There are a number of songs this week shuffling around the chart and keeping it interesting, plus two debuts.
Check out information about my ONLINE RADIO SHOWS after the chart commentary below as they are directly tied in with this blog. As most of you know, I host 3 online radio shows – The Big 20 and two iterations of Your Weekend New Music Mix – and produce 2 online radio segments – my new music and retro picks of the week – that are all pre-recorded. The Big 20 and the picks of the week are happily being syndicated and you can find the current schedule for all at the bottom of the home page of this blog.
Reminder: Click on the photos to listen to the songs on Spotify.
Dimension & Karen Harding get a second appearance at #1 with their drum ‘n bass festival rave-up, “Guardian Angel”.
Alexander Stewart’s pensive album track from What If, “The Boy I Almost Was”, moves up 5-2. A second #1 looks to be in the offering for him, but how soon? We’re going to be graced with a brand new song from Alexander on February 20 called “Every Lifetime”.
Will Swinton’s “Find a Way” holds at #3. Will featured a preview of “Find a Way” on Instagram last summer, and another song from that same preview, “Better Off”, arrives on February 13.
Climbing 8-4 is new pop/rock artist Jorge Wilson, who hails from Stoke-on-Trent in north-east England, with the supremely catchy “Gemini”.
The beautiful deep house track “Holding On”, by producers MashBit, Luke Alexander and sunsett. (aka Canadian Richy Molina, who also provides vocals) moves up 7-5.
Tiësto currently has one of national dance radio’s biggest hits with his return to trance with “Bring Me To Life” (11-6) with vocalist Nellie FORS. It’s Tiësto’s 7th Top 10 entry; his first was back in 2004!
Philadelphia alternative pop/hip hop duo N i G H T S climbs 10-8 with “Addicted” (above). Their concurrent entry on the chart, “Bad” (bel9w), makes a swift move this week rising 22-16.
Also new to the Top 10 is “Rip”, the drum ‘n bass flavoured track by Miguel from his latest album CAOS. His tour to support the album starts tomorrow (February 10) in Atlanta. It’s his 6th Top 10 entry and first since 2018.
Briskly rising up the chart is “Ever After” (18-13) by Toronto singer/songwriter Mico and Asian-American singer eaJ (aka Jae Park).
The Fastest Riser on the chart is the fun and infectious “Galaxy” by French dance producer Kungs and American singer Theophilus London, which soars 23-15.
Other debuts from the last chart all make stalwart moves up the chart this week, and they’re all back-to-back. They are “Before I Go” by Florida electronic producer Trivecta with British vocalist vanru (26-20, above); “Problems”, a 70’s flavoured rock revival by Aerosmith and newly minted Grammy winner Yungblud (27-21, also above); and “Tha Rizzla”, a fast-paced, percussive tribal dance track peppered with African and Caribbean influences by Italian dance producer Filippide (28-22, below).
“War” by Illenium and Lo Spirit rises 29-24, culled from Illenium’s newly released album Odyssey. The record features a diverse who’s who of the pop, rock, dance and electronic music scenes including Ellie Goulding, Bring Me The Horizon, Mako, Alok, Kid Cudi, Bastille and Dabin, as well as last year’s BILLCS Top 30 #1 “In My Arms” with Hayla.
While “Super Powers” departs the chart after peaking at #3, L.A. dance producers TELYKast continue their run on the chart with the Highest Debut, “Hold On” at #28, featuring the epic voice of British singer Sam Gray. With Sam, TELYKast has had two BILLCS Top 30 #1’s, “Unbreakable” and “Surrender Your Love”. “Hold On” is TELYKast’s 6th chart entry.
And arriving at #29 is the sexy and playful “Blink” by former Why Don’t We member Corbyn Besson with Taiwanese vocalist TZUYU of the KPOP group Twice. It’s Corbyn’s second entry following his appearance on NOTD’s 2024 release “Panic” (#6), and comes from his EP Head First.
ONLINE RADIO SHOWS
You can hear me and many of my blog choices on this growing list of online radio stations and features!
Listen to The Big 20 from 10pm to Midnight EST on Wednesdays as “The Musicman” James Rogers and I bring you the latest in new songs. The show also repeats on Saturday evening at 6 pm EST.
My New Music Pick of the Week debuts each week on The Big 20. It airs more than 25 times during the week and you can view its schedule by clicking at the following link: Schedule.
On Saturdays and Sundays from 8pm to Midnight EST I bring you “Your Weekend New Music Mix”, four hours of commercial-free music from the 2000’s including many song choices from this blog.
My Retro Pick of the Week airs each week on Russ Horton’s “Top 40 Timeline”, Saturdays at 4pm EST. You can view its schedule by going to the lower right corner of the home page of this blog.
The 3D Variety Show by Planet Radio Canada
I’m featured Tuesdays between 7 and 7:30 pm EST with my Retro Pick of the Week on the live online radio show “The 3D Variety Show”, powered by www.xstreamrockradio.com with “The Musicman” James Rogers. I also join occasionally for looks at music from our past through some live segments.
Chicago’s Lake Online Radio now anchors Hunter Wilbur’s “Modern Hype” on Sundays at Midnight EST, which airs my New Music Pick of the Week. You can also hear the new music pick on Hunter’s other show Fridays at 8pm EST on “Hot Hits with Hunter” on UK station Dodge Radio.
For other details about all of the shows, such as dates and times of broadcasts, go to my home page and scroll down to the bottom right side! Schedules are updated regularly.
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