Why are US radio so eager to force Adam Levine's voice on the poor poor public?

 

The eagerness is paid for.

You think there's genuine payola at work with Maroon 5? I always assumed it was the fact that they're pretty AC-friendly due to their bland MOR-ness.

TOP 20

 

1. IGGY AZALEA – Fancy: 189.662 (+ 1.270)

2. ARIANA GRANDE – Problem f/Iggy Azalea: 178.570 (+ 2.482)

3. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 165.287 (- 1.344)

4. NICO & VINZ – Am I Wrong: 151.646 (+ 5.016)

5. MAGIC! – Rude: 133.676 (+ 4.127)

6. CALVIN HARRIS – Summer: 129.284 (+ 1.389)

7. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Not A Bad Thing: 117.074 (- 3.466)

8. PARAMORE – Ain’t It Fun: 111.435 (- 1.290)

9. SAM SMITH – Stay With Me: 99.758 (+ 3.155) ▲

10. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON – Turn Down For What: 97.976 (- 1.744) ▼

 

11. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 95.440 (- 0.117)

12. KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 93.552 (- 0.686)

13. RIXTON – Me And My Broken Heart: 87.208 (- 1.504)

14. DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 81.644 (+ 2.099) ▲

15. KATY PERRY – Birthday: 80.756 (- 0.602) ▼

16. ED SHEERAN – Sing: 78.548 (- 1.469) ▼

17. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 73.165 (- 0.451)

18. BLAKE SHELTON – My Eyes: 67.984 (+ 1.082) ▲

19. JUSTIN MOORE – Lettin’ The Night Roll: 67.701 (- 1.126) ▼

20. JAKE OWEN – Beachin’: 65.898 (+ 0.634) ▲

 

ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 65.695 (- 0.647)

JASON DERULO – Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 59.365 (+ 0.106)

TYLER FARR – Whiskey In My Water: 58.879 (+ 0.384)

CHRIS YOUNG – Who I Am With You: 58.769 (+ 0.781)

ONEREPUBLIC – Love Runs Out: 57.707 (+ 1.285)

MKTO – Classic: 57.061 (+ 0.390)

CRAIG CAMPBELL – Keep Them Kisses Comin’: 50.563 (- 0.280)

MAROON 5 – Maps: 46.898 (- 12.849)

M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE – Love Never Felt So Good: 46.770 (+ 0.163)

KONGOS – Come With Me Now: 38.991 (+ 0.293)

LIL WAYNE – Believe Me f/Drake: 38.728 (+ 1.338)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Come Get It Bae: 32.187 (- 0.171)

LADY ANTEBELLUM – Bartender: 31.115 (+ 0.889)

LORDE – Tennis Court: 27.132 (+ 0.206)

NICKI MINAJ – Pills N Potions: 24.214 (+ 0.645)

JENNIFER LOPEZ – First Love: 23.913 (+ 0.455)

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS – Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ: 21.925 (- 0.138)

M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD – Somethin’ Bad: 21.640 (+ 0.237)

DEMI LOVATO – Really Don’t Care f/Cher Lloyd: 21.030 (+ 0.725)

COLDPLAY – A Sky Full Of Stars: 17.151 (+ 0.797)

SIA – Chandelier: 16.393 (+ 0.415)

CHARLI XCX – Boom Clap: 11.997 (+ 1.103)

NE-YO – Money Can’t Buy f/Jeezy: 9.537 (+ 0.328)

LITTLE BIG TOWN – Day Drinking: 7.923 (+ 0.077)

CLEAN BANDIT – Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 7.212 (+ 0.760)

T.I. – No Mediocre f/Iggy Azalea: 6.184 (- 3.690)

BEYONCE – Pretty Hurts: 4.129 (+ 0.224)

CAPITAL CITIES – One Minute More: 4.122 (+ 0.123)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS – Say Yes: 0.863

IGGY AZALEA – Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 0.780

MARIAH CAREY – You Don’t Know What To Do: 0.362

IGGY AZALEA – Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 0.780

 

COMING FOR WIGS :cheer:

 

Iggy's Fancy updates are so inconsistent. One time she barely gains, the next day she gans over a million again

And, Maroon 5's deal wears off.

You think there's genuine payola at work with Maroon 5? I always assumed it was the fact that they're pretty AC-friendly due to their bland MOR-ness.

 

MAROON 5 – Maps: 46.898 (- 12.849)

 

Yep.

