These are the top 100 songs that are making gains at mid-month
Trending 100 April 2020
POS/ARTIST/SONG/OVERALL IN TOP 500/POINTS
1 THE KILLERS Caution 3 3049.55
The first single from the upcoming “Imploding The Mirage” is currently #2 on the Alternative chart. At Beyond Radio the song has doubled the number of charts since March, up to 60. The band got an assist from Lindsey Buckingham on this track.
2 DUA LIPA Break My Heart 14 2499.8
No surprise that the latest single release is making a big impact. The song is currently moving up through the top 20 on the Pop chart. The album “Future Nostalgia” was released at the end of March so 3 other tracks off the album are seeing impact (Levitating” #11, “Love Again” #30 and “Hallucinate” #32) in addition to “Physical” #17, which spends a third month with gains and is currently tracking as the #1 song of April.
3 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Is Everybody Going Crazy? 25 1840.75
This is a great return for the UK band. They have reached my top 10 5 times since 2015, with an additional 4 songs reaching my top 40. Interestingly their biggest U.S. hit “Trip Switch” only reached #22 on my chart.
4 THE WEEKND In Your Eyes 21 1768.25
While “Blinding Lights” hits #1 on U.S. Pop radio and continues in the top 5 at Beyond Radio, this slice of 80’s style sophisti-pop including the requisite sax solo (think Simply Red), is moving up in the top 30. The Weeknd collaborated again with Max Martin, who co-wrote “Blinding Lights” and “Can’t Feel My Face”. Martin, as a songwriter, has had 23 songs reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since the late 90’s, starting with Britney Spears ‘Bay One More Time”.
5 LITTLE MIX Break Up Song 69 1051.45
More 80’s synth-pop influence on the latest by the UK girl group. This is their 15th top 10 song in Britain since 2011. They won the 2011 installment of “X Factor”. Their first single, “Cannonball”, a cover of a Damien Rice song and sung on the show, went to #1.
6 LADY GAGA Stupid Love 2 1033.8
Gaga’s album “Chromatica” was scheduled to be released last Friday but has been postponed due to the corona virus outbreak. The song debuted at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 last month, making it her 12th appearance in the top 5. Guess who co-wrote the song with her. Yes it was Max Martin.
7 JESSIE WARE Spotlight 9 954
This is proving to be her biggest song at Beyond Radio. Last month it was #5 on this chart and right now looking like it could make the top 10 this month. Though she has had 3 top 10 albums in the UK she only managed to reach the singles top 40 twice, both in 2014.
8 HAIM The Steps 27 908.15
This California female sibling trio has had 4 songs reach the Beyond Radio top 100 in the last 9 months. Each of these has had a distinctly different sound. “Summer Girls” had jazz elements, “Now I’m In It” an electro-pop vibe, “Hallelujah” a folk ballad and this song the late 70’s breezy quality of a Fleetwood Mac song.
9 AVA MAX Kings & Queens 38 897.55
The Euro-disco sound of this song and the success of her singles over the last 2 years would indicate that she is from somewhere on that side of the Atlantic. Actually Max was born in Milwaukee and raised in Virginai, though she is of Albanian descent.
10 BIFFY CLYRO End Of 45 845.9
This Scottish band’s 9th album “A Celebration of Endings” is coming out this summer. This is the second preview into the album, last month “Instant History” was #4 on this chart. This one veers towards their harder-edged side.
Alternative Sub Genre Charts, April 2020
Alt Pop/Electro
19 1 JESSIE WARE Spotlight
4 2 TAME IMPALA Lost In Yesterday
1 3 BILLIE EILISH No Time To Die
2 4 BILLIE EILISH Everything I Wanted
5 5 HAYLEY WILLIAMS Simmer
3 6 THE 1975 Me & You Together Song
6 7 GROUPLOVE Deleter
90 8 GLASS ANIMALS Your Love (Deja Vu)
12 9 BIFFY CLYRO Instant History
11 10 CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS People, I’ve Been Sad
Alt Rock
1 1 PEARL JAM Dance Of The Clairvoyants
5 2 PEARL JAM Superblood Wolfmoon
4 3 THE STROKES Bad Decisions
new 4 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Is Everybody Going Crazy?
6 5 BIFFY CLYRO Instant History
31 6 SPORTS TEAM Here’s The Thing
70 7 BIFFY CLYRO End Of
3 8 THE BLACK KEYS Shine A Little Light
2 9 GREEN DAY Oh Yeah!
23 10 KENNYHOOPLA How Will I Rest In Peace If I’m Buried by A Highway
Underground
8 1 SPORTS TEAM Here’s The Thing
new 2 MAC MILLER Good News
1 3 MGMT In The Afternoon
18 4 GORILLAZ Desole
11 5 THE ORIELLES Space Samba
50 6 CAVETOWN Sweet Tooth
76 7 I BREAK HORSES Death Engines
new 8 YVES TUMOR Gospel For A New Century
4 9 AGNES OBEL Broken Sleep
117 10 PURITY RING Stardew
Adult Leaning Alternative
125 1 THE KILLERS Caution
2 2 TAME IMPALA Lost In Yesterday
1 3 PEARL JAM Dance Of The Clairvoyants
8 4 PEARL JAM Superblood Wolfmoon
5 5 THE STROKES Bad Decisions
new 6 GLASS ANIMALS Your Love (Deja Vu)
27 7 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Come On Outside
19 8 COLDPLAY Champion Of The World
4 9 THE BLACK KEYS Shine A Little Light
7 10 DECLAN MCKENNA Beautiful Faces
Heartland (Roots Rock, Americana, Folk, Heritage Pop)
5 1 ALANIS MORISETTE Smiling
16 2 HAIM The Steps
2 3 MAREN MORRIS f/ HOZIER The Bones
1 4 ALANIS MORISETTE Reasons I Drink
new 5 THE PRETENDERS The Buzz
6 6 NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS And It’s Still Alright
4 7 MANDY MOORE Save A Little For Yourself
7 8 KALEO I Want More
17 9 JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT Be Afraid
new 10 COLDPLAY Trouble In Town
Retro Soul (R&B, Soul Pop, Jazz Pop, Disco, Throwback Hip Hop)
2 1 DOJA CAT Say So
4 2 JESSIE WARE Spotlight
7 3 SZA f/ JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The Other Side
3 4 ALICIA KEYS Underdog
8 5 ADAM LAMBERT f/ NILE RODGERS Roses
new 6 KIESZA All Of The Feelings
1 7 CELESTE Stop This Flame
new 8 JP SAXE f/ JULIA MICHAELS If The World Was Ending
new 9 U.S. GIRLS 4 American Dollars
new 10 PURPLE DISCO MACHINE In My Arms
Alternative Hip Hop
new 1 THE WEEKND After Hours
new 2 MAC MILLER Good News
1 3 GORILLAZ Momentary Bliss
new 4 MAC MILLER Blue World
new 5 YVES TUMOR Gospel For A New Century
new 6 RUN THE JEWELS Ooh LA LA
new 7 CHILDISH GAMBINO Algorhythm
new 8 DENZEL CURRY Cosmic.m4a
11 9 LABRINTH Something’s Got To Give
new 10 CHILDISH GAMBINO Time