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Dircadirca View member profile	3rd January 2024, 09:11 AM Post #1
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	Hello, are you ready to go? We're gonna lose control, so let's go, let's go. I am contractually obligated by my obsessive compulsiveness to mention that I will eventually post the 2023 EOY charts but they will go in the 2023 thread. I do not know if none or some or all of next week's chart will be included in the calculations. 01/01/2024 Singles 01 02 66 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 05 21 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 03 04 57 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 04 10 26 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 05 07 27 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 16 19 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 07 01 07 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 08 22 16 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 09 19 17 09 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 10 18 19 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 11 26 14 11 SNOWMAN Sia 12 46 16 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 13 43 10 13 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 14 30 31 14 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 15 03 15 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 16 56 27 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 17 64 10 11 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 18 69 22 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 19 63 13 17 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 20 70 08 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 21 06 21 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 22 84 07 22 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 23 94 06 23 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 24 09 40 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 25 08 19 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 26 15 10 11 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 RE 07 27 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 28 11 15 06 WATER Tyla 29 RE 03 29 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 30 12 18 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 31 RE 07 31 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 32 RE 02 32 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS The Fontaine Sisters & Perry Como 33 RE 08 33 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 34 RE 07 34 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Eagles 35 14 47 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 36 13 76 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 37 NE 01 37 JINGLE BELLS Frank Sinatra 38 RE 03 38 SANTA, CAN'T YOU HEAR ME Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande 39 RE 05 26 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 40 RE 02 39 LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys 41 RE 06 19 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 42 RE 06 42 BLUE CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley 43 RE 02 43 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 44 17 17 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 45 NE 01 45 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG Cher 46 21 39 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 47 RE 03 47 LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS Jonas Brothers 48 RE 08 24 JINGLE BELLS Michael Buble feat. The Puppini Sisters 49 RE 02 49 CHRISTMAS TREE FARM Taylor Swift 50 RE 08 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens Bubbling 04 (07) HOUDINI Dua Lipa 05 (05) LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 06 (06) RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 07 (33) WINTER WONDERLAND Laufey 08 (04) IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 09 (08) EXES Tate McRae 10 (09) AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 11 (11) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 12 (14) FTCU Nicki Minaj 13 (10) MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 14 (13) GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 15 (12) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 16 (17) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 17 (15) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 18 (16) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 19 (NE) ENTRAPRENEUR Central Cee 20 (18) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae Albums 01 01 009 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 04 106 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 03 03 062 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 06 227 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 05 09 025 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 06 05 151 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 12 179 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 08 016 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 09 20 149 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 10 14 320 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 11 32 082 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 12 11 043 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 10 036 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 07 003 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 15 13 061 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 16 18 136 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 23 290 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 21 111 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 17 055 01 SOS SZA 20 19 022 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 22 129 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 25 022 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 23 64 006 23 THE SINGLES: ECHOES FROM THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham! 24 33 459 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 24 029 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 26 16 003 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 27 48 007 02 ROCK-STAR Stray Kids 28 26 302 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 31 084 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 30 27 010 01 HACKNEY DIAMONDS The Rolling Stones 31 28 414 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 42 056 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 33 29 342 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 34 39 100 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 35 51 149 02 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50TH ANNIVERSARY) Pink Floyd 36 36 040 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 37 34 018 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 38 53 271 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUDNTRACK) Queen 39 44 216 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 40 88 005 40 CHRISTMAS Cher 41 40 282 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 50 011 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 43 46 397 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 37 479 01 1989 Taylor Swift 45 30 287 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 38 012 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 47 41 073 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 48 54 356 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 49 57 211 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 50 43 059 02 GRADUATION Kanye West I didn't realise when I was making last week's post that it'd be the last one for that thread, on account of this chart being dated ahead to January 1st. This also means that it's the 10th thread like this I've started and I've been doing this for 9 years, throwing back to a wildly different time when "1989" by Taylor Swift was at #1. It took some getting, but "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has secured its 8th week at #1. As with last year, Brenda Lee overtook Wham! on the last week, as her second version seems to really galvanise in those last few days. In fact we have the exact same top 6 as last year. Something of note though is the big boost for Perry Como this year, making the top 50 for the first time, which has really eaten into the Michael Buble hegemony. He only barely stayed ahead of Ariana Grande on Spotify this week, so if this trend continues, we could see a shift. The first actual change is Andy Williams moving from #8 to #7 on the list of Christmas songs, but Jack Harlow holds a stronger fort than SZA last year (whose "Kill Bill" at #12 was the highest non-Christmas song) so he can't get a new peak. On the other hand, Kelly Clarkson has made a big move to hit the top 10 for the first time. This is her newest song to reach the top 10 as her last one was "Mr. Know It All", which I must remind for non-Australian readers, is her only ARIA #1 hit, as she got a big boost performing it at the NRL Grand Final at the time. This is actually the song that dethroned "Somebody That I Used To Know". If you ever bemoan the increasing US influence on Christmas canon, then give a hand to Australia because there's not a single Australian song in this top 50 that isn't by someone who offensively depicted neurodivergent people on film. Sia nearly had a second top 50 entry actually. Apart from Perry Como, the big winner this year is Dean Martin, who used to battle Frank Sinatra for allowing the most snow, but has soared ahead this year. Sinatra does however have a first time entry for his version of "Jingle Bells", overtaking Michael Buble's version. Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers, Elvis Presley & Taylor Swift also score first time top 50 entrants, as does Cher with the only new one. Cher's last top 50 entry was in 2001. Big losers this week in the top 50 include Shakin' Stevens & Jose Feliciano who have seriously underperformed compared to last year. Oh and annual reminder that for some reason, "Do They Know It's Christmas" is using the chart run stats for 2014. I check every year to see if ARIA will ever change this, but they didn't this time. The only 'new' songs in the top 50 this week are Jack Harlow, Tate McRae & Cher, so the Bubbling Under chart really may as well be a glimpse into that super thrilling Christmas-free chart that so many people demand to be inevitably bored by. Fascinating stuff. It does probably mean that Laufey has had her first charting single in Australia though. On the album chart, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" has now matched the 9 week reign of "1989". The recent Wham! compilation gets a slight new peak and Cher debuts with her Christmas album. Not much else going on but Christ we've barely got 1 Australian album in the top 50, and only because it has 3 hit singles. Those end of year charts are gonna look grim.


One_For_Sorrow View member profile	3rd January 2024, 09:30 AM Post #2
--- Joined: 29 July 2012 Posts: 12,952 User: 17,418	I’m expecting a few at least of those Bubbling songs will come in when the Christmas songs drop out.


