November 25, 2020
What are your choices this year for: Top 3 Pop Songs, Top 2 Most Influential Pop Artists, Surprise Hit of the Year?
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Bartel, WKTU: “Break My Heart,” “Adore You,” “Mood.” Harry Styles and Dua Lipa. “ily (i love you, baby),” Surf Mesa f/Emilee. Java Joel, Javajoelmurphy@gmail.com: “Blinding Lights,” “Adore You/Watermelon Sugar,” “Bang.” Harry Styles and Dua Lipa. “Sunday Best,” Surfaces. Brian Mack, WXXL: “Blinding Lights,” “Watermelon Sugar,” “Before You Go,” with an honorable mention to “Circles.” Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber. It’s still on its way but I have to go with “Bang” by AJR. Josh Wolff, WAEB: “Blinding Lights,” “Adore You,” “Don’t Start Now.” Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande. “Ily (I love you baby),” Surf Mesa.
Matt “MJ” Johnson, matthot1079@hotmail.com: “Blinding Lights,” “Hot Girl Bummer,” “Adore You.” Dua Lipa and Harry Styles. “Mood,” 24kGoldn. Heather Deluca, WSJO: “Blinding Lights,” “Watermelon Sugar,” “Before You Go.” Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. “If the World Was Ending,” JP Saxe f/Julia Michaels. |
Valentine, WBHT: “Circles,” Break My Heart,” “Adore You.” Post Malone and Justin Bieber. Don’t know that either of these were surprises, but I was excited to see both of them do as well as they ultimately did: “Roses” SAINt JHN, “Hot Girl Bummer” blackbear.
Joey Brooks, WKSS: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish. “If The World Was Ending,” JP Saxe f/Julia Michaels. Mike “OD” O’Donnell, WKRZ: “Adore You,” “Blinding Lights,” “Mood.” Harry Styles and Justin Bieber. Sleeper is “I Love Me” by Demi Lovato. It’s still huge on KRZ, after 2,000 spins it still tests Top 5 for us.
Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Dua Lipa and Maroon 5. “Hot Girl Bummer,” blackbear. Jagger, jaggerwthrowdown@gmail.com: “Blinding Lights,” “Break My Heart,” “Adore You.” Dua Lipa and Harry Styles. “Before You Go,” Lewis Capaldi. |
Toby Knapp, WASH: “Adore You,” “Be Like That,” “Rain On Me.” Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish. “The Bones,” Maren Morris. JB King, KLUC: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Justin Bieber and The Weeknd. “Roses,” SAINt JHN.
Dom Theodore, Radio Animal Media Strategies: “Blinding Lights,” “Adore You,” and “Circles” just don’t stop testing at Pop. Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande still are “events.” “death bed (coffee for your head)” by Powfu was a surprise this year.
Bob Patrick, WXLK: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Circles,” “Say So.” BTS. “Roses,” SAINt JHN. |
Mark Adams, KYLD & KIOI: “Blinding lights,” “Savage,” “Mood.” The Weeknd and Justin Bieber. “ily (i love you, baby),” Surf Mesa f/Emilee.
Jonathan Shuford, WRVW: “Watermelon Sugar,” Blinding Lights,” “Before You Go” (which was huge for us!). Harry Styles and Ariana Grande. Sleeper Hits: “Savage Love,” Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo, and “Ily (I love you baby),” Surf Mesa.
Jana Sutter, WXXL: “Blinding Lights” (it’s still massive!), “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Post Malone and Justin Bieber. “Before You Go,” Lewis Capaldi.
Rich Davis, KDWB: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Billie Eilish and Harry Styles. ”If The World Was Ending,” JP Saxe f/Julia Michaels.
Beata Murphy, KIIS: “Watermelon Sugar,” “Before You Go,” “If The World Was Ending.” Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish. “If The World Was Ending,” JP Saxe f/Julia Michaels.
Erik Bradley, B96: “Blinding Lights,” “Adore You,” “Don’t Start Now,” and the 4th choice for me is “Mood.” Dua Lipa and The Weeknd, “ily (i love you, baby),” Surf Mesa f/Emilee.
Rick Vaughn, KENZ: “Blinding Lights,” “Don’t Start Now,” “Adore You.” Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish. “Roses,” Saint JHN.
Top 3 Pop Songs
Top 2 Influential Artists
Surprise Hit of the Year
Next Week’s Question Of The Week:
Which artist would you like to give a gift to this holiday season and what is the message behind the gift?
e-Mail your responses to: jodorisio@fmqb.com or bburke@fmqb.com
