Wings went Platinum and Dear Life has been certified Gold so they'd hardly done too badly. Enough's chart run is only beginning in advance of the video release.

Oh they certainly haven't done badly, but Wings was so long ago, and Sony Australia have a habit of being hesitant to release albums without a string of solid hits to back them up to make sure the album can do well. Delta obviously has a dedicated fanbase which helps.

 

Not sure if Enough can get higher than the mid-low 20s as it's languishing at #14 on iTunes with a discount and out of the top 200 on Spotify. I could be wrong of course.

11/07/2016

 

Singles

 

01 03 04 The Veronicas - In My Blood

02 01 14 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

03 04 09 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

04 02 10 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

05 05 09 Drake Feat. Rihanna - Too Good

06 06 19 The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

07 07 09 Meghan Trainor - Me Too

08 10 05 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

09 16 06 Imany - Don't Be So Shy

10 08 14 Desiigner - Panda

11 09 12 P!nk - Just Like Fire

12 13 07 Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

13 12 19 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

14 14 09 Ariana Grande - Into You

15 11 11 Flume Feat. Tove Lo - Say It

16 17 08 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

17 25 20 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

18 19 09 Twenty One Pilots - Ride

19 27 08 Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter

20 15 12 Galantis - No Money

21 23 13 Little Mix - Hair

22 18 11 Kungs (Vs Cookin On 3 Burners) - This Girl

23 22 10 Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex

24 20 15 Gnash Feat. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U

25 24 11 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home

26 NE 01 Fergie - M.I.L.F. $

27 21 17 Dua Lipa - Be The One

28 28 19 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

29 29 27 Sia - Cheap Thrills

30 39 05 Kent Jones - Don't Mind

31 RE 02 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

32 30 22 Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song

33 46 02 Delta Goodrem Feat. Gizzle - Enough

34 36 06 Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)

35 31 20 Alan Walker - Faded

36 34 22 Lukas Graham - 7 Years

37 33 07 Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

38 40 04 Usher - Crash

39 35 25 Flume Feat. Kai - Never Be Like You

40 38 25 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

41 32 08 OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

42 42 22 Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum - 1955

43 82 02 Kanye West - Famous

44 26 19 Troye Sivan - Wild

45 55 05 MØ - Final Song

46 61 03 Era Istrefi - Bonbon

47 44 34 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

48 37 03 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

49 43 11 Beyoncé - Hold Up

50 45 30 Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota - Fast Car

 

52 (77) Delta Goodrem - Dear Life

57 (64) Shakira - Try Everything

63 (76) Anne-Marie - Alarm

65 (NE) Christine & The Queens - Tilted

69 (NE) Rihanna - Sledgehammer

80 (NE) SAFIA - Over You

96 (RE) John Legend - All Of Me

98 (RE) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

100 (RE) Delta Goodrem - Wings

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 Delta Goodrem - Wings Of The Wild

02 NE 01 Blink-182 - California

03 NE 01 In Stereo - The Speed Of Sound

04 01 03 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

05 03 33 Adele - 25

06 04 11 Beyoncé - Lemonade

07 07 09 Keith Urban - Ripcord

08 NE 01 Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens

09 08 08 Meghan Trainor - Thank You

10 05 09 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

11 06 10 Drake - Views

12 NE 01 Hillsong United - Of Dirt And Grace - Live From The Land

13 10 06 Flume - Skin

14 09 230 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

15 NE 01 Diesel - Americana

16 12 39 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

17 13 31 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

18 11 05 Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin'

19 36 20 Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung

20 15 23 Prince - The Very Best Of

21 02 02 Broods - Conscious

22 20 11 Dami Im - Classic Carpenters

23 17 04 Play School - 50 Best Songs

24 14 89 Taylor Swift - 1989

25 19 07 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

26 18 06 The Wiggles - The Best Of

27 NE 01 Josh Pyke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Live At The Sydney Opera House

28 22 43 Disturbed - Immortalized

29 24 32 Little Mix - Get Weird

30 NE 01 Eric Clapton & Guests - Crossroads Revisited Selections From The Crossroads Guitar Festivals

31 26 107 Ed Sheeran - x

32 NE 01 Grace - FMA

33 23 04 The Temper Trap - Thick As Thieves

34 21 402 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac

35 29 78 Meghan Trainor - Title

36 61 19 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

37 25 243 Adele - 21

38 16 03 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs

39 38 23 Sia - This Is Acting

40 NE 01 Bat For Lashes - The Bride

41 30 03 Soundtrack - Me Before You

42 42 194 Queen - Greatest Hits

43 39 34 Justin Bieber - Purpose

44 34 24 Rüfüs - Bloom

45 77 13 Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby

46 RE 81 Soundtrack - Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

47 55 132 Soundtrack - Frozen: The Songs

48 32 202 INXS - The Very Best

49 NE 01 Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night

50 49 23 Charlie Puth - Nine Track Mind

 