Dircadirca View member profile	9th January 2024, 09:25 AM Post #3
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	08/01/2024 Singles 01 07 08 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 15 16 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 21 22 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 04 24 41 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 25 20 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 26 11 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 07 28 16 06 WATER Tyla 08 30 19 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 35 48 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 10 36 77 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 11 44 18 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 12 67 32 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 13 63 08 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 14 46 40 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 15 58 31 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 16 60 51 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 17 64 12 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 18 68 70 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 78 184 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 20 62 27 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 21 57 45 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 22 56 178 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 23 66 13 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 24 74 83 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 25 70 07 25 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 26 80 30 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 27 71 10 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 28 79 63 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 29 75 38 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 30 94 125 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 31 96 92 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 32 82 182 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 33 86 38 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 93 04 34 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 35 85 15 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 36 84 07 15 EXES Tate McRae 37 81 07 36 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 38 100 177 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 39 RE 25 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 40 RE 68 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 41 98 155 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 RE 21 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 43 RE 14 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 44 RE 212 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 45 92 81 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 46 RE 248 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 47 RE 73 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 48 RE 264 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 49 RE 55 01 KILL BILL SZA 50 RE 108 06 PARTY IN THE U.S.A. Miley Cyrus Bubbling 09 (13) MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 10 (12) FTCU Nicki Minaj 11 (17) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 12 (15) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 13 (18) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 14 (16) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 15 (21) IDGAF Drake feat. Yeat 16 (20) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae 17 (28) STANDING NEXT TO YOU Jung Kook 18 (24) TOO MUCH The Kid Laroi, Jung Kook, Central Cee 19 (NE) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 20 (25) NOW THAT WE DON'T TALK (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift Albums 01 01 010 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 06 152 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 063 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 12 044 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 05 04 228 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 06 13 037 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 07 180 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 10 321 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 08 017 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 10 14 004 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 11 17 291 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 12 05 026 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 16 137 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 21 130 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 19 056 01 SOS SZA 16 28 303 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 33 343 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 15 062 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 19 26 004 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 20 20 023 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 32 057 21 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 22 24 460 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 09 150 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 24 22 023 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 25 31 415 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 18 112 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 43 398 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 28 46 013 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 29 37 019 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 30 50 060 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 31 53 030 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 38 272 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 33 39 217 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 36 041 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 35 29 085 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 36 41 283 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 37 47 074 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 44 480 01 1989 Taylor Swift 39 58 057 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 40 48 357 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 41 65 063 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 42 57 156 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 43 25 030 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 44 56 195 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 42 012 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 46 45 288 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 51 021 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 48 79 173 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 63 197 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 50 62 004 50 TROLLS BAND TOGETHER Soundtrack "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 7th week. It's getting towards prestigious territory without any close contenders, maybe a new debut could unsettle things? In case you were wondering about the intricasies of the chart that are lost to Christmas, let it be known that the entire top 11 is in the same order they were last week. It does mean that "Stick Season" is in the top 10 for the first time after being stuck outside for quite a few weeks. Speaking of new peaks, a perennial 2000s classic has finally gotten a new peak this week, I'm of course talking about "Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits" which is 1 spot higher than it reached in 2009. Oh and "Mr. Brightside" is in the top 20 for the first time. It might even hang around in a similar spot next week. We just barely get a new entry on this week through Fred again.. since he only barely missed the top 50 first week around. It's now Baby Keem's highest charting entry, amazing brother. An interesting note I forgot to put on last week's chart was that it was the first time this decade that Dua Lipa wasn't in the top 50, having been there continuously ever since "Don't Start Now" came out. She's back with a vengeance this week, as are the dueling partners of "Heat Waves" and "Someone You Loved", still with a 3 week gap in top 50 weeks between them. I also neglected to mention that "Heat Waves" went one week shy of being the first, possibly only ever song to go 3 consecutive years in the top 50. Some might say 156 weeks is 3 years but I disagree fervently with that. Also notably we've got the return of "Party In The U.S.A.", which has been a Spotify perennial for many years now but this is its first time back in the top 50 since 2010. It's fascinating how relatively modest its deficit is behind what will almost certainly be crowned as the biggest hit of 2023. Speaking of which, I very much hope ARIA post the end of year lists soon. Last year was on a Wednesday morning following the last included chart week so fingers crossed. "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is #1 for a 10th week in a row, making it Taylor Swift's longest reigning album ever. I saw a Facebook post recently making fun of Scooter Braun for owning Taylor Swift's masters that are now worthless. This joke would work better if all of her back catalogue hadn't pretty much universally increased in activity in the past few years (the original version is charting higher now than it was back in mid-2018 when this dispute arose). Could be something to keep an eye out for in the future, although she'll also be in Australia soon and you better believe there'll be a lot more data to pore through. I already used the only other particularly interesting thing on the album chart this week for a joke in the last paragraph, but oh the "Trolls Band Together" soundtrack has managed to sneak in now. Anyway, if I don't see you in the 2023 thread to finish that off, this'll be the last of these posts I do for a couple weeks as I'll be on holiday. If all goes okay, Rush will take the reins for those weeks, and probably be either less snarky or a different brand of snark. 5,000 posts, woo


Cowboy Cody View member profile	11th January 2024, 06:03 AM Post #4
new hair, new tee, new Levii’s Jeans Joined: 24 October 2014 Posts: 39,320 User: 21,308	awww it was nice seeing SKZ stick around in the album charts for a bit </3


Rush View member profile	17th January 2024, 10:52 AM Post #5
wayback machine gif rescuer Joined: 3 April 2013 Posts: 3,771 User: 18,564	15/01/2024 Singles 01 01 09 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 02 17 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 06 12 03 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 04 05 21 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 05 04 42 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 06 03 23 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 07 07 17 06 WATER Tyla 08 08 20 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 10 78 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 10 11 19 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 11 09 49 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 12 15 32 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 13 22 179 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 14 25 08 14 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 15 13 09 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 16 14 41 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 17 17 13 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 18 23 14 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 19 20 28 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 20 12 33 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 21 24 84 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 22 16 52 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 23 19 185 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 24 21 44 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 25 RE 30 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 26 27 11 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 27 18 71 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 28 28 64 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 29 29 39 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 30 26 32 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 31 36 08 15 EXES Tate McRae 32 37 08 32 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 33 33 39 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 34 05 34 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 35 32 183 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 35 16 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 37 38 178 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 38 52 25 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 39 43 15 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 40 30 126 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 41 31 93 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 42 53 04 42 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 43 46 249 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 44 41 157 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 45 39 25 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 46 48 265 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 47 47 75 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 48 45 82 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 49 49 56 01 KILL BILL SZA 50 51 14 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski Bubbling 8 (10) FTCU Nicki Minaj 9 (12) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 10 (13) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 11 (17) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 12 (14) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 13 (27) NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli feat. Lil Yachty 14 (19) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 15 (15) IDGAF Drake feat. Yeat 16 (18) TOO MUCH The Kid Laroi, Jung Kook, Central Cee 17 (21) BLEED The Kid Laroi 18 (17) STANDING NEXT TO YOU Jung Kook 19 (20) NOW THAT WE DON'T TALK (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 20 (22) FIRST PERSON SHOOTER Drake feat. J. Cole Albums 01 01 011 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 02 153 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 064 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 04 045 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 05 06 038 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 06 05 229 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 07 08 322 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 08 07 181 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 09 09 018 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 005 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 11 14 232 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 11 292 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 17 344 13 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 14 13 138 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 15 16 304 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 15 057 01 SOS SZA 17 20 024 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 18 31 031 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 19 21 171 19 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 18 063 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 21 29 020 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 22 12 027 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 23 25 416 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 19 005 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 25 23 151 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 26 28 014 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 27 27 399 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 28 30 061 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 29 22 461 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 24 025 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 31 26 113 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 32 39 058 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 33 37 075 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 34 32 273 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 35 33 218 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 38 481 01 1989 Taylor Swift 37 46 289 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 38 42 157 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 35 086 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 40 34 042 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 41 36 284 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 41 064 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 43 40 358 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 44 44 196 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 51 274 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 46 45 013 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 47 49 198 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 48 50 005 48 TROLLS BAND TOGETHER Soundtrack 49 47 022 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 50 52 250 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish Dirca gave me this job while he's on holiday, and he already typed this week's charts for me so I don't have a lot to do here ~~apart from fixing several typos~~. "Lovin On Me" is #1 for an 8th week, "Stick Season" climbs to #3, and "Riptide" is top 15 for the first time since February 2014, shortly after it won the triple j Hottest 100 of 2013 and upgraded its mid-2013 #7 peak to #6. "Murder On The Dancefloor", originally a #3 hit and the 12th biggest single of 2002, re-enters at #25 but "Unwritten", which is not too far behind on Spotify, is currently not being tracked by ARIA. Hopefully that will change as it could be on track for a new peak (originally #26 in 2005), and then hopefully that will inspire her to finally release "Pocketful Of Sunshine" here and make it the smash hit it should've been 16 years ago (or failing that, to at least give us the "Strip Me" album on Spotify). "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is #1 for an 11th week in a row and surprisingly, Lady Gaga's "The Fame" has decided to greet me with its first week in the top 50 since July 2011, which is the only vaguely interesting thing I can find on this week's albums chart.


