We have incredible artists releasing tons of new music each week, some of which claim a spot on our AWAL First playlist — a playlist dedicated to featuring some of the top-performing tracks in the AWAL catalogue for the week based on playlist adds, streams, and listeners.
This week we’ll be taking a closer look at the newest artists added to AWAL First Playlist, covering new music through AWAL from R3HAB & Conor Maynard, Cuco, and Emotional Oranges.
1. Hold on Tight —R3HAB & Conor Maynard
R3HAB and Conor Maynard’s latest track, “Hold on Tight” made a huge debut last weekend, earning more than 1 million streams from more than 647,000 listeners.
Major Playlist Adds
“Hold on Tight” landed on 19 New Music Friday playlists around the world, along with Spotify’s popular Workout playlist (with over 2 million followers), and alltrapnation’s curated “Trap Nation: Trending Now” playlist, which has 1.8 million followers.
AWAL Insights™: R3HAB and Conor Maynard’s streaming listeners were nearly 50/50 male and female in “Hold on Tight’s” first weekend.
2. Dontmakemefallinlove — Cuco
Cuco’s “Dontmakemefallinlove” accounted for over 375,000 from nearly 168,000 listeners in its first weekend of release.
Major Playlist Adds
Apple Music added “Dontmakemefallinlove” to its Best of the Week and Untitled playlists, while the song also held a spot on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist in addition to “Lucy” a second track from his new EP “Chiquito”.
AWAL Insights™: On Spotify, 53% of the song’s streams came directly from playlists.
3. Motion — Emotional Oranges
Emotional Oranges’ brand-new track “Motion” earned almost 144,000 streams from just over 116,000 listeners in its first weekend.
Major Playlist Adds
Five New Music Friday playlists worldwide added “Motion,” along with Spotify Canada’s R&B Right Now. H&M also included the track on its global in-store playlist.
AWAL Insights™: The LA-based duo not only received a ton of streaming support for “Motion” in their home country, the U.S. (55% of total streams), but also in other countries such as the UK (12%) and Canada (11%).
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