Alternative
Hit Potential
New releases that tested with Hit Potential prior to major airplay, ranked in order of HitPredictor scores and updated each Monday. Click on the heading at the top of the scores column to rank the songs in order of weekly mediabase detections.
LW
TW
Mediabase airplay rank
Score
11
10
Making A Fire
Foo Fighters
RCA
105.27
82
80
Runaway
Aurora
Glassnote
101.73
12
9
Missing Piece
Vance Joy
Atlantic
96.04
17
16
What You Say
Cold War Kids
CWKTWO/AWAL
94.81
6
4
transparentsoul (feat. Travis B...
Willow
MSFTS/Roc Nation
93.79
10
6
Beggin
Maneskin
Arista
92.04
19
20
Bad Dream
Cannons
Columbia
90.66
13
13
We Are Between
Modest Mouse
Epic
90.53
4
7
Follow You
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
89.06
7
8
Distorted Light Beam
Bastille
Republic
87.22
2
3
Serotonin
Girl In Red
Marie Ulven/AWAL
84.58
9
11
Stop Making This Hurt
Bleachers
RCA
83.94
21
17
Papercuts
Machine Gun Kelly
Bad Boy/Interscope
81.88
18
18
A-O-K
Tai Verdes
Arista
81.49
23
22
ColoradoMilky Chance
Ansatz/Believe/further.
81.41
1
1
Saturday
Twenty One Pilots
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
79.94
3
2
Wrecked
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
79.44
26
26
i hope ur miserable until ur deadNessa Barrett
Warner
77.11
25
25
Rain (with Jessie Reyez)
Grandson
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
76.00
16
12
Freaks
Surf Curse
Atlantic
75.44
14
14
NDA
Billie Eilish
Darkroom/Interscope
74.02
15
15
Can You Handle My Love?
Walk the Moon
RCA
72.24
20
19
Seaside
Seb
further./Mom+Pop
68.03
28
24
You Asked for This
Halsey
Capitol
66.72
Recent Hits
Recurrent songs that tested with Hit Potential prior to major airplay, ranked in order of HitPredictor scores and updated each Monday.
Score
Shy Away
Twenty One Pilots
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
137.40
Way Less Sad
AJR
BMG-Hollywood
116.96
Bad Decisions
Strokes
RCA
110.67
Colors
Black Pumas
ATO
107.27
Lay Your Head on Me (feat. Marc...
Major Lazer
Columbia
104.97
Level Of Concern
Twenty One Pilots
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
102.22
The Bandit
Kings Of Leon
RCA
98.69
Happy Endings (feat. Iann Dior ...
Mike Shinoda
Warner
97.69
Can I Call You Tonight?
Dayglow
Very Nice/AWAL
97.38
Dirty
Grandson
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
95.85
Nowhere Generation
Rise Against
Loma Vista/Concord
95.63
All My Favorite Songs
Weezer
Crush/EMG
95.10
Bang!
AJR
BMG-Hollywood
94.33
Sofia
Clairo
Fader/Caroline
94.31
Coffee For Your Head
Powfu
Columbia
94.18
Beautiful Anyway
Judah & the Lion
Caroline
93.94
My Own Soul's Warning
Killers
Island/Republic
92.75
Higher Power
Coldplay
Parlophone/Atlantic
92.47
Lost in Yesterday
Tame Impala
Interscope
91.13
Hallucinogenics
Matt Maeson
Neon Gold/Atlantic
90.43
Hero
Weezer
Crush/EMG
90.28
Hell N Back
Bakar
Black Butter/Epic
90.07
Once In A Lifetime
All Time Low
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
86.96
Fire For You
Cannons
Columbia
85.82
Trouble's Coming
Royal Blood
Warner
85.71
Oh My My
Blue October
Up/Down-Brando
84.94
Waiting On A War
Foo Fighters
RCA
84.91
Mood (feat. Iann Dior)
24kGoldn
RECORDS/Columbia
81.48
Honeybee
The Head and The Heart
Warner
80.90
Mariposa
Peach Tree Rascals
Homemade/10K/Capitol
80.86
Shame Shame
Foo Fighters
RCA
80.58
Skin and Bones
Cage The Elephant
RCA
79.97
Heat Waves
Glass Animals
Republic
79.54
My Ex's Best Friend
Machine Gun Kelly & Blackbear
Bad Boy/Interscope
78.39
Therefore I Am
Billie Eilish
Darkroom/Interscope
77.32
Let The Bad Times Roll
Offspring
Concord
75.92
How Will I Rest in Peace If I'm...
KennyHoopla
Mogul Vision/Arista
73.75
Estella
KennyHoopla & Travis Barker
Mogul Vision/Arista
73.58
Bloody Valentine
Machine Gun Kelly
Bad Boy/Interscope
73.53
Without You (with Miley Cyrus)
The Kid Laroi
Columbia
73.23
Are You Bored Yet?
Wallows
Atlantic
71.46
Overwhelmed
Royal & The Serpent
Atlantic
70.82
What You Gonna Do??? (feat. Gra...
Bastille
Republic
70.42
Come and Go (feat. Marshmello)
Juice WRLD
Grade A Productions/Interscope
70.00
This Week's New HitPredictors
Score
ColoradoMilky Chance
Ansatz/Believe/further.
81.41
i hope ur miserable until ur deadNessa Barrett
Warner
77.11
This Week's Proven & Developing Hits
Developing Hits
Songs that are top 10 spin gainers this week and not yet Proven. Each song only appears once as a Developing Hit.
You Asked for ThisHalsey (Capitol)
HitPredictor on Sep 13, 2021 -- Movers: top 10 gainer at Alternative this week, up almost 175 spins.
Score: 66.72
TW: 24, LW: 28, Spins: +165
Proven Hits
Songs that test top 10 in national callout or top 10 in callout in key markets for the first time this week.
FreaksSurf Curse (Atlantic)
HitPredictor on Aug 23, 2021 -- Callout: top 15 in national callout this week. Top 10 Spins: top 10 at 13 Alternative stations, led by #1 for Garett Michaels at XTRA.
Score: 75.44
TW: 12, LW: 16, Spins: +157