April 30, 20187 yr Indeed, every song is on an equal playing field (ignoring playlistola ~) at all times. The only minor exception is that songs need to be selected by the labels to be tracked, so when a big new album comes out, it's often a coin flip as to whether or not the tracks will chart, often it's really arbirary like Kendrick's DAMN. having 3 debuts, but they weren't exactly the 3 biggest that week. You also often have Spotify hits that just aren't being noticed for some reason, so even though "Nevermind" is on top of Hot Hits Australia, and should even be in the top 50 streaming singles chart this week, it's curiously absent, and I've no idea if or when it will suddenly start charting. ("Flames" also still isn't getting its Spotify streams counted oops). J. Cole have 5 new entries on the top 50, so I'm not sure we can assume the same thing happen for Post Malone given Universal Music distribute their material worldwide.
April 30, 20187 yr Author I dunno if we can really determine much from that. J. Cole's situation is unique because it seems like the only songs that were included for him were the ones that made the top 50. Realistically he should have had nearly his whole album charting. Universal recently had The Weeknd's entire EP in the top 50, and also many Eminem entries in the lower 50, but on the other hand, XXXTENTACION had only the 2 singles chart. We won't really have much idea until themusic.com.au do their midweek data post.
May 2, 20187 yr Author Singles 01 NE 01 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 02 01 03 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 03 02 09 02 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 04 04 10 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 05 05 04 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 06 09 03 06 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 07 06 06 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 08 03 14 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 09 07 11 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 10 08 13 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 11 10 14 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 12 11 15 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 13 12 16 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 14 RE 58 01 WAKE ME UP Avicii 15 16 10 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 16 25 03 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 17 14 60 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 18 13 27 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 19 15 05 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 20 NE 01 20 KOD J. Cole 21 17 13 11 MINE Bazzi 22 18 13 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 23 19 30 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 24 RE 44 24 LEVELS Avicii 25 20 08 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 26 46 02 26 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 27 NE 01 27 2002 Anne-Marie 28 22 19 02 RIVER Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran 29 27 07 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 30 21 20 07 NEVER BE THE SAME Camila Cabello 31 29 02 29 LET ME Zayn 32 NE 01 32 ATM J. Cole 33 23 32 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 34 38 02 34 I SAID HI Amy Shark 35 37 06 35 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 36 RE 19 20 WITHOUT YOU Avicii Feat. Sandro Cavazza 37 30 06 28 DELICATE Taylor Swift 38 RE 44 02 HEY BROTHER Avicii 39 24 10 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 40 28 68 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 41 NE 01 41 PHOTOGRAPH J. Cole 42 26 07 26 ZOMBIE Bad Wolves 43 NE 01 43 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 44 NE 01 44 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 45 43 05 43 1950 King Princess 46 NE 01 46 KEVIN'S HEART J. Cole 47 NE 01 47 MOTIV8 J. Cole 48 32 36 01 HAVANA Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug 49 35 26 09 GO BANG Pnau 50 36 18 10 THIS IS ME Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 55 (64) KYLE Feat. Kehlani - Playinwitme 60 (RE) Avicii - Waiting For Love 62 (RE) Avicii - The Nights 63 (RE) Avicii - Lonely Together 72 (NE) Billie Eilish & Khalid - lovely 77 (RE) DNCE - Cake By The Ocean 96 (NE) The Chainsmokers & Drew Love - Somebody 98 (RE) Lauv - Chasing Fire Albums 01 NE 01 01 KOD J. Cole 02 NE 01 02 EAT THE ELEPHANT A Perfect Circle 03 02 60 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 04 03 20 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 05 01 02 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 06 NE 01 06 BEST OF MY LOVE Samantha Jade 07 05 03 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 08 08 201 01 X Ed Sheeran 09 04 03 01 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 10 06 03 05 REVAMP: THE SONGS OF ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN Various 11 07 04 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 12 11 03 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 13 RE 54 01 TRUE Avicii 14 15 164 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 15 12 308 01 + Ed Sheeran 16 13 50 05 STONEY Post Malone 17 14 44 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 18 NE 01 18 NEVER GONNA DIE Pennywise 19 16 74 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 20 24 53 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 21 17 11 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 22 23 09 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 23 27 28 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 24 20 183 01 1989 Taylor Swift 25 22 41 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 26 18 24 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 25 54 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 28 21 71 02 MOANA Soundtrack 29 19 06 03 ? XXXTentacion 30 53 45 01 MELODRAMA Lorde 31 NE 01 31 PRIMAL HEART Kimbra 32 30 02 30 HOME Greta Bradman & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 33 34 51 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 34 10 02 10 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean 35 33 118 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 36 29 296 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 37 77 27 02 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey 38 NE 01 38 44/876 Sting & Shaggy 39 RE 08 10 STORIES Avicii 40 32 11 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 41 RE 03 14 AVICI Avicii 42 35 470 11 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac 43 37 24 13 DIAMONDS Elton John 44 67 50 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 45 63 311 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 46 40 36 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths 47 NE 01 47 SONDER TesseracT 48 46 25 02 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith 49 52 05 03 I HEAR A SONG Dami Im 50 59 44 10 DIRECT HITS The Killers You know it's a busy week when "Shape Of You" is only #40 this week. Firstly the big news, Ariana Grande scores her first EVER :jameela: #1 single with "No Tears Left To Cry" selling very strongly to compensate being #2 on streaming. It means that for the first time in its run, "Psycho" is not #2 but it actually could return there next week. We've got a very heated battle for #1 this week which looks very likely to net Post Malone his 2nd #1 hit, it's just a question of whether "Psycho" will get there based on its early lead, or it will be blocked by the very strong start for "Better Now" which is in the process of catching up very quickly. Drake will likely be relatively close but probably end up at #3. As for this week, it lines up with the news of Avicii's passing, and this week sees 7 of his songs re-enter the top 100, 4 in the top 50. Oddly enough this does not include 2 of his 4 top 5 hits, "Addicted To You" and "I Could Be The One", though I suppose most of them are more recent. "Wake Me Up" is the highest at #14, but shout out to "Levels" which matches its old peak of #24 and further solidifies itself as one of the highest selling non-top 20 hits ever (it has at least reached top 20 on the digital tracks chart now), certified 4xPlatinum with roughly 300,000 sales. Also this week we have J. Cole impacting, having only previously charted 2 songs when his last album went about the same release process. This time he has 5 entries, all of them in the top 50 which makes me think that ARIA excluded all of the ones that didn't make the top 50. However for fans of chart accuracy, Dennis Lloyd's "Nevermind" has also finally been allowed on the chart, and meanwhile I believe Joe Jonas is a judge on Australia's The Voice which sent "Cake By The Ocean" flying up the iTunes chart, it was actually #1 combined briefly, it re-enters at #77. On the album chart, J. Cole debuts at #1 with "KOD", his first album to hit the summit, helped largely by streams as he was certainly outsold. J. Cole's penchant for releasing albums in December means that he only made the top 10 once before with his last album, arguably his most popular album "2014 Forest Hills Drive" only peaked at #40 because of this. Unable to have such luck is A Perfect Circle whose new album "Eat The Elephant" becomes their 2nd #2 album following "Mer de noms" back in 2000. Maynard has of course hit #1 twice with Tool though. I had not realised until I saw this week's chart that Samantha Jade had released a new album, which if not determined from the title, is a disco covers album. This is her 2nd top 10 album following her X Factor coronation album, with her album of original songs peaking at #11. Next week is sure to be a competitive time as we've got two Australian artists with a history of #1 albums, 3 each, both releasing new albums, they being Keith Urban & Missy Higgins. But it'll be a question of whether their likely strong physical sales can combat with the streaming dominance of Post Malone, who looks likely to set record breaking numbers with his 2nd studio album.
