03/09/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 09 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

02 02 07 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 04 20 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

04 05 13 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

05 03 09 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

06 09 07 06 SHOTGUN George Ezra

07 06 05 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

08 10 11 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

09 11 12 08 RISE Jonas Blue

10 07 07 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

11 08 02 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

12 12 12 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

13 13 04 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

14 30 02 14 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

15 16 12 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

16 15 19 10 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd

17 14 14 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

18 22 04 18 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

19 17 11 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

20 20 11 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

21 24 09 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

22 18 18 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

23 23 16 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

24 19 06 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

25 48 02 25 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

26 27 19 04 2002 Anne-Marie

27 31 06 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

28 25 15 07 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato

29 26 17 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

30 28 12 18 I WANNA KNOW NOTD Feat. Bea Miller

31 21 19 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

32 29 21 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

33 40 07 33 BODY Loud Luxury

34 32 26 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

35 NE 01 35 IDOL BTS

36 34 19 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

37 33 21 03 ONE KISS Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa

38 44 78 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

39 35 16 04 BACK TO YOU Selena Gomez

40 39 20 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark

41 37 14 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

42 41 10 41 I'M A MESS Bebe Rexha

43 38 28 14 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels

44 42 18 26 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews

45 46 32 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake

46 45 21 01 NICE FOR WHAT Drake

47 47 09 05 NONSTOP Drake

48 55 05 43 DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE David Guetta Feat. Anne-Marie

49 51 27 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign

50 NE 01 50 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

 

54 (78) Kian - Waiting

69 (RE) Imagine Dragons - Natural

72 (84) Amy Shark - All Loved Up

73 (NE) Tom Walker - Leave A Light On

90 (RE) Dua Lipa - New Rules

91 (RE) Marshmello x Khalid - Silence

92 (RE) Shawn Mendes - Nervous

93 (RE) The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey - Closer

94 (RE) James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

95 (RE) David Guetta & Sia - Flames

97 (RE) Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke

98 (RE) P!nk - What About Us

99 (RE) The Weeknd - Call Out My Name

100 (RE) Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 MISERY The Amity Affliction

02 01 02 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

03 04 09 01 SCORPION Drake

04 02 02 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

05 07 78 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

06 08 18 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

07 05 07 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

08 09 38 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

09 NE 01 09 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'ANSWER' BTS

10 06 04 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

11 10 03 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

12 11 24 02 ? XXXTentacion

13 NE 01 13 BUTCHERBIRD John Williamson

14 12 46 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

15 NE 01 15 RAINIER FOG Alice In Chains

16 14 07 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

17 03 02 03 WORKING CLASS BOY - THE SOUNDTRACKS Jimmy Barnes

18 18 14 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

19 21 260 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

20 27 219 01 X Ed Sheeran

21 NE 01 21 LIGHTSLEEPER Neil & Liam Finn

22 31 21 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

23 30 68 05 STONEY Post Malone

24 29 182 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

25 32 18 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban

26 NE 01 26 MARAUDER Interpol

27 24 08 04 THE BEST SO FAR...2018 TOUR EDITION Celine Dion

28 37 24 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

29 36 69 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

30 33 10 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

31 NE 01 31 LIONESS Beccy Cole

32 40 301 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

33 35 42 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

34 26 05 19 ONE VOICE: BELIEVE Aled Jones

35 47 27 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

36 68 18 27 SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT Dean Lewis

37 60 03 37 TIMELESS Il Divo

38 28 11 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

39 38 136 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

40 RE 33 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins

41 44 16 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

42 34 03 15 WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE Elvis Presley

43 42 72 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

44 56 326 01 + Ed Sheeran

45 49 125 01 LIVE AC/DC

46 41 89 02 MOANA Soundtrack

47 39 54 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths

48 45 29 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack

49 48 67 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

50 46 253 01 ABBA GOLD ABBA

 

 

With the iconic chorus calling of "Leave it alone mate, she doesn't want to go home with you", Dave Lewis makes a 3rd week at #1 with a continued lack of competition, though Benny Blanco has now taken the top spot on streaming. This is not a particularly thrilling week and it does not help that matter when Calvin Harris & Marshmello's new hits seem to both be missing their Apple streams (there is a distressingly similar situation for "Baby Shark" which is not appearing on this chart). Otherwise the chart is providing excellent reasoning for album tracks to be let on the chart because otherwise nothing else happens, unless of course you're seeing that long list of bottom end re-entries and thinking 'thank goodness they're still making an imprint'. This isn't entirely fair to the chart as there are two new entries in the top 50. Firstly BTS have very narrowly scored a new singles chart peak with their 3rd top 50 hit "IDOL". And secondly we have the very timely return of Jason Derulo, a couple weeks after I remarked that he's yet to score a top 50 hit this year. His streak of making the top 50 at least once has made it to 10 consecutive years, and he does it because there are no popular songs right now that rhyme with "Waste" and that he got luckily prominent placings on iTunes & Spotify...so his questionable Bocelli sampling gets in at #50. Also because of a very slow promotion cycle, "Never Ever" is now the highest song with Sarah Aarons providing vocals, even though it was actually released before "Fire/Reprisal".