For the first time since May 2015 (though Flume's #1 did coincide with the largely Australian "Molly" soundtrack), we have Australian #1s on both charts. With help from TV promo, a $1.19 discount and a physical release, The Veronicas get their 3rd #1 single after "Hook Me Up" (2007) and "You Ruin Me" (2014). It is kind of interesting just how the streaming ratio effects things, because while "One Dance" has been stagnant around 45% on iTunes in the UK, it's been more around 60% here, so in a sense, it's bigger here currently than in the UK, but our streaming ratio isn't high enough to keep it at #1. It could get back next week though, as the gap is shortening on iTunes, but it's too tough to call right now, especially as we have a Voice grand finale which could throw a spanner in the works. Fifth Harmony will be performing there so I guess expect to see them have a good week next. Last week Mike Posner did so "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" climbs back into the top 20. Fergie has the highest debut of the week with "M.I.L.F. $", which is her first time in the top 50 since "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" from the Great Gatsby soundtrack in 2013. In super exciting news, "All Of Me" and "Thinking Out Loud" re-enter.

 

So as made quite clear upthread, Delta Goodrem's 5th album debuts at #1, her 4th to do so. Her 4th album being the one to miss out, did so with rather excellent sales, but faced a 2nd week Taylor Swift album and couldn't do much about that. blink-182 debut at #2 with is the 2nd time in a row for them. Their last album was unlucky to come against a 35th week Adele album in 2011, one of the soooo many albums to be blocked by her. Their sales are probably good, but I can't imagine the same is true of the #3 debut, an EP by a group who finished 8th in last year's X Factor. They're pretty lucky to debut that high so good for them I guess. The next highest debut is from Christine and the Queens, which of course comes from the delayed AU broadcast (even NZ got it a week before us) of her Graham Norton episode, which also sent "Tilted" into the chart. That song is getting a bit of a push lately so could potentially be in the top 50 next week. It would look like next week on the album chart, Avalanches about, business continues below..

Anyone know how much Troye Sivan album has sold in Australia ?

Anyone know how much Troye Sivan album has sold in Australia ?

Probably around 40,000. It went Gold (35K) at the start of May.

How much did Delta sell to make #1 this week?

Around 12,000 which is quite good by today's standards.

Just like old times for the #1s in both charts. :D

 

Over the moon for The Veronicas. :wub:

18/07/2016

 

Singles

 

01 01 05 The Veronicas - In My Blood

02 02 15 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

03 04 11 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

04 08 06 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

05 03 10 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

06 05 10 Drake Feat. Rihanna - Too Good

07 06 20 The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

08 07 10 Meghan Trainor - Me Too

09 09 07 Imany - Don't Be So Shy

10 12 08 Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

11 21 14 Little Mix - Hair

12 15 12 Flume Feat. Tove Lo - Say It

13 16 09 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

14 11 13 P!nk - Just Like Fire

15 14 10 Ariana Grande - Into You

16 10 15 Desiigner - Panda

17 13 20 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

18 18 10 Twenty One Pilots - Ride

19 34 07 Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)

20 17 21 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

21 22 12 Kungs (Vs Cookin On 3 Burners) - This Girl

22 19 09 Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter

23 38 05 Usher - Crash

24 30 06 Kent Jones - Don't Mind

25 31 03 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

26 23 11 Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex

27 33 03 Delta Goodrem Feat. Gizzle - Enough

28 20 13 Galantis - No Money

29 24 16 Gnash Feat. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U

30 63 05 Anne-Marie - Alarm

31 25 12 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home

32 28 20 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

33 29 28 Sia - Cheap Thrills

34 27 18 Dua Lipa - Be The One

35 26 02 Fergie - M.I.L.F.$

36 NE 01 DJ Mustard Feat. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih - Don't Hurt Me

37 NE 01 Illy Feat. Vera Blue - Papercuts

38 36 23 Lukas Graham - 7 Years

39 35 21 Alan Walker - Faded

40 39 26 Flume Feat. Kai - Never Be Like You

41 45 06 MØ - Final Song

42 37 08 Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

43 32 23 Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song

44 40 26 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

45 42 23 Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum - 1955

46 41 09 OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

47 48 04 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

48 46 04 Era Istrefi - Bonbon

49 47 35 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

50 53 03 Drake - Controlla

 

