Gary Trust

Billboard Associate Director of Charts/Radio, Chart Beat Columnist

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Gary Trust is Billboard’s associate director of charts/radio and editor of Billboard’s Chart Beat column. Before joining Billboard in 2006, Gary worked on-air in radio for 14 years at such stations as WBMX Boston, WSNE Providence, R.I., and WMVY Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

Anna Kendrick Tops AC Chart With 'Cups'
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Anna Kendrick Tops AC Chart With 'Cups'

October 07, 2013 1:33 PM EDT 
More than a year after the release of "Pitch Perfect," the movie's lead Anna Kendrick reaches No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart with "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)," which rises 2-1.
Chart Moves: Drake Tops Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs; Aloe Blacc Debuts (Without Avicii); Fitz And The Tantrums Rule Rock
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Chart Moves: Drake Tops Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs; Aloe Blacc Debuts (Without Avicii); Fitz And The Tantrums Rule Rock

October 04, 2013 4:39 PM EDT 
In this week's charts, Drake takes over No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with "Hold On, We're Going Home"; Blacc finds even more success with his own "Wake Me Up" EP; Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind of Night" logs the longest chart-topping run by a solo male since Tim McGraw; Imagine Dragons soars into the Hot 100's Top 40; and more.
Lorde: Topping Hot 100 'Feels Like Christmas'

Lorde: Topping Hot 100 'Feels Like Christmas'

October 02, 2013 6:30 PM EDT 
"It feels like a combination of my birthday, Christmas and washing my hair after a month of not doing so," Lorde beamed to Billboard exclusively upon learning of her coronation.

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