 

Australia's favourite whinging babies The Amity Affliction score their 4th consecutive #1 album. These have all been in the 2010s, so they join the small list of artists with 4 different #1 albums this decade, off the top of my head this includes One Direction, Lana Del Rey & Taylor Swift. Recently announced/released albums for Bring Me The Horizon & Eminem could also put them in that list. BTS also score another top 10 album but unlike the upward trend on the singles chart, this is the lowest peaking of those 3. Next week is a strange powerhouse battle of Eminem, Troye Sivan & Tash Sultana.

10/09/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 10 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

02 02 08 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 06 08 03 SHOTGUN George Ezra

04 NE 01 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

05 NE 01 05 THE RINGER Eminem

06 03 21 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

07 04 14 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

08 08 12 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

09 05 10 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

10 07 06 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

11 09 13 08 RISE Jonas Blue

12 14 03 12 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

13 NE 01 13 KAMIKAZE Eminem

14 12 13 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

15 NE 01 15 GREATEST Eminem

16 10 08 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

17 13 05 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

18 11 03 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

19 25 03 19 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

20 19 12 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

21 18 05 18 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

22 NE 01 22 FALL Eminem

23 NE 01 23 NOT ALIKE Eminem Feat. Royce da 5'9

24 15 13 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

25 21 10 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

26 17 15 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

27 16 20 10 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd

28 20 12 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

29 23 17 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

30 22 19 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

31 24 07 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

32 33 08 32 BODY Loud Luxury

33 NE 01 33 NORMAL Eminem

34 NE 01 34 STEPPING STONE Eminem

35 27 07 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

36 29 18 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

37 NE 01 37 VENOM Eminem

38 26 20 04 2002 Anne-Marie

39 30 13 18 I WANNA KNOW NOTD Feat. Bia Miller

40 34 27 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

41 28 16 07 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato

42 31 20 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

43 38 79 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

44 32 22 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

45 36 20 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

46 NE 01 46 GOOD GUY Eminem Feat. Jessie Reyez

47 40 21 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark

48 NE 01 48 NICE GUY Eminem Feat. Jessie Reyez

49 43 29 14 HURT SOMEBODY Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels

50 41 15 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

 

53 (NE) Dynoro - In My Mind

81 (NE) Alesso - Remedy

85 (RE) Troye Sivan - My My My!

87 (RE) Troye Sivan Feat. Ariana Grande - Dance To This

97 (RE) Vance Joy - Riptide

100 (RE) Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran - River

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

02 NE 01 02 FLOW STATE Tash Sultana

03 NE 01 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

04 02 03 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

05 03 10 01 SCORPION Drake

06 05 79 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

07 NE 01 07 RUNAWAY Passenger

08 08 39 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

09 06 19 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

10 NE 01 10 8 LETTERS Why Don't We

11 07 08 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

12 10 05 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

13 11 04 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

14 12 25 02 ? XXXTentacion

15 16 08 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

16 04 03 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

17 01 02 01 MISERY The Amity Affliction

18 18 15 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

19 35 28 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

20 13 02 13 BUTCHERBIRD John Williamson

21 20 220 01 X Ed Sheeran

22 14 47 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

23 17 03 03 WORKING CLASS BOY - THE SOUNDTRACKS Jimmy Barnes

24 NE 01 24 WIGGLE POP! The Wiggles

25 19 261 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

26 09 02 09 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'ANSWER' BTS

27 39 137 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

28 22 22 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

29 24 183 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

30 23 69 05 STONEY Post Malone

31 40 34 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins

32 32 302 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

33 28 25 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

34 25 19 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban

35 41 17 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

36 30 11 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

37 33 43 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

38 29 70 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

39 38 12 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

40 43 73 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

41 73 182 01 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY Vance Joy

42 44 327 01 + Ed Sheeran

43 NE 01 43 LET'S GO SUNSHINE The Kooks

44 27 09 04 THE BEST SO FAR...2018 TOUR EDITION Celine Dion

45 45 126 01 LIVE AC/DC

46 37 04 37 TIMELESS Il Divo

47 52 63 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

48 48 30 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack

49 NE 01 49 A PARANORMAL EVENING AT THE OLYMPIA PARIS Alice Cooper

50 46 90 02 MOANA Soundtrack

 

