{"id":649458,"date":"2026-08-21T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649458\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:26:13","slug":"olivia-rodrigos-drop-dead-hits-no-1-on-pop-airplay-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649458\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drop Dead’ Hits No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s \u201cDrop Dead\u201d kisses the top spot on Billboard\u2019s Pop Airplay<\/a> chart (dated Aug. 29), lifting two places to No. 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tRodrigo earns her third Pop Airplay leader, following \u201cDrivers License,\u201d which reigned for five weeks beginning in March 2021, and \u201cGood 4 U,\u201d a No. 1 for six weeks starting that July. Both of those songs were released from her first LP, Sour.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDrop Dead\u201d is from Rodrigo\u2019s third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.<\/p>\n

\n\t(\u201cDrop Dead\u201d continues a macabre, but up-tempo and catchy, mode atop pop playlists. It dethrones Tame Impala and JENNIE\u2019s \u201cDracula\u201d after six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.)<\/p>\n

\n\tRodrigo is also scaling Pop Airplay with a second song from her new set as \u201cStupid Song\u201d holds at its No. 17 high. She boasts eight top 10s at the format dating to her debut with \u201cDrivers License.\u201d The collection\u2019s \u201cThe Cure\u201d is also drawing play among reporters to the chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tPop Airplay ranks the most played titles on nearly 150 U.S. mainstream top 40 stations, as monitored by Mediabase (which provides airplay data to Luminate for Billboard\u2019s radio rankings).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDrop Dead\u201d launched as Rodrigo\u2019s fourth No. 1<\/a> on the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100<\/a> (dated May 2). Already the first artist to debut the lead singles from her first two studio albums atop the chart, she extended her mark thanks to \u201cDrop Dead\u201d and you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, which, released on Geffen\/Interscope Capitol, premiered at No. 1<\/a> on the Billboard 200<\/a> in June. \u201cDrivers License\u201d ushered in Sour\u00a0and \u201cVampire\u201d (a No. 2 Pop Airplay hit) introduced 2023\u2019s\u00a0Guts.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll charts dated Aug. 29 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

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