Year-End Edition 2016
® YEAR-END EDITION 2 01 6 REPUBLIC #1 FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR RCA Runner Up; Columbia Moves 5-3; Def Jam, 9-4; Interscope 5th REPUBLIC continues its reign as the #1 overall label in Mediabase chart share for a third straight year. The 2016 chart year is based on the time period from November 15, 2015 through November 12, 2016. Of the 10 Mediabase formats that comprise overall rankings, Republic landed the #1 spot at four formats: Top 40, Rhythmic, Hot AC and AC. Republic had a total chart share of 17.9%, while scoring over a 20% share at Top 40 (23.7%), Rhythmic (20.2%), and AC (20.2%). OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR REPUBLIC THIS YEAR: - The label’s total spins for the year across all formats was 7,539,293 – the second highest total ever – only behind the 9.3 million they had in their record setting 2015. - Over half of the Republic spins came at the Top 40 format, where they scored 3,834,134, over 1.6 million spins ahead of the next closest competitor. - Republic had 1,119,628 spins at Rhythmic and 1,117,379 at Hot AC, with both of those joining the million spin club. - For the second consecutive year, Republic nabbed the top slot honors at Top 40, Rhythmic and AC. - Republic was #3 Urban, #5 at Active Rock, #6 at Urban AC , #7 at Alternative, and #8 at Triple A. - Four of the top 10 artists at Top 40 belonged to Republic with Drake (#4), The Weeknd (#7), Shawn Mendes (#8), and Ariana Grande (#9).
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