By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed December 26, 2014
Radio in Atlanta featured three songs this year with massive crossover appeal: John Legend's "All of Me" (9,600 times on eight stations), Pharrell Williams "Happy" (8,700 on nine statons) and Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" (7,000 spins on seven stations). All were in regular rotation on both pop and urban stations.
Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" had some crossover appeal, with V-103 and Hot giving the song a few spins But it was primarily a pop hit heard 7,600 times.
The biggest country crossover was the Florida-Georgia Line's "This is How We Roll," spun on three of the pop stations and both of the major country stations (3,400 total spins).
This data only covers songs played on the 16 Atlanta stations tracked by Mediabase 24/7. It does not include smaller signals such as Streetz 94.5 and X107.1 and outlying stations.
These are results through Dec. 14, 2014.
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B98.5
1. John Legend "All of Me:"
2. Imagine Dragons "Demons"
3. OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
4. One Direction 'Story of My Life"
5. Katy Perry "Dark Horse"
Top artists
1. Maroon 5
2. Katy Perry
3. Pink
4. Bruno Mars
5. Justin Timberlake
6. Rihanna
7. OneRepublic
8. Madonna
9. Michael Jackson
10. Phillip Phillips
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Q100
1. Bastille "Pompeii"
2. OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
3. Katy Perry "Dark Horse"
4. John Legend "All of Me"
5. Nico & Vinz "Am I Wrong"
Top artists
1. Katy Perry
2. Maroon 5
3. Justin Timberlake
4. OneRepublic
5. Calvin Harris
6. Jason DeRulo
7. Iggy Azalea
8. One Direction
9. Lorde
10. Taylor Swift
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Power 96.1
1. Katy Perry "Dark Horse"
2. Lorde "Team"
3. Eminem/Rihanna "The Monster"
4. OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
5. Iggy Azalea "Fancy"
Top artists
1. Iggy Azalea
2. Katy Perry
3. Lorde
4. Ariana Grande
5. Maroon 5
6. Calvin Harris
7. Jason DeRulo
8. Eminem
9. OneRepublic
10. Taylor Swift
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Star 94
1. OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
2. Passenger "Let It Go"
3. Avicii "Wake Me Up"
4. Sam Smith "Stay With Me"
5. John Legend "All of Me"
Top artitsts
1. OneRepublic
2. Maroon 5
3. Katy Perry
4. Pink
5. Imagine Dragons
6. Lorde
7. Bruno Mars
8. Taylor Swift
9. Sam Smith
10. Passenger
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Kiss 104.1
1. Tamar Braxton "All the Way Home"
2. John Legend "Who Do We Think We Are"
3. Pharrell Williams "Happy"
4. Alicia Keys "Fire We Make"
5. Jennifer Hudson "I Cant' Describe"
Top artists
1. John Legend
2. Tamar Braxton
3. Usher
4. R. Kelly
5. Luther Vandross
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Magic 107.5/97.5
1. Eric Benet "News For You"
2. Pharrell Williams "Happy"
3. Jaheim "Age Ain't a Factor"
4. John Legend "All of Me"
5. George Tandy Jr. "March"
Top artists
1. Mary J. Blige
2. Michael Jackson
3. Usher
4. R. Kelly
5. Jaheim
6. Luther Vandross
7. Jill Scott
8. KEM
9. Alicia Keys
10. John Legend
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V-103
1. Chris Brown "Loyal"
2. T.I. "About the Money"
3. Schoolboy Q "Studio"
4. Jhene Aiko "The Worst"
5. Beyonce "Drunk in Love"
Top artists
1. Beyonce
2. Trey Songz
3. Chris Brown
4. T.I.
5. John Legend
6. Usher
7. Future
8. K Camp
9. Drdake
10. Jhene Aiko
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Hot 107.9
1. K Camp "Cut Her Off"
2. Chris Brown "Loyal"
3. Ca$h Out "She Twerkin"
4. T.I. "About the Money"
5. Schoolboy Q "Studio"
Top artists
1. Future
2. Chris Brown
3. Beyonce
4. K Camp
5. Drake
6. Ca$h Out
7. T.I.
8. Jay Z
9. Migos
10. Rich Homie Quan
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Fish 104.7
1. Phil Wickham "This is Amazing Grace"
2. Aaron Shust "No One Higher"
3. 7Eventh Time Down "Just Say Jesus"
4. Big Daddy Weave "Only Name"
5. Hillsong United "Oceans"
Top artists
1. MercyMe
2. Casting Crowns
3. Chris Tomlin
4. Matthew West
5. Third Day
6. Jeremy Camp
7. Mandisa
8. Big Daddy Weave
9. TobyMac
10. Newsboys
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Praise 102.5
1. William Murphy "It's Working"
2. Hezekiah Walker "Every Praise"
3. Tamela Mann "I Can Only Imagine"
4. William McDowell "Withholding Nothing"
5. Ricky Dillard & New G "Amazing"
Top artists
1. James Fortune & Fiya
2. William McDowell
3. Hezekiah Walker
4. Kirk Franklin
5. William Murphy
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Kicks 101.5
1. Rascal Flatts "Rewind"
2. Joe Nichols "Yeah"
3. Thompson Square "Everything I Shouldn't Be"
4. Lee Brice "I Don't Dance"
5. Brett Eldredge "Beat of the Music"
Top artists
1. Luke Bryan
2. Blake Shelton
3. Florida-Georgia Line
4. Jason Aldean
5. Brad Paisley
6. Kenny Chesney
7. Lady Antebellum
8. Keith Urban
9. The Band Perry
10. Rascal Flatts
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94.9/The Bull
1. Jake Owen "Beachin'
2. Joe Nichols "Yeah"
3. Cole Swindell "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight"
4. Jason Aldean "When She Says Baby"
5. Dustin Lynch "Where It's At"
Top artists
1. Jason Aldean
2. Luke Bryan
3. Florida-Georgia Line
4. Blake Shelton
5. Kenny Chesney
6. Jake Owen
7. Brad Paisley
8. Lady Antebellum
9. Keith Urban
10. Cole Swindell
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Rock 100.5
1. Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion"
2. Aerosmith "Walk This Way"
3. Who "Baba O'Riley"
4. Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me"
5. Kiss "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Top artists
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Van Halen
3. AC/DC
4. Pink Floyd
5. Rolling Stones
6. Aerosmith
7. Guns 'n Roses
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. Nirvana
10. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers
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97.1/The River
1. Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
2. Clash "Rock the Casbah"
3. Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side"
4. Poison "Nothin' But a Good Time"
5. Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me"
Artists
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Rolling Stones
3. Aerosmith
4. Van Halen
5. Police
6. Def Leppard
7. Pink Floy
8. U2
9. Queen
10. Tom Petty/Heartbrakers
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Radio 105.7
1. Arctic Monkeys "Do I Wanna Know?
2. Neighbourhood "Afraid"
3. Bastille "Bad Blood"
4. Fitz & the Tantrums "The Walker"
5. Cage the Elephant "Come a Little Closer"
Artists
1. Black Keys
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Bastille
4. Young the Giant
5. Cage the Elephant
6. Foo Fighters
7. Arcitc Monkeys
8. Weezer
9. Fitz & the Tantrums
10. Mumford & Sons
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