 

Halfway to matching 5SOS's run at the top, Dennis Lewis makes 4 weeks at #1. Here is where things start to complicate for him though as he is no longer #1 on either sales or streaming. The former goes to George Ezra with "Shotgun" now becoming his highest ever charting single at #3 ("Budapest" having peaked at #5), but with it only sitting at #9 on Streaming, it can't yet compete for the top spot. What will be competing is Benny Blanco who continues to rule the streaming chart and came surprisingly close to the top of the chart this week (it's hard to tell exactly because "Be Alright" is getting a lot of video streams misrepresenting its Spotify numbers), and it looks like he will close the gap even more this week so he could just snatch it. On the writing & production side of things he has previously had 7 #1 hits here, the first being "TiK ToK" and most recent being "Cold Water". I also forgot to mention last week that Drake's "In My Feelings" had been slipping down the chart with a Fibonacci sequence (1-1-2-3-5), sadly this week he falls a little too low to continue that. Part of the blame is on the elephant in the room that is Eminem's new album. Last year's splash for "Revival" was a bit muted, and only the 2 singles made the top 50 (though about half a dozen others charted in the 51-100 section). He has considerably improved his fortunes this time around as the entire album (minus the skits) is in the top 50 this week. He also instantly matches the count of top 10 hits on "Revival", with "Kamikaze" instantly getting 2, "Lucky You" and "The Ringer". "Lucky You" is Joyner Lucas's first ever top 50 hit, he previously entered the top 100 alongside Chris Brown with "Stranger Things". If I'm not mistaken too, with vocal contributions on "Fall", it's the first time in the top 50 for Bon Iver, who because of "Skinny Love" being left out of the chart for no reason, only ever charted in the top 100 with the very inaccessible single "Heavenly Father". Once again I have to spend most of this time speaking about Eminem because there's very little else happening. His influx of entries does stop a top 50 debut for Dynoro, whose "In My Mind" has been getting ignored from the chart for a few weeks now, which I can kind of understand because the official YouTube upload isn't even available in Australia, maybe they're not super interested in promoting a song that's already been a top 50 hit twice this decade here. Also just narrowly missing the top 100 is "Baby Shark". Vance Joy never stops doing promo so "Riptide" is back in the chart, oddly ahead of anything on his new album.

 

The album chart was looking to be quite a battle, and we were due for another Australian double at the top, but then Eminem went and spoiled it all by releasing a new album out of nowhere. In doing so he has the biggest weekly album figures of the year, (unless you count Ed Sheeran's post-Christmas week which was technically a January chart though the sales were done in December) and with no physical sales to boot. As a result, the whole top 3 have sales that would be respectable enough for a #1 on many weeks. In the runner up slot we've got multi-instrumentalist and loop pedal enthusiast Tash Sultana. I associate Tash a lot with Amy Shark as they both released huge breakout singles only about a month apart and would end up in the 2nd & 3rd slots of 2016's Hottest 100 with those songs. Despite very similar time gaps between those breakouts & the eventual albums, Amy included "Adore" on her album, while Tash did not include "Jungle". Following that, we've got Troye Sivan who continues to be not very fortunate with release timing outside of his "WILD" EP which became the first ever EP to hit #1 on the album chart. His album "Blue Neighbourhood" however was released in the very busy month of December and could only reach #6. This time around he's a bit higher but still unfortunate given his competition to land at #3. Next up is the very prolific Passenger who always seems to have a new album around the corner, this is now his 5th to reach the top 10. Reaching the top 10 for the first time however is Why Don't We, who have evidently started building quite a fanbase despite only having 1 very brief running top 100 charting single, and the dubious honour of giving Logan Paul a chart hit. Next week Eminem will probably be able to retain the top spot ahead of Paul McCartney.

was hoping for Troye to be #1 but wasn't counting on Eminem's surprise release, never heard of this Tase Sultana

17/09/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 11 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

02 02 09 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 03 09 03 SHOTGUN George Ezra

