Following an audience increase of 523,000, the Black Keys’ “Lo/Hi” heads this week’s Mediabase Active Rock Airplay Chart, with a total of 5.675 million impressions. This pushes “Lo/Hi” ahead of last week’s Number One Active Rock Airplay song, Disturbed’s “A Reason to Fight,” with an audience advantage of 253,000 impressions.
“A Reason to Fight” finishes the week in the runner-up slot with an Active Rock audience total of 5.422 million. This represents an impressions decrease of 492,000 from the previous tracking period. Three Days Grace’s “Right Left Wrong” ends this week with an audience of 5.077 million, which represents a modest increase of 25,000 impressions from the previous week.
Of note: This week’s greatest gainer at Active Rock radio, Five Finger Death Punch’s (FFDP) “Blue on Black,” (BOB) more than doubles its audience total as it surges from 33 to 13. “Blue on Black” gains 1.694 million impressions to finish the week with an audience of 2.876 million.
Following a BOB remix that includes Kenny Wayne Shepherd (original version of BOB), Brantley Gilbert, and Brian May, the FFDP multi-artist compilation debuts at number two on Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart. Estimates indicate that BOB sold around 30,000 downloads 12-18 April.
These are this week’s most-listened-to Top 30 Active Rock Airplay songs, as reported by Mediabase (MB). This uses MB’s all stations plus recurrents reports as seen on All Access. TW – This Week, Aud – Audience (in millions)
TW Artist Title Aud
1 BLACK KEYS Lo/Hi 5.675
2 DISTURBED A Reason To Fight 5.422
3 THREE DAYS GRACE Right Left Wrong 5.077
4 POP EVIL Be Legendary 4.286
5 BADFLOWER Heroin (2018) 4.079
6 MOTLEY CRUE/MGK The Dirt (Est. 1981) 3.836
7 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Ready To Let Go 3.77
8 BAD WOLVES Remember When 3.734
9 SHINEDOWN Monsters 3.463
10 RIVAL SONS Do Your Worst 3.186
11 THE GLORIOUS SONS S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) 3.063
12 GODSMACK When Legends Rise 2.881
13 1FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Blue On Black 2.876
14 GRETA VAN FLEET You’re The One 2.828
15 MARK MORTON Cross Off f/Chester Bennington 2.789
16 BREAKING BENJAMIN Tourniquet 2.762
17 BAD WOLVES Zombie 2.615
18 PAPA ROACH Elevate 2.603
19 DISTURBED Are You Ready 2.08
20 I PREVAIL Breaking Down 1.925
21 GODSMACK Bulletproof 1.889
22 THEORY OF A DEADMAN Rx (Medicate) 1.756
23 GHOST Dance Macabre 1.748
24 SHINEDOWN Get Up 1.724
25 GODSMACK Under Your Scars 1.608
26 SLASH/MYLES KENNEDY Mind Your Manners 1.544
27 BADFLOWER Ghost 1.478
28 IMAGINE DRAGONS Natural 1.316
29 GHOST Rats 1.274
30 ASKING ALEXANDRIA Vultures 1.226
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