There are certain people that with the mention of their names comes a smile to your face because you remember that one time… those numerous and GREAT times! Jerry Blair is one of those people for me. RIP Jerry.

Musically, things are making moves and every week it feels more normal. Republic’s Spangler and Romeo are celebrating the massive release from Drake with every viral #1 to its credit and a Top 3 Most Added at Pop this week with 48 stations jumping immediately on “Way 2 Sexy” f/Future & Young Thug (OVO). Marshmello’s “Leave Before You Hate Me” f/Jonas Brothers is Top 10 and with great new research coming in at Z100 & KIIS, this one is heading Top 5. The Weeknd’s “Take My Breath” (XO) closed the panel on impact and moving toward the Top 5. Swedish House Mafia’s “Lifetime” f/Ty Dolla $ign & 070 Shake is Top 30 bound with 15m+ video views. Conan Gray’s “People Watching” pulls in 2.5m+ U.S. streams per week and debuted on the chart. Island’s Schiffman, along with team Republic, stacked massive action on Shawn Mendes & Tainy’s “Summer of Love” early and as the week’s #1 Greatest Gainer, it’s Top 15 bound with 170+ stations onboard.

Def Jam’s Farag and Sheer bring the heat with Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” after his standout performance on the VMAsand posted 63 adds on impact. As the #2 Most Added track, it’s already chart bound. Alessia Cara’s “Sweet Dream” charted with 70+ stations spinning early and Kanye West’s “Hurricane” f/The Weeknd & Lil Baby (G.O.O.D./Capitol-Republic) was Top 10 Most Added this week, pulling in Sirius XM’s HITS1, WKQI and KBFF.

Arista’s Team Petropoulos are firing on all cylinders with two big tracks in the Top 20. Måneskin’s “Beggin’” (Sony Music Latin) looks set to join the Top 10 soon with 170+ stations on board and research stories building everywhere and Tai Verdes’ “A-O-K” makes its way back to the Top 10 Most Added this week. “After seeing the crowd at our show in full throat singing ‘A-O-K,’ it’s clear that this is the kind of feel-good affirmative song we ALL need right now, and Tai is the perfect guy to deliver it!” Said Rich Davis, PD KDWB. Watch for both tracks to climb quickly.

Capitol’s Marella, Nolletti, Acampora & Siciliano stacked 165 stations on Halsey’s “I am not a woman, I’m a god” and as a Top 3 Greatest Gainer, it’s set to join the Top 20. Alesso & Marshmello’s “Chasing Stars” f/James Bay is chart bound at Pop and Top 25 at Hot AC.

Interscope’s Romano & Lopes impacted Kacey Musgraves’ “justified,” landing in the Top 10 Most Added with 24 early believers. Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor” (Geffen) is Top 15 with 170+ stations and is Spotify’s #5 Song of the Summer. Billie Eilish, who stunned at the Met Gala this week, moves Top 30 with “Happier Than Ever” and 100+ stations on board. It’s been Top 5 on Spotify U.S. for four weeks running. Elton John & Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” was a Top 10 Greatest Gainer this week and debuted with 75+ stations spinning, including WKTU,KHKS, WIOQ and WFLC.

Warner’s Chester, Dyer & Reich impacted Nessa Barrett’s “i hope ur miserable until ur dead” as a Top 10 Most Added track with early support from KNOU, WKSC, WKQI and KUDD. Dua Lipa’s “Love Again” makes way to the Top 10 with HITS1, KMVQ, Music Choice and WFLC leading the way.

In2une’s Connone & Lucek have WILLOW’s “transparent soul” f/Travis Barker chart bound with 26 early adds including KHKS, KNOU, HITS1 and WXSS.

HITCO’s Team Klaiman, along with In2une, take Dixie’s “Psycho” f/Rubi Rose Top 25. Spin leaders include KIIS, Music Choice, KLUC and WBLI.

RCA’s Rothchild, Maldonado, JR & Daddio launched Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like” (Monument) last week and with the national Applebee’s commercial running, this one is showing up in research everywhere and is set to join the Top 25 with 100+ early stations. Doja Cat’s “Need to Know” (Kemosabe) remains a Greatest Gainer and is Top 20 bound with 315m global streams. Her collab with The Weeknd, “You Right,” is also heading Top 5 with major spin increases. Kane Brown X blackbear’s “Memory” is Top 20 with 155+ stations while WizKid’s “Essence” f/Bieber & Tems moves toward the Top 30 as one of the week’s Greatest Gainers.

Columbia’s Gray, Burruss, Bedard, Stevens & Brenner have Lil Nas X’s “INDUSTRY BABY” f/Jack Harlowinching closer to the Top 10 just as his debut album drops. The Kid Laroi & Bieber’s “Stay” sits atop the chart for another week and shows no sign of relinquishing that title.

Epic’s Sackheim, Afloarei & Dimig steer Camilla Cabello’s “Don’t Go Yet” inside the Top 15 with an all-but-closed-out-panel and 114m+ streams to date. Black Eyed Peas’ “HIT IT” f/Saweetie & Lele Pons heads toward the Top 25 with WBBM, KIIS and WKTU leading the charge and looking to debut this week will be Madison Beer’s “Reckless,” which currently has 17m+ video views to date.

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