May 2, 20187 yr Really refreshing to see a different artist at number 1 there! No sign of Jess Mauboy's ESC entry at the moment - did it hit the chart when it came out?
May 2, 20187 yr Author Yeah, it actually debuted at #2 on the digital chart (probably #3 on sales) which corresponded to #47 overall. That's actually a bit unusual as Dami & Guy didn't actually hit the top 50 until after ESC, so maybe she'll be able to return if she ranks highly with it. Edited May 2, 20187 yr by Dircadirca
May 2, 20187 yr I had hoped that one kiss would manage number one but it's lead on iTunes never got big enough sadly. Still, it's now track 1 on hot hits Australia and the video is about to drop so it could provide post Malone with some competition. Speaking of post Malone I think psycho will climb to number one this week. I'd say it's a likely safe bet better now will overtake over next week at the moment unless one kiss or something else pulls away Edited May 2, 20187 yr by simonf
May 8, 20187 yr Author 06/05/2018 Singles 01 03 10 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 02 02 04 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 03 01 02 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 04 NE 01 04 BETTER NOW Post Malone 05 06 04 05 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 06 04 11 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 07 05 05 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 08 07 07 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 09 08 15 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 10 NE 01 10 PARANOID Post Malone 11 09 12 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 12 33 33 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 13 10 14 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 14 NE 01 14 BALL FOR ME Post Malone Feat. Nicki Minaj 15 11 15 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 16 15 11 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 17 16 04 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 18 13 17 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 19 NE 01 19 SPOIL MY NIGHT Post Malone Feat. Swae Lee 20 19 06 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 21 NE 01 21 RICH & SAD Post Malone 22 17 61 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 23 12 16 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 24 26 03 24 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 25 NE 01 25 SAME BITCHES Post Malone Feat. G-Eazy & YG 26 18 28 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 27 NE 01 27 OVER NOW Post Malone 28 34 03 28 I SAID HI Amy Shark 29 64 22 19 CANDY PAINT Post Malone 30 NE 01 30 STAY Post Malone 31 23 31 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 32 NE 01 32 ZACK AND CODEINE Post Malone 33 35 07 33 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 34 22 14 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 35 27 02 27 2002 Anne-Marie 36 NE 01 36 TAKIN' SHOTS Post Malone 37 21 14 11 MINE Bazzi 38 29 08 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 39 30 21 07 NEVER BE THE SAME Camila Cabello 40 25 09 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 41 NE 01 41 OTHERSIDE Post Malone 42 31 03 29 LET ME Zayn 43 NE 01 43 BLAME IT ON ME Post Malone 44 NE 01 44 92 EXPLORER Post Malone 45 20 02 20 KOD J. Cole 46 28 20 02 RIVER Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran 47 45 06 43 1950 King Princess 48 37 07 28 DELICATE Taylor Swift 49 43 02 43 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 50 39 11 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 58 (NE) Post Malone - Sugar Wraith 67 (72) Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid - lovely 74 (96) The Chainsmokers Feat. Drew Love - Somebody 78 (NE) Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews - Just Friends 84 (RE) Keith Urban - Parallel Line 91 (RE) Ed Sheeran - Happier Albums 01 NE 01 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 02 NE 01 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 03 NE 01 03 SOLASTALGIA Missy Higgins 04 04 21 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 05 03 61 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 06 NE 01 06 CAMPFIRE Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples 07 NE 01 07 FOR NOW DMA's 08 01 02 01 KOD J. Cole 09 05 03 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 10 08 202 01 X Ed Sheeran 11 07 04 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 12 NE 01 12 DIRTY COMPUTER Janelle Monae 13 02 02 02 EAT THE ELEPHANT A Perfect Circle 14 16 51 05 STONEY Post Malone 15 14 165 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 16 12 04 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 17 06 02 06 BEST OF MY LOVE Samantha Jade 18 NE 01 18 SPEAK YOUR MIND Anne-Marie 19 09 04 01 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 20 15 309 01 + Ed Sheeran 21 11 05 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 22 27 55 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 23 21 12 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 24 48 26 02 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith 25 20 54 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 26 17 45 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 27 26 25 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 28 19 75 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 29 23 29 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 30 22 10 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 31 25 42 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 32 29 07 03 ? XXXTentacion 33 50 45 10 DIRECT HITS The Killers 34 24 184 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 28 72 02 MOANA Soundtrack 36 10 04 05 REVAMP: THE SONGS OF ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN Various 37 71 17 01 WONDERFUL WONDERFUL The Killers 38 35 119 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 39 33 52 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 40 83 02 40 ITALIANISSIMO Patrizio Buanne 41 36 297 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 42 471 11 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac 43 44 51 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 44 45 312 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 45 40 12 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 46 37 28 02 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey 47 32 03 30 HOME Greta Bradman & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 48 46 37 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths 49 13 55 01 TRUE Avicii 50 34 03 10 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean I'm bad at predicting things. As it turns out, an early lead from the start of the week is all that's required for "Psycho" to wrap things up. So it belatedly reaches the #1 peak that it really should have gotten upon debut, giving Post Malone his 2nd #1 hit, and Ty Dolla $ign his first. As