04 12 04 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

05 07 15 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

06 06 22 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

07 NE 01 07 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

08 08 13 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

09 11 14 08 RISE Jonas Blue

10 09 11 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

11 04 02 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

12 10 07 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

13 19 04 13 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

14 13 02 13 KAMIKAZE Eminem

15 21 06 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

16 17 06 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

17 20 13 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

18 05 02 05 THE RINGER Eminem

19 14 14 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

20 16 09 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

21 18 04 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

22 24 14 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

23 26 16 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

24 25 11 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

25 32 09 25 BODY Loud Luxury

26 29 18 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

27 35 08 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

28 30 20 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

29 31 08 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

30 28 13 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

31 27 21 10 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd

32 23 02 23 NOT ALIKE Eminem Feat. Royce da 5'9

33 NE 01 33 ELECTRICITY Silk City, Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

34 36 19 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

35 40 28 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

36 22 02 22 FALL Eminem

37 58 05 37 NATURAL Imagine Dragons

38 15 02 15 GREATEST Eminem

39 43 80 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

40 39 14 18 I WANNA KNOW NOTD Feat. Bia Miller

41 53 02 41 IN MY MIND Dynoro

42 44 23 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

43 38 21 04 2002 Anne-Marie

44 42 21 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

45 45 21 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

46 50 16 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

47 47 22 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark

48 52 03 48 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

49 41 17 07 SOLO Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato

50 62 04 50 WAITING Kian

 

56 (81) Alesso - Remedy

58 (69) LSD Feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth - Thunderclouds

61 (NE) Machine Gun Kelly - Rap Devil

64 (71) Tom Walker - Leave A Light On

74 (RE) Morgan Evans - Body Like A Day Drunk

79 (NE) Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer

83 (NE) Mac Miller - Self Care

92 (NE) Jess Glynne - All I Am

98 (RE) The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey - Closer

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

02 NE 01 02 MY OWN MESS Skegss

03 04 04 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

04 NE 01 04 EGYPT STATION Paul McCartney

05 05 11 01 SCORPION Drake

06 06 80 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

07 RE 03 07 SWIMMING Mac Miller

08 08 40 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

09 09 20 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

10 NE 01 10 I WANT TO DIE IN NEW ORLEANS $uicideboy$

11 03 02 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

12 14 26 02 ? XXXTentacion

13 12 06 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

14 02 02 02 FLOW STATE Tash Sultana

15 11 09 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

16 13 05 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

17 15 09 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

18 19 29 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

19 18 16 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

20 21 221 01 X Ed Sheeran

21 27 138 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

22 28 23 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

23 22 48 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

24 16 04 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

25 25 262 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

26 30 70 05 STONEY Post Malone

27 32 303 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

28 17 03 01 MISERY The Amity Affliction

29 29 184 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

30 38 71 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

31 37 44 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

32 36 12 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

33 26 03 09 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'ANSWER' BTS

34 33 26 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

35 35 18 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

36 41 183 01 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY Vance Joy

37 47 64 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

38 NE 01 38 LOOK UP CHILD Lauren Daigle

39 53 69 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

40 39 13 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

41 45 127 01 LIVE AC/DC

42 40 74 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

43 NE 01 43 ZOO Russ

44 20 03 13 BUTCHERBIRD John Williamson

45 48 31 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack

46 42 328 01 + Ed Sheeran

47 50 91 02 MOANA Soundtrack

48 07 02 07 RUNAWAY Passenger

49 34 20 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban

50 55 74 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar

 

I am aware that you have an affinity for the ARIA Charts however it is no longer, brethren, because the rurals have won again for 5 weeks in a row. I do not think it's impossible for "Eastside" to get there, though this week may be its last chance, with George Ezra making big gains on streaming. Any of the three songs could be next week's #1 I think. Calvin Harris's streams seem to be correctly counted now so "Promises" gives him another top 5 hit for 2018, it's just 1 spot behind "One Kiss"'s #3 peak. Kanye West also scores his 2nd top 10 hit for the year, and his highest for that matter for reasons that definitely do not relate to ARIA mucking up "ye"'s first week streams. With a slow start on streams, there's a good chance it will climb next week. "I Love It" is also Lil Pump's first top 10 hit. I also want to just skip ahead briefly to mention that Dynoro's "In My Mind" has hit the top 50, I believe it's the first charting hit for both him and uncredited Gigi D'Agostino. The dumb chart facts nerd in me also has to mention that this is the 3rd version of "In My Mind" to reach the top 50, following Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl's collaboration, and then Flo Rida's ruining of it, both of these were in 2012. What also happened in 2012 was that we had what I believe were until this week the only top 10 hits called "I Love It", by Hilltop Hoods and Icona Pop, so this week both of those extremely specific 2012 pairings get a 2018 counterpart. Eminem's tracks all drop this week, the best fairing track is curiously "Kamikaze", for reasons that are definitely not related to the fact that ARIA have seemingly mixed up its streaming numbers with "Fall" which curiously is only his 5th highest track on the chart despite being the only one in the top 40 digital tracks chart. Also this week, Silk City get their first chart entry here with "Electricity", giving Mark Ronson a 3rd guise that he's made the top 50 under, Diplo I think may get his 5th guise if LSD continue their climbing.

