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 from AWAL members Janelle Kroll, Xscape, and Owl City.
1. Silent Night – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC — Janelle Kroll
For the second week in a row, Janelle Kroll’s version of “Silent Night” earned the most streams with 359,000 from almost 250,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
“Silent Night” is showing its festive popularity, appearing on three major Spotify holiday playlists each with thousands of followers — Holiday Magic alone has over 200,000!
AWAL Insights™: It’s the ladies who are loving “Silent Night” most of all — 67% of its listeners are female.
2. Dream Killa — Xscape
In its first weekend of release, Xscape’s “Dream Killa” earned over 121,000 streams from over 37,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
“Dream Killa” landed near the top of the uber-popular Spotify playlist The Newness, which has over 490,000 followers.
AWAL Insights™: “Dream Killa” experienced the power of playlisting — almost half of its Spotify streams (40%) came from playlists alone!
3. Fiji Water — Owl City
“Fiji Water” had a awesome debut weekend with over 117,000 streams from more than 50,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
Along with being added to three New Music Friday playlists, “Fiji Water” had a boost from niche playlists including LA House Music, ADM: Acoustic Dance Music, and 60 Minute Work Out: Hits.
AWAL Insights™: Though the US is digging “Fiji Water” (with over 45,000 streams), Sweden is in second place with over 11,000!
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