Rush View member profile	25th January 2024, 02:19 PM Post #6
wayback machine gif rescuer Joined: 3 April 2013 Posts: 3,771 User: 18,564	22/01/2024 Singles 01 01 10 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 NE 01 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 03 03 13 03 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 04 02 18 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 05 04 22 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 05 43 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 08 21 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 08 06 24 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 09 07 18 06 WATER Tyla 10 09 79 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 11 14 09 11 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 25 31 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 13 10 20 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 14 11 50 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 15 15 10 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 16 12 33 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 17 13 180 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 18 RE 13 18 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 19 16 42 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 20 19 29 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 21 18 15 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 22 20 34 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 23 NE 01 23 REDRUM 21 Savage 24 23 186 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 25 17 14 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 26 21 85 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 27 24 45 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 28 34 06 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 29 32 09 29 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 30 22 53 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 31 26 12 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 32 29 40 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 33 31 09 15 EXES Tate McRae 34 NE 01 34 NÉE-NAH 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin 35 27 72 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 36 28 65 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 37 38 26 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 38 33 40 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 39 39 16 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 40 36 17 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 41 35 184 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 30 33 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 43 42 05 42 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 44 43 250 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 45 37 179 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 46 50 15 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 47 41 94 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 48 55 36 48 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 49 44 158 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 50 40 127 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa Bubbling 10 (NE) N.H.I.E. 21 Savage, Doja Cat 11 (13) NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli feat. Lil Yachty 12 (08) FTCU Nicki Minaj 13 (09) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 14 (11) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 15 (10) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 16 (12) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 17 (NE) SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 18 (14) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 19 (NE) J CHRIST Lil Nas X 20 (18) STANDING NEXT TO YOU Jung Kook Albums 01 NE 001 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 02 01 012 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 03 03 065 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 02 154 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 04 046 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 05 039 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 06 230 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 08 07 323 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 08 182 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 10 18 032 10 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 11 09 019 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 12 13 345 12 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 13 14 139 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 11 233 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 12 293 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 10 006 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 17 15 305 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 16 058 01 SOS SZA 19 19 172 19 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 17 025 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 23 417 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 22 028 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 23 20 064 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 24 25 152 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 25 21 021 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 26 27 400 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 27 28 062 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 28 26 015 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 29 29 462 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 30 026 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 31 31 114 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 32 24 006 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 33 32 059 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 34 33 076 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 35 36 482 01 1989 Taylor Swift 36 38 158 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 37 35 219 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 38 41 285 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 39 37 290 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 34 274 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 41 43 359 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 42 39 087 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 43 40 043 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 44 42 065 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 45 44 197 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 46 45 275 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 47 61 103 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 48 47 199 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 46 014 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 50 52 244 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 9th week. Ariana Grande debuts at #2, not quite living up to the #1 debuts of "positions", "7 rings" and "No Tears Left To Cry" ("thank u, next" debuted at #2 but it was released part-way through the week so it's not a fair comparison). She has, however, presumably secured herself a better EOY position than, er, "positions", which was released too late to make 2020's top 100 and then only got itself to #55 of 2021. "Murder On The Dancefloor" climbs to #12 and ARIA have taken notice of "Unwritten"; it re-enters at #18, instantly surpassing its original #26 peak. I believe Natasha Bedingfield was last seen in the Australian charts in 2011 as a feature on Simple Plan's "Jet Lag", a #8 hit here, and last charted as a lead artist when "Love Like This" reached #77 in 2008, unless you're willing to count the physical singles chart, in which case "Bruised Water" did chart in 2009. 21 Savage debuts 2 songs in the top 50. Morgan Wallen's "Thinkin' Bout Me" has been bubbling in the lower 50 for most of the time since his album was released last March, and this week it enters the top 50 for the first time. I don't know if there's any particular reason for that to be happening now, but it is currently a radio hit in Australia. 21 Savage's album also debuts at #1. It's his first #1 album, having previously reached #2 with "Her Loss" with Drake (blocked by "Midnights"), and before that #4 in 2020 with "Savage Mode II". Noah Kahan climbs to #10 and that's about it.


One_For_Sorrow View member profile	25th January 2024, 07:09 PM Post #7
--- Joined: 29 July 2012 Posts: 12,952 User: 17,418	Hopefully Sophie and Natasha climb even further later today when the charts are revealed.