it turns out, "Better Now" was let down by Apple streaming, which without the same playlist guiding as Spotify meant it wasn't able to solidify itself as the top album track (right now "Ball For Me" is still ahead of it there). Being presently #1 on Spotify doesn't hurt so it could still challenge for #1, but it'll probably need to start getting more airplay to lift its seriously lagging sales, currently #39 on iTunes. It is very difficult to determine #1 for this upcoming week except that it probably won't be either Post Malone track. Drake continues to show strong sales & streams, as does Ariana. The problem here is that Hot Hits Australia seems to be the latest playlist to turn into an unsortable mess with videos included, one of those being "No Tears Left To Cry". It's well publicised that these streams don't count to the UK Chart, but I've no idea what ARIA will do with it, if they even notice something going on with it. These streams could well be the difference between Ariana & Drake this week. Childish Gambino is also doing very well on iTunes currently, but his mid-week release will keep him out of contention at the moment. Anyway I should probably get back to talking about Post Malone because he's pretty much the only news this week, in quite a big way. All but 2 tracks on "beerbongs & bentleys" are in the top 50 this week, with "Sugar Wraith" a little lower down, and "Jonestown (Interlude)" having been discluded (it got enough streams to chart), which when you include "I Fall Apart" alongside them, gives him 17 songs in the top 50. That's 1 more than Ed Sheeran had last year, and also 2 more than Michael Jackson did the week after he passed away (though that doesn't include "ABC", "Can You Feel It" or "Blame It On The Boogie" which takes Michael's tally to 18, choose to take whichever interpretation you wish). Such is this explosion of new entries, that we've actually finally gotten rid of "Shape Of You" for the first time ever, though I imagine it will return next week. The only other new entry in the entire top 100 is from Hayden James, teaming up with Boy Matthews of uncredited "Ocean Drive" fame, possibly vying to be his 3rd top 50 hit as it's closing in on the Spotify top 50 at the moment. You might think that this streaming dominance meant for an obvious #1 from Post Malone on the album chart, but it was actually rather close, as he went up against Keith Urban, whose last album was the #2 seller of 2016 (only behind "25"). In the end it went the way of Post Malone whose weekly streaming figure is certainly a new record in terms of being counted to the chart (Ed Sheeran's album release slightly predates it, and I believe slightly surpasses Post's numbers). Speaking of Sheeran because it's hard to avoid it discussing the charts, he's had quite a bit of a hand in this week's new releases, as he wrote Keith Urban's recently gold certified "Parallel Line", and also had Missy Higgins supporting him on his national tour a month ago. Her latest album debuts at #3, the same position released by her previous album which was also released on a busy week where the entire top 5 was new entries. Also we might not see him back at #1 any time soon as The Greatest Showman has overtaken "Divide" for the first time since he was in the country, pushing it to an all new chart low of #5(!). Sheeran is finished obviously. Keith Urban is not the only Australian country artist with a string of #1 albums that released this week, as Kasey Chambers has her new album enter at #6, her 9th top 10 entry. Meanwhile Australia's approximation of '90s British rock, DMA's, have their 2nd album out and in at #7, surpassing the #8 peak of their debut, which also released on a week where it was only the 5th highest debut. Next week we'll see if Post Malone's staying power allows a 2nd week at #1, or else Australian metalcore stalwarts Parkway Drive may be picking up their 2nd #1 album. Or maybe The Greatest Showman will return; the more predictions I make, the less likely I'm wrong. Edited May 8, 20187 yr by Dircadirca
May 8, 20187 yr how nice of Australia to actually let (most of) the Post Malone album tracks chart :D was wondering if we'd get another ARIA inconsistency mess. Good to see 'Psycho' being able to beat Drake to #1 if only for a week too though I do prefer 'Nice For What'.
May 15, 20187 yr Author 13/05/2018 Singles 01 02 05 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 02 04 02 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 03 03 03 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 04 05 05 04 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 05 01 11 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 06 06 12 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 07 NE 01 07 THIS IS AMERICA Childish Gambino 08 08 08 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 09 24 04 09 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 10 07 06 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 11 09 16 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 12 13 15 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 13 28 04 13 I SAID HI Amy Shark 14 11 13 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 15 16 12 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 16 15 16 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 17 12 34 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 18 17 05 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 19 86 06 19 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 20 20 07 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 21 33 08 21 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 22 23 17 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 23 18 18 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 24 35 03 24 2002 Anne-Marie 25 22 62 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 26 10 02 10 PARANOID Post Malone 27 NE 01 27 YOUTH Shawn Mendes 28 38 09 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 29 26 29 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 30 14 02 14 BALL FOR ME Post Malone Feat. Nicki Minaj 31 31 32 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 32 67 03 32 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 33 29 23 19 CANDY PAINT Post Malone 34 NE 01 34 BLOOM Troye Sivan 35 47 07 35 1950 King Princess 36 39 22 07 NEVER BE THE SAME Camila Cabello 37 34 15 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 38 40 10 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 39 53 03 39 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 40 19 02 19 SPOIL MY NIGHT Post Malone Feat. Swae Lee 41 37 15 11 MINE Bazzi 42 50 12 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 43 30 02 30 STAY Post Malone 44 21 02 21 RICH & SAD Post Malone 45 57 20 10 THIS IS ME Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 46 49 03 43 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 47 42 04 29 LET ME Zayn 48 52 70 