John Summit and David Guetta Each Place Four Songs on WARM Global Dance Chart
John Summit and David Guetta dominate the WARM Global Dance Radio chart, each landing four entries on the May 9 ranking.
Something Dope · · 3 min read
John Summit and David Guetta are setting the pace on the WARM Global Dance Radio chart this week, with both artists placing four songs apiece on the May 9 ranking — more than any other act in the field. Summit leads all artists since the chart launched in March with seven total entries, while Guetta follows with five.
Summit's chart presence this week spans "All the Time" with the Chainsmokers and Ilsey (holding at its No. 13 peak), "Shades of Blue" with Devault and Julia Church (climbing to No. 25), "Shadows" with LAVINIA (at No. 39 after reaching a No. 8 high), and "Chica 305" with Feid at No. 70. Guetta is spread across the chart under his main name and his Jack Back alias, with "Save Me Tonight" featuring Jennifer Lopez moving up to No. 7 and "Awake" with Afrojack and Sia jumping from 34 to 17.
What the WARM Global Dance Radio Chart Means for the Dance Music Landscape
The WARM Global Dance Radio chart is relatively new — Billboard began publishing it in partnership with World Airplay Radio Monitor in March — but it's already becoming a meaningful signal for the global dance market. The chart aggregates airplay data from 200-plus dance-dedicated radio stations across more than 30 countries, making it one of the more internationally representative tools in the industry right now.
At the top this week, ANOTR's "Talk to You" featuring 54 Ultra holds at No. 1 for a fifth straight week, pulling nearly 1,000 spins across monitored stations globally during the April 24-30 tracking period. Bebe Rexha and Faithless' "New Religion" remains at its No. 2 peak, with plays up 10% week over week. Calvin Harris and Kasabian's former four-week leader "Release the Pressure" sits steady at No. 3.
Further up the chart, Norwegian trio The Bausa's "Magnetic" surged from 14 to 10 — their first top 10 on the ranking. New entries like James Hurr and Wh0's "Out the Door" debuting at No. 77 show the chart is also surfacing names that haven't broken through the bigger U.S. dance lists yet.
For independent artists working in electronic and dance music, this chart is worth paying attention to. Radio programming across Europe and beyond still drives discovery in this genre in a way that differs significantly from the U.S. market — and a chart that reflects 30-plus countries gives a clearer picture of what's actually moving globally versus what's just popping domestically. Artists building international audiences should be thinking about how their music reaches those 200-plus monitored stations.
If you're an independent artist creating in the dance or electronic space and want to get your music in front of the right people, submit your work and let's see where it fits. The global dance floor is bigger than ever — and the data is starting to catch up to that reality.