Oh, that was dumb of me. I knew it had a radio deal for a couple of days at least but I'm not sure if it was the full week?

I think that Maroon 5 and Katy Perry are both guilty of being backed by payola.

 

You can look at request boards, iTunes, general demand. Katy Perry at least has some demand in comparison to Maroon 5.

This week's Pop/CHR most added

(out of 178 stations total)

59 MAROON 5 Maps 222/Interscope

39 CHARLI XCX Boom Clap Atlantic/RRP

38 CLEAN BANDIT Rather Be f/Jess Glynne Big Beat/RRP

21 DEMI LOVATO Really Don't Care f/Cher Lloyd Hollywood

15 RITA ORA I Will Never Let You Down Roc Nation/Columbia

14 IGGY AZALEA Black Widow f/Rita Ora Def Jam

12 FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE This Is How We Roll f/J.Derulo Rep Nashville/Republic

12 G.R.L. Ugly Heart Kemosabe/RCA

12 LORDE Tennis Court Lava/Republic

11 PHARRELL WILLIAMS Come Get It Bae Columbia

11 SIA Chandelier RCA

11 TIESTO Wasted f/Matthew Koma Casablanca/Republic

10 BECKY G Shower Kemosabe/RCA

10 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ UMLE/UMLatino/Republic

10 MADDEN BROTHERS We Are Done Capitol

10 MR PROBZ Waves Ultra/RCA

9 KIESZA Hideaway LL/4th&B/Island/Republic

9 ONEREPUBLIC Love Runs Out Mosley/Interscope

9 TOVE LO Habits (Stay High) Island/Republic

7 AVICII Addicted To You PRMD/Island/Republic

 

Rather Be, Black Widow, AND Waves! :o

TOP 20

 

1. IGGY AZALEA - Fancy: 189.172 (- 0.490)

2. ARIANA GRANDE - Problem f/Iggy Azalea: 181.323 (+ 2.753)

3. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 162.820 (- 2.467)

4. NICO & VINZ - Am I Wrong: 156.708 (+ 5.062)

5. MAGIC! - Rude: 136.875 (+ 3.199)

6. CALVIN HARRIS - Summer: 130.444 (+ 1.160)

7. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Not A Bad Thing: 113.124 (- 3.950)

8. PARAMORE - Ain't It Fun: 109.815 (- 1.620)

9. SAM SMITH - Stay With Me: 103.144 (+ 3.386)

10. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON - Turn Down For What: 95.879 (- 2.097)

 

11. PHARRELL WILLIAMS - Happy: 93.970 (- 1.470)

12. KATY PERRY - Dark Horse: 93.748 (+ 0.196)

13. RIXTON - Me And My Broken Heart: 85.695 (- 1.513)

14. DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 84.346 (+ 2.702)

15. KATY PERRY - Birthday: 80.825 (+ 0.069)

16. ED SHEERAN - Sing: 76.681 (- 1.867)

17. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 71.922 (- 1.243)

18. BLAKE SHELTON - My Eyes: 68.713 (+ 0.729)

19. JUSTIN MOORE - Lettin' The Night Roll: 66.343 (- 1.358)

20. JAKE OWEN - Beachin': 66.311 (+ 0.413)

 

ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 65.696 (+ 0.001)

JASON DERULO - Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 59.420 (+ 0.055)

CHRIS YOUNG - Who I Am With You: 59.298 (+ 0.529)

TYLER FARR - Whiskey In My Water: 59.287 (+ 0.408)

ONEREPUBLIC - Love Runs Out: 58.771 (+ 1.064)

MKTO - Classic: 57.867 (+ 0.806)

CRAIG CAMPBELL - Keep Them Kisses Comin': 50.308 (- 0.255)

MAROON 5 - Maps: 49.929 (+ 3.031)

M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE - Love Never Felt So Good: 46.185 (- 0.585)

LIL WAYNE - Believe Me f/Drake: 39.937 (+ 1.209)

KONGOS - Come With Me Now: 39.613 (+ 0.622)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS - Come Get It Bae: 32.651 (+ 0.464)

LADY ANTEBELLUM - Bartender: 31.554 (+ 0.399)

LORDE - Tennis Court: 27.446 (+ 0.314)

NICKI MINAJ - Pills N Potions: 24.601 (+ 0.387)

JENNIFER LOPEZ - First Love: 23.645 (- 0.268)

