Pop Music / Current Hits Stations
“Hot AC” Pop Hits offerings from the BBC (Radio 1), Global (Capital), Bauer (Hits Network, Kiss and Heat) – featuring the latest chart cuts and biggest current Pop, R’nB and Dance etc targeting mostly under 35’s. You’ll notice that Radio 1 is playing many more different songs, in fact TEN TIMES more songs than Capital and Kiss, though the Hits Network and Heat do have a slightly bigger range. It’s an extreme example, but 50% of Kiss’s output is made up of just 25 songs! I bet the jocks get bored of playing them, but do the listeners get bored of hearing them maybe less than 3 hours after the last play??
Radio 1 manages to keep up the song variety well into the 3rd and 4th weeks of listening, still playing between 50 and 100 fresh songs a day, whilst you’ll notice that all of the commercial stations in this genre are bumping along the bottom with very few, if any, new songs on any day after just the first week, though there is a little extra variety permitted from all stations at the weekend!
(Note: Radio 1’s figures below do NOT include some evening and overnight hours which are simulcasts of other Radio 1 stations of a more specialist nature such as Extra or Relax, as those hours are included in the individual analyses of those stations already).
Analysis: 27 days, up to 25-11-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 9080
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 3864
Variety factor for this station is : 42.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 405 Songs (10.4% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 111 MOST played songs (2.8% of the total)
or 2840 LEAST played songs (73.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 6m
10th most played song airs every: 9h 7m
111th most played song airs every: 3d 9h
405th most played song airs every: 6d 18h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 3656 (94.6%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
77 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 4123
..in 3 months: 9085, in 6 months: 15086
..in 9 months: 20312, in 12 months: 25384
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [106 plays] Kenya Grace – Strangers
2 [100 plays] Jungle – Back On 74
3 [97 plays] Tyla – Water
4 [90 plays] Doja Cat – Agora Hills
5 [88 plays] Chase & Status & Hedex – Liquor & Cigarettes (feat. ArrDee)
6 [87 plays] The Kid LAROI – Too Much (feat. Jung Kook & Central Cee)
7 [83 plays] Tate McRae – greedy
8= [73 plays] each for…
+ Jung Kook – 3D (feat. Jack Harlow)
+ Noah Kahan – Stick Season
10 [71 plays] YUNGBLUD – Happier (feat. Oliver Sykes)
Analysis: 24 days, up to 25-11-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8797
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 538
Variety factor for this station is : 6.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 50 Songs (9.2% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 25 MOST played songs (4.6% of the total)
or 445 LEAST played songs (82.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 2h 55m
10th most played song airs every: 4h 40m
25th most played song airs every: 7h 28m
50th most played song airs every: 12h 48m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 259 (48.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 20 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 591
..in 3 months: 936, in 6 months: 1191
..in 9 months: 1406, in 12 months: 1695
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [197 plays] Tate McRae – Greedy
2 [185 plays] Kenya Grace – Strangers
3 [184 plays] Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
4 [143 plays] Becky Hill feat. Chase & Status – Disconnect
5= [136 plays] each for…
+ Joel Corry x MK x Rita Ora – Drinkin’
+ Zara Larsson x David Guetta – On My Love
7 [130 plays] Nathan Dawe x Bebe Rexha – Heart Still Beating
8 [129 plays] Casso x Raye x D Block Europe – Prada
9 [125 plays] Tyla – Water
10 [123 plays] Anne-Marie & Shania Twain – Unhealthy
Analysis: 24 days, up to 25-11-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 5685
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 760
Variety factor for this station is : 13.3%
50% OF PLAYS is 35 Songs (4.6% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 17 MOST played songs (2.2% of the total)
or 682 LEAST played songs (89.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 3h 51m
10th most played song airs every: 6h 15m
17th most played song airs every: 6h 56m
35th most played song airs every: 13h 42m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 577 (75.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
4 after 22 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 848
..in 3 months: 1306, in 6 months: 1685
..in 9 months: 1948, in 12 months: 2115