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 49 48 08 28 DELICATE Taylor Swift 50 27 02 27 OVER NOW Post Malone 51 (56) KYLE Feat. Kehlani - Playinwitme 60 (78) Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews - Just Friends 65 (NE) Travis Scott Feat. Kanye West & Lil Uzi Vert - Watch 89 (RE) Zac Efron & Zendaya - Rewrite The Stars 92 (NE) Florence + The Machine - Hunger 93 (NE) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 96 (RE) Imagine Dragons - Believer 97 (RE) James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go 98 (RE) Flight Facilities Feat. NIKA - Need You 99 (RE) Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back Albums 01 NE 01 01 REVERENCE Parkway Drive 02 01 02 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 03 04 22 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 02 02 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 05 05 62 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 06 03 02 03 SOLASTALGIA Missy Higgins 07 08 03 01 KOD J. Cole 08 NE 01 08 GOOD THING Leon Bridges 09 09 04 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 10 NE 01 10 LOST FRIENDS Middle Kids 11 06 02 06 CAMPFIRE Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples 12 10 203 01 X Ed Sheeran 13 11 05 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 14 29 30 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 15 14 52 05 STONEY Post Malone 16 24 27 02 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith 17 15 166 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 18 23 13 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 19 30 11 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 20 27 26 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 21 19 05 01 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 22 26 46 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 23 21 06 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 24 20 310 01 + Ed Sheeran 25 NE 01 25 A LAUGHING DEATH IN MEATSPACE Tropical F**k Storm 26 40 03 26 ITALIANISSIMO Patrizio Buanne 27 25 55 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 28 22 56 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 29 16 05 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 30 13 03 02 EAT THE ELEPHANT A Perfect Circle 31 28 76 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 32 32 08 03 ? XXXTentacion 33 07 02 07 FOR NOW DMA's 34 33 46 10 DIRECT HITS The Killers 35 91 07 03 I HEAR A SONG Dami Im 36 36 05 05 REVAMP: THE SONGS OF ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN Various 37 NE 01 37 SR3MM Rae Sremmurd 38 34 185 01 1989 Taylor Swift 39 17 3 06 BEST OF MY LOVE Samantha Jade 40 31 43 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 39 53 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 42 45 13 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 43 35 73 02 MOANA Soundtrack 44 NE 01 44 SINGULARITY Jon Hopkins 45 NE 01 45 ATTENTION ATTENTION Shinedown 46 18 02 18 SPEAK YOUR MIND Anne-Marie 47 38 120 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 48 41 298 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 49 37 18 01 WONDERFUL WONDERFUL The Killers 50 51 33 02 SNOW Angus & Julia Stone With no big streaming albums out this week, the charts have calmed down a bit, which sees "Nice For What" returning for a 2nd week at the top. It sits ahead of "Better Now", the one Post Malone track to climb this week thanks to gaining radio & streaming traction. As it stands, Post Malone has now had two #1 hits and two #2 hits. I thought Ariana Grande was in with a shot, but it turns out that just like in the UK, Spotify video streams don't count to the chart, so she can only hold at #3 and is looking very unlikely to ever return to #1. But the same can be said of any of these songs as it is looking fair to say that Childish Gambino will safely bolt to the top of the chart with "This Is America", which a few days ago became the first song to simultanously top the iTunes, Apple & Spotify charts since "Despacito". Debuting at #7, it becomes his first ever top 10 hit, having gotten as high as #27 with his slow burning hit "Redbone", one of only 3 songs to chart for every single week of 2017. Also kind of a noteworthy surprise in the top 10, 5 Seconds Of Summer. With very strong sales (#1 on iTunes right now!) and streams to boot, "Youngblood" seems to be one of their first songs to really catch on beyond their usual demographics, becoming their 5th top 10 hit in the process. This is also noteworthy because it's an Australian song in the top 10, something that has gotten to be so rare lately that the last two songs to do it were both Pnau songs which were riding on Hottest 100 hype on separate years. 5SOS may even have company in that regard, as Amy Shark is not far behind with "I Said Hi", which became her first ever digital #1 single and is starting to catch some major streaming traction. They're not the only Australians to be doing well right now as out of nowhere Sia's song with David Guetta, "Flames" has gotten a serious boost of...ARIA finally fixed it so it shoots straight into the top 20. Ironically this happens the same week Sia released another new song as part of her supergroup LSD, which I can only imagine seriously confused ARIA with the way it was tagged on Spotify because it has taken the reigns of "Flames" and is completely missing from the chart despite looking like a potential top 50 debut. :drama: There's a song called "Youth" and a Troye Sivan song debuting which are not the same thing, and Khalid does a double this week as alongside his Shawn Mendes collaboration, he helps gift Billie Eilish her first ever top 50 hit which is pretty neat if you ask me. Australian acts have always had trouble keeping up with the heightened promotional budgets of international counterparts. I distinctly recall in 2010 when Eminem released "Recovery", it spent 9 weeks at #1, 8 of those weeks had an Australian act at #2, meaning that Eminem stopped Sia, Birds of Tokyo & Parkway Drive from getting their first #1 albums, and Kylie Minogue had a 3 week #2 peaking album to boot. Fortunately for those acts, they all eventually would go on to have #1 albums in the ensuing years. Post Malone narrowly blocked Keith Urban from hitting #1 last week so it looked possible that he was taking Eminem's role as the Australian #1 blocking white rapper, but the tables have been turned by one of those very acts that Eminem blocked in 2010, that being metalcore heavyweights Parkway Drive. Their 6th studio album "Reverence" becomes their 2nd #1 album in a row. Also debuting in the top 10 is Leon Bridges who reaches #8, the same peak as his first album, and also another Australian band Middle Kids, whose I have a lot of fondness for. Next week I would imagine Arctic Monkeys are a decent chance for #1, but iTunes have also heavily discounted The Greatest Showman soundtrack all week so you can't count that out either.