 

For the first time in a little over a month, we have an album retaining the top spot, which means that I don't have to change the subheading for this thread. There was some competition however, and it wasn't from Paul McCartney, who despite syncing up his release week with the man who made him famous a few years ago, but instead a local act. Surf rock group Skegss are very easy to misspell, but despite that have amassed quite the fanbase to make a #2 debut with their first full length album. It's not on there but I recommend "Got On My Skateboard" as a super catchy light rock track from last year. Also making a big impact is Mac Miller due to the unfortunate news of him passing away last week. His newest album re-enters in a big way, becoming his first top 10 peaker at #7. Also entering high in the top 10 is $uicideboy$ whose reason for high digital album sales cannot be ascertained, but good for them. It's another L for Russ who misses the top 40. Next week's biggest news appears to be Carrie Underwood, Good Charlotte & David Guetta, so Eminem is probably looking good for a 3rd week at the top.

24/09/2018

 

Singles

 

01 03 10 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

02 01 12 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

03 02 10 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

04 07 02 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

05 04 05 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

06 05 16 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

07 09 15 07 RISE Jonas Blue

08 13 05 08 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

09 08 14 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

10 06 23 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

11 11 03 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

12 10 12 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

13 12 08 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

14 25 10 14 BODY Loud Luxury

15 NE 01 15 BETTER Khalid

16 16 07 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

17 15 07 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

18 17 14 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

19 21 05 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

20 19 15 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

21 22 15 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

22 23 17 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

23 14 03 13 KAMIKAZE Eminem

24 33 02 24 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

25 41 03 25 IN MY MIND Dynoro

26 24 12 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

27 20 10 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

28 37 06 28 NATURAL Imagine Dragons

29 27 09 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

30 30 14 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

31 18 03 05 THE RINGER Eminem

32 26 19 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

33 28 21 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

34 29 09 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

35 35 29 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

36 48 04 36 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

37 39 81 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

38 50 05 38 WAITING Kian

39 34 20 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

40 42 24 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

41 64 04 41 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

42 46 17 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

43 31 22 10 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd

44 32 03 23 NOT ALIKE Eminem Feat. Royce da 5'9

45 61 02 45 RAP DEVIL Machine Gun Kelly

46 44 22 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

47 43 22 04 2002 Anne-Marie

48 45 22 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

49 47 23 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark

50 52 89 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran

 

69 (nice) 6lack - Switch

73 (74) Morgan Evans - Day Drunk

76 (79) Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer

78 (92) Jess Glynne - All I Am

85 (RE) 5 Seconds Of Summer - Valentine

92 (RE) Amy Shark - All Loved Up

93 (NE) Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex

97 (RE) Dua Lipa - New Rules

98 (RE) Eminem - Lose Yourself

100 (RE) Dua Lipa - IDGAF

 

Albums

 

01 01 03 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

02 05 12 01 SCORPION Drake

03 03 05 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

04 NE 01 04 CRY PRETTY Carrie Underwood

05 06 81 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

06 NE 01 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

07 08 41 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

08 09 21 01 BEERBONGS / BENTLEYS Post Malone

09 NE 01 09 7 David Guetta

10 12 27 02 ? XXXTentacion

11 18 30 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

12 13 07 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

13 16 06 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

14 17 10 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

15 15 10 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

16 11 03 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

17 07 04 07 SWIMMING Mac Miller

18 19 17 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

19 23 49 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

20 NE 01 20 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

21 21 139 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

22 14 03 02 FLOW STATE Tash Sultana

23 20 222 01 X Ed Sheeran

24 NE 01 24 GENERATION RX Good Charlotte

25 04 02 04 EGYPT STATION Paul McCartney

26 31 45 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

27 22 24 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

28 NE 01 28 FOR EVER Jungle

29 25 263 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

30 30 72 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

31 27 304 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

32 NE 01 32 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

33 26 71 05 STONEY Post Malone

34 35 19 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

35 29 185 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

36 36 184 01 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY Vance Joy

37 37 65 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

38 42 75 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

39 32 13 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

40 34 27 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

41 39 70 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

42 NE 01 42 NO ONE DEFEATS US Dreams

43 02 02 02 MY OWN MESS Skegss

44 41 128 01 LIVE AC/DC

45 40 14 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

46 24 05 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

47 33 04 09 LOVE YOURSELF 結 'ANSWER' BTS

48 45 32 02 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack

49 46 329 01 + Ed Sheeran

50 28 04 01 MISERY The Amity Affliction

 

 

Today I learnt that with regards to the arbitrary sub-title limit, '&' uses up more space than 'and' and so I couldn't find a clean way to do it correctly. And the reason I did that is because we have a new #1 this week! As expected, it was quite a close battle between the top three and taking the honours is George Ezra, "Shotgun" becoming his first ever #1 hit over here. Just like it was in the UK, and proving that it is a viable smash hit even in relatively cold weather. It also shows that dominant sales can still get you across the line, as "Shotgun" is only #4 on the streaming chart but #1 by quite a margin on sales. It should safely be #1 again next week so the real battle will be who out of Dean Lewis, Benny Blanco & Kanye West will take the #2 slot. Though his contribution to both songs is relatively similar, if you were to not include "FourFiveSeconds", then "I Love It" has become Kanye West's first top 5 single since..."Stronger". On the topic of very slow rising songs, we've got..."Rise" :basil: which hits a new peak in its 15th week in the top 100. Marshmello continues to be a consistent hitmaker getting his 4th top 10 hit with "Happier", his only top 50 hit to not go top 10 being the Logic collaboration. It's also Bastille's 3rd top 10 hit, they've not been seen in these heights (or the chart at all) since 2013's "Of The Night" & "Pompeii". The only top 50 debut this week comes from Khalid, because it's law that he must be on 3 simultaneous hits at once and "lovely' is about to leave the top 50. George Ezra isn't the only very belated UK import, as to the delight of people who use the phrase 'real music' unironically, Tom Walker cracks the top 50 driven largely by being #4 on digital tracks though streaming is coming in. Incidentally this week's #6 digital track, an charity ensemble cover of Dragon's hit "Rain" misses the top 100 narrowly. Also amusingly, Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil" comes into the top 50, sitting one place behind the Eminem song that fueled it.

 

A slow week on the album chart very nearly sent Ed Sheeran back to #2 on sheer inertia. Eminem remains at #1 for a third week easily, the first album this year to spend its first 3 weeks at #1. Carrie Underwood has the highest debut this week and scores her 3rd #4 peaking album, a peak shared by all her top 10s. She is succeeding largely on sales while 6LACK succeeds largely on streams as his first album chart entry gets him to his appropriate number of #6. David Guetta cannot continue this as his radical transformation of Beach House's newest album "7" instead lands at #9. This is his 3rd top 10 album, as "Listen" was unlucky to peak at #11. David Guetta is also unlucky that ARIA are not acknowledging his song "Say My Name", which probably should have debuted around #60-#70 this week but nobody came. Oh and for some reason ARIA are just now counting Billie Eilish's EP, which has been in the NZ top 40 nearly all year and probably should have had similar chart success here. Eminem looks to continue his reign but there should be a handful of strong new entries for Dead Letter Circus, Thundamentals, Josh Groban & Slash.

Edited September 26, 20186 yr by Dircadirca

44 32 03 23 NOT ALIKE Eminem Feat. Royce da 5'9

45 61 02 45 RAP DEVIL Machine Gun Kelly

 

Also amusingly, Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil" comes into the top 50, sitting one place behind the Eminem song that fueled it.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Is there literally NOTHING OUT and that’s what warranted Shape Of You to come back to the top 50?

Is there literally NOTHING OUT and that’s what warranted Shape Of You to come back to the top 50?

Kind of. It's also kind of disingenuous because Tyga's "Taste" has been omitted from the chart for no reason (this is actually the 4th time that Shape Of You has held a top 50 spot because of it). I've also recently learnt that ARIA doesn't get Spotify's Thursday data in time (which is why Eminem's "Killshot" just missed the top 100 this week), and Shape had a pretty hefty loss of 8000 plays on Spotify on Thursday, so I'm willing to bet an 'accurate' chart would have it kept out even if Tyga was still missing.

 

It SHOULD be dead and buried for the time being though, it's bleeding streams heavily this week for some reason. If only "Perfect" showed any signs of going away as well <_<

01/10/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 11 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

02 03 11 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 02 13 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

04 04 03 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

05 05 06 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

06 08 06 06 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

07 NE 01 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

08 09 15 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

09 07 16 07 RISE Jonas Blue

10 06 17 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

11 NE 01 11 KILLSHOT Eminem

12 15 02 12 BETTER Khalid

13 10 24 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

14 14 11 14 BODY Loud Luxury

15 11 04 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

16 13 09 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

17 12 13 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

18 25 04 18 IN MY MIND Dynoro

19 17 08 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

20 16 08 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

21 21 16 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

22 18 15 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

23 20 16 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

24 19 06 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

25 22 18 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

26 24 03 24 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

27 41 05 27 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

28 29 10 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

29 32 20 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

30 39 21 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

31 30 15 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

32 26 13 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

33 36 05 33 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

34 33 22 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

35 28 07 28 NATURAL Imagine Dragons

36 37 82 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

37 35 30 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

38 34 10 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

39 38 06 38 WAITING Kian

40 42 18 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

41 27 11 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

42 40 25 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

43 46 23 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

44 47 23 04 2002 Anne-Marie

45 48 23 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

46 NE 01 46 WAKE UP IN THE SKY Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars, Kodak Black

47 43 23 10 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd

48 31 04 05 THE RINGER Eminem

49 NE 01 49 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

50 52 36 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake

 