Dircadirca View member profile	31st January 2024, 04:44 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	29/01/2024 Singles 01 01 11 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 03 14 02 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 03 04 19 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 04 02 02 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 05 05 23 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 06 44 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 12 32 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 08 07 22 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 11 10 09 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 10 08 25 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 11 10 80 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 12 09 19 06 WATER Tyla 13 13 21 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 14 14 51 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 15 18 14 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 16 16 34 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 17 15 11 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 18 NE 01 18 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 19 17 181 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 20 21 16 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 21 22 35 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 22 23 02 22 REDRUM 21 Savage 23 19 43 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 24 20 30 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 25 53 04 25 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 26 26 86 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 27 29 10 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 28 28 07 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 29 30 54 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 30 24 187 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 31 60 02 31 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 32 25 15 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 33 33 10 15 EXES Tate McRae 34 27 46 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 35 32 41 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 36 36 66 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 37 44 251 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 38 35 73 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 39 39 17 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 40 38 41 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 41 43 06 41 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 42 40 18 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 43 31 13 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 44 77 05 44 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 45 41 185 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 48 37 46 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 47 58 14 45 DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan 48 46 16 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 49 99 02 49 SCARED TO START MIchael Marcagi 50 47 95 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles Bubbling 13 (NE) HOMESICK Noah Kahan, Sam Fender 14 (12) FTCU Nicki Minaj 15 (16) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 16 (09) NEE-NAH 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin 17 (NE) SKIN AND BONES David Kushner 18 (13) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 19 (NE) CRUEL SUMMER G Flip 20 (18) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown Albums 01 02 013 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 SAVIORS Green Day 03 06 040 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 04 03 066 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 04 155 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 10 033 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 07 01 002 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 08 05 047 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 08 324 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 10 07 231 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 11 09 183 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 12 346 12 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 13 11 020 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 14 13 140 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 15 17 306 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 19 173 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 17 15 294 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 20 026 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 19 18 059 01 SOS SZA 20 14 234 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 21 16 007 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 22 NE 001 22 NECK DEEP Neck Deep 23 21 418 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 23 065 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 25 24 153 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 26 29 463 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 25 022 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 28 26 401 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 22 029 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 30 27 063 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 31 28 016 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 32 34 077 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 36 159 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 34 38 286 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 35 33 060 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 36 37 220 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 37 31 115 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 41 360 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 30 027 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 40 42 088 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 41 32 007 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 42 40 275 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 35 483 01 1989 Taylor Swift 44 39 291 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 43 044 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 46 44 066 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 47 45 198 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 50 245 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 49 46 276 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 50 48 200 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa Gonna be brief-ish because I'm a little under the weather. "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 10th week. This might be its final week at #1, it's hard to tell at this stage because I don't know how big its YouTube/Apple leads are. In any case, I'm going to stop directly referencing the song that's poised to overtake it because in addition to finding it a bit cringe in general, it now reminds me of one of the most miserable day (and a half)s of my life. 2 years ago Benson Boone scored his first top 40 hit, this week he gets his second and it's instantly his highest as well. Sabrina Carpenter is a little more expedited in this process and maybe this one's actually legit! ("nonsense" actually has had very strong longevity but otherwise its only week in the top 50 (all the way up at #22!) was dubious. Flo Milli scores her first top 50 hit. It previously had Lil Yachty credited but this week he's been taken off of it, a very rare un-crediting from ARIA. Michael Marcagi is also charting for the first time, while we can continue to think up think-pieces on the state of Australian popular music. Last year Dom Dolla was one of only 4 Australian artists to score a new top 50 hit, and for that matter, the only one who hadn't charted before. This week he gets a second with "Saving Up", with an uncredited Clementine Douglas on vocals (she also sang on his 2022 single "Miracle Maker" which is a monumental banger). We had the biggest plot twist of the year when "Saving Up" landed a spot ahead of "Rhyme Dust" in the Hottest 100 on the weekend, and now it looks to easily outpeak it next week, it's up to #10 on Spotify tonight. That being said, there's a hint to future curiosity for Australian entries lower down. From the Bubbling Under section, we've got an arrival for G Flip, who's charted below the top 50 a few times in the late 2010s. If you didn't already assume it, then yes, that's a Like a Version cover of "Cruel Summer", the Taylor Swift one, not Bananarama. G Flip actually broke the record for the most entries in a single Hottest 100 on the weekend, with 7 entries, and one has to expect this cover will figure well next year. However it's also wanting to be shown up as local band Royel Otis are charting even higher with their cover of "Murder On The Dancefloor". It got a mid-week release on Spotify so don't expect much from it here, but if it maintains its streaming performance, we could be in for a very uncharacteristic chart entry. Both of these are odd however as the only Like a Versions to chart before, did so on the back of Hottest 100 performances, it's very rare for the digital release to have immediate impact like this. Taylor Swift is back at #1 for a 12th week. She keeps Green Day at bay giving them now as many #2 albums as #1 (3), and yes, "...Father Of All" is one of the latter. For the two weeks I wasn't writing this, I didn't get a chance to point out that Maroon 5's compilation which had been somewhat underperforming last year has now seen a boon with a new peak two weeks in a row, I think because a couple of Maroon 5 songs have had a jump in streaming (I did see "Moves Like Jagger" and "Maps" both pop into the Spotify top 200). Anyway I still have another long runner to report because CCR's compilation has seen a new peak this week. They've also had a big boost on streaming lately, often having three songs in the Spotify top 100. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" might even be close to the top 50 in general but isn't being reported. Neck Deep score the only other debut this week which is the 2nd highest of their 4 top 50 albums. It's such a brief week you might not notice that Troye Sivan dropped out (which I attribute to "One Of Your Girls" collapsing on streaming) meaning that for possibly the first time ever, there are no Australians in the top 50. I expect Troye & G Flip will probably climb back in next week at least. Oh this wasn't brief at all, I guess I was aching to say things again.


