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June 21st, 2024, 12:32 PM
From Radio Insight:
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The good news about Top 40 was coming in at a fairly rapid clip last week. I profiled WKST (96.1 Kiss) Pittsburgh, Pa., and WHTZ (Z100) New York, (https://radioinsight.com/blogs/272004/fresh-listen-z100-and-961-kiss/) but May?s PPM ratings had two dozen other success stories I could have as easily written about. (WRVW [The River] Nashville went 4.9-5.8 later that day, along with several other rebounds.)
Last Tuesday, Billboard published a story about the reduced footprint of bringbacks and reissues on the Hot 100, (https://www.billboard.com/music/features/catalog-chart-hits-struggling-1235703667/) attributed to a better flow of superstar product. That Wednesday, LiveLine?s John Garabedian noted that the bulk of the syndicated night show?s requests were suddenly for new music. That same day, the Washington Post declared* ?The Song of Summer is Happening Whether You Like It or Not? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/06/12/sabrina-carpenter-tommy-richman-summer-songs/) after years of being ?not worth talking about.?*
That made this tweet the next day from the Wall Street Journal that much more curious:
For pop fans, the first half of 2024 was supposed to be the best ever, with new albums from Taylor Swift, Beyonc?, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa.
As it turns out, ?Pop Girl Spring??as some called it?has ended up?kind of meh. https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f517.png
more (https://radioinsight.com/blogs/272714/the-best-billboard-top-10-in-ages/)
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/billboard.png?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1
The good news about Top 40 was coming in at a fairly rapid clip last week. I profiled WKST (96.1 Kiss) Pittsburgh, Pa., and WHTZ (Z100) New York, (https://radioinsight.com/blogs/272004/fresh-listen-z100-and-961-kiss/) but May?s PPM ratings had two dozen other success stories I could have as easily written about. (WRVW [The River] Nashville went 4.9-5.8 later that day, along with several other rebounds.)
Last Tuesday, Billboard published a story about the reduced footprint of bringbacks and reissues on the Hot 100, (https://www.billboard.com/music/features/catalog-chart-hits-struggling-1235703667/) attributed to a better flow of superstar product. That Wednesday, LiveLine?s John Garabedian noted that the bulk of the syndicated night show?s requests were suddenly for new music. That same day, the Washington Post declared* ?The Song of Summer is Happening Whether You Like It or Not? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/06/12/sabrina-carpenter-tommy-richman-summer-songs/) after years of being ?not worth talking about.?*
That made this tweet the next day from the Wall Street Journal that much more curious:
For pop fans, the first half of 2024 was supposed to be the best ever, with new albums from Taylor Swift, Beyonc?, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa.
As it turns out, ?Pop Girl Spring??as some called it?has ended up?kind of meh. https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f517.png
more (https://radioinsight.com/blogs/272714/the-best-billboard-top-10-in-ages/)