53 (NE) Good Charlotte - Life Can't Get Much Better

54 (65) Christine and the Queens - Tilted

59 (66) Joel Adams - Please Don't Go

64 (NE) Mike Perry - The Ocean

67 (NE) David Guetta Feat. Zara Larsson - This One's For You

77 (NE) Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love

81 (NE) The Avalanches - Subways

88 (NE) Frances - Don't Worry About Me

89 (NE) Alfie Arcuri - Cruel

94 (NE) The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak

97 (NE) Thundamentals - Late Nights

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 The Avalanches - Wildflower

02 01 02 Delta Goodrem - Wings Of The Wild

03 02 02 Blink-182 - California

04 05 34 Adele - 25

05 06 12 Beyoncé - Lemonade

06 04 04 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

07 07 10 Keith Urban - Ripcord

08 12 02 Hillsong United - Of Dirt And Grace - Live From The Land

09 NE 01 ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

10 11 11 Drake - Views

11 09 09 Meghan Trainor - Thank You

12 14 231 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

13 10 10 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

14 13 07 Flume - Skin

15 NE 01 Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis

16 16 40 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

17 23 05 Play School - 50 Best Songs

18 03 02 In Stereo - The Speed Of Sound

19 26 07 The Wiggles - The Best Of

20 17 32 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

21 18 06 Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin'

22 08 02 Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens

23 24 90 Taylor Swift - 1989

24 20 24 Prince - The Very Best Of

25 58 64 The Avalanches - Since I Left You

26 29 33 Little Mix - Get Weird

27 25 08 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

28 28 44 Disturbed - Immortalized

29 19 21 Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung

30 15 02 Diesel - Americana

31 21 03 Broods - Conscious

32 31 108 Ed Sheeran - x

33 22 12 Dami Im - Classic Carpenters

34 NE 01 Switchfoot - Where The Light Shines Through

35 35 79 Meghan Trainor - Title

36 36 20 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

37 37 244 Adele - 21

38 44 25 Rüfüs - Bloom

39 RE 126 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

40 43 35 Justin Bieber - Purpose

41 33 05 The Temper Trap - Thick As Thieves

42 42 195 Queen - Greatest Hits

43 30 02 Eric Clapton & Guests - Crossroads Revisited Selections From The Crossroads Guitar Festivals

44 39 24 Sia - This Is Acting

45 53 28 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream

46 52 52 David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed (The Best Of David Bowie)

47 67 13 The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

48 47 133 Soundtrack - Frozen: The Songs

49 48 203 INXS - The Very Best

50 RE 159 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

Suffice to say, it was a very close week on the single's chart, much closer than last week I imagine. The Veronicas are lucky to hold onto the top spot for a second week as they had the sales advantage, while all of their opponents had greater streaming, but a countering sales disadvantage which sees them land as they do. Despite not being top 10 in either sales or streaming, Charlie Puth has luck on his side as he gets a 4th top 10 hit with "We Don't Talk Anymore". It's also Selena Gomez's 2nd after the similarly lucky "Good For You" which also peaked at #10. The Voice Grand Finale came and went to varying effect; Fifth Harmony lodge a 3rd top 20 hit with "All In My Head (Flex)", Good Charlotte also performed and their facetiously titled "Life Can't Get Much Better" narrowly misses the top 50, though it may get there next week with their album out. The actual winner of The Voice (apparently there are contestants in the show) Alfie Arcuri has his lazily released winner single "Cruel" come in at #89, making for continued diminishing returns for the show. In fact it amusingly is timed with a former Voice contestant Vera Blue (aka Celia Pavey) getting her first post-Voice top 40 hit alongside popular local rapper Illy. "Papercuts" is looking to make a huge jump on next week's chart as despite the many new releases, it has managed to lodge itself in the iTunes top 10. Of those new releases, expect Britney Spears & 5 Seconds Of Summer to have top 40 debuts next week, and maybe Katy Perry can get in the top 5. "Rise" may well be the sales #1 as it's still #1 and made an impressive lead on Friday. I actually wouldn't count it out for #1, for which I feel is most likely going to "This Is What You Came For", as #TaylorGate has revived it on sales and streaming.

 

We've all heard it over and over again, back in 2000, The Avalanches released a seminal debut in "Since I Left You", a commercial and critical success that continues to be lauded to this day, and then nothing else. I can remember back to at least around 2009 that the status of the follow up album had become a punchline (perhaps as "Chinese Democracy" had been and gone). It's not as if they were silent on it either, as there were numerous updates from various camps on the matter, just nothing to materialise. But last month we got a lead single and now we have the whole album and what is perhaps the most hyped and anticipated Australian album of all time debuts at #1. Their debut "Since I Left You" is certified platinum but only actually reached #21 on the charts due to its slow-burning popularity. It actually nearly reached a new peak this week as it returns to the top 50 at #25. It means this week's top 2 is particularly Wild. There's not much else going on this week. ScHoolboy Q's new album reaches a new height for him of #9, as "Oxymoron" peaked at the unlucky #11. Biffy Clyro also reach a new height of #15 with what is only their 2nd album to crack the top 50 here. Next week feels even more stark for major releases, so The Avalanches might be able to hold #1, but they may have competition from Good Charlotte and former Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett.

