Oct 19
September's BR250 Finally
Oct 19
September's BR250 Finally
September's BR250 sees 4 titles hit the top 25 out of the box with Coldplay and BTS leading the pack with "My Universe" at #9. Not far behind is Ed Sheeran at #11 with "Shivers". The War On Drugs makes a surprise splash at #15, while Lil Nas X brings a third song to the top 25 this year as "That's What I want lands at #24.
I don't think anyone expected Elton john to top charts in 2021 but with an assist from red hot Dua Lipa his mash up of "Sacrifice" and "Rocket Man" jumps 33-2. With his Uber Eats commercials with Lil Nas X, his farewell tour, and multiple collaborations, his profile is front and center this year.
Oppositely, as expected, the return of Abba sees both new songs rise into the top 25. A full 14 songs enter the top 25 this month, that might be a record.
The Weeknd rolls into the top spot, moving 9-1 with "Take My Breath" and other top 10 moves belong to Billie Eilish, Halsley, and Lorde.
Oct 12
Beyond Radio Rock Chart Sept. 2021
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Sept/Oct/Artist/Song/Points/Charts
1 1 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave. 941.4 17
new 2 THE WAR ON DRUGS I Don't Live Here Anymore 716.4 17
11 3 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam 711.8 14
2 4 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown 680.5 10
3 5 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire 617.4 10
9 6 COLD WAR KIDS What You Say 593.6 9
7 7 CHVRCHES Good Girls 581.8 12
58 8 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love? 569.5 10
32 9 WET LEG Chaise Longue 563.6 11
691 10 YUNGBLUD Fleabag 542.6 8
5 11 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt 542.3 11
26 12 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked 530.6 8
49 13 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave 515 10
28 14 THE LINDA LINDAS Oh! 508.4 12
57 15 PARQUET COURTS Walking At A Downtown Pace 499.6 8
36 16 THE RECORD COMPANY How High 497.5 10
93 17 THE KILLERS Quiet Town 490.4 10
new 18 HATCHIE This Enchanted 481.9 11
61 19 MILKY CHANCE Colorado 463.9 8
65 20 CLAIRO Amoeba 459.4 9
18 21 ALL TIME LOW f/PALE WAVES PMA 450.8 8
409 22 THE WOMBATS If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You 443.5 11
new 23 BIFFY CLYRO Unknown Male 01 439.2 9
15 24 THE MARIAS Hush 431.9 8
33 25 BILLIE EILISH NDA 430.4 8
99 26 NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS Survivor 407.2 9
129 27 HALSEY You Asked For This 405.9 9
22 28 VANCE JOY Missing Piece 405.5 7
46 29 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday. 403.6 6
12 30 ST. VINCENT Down 390.5 6
16 31 DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS Witchoo 378.7 7
53 32 OUR LADY PEACE Stop Making Stupid People Famous 364.1 6
200 33 CHVRCHES California 361.8 7
66 34 HOLLY HUMBERSTONE The Walls Are Way Too Thin 360.7 9
new 35 BLOSSOMS Care For 357.5 4
68 36 CANNONS Bad Dream 356.2 7
440 37 THE VACCINES Alone Star 355.1 6
43 38 CHEVELLE Mars Simula 347.7 6
8 39 PALAYE ROYALE No Love in LA 346.3 9
824 40 MAGDALENA BAY Chaeri 339.5 6
4 41 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under 336.7 7
17 42 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul 326.4 6
13 43 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal 317.8 4
19 44 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof 315.8 6
406 45 TURNSTILE Blackout 314.9 6
new 46 BILLY TALENT F/ RIVERS CUOMO End Of Me 314.8 7
112 47 LORDE Mood Ring 311.3 9
89 48 AURORA Cure For Me 307.2 6
134 49 THE BEACHES Blow Up 303 4
111 50 KACEY MUSGRAVES Justified 300.5 8
6 51 LORDE Solar Power 299.8 5
31 52 MAMMOTH WVH Don't Back Down 295.2 5
new 53 RADIOHEAD If You Say The Word 293.5 6
40 54 VOLBEAT Wait A Minute My Girl 292.4 5
new 55 PLACEBO Beautiful James 290.5 8
new 56 SAM FENDER Aye 290.2 5
256 57 BILLY IDOL Bitter Taste 285.3 7
41 58 LUCY DACUS Brando 284.9 6
137 59 SEB Seaside Demo 282.2 6
127 60 BRANDI CARLILE Right On Time 272.5 4
new 61 MUNA f/ PHOEBE BRIDGERS Silk Chiffon 272.3 6
new 62 JERRY CANTRELL Brighten 270.5 5
773 63 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING Blue Heaven 268.8 5
25 64 WOLF ALICE Smile 268.8 7
720 65 BAKAR The Mission 267.7 7
162 66 TURNSTILE Fly Again 267 4
10 67 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between 265.6 8
832 68 THE GLORIOUS SONS Hold Steady 265 6
38 69 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet 263.6 5
new 70 JOHNNY MARR Spirit, Power And Soul 263.4 6
35 71 HALSEY I Am Not A Woman. I'm A God 261.3 4
new 72 EDDIE VEDDER Long Way 259.9 6
125 73 SEA GIRLS Sick 257.5 4
new 74 THE LUMINEERS Brightside 253.3 7
509 75 SPIRITBOX Secret Garden 252.5 4
511 76 THE SHERLOCKS City Lights 252.3 5
148 77 BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever 251.5 4
255 78 SIGRID Burning Bridges 249.8 5
new 79 GLASS ANIMALS I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) 247.4 8
139 80 LORD HURON Mine Forever 246.8 5
new 81 THE STEREOPHONICS Hanging On Your Hinges 246.1 6
21 82 ATLAS GENIUS Elegant Strangers 244.7 6
new 83 BLOXX Pop Culture Radio 244.1 4
new 84 ALT-J U&Me 240.5 9
354 85 KANYE WEST f/ LIL BABY & THE WEEKND Hurricane 236.9 4
463 86 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Telepath 235.2 5
92 87 YOLA Starlight 231.6 4
194 88 THE BLUE STONES One By One 227.8 4
173 89 HALESTORM Back From The Dead 225.9 5
80 90 RUFUS DU SOL Alive 225 4
199 91 SLEIGH BELLS Locust Laced 222.2 4
261 92 SPELLLING Boys At School 222 4
new 93 MACHINE GUN KELLY Papercuts 216.6 5
146 94 HIPPO CAMPUS Bad Dream Baby 215.9 5
475 95 YVES TUMOR Jackie 214 3
198 96 MANESKIN Beggin' 213.8 4
130 97 MARINA Venus Fly Trap 213.8 4
new 98 SAM FENDER Get You Down 212.8 6
186 99 CAPITAL THEATRE People 210.7 4
new 100 JUNGLE Truth 205.4 4
Oct 6
Pop Voters 100 and Compilation Sites 100 for September
I am continuing to evolve the process and some of that is dictated by the database program I've used for 25 years. Microsoft Works which stopped making updates over 10 years ago has become increasingly glitchy for me, and thus has slowed me down immensely. As I've mentioned before I have 2 jobs now, Ubering and Restaurant Brokering, which has limited my time as well. A new season of podcast episodes is in the works which certainly spreads me out even more.
There are 4 threads to making the BR250, Pop voters. Rock voters, Eclectic voters, and the Compilation charts from various sites. As I work on streamlining things I will try to get charts posted as they are done. Hope you stay along for the ride as things evolve.
Pop Voters 100
1 THE KID LAROI f/ JUSTION BIEBER Stay
2 THE WEEKND Take My Breath
3 LIL NAS X f/ JACK HARLOW Industry Baby
4 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
5 BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever
6 ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA Cold Heart
7 DUA LIPA Love Again
8 LORDE Mood Ring
9 ED SHEERAN Shivers
10 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
11 HALSEY I Am Not A Woman. I'm A God
12 TAI VERDES A-O-K
13 LIL NAS X That's What I Want
14 WALKER HAYES f/ KESHA Fancy Like
15 COLDPLAY & BTS My Universe
16 ABBA Don't Shut Me Down
17 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Skate
18 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
19 SHAWN MENDES & TAINY Summer Of Love
20 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
21 OLIVIA RODRIGO Traitor
22 LIZZO f/ CARDI B Rumors
23 BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA Remember
24 DOJA CAT Need To Know
25 CAMILA CABELLO Don't Go Yet
26 SHOUSE Love Tonight
27 JOEL CORRY vs JAX JONES f/ CHARLI XCX & SAWEETIE Out Out
28 MANESKIN Beggin'
29 BECKY HILL f/ TOPIC My Heart Goes (La Di Da)
30 ABBA I Still Have Faith In You
31 KANE BROWN f/ BLACKBEAR Memory
32 SIGRID Burning Bridges
33 GLASS ANIMALS f/ IANN DIOR Heat Waves
34 CHARLI XCX Good Ones
35 DOJA CAT & THE WEEKEND You Right
36 CHVRCHES Good Girls
37 JONAS BROTHERS Who's In Your Head
38 KACEY MUSGRAVES Justified
39 SIGALA & RITA ORA You For Me
40 GLASS ANIMALS I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)
41 LORDE Solar Power
42 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
43 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
44 TINASHE Bouncin
45 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
46 ANNE-MARIE & LITTLE MIX Kiss My (Uh On)
47 MARINA Venus Fly Trap
48 CLEAN BANDIT & TOPIC f/ WES NELSON Drive
49 LITTLE MIX Love (Sweet Love)
50 ED SHEERAN Visiting Hours
51 SHAKIRA Don't Wait Up
52 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
53 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love?
54 MIMI WEBB Good Without
55 KIM PETRAS Future Starts Now
56 JASON ALDEAN & CARRIE UNDERWOOD If I Didn't Love You
57 RAYE Call On Me
58 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
59 JUNGLE Truth
60 ALESSO & MARSHMELLO f/ JAMES BAY Chasing Stars
61 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem
62 WIZKID f/ TEMS Essence
63 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
64 GRIFF One Night
65 TONES AND I Cloudy Day
66 SAM FENDER Get You Down
67 BEABADOOBEE Cologne
68 MAISIE PETERS Psycho
69 DOJA CAT Woman
70 TOM GRENNEN Don't Break The Heart
71 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
72 FARRUKO Pepas
73 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
74 JESSIE WARE Please
75 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday.
76 MANIC STREET PREACHERS The Secret He Had Missed
77 KACEY MUSGRAVES Star-Crossed
78 JAMES BLAKE Say What You Will
79 BILLY IDOL Bitter Taste
80 PURPLE DISCO MACHINE Playbox
81 STEPS The Slightest Touch
82 DERMOT KENNEDY Better Days
83 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA f/ TY DOLLA $IGN & 070 SHAKE Lifetime
84 DIANA ROSS If The World Just Danced
85 ALESSIA CARA Sweet Dream
86 MABEL Let Them Know
87 POP SMOKE f/ DUA LIPA Demeanor
88 CHLOE Have Mercy
89 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
90 LISA Lalisa
91 STING If It's Love
92 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
93 TIESTO f KAROL G Don't Be Shy
94 RAG 'N' BONE MAN & NOTHING BUT THIEVES Alone
95 TROYE SIVAN Angel Baby
96 PURPLE DISCO MACHINE Dopamine
97 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
98 DAN & SHAY Steal My Love
99 KANYE WEST f/ LIL BABY & THE WEEKND Hurricane
100 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
Compilation Sites 100
1 THE WEEKND Take My Breath
2 ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA Cold Heart
3 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
4 THE KID LAROI f/ JUSTION BIEBER Stay
5 ABBA Don't Shut Me Down
6 BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever
7 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Skate
8 HALSEY I Am Not A Woman. I'm A God
9 LIL NAS X f/ JACK HARLOW Industry Baby
10 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
11 ABBA I Still Have Faith In You
12 CAMILA CABELLO Don't Go Yet
13 ED SHEERAN Shivers
14 LIZZO f/ CARDI B Rumors
15 JOEL CORRY vs JAX JONES f/ CHARLI XCX & SAWEETIE Out Out
16 DUA LIPA Love Again
17 CHARLI XCX Good Ones
18 BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA Remember
19 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
20 LIL NAS X That's What I Want
21 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem
22 OLIVIA RODRIGO Traitor
23 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
24 WALKER HAYES f/ KESHA Fancy Like
25 CHVRCHES Good Girls
26 LORDE Mood Ring
27 LITTLE MIX Love (Sweet Love)
28 ANNE-MARIE & LITTLE MIX Kiss My (Uh On)
29 DOJA CAT & THE WEEKEND You Right
30 MAISIE PETERS Psycho
31 SHAWN MENDES & TAINY Summer Of Love
32 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
33 THE WAR ON DRUGS I Don't Live Here Anymore
34 STEPS Take Me For A Ride
35 KACEY MUSGRAVES Justified
36 JASON ALDEAN & CARRIE UNDERWOOD If I Didn't Love You
37 DOJA CAT Need To Know
38 MABEL Let Them Know
39 BILLIE EILISH NDA
40 NORMANI f/ CARDI B Wild Side
41 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
42 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
43 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
44 MANESKIN Beggin'
45 COLDPLAY & BTS My Universe
46 LORDE Solar Power
47 BECKY HILL f/ TOPIC My Heart Goes (La Di Da)
48 CHLOE Have Mercy
49 PLACEBO Beautiful James
50 RAIN RADIO f/ DJ CRAIG GORMAN Talk About
51 RINA SAWAYAMA Enter Sandman
52 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
53 SHOUSE Love Tonight
54 THE WAR ON DRUGS Living Proof
55 ALL TIME LOW f/PALE WAVES PMA
56 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
57 MADISON BEER Selfish
58 STEPS The Slightest Touch
59 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You
60 OLIVIA VEDDER My Father's Daughter
61 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
62 WET LEG Chaise Longue
63 JERRY CANTRELL Atone
64 SIGRID Burning Bridges
65 SHAKIRA Don't Wait Up
66 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side
67 MAGDALENA BAY Chaeri
68 MADISON BEER Reckless
69 GARBAGE The Creeps
70 JESSIE WARE Please
71 YUNGBLUD Fleabag
72 SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR f/ THE FEELING While You're Still Young
73 AGNES 24 Hours
74 STRAY KIDS Thunderous
75 KIM PETRAS Future Starts Now
76 JONASU Black Magic
77 LISA Lalisa
78 JERRY CANTRELL Brighten
79 TIM MCGRAW 7500 OBO
80 BILLY IDOL Bitter Taste
81 TAYLOR SWIFT Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)
82 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
83 JUNGLE Truth
84 GLASS ANIMALS f/ IANN DIOR Heat Waves
85 MADDIE & TAE Woman Got You
86 DAN & SHAY Steal My Love
87 BILLIE EILISH Oxytocin
88 TOMORROW x TOGETHER Loser=Lover
89 MOON MUSEUM Contraptions
90 SEA POWER Two Fingers
91 WOLF ALICE How Can I Make It Okay
92 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
93 CASTLEBEAT Into
94 BTS Butter
95 JONAS BROTHERS Who's In Your Head
96 DEBBIE GIBSON One Step Closer
97 DARKLY I Want To Be A Line
98 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
99 THE KILLERS Quiet Town
100 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA On My Way
Sep 23
BR250 for August posted, focus may shift to less Pop, more Eclectic and Rock
Still not sure how I am moving forward but I at least have this to share. Here's the Rock 250 for August
1 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
2 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
3 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
4 LORDE Solar Power
5 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
6 DURAN DURAN Invisible
7 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
8 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt
9 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
10 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
11 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
12 BILLIE EILISH NDA
13 PALAYE ROYALE No Love in LA
14 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
15 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
16 CHVRCHES Good Girls
17 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love?