May 23, 20187 yr Author 20/05/2018 Singles 01 07 02 01 THIS IS AMERICA Childish Gambino 02 02 03 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 03 09 05 03 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 04 01 06 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 05 04 06 04 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 06 03 04 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 07 05 12 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 08 06 13 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 09 13 05 09 I SAID HI Amy Shark 10 10 07 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 11 11 17 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 12 24 04 12 2002 Anne-Marie 13 12 16 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 14 08 09 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 15 NE 01 15 BACK TO YOU Selena Gomez 16 14 14 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 17 21 09 17 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 18 15 13 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 19 18 06 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 20 20 08 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 21 19 07 19 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 22 17 35 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 23 25 63 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 24 16 17 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 25 22 18 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 26 26 03 10 PARANOID Post Malone 27 23 19 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 28 28 10 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 29 31 33 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 30 29 30 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 31 RE 02 31 WE GOT LOVE Jessica Mauboy 32 35 08 32 1950 King Princess 33 27 02 27 YOUTH Shawn Mendes 34 32 04 32 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 35 46 04 35 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 36 30 03 14 BALL FOR ME Post Malone Feat. Nicki Minaj 37 39 04 37 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 38 38 11 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 39 42 13 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 40 33 24 19 CANDY PAINT Post Malone 41 51 06 41 PLAYINWITME Kyle Feat. Kehlani 42 60 03 42 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews 43 45 21 10 THIS IS ME Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 44 37 16 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 45 48 71 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 46 34 02 34 BLOOM Troye Sivan 47 47 05 29 LET ME Zayn 48 41 16 11 MINE Bazzi 49 84 04 49 SOMEBODY The Chainsmokers & Drew Love 50 64 31 16 HAPPIER Ed Sheeran 52 (NE) Rita Ora Feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX - Girls 57 (NE) Peking Duk - Reprisal 66 (93) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 78 (RE) Keith Urban - Parallel Line 80 (NE) Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five 86 (NE) Vance Joy - Saturday Sun 90 (RE) Childish Gambino - Redbone 91 (NE) LSD Feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth - Audio 96 (RE) Dean Lewis - Waves 100 (RE) Zendaya, Zac Efron, The Greatest Showman Ensemble, Keala Settle & Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Show Albums 01 NE 01 01 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO Arctic Monkeys 02 03 23 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 03 04 03 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 04 NE 01 04 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Delta Goodrem 05 02 03 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 06 05 63 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 07 NE 01 07 VOICENOTES Charlie Puth 08 01 02 01 REVERENCE Parkway Drive 09 NE 01 09 DISOBEY Bad Wolves 10 06 03 03 SOLASTALGIA Missy Higgins 11 12 204 01 X Ed Sheeran 12 22 47 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 13 14 31 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 14 NE 01 14 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LISBON 2018 Various 15 09 05 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 16 07 04 01 KOD J. Cole 17 13 06 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 18 38 186 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 11 03 06 CAMPFIRE Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples 20 15 53 05 STONEY Post Malone 21 20 27 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 22 24 311 01 + Ed Sheeran 23 19 12 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 24 18 14 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 25 42 14 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 26 17 167 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 27 16 28 02 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith 28 23 07 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 29 21 06 01 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 30 08 02 08 GOOD THING Leon Bridges 31 27 56 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 32 51 130 01 25 Adele 33 35 08 03 I HEAR A SONG Dami Im 34 31 77 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 35 32 09 03 ? XXXTentacion 36 29 06 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 37 28 57 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 38 50 34 02 SNOW Angus & Julia Stone 39 NE 01 39 7 Beach House 40 41 54 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 41 43 74 02 MOANA Soundtrack 42 NE 01 42 MY ASTRAL PLANE Esoterik 43 40 44 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 26 04 26 ITALIANISSIMO Patrizio Buanne 45 47 121 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 46 48 299 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 47 57 257 03 GREATEST HITS Fleetwood Mac 48 34 47 10 DIRECT HITS The Killers 49 NE 01 49 DIE LIT Playboi Carti 50 53 39 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths In one of the more surprising circumstances I've ever witnessed on the charts, Childish Gambino now has a #1 hit with "This Is America". It keeps "Better Now" at #2 where it will probably stay again next week as the chart continues to be volatile. Amazingly next week's #1 looks to be "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds Of Summer which is #1 on iTunes & Apple and not far behind on Spotify. What's also surprising is that we actually have 2 Australian songs in the top 10 at the same time, as Amy Shark gets her 2nd top 10 hit with "I Said Hi". Also on the note of Australian artists, Jessica Mauboy has an expected return to the chart with a new peak for "We Got Love" following Eurovision. Hayden James also gets his 3rd top 50 hit with "Just Friends" which might be able to push him into the top 40 for the first time thanks to strong streams. On the album chart, Arctic Monkeys pick up their 3rd #1. They previously hit #1 very narrowly with their debut, and of course with "AM". They're unable to top the Digital Albums chart though, The Greatest Showman soundtrack refuses to stop selling. The latest Sony artist to do a covers album is Delta Goodrem, this time focusing on Olivia Newton-John, giving her a 6th top 5 album. Reaching a new height though is Charlie Puth with his 2nd album outpacing his first by 1 position at #7, and Bad Wolves are getting some attention on songs they've actually written themselves notching a top 10 debut. Personal favourites Beach House have done a Hayden James on the album chart, but 10 spots higher as they get their 3rd top 40 album, though without having reached the top 30. Next week will be a busy one for new entries though it's not obvious if there'll be a new #1. We've got Five Finger Death Punch, BTS, Courtney Barnett & James Bay to cover all the demographics.
May 23, 20187 yr Volatile is a good way to describe the chart right now :lol: I'm so glad that No Tears Left To Cry/Psycho/This Is America all managed to go #1 despite Drake's constant heavy presence in the chart. I reckon the next #1s will be Youngblood, Better Now, and then Happier. One Kiss and Back To You are possible future contenders too, both will be Top 3 before long at least and Shawn Mendes will get an album boost this week which could propel him up again Edited May 23, 20187 yr by Dexton
May 23, 20187 yr Author Volatile is a good way to describe the chart right now :lol: I'm so glad that No Tears Left To Cry/Psycho/This Is America all managed to go #1 despite Drake's constant heavy presence in the chart. I reckon the next #1s will be Youngblood, Better Now, and then Happier. One Kiss and Back To You are possible future contenders too, both will be Top 3 before long at least and Shawn Mendes will get an album boost this week which could propel him up again Please don't tell me there's a Happier Duet/Symphony in the pipeline, I've had enough Divide to last a lifetime :P
May 23, 20187 yr I'd love for one kiss to get there but I think it's time has passed. Youngblood could be number one for a while as they are on the voice at the weekend, unless better now can overtake. I must say that I am finding the digital chart more interesting than the main chart at the moment.
May 25, 20187 yr Please don't tell me there's a Happier Duet/Symphony in the pipeline, I've had enough Divide to last a lifetime :P I read somewhere there was I think... but maybe not :P Interesting that the airplay chart has Hurt Somebody at #1 for another week but it’s now falling down the chart...
May 25, 20187 yr Author Yeah, Hot Hits Australia had it right up near the top (with a cover photo to boot!), only to shove it like 30 spots down a week or so ago, making it drop #22->#35 in one day, because charts in 2018.