M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD - Somethin' Bad: 21.872 (+ 0.232)

DEMI LOVATO - Really Don't Care f/Cher Lloyd: 21.829 (+ 0.799)

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ: 21.787 (- 0.138)

COLDPLAY - A Sky Full Of Stars: 17.873 (+ 0.722)

SIA - Chandelier: 17.137 (+ 0.744)

CHARLI XCX - Boom Clap: 13.174 (+ 1.177)

NE-YO - Money Can't Buy f/Jeezy: 9.808 (+ 0.271)

CLEAN BANDIT - Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 8.225 (+ 1.013)

LITTLE BIG TOWN - Day Drinking: 8.166 (+ 0.243)

T.I. - No Mediocre f/Iggy Azalea: 6.536 (+ 0.352)

BEYONCE - Pretty Hurts: 4.424 (+ 0.295)

CAPITAL CITIES - One Minute More: 4.296 (+ 0.174)

IGGY AZALEA - Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 1.445 (+ 0.665)

TOP 20

 

1. IGGY AZALEA – Fancy: 188.823 (- 0.349)

2. ARIANA GRANDE – Problem f/Iggy Azalea: 181.996 (+ 0.673)

3. NICO & VINZ – Am I Wrong: 160.997 (+ 4.289) ▲

4. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 160.237 (- 2.583) ▼

5. MAGIC! – Rude: 140.506 (+ 3.631)

6. CALVIN HARRIS – Summer: 130.888 (+ 0.444)

7. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Not A Bad Thing: 110.233 (- 2.891)

8. PARAMORE – Ain’t It Fun: 108.571 (- 1.244)

9. SAM SMITH – Stay With Me: 106.938 (+ 3.794)

10. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON – Turn Down For What: 93.752 (- 2.127)

 

11. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 93.200 (- 0.770)

12. KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 92.758 (- 0.990)

13. DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 85.789 (+ 1.443) ▲

14. RIXTON – Me And My Broken Heart: 83.577 (- 2.118) ▼

15. KATY PERRY – Birthday: 79.963 (- 0.862)

16. ED SHEERAN – Sing: 74.601 (- 2.080)

17. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 70.817 (- 1.105)

18. BLAKE SHELTON – My Eyes: 69.129 (+ 0.416)

19. JAKE OWEN – Beachin’: 66.653 (+ 0.342) ▲

20. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 64.756 (- 0.940) ▲

 

JUSTIN MOORE – Lettin’ The Night Roll: 64.150 (- 2.193)

CHRIS YOUNG – Who I Am With You: 60.297 (+ 0.999)

JASON DERULO – Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 59.845 (+ 0.425)

ONEREPUBLIC – Love Runs Out: 59.748 (+ 0.977)

TYLER FARR – Whiskey In My Water: 59.744 (+ 0.457)

MKTO – Classic: 58.460 (+ 0.593)

MAROON 5 – Maps: 52.635 (+ 2.706)

M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE – Love Never Felt So Good: 46.750 (+ 0.565)

LIL WAYNE – Believe Me f/Drake: 40.738 (+ 0.801)

KONGOS – Come With Me Now: 40.013 (+ 0.400)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Come Get It Bae: 32.859 (+ 0.208)

LADY ANTEBELLUM – Bartender: 32.439 (+ 0.885)

LORDE – Tennis Court: 27.810 (+ 0.364)

NICKI MINAJ – Pills N Potions: 24.677 (+ 0.076)

JENNIFER LOPEZ – First Love: 23.803 (+ 0.158)

DEMI LOVATO – Really Don’t Care f/Cher Lloyd: 22.569 (+ 0.740)

M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD – Somethin’ Bad: 22.298 (+ 0.426)

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS – Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ: 22.235 (+ 0.448)

COLDPLAY – A Sky Full Of Stars: 18.456 (+ 0.583)

SIA – Chandelier: 17.791 (+ 0.654)

CHARLI XCX – Boom Clap: 13.942 (+ 0.768)

NE-YO – Money Can’t Buy f/Jeezy: 10.179 (+ 0.371)

CLEAN BANDIT – Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 9.358 (+ 1.113)

LITTLE BIG TOWN – Day Drinking: 8.374 (+ 0.208)

T.I. – No Mediocre f/Iggy Azalea: 6.929 (+ 0.393)

BEYONCE – Pretty Hurts: 4.606 (+ 0.182)

IGGY AZALEA – Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 2.426 (+ 0.981)

I noticed Lana is getting airplay on Alternative and Triple A earlier. Not huge airplay from either and they're very small formats but still, it leads to her AI being 2.030 (+0.025). Tiny of course, but it's something. I hope it can grow further on alt radio, I'm pretty sure they blanked her for the entirety of her first era due to the whole "credibility" backlash.