18 MARINA Venus Fly Trap
19 BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever
20 ST. VINCENT Down
21 COLD WAR KIDS What You Say
22 WOLF ALICE Smile
23 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul
24 VANCE JOY Missing Piece
25 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday.
26 ALL TIME LOW f/PALE WAVES PMA
27 INHALER It Won't Always Be Like This
28 THE SHERLOCKS Falling
29 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between
30 ATLAS GENIUS Elegant Strangers
31 COLDPLAY Higher Power
32 BRANDI CARLILE Right On Time
33 HALSEY I Am Not A Woman. I'm A God
34 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof
35 THE VACCINES Back In Love City
36 JERRY CANTRELL Atone
37 DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS Witchoo
38 THE MARIAS Hush
39 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
40 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Stargazing
41 MILKY CHANCE Colorado
42 YOLA Starlight
43 WOLF ALICE How Can I Make It Okay
44 HOLLY HUMBERSTONE The Walls Are Way Too Thin
45 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
46 THE KILLERS Quiet Town
47 THE LINDA LINDAS Oh!
48 WEEZER I Need Some Of That
49 CANNONS Bad Dream
50 NOTHING BUT THIEVES If I Were You
51 THE WAR ON DRUGS Living Proof
52 THE WEEKND Take My Breath
53 BILLY IDOL Bitter Taste
54 BEABADOOBEE Cologne
55 ROYAL BLOOD Oblivion
56 MAMMOTH WVH Don't Back Down
57 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
58 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
59 WET LEG Chaise Longue
60 KACEY MUSGRAVES Justified
61 POPPY Her
62 GARBAGE The Creeps
63 JACKSON BROWNE My Cleveland Heart
64 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING People, Let's Dance
65 BANKS The Devil
66 FUEL Hard
67 KINGS OF LEON Echoing
68 DURAN DURAN More Joy
69 SAINT MOTEL It's All Happening
70 IRON MAIDEN The Writing On The Wall
71 LEON BRIDGES Motorbike
72 AURORA Cure For Me
73 PARQUET COURTS Walking At A Downtown Pace
74 VOLBEAT Wait A Minute My Girl
75 GREEN DAY Pollyanna
76 RUFUS DU SOL Alive
77 THE RECORD COMPANY How High
78 MANESKIN Beggin'
79 JAKE BUGG Lost
80 THE BAND CAMINO 1 Last Cigarette
81 HALESTORM Back From The Dead
82 ARLO PARKS Too Good
83 LUCY DACUS Brando
84 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons
85 SAULT London Gangs
86 CHEVELLE Mars Simula
87 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Skate
88 LITTLE SIMZ f/ CLEO SOL Woman
89 OUR LADY PEACE Stop Making Stupid People Famous
90 SELF ESTEEM I Do This All The Time
91 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Keel Timing
92 COURTNEY BARNETT Rae Street
93 DAUGHTRY Lioness
94 POPPY Flux
95 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters
96 EVANESCENCE Better Without You
97 NIGHT RANGER Breakout
98 ALICE MERTON Vertigo
99 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling
100 SPANISH LOVE SONGS Phantom Limb
101 MARINA Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
102 HARD FEELINGS Holding On Too Long
103 LORDE Mood Ring
104 THRICE Scavengers
105 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Miracle, Baby
106 ROYAL BLOOD Boilermaker
107 I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME New Invention
108 DAYGLOW Medicine
109 COLDPLAY Coloratura
110 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Contact High
111 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Shy Away
112 RISE AGAINST Nowhere Generation
113 THE WOMBATS Method To The Madness
114 CLAIRO Amoeba
115 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be
116 MANIC STREET PREACHERS The Secret He Had Missed
117 AC/DC Witch's Spell
118 CREEPER America At Night
119 THE MAINE Sticky
120 LIZ PHAIR Spanish Doors
121 LIFEHOUSE Cut & Run
122 KEANE Dirt
123 NESSA BARRETT I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead
124 EASY LIFE Skeletons
125 THE WOMBATS If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You
126 TUNE-YARDS Hypnotized
127 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
128 MARINA Purge The Poison
129 LUCY DACUS Hot & Heavy
130 DREAMERS Palm Reader
131 ANGELS & AIRWAVES Losing My Mind
132 LONELADY Former Things
133 GREAT GOOD FINE OK So Far So Good
134 DAUGHTRY Heavy Is The Crown
135 JESSIE WARE Please
136 YOLA Dancing Away In Teras
137 TONES AND I Fly Away
138 NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS Survivor
139 THRICE Robot Soft Exorcism
140 KACEY MUSGRAVES Star-Crossed
141 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Flying On The Ground
142 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Your Blood
143 YVES TUMOR Crushed Velvet
144 ANY GIVEN SIN The Way I Say Goodbye
145 COHEED AND CAMBRIA Shoulders
146 TENNIS SYSTEM Dizzy
147 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS The Darkness That You Fear
148 ARKELLS One Thing I Know
149 CAPITOL Always Saying Nothing
150 ROYAL BLOOD Million And One
151 CREEPER One Of Us
152 NIGHT RANGER Bring It All Home To Me
153 THE SHERLOCKS City Lights
154 THE LATHUMS How Beautiful Life Can Be
155 GHOST Life Eternal
156 PACIFIC Spiral
157 DEAFHEAVEN The Gnashing
158 MATTIEL Those Words
159 LAURA MVULA Got Me
160 SEETHER Wasteland
161 MAMMOTH WVH You're To Blame
162 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
163 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS We're On Our Way Now
164 JAMES BLAKE Life Is Not The Same
165 MILEY CYRUS Nothing Else Matters
166 MODEST MOUSE Leave A Light On
167 SEB Seaside Demo
168 CREEPER Midnight
169 YOLA Diamond Studded Shoes
170 COUNTING CROWS Elevator Boots
171 ALL TIME LOW Once In A Lifetime
172 THE KILLERS f/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Dustland
173 VHS COLLECTION The Dark
174 ALANIS MORISETTE Rest
175 THE JOY FORMIDABLE Sevier
176 HOT MILK I Think I Hate Myself
177 RETRO VIDEO CLUB Disaster
178 BILLIE EILISH Oxytocin
179 GARBAGE Wolves
180 ST. VINCENT The Melting Of The Sun
181 MO Live To Survive
182 TAI VERDES A-O-K
183 JOYWAVE Every Window Is A Mirror
184 CHVRCHES He Said She Said
185 CUFFED UP Canaries
186 PENDULUM Come Alive
187 THE LICKERISH QUARTET Do You Feel Better
188 THE VACCINES Alone Star
189 TOM ODELL Lose You Again
190 THE RASMUS Bones
191 KIM PETRAS Future Starts Now
192 GORIJA Amazonia
193 RED RUM CLUB Nightcalling
194 INHALER Who's Your Money On
195 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
196 THE PRETTY RECKLESS Only Love Can Save Me Now
197 LIZZO f/ CARDI B Rumors
198 BULLOCK HEARTS See You Later
199 AMYTHYST KLAH Black Myself
200 BACHELOR Stay In The Car
201 GRABBITZ Pigs In The Sky
202 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS Can't Let Go
203 SQUID Pamphlets
204 MEET ME @ THE ALTAR Feel A Thing
205 PAUL MCCARTNEY f/ BECK Find My Way
206 THE BLUE STONES One By One
207 SEA GIRLS Sick
208 HALSEY You Asked For This
209 PANDAS & PEOPLE Bad Honey
210 SLEIGH BELLS Locust Laced
211 MELISSA ETHERIDGE One Way Out
212 WORLD'S FIRST CINEMA Supernatural
213 MOON FEVER Single All Summer
214 BOXTELES You Can't Fall In Love For The Sake Of It
215 THE HAUNTED YOUTH Coming Home
216 SAVE THE WORLD Miss Muse
217 THE BEACHES Blow Up
218 THE HUNNA Bad Place
219 BEARTOOTH The Past Is Dead
220 LAURA MVULA Remedy
221 LORD HURON Mine Forever
222 BOWLING FOR SOUP Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody's Doing It)
223 WU-LU Times
224 DECLAN MCKENNA My House
225 SAM FENDER Howdon Aldi Death Queue
226 LIL NAS X f/ JACK HARLOW Industry Baby
227 MICHIGANDER Better
228 10 YEARS The Unknown
229 THE KNOCKS f/ FOSTER THE PEOPLE All About You
230 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth
231 HEALTH f/ NINE INCH NAILS Isn't Everyone?
232 CAPITAL THEATRE People
233 ARLO PARKS Hope
234 THE NIGHT GAME & ELLE KING Companion
235 HIPPO CAMPUS Bad Dream Baby
236 BILLY BRAGG Ten Mysterious Photos That Can't Be Explained
237 LORDE Stoned At The Nail Salon
238 POP EVIL Survivor
239 DAYTIME TV Zombie
240 BIFFY CLYRO Space
241 JXDN f/ MACHINE GUN KELLY Wanna Be
242 THE ORION EXPERIENCE All Dolled Up
243 LAURIE WRIGHT After The End Of The World
244 FOZZY Sane
245 LITTLE SIMZ Introvert
246 THE LOTTERY WINNERS Times Are Changing
247 DEAFHEAVEN Great Mass of Color
248 THE KNOCKS f/ STUDIO KILLERS Bedroom Eyes
249 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Darkness Settles In
250 BADFLOWER Family
Sep 15
Beyond Radio Update
Hello friends. Yes it has been a month since I last posted anything, life has been getting in the way. I turned 60 in July and it has been a full summer of events. Just got back from an almost two week road trip. Before that my laptop had started acting up, slowing me down the process of this work. I thought an upgrade to the program i use could help and it actually created a loss of some files. Such can be the downside of technology. In the past this would have caused me great stress. this time I just released it.
In addition I have been working a new commission job, working with a friend who is a restaurant broker ,through most of the year which could be great as time moves on but it is a slow ramp up with COVID hesitancy on so many levels. Last month I decided to start driving Uber again which has been really great so far, I actually kind of missed it.
With all of this I have been re-assessing how I move forward with Beyond Radio. The podcast will certainly still be a focal point and most likely the writing I've been doing in relation to my old personal charts. The current music charts are the area that may change whether it be scaling back overall or giving the smaller personal chart groups more of a presence. After 25 plus years of processing charts to the degree I had been it may be time to ease up on that. Another thought is a rolling chart scenario, giving updates as they are processed, kind of like the Mediabase airplay charts.
It would be great to get some feedback from the audience on what aspects of the site are most important to you. Feedback has never really been a thing that I have gotten a lot of over the years. Not that I have necessarily needed that. I do this as much for myself as for others. The milestone of 60 is relaxing in a kind of way and this summer I've had much time to enjoy, friends, family, gardening, exercise, and of course music. I trust the right mix will fall into place for me and I hope you all will continue to follow the journey.
With that said, here a few of my favorite tunes at the moment.
Tim
Aug 20
Monthly Genre Charts posted
All the monthly genre charts are posted on their individual pages. The file upload function is still not working properly. I moved the BR250 to it's page as well. Here are the top 50's for each of the July Hybrid charts.
