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Dexton's Top 40 (05/06/2018) (Week 56)



Clean Bandit extend their run at the top this week, as Solo featuring Demi Lovato brings up the bands total weeks at #1 to 4 (following Disconnect's 2-week run last year). George Ezra's Shotgun (2-2) also spends another week holding it's place. The rest of the Top 5 is all new though as Selena Gomez's Back To You (10-3) takes another huge leap, this song is from the soundtrack to 13 Reasons Why and as far as I am aware is the highest charting soundtrakc single to date on my chart. Friday saw the release of two new singles from one of my favourite bands, Gorillaz, who debut at #4 with Humility featuring George Benson. Labrinth, Sia, & Diplo round out the Top 5 with Genius (7-5) which gives Sia her third Top 5 hit.

Panic! At The Disco continue their run of chart hits debuting low and climbing high in their second week as High Hopes (31-6) gives them their second consecutive Top 10 hit. Bastille's Quarter Past Midnight (4-7), grandson's Thoughts and Prayers (5-8), and Shawn Mendes' Lost In Japan (3-9) take tumbles to make way for the climbers. Maroon 5 released a single version of Girls Like You featuring Cardi B (#10) on the weekend and, aside from Humilty, has been my most played song since Friday. Girls Like You gives Maroon 5 their second Top 10 hit and Cardi B her first.

Notable climbers this week are Duke Dumont's Inhale featuring Ebenezer (25-12), Liam Payne & J Balvin's Familiar (14-13), Years & Years' If You're Over Me (29-16), Post Malone's Better Now (23-17), Jason Mraz's Have It All (21-18), The Wombats' Turn (28-22), 5 Seconds of Summer's Youngblood (36-23), M-22's First Time featuring Medina (30-26), Ivy Adara's Currency (33-28), and King Princess' 1950 (40-33). Inhale has been on my mind for a while now but is really starting to pick up steam, it was less instant than last single Real Life with Gorgon City but has soon grown on me. Youngblood already out-peaks 5 Seconds to Summer's previous single Want You Back (#26) and is looking very likely to climb into the Top 20 next week! Better Now is Post Malone's fourth Top 20 hit, again already out-peaking his previous entry in my chart Spoil My Night featuring Swae Lee which dropped out from it's peak of #22 not long ago.

A handful of new entries show up near the bottom of the Top 40 although not at all new faces. Vance Joy returns with his latest single Saturday Sun at #35, will he be able to match We're Going Home's peak of #13 anytime soon? This week's commentary has been all about re-peaking and out-peaking, so fittingly Labrinth, Sia, & Diplo re-enter the chart and also re-peak with Audio at #37 Snow Patrol finally make their Top 40 debut here... but not with Don't Give In which has been floating around just outside the chart for some time. Empress is the band's 4th single from latest album Wildness, which I have been a bit late to listen to, and makes an appearance in the album chart Empress is at #38 and is thus far Snow Patrol's highest charting single. Lastly but certainly not... least-ly (?) is Hayden James' newest release Just Friends featuring Boy Matthews. He last charted here with NUMB featuring GRAACE after the song showed up in Triple J's Hottest 100 earlier this year in January. Just Friends features the uncredited vocalist from Duke Dumont's f***ing banger Ocean Drive, Boy Matthews (who sounds just as incredible on this) and enters at #39.

All the way over here in the album chart we have a few interesting new entries. Actually it's only two new entries, with of course Snow Patrol's Wildness at #1 and less obvious is the charting of Lauv's album/playlist/vinyl i met you when i was 18 at #2! What would have otherwise been a surefire #1 almost any other week, Lauv unfortunately misses out on the top spot. Lauv's playlist features the #1 hit I Like Me Better, as well as Easy Love (#4), Paris In The Rain (#13), and Chasing Fire (#9). Other highlights on the album are Paranoid, Comfortable, and Getting Over You (although the R3hab remix of Getting Over You is better tbh).

Thanks for coming!