The actual winner of The Voice (apparently there are contestants in the show) Alfie Arcuri has his lazily released winner single "Cruel" come in at #89, making for continued diminishing returns for the show.

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I only watched the finale of The Voice and I liked Alfie. The song, however, was very underwhelming. It sounded incomplete. Not surprised by his low chart placing as he declined on iTunes throughout the week and didn't make an impact on Spotify (18k streams as of now!!! :o :o ). Plus, the finale rated much lower than last year. I do give credit to The Voice (and X Factor) for having an original song for the winner rather than a cover. I'll take lazy original song over a lazy cover any day.

^ Yeah, I feel a bit sorry for him because it doesn't really seem like he got much of a chance. The thing that tipped me off is the way there was no effort even in the artwork/release of the song. At a glance you'd think it was just another quick recording from the show.

http://i.imgur.com/pwoyvEj.png

Yeah. It seems like Universal Music and/or EndemolShine weren't really invested this season. They should have at least tried with the artwork or even attempt to make a video.

 

I just hope this year's X Factor winner won't suffer the same fate, given the massive budget cuts (especially in live shows) this season. Then again, Sony takes their chart battles really seriously, so I wouldn't worry too much.

25/07/2016

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 Katy Perry - Rise

02 01 06 The Veronicas - In My Blood

03 03 12 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

04 04 07 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

05 02 16 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

06 05 11 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

07 06 11 Drake Feat. Rihanna - Too Good

08 37 02 Illy Feat. Vera Blue - Papercuts

09 09 08 Imany - Don't Be So Shy (Filatov & Karas Remix)

10 11 15 Little Mix - Hair

11 07 21 The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

12 30 06 Anne-Marie - Alarm

13 13 10 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

14 10 09 Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

15 08 11 Meghan Trainor - Me Too

16 12 13 Flume Feat. Tove Lo - Say It

17 25 04 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

18 15 11 Ariana Grande - Into You

19 19 08 Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)

20 23 06 Usher - Crash

21 NE 01 5 Seconds Of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

22 18 11 Twenty One Pilots - Ride

23 16 16 Desiigner - Panda

24 17 21 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

25 14 14 P!nk - Just Like Fire

26 24 07 Kent Jones - Don't Mind

27 20 22 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

28 36 02 DJ Mustard Feat. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih - Don't Hurt Me

29 29 17 Gnash Feat. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U

30 28 14 Galantis - No Money

31 21 13 Kungs (Vs Cookin On 3 Burners) - This Girl

32 22 10 Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter

33 31 13 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home

34 32 21 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

35 41 07 MØ - Final Song

36 33 29 Sia - Cheap Thrills

37 26 12 Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex

38 40 27 Flume Feat. Kai - Never Be Like You

39 NE 01 Britney Spears Feat. G-Eazy - Make Me...

40 27 04 Delta Goodrem Feat. Gizzle - Enough

41 34 19 Dua Lipa - Be The One

42 NE 01 Snakehips Feat. Zayn - Cruel

43 38 24 Lukas Graham - 7 Years

44 45 24 Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum - 1955

45 35 03 Fergie - M.I.L.F.$

46 42 09 Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

47 39 22 Alan Walker - Faded

48 47 05 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

49 50 04 Drake - Controlla

50 51 13 Rihanna - Needed Me

 

51 (53) Good Charlotte - Life Can't Get Much Better

56 (64) Mike Perry - The Ocean

64 (NE) Jonas Blue - Perfect Strangers

72 (NE) Digital Farm Animals & Cash Cash Feat. Nelly - Millionaire

80 (94) The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak

85 (NE) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Xperience - Brad Pitt's Cousin

95 (RE) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

96 (RE) Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?