Heritage Artists July 2021
2 1 DURAN DURAN Invisible
1 2 COLDPLAY Higher Power
8 3 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
3 4 PINK All I Know So Far
23 5 DIANA ROSS Thank You
15 6 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
40 7 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better
27 8 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night
new 9 WILL YOUNG Daniel
12 10 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between
6 11 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters
13 12 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
14 13 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
16 14 GARBAGE Wolves
5 15 MAJESTIC f/ BONEY M Rasputin
4 16 RINA SAWAYAMA f/ ELTON JOHN Chosen Family
9 17 TEXAS Mr. Haze
18 18 GREEN DAY Pollyanna
43 19 THE KILLERS f/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Dustland
28 20 KENNYHOOPLA f/ TRAVIS BARKER Hollywood Sucks
26 21 WEEZER I Need Some Of That
144 22 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be
21 23 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who
24 24 KYLIE MINOGUE Dance Floor Darling
37 25 STEPS & MICHELLE VISAGE Heartbreak In This City
74 26 JACKSON BROWNE My Cleveland Heart
10 27 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS The Darkness That You Fear
29 28 LIZ PHAIR Spanish Doors
25 29 BOWLING FOR SOUP Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody's Doing It)
119 30 AC/DC Witch's Spell
332 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/ TOBY KEITH & HARDY The Worst Country Song Of All Time
245 32 GARBAGE The Creeps
7 33 ELTON JOHN f/ YEARS & YEARS It's A Sin
45 34 CHEVELLE Mars Simula
33 35 RISE AGAINST Nowhere Generation
38 36 LIFEHOUSE Cut & Run
57 37 EAGLE EYE CHERRY I Like It
32 38 COUNTING CROWS Elevator Boots
20 39 KEITH URBAN f/ BRELAND & NILE RODGERS Out The Cage
new 40 FUEL Hard
30 41 SLEATER KINNEY Worry With You
193 42 DUBSTAR I Can See You Outside
157 43 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Run Baby Run
19 44 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS We're On Our Way Now
new 45 OUR LADY PEACE Stop Making Stupid People Famous
39 46 CHER Walls
83 47 JAM & LEWIS f/ MARIAH CAREY Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart)
new 48 IRON MAIDEN The Writing On The Wall
35 49 HEALTH f/ NINE INCH NAILS Isn't Everyone?
56 50 SAVE THE WORLD Miss Muse
Heritage Voters July 20211 1 COLDPLAY Higher Power
3 2 DURAN DURAN Invisible
7 3 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
2 4 PINK All I Know So Far
11 5 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
85 6 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
5 7 JESSIE WARE Please
21 8 LORDE Solar Power
31 9 DIANA ROSS Thank You
10 10 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
4 11 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
72 12 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better
40 13 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night
13 14 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between
24 15 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
42 16 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
23 17 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
14 18 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
178 19 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be
new 20 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
35 21 LAURA MVULA Got Me
22 22 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
15 23 WILL YOUNG Daniel
16 24 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
8 25 TEXAS Mr. Haze
12 26 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck
new 27 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
48 28 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
new 29 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
38 30 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt
6 31 RINA SAWAYAMA f/ ELTON JOHN Chosen Family
17 32 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters
25 33 GREEN DAY Pollyanna
82 34 THE KILLERS f/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Dustland
64 35 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
163 36 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
27 37 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who
39 38 GARBAGE Wolves
62 39 STEPS & MICHELLE VISAGE Heartbreak In This City
29 40 ALICE MERTON Vertigo
new 41 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
33 42 KYLIE MINOGUE Dance Floor Darling
151 43 JACKSON BROWNE My Cleveland Heart
36 44 THE BLACK KEYS Crawling Kingsnake
106 45 MAJID JORDAN Waves Of Blue
32 46 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
45 47 JAKE BUGG Lost
52 48 LIZ PHAIR Spanish Doors
30 49 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
53 50 WEEZER I Need Some Of That
Heartland July 2021
1 1 COLDPLAY Higher Power
4 2 LORDE Solar Power
3 3 DURAN DURAN Invisible
2 4 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
10 5 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
6 6 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
16 7 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
new 8 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
new 9 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
5 10 KELSEA BALLERINI f/ KENNY CHESNEY Half Of My Hometown
15 11 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt
40 12 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
106 13 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
44 14 NEEDTOBREATHE f/ CARRIE UNDERWOOD I Wanna Remember
22 15 CAITLYN SMITH f/ OLD DOMINION I Can't
32 16 THOMAS RHETT Country Again
17 17 MADDIE & TAE Woman Got You
12 18 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
23 19 MARK KNIGHT & BEVERLEY KNIGHT f/ THE LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR Everything's Gonna Be Alright
42 20 BROTHERS OSBORNE I'm Not For Everyone
37 21 MERCYME Whiplash
11 22 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
28 23 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
51 24 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling
70 25 WE THE KINGDOM Child Of Love
new 26 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
29 27 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between
19 28 JAKE BUGG Lost
20 29 YOLA Diamond Studded Shoes
41 30 LAUREN ALAINA f/ JON PARDI Getting Over Him
21 31 ALICE MERTON Vertigo
25 32 THE BLACK KEYS Crawling Kingsnake
167 33 TENILLE ARTS Back Then, Right Now
302 34 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
238 35 TAYLOR SWIFT Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's version)
54 36 STEPHEN STANLEY Oasis
34 37 BRETT YOUNG Not Yet
75 38 CHRIS STAPLETON You Should Probably Leave
7 39 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
56 40 MERCYME On Our Way
77 41 ST. VINCENT Down
new 42 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
13 43 RYAN HURD & MAREN MORRIS Chasing After You
27 44 MAT KEARNEY Can't Look Back
8 45 LINCOLN BREWSTER Move
58 46 VANCE JOY Missing Piece
24 47 CHRIS YOUNG f/ KANE BROWN Famous Friends
69 48 LADY A Like A Lady
18 49 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
134 50 OLD DOMINION I Was On A Boat That Day
Rhythmic July 2021
1 1 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
13 2 DUA LIPA Love Again
46 3 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
2 4 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem
11 5 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side
5 6 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
6 7 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You
33 8 BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA Remember
14 9 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
3 10 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
4 11 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck
42 12 MABEL Let Them Know
7 13 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
32 14 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
12 15 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
10 16 COLDPLAY Higher Power
8 17 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
307 18 DOJA CAT & THE WEEKEND You Right
new 19 THE KID LAROI f/ JUSTION BIEBER Stay
51 20 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night
47 21 AVA MAX Everytime I Cry
36 22 AGNES 24 Hours
25 23 SIGRID Mirror
23 24 JESSIE WARE Please
19 25 BTS Butter
64 26 JESSIE J I Want Love
22 27 PINK All I Know So Far
17 28 DUA LIPA Levitating
15 29 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches
new 30 BILLIE EILISH NDA
87 31 RAYE Call On Me
38 32 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
9 33 BILLIE EILISH Your Power
31 34 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
new 35 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
18 36 OLIVIA RODRIGO Driver's License
29 37 ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN Our Song
68 38 LORDE Solar Power
16 39 MAJESTIC f/ BONEY M Rasputin
21 40 GO_A Shum
39 41 ARIANA GRANDE POV
73 42 MAJID JORDAN Waves Of Blue
71 43 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
116 44 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING People, Let's Dance
59 45 PENDULUM Come Alive
80 46 TWICE Alcohol-Free
66 47 KALI UCHIS Telepatia
new 48 MANESKIN Beggin'
26 49 KATY PERRY Electric
101 50 MEGAN THEE STALLION Thot S**t
Eclectic July 2021
1 1 DURAN DURAN Invisible
64 2 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
26 3 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
13 4 LORDE Solar Power
28 5 DUA LIPA Love Again
2 6 COLDPLAY Higher Power
5 7 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
4 8 JESSIE WARE Please
new 9 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
new 10 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
3 11 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem
34 12 LAURA MVULA Got Me
86 13 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better
266 14 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
8 15 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side
48 16 MARINA Venus Fly Trap
10 17 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
23 18 SIGRID Mirror
54 19 AGNES 24 Hours
19 20 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
6 21 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You
21 22 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
20 23 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
100 24 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
7 25 PINK All I Know So Far
15 26 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
47 27 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
57 28 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night
17 29 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
new 30 BILLIE EILISH NDA
46 31 DIANA ROSS Thank You
9 32 KATY PERRY Electric
new 33 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love?
11 34 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
262 35 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be
14 36 ONEREPUBLIC Run
171 37 MABEL Let Them Know
63 38 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
83 39 AVA MAX Everytime I Cry
65 40 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who
37 41 THE VACCINES Headphones Baby
39 42 KELSEA BALLERINI f/ KENNY CHESNEY Half Of My Hometown
165 43 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
104 44 VANCE JOY Missing Piece
192 45 INHALER It Won't Always Be Like This
24 46 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
383 47 BEABADOOBEE Cologne
32 48 WOLF ALICE Smile
16 49 JAKE BUGG Lost
204 50 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling
All Rock July 2021
3 1 LORDE Solar Power
1 2 COLDPLAY Higher Power
12 3 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
2 4 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
new 5 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
14 6 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
41 7 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
50 8 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
16 9 DURAN DURAN Invisible
5 10 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
210 11 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
8 12 JAKE BUGG Lost
13 13 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt
20 14 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul
new 15 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
22 16 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
40 17 MARINA Venus Fly Trap
10 18 WOLF ALICE Smile
4 19 BILLIE EILISH Your Power
42 20 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof
28 21 VANCE JOY Missing Piece
21 22 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between
38 23 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
18 24 ALICE MERTON Vertigo
11 25 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
new 26 BILLIE EILISH NDA
6 27 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Shy Away
7 28 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
25 29 THE BLACK KEYS Crawling Kingsnake
49 30 ROYAL BLOOD Oblivion
44 31 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling
206 32 BEABADOOBEE Cologne
91 33 HOLLY HUMBERSTONE The Walls Are Way Too Thin
15 34 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons
48 35 ST. VINCENT Down
57 36 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
17 37 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters
new 38 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love?
9 39 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You
33 40 GARBAGE Wolves
67 41 COLD WAR KIDS What You Say
39 42 WOLF ALICE How Can I Make It Okay
58 43 SELF ESTEEM I Do This All The Time
new 44 MANESKIN Beggin'
31 45 MARINA Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
83 46 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday.
45 47 KINGS OF LEON Echoing
30 48 GREEN DAY Pollyanna
34 49 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
46 50 WEEZER I Need Some Of That
All Adult July 2021
1 1 COLDPLAY Higher Power
37 2 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
3 3 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
6 4 DURAN DURAN Invisible
9 5 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
2 6 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
12 7 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
4 8 PINK All I Know So Far
5 9 JESSIE WARE Please
8 10 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
13 11 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
18 12 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
7 13 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck
47 14 DUA LIPA Love Again
new 15 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
32 16 ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN Our Song
46 17 DIANA ROSS Thank You
40 18 LORDE Solar Power
26 19 LAURA MVULA Got Me
14 20 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
85 21 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better
15 22 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
new 23 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
11 24 KATY PERRY Electric
57 25 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night
43 26 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire
29 27 PALOMA FAITH Monster
21 28 BTS Butter
10 29 TEXAS Mr. Haze
68 30 MAJID JORDAN Waves Of Blue
new 31 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
20 32 OLIVIA RODRIGO Driver's License
160 33 MILEY CYRUS Nothing Else Matters
166 34 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be
25 35 DUA LIPA Levitating
22 36 ONEREPUBLIC Run
30 37 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who
48 38 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
42 39 BEN PLATT Imagine
new 40 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Skate
45 41 TAYLOR SWIFT Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's version)
34 42 ALICE MERTON Vertigo
new 43 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under
24 44 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches
17 45 BILLIE EILISH Your Power
new 46 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love?
49 47 LOLA LENNOX Wherever You Go
76 48 STEPS & MICHELLE VISAGE Heartbreak In This City
36 49 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
new 50 MANESKIN Beggin'
Aug 16
The BR250 for July 31 Finally, but with a Glitch
There is something wrong with the file import function so here is the July 31, 2021 BR250. I will be skipping the August 15 chart and the next one will be for August 31.