Top 40 Songs (#56)



01 01 Clean Bandit — Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) [3-1-1]
02 02 George Ezra — Shotgun [6-12-23-31-39-28-21-10-1-2-2]
03 10 Selena Gomez — Back To You [20-10-3]
04 00 Gorillaz — Humility (feat. George Benson) [4]
05 07 Labrinth, Sia, & Diplo — Genius [36-24-11-7-5]
06 31 Panic! At The Disco — High Hopes [31-6]
07 04 Bastille — Quarter Past Midnight [1-2-4-7]
08 05 grandson — Thoughts and Prayers [5-8]
09 03 Shawn Mendes — Lost In Japan [38-34-26-33-40-xx²-3-9]
10 00 Maroon 5 — Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) [10]
11 08 Ariana Grande — No Tears Left To Cry [2-2-1-2-4-8-11]
12 25 Duke Dumont — Inhale (feat. Ebenezer) [39-33-37-32-25-12]
13 14 Liam Payne & J Balvin — Familiar [37-19-9-14-13]
14 06 Shawn Mendes — Youth (feat. Khalid) [29-6-14]
15 09 Blossoms — There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) [13-4-3-5-9-15]
16 29 Years & Years — If You're Over Me [38-29-16]
17 23 Post Malone — Better Now [23-17]
18 21 Jason Mraz — Have It All [21-21-18]
19 15 Drake — Nice for What [1-3-4-7-6-12-15-19]
20 17 Billie Eilish & Khalid — Lovely [3-5-7-17-20]
21 11 Shawn Mendes — In My Blood [37-23-13-10-6-3-5-11-18-11-21]
22 28 The Wombats — Turn [27-28-22]
23 36 5 Seconds of Summer — Youngblood [36-23]
24 13 Avicii — Friend Of Mine (feat. Vargas & Lagola) [1-1-2-4-8-13-24]
25 18 George Ezra — Paradise [23-6-1-1-1-1-2-3-5-5-8-8-14-18-25]
26 30 M-22 — First Time (feat. Medina) [35-30-26]
27 19 Client Liaison — World Of Our Love [38-29-25-26-25-24-19-27]
28 33 Ivy Adara — Currency [33-28]
29 12 Amy Shark — I Said Hi [37-10-14-6-12-29]
30 20 Cardi B — I Like It (feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny) [35-21-15-20-30]
31 16 Shawn Mendes — Where Were You In The Morning? [39-16-31]
32 26 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss [1-2-4-6-11-12-16-26-32]
33 40 King Princess — 1950 [40-33]
34 27 Anne-Marie — 2002 [10-7-6-13-19-27-34]
35 00 Vance Joy — Saturday Sun [35]
36 22 Emma Blackery — Agenda [9-9-13-22-36]
37 00 Labrinth, Sia, & Diplo — Audio [38-xx²-37]
38 00 Snow Patrol — Empress [38]
39 00 Hayden James — Just Friends (feat. Boy Matthews) [39]
40 37 Peking Duk — Fire (feat. Sarah Aarons) [40-37-40]

Drop Outs:
Panic! At The Disco — Say Amen (Saturday Night) [40-4-3-4-7-11-16-18-30-32]
Blossoms — I Can't Stand It [17-8-6-5-5-6-6-11-8-14-17-28-39]
Charlie Puth — Done For Me (feat. Kehlani) [10-24]
Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre — Answerphone (feat. Yxng Bane) [18-17-15-17-22-16-12-13-16-25-38]
Robinson — Nothing to Regret [19-15-23-35]
Shawn Mendes — Nervous [34]

Longest Running:
George Ezra — Paradise (15 Weeks)

#1's of 2018:
02/01 | RAYE — Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [2]
09/01 | Justin Timberlake — Filthy
16/01 | Justin Timberlake — Filthy [2]
23/01 | Justin Timberlake — Filthy [3]
30/01 | Vera Blue — Regular Touch
06/02 | Justin Timberlake — Filthy [4]
13/02 | Justin Timberlake — Filthy [5]
20/02 | Marshmello & Anne-Marie — Friends
27/02 | Ofenbach vs. Nick Waterhouse — Katchi
06/03 | Ofenbach vs. Nick Waterhouse — Katchi [2]
13/03 | George Ezra — Paradise
20/03 | George Ezra — Paradise [2]
27/03 | George Ezra — Paradise [3]
03/04 | George Ezra — Paradise [4]
10/04 | Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss
17/04 | Drake — Nice For What
24/04 | Avicii — Friend Of Mine (feat. Vargas & Lagola)
01/05 | Avicii — Friend Of Mine (feat. Vargas & Lagola) [2]
08/05 | Ariana Grande — No Tears Left To Cry
15/05 | Bastille — Quarter Past Midnight
22/05 | George Ezra — Shotgun
29/05 | Clean Bandit — Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)
05/06 | Clean Bandit — Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) [2]