May 30, 20187 yr Author 27/05/2018 Singles 01 03 06 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 02 02 04 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 03 01 03 01 THIS IS AMERICA Childish Gambino 04 05 07 04 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 05 04 07 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 06 06 05 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 07 08 14 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 08 09 06 08 I SAID HI Amy Shark 09 07 13 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 10 12 05 10 2002 Anne-Marie 11 10 08 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 12 15 02 12 BACK TO YOU Selena Gomez 13 13 17 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 14 17 10 14 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 15 11 18 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 16 14 10 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 17 20 09 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 18 19 07 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 19 21 08 19 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 20 16 15 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 21 34 05 21 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 22 18 14 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 23 23 64 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 24 22 36 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 25 24 18 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 26 32 09 26 1950 King Princess 27 37 05 27 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 28 25 19 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 29 35 05 29 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 30 28 11 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 31 30 31 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 32 29 34 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 33 42 04 33 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews 34 33 03 27 YOUTH Shawn Mendes 35 27 20 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 36 NE 01 36 FAKE LOVE BTS 37 26 04 10 PARANOID Post Malone 38 41 07 38 PLAYINWITME Kyle Feat. Kehlani 39 NE 01 39 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato 40 45 72 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 41 36 04 14 BALL FOR ME Post Malone Feat. Nicki Minaj 42 50 32 16 HAPPIER Ed Sheeran 43 44 17 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 44 39 14 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 45 38 12 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 46 49 05 46 SOMEBODY The Chainsmokers & Drew Love 47 43 22 10 THIS IS ME Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 48 47 06 29 LET ME Zayn 49 40 25 19 CANDY PAINT Post Malone 50 NE 01 50 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART Backstreet Boys 55 (57) Peking Duk - Reprisal 64 (66) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 68 (NE) Lil Baby & Drake - Yes Indeed 71 (86) Vance Joy - Saturday Sun 86 (RE) Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes 88 (RE) Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 94 (NE) Celine Dion - Ashes 95 (NE) Liam Payne & J Balvin - Familiar 99 (NE) Shawn Mendes - Where Were You In The Morning? 100 (NE) BTS Feat. Steve Aoki - The Truth Untold Album 01 05 04 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 02 NE 01 02 TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL Courtney Barnett 03 02 24 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 NE 01 04 AND JUSTICE FOR NONE Five Finger Death Punch 05 06 64 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 06 NE 01 06 LOVE YOURSELF: 轉 'TEAR' BTS 07 03 04 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 08 01 02 01 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO Arctic Monkeys 09 NE 01 09 DEADPOOL 2 Soundtrack 10 12 48 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 11 08 03 01 REVERENCE Parkway Drive 12 18 187 01 1989 Taylor Swift 13 04 02 04 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Delta Goodrem 14 NE 01 14 ELECTRIC LIGHT James Bay 15 11 205 01 X Ed Sheeran 16 17 07 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 17 20 54 05 STONEY Post Malone 18 21 28 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 16 05 01 KOD J. Cole 20 24 15 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 21 07 02 07 VOICENOTES Charlie Puth 22 26 168 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 23 13 32 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 24 23 13 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 25 22 312 01 + Ed Sheeran 26 15 06 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 27 25 15 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 28 10 04 03 SOLASTALGIA Missy Higgins 29 35 10 03 ? XXXTentacion 30 28 08 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 31 31 57 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 32 62 287 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 33 RE 08 07 BRIDGET JONES'S BABY Soundtrack 34 40 55 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 35 09 02 09 DISOBEY Bad Wolves 36 41 75 02 MOANA Soundtrack 37 37 58 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 38 32 131 01 25 Adele 39 14 02 14 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LISBON 2018 Various 40 19 04 06 CAMPFIRE Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples 41 36 07 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 42 27 29 02 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith 43 45 122 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 44 34 78 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 45 NE 01 45 DIFFERENT BEINGS BEING DIFFERENT West Thebarton 46 71 131 01 PURPOSE Justin Bieber 47 46 300 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 48 69 91 01 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd 49 43 45 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 50 59 80 03 ILLUMINATE Shawn Mendes For the first time in close to 2 years, we have an Australian artist at #1. I hope you have crumple zones ready for awful word play because this means that 5 Seconds Of Summer have their second time at the #1 spot, while in these post-Post Malone album drop weeks, Post Malone continues to post strong but not strong enough streams as "Better Now" is now #2 for 3 weeks. To go back to 5SOS, a particularly bitter person could note that this is the first time a song of theirs has hit #1 proper, because "She Looks So Perfect" almost certainly hit #1 due to combined sales from individual tracks on the EP of the same name. Aside from a mostly stable top 10 this week, Anne-Marie scores a 4th top 10 with her frankensong "2002". As predicted last week, Hayden James gets his first top 40 hit this week, and that's the same case for BTS. To move onto artists past their glory days, this week has the Backstreet Boys back in the top 100 for the first time since 2009 and top 50 for the first time since 2007. Also not having charted for a decade is Celine Dion who gets her first chart entry since 2007. To my surprise we don't have a new #1, we don't even have a Greatest Showman #1, we've got Post Malone returning to #1, with sales that I can't imagine are particularly strong. We very nearly had an Australian double at #1 as Courtney Barnett's 2nd album debuts at #2, outpeaking her debut which made it to #4, though I believe is the newest album to achieve a gold certification by an artist that is not a children's entertainer and has never had a charting single. Also debuting in the top 10 this week is Five Finger Death Punch, who don't score a new peak, but do get their 2nd top 10 album. There's also BTS who do score a new peak to go along with their top 10 album, and I imagine the highest peaking Asian album in some time on the basis that I can only also think of BABYMETAL's #7 peak. The 2nd Deadpool soundtrack cracks the top 10 after the first one peaked at #18. Next week I will not 100% count out Post Malone, but I imagine he won't be able to stop Shawn Mendes from scoring his first #1 album. Also appearing in the top 10 should be CHVRCHES & A$AP Rocky.