BR250, July 31, 2011
JL15 JL31 ARTIST SONG WEEKS PEAK
1 1 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U 11 1
7 2 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits 6 2
4 3 LORDE Solar Power 8 3
9 4 DUA LIPA Love Again 70 4
2 5 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown 9 2
8 6 DURAN DURAN Invisible 11 6
5 7 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem 11 3
3 8 COLDPLAY Higher Power 13 2
6 9 JESSIE WARE Please 14 3
10 10 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side 9 10
16 11 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me 11 11
21 12 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave 10 12
13 13 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More 17 6
14 14 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You 16 9
33 15 BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA Remember 7 15
11 16 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open 22 1
25 17 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home 9 17
17 18 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy 9 17
12 19 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni 10 11
22 20 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal 10 20
35 21 MABEL Let Them Know 6 21
23 22 PINK All I Know So Far 13 14
20 23 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul 14 20
24 24 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck 17 4
15 25 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu 18 6
29 26 AVA MAX Everytime I Cry 8 26
42 27 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam 6 27
19 28 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears 72 1
77 29 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked 5 29
32 30 MARINA Venus Fly Trap 8 30
27 31 SIGRID Mirror 10 27
18 32 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) 22 16
30 33 ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN Our Song 11 30
388 34 THE KID LAROI f/ JUSTION BIEBER Stay 3 34
54 35 DIANA ROSS Thank You 6 35
34 36 BTS Butter 11 28
44 37 FOO FIGHTERS Making A Fire 26 37
28 38 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name) 19 3
242 39 BILLIE EILISH NDA 4 39
67 40 DOJA CAT & THE WEEKEND You Right 6 40
280 41 SAM FENDER Seventeen Going Under 4 41
36 42 KATY PERRY Electric 11 17
39 43 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt 11 39
41 44 JAKE BUGG Lost 12 33
26 45 BILLIE EILISH Your Power 14 5
31 46 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet 22 19
63 47 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better 6 47
58 48 AGNES 24 Hours 11 48
127 49 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade 4 49
40 50 WOLF ALICE Smile 15 16
84 51 KYLIE MINOGUE Marry The Night 8 51
47 52 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To 10 47
91 53 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave. 6 53
76 54 LAURA MVULA Got Me 11 54
37 55 GO_A Shum 24 26
48 56 ARIANA GRANDE POV 40 48
45 57 MODEST MOUSE We Are Between 13 45
43 58 DUA LIPA Levitating 70 2
60 59 SELF ESTEEM I Do This All The Time 11 59
38 60 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Shy Away 17 9
62 61 JESSIE J I Want Love 8 61
51 62 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof 8 51
46 63 KELSEA BALLERINI f/ KENNY CHESNEY Half Of My Hometown 21 46
111 64 MILEY CYRUS Nothing Else Matters 6 64
117 65 MANESKIN Beggin' 6 65
82 66 TWICE Alcohol-Free 8 66
70 67 VANCE JOY Missing Piece 10 67
61 68 MARINA Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land 11 59
52 69 ALICE MERTON Vertigo 17 25
100 70 RAYE Call On Me 8 70
115 71 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday. 10 71
53 72 OLIVIA RODRIGO Driver's License 30 1
49 73 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches 19 15
72 74 MAJID JORDAN Waves Of Blue 13 72
56 75 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters 14 41
71 76 INHALER It Won't Always Be Like This 8 71
85 77 HOLLY HUMBERSTONE The Walls Are Way Too Thin 10 77
79 78 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling 16 78
73 79 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian 11 63
57 80 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People 11 57
new 81 ANNE-MARIE & LITTLE MIX Kiss My (Uh On) 1 81
64 82 ONEREPUBLIC Run 13 33
65 83 GARBAGE Wolves 11 65
105 84 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING People, Let's Dance 8 84
55 85 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth 22 2
88 86 CANNONS Bad Dream 21 86
135 87 POPPY Her 5 87
94 88 VOLBEAT Wait A Minute My Girl 9 88
133 89 PENDULUM Come Alive 15 83
80 90 THOMAS RHETT Country Again 16 79
59 91 MAJESTIC f/ BONEY M Rasputin 23 29
98 92 DOJA CAT Need To Know 8 92
87 93 WOLF ALICE How Can I Make It Okay 9 87
86 94 MEGAN THEE STALLION Thot S**t 7 86
152 95 ROYAL BLOOD Oblivion 13 95
109 96 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Stargazing 33 96
78 97 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons 28 4
50 98 CHVRCHES He Said She Said 15 11
93 99 MO Live To Survive 9 93
136 100 ST. VINCENT Down 12 100
66 101 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You 21 9
83 102 MADDIE & TAE Woman Got You 18 74
75 103 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head 24 3
120 104 KALI UCHIS Telepatia 24 45
new 105 WALK THE MOON Can You Handle My Love? 3 105
101 106 MIMI WEBB Good Without 19 74
69 107 LITTLE SIMZ Introvert 15 27
104 108 PALOMA FAITH Monster 12 104
96 109 YOLA Diamond Studded Shoes 15 87
68 110 MARINA Purge The Poison 15 26
106 111 COLD WAR KIDS What You Say 8 106
74 112 RINA SAWAYAMA f/ ELTON JOHN Chosen Family 66 19
102 113 TYLER, THE CREATOR Lumberjack 6 102
169 114 SIGALA & RITA ORA You For Me 5 114
95 115 TEXAS Mr. Haze 17 31
157 116 THE VACCINES Back In Love City 5 116
89 117 MAMMOTH WVH Don't Back Down 18 89
177 118 BEBE REXHA Sacrifice 22 30
132 119 MAROON 5 Lost 8 119
97 120 GREEN DAY Pollyanna 11 90
113 121 BROTHERS OSBORNE I'm Not For Everyone 17 113
114 122 GRIFF One Foot In Front Of The Other 9 114
149 123 THE KILLERS f/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Dustland 7 123
81 124 THE VACCINES Headphones Baby 11 52
140 125 TINASHE Pasadena 7 125
new 126 LIL NAS X f/ JACK HARLOW Industry Baby 1 126
99 127 THE BLACK KEYS Crawling Kingsnake 15 57
90 128 LITTLE MIX Confetti 38 31
92 129 TAYLOR SWIFT Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's version) 17 56
146 130 BEABADOOBEE Cologne 6 130
130 131 KENNYHOOPLA f/ TRAVIS BARKER Hollywood Sucks 12 130
155 132 TENILLE ARTS Back Then, Right Now 9 132
186 133 CHRIS STAPLETON You Should Probably Leave 35 133
116 134 NOIZU Summer 91 (Looking Back) 19 114
195 135 WEEZER I Need Some Of That 15 106
110 136 CAITLYN SMITH f/ OLD DOMINION I Can't 73 110
199 137 KSI Holiday 7 137
159 138 JOURNEY The Way We Used To Be 6 138
131 139 LAUREN ALAINA f/ JON PARDI Getting Over Him 28 131
122 140 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who 13 105
118 141 THE BAND CAMINO 1 Last Cigarette 22 118
112 142 BEACH BUNNY Cloud 9 22 67
128 143 BRETT YOUNG Not Yet 15 128
171 144 KYLIE MINOGUE Dance Floor Darling 39 75
268 145 STEPS & MICHELLE VISAGE Heartbreak In This City 22 29
125 146 JOEL CORRY f/ RAYE & DAVID GUETTA Bed 22 14
123 147 AFROJACK & DAVID GUETTA Hero 13 97
211 148 JACKSON BROWNE My Cleveland Heart 9 148
129 149 CREEPER Midnight 9 126
142 150 PROSPA Want Need Love 13 142
172 151 KINGS OF LEON Echoing 24 118
124 152 GRIFF Black Hole 28 46
162 153 BEN PLATT Imagine 15 118
179 154 TYLER, THE CREATOR Wusyaname 5 154
317 155 CELESTE vs. MK Stop This Flame 83 14
new 156 CHVRCHES Good Girls 1 156
154 157 SAINT MOTEL It's All Happening 11 154
180 158 OLIVIA RODRIGO Traitor 10 113
151 159 MK Chemical 10 159
217 160 THE MARIAS Hush 8 160
160 161 ATLAS GENIUS Elegant Strangers 10 160
197 162 GORIJA Amazonia 16 162
107 163 MASKED WOLF Astronaut in The Ocean 25 27
121 164 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS The Darkness That You Fear 15 37
new 165 RAIN RADIO f/ DJ CRAIG GORMAN Talk About 2 165
231 166 OLD DOMINION I Was On A Boat That Day 10 166
190 167 LITTLE SIMZ f/ CLEO SOL Woman 12 167
new 168 JONASU Black Magic 2 168
new 169 CAMILA CABELLO Don't Go Yet 1 169
170 170 BELLA PAORCH Build A Bitch 10 170
137 171 RITON & NIGHTCRAWLERS Friday 28 26
103 172 BILLIE EILISH Lost Cause 8 103
1465 173 WILL YOUNG Crying On The Bathroom Floor 3 173
145 174 RYAN HURD & MAREN MORRIS Chasing After You 24 70
165 175 THE WOMBATS Method To The Madness 8 165
143 176 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth 20 11
187 177 KELSEA BALLERINI f/ LANY I Quit Drinking 7 177
141 178 LIZ PHAIR Spanish Doors 15 132
185 179 MIRANDA LAMBERT Settling Down 48 49
119 180 CHRIS YOUNG f/ KANE BROWN Famous Friends 37 108
1016 181 AURORA Cure For Me 3 181
138 182 ROYAL BLOOD Boilermaker 16 24
new 183 NORMANI f/ CARDI B Wild Side 2 183
148 184 BOWLING FOR SOUP Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody's Doing It) 12 117
205 185 LOLA LENNOX Wherever You Go 17 162
196 186 BANKS The Devil 6 186
161 187 JOYWAVE Every Window Is A Mirror 12 134
2359 188 PALAYE ROYALE No Love in LA 3 188
194 189 LADY A Like A Lady 21 101
168 190 OMNIA Beautiful 11 157
364 191 CHRIS MALINCHAK In My Eyes 6 191
284 192 AC/DC Witch's Spell 37 192
158 193 LEON BRIDGES Motorbike 11 158
1800 194 JAKE SHEARS Do The Television 7 194
139 195 MAROON 5 f/ MEGAN THEE STALLION Beautiful Mistakes 22 36
292 196 I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME New Invention 43 196
218 197 JONAS BLUE Hear Me Say 10 197
175 198 JESSIE WARE Remember Where You Are 56 3
153 199 JACKSON WANG LMLY (Leave me Loving You) 18 120
192 200 SPIRITBOX Secret Garden 9 192
209 201 FILATOV & KARAS TechNoNo 17 201
163 202 LIL NAS X Sun Goes Down 11 114
new 203 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Skate 1 203
574 204 THE SHERLOCKS Falling 4 204
213 205 DOJA CAT f/ ARIANA GRANDE I Don't Do Drugs 4 205
244 206 DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS Witchoo 11 206
468 207 JUSTIN WELLINGTON & SMALL JAM Iko Iko (My Bestie) 7 207
374 208 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/ TOBY KEITH & HARDY The Worst Country Song Of All Time 6 208
577 209 BTS Permission To Dance 3 209
198 210 MIMI WEBB Dumb Love 8 198
245 211 YEARS & YEARS The Edge Of Glory 6 211
189 212 DUSTIN LYNCH f/ LAUREN ALAINA Thinking 'Bout You 68 189
658 213 DEAFHEAVEN Great Mass of Color 4 213
144 214 LAINEY WILSON Things A Man Oughta Know 41 84
1113 215 SHANE CODD Always On My Mind 3 215
278 216 GARBAGE The Creeps 7 216
283 217 JUNGLE Keep Moving 19 31
108 218 ELTON JOHN f/ YEARS & YEARS It's A Sin 11 39
380 219 LUCY DACUS Brando 6 219
182 220 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Keel Timing 19 68
202 221 CHEVELLE Mars Simula 15 202
243 222 LUCY DACUS Hot & Heavy 15 162
174 223 JORJA SMITH Bussdown 11 174
184 224 VHS COLLECTION The Dark 14 181
200 225 OLIVIA RODRIGO Jealousy, Jealousy 11 189
134 226 NICK JONAS This Is Heaven 22 13
178 227 RISE AGAINST Nowhere Generation 20 30
173 228 JUNGLE Talk About It 9 173
193 229 GIRL IN RED Serotonin 21 103
166 230 ALL TIME LOW Once In A Lifetime 19 73
164 231 CHRIS MALINCHAK Closer Every Day 9 164
new 232 TINASHE Bouncin 2 232
351 233 BRAVE GIRLS Chi Mat Ba Ram 7 233
214 234 CHAYCE BECKHAM 23 7 214
246 235 DAYGLOW Medicine 10 235
191 236 GLASS ANIMALS Space Ghost Coast To Coast 15 191
181 237 GLASS ANIMALS f/ IANN DIOR Heat Waves 56 24
204 238 LIFEHOUSE Cut & Run 17 151
167 239 PORTER ROBINSON Look At The Sky 27 83
228 240 EAGLE EYE CHERRY I Like It 11 228
222 241 THE MAINE Sticky 20 222
206 242 GIVEON Heartbreak Anniversary 59 186
237 243 COUNTING CROWS Elevator Boots 15 156
150 244 KEITH URBAN f/ BRELAND & NILE RODGERS Out The Cage 46 104
208 245 MICHIGANDER Better 19 208
new 246 FUEL Hard 2 246
147 247 SLEATER KINNEY Worry With You 11 147
462 248 SQUID Pamphlets 13 248
250 249 LAURA MVULA What Matters 6 249
176 250 LAKE STREET DIVE Hypotheticals 24 87
Aug 9
Another Music Party in the Books
It was a great music party this year. The weather was perfect, sunny and low humidity. A fun time had by all. It was fantastic to see family and friends who I haven't seen in 2 years and we missed some regulars which we hope to see next time. With my 60th birthday and all the festivities over the last few weeks all things Beyond Radio have taken to the back burner. I'm sure I'll be up to speed by month's end (well another vacation week will happen at the beginning of September so don't hold me to it).
In the meantime here are the party top 100's for the 2019-20 season and the 202o-21 season. We did the party game on Friday for the year we missed and both games were won by our friend Cesar, who has won too many times to mention. The 2019-20 chart was filled with a good amount of songs that were featured in podcast episodes which made it even more fun for me.