Top 10 Albums (#37)



01 00 Snow Patrol - Wildness [1]
02 00 Lauv - i met you when i was 18 [2]
03 01 Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes [1-3]
04 02 George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's [1-1-1-1-4-4-4-3-1-2-4]
05 04 Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys [3-3-2-4-4-5]
06 03 Blossoms - Cool Like You [1-1-1-2-3-6]
07 10 Vance Joy - Nation of Two [1-2-2-4-6-6-7-8-10-8-9-10-10-7]
08 05 Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [1-1-1-2-1-1-1-3-2-5-3-5-7-6-6-5-5-8]
09 06 Charlie Puth - Voicenotes [3-6-9]
10 07 The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life [4-5-5-9-10-10-4-5-8-9-7-8-6-7-10]

Drop Outs:
Anne-Marie - Speak Your Mind [2-2-5-7-8]
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino [7-8-9]

Longest Running:
Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods 18 Weeks

#1 Albums of 2018:
02/01 | Eminem - Revival [3]
09/01 | Eminem - Revival [4]
16/01 | Camila Cabello - Camila
23/01 | Camila Cabello - Camila [2]
30/01 | Camila Cabello - Camila [3]
06/02 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods
13/02 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [2]
20/02 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [3]
27/02 | Vance Joy - Nation Of Two
06/03 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [4]
13/03 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [5]
20/03 | Justin Timberlake - Man Of The Woods [6]
27/03 | George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's
03/04 | George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's [2]
10/04 | George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's [3]
17/04 | George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's [4]
24/04 | Avicii - True
01/05 | Blossoms - Cool Like You
08/05 | Blossoms - Cool Like You [2]
15/05 | Blossoms - Cool Like You [3]
22/05 | George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's [5]
29/05 | Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes
05/06 | Snow Patrol - Wildness




Bonus: Top 10 Australian Singles (since 16/05/2017)
AU Pos /AU Last / Chart Sales / Artist / Title / Chart Run

01 00 433,500 Zayn — Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia) [12-11-9-9-6-4-4-10-14-xx]
02 00 378,000 Vera Blue — Regular Touch [1-4-4-7-8-11-16-25-xx]
03 00 318,000 PNAU — Go Bang [36-28-27-20-3-10-11-13-19-31-xx]
04 00 310,500 Peking Duk & AlunaGeorge — Fake Magic [1-2-3-5-10-18-xx]
05 00 237,000 Lorde — Perfect Places [9-6-6-12-14-xx]
06 00 229,500 Lorde — Homemade Dynamite (feat. Khalid, SZA, & Post Malone) [13-5-6-11-17-xx]
07 00 232,500 Thundamentals — Sally (feat. Mataya) [11-11-15-16-25-27-27-xx]
08 00 223,500 Flume — Hyperreal (feat. Kucka) [14-6-5-11-20-xx]
09 00 213,000 Flight Facilities — Need You (feat. NÏKA) [2-4-8-20-29-xx]
10 00 207,000 Amy Shark — I Said Hi [37-10-14-6-12-29]†

11 00 183,000 Labrinth, Sia, & Diplo — Genius [36-24-11-7-5]†

† songs still currently charting

A very high total for Dusk Till Dawn despite the #4 peak, showing that longevity can matter more than a song peak! That is from a non-Australian lead artist though, so on a pure Aussie Top 10 Vera Blue would be at the top. Dusk Till Dawn, Fake Magic, Perfect Places, Homemade Dynamite, and Hyperreal all charted whilst my chart was just a Top 20, so their sales totals would likely be higher had their chart run been extended into Top 40. Genius currently lands at #11 and will likely overtake I Said Hi before long.

This post has been edited by Dexton: Jun 4 2018, 11:06 AM