We have incredible artists releasing tons of new music each week, some of which claim a spot on our AWAL First playlist — a playlist dedicated to featuring some of the top-performing tracks in the AWAL catalogue for the week based on playlist adds, streams, and listeners.
This week we’ll be taking a closer look at the newest artists added to AWAL First Playlist, covering new music through AWAL from Tom Misch feat. Goldlink, Cuco, and Matt Simons.
1. Lost in Paris — Tom Misch feat. Goldlink
“Lost in Paris,” Tom Misch’s latest single from his new album, Geography, featuring Goldlink, had a massive first week of release, earning almost a million streams from over 481,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
“Lost in Paris” was added to 17 New Music Friday playlists around the world, along with Apple Music’s Best of the Week and The A List: UK. Also, Tom and Goldlink appeared on the cover of Spotify’s Butter playlist!
AWAL Insights™: The US and UK are nearly tied for most streams — the US has 30% (292,064), and the UK has 29% (283,727).
2. CR-V — Cuco
Cuco’s ode to his car “CR-V,” racked up more than 271,000 streams from nearly 173,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
Along with adds to New Music Friday playlists in the US and UK, “CR-V” appeared on Apple Music’s Best of the Week, New Fire, and Breaking Indie.
AWAL Insights™: On Spotify, 55% of “CR-V’s” streams came directly from playlists; 42% of Apple Music’s streams also came from playlists.
3. We Can Do Better — Matt Simons
Matt Simons’ “We Can Do Better” did great in its first week of release — with over 161,000 streams from almost 119,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
“We Can Do Better” found its way onto 15 New Music Friday playlists along with Apple Music’s Breaking: Pop and Spotify’s Pop Rising and Wake Up Happy.
AWAL Insights™: 62% of “We Can Do Better’s” listeners were women — the majority of which fell into the 24-35 age range.
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