Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with KITS (LIVE 105)/San Francisco MD Jayn sharing her Famous Firsts. Happy to share some positive Alternative ratings news in the latest batch of Nielsen December ‘23 12+ Trends released last Friday. KRXP (X1039)/Colorado Springs leaps 1.5-2.1. Congrats to Carly Evans & team.

UK’s The Last Dinner Party just announced North American tour dates. Incubus has been announced as a headliner at BeachLife Festival. Check out the lineup on Music Info. Mumford & Sons x Pharell Williams “Good People” is this week’s #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks. There are 2 new chart debuts this week with Cage The Elephant “Neon Pill” landing the highest debut. Let’s take a deep dive into the Mediabase Alternative Chart.

Alternative Chart Moves This Week

Top 5

Sum 41 “Landmines” (RIse/BMG) leaps 8-5* +171 spins.

Top 15

The Black Keys “Beautiful People (Stay High)” (Nonesuch/Warner) soars 31-15* +729 spins.

Top 20

Foo Fighters “The Glass” (RCA) flies 33-20* +445 spins.

Chart Debuts

Cage The Elephant “Neon Pill” (RCA) debuts at 31* +568 spins.

Mumford & Sons x Pharell Williams “Good People” (Glassnote) debuts at 35* +454 spins.

 

Top 5 Biggest Spin Gainers

The Black Keys “Beautiful People…” (Nonesuch/Warner) +729

Cage The Elephant “Neon Pill” (RCA) +568

Mumford & Sons x Pharell Williams “Good People” (Glassnote) +454 

Foo Fighters “The Glass” (RCA) +445

Sum 41 “Landmines” (RIse/BMG) +171

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