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[Beyond Radio Tim]

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.

The Beyond Radio 250, May 31, 2021
LC/TC/Artist/Song/Weeks/Peak
1 1 BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK & SILK SONIC Leave The Door Open 13 1
23 2 COLDPLAY Higher Power 4 2
4 3 JESSIE WARE Please 5 3
10 4 YEARS & YEARS Starstruck 8 4
20 5 BILLIE EILISH Your Power 5 5
8 6 DOJA CAT f/ SZA Kiss Me More 8 6
7 7 OLIVIA RODRIGO Deja Vu 9 7
2 8 WOLF ALICE The Last Man On Earth 13 2
9 9 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Shy Away 8 9
3 10 LIL NAS X Montero (Call Me By Your Name) 10 3
12 11 CHVRCHES He Said She Said 6 11
5 12 THE WEEKND f/ ARIANA GRANDE Save Your Tears 63 1
6 13 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Bed Head 15 3
35 14 REGARD f/ TROYE SIVAN & TATE MCRAE You 7 14
11 15 BEABADOOBEE Last Day On Earth 11 11
25 16 WOLF ALICE Smile 6 16
14 17 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons 19 4
70 18 PINK All I Know So Far 4 18
22 19 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Be Sweet 13 19
21 20 JOEL CORRY f/ RAYE & DAVID GUETTA Bed 13 14
13 21 DUA LIPA We're Good 15 4
16 22 IMAGINE DRAGONS Follow You 12 9
15 23 JUSTIN BIEBER f/ DANIEL CAESAR & GIVEON Peaches 10 15
44 24 ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) 13 24
38 25 ALICE MERTON Vertigo 8 25

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