June 3, 20187 yr Lovely is shooting up the chart now, Top 15 next/this week and hopefully even higher soon. It's lagging behind a bit on sales compared to streams, not that that makes a huge difference, though. Ocean Eyes is almost Top 60 on Spotify too after getting a bit of a playlist push, I see that becoming another huge hit for Billie here despite being from her previous album Happier should have a decent boost next week with how well the Tiesto remix is doing. It's fairly crap in terms of remixes I think but I'm happy if it gives Ed another hit ;)
June 6, 20187 yr Author 03/06/2018 Singles 01 01 07 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 02 02 05 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 03 04 08 03 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 04 06 06 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 05 05 08 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 06 03 04 01 THIS IS AMERICA Childish Gambino 07 07 15 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 08 08 07 08 I SAID HI Amy Shark 09 12 03 09 BACK TO YOU Selena Gomez 10 17 10 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 11 10 06 10 2002 Anne-Marie 12 09 14 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 13 21 06 13 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 14 11 09 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 15 14 11 14 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 16 15 19 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 17 13 18 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 18 18 08 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 19 34 04 19 YOUTH Shawn Mendes 20 20 16 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 21 22 15 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 22 19 09 19 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 23 29 06 23 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 24 23 65 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 25 26 10 25 1950 King Princess 26 16 11 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 27 27 06 27 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 28 24 37 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 29 33 05 29 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews 30 31 32 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 31 30 12 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 32 25 19 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 33 28 20 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 34 NE 01 34 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta 35 32 35 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 36 39 02 36 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato 37 NE 01 37 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD 38 35 21 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 39 42 33 16 HAPPIER Ed Sheeran 40 40 73 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 41 NE 01 41 NO PLACE RÜFÜS DU SOL 42 38 08 38 PLAYINWITME Kyle Feat. Kehlani 43 46 06 43 SOMEBODY The Chainsmokers & Drew Love 44 37 05 10 PARANOID Post Malone 45 44 15 24 LOOK ALIVE BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake 46 45 13 09 SAD! XXXTentacion 47 41 05 14 BALL FOR ME Post Malone Feat. Nicki Minaj 48 47 23 10 THIS IS ME Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 49 43 18 18 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton 50 51 04 34 BLOOM Troye Sivan 51 (55) Peking Duk - Reprisal 54 (64) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 56 (71) Vance Joy - Saturday Sun 57 (NE) Shawn Mendes - Nervous 59 (NE) Drake - I'm Upset 63 (68) Lil Baby Feat. Drake - Yes Indeed 67 (99) Shawn Mendes - Where Were You In The Morning? 70 (RE) Bad Wolves - Zombie 78 (NE) Shawn Mendes - Like To Be You 82 (NE) Jonas Blue - Rise 86 (NE) Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 87 (NE) Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump Feat. Zhavia Ward - Welcome To The Party 93 (NE) Louis The Child Feat. Wafia - Better Not 94 (NE) Shawn Mendes - Fallin' All In You Albums 01 NE 01 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 02 01 05 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 03 03 25 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 05 65 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 05 NE 01 05 TESTING A$AP Rocky 06 NE 01 06 STORM BOY Xavier Rudd 07 NE 01 07 LOVE IS DEAD Chvrches 08 07 05 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 09 12 188 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 04 02 04 AND JUSTICE FOR NONE Five Finger Death Punch 11 NE 01 11 DAYTONA Pusha T 12 NE 01 12 WILDNESS Snow Patrol 13 16 08 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 14 15 206 01 X Ed Sheeran 15 06 02 06 LOVE YOURSELF: 轉 'TEAR' BTS 16 11 04 01 REVERENCE Parkway Drive 17 09 02 09 DEADPOOL 2 Soundtrack 18 10 49 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 19 17 55 05 STONEY Post Malone 20 08 03 01 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO Arctic Monkeys 21 02 02 02 TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL Courtney Barnett 22 18 29 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 23 22 169 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 24 20 16 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 25 33 09 07 BRIDGET JONES'S BABY Soundtrack 26 19 06 01 KOD J. Cole 27 21 03 07 VOICENOTES Charlie Puth 28 24 14 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 29 13 03 04 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Delta Goodrem 30 23 33 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 31 34 56 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 32 29 11 03 ? XXXTentacion 33 31 58 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 34 NE 01 34 IT COMES AND GOES Dream On Dreamer 35 25 313 01 + Ed Sheeran 36 30 09 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 37 43 123 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 38 36 76 02 MOANA Soundtrack 39 51 17 01 THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE Bon Jovi 40 32 288 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 41 50 81 03 ILLUMINATE Shawn Mendes 42 27 16 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 43 37 59 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 44 46 132 01 PURPOSE Justin Bieber 45 26 07 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 46 52 30 02 JOANNE Lady Gaga 47 49 46 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 44 79 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 49 47 301 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 38 132 01 25 Adele 5 Seconds Of Summer now have their longest running #1 on any chart with "Youngblood" getting a 2nd week at the top. It has become the first Australian song since "Fancy" to hit #1 on the Streaming Singles chart, and I think the first song to top both streaming & sales at the same time since "Perfect", so it's pretty ingrained in the top spot for the time being. Thanks to the shuffling of the chart, "One Kiss" manages to hit a belated new peak of #3 which will probably be as high as it gets. Also climbing in the top 10 is Selena Gomez who scores her 5th top 10 hit, and first non-collaboration to get there for that matter. As it turns out, the collaborator on her first top 10 hit is also hitting new heights, as A$AP Rocky gets his highest ever lead artist single with "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)", which is also the first time Skepta has ever appeared on the singles chart here. Sydney trio RÜFÜS DU SOL score their 4th top 50 hit this week, their first since changing their name from just RÜFÜS. The singles chart is littered with Shawn Mendes tracks so it's not too big of a surprise to see that this week he scores his first ever #1. He does so managing to be the only new entry to overcome the 3 album chart juggernauts of 2018. A$AP Rocky has the next highest entry, matching his previous peak of #5, while Xavier Rudd scores his 6th top 10 album (and 3rd to peak at #6), and CHVRCHES their 2nd. Bizarrely Taylor Swift returns to the top 10 with "1989" as "reputation" falls out of the top 20, while Pusha T scores his first top 50 album, and Snow Patrol actually halve the peak of their previous album. Interestingly aside from Khalid and 3 new entries, the entire top 50 have peaked in the top 10. Next week we'll see if Kanye West can score his 2nd #1 album, while Australian electro stalwarts The Presets will aim for a 3rd top 5 album.