100 (RE) Major Lazer Feat. DJ Snake & MØ - Lean On

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 Good Charlotte - Youth Authority

02 01 02 The Avalanches - Wildflower

03 NE 01 Peter Garrett - A Version Of Now

04 02 03 Delta Goodrem - Wings Of The Wild

05 04 35 Adele - 25

06 03 03 Blink-182 - California

07 05 13 Beyoncé - Lemonade

08 08 03 Hillsong United - Of Dirt And Grace - Live From The Land

09 06 05 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

10 07 11 Keith Urban - Ripcord

11 12 232 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

12 10 12 Drake - Views

13 11 10 Meghan Trainor - Thank You

14 NE 01 Emma Louise - Supercry

15 14 08 Flume - Skin

16 13 11 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

17 17 06 Play School - 50 Best Songs

18 16 41 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

19 NE 01 Stonefield - As Above, So Below

20 19 08 The Wiggles - The Best Of

21 NE 01 Soundtrack - Ghostbusters

22 20 33 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

23 24 25 Prince - The Very Best Of

24 28 45 Disturbed - Immortalized

25 29 22 Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung

26 22 03 Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens

27 23 91 Taylor Swift - 1989

28 26 34 Little Mix - Get Weird

29 21 07 Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin'

30 27 09 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

31 25 65 The Avalanches - Since I Left You

32 36 21 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

33 33 13 Dami Im - Classic Carpenters

34 09 02 ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

35 NE 01 Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

36 35 80 Meghan Trainor - Title

37 NE 01 Steven Tyler - We're All Somebody From Somewhere

38 NE 01 Jeff Beck - Loud Hailer

39 31 04 Broods - Conscious

40 37 245 Adele - 21

41 32 109 Ed Sheeran - x

42 39 127 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

43 NE 01 Slim Dusty - Prime Movers

44 47 14 The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

45 42 196 Queen - Greatest Hits

46 NE 01 NeedToBreathe - H A R D L O V E

47 58 05 Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs

48 38 26 Rüfüs - Bloom

49 45 29 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream

50 48 134 Soundtrack - Frozen: The Songs

 

You've seen close weeks on the chart? This week is possibly unmatched in that regard, as from what I understand, the #1 single AND album this week were decided by margins of about 1%. In both cases it's a debut beating out the more popular incumbant on a sales dip, and in both cases it could mean a huge drop from #1 next week. Nonetheless, whenever Katy Perry kicks off a new era here, she gets a #1 single within a few weeks and then not again. Because of "Roar"'s midweek release, "Rise" is her first to debut at #1, and because of the nonsense with "Dark Horse", is actually her first top 10 hit since "Roar" :kink: This is all despite no Spotify streams, but possibly because of Australia's low streaming ratio. If we had a 1:100 ratio like the UK, "Rise" might be #5 this week. But having thus far dipped to #6 on iTunes and not gaining any traction now on Spotify, it's possible that "Rise" won't be in the top 10 next week, only the 4th time a #1 has made a drop out of the top 10. Certainly we'll have a new #1 next week and it'll probably come from Major Lazer and co., who have oddly seen that their instant success isn't enough and have even discounted "Cold Water" on release, so it's easily outselling all the competition. If that song weren't there, then we might have instead seen Illy at #1 as "Papercuts" briefly hit the top spot on iTunes on Friday. As it stands, this week it's his first top 10 single. In much slower climbing, Little Mix hit the top 10 with "Hair" in its 15th week, thus taking exactly as long as "Secret Love Song" did to peak. Elsewhere, Snakehips get a 2nd top 50, Britney extends her top 50 tenure by another year, and Australia continues to get behind bafflingly awful Macklemore songs.

 

The album chart is probably more egregious than the singles chart. Never mind random Olympics themes, in 2016 Good Charlotte are tolerated enough to have a #1 album. It's not their first time though, as they debuted at #1 back in 2004, and of course in 2014 we had the Maddens branding together to score a #1 single and album. They continue to be judges on The Voice and as per that, did the obligatory plug for their new music on The Voice finale 2 weeks back. It is certainly a success as they would not have hit #1 otherwise. Closely debuting behind them at #3 is Peter Garrett who found fame as the lead singer of Midnight Oil in the '80s, became the environmental minister of Australia in the '00s (because only in Australia) and has recently retired from that and un-retired from music. We also have some local debuts for the 2nd albums of Emma Louise & Stonefield, the former 2 places lower than last time, and the latter 2 places higher than last time. Next week is a call to watch out for disastrous #1 sales with not much in the way of debuts. We could see Flume back at #1 off the back of an iTunes discount and highly touted Splendour In The Grass performance tonight, but then maybe Human Nature could as well given their habit of still selling loads of albums.

Hi do you know how many streams per sale in Australia?

I don't know exactly but it's probably 200:1

brb moving to australia

You may want to reconsidert.. Katy Perry is down to #12 this week oops.

 

No prizes for guessing what #1 this week is...

