. A win this week – which, admittedly, appears unlikely – would make “Shape Of You” the outright record-holder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cThat\u2019s What I Like\u201d may be headed for #1 at pop radio.","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[40,314,8144],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n