2019-20 Top 100
1 DUA LIPA Don't Start Now
2 FOR KING & COUNTRY f/ DOLLY PARTON God Only Knows
3 LIZZO Good As Hell
4 POST MALONE Circles
5 THE GLORIOUS SONS Pink Motel
6 THE WEEKND Blinding Lights
7 SAM SMITH How Do You Sleep?
8 ELTON JOHN Curtains
9 OZZY OSBOURNE & ELTON JOHN Ordinary Man
10 MORRISSEY Bobby, Don't You Think They Know?
11 DUA LIPA Physical
12 DOJA CAT Say So
13 ED SHEERAN f/ CHRIS STAPLETON & BRUNO MARS Blow
14 LIZZO Cuz I Love You
15 TONES AND I Dance Monkey
16 BILLIE EILISH Everything I Wanted
17 LIZZO Boys
18 THE BLACK KEYS Shine A Little Light
19 KEANE The Way I Feel
20 HARRY STYLES Adore You
21 BILLIE EILISH Bad Guy
22 THE WEEKND After Hours
23 LADY GAGA Stupid Love
24 INTERRUPTERS Bad Guy
25 LAWRENCE Homesick
26 MAREN MORRIS f/ HOZIER The Bones
27 LADY ANTEBELLUM What If I Never Get Over You
28 HANSON Where's The Love (String Theory)
29 DUA LIPA Future Nostalgia
30 KID BLOOM Sugarcoat
31 SHAWN MENDES & CAMILA CABELLO Senorita
32 WHITE REAPER Might Be Right
33 JONAS BROTHERS What A Man Gotta Do
34 MERCYME Almost Home
35 COUNTING CROWS Up All Night
36 FREYA RIDINGS Castles
37 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER Wildflower
38 LEWIS CAPALDI Someone You Loved
39 KAISER CHIEFS Record Collection
40 TAYLOR SWIFT You Need To Calm Down
41 THE GLORIOUS SONS Sawed Off Shotgun (S.O.S.)
42 ROOSEVELT Illusions
43 TAME IMPALA Borderline
44 TAME IMPALA Lost In Yesterday
45 ADAM LAMBERT Superpower
46 INGRID ANDRESS More Hearts Than Mine
47 GROUPLOVE Deleter
48 DIXIE CHICKS Gaslighter
49 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile
50 VOLBEAT Die To Live
51 KATY PERRY Never Really Over
52 MILEY CYRUS Slide Away
53 THE HIGHWOMEN Crowded Table
54 KID BLOOM Does It Make Me Wrong?
55 MICHAEL KIWANUKA You Ain't The Problem
56 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS React
57 NEON TREES Used To Like
58 KYGO f/ WHITNEY HOUSTON Higher Love
59 CELINE DION Courage
60 POETS OF THE FALL My Dark Disquiet
61 JONAS BROTHERS Only Human
62 THE GLORIOUS SONS Closer To The Sky
63 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Drinking Alone
64 HARRY STYLES Lights Up
65 JASON ALDEAN Champagne Town
66 THE ARKELLS Years In The Making
67 NF Time
68 SHINEDOWN Attention Attention
69 JESSIE WARE Spotlight
70 MICHAEL W. SMITH Waymaker
71 NOAH CYRUS f/ LEON BRIDGES July.
72 VOLBEAT Last Day Under The Sun
73 GOO GOO DOLLS Miracle Pill
74 BANANARAMA Stuff Like That
75 KEANE Love Too Much
76 JOYWAVE Obsession
77 LIZZO Truth Hurts
78 ROB DICKINSON End Of The World
79 ALTER BRIDGE Wouldn't You Rather
80 CELESTE Stop This Flame
81 DIRTY HONEY Rolling 7's
82 HALSEY You Should Be Sad
83 GEORGE MICHAEL This Is How (We Want You To get High)
84 LANA DEL REY Doin' Time
85 INGRID MICHAELSON Missing You
86 THE 1975 Me & You Together Song
87 A GREAT BIG WORLD & CHRISTINA AGUILERA Fall On Me
88 SAM SMITH I Feel Love
89 AVA MAX Torn
90 THE KILLERS Caution
91 WHITE LIES Falling Out Without Me
92 DAUGHTRY Alive
93 KAISER CHIEFS Golden Oldies
94 ELIZA & THE DELUSIONALS Just Exist
95 ROB THOMAS Can't Help Me Now
96 EDITORS Frankenstein
97 CEDRIC GERVAIS vs JUST KIDDIN f/ KYAN Good Things
98 DIRTY HONEY When I'm Gone
99 TOBYMAC Edge Of My Seat
100 HAIM Now I'm In It
2020-21 Top 100
1 LADY GAGA f/ ARIANA GRANDE Rain On Me
2 HARRY STYLES Watermelon Sugar
3 HARRY STYLES Treat People With Kindness
4 DUA LIPA Levitating
5 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
6 MILEY CYRUS Midnight Sky
7 DUA LIPA Break My Heart
8 DUA LIPA Hallucinate
9 KYLIE MINOGUE Magic
10 SZA Good Days
11 SAM SMITH Diamonds
12 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Level Of Concern
13 THE KNOCKS f/ FOSTER THE PEOPLE All About You
14 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
15 KEITH URBAN f/ PINK One Too Many
16 OLIVIA RODRIGO Driver's License
17 CARDI B f/ MEGAN THEE STALLION WAP
18 KIM PETRAS Malibu
19 BILLIE EILISH Therefore I Am
20 KYLIE MINOGUE Say Something
21 DOJA CAT Boss Bitch
22 THE 1975 If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)
23 AC/DC Shot In The Dark
24 BLACK PUMAS Colors
25 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
26 PINK & WILLOW SAGE HART Cover Me In Sunshine
27 DOVES Prisoners
28 SHINEDOWN Atlas Falls
29 JESSIE WARE Save A Kiss
30 THE BAND CAMINO 1 Last Cigarette
31 JESSIE WARE Remember Where You Are
32 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons
33 MERCYME Say I Won't
34 LUKE COMBS Lovin' On You
35 ERASURE Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)
36 PINK All I Know So Far
37 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
38 HOT CHIP f/ JARVIS COCKER Straight To The Morning
39 BLACK STONE CHERRY Again
40 FOO FIGHTERS No Son Of Mine
41 FOO FIGHTERS Waiting On A War
42 AJR Bang!
43 MEGAN THEE STALLION f/ BEYONCE Savage
44 MAMMOTH WVH Distance
45 MACHINE GUN KELLY f/ BLACKBEAR My Ex's Best Friend
46 DUA LIPA We're Good
47 CHRIS CORNELL Patience
48 LEDGER My Arms
49 ROYAL BLOOD Trouble's Coming
50 BLAKE SHELTON Minimum Wage
51 ROGER MANNING JR. The Quickening
52 ED SHEERAN Afterglow
53 KYGO & DONNA SUMMER Hot Stuff
54 FOO FIGHTERS Shame Shame
55 ONE NIGHT ONLY Say You Don't Want It
56 TATE MCRAE You Broke Me First
57 STEPS What The Future Holds
58 OLD DOMINION Never Be Sorry
59 FOR KING & COUNTRY f/ KIRK FRANKLIN & TORI KELLY Together
60 BTS Dynamite
61 THE KILLERS My Own Soul's Warning
62 KATY PERRY Daisies
63 MACHINE GUN KELLY Bloody Valentine
64 DOJA CAT f/ GUCCI MANE Like That
65 KYLE FALCONER Stress Ball
66 I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME Leave Me Alone
67 EVANESCENCE Wasted On You
68 TOM GRENNEN Little Bit Of Love
69 LOTTERY WINNERS Love Will Keep Us Together
70 SAINT MOTEL Preach
71 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches
72 HARRY STYLES Golden
73 FOREST BLAKK If You Love Her
74 ERIC CHURCH Stick That In Your Country Song
75 ALL STAR UNITED Take Me Away
76 KYLIE MINOGUE & DUA LIPA Real Groove
77 BASTILLE F/ GRAHAM COXON What You Gonna Do???
78 DOLLY PARTON When Life Is Good Again
79 AVA MAX Kings & Queens
80 JAMES BAY Chew On My Heart
81 DAN & SHAY I Should Probably Go to Bed
82 YOU ME AT SIX Suckapunch
83 DUA LIPA Love Again
84 PEARL JAM Retrograde
85 KEITH URBAN Forever
86 BRING ME THE HORIZON Parasite Eve
87 DABABY f/ RODDY RICCH Rockstar
88 THE CHICKS Sleep At Night
89 ONR f/ SARAH BARTHEL Must Stop (Falling In Love)
90 KINGS OF LEON The Bandit
91 THIRD DAY What Good
92 POWFU f/ BEABADOOBEE Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head)
93 RITT MOMNEY Put Your Records On
94 MASKED WOLF Astronaut in The Ocean
95 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Real Love Song
96 24KGOLDN f/ IANN DIOR Mood
97 TAYLOR SWIFT Willow
98 AVA MAX My Head & My Heart
99 ALLIE X Glam!
100 TOBYMAC Help Is On The Way
Jul 17
Paradise Trending, The Cure for Drowning in your Bad Habits, and a Podcast
On the Trending 100 the top 4 songs are all in this weeks BR250 top 10. Led by Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" which moves up to #7 on the BR250, it's the return of Robert Smith from the seminal alt band The Cure that lands at #2 on both charts. Chvrches' collab "How Not To Drown" has the right ingredients to make a splash, though it is far behind the juggernaut "Good 4 U" at #1 on the BR250. Lorde used her solar power to land at #3 trending and #4 on the main chart. Rounding out the top 4 on the Trending chart is no stranger to the upper reaches of either chart. Dua Lipa's "Love Again" becomes the ninth song from the Moonlight Edition of her powerhouse album "Future Nostalgia" to make the Trending top 5.
On the podcast front the latest episode is called Paradise Theater. In this episode after a 3 month hiatus, and the final in the Podcast-list 006 arc (before our top 10's), we explore a bit of where popular music and theater meet. Artists like the Dear Hunter, Styx and Panic At The Disco all fit into certain aspects of this. We throw a little Sade, Fiona Apple and Beck into the mix and of course a couple of tangents. What seemed, at first, to be a shorter episode, ended up with 2 false endings. In the end, even though Billie Eilish could have killed the party, it all ends on a super cool joyous note.
Beyond Radio’s Trending 100, July 2021
1 ED SHEERAN Bad Habits
2 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
3 LORDE Solar Power
4 DUA LIPA Love Again
5 IMAGINE DRAGONS Wrecked
6 DOJA CAT & THE WEEKEND You Right
7 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
8 BASTILLE Distorted Light Beam
9 BIG RED MACHINE f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Renegade
10 BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA Remember
11 GANG OF YOUTHS The Angel of 8th Ave.
12 POPPY Her
13 MABEL Let Them Know
14 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Build It Better
15 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side
16 AVA MAX Everytime I Cry
17 MANESKIN Beggin'
18 THE VACCINES Back In Love City
19 SIGALA & RITA ORA You For Me
20 TYLER, THE CREATOR Wusyaname
21 MILEY CYRUS Nothing Else Matters
22 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof
23 JESSIE J I Want Love
24 INHALER It Won't Always Be Like This
25 KELSEA BALLERINI f/ LANY I Quit Drinking
Jun 21
Typical Summer delays, but it's Good 4 Olivia Rodrigo
As is typical the summer season spreads me thinner than the rest of the year, so it is harder to keep up with Beyond Radio. This year is especially challenging as I started a new job that is taking up a good amount of my time, while I also am leading up to my 60th birthday at the end of July. With that and the coming out of COVID, there has been more travel, and that will continue through the summer. Also, my annual music party will be back after a detour last year. That will happen on July 31, a few days after my birthday.
The podcast and my writings have taken a temporary back seat in all of this. I’m hoping to have another episode out in the next few weeks.
“Good 4 U” unsurprisingly vaults into the #1 position on the BR250 and #1 Trending on the strength of 44 adds. Olivia Rodrigo places a second song in the Trending top 10 with “Brutal” at #5, while “Déjà Vu" sits at #11 and “Traitor” at #22. Galantis and Maneskin, in the Trending silver and bronze positions, follow “Good 4 U” into the BR250 top 15 on strong early June action. “Heartbreak Anthem” has a great summer song vibe, I’d be shocked if they don’t push this in the States. “Zitti E Bouni” will not see the same action though I love that it won Eurovision.
At #4 Trending, Chvrches collaboration with the Cure’s Robert Smith "How Not To Drown" has had strong out of the box success, landing at #43 on the BR250 this week. This is by far my favorite Chvrches track, none of their songs have cracked my top 25 and this could possibly go to #1 on my list.
Another ‘80s era band, Duran Duran, return at #8 Trending with “Invisible” while ‘70s artist Nile Rodgers of Chic, appears at #19 Trending on the Keith Urban track “Out The Cage”, possibly his least Country song ever. Not that that is unusual for him. He has been a stellar performer on my personal chart since 2002 when “Somebody Like You” went to #1 on my chart. At the time I felt that was a Pop hit waiting to happen. Since then, he has had 17 songs reach #1 on my personal chart and another 13 reach my top 10.
The return of Lorde, 2013’s Olivia Rodrigo or Billie Eilish (you pick), lands her at #25 Trending. “Solar Power” seems like a bright song even though it starts out a bit sluggish. I would expect it to move towards the upper reaches of the BR250 on the June 30 chart.
Trending June 2021
1 OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U
2 GALANTIS f/ DAVID GUETTA & LITTLE MIX Heartbreak Anthem
3 MANESKIN Zitti E Bouni
4 CHVRCHES f/ ROBERT SMITH How Not To Drown
5 OLIVIA RODRIGO Brutal
6 COLDPLAY Higher Power
7 BTS Butter
8 DURAN DURAN Invisible
9 GO_A Shum
10 MARSHMELLO f/ JONAS BROTHERS Leave Before You Love Me
11 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
12 ANNE-MARIE & NIALL HORAN Our Song
13 CALVIN HARRIS f/ TOM GRENNAN By Your Side
14 DUA LIPA Love Again
15 KATY PERRY Electric
16 JESSIE WARE Hot N Heavy
17 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You
18 BLEACHERS Stop Making This Hurt
19 KEITH URBAN f/ BRELAND & NILE RODGERS Out The Cage
20 SIGRID Mirror
21 THE VACCINES Headphones Baby
22 OLIVIA RODRIGO Traitor
23 VANCE JOY Missing Piece
24 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears
25 LORDE Solar Power
26 SHARON VAN ETTEN f/ ANGEL OLSEN Like I Used To
27 JOHN MAYER Last Train Home
28 MANESKIN I Wanna Be Your Slave
29 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck
30 CREEPER Midnight
31 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
32 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul
33 PINK All I Know So Far
34 MO Live To Survive
35 GARBAGE Wolves
36 ELTON JOHN f/ YEARS & YEARS It's A Sin
37 DADI FREYR 10 Years
38 LITTLE MIX Confetti
39 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More
40 MANIC STREET PREACHERS Orwellian
41 OLIVIA RODRIGO Jealousy, Jealousy
42 BLANKENBERGE No Sense
43 OMNIA Beautiful
44 BILLIE EILISH Lost Cause
45 GREEN DAY Pollyanna
46 NCT DREAM Hot Sauce
47 JAKE BUGG Lost
48 DUA LIPA Levitating
49 WOLF ALICE How Can I Make It Okay
50 MADDIE & TAE Woman Got You
51 MARINA Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
52 JESSIE WARE Please
53 BILLIE EILISH Your Power
54 POPPY Fear Of Dying (Jack off Jill)
55 BROTHERS OSBORNE I'm Not For Everyone
56 LAURA MVULA Got Me
57 OLIVIA RODRIGO Favorite Crime
58 MARINA Venus Fly Trap
59 LONDON GRAMMAR Lord It's A Feeling
60 OLIVIA RODRIGO Enough For You
61 LIL NAS X Sun Goes Down
62 ANGELS & AIRWAVES Euphoria
63 ONEREPUBLIC Run
64 BELLA PAORCH Build A Bitch
65 RINA SAWAYAMA f/ ELTON JOHN Chosen Family
66 HIGHLIGHT Not The End
67 JOYWAVE Every Window Is A Mirror
68 MK Chemical
69 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saturday.
