Wyn Starks - "Who I Am"

[Fire]

Top 50 on AC

0 43 WYN STARKS Who I Am 11 0 11 0.05

[dwindeezy]

This guy was just in AGT last week lol. He’s signed to Curb records as a soul/gospel artist.

[Leo ✔]

Under Cool New Music according with All Access.

[big2000]

Top 50 on Hot AC

53 50 WYN STARKS Who I Am 117 82 35 0.128

[dwindeezy]

LOL AGT is really becoming a launching pad for already signed artists and artist right on the brink of breaking/getting signed. Not mad about it either

[dwindeezy]

...5 months later and this is still SLOWLY gaining on Hot Ac and AC, while barely staying afloat on R&b. The radio play has definitely given this solid stability as it’s inching closer to 5 million on Spotify alone getting around 25-30k daily streams. He’s also doing solid on Shazam with almost 80k Shazam’s, actually very strong for songs around him on the formats he’s charting on, so the cross format promotion is definitely working in his favor for awareness.

I feel like a success to me if I were his team would be to keep pushing this getting this to top 20 on hot ac and r&b radio (AC an outlier as audience is minimal) which I think could translate to around 8-10 million Spotify streams around peak, which is solid and a nice launching pad for him.

[dwindeezy]

This is actually gaining a little bit of traction on AC, hot ac and urban ac as it has picked up a bit in spins and audience on all three formats. I could actually see this hitting top 20 on urban ac and hot ac, and top 15-10 on AC depending on its support on other formats.

[dwindeezy]

This one has had a long and solid debut chart run and is finally looking to be the end of its run. It peaked at nearly top 20 on r&b and hot ac, and it’s looking like Curb is going to try to get him a top 10 for a week (or as close to it) on AC if their timing works out in the way Michael Bublé-Higher did, then hope for AC to give it some extended longevity and not drop it like a rock. Streaming wise for its limited airplay (5.1+ million Spotify), it did decent and is still getting over 20k daily Spotify streams, almost 2 million video views and I think it’s solid Shazam numbers (105k+)is what actually kept it slowly gaining on radio. Overall, this was a solid launch for Wyn starting with AGT into the LONG and slow multi format push building him a radio foundation to him starting to open up for artists on tour now. I wouldn’t be surprised if his next single is Circles as it already has a solid streaming and Shazam base to build off.

[George]

He’s opening for Delta Rae on their new tour and this song was the one that got the most applause from the crowd.

[dwindeezy]

Mar 26, 2023 9:31:46 GMT -5 George said:

He’s opening for Delta Rae on their new tour and this song was the one that got the most applause from the crowd.

Mad funny, I saw him open for them last week at Doug Fir and it was the same. This turned out to be a great introduction single for him and it looks like Curb may keep working this to get an official top 10 AC peak, which is definitely not out of question for this. Has 5.5 million Spotify streams, 120k Shazam’s and still slowly growing. It’ll probably have around 10 million Spotify streams by years end. Very interesting strategy, push and chart runs for this one.

[dwindeezy]

I think this is going to get its final radio push within the next couple of weeks to get that official top 10 AC peak. It’s not too far behind and is MUCH older than those songs so I’m kinda expecting Curb to pull out some stops to get that top 10 peak within the next couple weeks before it loses its opportunity.

[George]

Hope he can get to the Top 10:

AC:
13 11 WYN STARKS Who I Am 330 270 +60 1.203

[Az Paynter]

First afternoon update is in; and not only did Harry Styles go recurrent, but this picked up 3 spins to tie up Shania - and with tiebreakers decided by bullet, that puts Wyn at #9 ahead of Shania.

[dwindeezy]

Super stoked for him and how Curb pushed this to introduce him as it’s crossed 6 milli on Spotify as well today! For me, the good part is that Circles has been going over well on tour, has a solid Shazam and streaming base formed and wouldn’t be surprised to see it pushed next. I’m always more concerned about the follow ups to the introductions as it could completely ruin all momentum made.

[dwindeezy]

Also noticed today that Circles (and Fisk Jubilee version) is already on a couple prime AC/Hot Ac DSP editorial playlists (Morning Commute and Retro Pop) which bodes very well for it. He’s an seriously interesting watch for me lol

Edit: he’s got another 8 adds on AC today.

[George]

Great news! While I do like a quick rise, sometimes these slow builds are just quite as nice.

[dwindeezy]

May 7, 2023 10:18:47 GMT -5 George said:

Great news! While I do like a quick rise, sometimes these slow builds are just quite as nice.

Same thing for me, I actually enjoy the slow builds! Hoping they go with Circles next as it already has a 35k Shazam and 3.5 mil Spotify streams foundation already built. He has a strong AC format team with Craig Powers so I wouldn’t be surprised with his follow up to have a slow build to respectable peaks on Hot AC and AC. A solid success (and growth) for me would be another top 10 AC peak but cracking the top 20 on hot ac. That slow but steady growth really builds longevity.