Dircadirca View member profile	7th February 2024, 12:52 PM Post #9
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	05/02/2024 Singles 01 02 15 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 02 01 12 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 03 05 24 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 04 03 20 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 05 06 45 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 06 10 26 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 07 07 33 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 08 09 11 08 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 09 18 02 09 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 08 23 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 11 44 06 11 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 12 04 03 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 13 16 35 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 14 13 22 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 15 11 81 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 12 20 06 WATER Tyla 17 14 52 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 18 15 15 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 19 17 12 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 20 22 03 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 21 20 17 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 22 24 31 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 23 25 05 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 24 19 182 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 31 03 25 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 26 21 36 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 27 23 44 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 28 40 42 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 29 30 188 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 30 41 07 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 31 35 42 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 32 26 87 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 33 39 18 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 34 33 11 15 EXES Tate McRae 35 36 67 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 36 56 28 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 37 49 03 37 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 38 29 55 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 39 28 08 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 40 32 16 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 41 RE 16 32 RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 42 34 47 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 43 27 11 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 44 42 19 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 45 NE 01 45 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 46 48 17 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 47 51 35 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 48 53 28 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 49 43 14 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 50 38 74 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez Bubbling 12 (NE) HISS Megan Thee Stallion 13 (NE) MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 14 (NE) THINK U THE ST (FT) Ice Spice 15 (14) FTCU Nicki Minaj 16 (18) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 17 (13) HOMESICK Noah Kahan & Sam Fender 18 (20) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 19 (22) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 20 (NE) SELFISH Justin Timberlake Albums 01 01 014 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 04 067 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 05 156 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 09 325 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 05 03 041 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 06 08 048 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 NE 001 07 WALL OF EYES The Smile 08 10 232 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 09 11 184 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 10 06 034 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 11 07 003 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 12 13 021 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 13 14 141 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 12 347 12 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 19 060 01 SOS SZA 16 20 235 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 17 16 174 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 18 17 295 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 027 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 20 15 307 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 25 154 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 22 23 419 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 24 066 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 24 26 464 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 21 008 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 26 30 064 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 27 27 023 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 28 37 116 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 28 402 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 30 31 017 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 31 35 061 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 32 52 025 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 33 33 160 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 34 29 030 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 35 36 221 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 38 361 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 37 42 276 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 38 34 287 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 39 39 028 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 40 43 484 01 1989 Taylor Swift 41 NE 001 41 YELLOW MELLOW Ocean Alley 42 RE 006 01 DRUMMER G Flip 43 46 067 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 44 45 045 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 45 44 292 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 40 089 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 47 47 199 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 41 008 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 49 48 246 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 59 597 01 THE VERY BEST INXS With triple j's Hottest 100 in effect, a lot of 2023 releases have vaulted back up the chart to varying extents. At the top of the pile of all things is actually "Prada" which finally gets to #3 after many near misses, matching the peak of "Escapism.", but looking likely to surpass its longevity in the top 50. The actual #1 song was "Paint The Town Red" which has a relative rebound although not much to write home about, which I find is a common situation when the winning song is one that's a highly overexposed pop hit by a non-Australian artist. We also nearly saw the miracle of an Australian in the top 10, not in the Hottest 100, that's a given, but Dom Dolla nearly translated his #3 finish for "Saving Up" into a top 10 placement this week. He could still hang around of course. Reminder that the only Australian top 10 hits last year where two from The Kid LAROI that only sat there for a single week each. Unrelated to all of this is the arrival of YG Marley for a first time entry that looks to keep climbing next week. Evidently with the Bubbling Under chart, it's another instance of all those big talked about singles in America not actually getting far here. As promised last week, Royel Otis arrive with their mid-week release of their Sophie Ellis-Bextor cover, the timing of which is completely coincidental. It'll be eligible for next year's Hottest 100. The timing is also bad but they should still manage to make the ARIA top 50 next week. Also yes that is how ARIA wrote the Ice Spice title on the website, they really thought of the children with this one. We're several weeks away from Taylor Swift being in the country which of course warrants a bigger boost in sales than most artists receive period, brace yourself for the end of the month. It comes from what could be considered a minutely notable chart happening as perhaps for the first time ever, something Radiohead related was the best selling album in Australia. We can't add to the 6 Radiohead #2 albums + 1 Thom Yorke #2 album, but The Smile do chart quite a bit higher than they did with the first album, probably owing to the more unified format release timing. Anyway that's the only new album on the chart this week. As another funny Hottest 100 coincidence, this year was the first time since 2017 that Ocean Alley weren't in the Hottest 100, on account of not releasing anything last year, but this week they chart for the first time with their first album, before they were famous, and coincidentally they're one spot ahead of G Flip who just broke the record for most Hottest 100 entries in a single year, ending the 19 years of Wolfmother supremacy and 1 year of Spacey Jane supremacy. The other mildly interesting thing on the chart this week that I just discovered from typing this out is that Eminem's "Curtain Call 2", which has never left the top 50 before and was #32 last week has suddenly collapsed with no explanation. It's still on the Hip-Hop album chart so it's not gone but it's had a very dubious descent this week, that I'll have to remind myself to eye out next week.


jszmiles View member profile	9th February 2024, 12:31 AM Post #10
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 22 August 2006 Posts: 1,622 User: 1,161	you missed #50 on albums


Dircadirca View member profile	9th February 2024, 11:28 AM Post #11
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	Whoops. When I type it up I leave gaps for the re-entries but it's easy to not see it when it's at the bottom, cheers for the heads up.


Dircadirca View member profile	13th February 2024, 09:56 AM Post #12
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	12/02/2024 Singles 01 01 16 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 02 02 13 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 03 09 03 03 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 04 04 21 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 05 03 25 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 05 46 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 08 12 07 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 08 07 34 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 09 10 24 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 10 11 07 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 11 06 27 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 12 15 82 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 13 12 04 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 14 14 23 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 15 19 13 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 16 13 36 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 17 16 21 06 WATER Tyla 18 18 16 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 19 17 53 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 20 20 04 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 21 38 56 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 22 45 02 22 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 23 25 04 23 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 24 22 32 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 25 35 68 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 26 21 18 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 27 27 45 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 28 34 12 15 EXES Tate McRae 29 24 183 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 30 30 08 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 31 39 09 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 32 33 19 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 33 37 04 33 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 34 31 43 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 35 71 02 35 MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 36 28 43 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 37 23 06 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 38 26 37 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 39 32 88 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 40 29 189 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 54 253 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 42 48 29 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 43 40 17 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 44 42 48 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 45 36 29 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 46 49 15 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 47 52 187 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 48 43 12 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 49 50 75 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 50 69 134 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls Bubbling 13 (21) HOME Good Neighbours 14 (20) SELFISH Justin Timberlake 15 (14) THINK U THE ST (FT) Ice Spice 16 (12) HISS Megan Thee Stallion 17 (15) FTCU Nicki Minaj 18 (18) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 19 (16) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 20 (NE) SPIN YOU AROUND (1/24) Morgan Wallen Albums 01 01 015 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 02 068 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 08 233 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 04 326 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 05 09 185 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 06 05 042 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 03 157 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 06 049 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 10 035 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 10 15 061 01 SOS SZA 11 14 348 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 12 13 142 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 13 21 155 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 14 11 004 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 15 12 022 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 18 296 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 19 028 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 18 16 236 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 19 17 175 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 20 308 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 28 117 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 22 420 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 26 065 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 24 27 024 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 25 34 031 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 23 067 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 27 24 465 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 403 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 31 062 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 30 30 018 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 31 33 161 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 32 38 288 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 33 40 485 01 1989 Taylor Swift 34 44 046 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 35 NE 001 35 PRELUDE TO ECSTASY The Last Dinner Party 36 60 035 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 37 35 222 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 38 52 106 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 37 277 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 40 36 362 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 41 25 009 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 42 48 009 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 43 46 090 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 44 45 293 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 43 068 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 46 49 247 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 47 47 200 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 54 202 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 39 029 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 50 53 254 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish Nothing drastic to report. Benson Boone is making his way towards the top. He'll probably get to #2 next week. We do finally have an Australian top 10 hit that feels like a legitimate hit (two of the last three spent just 2 weeks in the top 50), thanks to Dom Dolla and that mysterious Clementine Douglas. Also speaking of Australians shockingly getting hits, we've finally got the 2 weeks ago prophesized arrival of Royel Otis, the first bespoke Australian rock band to reach the top 50 since checks notes The Wiggles. It's provided a confusing issue for the powers that be that want to support local music, Hot Hits Australia now has both versions of "Murder On The Dancefloor" on its 50 song playlist, which means that if you play it on shuffle there's a very good chance you'll hear both of them in quick succession (admittedly I don't know how the algorithm works, I suspect it could prevent this but it might also not). This is only the second Like A Version to ever make the top 50, the last one was checks notes The Wiggles. In any case, this tracking week doesn't include the Hot Hits Aus add so it might actually have some unheard of longevity. btw "Fried Rice" is a banger. Also "Iris" is back again but this time it has an excuse because they're touring here soon/now. Taylor Swift has the entire top 5 again. She did this back in July last year but it's slightly different this time as "1989" has been replaced by "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and it's ahead of "Midnights" and "Lover" this time. She might need to release another album to outdo herself and get the top 6 perhaps. It also helps that there's very little happening this week. I am finally here to say that Maroon 5 compilation has gotten a new peak, getting bizarrely close to the top 10. We've got only one debut this week. It's from The Last Dinner Party, have you heard of them? Wet Leg managed to debut at #1 so I guess I expected a bit better here. Also in an update to the Eminem story from last week, it seems to be mostly stable this week, so it's just set into a new equilibrium for no particular reason. Shouldn't stop it from reaching the year end list but it'll be significantly lower. Once again there aren't any Australian albums in the top 50 but let's celebrate the scraps we do have. For instance, Connie from Sneaky Sound System sings the hook on Kanye West's "Flashing Lights", in addition to starring Margot Robbie, "Barbie" also has The Kid LAROI & Tame Impala on its soundtrack, and most importantly, Billie Eilish sampled Australian traffic crossing sound effects on "bad guy". I think it's still the only production work she's ever done. Keith Urban also has a feature credit on "Fearless (Taylor's Version)". If you can think of any other examples let me know because we may as well cling to what we can.


