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: 23 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7561
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 3212
Variety factor for this station is : 42.4%
50% OF PLAYS is 300 Songs (9.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 81 MOST played songs (2.5% of the total)
or 2408 LEAST played songs (74.9% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 39m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 40m
81st most played song airs every: 2d 7h 12m
300th most played song airs every: 5d 18h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 3029 (94.3%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
38 after 21 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 3938
..in 3 months: 9246, in 6 months: 14623
..in 9 months: 18607, in 12 months: 23368
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [83 plays] Coi Leray – Players
2 [82 plays] Mimi Webb – Red Flags
3 [79 plays] Miley Cyrus – Flowers
4= [75 plays] each for…
+ Niall Horan – Heaven
+ Tom Grennan – Here
6= [74 plays] each for…
+ Cian Ducrot – I’ll Be Waiting
+ Lizzy McAlpine – ceilings
+ Paramore – Running Out Of Time
9 [73 plays] KSI & Oliver Tree – Voices
10 [72 plays] Wet Leg – Angelica
Analysis: 27 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 9530
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 508
Variety factor for this station is : 5.3%
50% OF PLAYS is 45 Songs (8.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 25 MOST played songs (4.9% of the total)
or 424 LEAST played songs (83.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 3h 6m
10th most played song airs every: 5h 1m
25th most played song airs every: 7h 2m
45th most played song airs every: 10h 17m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 277 (54.5%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 16 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 516
..in 3 months: 785, in 6 months: 1175
..in 9 months: 1607, in 12 months: 1927
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [208 plays] Miley Cyrus – Flowers
2 [198 plays] Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me
3 [189 plays] Lizzo feat. SZA – Special
4 [154 plays] Tiesto feat. Tate McRae – 10:35
5 [150 plays] venbee x Goddard – Messy In Heaven
6 [144 plays] Niall Horan – Heaven
7 [137 plays] Mimi Webb – Red Flags
8 [131 plays] The Kid LAROI – Love Again
9 [130 plays] Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage – Creepin’
10 [129 plays] SZA – Kill Bill
Analysis: 24 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 5507
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 583
Variety factor for this station is : 10.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 31 Songs (5.3% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 17 MOST played songs (2.9% of the total)
or 519 LEAST played songs (89% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 4h
10th most played song airs every: 5h 32m
17th most played song airs every: 6h 24m
31st most played song airs every: 12h 31m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 408 (69.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
5 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 623
..in 3 months: 909, in 6 months: 1142
..in 9 months: 1417, in 12 months: 1577
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [144 plays] Coi Leray – Players
2= [133 plays] each for…
+ Central Cee – Let Go
+ Miley Cyrus – Flowers .
4 [126 plays] Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd and 21 Savage – Creepin
5= [124 plays] each for…
+ Miguel – Sure Thing
+ PinkPantheress ft. Ice Spice – Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2
+ Sza – Kill Bill
8 [121 plays] Tiesto and Tate McRae – 10:35
9 [108 plays] Libianca – People
10 [104 plays] Jax Jones and Calum Scott – Whistle
Analysis: 27 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7330
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 586
Variety factor for this station is : 7.9%
50% OF PLAYS is 45 Songs (7.6% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 21 MOST played songs (3.5% of the total)
or 482 LEAST played songs (82.2% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 4h 14m
10th most played song airs every: 5h 26m
21st most played song airs every: 6h 58m
45th most played song airs every: 19h 3m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 318 (54.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
1 after 19 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 593
..in 3 months: 960, in 6 months: 1120
..in 9 months: 1307, in 12 months: 1498
Top 10 Most Played:
1= [153 plays] each for…
+ Miley Cyrus – Flowers
+ Taylor Swift – Anti Hero
3 [147 plays] Ed Sheeran – Celestial
4 [142 plays] Lizzo – 2 Be Loved
5 [140 plays] Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me
6 [139 plays] Joel Corry and Tom Grennan – Lionheart
7 [135 plays] Lewis Capaldi – Pointless
8 [133 plays] Dermot Kennedy – Kiss Me
9 [131 plays] Pink – Trustfall
10 [119 plays] Meghan Trainor – Made You Look
Analysis: 23 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6030
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 815
Variety factor for this station is : 13.5%
50% OF PLAYS is 121 Songs (14.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 48 MOST played songs (5.8% of the total)
or 588 LEAST played songs (72.1% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 59m
10th most played song airs every: 8h 14m
48th most played song airs every: 1d 10h 30m
121st most played song airs every: 1d 22h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 480 (58.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 16 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 906
..in 3 months: 1315, in 6 months: 1466
..in 9 months: 1533, in 12 months: 1594
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [79 plays] Forget Me – Lewis Capaldi
2 [76 plays] Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
3 [72 plays] Dance All Over Me – George Ezra
4= [71 plays] each for…
+ Flowers – Miley Cyrus
+ I’m Not Here To Make Friends – Sam Smith
6 [70 plays] Super Freaky Girl – Nicki Minaj
7= [68 plays] each for…
+ Boys A Liar – Pinkpanthress
+ Cuff It – Beyonce
9= [67 plays] each for…
+ Good Luck – Mabel, Jax Jones / Galantis
+ Made You Look – Meghan Trainor
Analysis: 26 days, up to 17-03-2023
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8686
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 682
Variety factor for this station is : 7.8%
50% OF PLAYS is 122 Songs (17.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 44 MOST played songs (6.4% of the total)
or 450 LEAST played songs (65.9% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 1m
10th most played song airs every: 5h 49m
44th most played song airs every: 22h 17m
122nd most played song airs every: 1d 17h 36m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 183 (26.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 10 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 682
..in 3 months: 691, in 6 months: 1105
..in 9 months: 1283, in 12 months: 1294
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [124 plays] David Guetta and Bebe Rexha – I’m Good
2 [123 plays] Beyonce – Cuff It
3 [121 plays] Miley Cyrus – Flowers
4 [120 plays] Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
5= [116 plays] each for…
+ Joel Corry ft. Tom Grennan – Lionheart
+ Lizzo – 2 Be Loved
7= [115 plays] each for…
+ LF System – Afraid To Feel
+ Sam Smith ft. Kim Petras – Unholy
9 [110 plays] Anne-Marie ft. Aitch – Psycho
10 [107 plays] One Republic – I Ain’t Worried
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