01/08/2016

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MØ - Cold Water

02 08 03 Illy Feat. Vera Blue - Papercuts

03 03 13 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

04 05 17 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

05 04 08 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

06 06 12 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

07 07 12 Drake Feat. Rihanna - Too Good

08 02 07 The Veronicas - In My Blood

09 09 09 Imany - Don't Be So Shy (Filatov & Karas Remix)

10 12 07 Anne-Marie - Alarm

11 18 12 Ariana Grande - Into You

12 01 02 Katy Perry - Rise

13 13 11 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

14 14 10 Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

15 11 22 The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

16 16 14 Flume Feat. Tove Lo - Say It

17 20 07 Usher - Crash

18 15 12 Meghan Trainor - Me Too

19 26 08 Kent Jones - Don't Mind

20 28 03 DJ Mustard Feat. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih - Don't Hurt Me

21 22 12 Twenty One Pilots - Ride

22 19 09 Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)

23 23 17 Desiigner - Panda

24 17 05 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

25 10 16 Little Mix - Hair

26 35 08 MØ - Final Song

27 24 22 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

28 36 30 Sia - Cheap Thrills

29 31 14 Kungs (Vs Cookin On 3 Burners) - This Girl

30 25 15 P!nk - Just Like Fire

31 29 18 Gnash Feat. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U

32 27 23 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

33 48 06 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

34 38 28 Flume Feat. Kai - Never Be Like You

35 30 15 Galantis - No Money

36 33 14 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home

37 45 04 Fergie - M.I.L.F.$

38 34 22 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

39 56 03 Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin - The Ocean

40 37 13 Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex

41 42 02 Snakehips Feat. Zayn - Cruel

42 64 02 Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

43 32 11 Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter

44 41 20 Dua Lipa - Be The One

45 46 10 Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

46 43 25 Lukas Graham - 7 Years

47 44 25 Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum - 1955

48 40 05 Delta Goodrem Feat. Gizzle - Enough

49 50 14 Rihanna - Needed Me

50 47 23 Alan Walker - Faded

 

54 (85) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. XPerience - Brad Pitt's Cousin

68 (NE) Skrillex & Rick Ross - Purple Lamborghini

77 (RE) Lil Wayne, Imagine Dragons & Wiz Khalifa Feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Logic with X Ambassadors - Sucker For Pain

78 (NE) Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving

87 (RE) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Anderson .Paak & Idris Elba - Dance Off

90 (RE) Eminem - Lose Yourself

98 (NE) Montaigne - Because I Love You

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 Human Nature - Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol. II

02 15 09 Flume - Skin

03 02 03 The Avalanches - Wildflower

04 05 36 Adele - 25

05 04 04 Delta Goodrem - Wings Of The Wild

06 07 14 Beyoncé - Lemonade

07 10 12 Keith Urban - Ripcord

08 NE 01 Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty

09 09 06 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

10 06 04 Blink-182 - California

11 11 233 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

12 13 11 Meghan Trainor - Thank You

13 12 13 Drake - Views

14 08 04 Hillsong United - Of Dirt And Grace - Live From The Land

15 22 34 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

16 03 02 Peter Garrett - A Version Of Now

17 01 02 Good Charlotte - Youth Authority

18 17 07 Play School - 50 Best Songs

19 34 03 ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

20 18 42 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

21 16 12 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

22 RE 12 Matt Corby - Telluric

23 24 46 Disturbed - Immortalized

24 RE 47 Human Nature - Jukebox

25 32 22 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

26 20 09 The Wiggles - The Best Of

27 RE 09 The Cure - Greatest Hits

28 27 92 Taylor Swift - 1989

29 45 197 Queen - Greatest Hits

30 25 23 Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung

31 RE 05 Jack Garratt - Phase

32 28 35 Little Mix - Get Weird

33 23 26 Prince - The Very Best Of

34 36 81 Meghan Trainor - Title

35 RE 28 Gang Of Youths - The Positions

36 26 04 Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens

37 31 66 The Avalanches - Since I Left You

38 52 26 Sia - This Is Acting

39 29 08 Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin'

40 30 10 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

41 41 110 Ed Sheeran - x

42 RE 69 Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

43 40 246 Adele - 21

44 33 14 Dami Im - Classic Carpenters

45 56 205 INXS - The Very Best

46 44 15 The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

47 49 30 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream

48 35 02 Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

49 50 135 Soundtrack - Frozen: The Songs

50 RE 08 DMA's - Hills End

 

There is indeed no shock this week as Major Lazer and co. debut at #1 with the biggest sales week in months. Australia was one of the handful of countries that rightly made "Lean On" a #1, so it's Major Lazer & MØ's 2nd #1, and Justin Bieber's 3rd #1 after "What Do You Mean?" & "Love Yourself". If not for the release of "Cold Water", we'd have seen a new #1 instead from Illy whose "Papercuts" moves up to #2, making it the highest ever charting single by an Australian solo rapper, though we did once have a beatboxer at #1 way back in 2004. Sadly discount tactics fail this week as "Into You" can only return to #11 this week despite being top 10 on iTunes & Spotify for most of the week. Instead Anne-Marie is in the top 10 for the first time. Last week's #1 "Rise" only drops to #4 on digital sales, but its lagging streams mean it's down to #12 overall. This is the equal 3rd biggest drop from #1 ever, behind Celine Dion's deleted "My Heart Will Go On" and Voice winner Karise Eden's partially screwed over by Complete My Album effect but also very shortlived popularity with her performance of "Stay With Me Baby". Katy is on level footing with Reece Mastin's "Shout It Out" which did not have the excuse of those other 2, just that it dropped quick because it's awful and never should have been #1.

