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 R3HAB & Lia Marie Johnson, Don Diablo & Bully Songs, and Tom Speight.
1. The Wave — R3HAB & Lia Marie Johnson
“The Wave” had a massive first weekend of release, earning more than 1.2 million streams from over 749,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
R3HAB’s newest release with Lia Marie Johnson found its way onto 22 New Music Friday playlists, along with popular genre-based playlists like Spotify’s Pop Rising and Apple Music’s The A-List: Dance.
AWAL Insights™: “The Wave’s” listeners are nearly split down the middle — 47% are female and 53% are male.
2. Everybody’s Somebody — Don Diablo & BullySongs
“Everybody’s Somebody” earned over 328,000 streams from more than 198,000 listeners over its debut weekend.
Major Playlist Adds
“Everybody’s Somebody” was added to 7 New Music Friday playlists around the world, as well as uber-popular Spotify playlist mint (of which he’s also the cover!) and Apple Music’s Best of the Week among others.
AWAL Insights™: 42% of all Spotify streams came from playlists, while 45% of all Apple Music streams came from playlists.
3. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) — Tom Speight
Tom Speight’s cover of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” racked up almost 95,000 streams from over 78,000 listeners in its debut weekend.
Major Playlist Adds
Along with five New Music Friday adds, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” scored a spot on Apple Music’s Best of the Week and Spotify’s Acoustic Winter playlist.
AWAL Insights™: The majority of this track’s streams are coming from Brazil (27%), followed by the UK (20%).
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