Notorious D.O.T View member profile	18th February 2024, 12:44 AM Post #13
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 26 January 2021 Posts: 7,069 User: 122,344	Dom Dolla in the top 10. The taste. The UK to replicate when?


Dircadirca View member profile	21st February 2024, 10:42 AM Post #14
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	19/02/2024 Singles 01 01 17 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 02 03 04 02 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 03 02 14 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 04 06 47 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 04 22 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 06 05 26 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 07 07 13 07 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 08 09 25 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 08 35 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 10 NE 01 10 CARNIVAL Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 11 12 83 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 12 10 08 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 13 11 28 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 14 14 24 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 15 15 14 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 16 21 57 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 17 25 69 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 18 19 54 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 19 17 22 06 WATER Tyla 20 18 17 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 21 53 54 21 SNOOZE SZA 22 22 03 22 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 23 20 05 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 24 NE 01 24 BURN Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 25 27 46 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 26 13 05 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 27 NE 01 27 BACK TO ME Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 28 16 37 08 POPULAR The Weeknd Feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 29 24 33 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 00 26 19 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake Feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 31 52 56 03 LOVER Taylor Swift 32 23 05 23 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 33 NE 01 33 F*K SUMN Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 34 NE 01 34 STARS Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 35 33 05 33 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 36 68 61 01 KILL BILL SZA 37 28 13 15 EXES Tate McRae 38 NE 01 38 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 39 35 03 35 MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 40 29 184 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 41 37 07 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 42 34 44 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 43 38 38 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 44 NE 01 44 PAID Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 45 63 46 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 46 46 16 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 47 31 10 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 48 30 09 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 49 39 89 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 50 32 20 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan Bubbling Under 17 (13) HOME Good Neighbours 18 (21) STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 19 (NE) FOREVER Noah Kahan 20 (NE) STYLE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift Albums 01 NE 001 01 VULTURES 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 02 01 016 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 03 03 234 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 02 069 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 10 062 01 SOS SZA 06 07 158 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 05 186 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 04 327 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 36 036 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 10 NE 001 10 YOURS FOREVER Jessica Mauboy 11 09 036 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 12 06 043 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 13 13 156 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 14 08 050 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 15 21 118 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 16 15 023 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 17 12 143 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 18 17 029 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 19 11 349 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 25 032 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 21 18 237 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 58 107 22 CTRL SZA 23 16 297 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 38 107 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 25 19 176 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 26 20 309 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 14 005 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 28 23 066 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 29 27 466 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 22 421 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 29 063 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 32 24 025 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 33 26 068 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 34 28 404 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 32 289 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 36 33 486 01 1989 Taylor Swift 37 30 019 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 38 37 223 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 39 31 162 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 40 34 047 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 41 44 294 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 42 42 010 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 43 39 278 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 44 40 363 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 45 50 255 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 46 NE 001 46 COMING HOME Usher 47 47 201 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 46 248 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 49 45 069 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 50 RE 011 02 ONE MORE TIME... Blink-182 Australia is a serious hotbed for live shows that aren't festivals lately. Taylor Swift will be #1 next week with "Cruel Summer". Like it's so not close that it's completely fair to call the race now. Benson Boone is making a move though so he could still get there afterwards. Beyonce less so, but she'll still jump a lot next week. SZA also announced her Australian tour last week which has vaulted her back up the chart, with "Snooze" such a beneficiary that it returns to its prior #21 peak. The Bubbling Under chart has shrunk a little bit recently. I think it's moderately interesting to see "Style (Taylor's Version)" in there for the first time. The New Music chart has its own 3 track rule so this is genuinely the first time it's appeared (it also becomes ineligible next week). When the album first came out, that version was not doing especially well and got overtaken by the original even. It's re-asserted itself this time around in a major way. Good Neighbours will unfortunately reach the top 50 next week, and also shout out to CYRIL, a rare Australian entry in this chart. I'm not touching that. SZA's boosts also are reflected here except "Ctrl" does get a new peak of #22, it previously only got to #30. This week's only Australian entry in the top 50 is from Jessica Mauboy. She's not had a top 50 single since 2019 but this is her 7th top 10 album. "Forget You" is a banger. We can also see the effect of the new deluxe version of The Weeknd's compilation, which had to be significant given that Post Malone's compilation went from behind ahead to 6 spots behind this week. P!nk & blink-182 have also been playing in Australia as you can figure from the rebounds. Usher also sneaks in with his new album, which helps contribute to this being the first week all decade that Harry Styles isn't charting.