 

Katy can have some solace though as she doesn't even have the biggest drop from #1 this week. Naturally as Good Charlotte fluked it last week, this week they're tumbling down to #17. No doubt with healthier sales, #1 this week goes to Human Nature, which is their 4th album to do so. UK readers perhaps know them best for their song "He Don't Love You", but let it be clear that it is an anomaly from them trying to break the international market, they're typically much more in the vein of Westlife or Boyzone. Big impact this week is the Splendour In The Grass festival, perhaps nowadays about the biggest festival in the country. Big dividends from that this week are headliners Flume and The Cure, as well as Jack Garratt, Gang Of Youths, DMA's & Matt Corby. Metal act Periphery have made the top 50 4 times in the past few years, but this week pick up their first top 10. Next week Human Nature might be able to hold onto #1, with threats coming from DJ Khaled, Hellions & possibly Gang of Youths though I'm not 100% sure which chart their 6 track EP winds up on.

08/08/2016

 

Singles

 

01 01 02 Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MØ - Cold Water

02 NE 01 The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey - Closer

03 02 04 Illy Feat. Vera Blue - Papercuts

04 05 09 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

05 04 18 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

06 03 14 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

07 10 08 Anne-Marie - Alarm

08 06 13 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

09 07 13 Drake Feat. Rihanna - Too Good

10 17 08 Usher - Crash

11 42 03 Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

12 11 13 Ariana Grande - Into You

13 13 12 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

14 09 10 Imany - Don't Be So Shy (Filatov & Karas Remix)

15 12 03 Katy Perry - Rise

16 14 11 Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

17 15 23 The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

18 08 08 The Veronicas - In My Blood

19 33 07 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

20 16 15 Flume Feat. Tove Lo - Say It

21 18 13 Meghan Trainor - Me Too

22 19 09 Kent Jones - Don't Mind

23 26 09 MØ - Final Song

24 20 04 DJ Mustard Feat. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih - Don't Hurt Me

25 23 18 Desiigner - Panda

26 NE 01 Kenny Chesney Feat. P!nk - Setting The World On Fire

27 39 04 Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin - The Ocean

28 28 31 Sia - Cheap Thrills

29 21 13 Twenty One Pilots - Ride

30 24 06 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

31 27 23 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

32 22 10 Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex)

33 25 17 Little Mix - Hair

34 41 03 Snakehips Feat. Zayn - Cruel

35 31 19 Gnash Feat. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U

36 32 24 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

37 29 15 Kungs (Vs Cookin On 3 Burners) - This Girl

38 30 16 P!nk - Just Like Fire

39 34 29 Flume Feat. Kai - Never Be Like You

40 54 03 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Xperience - Brad Pitt's Cousin

41 35 16 Galantis - No Money

42 38 23 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

43 36 15 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home

44 40 14 Cheat Codes Feat. Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex

45 45 11 Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness

46 47 26 Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum - 1955

47 46 26 Lukas Graham - 7 Years

48 49 15 Rihanna - Needed Me

49 43 12 Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter

50 52 06 Drake - Controlla

 

51 (NE) Martin Garrix - In The Name Of Love

53 (77) Lil Wayne, Imagine Dragons & Wiz Khalifa Feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Logic with X Ambassadors - Sucker For Pain

55 (62) Joel Adams - Please Don't Go

63 (74) Digital Farm Animals & Cash Cash Feat. Nelly - Millionaire

83 (94) Frances - Don't Worry About Me

99 (NE) DJ Khaled Feat. Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar & Betty Wright - Holy Key

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 Human Nature - Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol. II