Radio really doesn't like Sia.

TOP 20

 

1. IGGY AZALEA - Fancy: 187.981 (- 0.842)

2. ARIANA GRANDE - Problem f/Iggy Azalea: 183.279 (+ 1.283)

3. NICO & VINZ - Am I Wrong: 165.616 (+ 4.619)

4. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 158.825 (- 1.412)

5. MAGIC! - Rude: 143.249 (+ 2.743)

6. CALVIN HARRIS - Summer: 131.487 (+ 0.599)

7. SAM SMITH - Stay With Me: 110.110 (+ 3.172) ▲

8. PARAMORE - Ain't It Fun: 107.720 (- 0.851)

9. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Not A Bad Thing: 107.256 (- 2.977) ▼

10. KATY PERRY - Dark Horse: 93.084 (+ 0.326) ▲

 

11. PHARRELL WILLIAMS - Happy: 92.633 (- 0.567)

12. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON - Turn Down For What: 90.818 (- 2.934) ▼

13. DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 87.373 (+ 1.584)

14. RIXTON - Me And My Broken Heart: 81.482 (- 2.095)

15. KATY PERRY - Birthday: 79.113 (- 0.850)

16. ED SHEERAN - Sing: 72.253 (- 2.348)

17. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 69.991 (- 0.826)

18. BLAKE SHELTON - My Eyes: 69.628 (+ 0.499)

19. JAKE OWEN - Beachin': 67.195 (+ 0.542)

20. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 63.931 (- 0.825)

 

CHRIS YOUNG - Who I Am With You: 61.199 (+ 0.902)

ONEREPUBLIC - Love Runs Out: 61.002 (+ 1.254)

JASON DERULO - Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 60.115 (+ 0.270)

TYLER FARR - Whiskey In My Water: 60.103 (+ 0.359)

MKTO - Classic: 59.166 (+ 0.706)

MAROON 5 - Maps: 55.353 (+ 2.718)

M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE - Love Never Felt So Good: 45.728 (- 1.022)

LIL WAYNE - Believe Me f/Drake: 41.546 (+ 0.808)

KONGOS - Come With Me Now: 40.369 (+ 0.356)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS - Come Get It Bae: 33.294 (+ 0.435)

LADY ANTEBELLUM - Bartender: 33.084 (+ 0.645)

 

LORDE - Tennis Court: 28.052 (+ 0.242)

NICKI MINAJ - Pills N Potions: 24.808 (+ 0.131)

JENNIFER LOPEZ - First Love: 23.862 (+ 0.059)

DEMI LOVATO - Really Don't Care f/Cher Lloyd: 23.503 (+ 0.934)

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ: 23.116 (+ 0.881)

M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD - Somethin' Bad: 22.366 (+ 0.068)

COLDPLAY - A Sky Full Of Stars: 18.996 (+ 0.540)

SIA - Chandelier: 18.655 (+ 0.864)

CHARLI XCX - Boom Clap: 14.643 (+ 0.701)

CLEAN BANDIT - Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 10.824 (+ 1.466)

NE-YO - Money Can't Buy f/Jeezy: 10.647 (+ 0.468)

LITTLE BIG TOWN - Day Drinking: 8.740 (+ 0.366)

T.I. - No Mediocre f/Iggy Azalea: 7.293 (+ 0.364)

BEYONCE - Pretty Hurts: 4.736 (+ 0.130)

IGGY AZALEA - Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 3.519 (+ 1.093)

 

"Rather Be" coming

I think Ariana will definitely get the airplay wrong but the question is how long for. With the rate 'Am I Wrong' is rising at, I think she'll be lucky to get a week at the top :lol: No idea why this song is so huge on airplay, it's not exactly breaking iTunes records.

At this rate, Ariana will be lucky to get at least two days topping the radio updates. Am I Wrong is rapidly climbing like crazy. She will be releasing her next single in the next week or so but I wonder if it will perform as well as Problem?

 

It's good to hear that Lana is getting attention on the alternative radio stations. It's a step up. I just saw her Shades of Cool video yesterday and I loved it. Very cinematic, sad and visually stunning.