Dircadirca View member profile	27th February 2024, 07:17 AM Post #15
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	26/02/2024 Singles 01 04 48 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 02 02 05 02 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 03 38 02 03 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 04 01 18 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 05 03 15 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 06 05 23 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 07 17 70 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 08 31 57 03 LOVER Taylor Swift 09 06 27 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 10 07 14 07 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 11 08 26 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 12 NE 01 12 TRAINING SEASON Dua Lipa 13 45 47 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 14 10 02 10 CARNIVAL Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 15 12 09 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 16 58 23 16 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift 17 11 84 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 18 26 06 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 19 09 36 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 20 RE 21 03 ...READY FOR IT? Taylor Swift 21 70 32 03 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 22 89 09 21 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 23 22 04 22 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 24 76 10 17 THE MAN Taylor Swift 25 15 15 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 26 16 58 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 27 67 27 01 CARDIGAN Taylor Swift 28 13 29 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 29 21 55 21 SNOOZE SZA 30 20 18 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 31 82 25 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 32 46 17 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 33 14 25 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 34 23 06 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 35 19 23 06 WATER Tyla 36 18 55 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 37 RE 04 37 YOU BELONG WITH ME (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 90 27 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 RE 22 01 LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO Taylor Swift 40 RE 12 28 DELICATE Taylor Swift 41 68 03 41 HOME Good Neighbours 42 RE 03 32 MISS AMERICANA & THE HEARTBREAK PRINCE Taylor Swift 43 25 47 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 44 41 08 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 45 35 06 33 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 46 32 06 23 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 47 30 20 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake Feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 48 24 02 24 BURN Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 49 29 34 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 50 37 14 15 EXES Tate McRae Bubbling Under 15 (14) MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 16 (18) STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 17 (16) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 18 (09) BACK TO ME Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 19 (21) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 20 (23) SPIN YOU AROUND (1/24) Morgan Wallen Albums 01 04 070 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 017 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 03 03 235 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 07 187 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 05 08 328 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 06 01 002 01 VULTURES 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 07 13 157 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 08 15 119 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 09 06 159 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 001 10 PRATTS & PAIN Royel Otis 11 09 037 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 12 05 063 01 SOS SZA 13 20 033 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 24 108 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 15 12 044 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 16 14 051 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 17 11 037 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 NE 001 18 TANGK Idles 19 17 144 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 20 NE 001 20 FAITH CRISIS PT 1 Middle Kids 21 16 024 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 22 18 030 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 23 19 350 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 36 487 01 1989 Taylor Swift 25 21 238 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 26 23 298 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 27 28 067 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 28 26 310 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 25 177 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 30 86 004 30 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 31 30 422 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 27 006 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 33 29 467 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 22 108 22 CTRL SZA 35 34 405 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 32 026 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 37 31 064 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 38 33 069 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 39 42 011 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 40 35 290 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 41 55 182 02 LEGEND: THE BEST OF BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Bob Marley And The Wailers 42 44 364 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 43 39 163 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 44 38 224 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 45 41 295 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 37 020 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 47 40 048 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 48 50 012 02 ONE MORE TIME... Blink-182 49 NE 001 49 2093 Yeat 50 43 279 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen This is the part where I'm supposed to make a joke about how I don't understand what's going on because the only international pop star I know who's playing here (Western Australia) is P!nk. Alternatively I'll shout out all of the wise souls who have ever complained about how iT's NoT eVeN sUmMeR aNyMoRe, WhY aRe PeOpLe StIlL lIsTeNiNg To CrUeL sUmMeR? Great news y'all, it IS still a miserable hot summer here. It still will be for all of the next tracking week too. Anyhow, "Cruel Summer" becomes Taylor Swift's 11th #1 hit which I'm told is a record. Last week I said that Benson Boone was moving up with better momentum than Beyonce, in the past week that's flipped around to be a lot closer. Anyway, to put this week into context, Taylor Swift only has 1 less entry than Michael Jackson had on the week that he died. I'm not sure if she'll climb or fall next week but don't expect much to change. Amongst all of this, you might overlook that it's actually a top 50 debut for "You Belong With Me (Taylor's Version)". The stats also reveal that several songs (mostly from "Reputation") were not being tracked until this week, so points for improved chart accuracy. With this in mind, Dua Lipa has probably chosen a bad release week and doesn't quite hit the top 10, but she also only got to #18 on Spotify so #12 is a pretty good result all things considered. The longevity wizard doesn't seem to be a fan at this stage however. Taylor Swift once again has the entire top 5 in a slightly different order to the last time. Maybe next week she can up the ante to a top 7, I'm not sure what the big new arrivals are gonna be. In the meantime, Royel Otis have chosen a very bad week to release their debut album, as one might think they'd have a chance to challenge the top spot on several weeks but instead end up behind the pack at #10. They can at least boast beating Taylor Swift on the vinyl chart. IDLES return with their 3rd top 50 album, higher than the last one but not as high as the one before that. One of the more famous people to inexplicably follow me on Twitter are the band Middle Kids who last got to #5 but have a bit of a downturn to #20 this time around, bad week still admittedly. Sabrina Carpenter benefits from being on the east side of the country as her album returns with a new peak to boot. I've always suspected that streaming isn't fully being counted for Bob Marley's "Legend". This might still be the case but nonetheless it gets its highest position since 1994 this week. Yeat also charts for the first time.


Dircadirca View member profile	6th March 2024, 10:37 AM Post #16
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	04/03/2024 Singles 01 01 49 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 02 03 03 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 03 02 06 02 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 04 04 19 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 05 05 16 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 06 06 24 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 07 10 15 07 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 08 NE 01 08 SATURN SZA 09 07 71 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 10 08 58 03 LOVER Taylor Swift 11 09 28 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 12 14 03 10 CARNIVAL Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 13 11 27 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 14 69 02 14 END OF BEGINNING Djo 15 13 48 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 16 17 85 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 16 24 16 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift 18 15 10 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 19 23 05 19 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 20 30 19 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 21 20 22 03 ...READY FOR IT? Taylor Swift 22 19 37 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 23 34 07 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 24 33 26 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 25 12 02 12 TRAINING SEASON Dua Lipa 26 21 33 03 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 27 24 11 17 THE MAN Taylor Swift 28 32 18 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 29 25 16 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 30 28 30 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 31 29 56 21 SNOOZE SZA 32 44 09 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 33 36 56 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 34 41 04 34 HOME Good Neighbours 35 27 28 01 CARDIGAN Taylor Swift 36 35 24 06 WATER Tyla 37 22 10 21 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 45 07 33 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 39 31 26 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 40 18 07 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 41 26 59 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 42 38 28 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 43 52 11 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 44 37 05 37 YOU BELONG WITH ME (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 45 77 03 45 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 46 40 13 28 DELICATE Taylor Swift 47 54 39 08 POPULAR The Weeknd Feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 48 39 23 01 LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO Taylor Swift 49 43 48 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 50 42 04 32 MISS AMERICANA & THE HEARTBREAK PRINCE Taylor Swift Bubbling Under 14 (14) EXES Tate McRae 15 (12) NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 16 (13) BURN Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 17 (17) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 18 (15) MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 19 (NE) LOVE ON Selena Gomez 20 (NE) WHATEVER SHE WANTS Bryson Tiller Albums 01 01 071 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 03 236 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 03 02 018 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 04 04 188 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 05 05 329 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 06 07 158 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 07 09 160 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 08 120 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 09 11 038 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 10 12 064 01 SOS SZA 11 06 003 01 VULTURES 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 12 15 045 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 13 13 034 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 14 109 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 15 16 052 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 17 038 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 17 21 025 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 18 19 145 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 19 NE 001 19 SWING FEVER Rod Stewart, Jools Holland 20 23 351 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 22 031 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 22 25 239 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 23 24 488 01 1989 Taylor Swift 24 26 299 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 27 068 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 26 28 311 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 30 005 27 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 28 29 178 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 29 33 468 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 35 406 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 31 31 423 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 38 070 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 33 32 007 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 34 37 065 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 35 36 027 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 36 40 291 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 37 34 109 22 CTRL SZA 38 42 365 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 44 225 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 40 46 021 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 41 43 164 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 50 280 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 39 012 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 44 45 296 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 47 049 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 46 51 093 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 47 41 183 02 LEGEND: THE BEST OF BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Bob Marley And The Wailers 48 52 205 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 55 203 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 50 56 090 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion Not gonna post it on here, but if you're at all interested in my favourite songs of 2023, here you go. Considering that "End Of Beginning" was on my 2022 list, maybe there's a future hit here as well. It's a second week at #1 for "Cruel Summer". Statements made last week regarding the potency for "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" have perhaps been made too soon. It does reach #2 which is Beyonce's highest charting single since "Sweet Dreams" in 2009 if you can believe it, but the momentum is also Benson Boone next week, who'll be striving for that top spot. Just like Dua Lipa last week, SZA defies her Spotify peak (#11) to reach the top 10 on debut. Aforementioned Djo reaches the top 50 for the first time and will be gunning for top 10 next week. The only other notable action is the ever rare NEW AUSTRALIAN MUSIC KLAXON. We've already surpassed last year as now two Australian artists have hit the top 50 for the first time, with CYRIL's cover of "Stumblin' In" getting some attention. Maybe next time it won't be a cover of a recently viral song. Next week will be a big Taylor Swift exodus that might just be slightly replaced by Fred again.. who is the new talk of the town. In what's probably the last week of these extremities, Taylor Swift's declines aren't quite the same as that of "VULTURES 1" so she's beaten her own record and has the top 6 all to herself. The lingering threat of "The Highlights" strongly suggests a crack in the armour next week, after which we can consider if the expanded tracklist can finally get it to #1. We've only got one debut this week, with Rod Stewart & Jools Holland. It's the first time Jools Holland has ever appeared on our charts actually. Also new album peaks are so rare that I should probably point out that Sabrina Carpenter got a little bit higher as well.


Dexton View member profile	8th March 2024, 06:48 PM Post #17
rip in peace Dickston Joined: 29 January 2017 Posts: 9,572 User: 25,045	Is there any such thing as a singles chart that is more boring than ARIA? Mind you I’m not super up to date with charts overseas besides the #1s. Is chart movement really becoming this stale lol On the plus side I suppose I’m happy for the TS domination. I wonder where Lover would chart if Cruel Summer was out of the picture?


Dircadirca View member profile	10th March 2024, 08:25 AM Post #18
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	QUOTE(Dexton @ Mar 9 2024, 02:48 AM) Is there any such thing as a singles chart that is more boring than ARIA? Mind you I’m not super up to date with charts overseas besides the #1s. Is chart movement really becoming this stale lol I think it depends on how you look at it. In terms of latching onto new things, Australia seems to be particularly slow (look at Ariana Grande's Spotify debuts yesterday compared to US/UK). I think that's partly because our time zones keep us in the cold for international news/hype cycles, but possibly also there's less focus on promotion here because we're so far away + not a high enough population to warrant it. Wasn't always like this though, I feel like 10-15 years ago we were often a proving ground for new hits & artists. And otherwise I won't deny that ARIA's zero recurrency policy does contribute as well, but I'll always say there's merit to it because it gives more meaning to the baton passing when it actually happens. Like 'oh, "Dance Monkey" was finally dethroned for good' as opposed to 'well, "Lovin On Me" would still be #1 but we've decided we're sick of it and it declined three weeks in a row so we're giving someone else a chance'. It's a catch-22 where if you don't understand how the chart works, it's confusing, but if you do understand how it works, it feels manufactured and takes away any catharsis because it feels unearned. And it's still confusing anyway lmao.


Dexton View member profile	10th March 2024, 12:24 PM Post #19
rip in peace Dickston Joined: 29 January 2017 Posts: 9,572 User: 25,045	QUOTE(Dircadirca @ Mar 10 2024, 04:25 PM) I think it depends on how you look at it. In terms of latching onto new things, Australia seems to be particularly slow (look at Ariana Grande's Spotify debuts yesterday compared to US/UK). I think that's partly because our time zones keep us in the cold for international news/hype cycles, but possibly also there's less focus on promotion here because we're so far away + not a high enough population to warrant it. Wasn't always like this though, I feel like 10-15 years ago we were often a proving ground for new hits & artists. And otherwise I won't deny that ARIA's zero recurrency policy does contribute as well, but I'll always say there's merit to it because it gives more meaning to the baton passing when it actually happens. Like 'oh, "Dance Monkey" was finally dethroned for good' as opposed to 'well, "Lovin On Me" would still be #1 but we've decided we're sick of it and it declined three weeks in a row so we're giving someone else a chance'. It's a catch-22 where if you don't understand how the chart works, it's confusing, but if you do understand how it works, it feels manufactured and takes away any catharsis because it feels unearned. And it's still confusing anyway lmao. That’s a good point. It would all come down to manufactured popularity vs. actual popularity. Yes, songs like Dance Monkey, Cruel Summer, Something In The Orange, etc. have spent ridiculous lengths on the chart. But there is a reason for that in that they are just crazy popular songs. It’s unexciting but it’s accurate. There becomes the thing also, where the longer a song stays on the chart the more it will get played commercially. Radio likes to play the popular songs which are the ones that have been on the chart for a long time, and then that advertises people to play/buy the song and the cycle continues. Same goes for streaming Top Hit playlists which feature the biggest songs closest to the top so that people know to think “oh this playlist has Taylor Swifts biggest song from the year so it must be good”. Juxtapose that with the current events going on with Triple J “mainstreaming” itself and you end up with radio that is either a) playing only the most popular songs or b) playing alt rock hits from 20 years ago because that is the demographic.


Dircadirca View member profile	10th March 2024, 02:01 PM Post #20
BuzzJack Platinum Member Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 28 July 2013 Posts: 5,076 User: 19,614	QUOTE(Dexton @ Mar 10 2024, 08:24 PM) That’s a good point. It would all come down to manufactured popularity vs. actual popularity. Yes, songs like Dance Monkey, Cruel Summer, Something In The Orange, etc. have spent ridiculous lengths on the chart. But there is a reason for that in that they are just crazy popular songs. It’s unexciting but it’s accurate. There becomes the thing also, where the longer a song stays on the chart the more it will get played commercially. Radio likes to play the popular songs which are the ones that have been on the chart for a long time, and then that advertises people to play/buy the song and the cycle continues. Same goes for streaming Top Hit playlists which feature the biggest songs closest to the top so that people know to think “oh this playlist has Taylor Swifts biggest song from the year so it must be good”. Juxtapose that with the current events going on with Triple J “mainstreaming” itself and you end up with radio that is either a) playing only the most popular songs or b) playing alt rock hits from 20 years ago because that is the demographic. Yeah exactly. Popularity begets popularity to such an extent that you rarely see any sign of fatigue...see your own avatar but then even on the iTunes chart, there's so little new music that people are exposed to liven it up. Stuff like "The Sound Of Silence" (the cover) and "A Thousand Years" have been mainstays on that chart from new purchases for like a decade now. As a side note too: there's been a big influx in new users on Spotify this year, #50 on the chart is often 90K a day when it used to be 70K for ages. Can't imagine it's favouring new music.