02 NE 01 Gang Of Youths - Let Me Be Clear

03 04 37 Adele - 25

04 NE 01 Hellions - Opera Oblivia

05 NE 01 Alfie Arcuri - Zenith

06 NE 01 DJ Khaled - Major Key

07 03 04 The Avalanches - Wildflower

08 05 05 Delta Goodrem - Wings Of The Wild

09 06 15 Beyoncé - Lemonade

10 07 13 Keith Urban - Ripcord

11 25 23 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

12 02 10 Flume - Skin

13 09 07 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

14 10 05 Blink-182 - California

15 13 14 Drake - Views

16 12 12 Meghan Trainor - Thank You

17 11 234 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

18 38 27 Sia - This Is Acting

19 NE 01 Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate

20 18 08 Play School - 50 Best Songs

21 16 03 Peter Garrett - A Version Of Now

22 20 43 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

23 28 93 Taylor Swift - 1989

24 23 47 Disturbed - Immortalized

25 26 10 The Wiggles - The Best Of

26 NE 01 Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights

27 88 32 Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood

28 15 35 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams

29 14 05 Hillsong United - Of Dirt And Grace - Live From The Land

30 32 36 Little Mix - Get Weird

31 29 198 Queen - Greatest Hits

32 21 13 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

33 30 24 Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung

34 17 03 Good Charlotte - Youth Authority

35 NE 01 Zhu - Generationwhy

36 27 10 The Cure - Greatest Hits

37 39 09 Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin'

38 NE 01 Soundtrack - Absolutely Fabulous

39 34 82 Meghan Trainor - Title

40 NE 01 Jarryd James - High

41 41 111 Ed Sheeran - x

42 40 11 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

43 43 247 Adele - 21

44 19 04 ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

45 24 48 Human Nature - Jukebox

46 47 31 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream

47 33 27 Prince - The Very Best Of

48 44 15 Dami Im - Classic Carpenters

49 36 05 Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens

50 51 38 Justin Bieber - Purpose

 

Unsurprisingly, Major Lazer are #1 for another week, which means that "Cold Water" outlasts "Lean On's 1 week at #1. There was a challenger by way of The Chainsmokers who took #1 on iTunes midway through the week, but obviously they were no match for Major Lazer's streaming force. Nonetheless, going in straight at #2 means it's The Chainsmokers' highest charting single ever, and it also means that Halsey joins Jarryd James & Wendy Matthews for having peaked at #2 on the singles & albums chart, let's keep it that way thanks. In an odd surprise, Usher gets his first top 10 single in 5 years with "Crash", which just narrowly fends off Jonas Blue who will probably be in there next week, and Ariana Grande who sadly is not getting a top 10 hit with this album. Suicide Squad starts to hit fever pitch here as twenty one pilots will likely have their 2nd top 10 hit in "Heathens" next week. For the time being it overtakes "Ride". Presumably because it has P!nk's name on it, Kenny Chesney has his first singles chart entry ever in his long career this week.

 

The album chart sees Human Nature maintain their hold at #1 but they had a close fight with another local act in Gang Of Youths. Their debut album peaked at #5 last year and this week they enter at #2 with a supplementary EP (though a rather lengthy one). It's the 2nd highest an EP has ever reached on the album charts as Troye Sivan's "WILD" is the only one to ever hit #1. On the heavier side of things, Hellions have their highest chart position to date with their 4th album debuting at #4. This lands them just ahead of The Voice winner Alfie Arcuri, who can take solace as he's peaked higher than the last 2 seasons' winners. Living meme DJ Khaled also has his highest ever chart peak this week at #6. Next week, Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning will be looking for his 3rd solo #1 album, though will face a challenge from the Suicide Squad soundtrack which is selling best on iTunes currently.

I'm pretty sad that Into You has not entered Top 10 yet. She had plenty of streaming power on her My Everything era. Her streaming numbers are still impressive for Dangerous Woman singles but only reaching #11 is still baffling to me. At least the single reached platinum threshold. Surprising that The Veronicas fell so much this week as I thought it would have some longevity. Happy for Jonas and the big jump for Perfect Strangers. Rihanna's needed me went Gold and the peak is #48 so far. Alfie debuted well by reaching Top 5 in albums, considering the ratings decline for The Voice and the disastrous chart performance of his coronation song.

 

The state of album sales looks very sad as it only takes 4250+ sales for it to be #1. #10 album did 1160+ this week. The singles unit/point numbers looks good, I think.

Edited August 7, 20168 yr by buzz_person

Into You has been REALLY unlucky it seems. I think it's missed the top 10 by about a hundred sales on 3 separate occasions, and it's reached top 10 on sales & streaming at some point. Could be worse of course, just look at LunchMoney Lewis's #11 run last year which happened in a weirdly potent time for top 10 debuts :P

 

Also since you mentioned Needed Me, I found it interesting that Kanye West's "Famous" was just certified gold this week as well, with only 6 weeks on the chart. Terrific news because it means that they've counted all of its streams from back when it wasn't on the chart (when it was only on Spotify). Controlla should be looking at a low peaking gold certification soon too. Light It Up potentially platinum too, with 80-90% of it from streams and a #54 peak :lol: