Sum 41 now have the number one song on alternative radio.
This is a significant achievement as it marks the band’s second #1 and first chart-topper in 22 years. It’s also the longest stretch between #1 hits in the Alternative format’s history.
Blink-182’s “One More Time” has tied the record the longest running number one song on alternative radio.
Blink-182’s “Edging” has now spent eight weeks at the top of the alternative charts.
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 was recently interviewed on Altitude Sports Radio.
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Turnstile’s “Mystery” has entered the top 10 at Alternative Radio.
All Time Low’s “Once in a Lifetime” has climbed to number ten at alternative radio.
Elias Leight, writing at Rolling Stone:
In June 2019, Mitch Mills, a senior vice president of radio promotion at Elektra Records, sent an urgent text to Steve Zap, an independent radio promoter who works with a number of stations in the adult contemporary format. The pair are both longtime players in the music industry, and have texted each other periodically about Warner Music Group acts, including Panic! at the Disco, Twenty One Pilots, and Fitz and the Tantrums. The June 2019 text shows that Mills was worried because Panic! at the Disco were receiving fewer plays than they had the previous week on a station Zap oversaw. “Stevie … [down] 11 in panic,” Mills wrote. “I just did a 2k deal with you … I need Panic back up.”
The text is one of more than 2,500 messages involving Zap that have been obtained by Rolling Stone. A number of these texts, covering 2018 to July of this year, refer to conversations with major label executives about promotional giveaways and payments to a radio station in connection with airplay – practices that have supposedly been banned.
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Laura Jane Grace talked with Drew Garbo of 102.5 to talk about her upcoming solo album.
Portugal. The Man continue to dominate the alternative rock radio charts. You can find the current top twenty below.
Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” is now the number one song on alternative radio. The current top 20 can be found below.
It looks like Blink-182’s “Home is Such a Lonely Place” will be going to radio on April 18th.
Green Day’s “Still Breathing” is the new number on alternative radio this week. The top 30 can be found below.
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Blink-182’s “She’s Out of Her Mind” has hit number one at alternative radio. You’ll find the current top thirty below.
Blink-182’s “She’s Out Of Her Mind” has officially gone to alternative radio. It was the most added song the last two weeks.