The middle of summer brings us a number of dance bangers, a few rockers, and even a bit of romance courtesy of the highest debut of four new songs.
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It’s the supremely catchy “Never Ending Song” by L.A.-based singer/songwriter Conan Gray that ascends to the top of the chart. “Never Ending” becomes Conan’s second #1, following “Yours” from late last year, which was also my #7 song of the year. And there’s more good news for fans of the singer – his next single “Winner” drops August 25.
Alesso is almost literally breathing up Conan Gray’s back as “Without You” climbs 3-2 and will challenge in two weeks. The amazing uncredited vocal on “Without You” is by Swedish singer Calle Lehmann. Alesso also went back-to-back with Martin Garrix on stage at Tomorrowland recently, and I’m sure you can find that set on You Tube.
After making short work of the chart two weeks ago, Benson Boone’s “Coffee Cake” vaults 12-4 as his 2nd Top 10 entry. The talented guy’s release from last year, “In The Stars” is belatedly catching on at radio. It peaked at #2 on this chart and was my #21 song of the year.
“Angel, Pt. 2”, from “Fast & Furious: The Fast Saga”, climbs 11-7, becoming the 3rd Top 10 for JVKE, 2nd for JIMIN (whose former #1 “Like Crazy” is in its 10th and final appearance at #21), 5th for Charlie Puth, and 1st for Muni Long.
Cash Cash’s anthemic electronic pop song “Bleach (Move On)” rises 16-8, becoming their 2nd Top 10 entry. The singer is none other than the group’s own Jean Paul Makhlouf.
Francesco Yates’ first of two entries on the chart from his EP Little Rockstar, the punchy “Thunderbomb” (above), jumps 13-9, and is his 5th Top 10 entry, while the more melodic title track (below) looks like it will travel even faster to the Top 10, up 23-16.
The Fastest Riser on the chart belongs to Troye Sivan, a song that I’ve heard all over the place in the last two weeks, the frenetic and fun “Rush”, which soars 19-10. It’s his mammoth 10th Top 10 entry since 2015!
Canadian quartet The Beaches’ enjoyably self-disparaging rocker “Blame Brett” is on the rise up 22-15.
UK dance music queen Hazell Dean’s latest is pretty hard to dislike, the vibrant 80’s throwback original “100% Pure Love”, which climbs 28-20.
To absolutely no surprise to anyone who has followed my blog and this chart during the last 10 years, the lead spotlight song from last week’s New Music Report is the Highest Debut. MAX’s beautiful ode to wife Emily on their seventh anniversary, “Strings”, featuring JVKE and Bazzi, arrives at #25 and is MAX’s 13th entry, following “Worst Day” (with Illenium) from earlier this year, which peaked at #6.
Debuting at #26 is the latest from UK R&B/dance singer Sam Dickinson with “Falling”, another recent release that makes it hard to stay still! It’s Sam’s 7th chart entry and first since 2020.
NYC-based dance producer GATTÜSO gets his 3rd chart entry with the fast-paced bounce of “Unstoppable” bowing at #27. He reached #8 on the chart last year with Nicky Romero and Jared Lee on “Afterglow”.
The fourth debut belongs to nomadic American dance producer Voyajer (aka A.J. Cassarella) at #28 with his irresistible debut indie release, “Come Around”, led by a soaring uncredited male vocal.
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Addictive Energy
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