70 AESPA Next Level
71 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING People, Let's Dance
72 ST. VINCENT Down
73 TINASHE Pasadena
74 NOTHING BUT THIEVES Futureproof
75 SLEATER KINNEY Worry With You
76 SELF ESTEEM I Do This All The Time
77 ASHLIE AMBER Open
78 MARTIN GARRIX f/ BONO & THE EDGE We Are The People
79 BREEZER Alive
80 JORJA SMITH Bussdown
81 OLIVIA RODRIGO 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back
82 MITCHELL TENPENNY To Us It Did
83 RYAN HURD & MAREN MORRIS Chasing After You
84 SAM FELDT f/ SAM FISCHER Pick me Up
85 CHRIS STAPLETON Cold
86 KENNYHOOPLA f/ TRAVIS BARKER Hollywood Sucks
87 RAMKOT Am I Alright Now
88 CHRIS MALINCHAK Closer Every Day
89 LEON BRIDGES Motorbike
90 ARIANA GRANDE POV
91 COLISION Hell Will Wait
92 EVERGLOW First
93 GRIFF One Foot In Front Of The Other
94 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters
95 AGNES 24 Hours
96 CHRIS MORENO Shot At Your Heart
97 MAHMOOD Klan
98 TA TOY BOY Dark Fantasy
99 OLIVIA RODRIGO Happier
100 TIX Fallen Angel
Jun 1
The Door Is Open But Nobody's Entering
While “Leave The Door Open “ lost some points last time out, it rebounds 500 points on this chart, retaining its lead for all of April and May. Coldplay is actually on 1 more chart but is 2000 points behind at #2. They will need a bit more 'higher power' to challenge for the top spot. Jessie Ware matches the peak of her last single as the groove-tastic “Please” inches up 1 position. Years & Years moves into the top 5 with “Starstruck” while also debuting at #72 with his performance with Elton John at the Brit Awards of “It’s A Sin”. Just ahead of that song, debuting at #71 is another heritage artist, Duran Duran with “Invisible”.
The 2 highest debuts belong to the unstoppable Olivia Rodrigo with “Good 4 U” at #41 and Katy Perry at #44 with “Electric”. Rodrigo should see a big bump on the next chart, most likely joining her song “Déjà vu” (at #7) in the top 10. She is proving to be an interesting artist, not staying in one sonic lane, even if her music is total teenage girl angst. "Brutal", the lead song on her debut album “Sour”, is starting to impact at Alternative radio (“Déjà Vu” could as well). “Electric” will be featured on the fall release of the “Pokemon 25” album that also will include Post Malone’s version of the Hootie & the Blowfish song “Only Wanna Be With You”.
Moving 35-14, DJ Regard joins forces with Australian Troye Sivan and Canadian Tate McRae on “You”, a song that just entered the U.S. Pop top 20 and UK top 40. At #18, up from 70, is the latest single from Pink, “All I Know So Far”. It is already top 5 in airplay in the UK while surprisingly it hasn’t yet hit the Hot AC chart in the States.
2 female artists that are trying to follow up monster songs also reach the top 25 this week. Elle King scored with “X’s and O’s” in 2014 and her fun top 25 Hot AC collaboration with Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Want To Go Home”), rises 44-24. Alice Merton made her splash in 2016 with the ubiquitous “No Roots”. Her latest, “Vertigo”, moves 38-25 though it is faltering at radio.
The end of May usually sees a number of Eurovision entries impact the BR250. This year’s chart winner is Malta’s “Je Me Casse” From Destiny at #82 but the actual winner of the contest is the rocking “Zitti E Bouni” from Italy’s Maneskin at #233. This one should do quite well on my chart.
May 14
There's A Lot of Power Trending in May
These are the top 100 songs that are making gains at mid-month
Beyond Radio’s Trending 100, May 2021
POS/ARTIST/SONG/BR250
1 JESSIE WARE Please 4
The songstress wasted no time replacing herself in the top 5 on the BR250. This new single will be included on the deluxe version of the album “What’s Your Pleasure?” in June called “Platinum Pleasure”. All of the top 3 trending songs have debuted in the top 25 on the BR250 this week. “Your Power” is Eilish’s third preview into her upcoming second album, “Happier Than Ever”, scheduled for a late July release. While Eilish talks about personal power, Coldplay is looking outward with their latest single.
2 BILLIE EILISH Your Power 20
3 COLDPLAY Higher Power 23
4 CHVRCHES He Said She Said 12
The next 3 songs come from different areas of the Alternative universe. Chvrches delivers reliable synth-pop, Wolf Alice return to the harder side of their sound with “Smile” and 26 years in, the Chemical Brothers continue to burn up the dancefloor on this simmering track. Their pinnacle for me was “Galvanize” in 2005, peaking at #3.
5 WOLF ALICE Smile 25
6 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS The Darkness That You Fear 49
7 LITTLE MIX Confetti 56
Hit worthy Brits, both emanating from music competition shows, hold the next 2 spots. Since the release of the #1 “Cannonball” in 2011, the girl group Little Mix has churned out 26 top 20 singles in the UK. They were crowned the winners of the inaugural X Factor. Similarly in 2002, Will Young won the first Pop Idol crown and has laned 12 titles in the UK top 20, the last one was “Jealousy” in 2011.
8 WILL YOUNG Daniel 64
9 PINK All I Know So Far 70
Though the former 2 artists have had impressive careers in the UK, Pink is truly an international superstar. Her profile has been front and center over the past 6 months with collaborations with Keith Urban, Rag ‘n Bone Man and her daughter. On May 21 the documentary film “All I Know So Far” and the corresponding live album will be released. Her song that performed the best on my chart was my #2 song of the 2013/14 cycle, the ever so fun “Walk Of Shame”. It spent 8 weeks at #2 on my hcart, though both “Raise Your Glass’ and “Glitter in the Air” made it to #1.
10 LITTLE SIMZ Introvert 41
The British rapper and singer makes a nice splash onto the BR250, moving 276-41 this week, increasing her chart totals from 5 to 15. The instrumentation on this song has the feel of a James Bond theme.
11 GARBAGE No Gods No Masters 78
The seventh album of the same name by the ‘90s era Alt kingpins, will be released next month. The title song is their second to reach the top 100 with the lead track “The Men Who Rule The World” moving into the top 30 at #28. From Wikipedia, "This is our seventh record, the significant numerology of which affected the DNA of its content: the seven virtues, the seven sorrows, and the seven deadly sins," singer Shirley Manson explained, describing No Gods No Masters as "a critique of the rise of capitalist short-sightedness, racism, sexism and misogyny across the world."[
12 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More 8
This song supposedly interpolates Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”, but I have a hard time hearing it. Dua Lipa’s “Physical” also interpolates that song.
13 RINA SAWAYAMA f/ ELTON JOHN Chosen Family 50
Elton John is an unabashed fan of Sawayama and lends his pipes to this heartfelt ballad about finding your tribe, a true LGBTQ anthem.
14 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS We're On Our Way Now 112
The former Oasis brother has a compilation album coming out next month, celebrating this band’s 10th anniversary. In 2015 their song “The Ballad Of The Mighty I” was my #1 song of the year.
15 AFROJACK & DAVID GUETTA Hero 139
This collaboration between the Dutch and French producers sounds very 2012 to me, not necessarily a bad place to be.
16 ONEREPUBLIC Run 140
17 WILLOW f/ TRAVIS BARKER Transparant Soul 167
18 MACHINE GUN KELLY f/ KELLIN QUINN Love Race 176
19 KYLIE MINOGUE Dance Floor Darling 75
20 JAKE BUGG Lost 181
21 KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Rocky Trail 182
22 JACK SAVORETTI f/ NILE RODGERS Who's Hurting Who 189
23 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears 5
24 TEXAS Mr. Haze 42
25 COUNTING CROWS Elevator Boots 174
Apr 30
The Earth and Mars, Remember Where You Are and Let's Have a Boilermaker, This is the BR250 for April 30
Bruno Mars et al have strengthened their lead against the pack, almost 2900 points over Wolf Alice’s #2 “The Last Man On Earth”. To put in perspective “Leave The Door Open” is on 65 charts and Wolf Alice has 40 charts. Speaking of ‘Earth’, I had been scratching my head about that song at first, but I obviously wasn’t really paying attention to it. Now that it is firmly in my brain, I can absolutely see the allure. It reminds me a bit of “Breathe Me” by Sia which spent 4 weeks at #1 on my chart in 2005! Can it be that long? That song is just breathtaking. Earth makes another appearance in the top 25 as Beabadoobee’s “Last Day On Earth” moves 28-17.
“Bed Head” moves up to #3 and has a good chance of reaching the top on my chart. That would surpass the #2 peak on my chart of “I’ve Got Friends” in 2009. Time is just speeding by me. Lil Nas X moves 12-4 with “Montero” which has the second most chart entries, on 44 overall. Jessie Ware has had some staying power with “Remember Where You Are” The song has been in the top 10 for 5 frames, since the Feb. 28 chart, peaking at #3 and the third in a row at #5.
Year & Years makes a nice jump from 51-10 with “Starstruck”. The song is currently #1 in airplay in the UK yet on the official UK chart it is only #56, quite a discrepancy. Alt-Pop fuels 2 other entries to the top 25. Japanese Breakfast’s “Be Sweet” lands at #19 and “Shy Away” by Twenty-One Pilots comes in at #23.
This chart we welcome another compilation chart to the mix, a Netherlands-based Facebook group called Chartfreaks. That chart definitely helped Wolf Alice achieve the runner-up position and aided other titles in the top 25 like Rag ‘N Bone Man” and London Grammar’s “How Does It Feel” up 20-14. Another song that was helped by that chart is the debut of Royal Blood’s “Boilermaker” at #40. That song is on 17 charts, with a debut at #1 on one of our contributors, another Facebook group Byrdbored, and 5 additional top 10 placements.
The highest debut in the top 100 belongs to Twenty-One Pilots but Doja Cat and Sza at #29 (up from 485) with “Kiss Me More”, has a much bigger increase. Other notable debuts in the top 100 are Marina at #51 with “Purge the Poison” and the return of Alice Merton at #61 with “Vertigo”. Another top 100 debut at #44 is “Keep Moving” by British electronic duo Jungle. One of the great things about Beyond Radio IMO, is that it does not correspond completely to official chart trends. “Keep Moving” (on 22 charts) has supposedly only charted in Belgium (at #56) and on the U.S. Dance chart (at #31). More interesting is that Wolf Alice (according to Wikipedia) has only reached the Mexican Airplay chart peaking at #23. It did not make the official UK chart though I imagine it has gotten Alternative radio airplay there.
**"Chosen Family" by Rina Sawayama & Elton John somehow got deleted from the mix. It should be #232.
Apr 20
Alt Sub-Genres and Retro Charts for April 15
Update: One of our readers noticed a discrepancy on the AAA/Roots chart and I have adjusted it. This brings Bruce Springsteen's "I'll See You In My Dreams" up to #31 on the chart.
Beyond Radio Alternative Sub-Genre Charts--April 15, 2020
Each of these charts (top 100’s plus) now have their own page found on the Monthly Genre Charts Menu
Alt Pop/Electro
1 1 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
235 2 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You
4 3 DAYGLOW Close To You
422 4 LONDON GRAMMAR How Does It Feel
34 5 ST. VINCENT Pay Your Way In Pain
57 6 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
new 7 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth
new 8 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Supernormal
6 9 WEEZER All My Favorite Songs
3 10 THE KNOCKS f/ FOSTER THE PEOPLE All About You
Retro Soul (R&B, Soul Pop, Jazz Pop, Disco, Throwback Hip Hop)
5 1 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
1 2 JESSIE WARE Remember Where You Are
133 3 LONDON GRAMMAR How Does It Feel
2 4 SZA Good Days
new 5 LAURA MVULA Church Girl
new 6 JORJA SMITH Addicted
4 7 LONDON GRAMMAR Lose Your Head
3 8 KYLIE MINOGUE & DUA LIPA Real Groove
38 9 REBECCA FERGUSON f/ NILE RODGERS No Words Needed
10 10 H.E.R. Damage
Adult Leaning Alternative
3 1 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
8 2 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
122 3 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You
1 4 KINGS OF LEON The Bandit
2 5 FOO FIGHTERS Waiting On A War
5 6 RAG 'N' BONE MAN All You Ever Wanted
9 7 DAYGLOW Close To You
new 8 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
new 9 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth
209 10 LONDON GRAMMAR How Does It Feel
Alternative Hip Hop
new 1 BROCKHAMPTON f/ DANNY BROWN Buzzcut
1 2 FKA TWIGS f/ HEADIE ONE & FRED AGAIN Don't Judge Me
new 3 BROCKHAMPTON Count On Me
48 4 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
51 5 EMOTIONAL ORANGES f/ BIIG PIIG Body & Soul
new 6 BROCKHAMPTON The Light
new 7 FREDDIE GIBBS Big Boss Rabbit
new 8 REMI WOLF f/ DOMINIC FIKE Photo ID
new 9 BRUISER WOLF f/ DANNY BROWN I'm An Instrument
4 10 JESSIE WARE Remember Where You Are
Alt Rock
2 1 FOO FIGHTERS Waiting On A War
1 2 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons
12 3 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
3 4 KINGS OF LEON The Bandit
new 5 ROYAL BLOOD Limbo
new 6 RISE AGAINST Nowhere Generation
new 7 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Supernormal
8 8 TEENAGE WRIST Yellowbelly
6 9 CHEVELLE Self Destructor
11 10 TEENAGE WRIST Earth Is A Black Hole
Underground
new 1 DOSS Puppy
new 2 BLACK MIDI John L
1 3 MOGWAI Ritchie Sacramento
252 4 BEACH BUNNY Cloud 9
2 5 FKA TWIGS f/ HEADIE ONE & FRED AGAIN Don't Judge Me
3 6 SQUID f/ MARTHA SKYE MURPHY Narrator
new 7 SQUID Paddling
new 8 BEN HOWARD Sorry Kid
new 9 BEACHY HEAD Destroy Us
new 10 DOUBLE MIXTE & DESIRE Future Lights
Roots AAA (Roots Rock, Americana, Folk, Heritage Pop)
1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT f/ HAIM No Body, No Crime
2 2 TAYLOR SWIFT Willow
14 3 ALANIS MORISETTE Predator
19 4 LAKE STREET DIVE Hypotheticals
new 5 LP One Last Time
9 6 FLEET FOXES Sunblind
75 7 JADE BIRD Open Up The Heavens
12 8 LORD HURON Not Dead Yet
5 9 HAIM f/ TAYLOR SWIFT Gasoline
3 10 JULIEN BAKER Faith Healer
Retro Chart April 15
1 1927 Tell Me A Story
2 ONE NIGHT ONLY Say You Don't Want It
3 ELECTRIBE 101 Talking With Myself
4 SHINEDOWN Save Me
5 THE TEMPER TRAP Thick As Thieves
6 GIANT Don't Leave Me In Love
7 KYLIE MINOGUE Sexercize
8 GEORGE STRAIT The Cowboy Rides Away
9 LIL WAYNE John
10 KOOL AND THE GANG Misled
Retro Chart YTD
1 ALL STAR UNITED Take Me Away
2 THE TEMPER TRAP Thick As Thieves
3 THIRD DAY What Good
4 ARABESQUE Love Is Just A Game
6 THE STRUTS Who Am I?
8 SHINEDOWN Save Me
9 ARCADE FIRE Everything Now
10 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Famous Last Words
Apr 17
A Podcast in Honor of my Mother, Happy Birthday Mom
This is one of the most personal episodes we have put out so far. The first half of the episode is focused mainly on my mother and the episode coincides with her birthday and the 20th anniversary of her passing. When we recorded this in March 2019 I had no idea this is when it would see the light of day, but the universe seems to have had a hand in it.
It is a long episode but I didn't want to break it up into a 2-parter. There is a natural break in the middle though.
The episode is focused on people who have passed and how music relates to that, but it is not a somber episode. It's an episode about the stories behind the connections and the gifts they have become. I think I blindsided Jeff since he did not know where the episode was going at first and it was hard for him to articulate his responses. I also was nervous before getting into the episode because I didn't know how emotional I would become. In the end, my emotions have been confined to the t lead-up and editing process.
The main takeaway is how personal everyone's connection to music is and the triggers that make a song stay a part of your life forever. And that is truly a gift.
It is also available on Spotify
Apr 16
April Trending Chart, Lil Nas X Feels Comfortable in His Skin, Olivia Rodrigo Still Obsessed with Her Ex
These are the top 100 songs that are making gains at mid-month
Not a lot to say this month. I’ve been working on a very important and personal podcast episode the last couple of weeks. It will be released this weekend.
Beyond Radio’s Trending 100, April 2021
Listen on Spotify
POS/ARTIST/SONG
1 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
Good for Lil Nas X not shying away from his sexuality on this tune, the sub-title a reference the 2017 LGBTQ movie and 2007 novel. The song debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 and has gone to #1 all around the world. The video is quite a thing, though I suppose no worse that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. I'll let you find it on your own.
2 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu
Rodrigo stills seems to be angry at her ex but at least the song isn’t a complete rehash of “Drivers License”. I like the interesting instrumentation and it feels like because of that it could have more staying power, at least for me. ‘License’ moved up and down my chart very quickly.
3 LAURA MVULA Church Girl
4 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck
5 ROYAL BLOOD Limbo
6 GARBAGE The Men Who Rule The World
7 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches
8 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You
9 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
10 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth
11 DEMI LOVATO f/ ARIAN GRANDE Met Him Last Night
12 BECKY HILL Last Time
13 MILEY CYRUS Angels Like You
14 FRED AGAIN... Marea (We've Lost Dancing)
15 TWENTY-ONE PILOTS Shy Away
16 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet
17 ROSE On The Ground
18 DEMI LOVATO Dancing With The Devil
19 DESTINY Je Me Casse
20 LONDON GRAMMAR How Does It Feel
21 MIMI WEBB Good Without
22 MASKED WOLF Astronaut in The Ocean
23 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Supernormal
24 JODIE HARSH My House
25 INHALER Cheer Up Baby
Mar 31
The Door is Still Open for a New #1 on the BR250
A much quieter week on the BR250 than the last edition. Olivia Rodrigo held off challenger, Silk Sonic’s “Leave The Door Open”, which moved 25-2 and came within just over 150 points of the leader. The song has spent the last 2 months at the top. The return of Bruno Mars, however, is on the most charts (55), 10 more than “Driver’s License”. Rag ‘N’ Bone Man and Wolf Alice also enter the top 10 at #9 and #10 with 6 and 8 adds, respectively.
A nice move from 40-12 was made by the Atlanta band Manchester Orchestra, with the propulsive “Bed Head”. The song is top 20 on AAA radio chart. In 2017 they reached #2 on that chart with “The Gold”. Another “Bed” shows up in the top 15 with DJ Joel Corry’s collaboration with Raye and David Guetta landing at #14.
It looks like Pop radio in the States is jumping on Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” as the next focus track from his just released #1 album “Justice” but it’s the internationally focused “Hold On” that jumps 55-16 (it is also receiving Pop airplay in the States). “Peaches” also debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100, while the song “Anymore” sits just outside the Pop top 10, giving 3 songs in the top 40.
On the other side of the spectrum is another song with a similar move, 58-19. “This Is Heaven” by Nick Jonas has virtually no radio support anywhere but got 15 personal chart adds this cycle. IMO a better song than “Spaceman” though to be fair that has no support either. ‘Heaven’ is certainly formulaic but has a nice laidback retro vibe and arguably would sound good on the radio.
Part of the beauty and purpose of Beyond Radio is to give a mixed view of what music, from all genres, is making inroads with a passionate audience that focuses on the music instead of corporate decisions. This harkens back to the day when Pop/Rock/R&B etc. could co-exist on a chart and on radio. The BR250 represents the diversity of the music that is actually out there for our consumption. To some degree it equalizes the many facets of the industry but that is only determined by the diversity of the personal chart community. And to be clear, the BR250 strives to be a representative sample of this universe. I don’t have the capacity to process all available personal charts which is why it is great to have other forums that process charts as a subset of the entire panel.
The highest debut in the top 100 is St. Vincent’s “Pay Your Way In Pain”, a quirky left-of-center song from the acclaimed artist. Annie Clark is the niece of Tuck Andress, of jazz duo Tuck & Patti, and she was a roadie for them during her teenage years. Before embarking on her solo career in 2007 she was a member of the ensemble Polyphonic Spree and spent time in Sufjan Stevens touring band. In 2015 she won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album, “St. Vincent” which includes her best-known song “Digital Witness”. That album also appeared at #1 on 7 best-of 2014 lists and #2 on another.
Mar 22
Another Podcast and My Personal Chart Blog, 1991, The Land Down Under
Beyond Radio Presents: Castlist 006, Ep 9 - The Strings of The Soul, Part 2
We continue our discussion about the connection between early '70s R&B and Soul and the more recent revival of the style. As with the last episode and a late connection to the Grammy nominated Black Pumas, our 2 year old discussion relates to a new song by Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak that fits into the narrative nicely.
During our discussion we found an exception to a Jeff rule of thumb, we analyze how my capacity for absorbing music relates to my creation of a weekly personal chart, and discover a website that may have become one of Jeff's favorites.
Artists discussed include the Staple Singers, Hozier, Leon Bridges, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, and Tone Loc. The companion playlist of Spotify, "The Strings of the Soul" features 50 songs discussed over the 2 episodes in this arc.
I’ve Got Australia On My Mind, Part 2-Don’t Crowd the Icehouse, Best Sellers and U2 Bookends.
February 23, 1991
See the chart here
The companion Spotify playlist has all the songs discussed in the blog.
My favorite Australian act of the era was Crowded House. Their debut album from 1986 is my #1 album of the ‘80s. In 1987 they placed 6 songs in my top 100 of the year. One of my favorites was the moody deep cut “Hole In The River” which employs a great dissonant change bridge of piano and horns. I’ve charted all 11 songs from that album. That same year U2 came out with my #2 album of the decade. “Joshua Tree” had 5 songs in my top 100 and my #1 song of the year “Red Hill Mining Town”, one of the most gorgeous songs I’ve ever heard. It still gets me and brings a tear to my eye. Originally it was slated to be the follow-up to “With Or Without You”. It was shelved because Bono could not hit the high notes during rehearsals for the tour. A video was filmed for the song as well, but the band was unhappy with it. Of course, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” became the choice and a classic was born.
Crowded House was born out of the ashes of the seminal New Wave band Split Enz. Hailing from New Zealand, the band’s biggest song was 1980’s “I Got You” but they had 9 studio albums from 1975-1984 and 5 top 10 singles in New Zealand and Australia including “History Never Repeats” and “Six Month In A Leaky Boat”. The band was originally formed in 1972 by Tim Finn and Phil Judd as an acoustic band called Split Ends. By 1974 they had changed the name to Split Enz and had their first charted single, the #93 “Late Last Night”. That song owed more to their acoustic beginnings albeit with some quirkiness, but the next charter, the #15 “My Mistake”, more explicitly showed the direction the band was moving towards.
Tim’s brother Neil joined in 1977 and became a major focal point of the band, and drummer Paul Hester was a member is their waning years. After the Enz split (get it), these two formed Crowded House with bassist Nick Seymour. In the short term they became a bigger international band because of the song “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, reaching #2 on the Hot 100. In 2001 the APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) for its 75th anniversary had a panel pick the 30 best New Zealand and Australian songs of the previous years. ‘Over’ made both lists, #2 for New Zealand and #7 for Australia. The New Zealand list included 4 Split Enz songs (‘Leaky Boat’ #15, “I Got You” #11, “I Hope I Never” #25, and “I See Red” #28) and 2 from Crowded House (“Weather With You” #16).
By 1991 Crowded House was on their third album, “Woodface” and rose to #1 on my chart for the eighth time with the lead single “Chocolate Cake”. All 8 of those songs made my top 30 of the year in their respective years with the best showing #3 in 1987 with the effervescent “Mean To Me”, their first single in Australia. It managed minor airplay in the States (kind of a shame), but it was one of 5 songs that made the top 100 at my 1988 music party. ‘Over’ clocked in at #3 at that party and their other major hit that year, “Something So Strong” was #17. “Now We’re Getting’ Somewhere” at #71 and “World Where You Live” at #80 rounded out those 5.
On “Woodface” the other Finn brother, Tim, joined the group. The brothers had been working on songs for their own album but when Neil Finn submitted songs to the record company for a new Crowded House album, they were rejected. Neil asked Tim if they could use the songs from their work and Tim asked to be part of the group. This resulted in their biggest UK hit (‘Weather’) and Alternative hits “It’s Only Natural” and “Fall At Your Feet”. The album reached #2 in Australia and in a 2010 book “100 Best Australian Albums” it ranked as #3, behind Midnight Oil’s “Diesel And Dust” (which includes my favorite Oil song “Sometimes”) and AC/DC’s “Back In Black”. Pretty great company. The final single “Four Seasons In One Day” is a common phrase used in Melbourne to describe it’s changeable weather.
Another song that used a phrase to describe Australian weather is “Cool Change” by Little River Band. I only learned this relatively recently from a rider when driving Uber. While the band was hugely popular in their homeland with 5 top 10 albums and 2 more in the top 20, as a singles artist they were more successful in the States. Only 2 of their singles made the Australian top 10, “Help Is On Its Way”, a #1 and 1982’s “Down On the Border”, a song that did not chart stateside. In the U.S. LRB reached the Pop top 20 10 times, reaching #1 with “Lonesome Loser” and #2 with “Reminiscing”. The band has been in my top 10 of the year 5 times. ‘Help’ and ‘Change’ are joined by “Lady”, “Man On Your Mind” and “The Night Owls”. Strangely, “Cool Change” was never released In Australia but did make the APRA top 30 list in 2001.
During the later years of LRB, between 1982-85, the original lead vocalist Glenn Shorrock was replaced by John Farnham, who had been a teen idol during the late ‘60s and ‘70s. After his stint in the band, he went back to his solo career and had a defining song with “You’re The Voice” and the accompanying album “Whispering Jack” became the second biggest selling album in Australian history. The song was my #2 song of 1987 and is his only Hot 100 entry in the States, reaching #82 in early 1990. Even without real success here, the song was an international hit. In 1991, Heart released a live version of the song that made it to #20 on the Rock chart but it failed to reach the Hot 100. In 1995 the Alan Parsons Project included it on a live album, with vocal from Chris Thompson, one of the actual songwriters. He is best known as the vocalist for Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and “Blinded By The Light” as well as for the 1979 song “If You Remember Me” from the movie “The Champ”. Thompson initially did not want Farnham to record ‘Voice’ because of his teen idol image from the ‘70s.
To exemplify Farnham’s importance in his homeland, he has had a #1 record in 5 consecutive decades. One of those was 1988’s “Age Of Reason” a #1 single and the best-selling album in Australia that year. This song also made my top 10 of the year, #4 of 1990. This spiritual song has lyrics that are appropriate for our time:
“So why can't we be still, why can't we love each other
Is kindness an ancient skill buried by our blindness
And if we look behind us there's a wind blowing in
To create the age of reason”
In 1989-90 he also reached my top 20 with “Two Strong Hearts”, a song that made the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. and led to the re-release of “You’re The Voice”, and “Beyond The Call”. ‘Voice’ is one of only a handful of pop songs that feature bagpipes. It was actually written as a protest song about nuclear disarmament. It has been used at rallies against COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia over the last year.
“How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear”
A funny side note, Farnham passed on the song “We Built This City” for his “Whispering Jack” album and we all know how that played out. Another co-writer of ‘”You’re The Voice” was Andy Qunta, who also co-wrote the song “Crazy” from his band Icehouse. This is one of my favorite songs of all-time, it was my #1 song of 1987 (this blog so much more about 1987 than 1991) and my #3 of the entire decade of the ‘80s. The atmospheric quality of this song just sends me for some reason. Sometimes it doesn’t take much to be powerful. The album it comes from, “Man Of Colours” was another massive album in Australia, their best-selling overall and Australian’s #1 album of 1988. It was also the first album to have 5 songs reach the top 30 in Australia. “Electric Blue”, their biggest song in the States (Hot 100 #7, “Crazy” #14 and both Rock chart top 10’s), was co-written by John Oates from Hall & Oates.
The band was originally called Flowers and had an early song called “Icehouse”. The word is an Australian term for an insane asylum and became the band’s name after conflict with a Scottish band Flowers. That song and “We Can Get Together” got the band stateside Alternative airplay in 1981. The early band in essence then split up. Frontman Iva Davies recorded a solo album and released it under the Icehouse name. It spawned 2 hits, “Hey Little Girl” and “Great Southern Land”, and to promote it brought a band together with a mix of old and new members.
Their highest charting song on the Rock chart in the U.S. was “No Promises” in 1986. “Man Of Colours” generated 3 more top 10 songs on my chart in 1988 with “My Obsession” (#1), “Heartbreak Kid” (#2) and “Nothing Too Serious” (#9). In late 1989 they returned to #2 with “Touch The Fire” and in1991 this week they had 2 songs on my chart “Jimmy Dean” (63) and “Miss Devine” (92). In February 2020, right before COVID lockdown, the band played the St. Kilda Festival in Melbourne, 40 years after Flowers played at the first festival.
There are 2 other male artists who fronted earlier bands that were enjoying solo success during the late ‘80s-early ‘90s era. Daryl Braithwaite had been the lead singer of arguably the most successful Australian pop band of the ‘70s, Sherbet. They were relative unknowns in the States, save for a minor hit in 1976, “Howzat”. That song and the 1975 song “Summer Love” both reached #1 in Australia. I remember “Howzat” and I’m just listening to “Summer Love” now. I would have enjoyed that one as a teenager. The band moved from Little River Band style music in the ‘70s to a more New Wave approach in the early ‘80s and that came with a name change to the Sherbs. It did not gel in their homeland but in the States, they managed 2 moderate Alt hits with “I Have The Skill” and “We Ride Tonight”.
Braithwaite re-surfaced in 1988 with a solo album and scored a string of hits including the top 10 “One Summer”. In 1991, like Icehouse and John Farnham, he earned the best-selling album of the year in Australia with the 1991 album “Rise”. That was fueled by the #1 hit “The Horses” (78). That song was written by Rickie Lee Jones of “Chuck E’s in Love” fame, along with Walter Becker of Steely Dan. Jones released the song on her 1989 album “Flying Cowboys” and though it was not released as a single people may remember it from the 1996 movie “Jerry Maguire”.
James Reyne rose to fame as the leader of Australian Crawl who enjoyed success during the first half of the ‘80s with 4 albums, 2 of which reached #1. The band name is derived from a swimming technique that was developed by a swimmer in the 1890’s. Though their music is not patterned after the Beach Boys, they earned a reputation as the Melbourne version of that band because of their beach culture vibe. I own their 1982 album “Sons Of Beaches” but I do not recall any of the songs from it. The lead single from it was “Shut Down” but listening to it I got nothing. They did not receive much airplay in the U.S, and definitely didn’t reach any national charts here. I bought so much stuff from used record stores back in college for like $1 or $2 and probably listened to some of those once, if at all.
I did not discover Reyne as a solo artist until 1993 when his 1991 album “Electric Digger Dandy” was re-packaged in the States as “Any Day Above Ground”. It yielded 2 #1’s on my chart, “Slave” and “Some People” and 2 other appearances with the title track and “Reckless”, a reworking of Australian Crawl’s biggest hit from 1983. The first 2 songs ended up as my #8 and #5 of 1993. He also had a song on the album “Company of Strangers” that would become the name of a one album Australian supergroup featuring Reyne, Braithwaite and Simon Hussey. Hussey had also been in Australian Crawl and was married to Reyne’s sister Elisabeth at the time. In addition, he was the producer of both solo artists. As a band they did not have the same impact as their solo careers, managing 3 top 40 singles including the chugging “Motor City (I Got Lost)” but none reaching past #21.
In 1990 the best-selling album in Australia belonged to Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. It was straightforward pub Rock as evidenced by the top 10 hits “Cry In Shame” and “Don’t Need Love”. Diesel (real name Mark Lizotte) was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and his family moved to Perth when he was 5. He was sort of discovered by the wife of Jimmy Barnes (who I wrote about in the last post), Jane. Diesel eventually married her sister. My exposure to Diesel (he dropped Johnny for his moniker as a solo artist) came with the next album, the #1 “Hepfidelity”, a nice mix of Rock, Blues and Funk that brought the song “Man Alive” to #1 on my chart in 1992. “Tip Of My Tongue” was the bigger hit in Australia, reaching #4. In 1993 he won Album of the Year and Best Male Artist at the ARIA Music Awards. He would also nab Best Male Artist the following 2 years. He did not make an impact stateside though (strange aside) there was a band from the Netherlands with the same name that scored a U.S. hit in 1981 with “Sausalito Summer Night”.
Another Aussie band that could not translate their homegrown success to the States was 1927. Their debut album “…ish” was huge in Australia, going 5 times platinum and generating 4 top 20 singles. 2 of those made my top 5, “You’ll Never Know” and their first single “That’s When I Think Of You”. That song was their only Billboard Hot 100 entry, barely making it at #100. Their brand of solid Pop Rock veered between the post new Wave vibe of INXS/Icehouse and the Pop sheen of Little River Band. They had 3 songs from their second album on my chart this week, “Don’t Forget Me” (31), “The Other Side” (58) and “Tell Me A Story” (38) that had just peaked in my top 10. I’ve been groovin’ on ‘Story’ lately and it is back in my current top 10. By the third album things had fallen apart.
Going back to a band that is closer to the pulse of Crowded House, we land on Hunters and Collectors. Interestingly, that band’s frontman Mark Seymour is the brother of Crowded House member Nick Seymour. Their biggest songs on my chart were the same 2 that made the U.S. Alternative Top 10 in 1998 and 1990, “Back on The Breadline” and “When The River Runs Dry”. These songs brimmed with the Jangle Rock sound of the time, but their early music was more influenced by bands like Kraftwerk. The song “Judas Sheep”, from the second album “The Fireman’s Curse” in 1983, is pretty raw comparatively. In a way it reminds me of how some of the early Split Enz music was, adventurous and off-kilter. “42 Wheels” the lead track from their third album, “The Jaws Of Life”, is decidedly Talking Heads.
The 1984 song “Throw Your Arms Around Me” alluded to the musical direction they would move towards and become a signature song for them. I would equate their evolution through the ‘80s to that of R.E.M. Though in hindsight R.E.M. was less experimental, to me when I saw them on Landsdowne St. across from Fenway Park in 1982, I felt I was experiencing something completely new. Songs like “Wolves, Lower” and “1,000.000” we’re really exciting to me at the time. Hunters and Collectors would become one of the best live acts in Australia and I can imagine if I saw them early on, I would have had a similar experience. This was also true when I saw U2 at CBGB’s in New York City in 1980. “I Will Follow, “The Electric Co.”, and ”A Day Without Me”; the energy was unbelievable. I feel extremely fortunate to have seen both of these iconic bands at the beginning of their careers.
Mar 15
Trending March, a Surprise debut, a Big Return, plus Beds, Heads, and Hearts
These are the top 100 songs that are making gains at mid-month
Beyond Radio’s Trending 100, March 2021
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POS/ARTIST/SONG
1 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth
In a big surprise to me Wolf Alice crash onto the BR250 at #16 on the strength of 23 adds. This is a much more subdued song then their biggest hit, 2014’s “Moaning Lisa Smile”.
2 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open
Hot off their Grammy performance this retro homage also debuts high on the BR250 at #25. Fully 12 titles debut in the top 100 from outside the top 250 this week and 74 songs make their debut on the BR250. Not sure if that is a record but it certainly seems like a spring cleaning.
3 JOEL CORRY f/ RAYE & DAVID GUETTA Bed
The third out of the box entry on the BR250 at #30, this track could follow Corry’s “Head & Heart” into the top 10. He was featured on the British version of “Jersey Shore” called “Geordie Shore” between 2011-13.
4 DUA LIPA We're Good
I was disappointed that Lipa did not win Album of the Year at the Grammys but at least she won Pop Vocal Album. I thought this could compete for #1 on the BR250 this week but it only managed to reach #5. “Drivers License” is already losing ground so on the next chart it’s anyone’s guess.
5 JUSTIN BIEBER Hold On
6 NICK JONAS This Is Heaven
Two more out the box entries at #55 and #58 on the BR250, both songs reference heaven, for Bieber it’s not too far away and for Jonas, he has found it. Both have a light groove with Bieber winning the race at radio so far. Jonas is also on the Trending chart at #36 with “Spaceman”. He also just got some exposure announcing the Oscar nominations with his wife this morning.
7 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head
The word bed gets a second appearance in the top 10 on Trending and I’m sure the large bed Cardi B was upon at last night’s Grammy awards is trending somewhere else. This is an excellent, percolating track from the Atlanta band’s upcoming sixth album “The Million Masks Of God”, due for release at the end of April. Tis will likely be the band’s second song to reach my top 10. “I’ve Got Friends” reached #2 on my chart in early 2010.
8 AVA MAX My Head & My Heart
This song is currently in the Pop top 15 in the States and top 5 in Britain. 20 years ago the song “Around The World (La La La La La)”, from which this song was born, also made the Pop top 15 and was a major international hit.
9 STEPS & MICHELLE VISAGE Heartbreak In This City
Visage has been a part of Rupaul’s Drag Race franchise since 2011 and 30 years ago was a member of the girl group trio Seduction, who scored 4 top 25 singles on the Hot 100 including the #2 “Two To Make It Right”. Debuting at #68 on the BR250 this week, this could be Steps 4th top 25 on the chart.
10 ZARA LARSSON Look What You've Done
Last week Larsson released the album “Poster Girl” which includes 6 singles she released from 2018 through early this year. Debuting at #56 this album track has performed better on the BR250 than all the singles except “Ruin My Life” which reached #42. She also appears at #95 Trending with “Need Someone”.
11 ELLA HENDERSON & TOM GRENNAN Let's Go Home Together
Another top 5 UK track, both artists now have 2 top 40 hits on the BR250. Henderson peaked at #38 last year with “Take Care Of Me” and Grennan moves up to #23 this week with “Little Bit Of Love”.
12 PAUL WOOLFORD f/ AMBER MARK Heat
13 PURPLE DISCO MACHINE & MOSS KENA & THE KNOCKS Fireworks
These two DJ/producers have come off a pair of big international hits. Woolford reached #57 on the BR 250 with “Looking For Me” last fall and Purple Disco Machine’s “Hypnotized” has been in and out of the BR250 numerous times over the last year, reaching as high as #49. Both have made the European top 25.
14 BEBE REXHA Sacrifice
15 CONAN GRAY Overdrive
These two songs are currently getting traction at Pop radio. Rexha started out as a songwriter and has reached the top 10 on the Hot 100 three times via collaborations with G-Eazy, David Guetta, and Florida Georgia Line. Gray started out as a YouTube personality and has been improving over the last three BR250 entries, this being his first to hit the top 100, currently #72.
16 DJ SNAKE F/ SELENA GOMEZ Selfish Love
17 POST MALONE Only Wanna Be With You
18 ELENA TSAGRINOU El Diablo
19 ST. VINCENT Pay Your Way In Pain
20 KERO KERO BONITO The Princess And The Clock
21 THE OFFSPRING Let The Bad Times Roll
22 KALI UCHIS Telepatia
23 THE REYTONS Broke Boys Cartel
24 MAROON 5 f/ MEGAN THEE STALLION Beautiful Mistakes
25 KINGS OF LEON Echoing
See the full chart here
Mar 13
The Strings of the Soul, Part 1. Our Latest Beyond Radio Presents Podcast