June 12, 20187 yr Author 10/06/2018 Singles 01 01 08 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 02 02 06 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 03 03 09 03 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 04 04 07 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande 05 NE 01 05 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 06 08 08 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark 07 09 04 07 BACK TO YOU Selena Gomez 08 07 16 03 LOVE LIES Khalid & Normani 09 05 09 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake 10 06 05 01 THIS IS AMERICA Childish Gambino 11 11 07 10 2002 Anne-Marie 12 NE 01 12 ALL MINE Kanye West 13 13 07 13 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 14 12 15 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 15 14 10 03 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 16 18 09 16 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 17 15 12 14 REMIND ME TO FORGET Kygo 18 NE 01 18 YIKES Kanye West 19 21 16 15 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels 20 10 11 09 IN MY BLOOD Shawn Mendes 21 17 19 07 THE MIDDLE Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris 22 NE 01 22 GHOST TOWN Kanye West 23 16 20 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 24 23 07 23 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 25 22 10 19 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 26 39 34 16 HAPPIER Ed Sheeran 27 37 02 27 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD 28 36 03 28 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato 29 20 17 04 FRIENDS Marshmello & Anne Marie 30 29 06 29 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews 31 19 05 19 YOUTH Shawn Mendes 32 24 66 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 33 NE 01 33 WOULDN'T LEAVE Kanye West 34 25 11 25 1950 King Princess 35 27 07 27 OTW Khalid x Ty Dolla $ign x 6lack 36 28 38 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 37 30 33 02 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 38 26 12 04 FREAKY FRIDAY Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown 39 31 13 27 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 40 NE 01 40 VIOLENT CRIMES Kanye West 41 NE 01 41 I THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING YOU Kanye West 42 35 36 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 43 32 20 02 THESE DAYS Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 44 33 21 03 IDGAF Dua Lipa 45 38 22 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 46 NE 01 46 NO MISTAKES Kanye West 47 34 02 34 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta 48 59 02 48 I'M UPSET Drake 49 42 09 38 PLAYINWITME Kyle Feat. Kehlani 50 40 74 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 54 (56) Vance Joy - Saturday Sun 68 (NE) James Arthur - You Deserve Better 74 (NE) Ruel - Dazed & Confused 92 (RE) Clean Bandit Feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You 94 (NE) The 1975 - Give Yourself A Try Albums 01 NE 01 01 YE Kanye West 02 02 06 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 03 03 26 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 04 66 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 05 NE 01 05 HI VIZ The Presets 06 01 02 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 07 NE 01 07 PREQUELLE Ghost 08 64 12 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 09 NE 01 09 GOD'S FAVORITE CUSTOMER Father John Misty 10 08 06 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 11 13 09 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 12 07 02 07 LOVE IS DEAD Chvrches 13 14 207 01 X Ed Sheeran 14 19 56 05 STONEY Post Malone 15 22 30 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 18 50 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 17 23 170 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 18 17 03 09 DEADPOOL 2 Soundtrack 19 24 17 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 20 10 03 04 AND JUSTICE FOR NONE Five Finger Death Punch 21 05 02 05 TESTING A$AP Rocky 22 11 02 11 DAYTONA Pusha T 23 NE 01 23 NOONDAY DREAM Ben Howard 24 16 05 01 REVERENCE Parkway Drive 25 20 04 01 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO Arctic Monkeys 26 28 15 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 27 35 314 01 + Ed Sheeran 28 RE 24 02 FLICKER Niall Horan 29 30 34 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 30 26 07 01 KOD J. Cole 31 06 02 06 STORM BOY Xavier Rudd 32 15 03 06 LOVE YOURSELF: 轉 'TEAR' BTS 33 09 189 01 1989 Taylor Swift 34 31 57 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 35 27 04 07 VOICENOTES Charlie Puth 36 37 124 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 37 32 12 03 ? XXXTentacion 38 33 59 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 39 36 10 03 MY DEAR MELANCHOLY, The Weeknd 40 21 03 02 TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL Courtney Barnett 41 57 42 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths 42 43 60 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 43 40 289 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 44 38 77 02 MOANA Soundtrack 45 55 03 45 13 REASONS WHY SEASON 2 Soundtrack 46 48 80 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 47 51 09 02 THERE IS MORE Hillsong Worship 48 42 17 04 FIFTY SHADES FREED Soundtrack 49 45 08 01 DJARIMIRRI (CHILD OF THE RAINBOW) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 50 41 82 03 ILLUMINATE Shawn Mendes Kanye West is such an odd entity in the charts that even if I wasn't a big fan there'd be a lot to unpack this week. For starters though, 5 Seconds Of Summer continue to carry on with "Youngblood" at the top of the chart for a 3rd week. It's starting to face some competition on streaming from Post Malone who is neck & neck on Spotify (though arguably ahead as 5SOS have ineligible video streams from Hot Hits Australia), but he's way behind on sales and can't really pose a threat yet. Maroon 5 are also back in the charts with the peculiar stat that "Girls Like You" is their first top 5 hit since "One More Night", as their long running hits of late have all had a habit of just missing the top 5. It's also Cardi B's first ever top 5 single. Also for fans of mathematical patterns, Childish Gambino's last 4 weeks have had him matching triangular numbers as he goes 1-3-6-10. That is however, perhaps misinformation as we get into the info that Kanye West has had his entire new album debut in the top 50. This is despite releasing a day later than usual, and it also seems that he's been disadvantaged quite heavily by some sort of data mis-representation. I say this because "All Mine" was pretty much locked for about #3 on streaming based on Apple & Spotify, but only ended up at #9 on that particular chart, and #12 overall. Nonetheless, it's a fascinating turn of events as Kanye has not seen a track from a studio album of his reach the top 40 since "All Of The Lights", though many of them have since achieved gold & platinum certifications. "ye" also hits #1 on the album chart, which is Kanye's 2nd #1 album after "Yeezus". "Yeezus" is in fact a very peculiar case in ARIA Chart history as it's one of the very few instances I can think of where ARIA have actually revised a chart after publishing, a big change from now when they just ignore the several errors that are plaguing the chart from week to week. But indeed, when that 2013 album chart came out, Kanye was #2 behind a collaboration album from Adam Brand & Troy Cassar-Daley. It was later discovered that sales of that album to retailers were accidentally included in its count and so the top 2 were swapped around. Incidentally this happened in the same year that Jay Z achieved an instant platinum certification in the US by getting Samsung to buy 1M copies of his new album. Anyway, that was also the last time Kanye West ever impacted the album chart because the even more obtuse release strategy with "The Life Of Pablo" means that the album was not even eligible to chart at the time. I actually don't know if it's eligible now that streaming counts to the album chart, but nonetheless it's still never hit the album chart. "ye" is notably short at just 7 tracks, but it is not quite the shortest #1 album we've ever had, which I believe is Troye Sivan's "Wild" EP, which is 2 minutes shorter. Anyhow, the next highest debut on the chart comes from The Presets who score their 3rd top 5 album, having previously hit #1 with their immensely successful "Apocalypso" album in 2008. Moving up in the world is Ghost, who score their first ever top 10 album with their 4th album. Also on the way up is Father John Misty who keeps climbing higher, now with his 4th album under said moniker he scores his first top 10. Luke Combs also shoots into the top 10 with thanks to a deluxe edition. Next week looks to be a competitive week on the album chart, as Kanye West is back at it again with his Kid Cudi collaboration album "KIDS SEE GHOSTS", but we've also got another Australian band, Sheppard who could challenge for the top spot, alongside the usual suspects of Post Malone & The Greatest Showman.
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