What's New December 17, 2014

The Most Played Song in Australia for 2014

‘Happy’ from Pharrell was the most played song on Australian radio in 2014 (suprised right?).

AirCheck™ has released the figures showing ‘Happy’ in the top spot with 18,872 spins and Australian act Sheppard with ‘Geronimo’ in second place with Airplay of 18,015 times.

Keith Williams, RCS Vice President Asia Pacific said, “Nova 100 in Melbourne wins the prize for playing ‘Happy’ the most times in Australia in 2014 (972) with Nova 969 in Sydney close behind (961).

"It is great to see 3 Australian songs in the Top Ten in 2014 Sheppard (#2), Sia (#2), 5 Seconds of Summer (#6). There are a total of 20 Australian artists in the Top 100 most played songs for 2014”

2014 Top Ten Songs by Airplay (1/1/14 to 16/12/14)

Rank	Title	Artist	Instances
1	Happy	Pharrell Williams	18,872
2	Geronimo	Sheppard	18,015
3	Chandelier	Sia	16,739
4	Am I Wrong	Nico & Vinz	16,545
5	Rather Be	Clean Bandit Feat Jess Glynne	15,618
6	She Looks So Perfect	5 Seconds Of Summer	15,441
7	Stolen Dance	Milky Chance	14,779
8	Stay With Me	Sam Smith	14,689
9	Best Day Of My Life	American Authors	14,602
10	Brave	Sara Bareilles	14,498

Similar to last year the No1 song had a substantial lead with 857 more plays than the runner up ‘Geronimo’ from Sheppard. ‘Happy’ was played 1,453 more times this year than last year’s winner, ‘Lanterns’ from Birds of Tokyo.

AirCheck, is a Leader in Local Media Monitoring in Australia. Checking the airplay of songs and commercials on ALL 54 commercial radio stations 24/7 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth, Central Coast, Newcastle and Geelong, plus Triple j and FBi-FM in Sydney and Fresh FM in Adelaide.

You can find out more about Aircheck by calling Keith Williams at RCS on (02) 8424 3300 or email [email protected]