64 (73) Morgan Evans - Day Drunk

70 (NE) David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin - Say My Name

72 (NE) Lukas Graham - Love Someone

75 (NE) Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water

77 (NE) Rita Ora - Let You Love Me

81 (NE) French Montana Feat. Drake - No Stylist

83 (NE) Dua Lipa - Want To

86 (NE) Ella Mai - Trip

97 (NE) Vance Joy - I'm With You

 

Albums

 

01 01 04 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

02 02 13 01 SCORPION Drake

03 05 82 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

04 NE 01 04 LIVING THE DREAM Slash

05 03 06 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

06 NE 01 06 IRIDESCENCE Brockhampton

07 07 42 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

08 08 22 01 BEERBONGS / BENTLEYS Post Malone

09 NE 01 09 I LOVE SONGS Thundamentals

10 NE 01 10 DEAD LETTER CIRCUS Dead Letter Circus

11 10 28 02 ? XXXTentacion

12 11 31 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

13 12 08 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

14 NE 01 14 BRIDGES Josh Groban

15 09 02 09 7 David Guetta

16 14 11 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

17 13 07 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

18 15 11 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

19 06 02 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

20 18 18 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

21 21 140 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

22 26 46 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

23 20 02 20 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

24 23 223 01 X Ed Sheeran

25 16 04 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

26 04 02 04 CRY PRETTY Carrie Underwood

27 19 50 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

28 35 186 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

29 29 264 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

30 27 25 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

31 31 305 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

32 22 04 02 FLOW STATE Tash Sultana

33 NE 01 33 PIANO & A MICROPHONE 1983 Prince

34 17 05 07 SWIMMING Mac Miller

35 34 20 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

36 37 66 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

37 33 72 05 STONEY Post Malone

38 30 73 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

39 40 28 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

40 38 76 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

41 32 02 32 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

42 36 185 01 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY Vance Joy

43 44 129 01 LIVE AC/DC

44 41 71 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

45 39 14 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

46 59 291 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

47 58 318 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

48 NE 01 48 ON THE CORNER WHERE YOU LIVE The Paper Kites

49 45 15 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

50 57 09 19 ONE VOICE: BELIEVE Aled Jones

 

 

It's always a good week in Australia when Collingwood blow a 5 goal lead in the AFL Grand Final. While not riding on a huge lead, in the context of the more static charts of late, George Ezra is pretty safely at #1 for a second week with "Shotgun" which is riding huge digital sales thanks in no small part to a TV commercial that it's featured on. Benny Blanco narrowly holds the top spot on streaming despite Kanye West being #1 on Spotify all week, returning to #2 in the process. The continued ascent of "Happier" means that all four of Marshmello's top 10 hits have peaked between #4 & #6. New in the top 10 is the extremely questionable cash grab release 'collaboration' between Lil Peep & XXXTENTACION, the first time Lil Peep has ever appeared on the ARIA Charts. Meanwhile the chart run for "Not Afraid" back in the day will have you note that Eminem is quite a fan of #10, but oddly enough he's been #11 three weeks in a row now, as replacing "Lucky You" as his highest is "Killshot". I forgot to mention last week that Dynoro's "In My Mind" (which is now top 20) has outpeaked the Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl version from 2012 which peaked at #29. XXXTENTACION isn't the only artist with a dodgy background debuting this week because Tyga...yeah never mind, but Kodak Black makes his ARIA Chart debut as well alongside Gucci Mane & Bruno Mars. I believe it's the first time Gucci Mane has had a lead credit on a chart entry. The Chainsmokers have also been pushed hard by Hot Hits Australia on Spotify but since a lot of that is from a vertical video at the top of the playlist, they only just scrape the top 50 with their song that is now top 10 on Spotify. It also means that Kelsea Ballerini scores a top 50 hit before Morgan Evans can, largely because he hasn't found favour with the playlists yet. On a positive note of chart accuracy, last week's mistakes have been fixed for this week, and now David Guetta & Dua Lipa have charted as they should have last week. Avril Lavigne also returns to the chart for the first time since I believe "Rock N Roll", coincidentally the same week a song called "I'm With You" debuts.

