This is a bit number-y, but since Adam will soon be competing to get a song on the CHR/Pop Top 40, I thought it might be interesting to bring over today's radio charts (Mediabase) to see what is getting US airplay....
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE:
2 1 BRITNEY SPEARS I Wanna Go 12815 12569 246 81.109 - same radio promo team as Adam
1 2 KATY PERRY Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) 12785 13545 -760 77.679 - same management team as Adam
4 3 NICKI MINAJ Super Bass 11524 11731 -207 71.740
3 4 LMFAO Party Rock Anthem 11500 11804 -304 77.271
5 5 BAD MEETS EVIL Lighters f/Bruno Mars 10442 9747 695 67.348
10 6 MAROON 5 F/CHRISTINA AGUILERA Moves Like Jagger 9485 7697 1788 58.062
6 7 HOT CHELLE RAE Tonight Tonight 8701 9658 -957 48.515 - same radio promo team as Adam
7 8 ONEREPUBLIC Good Life 8529 9148 -619 51.816 Ryan Tedder produced and co-wrote a track on Adam's album
8 9 PITBULL Give Me Everything f/Ne-Yo 8465 8856 -391 62.344 same radio promo team as Adam
11 10 FOSTER THE PEOPLE Pumped Up Kicks 7302 6143 1159 43.455 - first alternative song to break into the Billboard Top 5 (Hot 100) since 2008. Sign that genres played may be opening up again.
9 11 LIL WAYNE How To Love 7094 7768 -674 40.239
13 12 RIHANNA Cheers (Drink To That) 6683 5955 728 38.645
12 13 COBRA STARSHIP You Make Me Feel... f/Sabi 6577 5990 587 38.809
16 14 GYM CLASS HEROES Stereo Hearts f/Adam Levine 6287 5136 1151 38.257
14 15 THE BAND PERRY If I Die Young 5681 5895 -214 31.573
18 16 LADY GAGA You And I 5163 3748 1415 31.34015 17 LADY GAGA The Edge Of Glory 4585 5527 -942 25.529
19 18 IYAZ Pretty Girls f/Travie McCoy 4273 3705 568 21.556
22 19 DEV In The Dark 3621 2484 1137 26.280
26 20 ADELE Someone Like You 3363 2089 1274 19.838
All round, Adam should fit in well in this chart -- and I think it may be more friendly to an Adam Lambert song than 2009. In addition, there will be no issue with playing a song by a gay artist since WWFM proved listeners and advertisers do not care.
Note: Mediabase CHR panel changed on 9.1.11 and 2 stations were removed so update numbers will be odd this week.