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: 25 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8296
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 3570
Variety factor for this station is : 43%
50% OF PLAYS is 405 Songs (11.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 120 MOST played songs (3.3% of the total)
or 2576 LEAST played songs (72.1% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 7m
10th most played song airs every: 9h 22m
120th most played song airs every: 3d 3h
405th most played song airs every: 8d 8h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 3362 (94.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
70 after 21 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 3993
..in 3 months: 8475, in 6 months: 14353
..in 9 months: 19492, in 12 months: 24113
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [98 plays] Chase & Status & Stormzy – Backbone
2 [93 plays] BL3SS & CamrinWatsin – Kisses (feat. bbyclose)
3 [81 plays] Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding – Free
4 [80 plays] Fontaines D.C. – Favourite
5= [78 plays] each for…
+ beabadoobee – Ever Seen
+ Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI
7 [75 plays] Adam Port & STRYV – Move
8 [74 plays] Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
9 [69 plays] Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D – Somedays
10 [64 plays] Olivia Dean – Time
Analysis: 23 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8332
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 459
Variety factor for this station is : 5.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 41 Songs (8.9% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 21 MOST played songs (4.5% of the total)
or 386 LEAST played songs (84% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 2h 47m
10th most played song airs every: 4h 22m
21st most played song airs every: 5h 56m
41st most played song airs every: 9h 41m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 203 (44.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 10 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 484
..in 3 months: 602, in 6 months: 978
..in 9 months: 1369, in 12 months: 1699
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [198 plays] Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please
2 [182 plays] Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
3 [181 plays] Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
4 [142 plays] Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
5 [141 plays] Post Malone & Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
6 [136 plays] Becky Hill – Right Here
7 [135 plays] Myles Smith – Stargazing
8 [133 plays] Billie Eilish – Birds Of A Feather
9 [127 plays] Becky Hill – Outside Of Love
10= [126 plays] each for…
+ Hozier – Too Sweet
+ Noah Kahan – Stick Season
Analysis: 24 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6231
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 738
Variety factor for this station is : 11.8%
50% OF PLAYS is 32 Songs (4.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 17 MOST played songs (2.3% of the total)
or 664 LEAST played songs (89.9% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 3h 51m
10th most played song airs every: 4h 40m
17th most played song airs every: 5h 45m
32nd most played song airs every: 11h 45m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 553 (74.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
7 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 814
..in 3 months: 1373, in 6 months: 1751
..in 9 months: 2242, in 12 months: 2607
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [149 plays] eminem – Houdini
2 [146 plays] Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
3 [144 plays] David Guetta and OneRepublic – I Don’t Wanna Wait
4 [137 plays] Jordan Adetunji ft. Kehlani – Kehlani
5 [135 plays] Bl3ss ft. CamrinWatsin ft. bbyclose – Kisses
6 [130 plays] Tyla – Water
7 [129 plays] Tommy Richman – Devil Is A Lie
8 [127 plays] Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends
9= [123 plays] each for…
+ Adam Port and Stryv – Move
+ Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding – Free
Analysis: 26 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8668
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 754
Variety factor for this station is : 8.6%
50% OF PLAYS is 69 Songs (9.1% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 26 MOST played songs (3.4% of the total)
or 606 LEAST played songs (80.3% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 3h 54m
10th most played song airs every: 5h 12m
26th most played song airs every: 9h 54m
69th most played song airs every: 1d 2h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 446 (59.1%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
2 after 24 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 782
..in 3 months: 956, in 6 months: 1171
..in 9 months: 1467, in 12 months: 1595
Top 12 Most Played:
1= [160 plays] each for…
+ Dasha – Austin
+ Shaboozey – A Bar Song
3= [152 plays] each for…
+ Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
+ Myles Smith – Stargazing
5 [151 plays] Coldplay – Feels Like I’m Falling In Love
6 [148 plays] eminem – Houdini
7 [144 plays] Mark Ambor – Belong Together
8 [138 plays] Hozier – Too Sweet
9 [127 plays] Ella Henderson, Switch Disco and Alok – Under The Sun
10= [120 plays] each for…
+ Calvin Harris and Rag N Bone Man – Lovers In A Past Life
+ Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
+ Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Analysis: 24 days, up to 06-09-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7946
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1368
Variety factor for this station is : 17.2%
50% OF PLAYS is 241 Songs (17.6% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 122 MOST played songs (8.9% of the total)
or 982 LEAST played songs (71.7% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 4h 14m
10th most played song airs every: 17h 27m
122nd most played song airs every: 2d 0h
241st most played song airs every: 2d 9h 36m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 885 (64.6%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 22 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1386
..in 3 months: 1409, in 6 months: 1605
..in 9 months: 1777, in 12 months: 1787
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [136 plays] Katy Perry – Lifetimes
2 [135 plays] Kylie Minogue, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo – My Oh My
3 [130 plays] Jade – Angel Of My Dreams
4 [121 plays] Clean Bandit and Anne-Marie – Cry Baby
5 [117 plays] Rita Ora – Ask & You Shall Receive
6 [109 plays] Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
7 [108 plays] N Sync – Bye Bye Bye
8 [77 plays] Lady GaGa and Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
9 [76 plays] B*Witched – So Into You
10 [33 plays] Alok and Jess Glynne – Summer’s Back
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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