Published US Radio Spins in 2016 (Top 100)

Back in July, I made a similar post as this, but it was only for the first half of the year. This is the top 100 most played songs on radio, and it did take me a lot of work. Here are some statistics:

Total spins for all songs, even the ones that aren't on this list:

124,324,401

Song with the lowest peak on this chart:

90. Nick Jonas - Jealous (#48) (343,339)

Lowest #1 song on this chart:

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (26 DAYS) (1,135,489)

(#__) = Peak, (__) = # of spins it got.

#1 songs are colored pink.

By the way, most of these songs are in green. Miles, please don't comment about that.

100. Lukas Graham - Mama Said (#21) (315,913)

99. Justin Bieber - Company (#16) (319,354)

98. Demi Lovato - Confident (#9) (326,701)

97. One Direction - Perfect (#11) (328,773)

96. Calvin Harris - My Way (#11) (330,905)

95. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (#12) (332,540)

94. One Direction - Drag Me Down (#35) (335,856)

93. Rihanna - Love on the Brain (#10) (336,002)

92. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#9) (337,917)

91. Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness (#14) (342,729)

90. Nick Jonas - Jealous (#48) (343,339)

89. Tove Lo - Talking Body (#41) (349,105)

88. DNCE - Toothbrush (#17) (351,563)

87. Tory Lanez - Luv (#22) (362,378)

86. Elle King - Ex's and Oh's (#20) (371,959)

85. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth - See You Again (#41) (405,381)

84. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (#10) (409,941)

83. Fifth Harmony/Kid Ink - Worth It (#39) (412,327)

82. Troye Sivan - Youth (#19) (416,033)

81. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love (#14) (420,635)

80. Kungs/Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl (#15) (441,183)

79. Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move (#14) (445,131)

78. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (#34) (445,686)

77. R. City/Adam Levine - Locked Away (#24) (447,331)

76. Niall Horan - This Town (#13) (453,686)

75. Coldplay - Hymn For the Weekend (#20) (456,334)

74. Adele - When We Were Young (#11) (490,345)

73. Selena Gomez/A$ap Rocky - Good For You (#29) (494,278)

72. Fifth Harmony/Fetty Wap - All in My Head (Flex) (#10) (517,034)

71. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#13) (537,699)

70. Meghan Trainor - Me Too (#11) (553,080)

69. Robin Schulz/Francesco Yates - Sugar (#13) (572,921)

68. Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance (#31) (582,574)

67. Ruth B. - Lost Boy (#16) (597,172)

66. Meghan Trainor/John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You (#5) (605,023)

65. Kent Jones - Don't Mind (#8) (613,816)

64. Drake - Hotline Bling (#14) (622,911)

63. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean (#19) (642,191)

62. Rihanna - Needed Me (#15) (655,292)

61. Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me (#29) (660,931)

60. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest (#9) (698,190)

59. Alessia Cara - Wild Things (#14) (698,801)

58. Meghan Trainor - No (#7) (726,277)

57. Ellie Goulding - On My Mind (#5) (729,054)

56. Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (#16) (754,293)

55. X Ambassadors - Unsteady (#9) (763,920)

54. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face (#24) (797,966)

53. The Weeknd - The Hills (#18) (798,829)

52. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good (#9) (808,529)

51. DJ Snake/Bipolar Sunshine - Middle (#13) (811,511)

50. Rihanna/Drake - Work (#8) (824,479)

49. Maroon 5/Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know (#2) (825,670)

48. Charlie Puth - One Call Away (834,850)

47. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ - Lean On (#20) (861,437)

46. Adele - Hello (#3) (870,833)

45. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore (#11) (922,995)

44. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#5) (942,141)

43. Ariana Grande - Into You (#7) (974,088)

And now for the songs that hit 1 million spins this year. All of these songs hit the top 10 this year. Congratulations!

42. Flume/Kai - Never Be Like You (#9) (1,042,219)

41. Daya - Hide Away (#7) (1,064,108)

40. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo - Close (#8) (1,074,467)

39. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (#2) (1,093,334)

38. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving (#5) (1,131,158)

37. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side (26 DAYS) (1,135,489)

36. James Bay - Let it Go (#8) (1,187,139)

35. Pink - Just Like Fire (#7) (1,227,045)

34. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U (#5) (1,245,584)

33. Shawn Mendes - Stitches (#8) (1,260,324)
32. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (#3) (1,260,397)

31. Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (#8) (1,305,229)

30. The Weeknd - In the Night (#3) (1,343,041)

29. Selena Gomez - Same Old Love (12 DAYS) (1,374,120)

28. Kiiara - Gold (#5) (1,419,867)

27. Alessia Cara - Here (6 DAYS) (1,445,376)

26. Zara Larsson/MNEK - Never Forget You (#5) (1,504,924)

25. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (3 DAYS) (1,540,407)

24. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#2) (1,559,761)

23. Selena Gomez - Hands to Myself (5 DAYS) (1,606,413)

22. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water (8 DAYS) (1,653,715)

21. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (8 DAYS) (1,710,054)

20. The Chainsmokers/Rozes - Roses (#3) (1,737,125)

19. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (7 DAYS) (1,759,140)

18. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (#4) (1,820,851)

17. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#2) (1,842,161)

The rest of the songs hit 2 million spins this year. They all peaked in the top 2, most hitting #1.

16. Justin Bieber - Sorry (8 DAYS) (2,020,719)

15. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself and I (14 DAYS) (2,139,398)

14. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (15 DAYS) (2,195,658)

13. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling (12 DAYS) (2,204,847)

12. Twenty One Pilots - Ride (6 DAYS) (2,209,374)

11. Zayn - Pillowtalk (17 DAYS) (2,219,084)

Top 10 time!

10. DNCE - Cake By the Ocean (#2) (2,226,500)

9. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (66 DAYS) (2,228,527)

8. Drake/WizKid/Kyla - One Dance (3 DAYS) (2,412,575)

7. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For (#2) (2,415,237)

6. Flo Rida - My House (19 DAYS) (2,446,753)

Top 5. Notice how #3 and #2 were just about 600 spins away from each other.

5. Sia - Cheap Thrills (50 DAYS) (2,622,753)

4. Mike Posner/SeeB - I Took a Pill in Ibiza (9 DAYS) (2,629,947)

3. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (18 DAYS) (2,634,169)

2. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (28 DAYS) (2,634,762)

Finally, we're at #1. Before looking, try to guess what it is.

1. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down (26 DAYS) (2,711,808)

I Blurb You, I Blurb You, I Blurb You Right Now

I'm happy but surprised at the #1 song. There was less than a 1 in 46 chance that in 2016 this was playing on the radio.

The battle between Love Yourself and Stressed Out was really close. But an even closer battle was Stitches and Starboy, which you can find in the 30s. They were separated by just 73 spins.

All three songs that spent 8 days at #1 featured Justin Bieber in it.

A little surprising that our two songs that spent at least 50 days at #1 were not in the top 4.

Jealous and Uptown Funk were popular in 2014, but still made this list.

7 Years was ironic - it spent 7 days at #1.

The worst and best songs on the chart were by the same artist, Lukas Graham.

I Took a Pill in Ibiza was also #4 on the mid-year countdown that I did.