TOP 20

 

1. IGGY AZALEA – Fancy: 184.348 (-3.633)

2. ARIANA GRANDE – Problem f/Iggy Azalea: 181.465 (-1.814)

3. NICO & VINZ – Am I Wrong: 166.597 (+0.981)

4. JOHN LEGEND – All Of Me: 156.249 (-2.576)

5. MAGIC! – Rude: 144.991 (+1.742)

6. CALVIN HARRIS – Summer: 129.663 (-1.824)

7. SAM SMITH – Stay With Me: 113.295 (+3.185)

8. PARAMORE – Ain’t It Fun: 107.469 (-0.251)

9. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Not A Bad Thing: 104.089 (-3.167)

10. KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 92.311 (-0.773)

 

11. PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Happy: 91.551 (-1.082)

12. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON – Turn Down For What: 86.815 (-4.003)

13. DISCLOSURE – Latch f/Sam Smith: 85.692 (-1.681)

14. RIXTON – Me And My Broken Heart: 79.440 (-2.042)

15. KATY PERRY – Birthday: 77.513 (-1.600)

16. BLAKE SHELTON – My Eyes: 70.216 (+0.588) ▲

17. ED SHEERAN – Sing: 69.683 (-2.570) ▼

18. BASTILLE – Pompeii: 69.046 (-0.945) ▼

19. JAKE OWEN – Beachin’: 67.810 (+0.615)

20. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 62.760 (-1.171)

 

ONEREPUBLIC – Love Runs Out: 62.191 (+1.189)

CHRIS YOUNG – Who I Am With You: 61.955 (+0.756)

TYLER FARR – Whiskey In My Water: 60.857 (+0.754)

MKTO – Classic: 59.968 (+0.802)

JASON DERULO – Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 59.253 (-0.862)

MAROON 5 – Maps: 57.788 (+2.435)

LIL WAYNE – Believe Me f/Drake: 42.251 (+0.705)

KONGOS – Come With Me Now: 40.926 (+0.557)

LADY ANTEBELLUM – Bartender: 33.815 (+0.731)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS – Come Get It Bae: 33.514 (+0.220)

LORDE – Tennis Court: 28.567 (+0.515)

NICKI MINAJ – Pills N Potions: 24.705 (-0.103)

JENNIFER LOPEZ – First Love: 24.290 (+0.428)

DEMI LOVATO – Really Don’t Care f/Cher Lloyd: 24.150 (+0.647)

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS – Bailando f/D.Bueno/S.Paul/GDZ: 22.688 (-0.428)

M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD – Somethin’ Bad: 22.652 (+0.286)

KENNY CHESNEY – American Kids: 21.850

COLDPLAY – A Sky Full Of Stars: 19.517 (+0.521)

SIA – Chandelier: 18.558 (-0.097)

JEREMIH – Don’t Tell ‘Em f/YG: 17.072

CHARLI XCX – Boom Clap: 15.652 (+1.009)

CLEAN BANDIT – Rather Be f/Jess Glynne: 11.402 (+0.578)

NE-YO – Money Can’t Buy f/Jeezy: 10.766 (+0.119)

LITTLE BIG TOWN – Day Drinking: 8.866 (+0.126)

T.I. – No Mediocre f/Iggy Azalea: 7.841 (+0.548)

BEYONCE – Pretty Hurts: 4.815 (+0.079)

IGGY AZALEA – Black Widow f/Rita Ora: 4.475 (+0.956)

 

Slow day.

Looks like Fancy peaked and now it might be on its way down now. Problem's decline is not as big but it would be such a shame to not get the top spot for just a few updates beforehand. Boom Clap coming up!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:

Radio really doesn't like Sia.

 

she's nearly 40 so she's not suitable for ageist US radio.... see what also happened to Mariah and J.Lo, they used to get loads of airplay, now nothing...

she's nearly 40 so she's not suitable for ageist US radio.... see what also happened to Mariah and J.Lo, they used to get loads of airplay, now nothing...

 

With Mariah and Jennifer I think it's more a case of being seen as "old fashioned"/uncool these days. They had their glory days. "On the floor is only a few years old, and it was huge, so it's not like Jennifer's age is the problem.

For Sia I don't know. She might be a bit too "weird" for the US. And it's harder to be big with a "ballad"/big voice type of song.

Edited June 29, 201411 yr by Hayzayy