Blink 182 “three-peats” on top of the Alternative Airplay Chart (AAC), spending a third week at Number One with Bored to Death. Blink 182 gains 465,000 impressions over the previous tracking period to finish with an audience of 13.658 million. The Lumineers’ former number one Opheliaholds at number two for a third week, but loses 297,000 impressions from the previous week to finish the week with an audience of 12.230 million.
Blink 182’s airplay gains and the Lumineers’ losses combine to give Bored to Deatha formidable 1.418 million impressions lead over the runner up song at the format.
RHCP's 'Dark Necessities' earns fifth straight No. 1 week
Meanwhile, the Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) reach five weeks at number one on the Adult Album Alternative (AAA) Airplay Chart, gaining 23,000 impressions over the previous week to finish with an audience of 1.946 million. This is only 87,000 impressions more than this week’s runner up, Head and the Heart’s All We Ever Knew.
While the RHCP’s margin of victory has lessened each of the last three weeks, Dark Necessitiesalso leads a different number two song for the third week in a row, making the next number one on AAA harder to determine. The RHCP also hold onto number one for a fourth straight week on the Active Rock Airplay Chart.
Alternative and AAA Airplay Charts for the week ending July17
Here are the Top 30 Alternative and Top 15 AAA Airplay Charts for the week ending July 17. These charts, ranked by audience, use Mediabase data provided to the All Access and Kworb websites. Current and recurrent tracks combined to give readers a clearer picture of what listeners at each format are actually hearing.
Both charts measure airplay from all stations tracked by Mediabase representing each respective format. Bored to Deathalso reaches the Top Five on the Active Rock Airplay Chart (ARAC) this week. Audience totals (in millions) are provided next to each artist’s name with ties on the list broken by the song with the highest number of spins.
Alternative Airplay Chart week ending 17 July
- Bored To Death – Blink 182 – 13.658 – Wk. 3 at No. 1
- Ophelia – Lumineers – 12.240
- Way Down We Go – Kaleo – 10.681
- Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers – 10.477
- First – Cold War Kids – 10.290
- Ride – Twenty One Pilots – 10.112
- Heathens – Twenty One Pilots – 9.454
- HandClap – Fitz & The Tantrums – 9.228
- Trouble – Cage The Elephant – 8.833
- River – Bishop – 8.806
- Spirits – The Strumbrellas – 8.659
- Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun – 6.365
- Good Grief – Bastille – 6.302
- Renegades – X Ambassadors – 5.255
- Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay – 5.052
- Take It From Me – Kongos – 4.908
- Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots – 4.866
- Something To Believe In – Young The Giant – 4.610
- Wow – Beck – 4.473
- Riptide – Vance Joy – 4.219
- All We Ever Knew – Head And The Heart – 3.928
- You Don’t Get Me High Anymore – Phantogram – 3.875
- Soundcheck – Catfish And The Bottlemen – 3.680
- Ship To Wreck – 3.401
- Dangerous – Big Data/Joywave – 3.118
- Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon – 3.099
- Ex’s And Oh’s – Elle King – 2.991
- Stolen Dance – Milky Chance – 2.764
- Unsteady – X Ambassadors – 2.756
- Kiss This – The Struts – 2.711
AAA Airplay Chart for week ending 17 July
- Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers – 1.946 – Wk. 5 at No. 1
- All We Ever Knew – Head And The Heart – 1.859
- Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele – 1.747
- Fire – Barns Courtney – 1.718
- Ophelia – Lumineers – 1.686
- Ain’t No Man – Avett Brothers – 1.681
- Good Grief – Bastille – 1.512
- I Need Never Get Old – Nathaniel Rateleff/Nightsweats – 1.489
- Casual Party – Band Of Horses – 1.487
- Wish I Knew You – The Revivalists – 1.360
- Way Down We Go – Kaleo – 1.205
- First – Cold War Kids – 1.205
- Wow – Beck – 1.118
- Up & Up – Coldplay – 1.052
- Off The Ground – The Record Company – 1.035
