Chart Highlights – 2 May 2019
- New Entry: Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie ‘ME!’ debuts at No.3
- High Point: The Chainsmokers & 5SOS crack the Top 5 with ‘Who Do You Love’
- Local Music: Jessica Mauboy enters the chart at No.37 with ‘Sunday’
Last week radio was shaken up by the return of Taylor Swift with her latest single, ‘ME!’ featuring the lead singer of Panic! At The Disco, Brendan Urie.
Released last Friday, the hit quickly gained airplay on CHR stations before moving into AC and Hot AC formats and was heard across 22 stations, with Hit92.9 Perth the song’s top supporter adding 59 plays according to the latest AirCheck National Radio Airplay Chart.
The song also broke the record for most views on YouTube in the first 24 hours by a solo or Female artist clocking in a massive 65.2 million views and dethroning Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next’.
The Chainsmokers and 5SOS’ collaboration, ‘Who Do You Love’ continued to rise, moving into the Top 5 with help from the Nova network upping spins by 15%, with Gold Coast station Hot Tomato also contributing to the move by almost doubling spins for the hit.
Aussie pop singer songwriter Jessica Mauboy returned to the chart with ‘Sunday’ entering at No.37 with 212 spins with The Edge Sydney championing the track by adding 34 spins, followed by KRock Geelong with 22 plays.