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [149 plays] Burna Boy – City Boys
2 [147 plays] Kenya Grace – Strangers
3 [144 plays] Billy Gillies ft. Hannah Boleyn – Dna
4 [143 plays] Tyla – Water
5 [138 plays] Tate McRae – Greedy
6 [136 plays] Zara Larsson ft. David Guetta – On My Love
7 [130 plays] Casso ft. Raye ft. D Block Europe – Prada
8 [125 plays] Sonny Fodera and MK ft. Clementine Douglas – Asking
9 [94 plays] The Kid Laroi ft. Jung Kook and Central Cee – Too Much
10 [92 plays] Jungle and Joy Anonymous – Joy
Analysis: 25 days, up to 25-11-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8067
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 659
Variety factor for this station is : 8.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 66 Songs (10% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 25 MOST played songs (3.7% of the total)
or 525 LEAST played songs (79.6% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 4h
10th most played song airs every: 4h 50m
25th most played song airs every: 8h 20m
66th most played song airs every: 1d 0h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 382 (57.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 18 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 714
..in 3 months: 931, in 6 months: 1081
..in 9 months: 1257, in 12 months: 1483
Top 10 Most Played:
1= [150 plays] each for…
+ David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me
+ Switch Disco ft. Ella Henderson – React
3 [144 plays] Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
4 [142 plays] Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding – Miracle
5 [137 plays] Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson – 0800 Heaven
6 [134 plays] Tom Grennan – How Does It Feel
7 [133 plays] Rema and Selena Gomez – Calm Down
8 [132 plays] Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
9 [129 plays] Anne-Marie and Shania Twain – Unhealthy
10 [124 plays] Miley Cyrus – Used To Be Young
Analysis: 26 days, up to 25-11-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8962
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1002
Variety factor for this station is : 11.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 232 Songs (23.1% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 128 MOST played songs (12.7% of the total)
or 651 LEAST played songs (64.9% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 4m
10th most played song airs every: 1d 0h 57m
128th most played song airs every: 1d 15h
232nd most played song airs every: 2d 0h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 473 (47.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 22 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1005
..in 3 months: 1040, in 6 months: 1469
..in 9 months: 1483, in 12 months: 1672
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [123 plays] Busted – Good One
2 [121 plays] N Sync – Better Place
3 [118 plays] Kylie Minogue – Hold On To Now
4 [105 plays] Take That – This Life
5 [74 plays] Jonas Brothers ft. Bailey Zimmerman – Strong Enough
6 [46 plays] Sugababes – When The Rain Comes
7 [27 plays] Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
8= [25 plays] each for…
+ Coolio ft. Lv – Gangsta’s Paradise
+ Gina G – Ooh Ahh Just A Little Bit
+ Shanice – I Love Your Smile
Jack 2 was indirectly replaced with Hits Radio on 29th Oct 2023 following the purchase of the Jack stations by Bauer.
Previous Analysis from Oct 2023: 25 days
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6414
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 853
Variety factor for this station is : 13.2%
50% OF PLAYS is 141 Songs (16.5% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 60 MOST played songs (7% of the total)
or 599 LEAST played songs (70.2% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 3m
10th most played song airs every: 9h 40m
60th most played song airs every: 1d 16h
141st most played song airs every: 2d 2h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 476 (55.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 16 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 871
..in 3 months: 937, in 6 months: 973
..in 9 months: 1323, in 12 months: 1526
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [99 plays] Dance The Night – Dua Lipa
2 [86 plays] Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
3 [78 plays] Don’t Say Love – Leigh-Anne
4= [76 plays] each for…
+ Tension – Kylie
+ Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
6= [75 plays] each for…
+ Giving Me – Jazzy
+ Whistle – Jax Jones x Calum Scott
8 [71 plays] Used To Be Young – Miley Cyrus
9 [70 plays] How Does It Feel – Tom Grennan
10= [62 plays] each for…
+ Good Luck – Mabel, Jax Jones / Galantis
+ React – Switch Disco feat. Ella Henderson
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