 

A curiosity is that because Australian radio is trying really hard to pretend that rap music does not exist at all, Eminem holds #1 for a 4th week in a row, yet to reach top 40 airplay for any tracks on "Kamikaze". Drake only narrowly holds us off from the quinella of white. Highest debut of the week goes to Slash who has been rather consistent with solo albums this decade, this being his 4th to reach the top 5. Of course I'm more inclined to say the important news is the big entry for America's hardest working boy band BROCKHAMPTON. They've been building quite a bit of fanfare here ever since the release of "SATURATION II" started getting them national airplay, "SWEET" was voted by triple j listeners as the 11th best song of 2017 (and for that matter, 2nd best not from Australia or New Zealand). Their newest album "iridescence" was the 3rd most streamed album this week and reaches #6 overall. On the topic of the triple j poll, one of the 8 (there were 3 Gang Of Youths songs in the top 10) artists to beat BROCKHAMPTON were Thundamentals with their song "Sally". Despite a usual rate of 1 new album every 3 years, it's taken them only 18 months to follow up their last album, which may have resulted in less hype as they enter at #9, a bit of a far cry from their last two albums that debuted in the top 3. Also having slipped off a bit is Brisbane's Dead Letter Circus. They're notably tied with the Backstreet Boys for the 2nd most albums to peak at #2 without having a #1 album, as their first 3 studio albums all did so (Radiohead are far ahead with 6 #2 albums), a lot of those instances were badly timed with competition, but now it looks like #1 may be eternally out of reach as they only debut at #10 with their self-titled 4th album, which has had some great singles I must say. Next week we'll have the fall out from the country's two biggest sporting events on the weekend, the AFL & NRL Grand Finals. They probably won't impact the singles chart except that Spotify numbers have notably dropped about 20% over the weekend, which is probably only good news for Tom Walker. Performing artists Jimmy Barnes & Gang Of Youths should have good boosts, while there are new releases for former multi-#1 artists John Butler Trio & The Living End, and of course Lil Wayne has "Tha Carter V".

08/10/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 12 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

02 02 12 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 03 14 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

04 04 04 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

05 06 07 05 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

06 05 07 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

07 09 17 07 RISE Jonas Blue

08 12 03 08 BETTER Khalid

09 08 16 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

10 14 12 10 BODY Loud Luxury

11 07 02 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

12 10 18 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

13 18 05 13 IN MY MIND Dynoro

14 13 25 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

15 16 10 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

16 17 14 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

17 11 02 11 KILLSHOT Eminem

18 19 09 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

19 15 05 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

20 22 16 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

21 20 09 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

22 26 04 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

23 49 02 23 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

24 27 06 24 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

25 21 17 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

26 23 17 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

27 24 07 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

28 29 21 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

29 25 19 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

30 31 16 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

31 34 23 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

32 28 11 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

33 30 22 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

34 40 19 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

35 36 83 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

36 32 14 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

37 33 06 33 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

38 39 07 38 WAITING Kian

39 35 08 28 NATURAL Imagine Dragons

40 37 31 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

41 NE 01 41 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

42 NE 01 42 MONA LISA Lil Wayne Feat. Kendrick Lamar

43 38 11 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

44 43 24 01 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY Ariana Grande

45 42 26 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny

46 41 12 05 GOD IS A WOMAN Ariana Grande

47 44 24 04 2002 Anne-Marie

48 45 24 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

49 51 05 49 REMEDY Alesso

50 NE 01 50 DON'T CRY Lil Wayne Feat. XXXTENTACION

 

54 (64) Morgan Evans - Day Drunk

57 (72) Lukas Graham - Love Someone

61 (NE) Lauv - There's No Way

69 (RE) Shawn Mendes - Lost In Japan

71 (NE) Lil Wayne Feat. Travis Scott - Let It Fly

81 (86) Ella Mai - Trip

91 (NE) Lil Wayne - Dedicate

95 (NE) Lil Wayne Feat. Sosamann - What About Me

100 (NE) Lil Wayne - Uproar

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 HOME The John Butler Trio

02 NE 01 02 DANCING QUEEN Cher

03 NE 01 03 WUNDERBAR The Living End

04 01 05 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

05 46 292 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

06 NE 01 06 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne

07 03 83 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

08 NE 01 08 YSIV Logic

09 02 14 01 SCORPION Drake

10 05 07 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

11 68 07 03 WORKING CLASS BOY - THE SOUNDTRACKS Jimmy Barnes

12 07 43 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

13 08 23 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

14 11 29 02 ? XXXTentacion

15 NE 01 15 BLOOD RED ROSES Rod Stewart

16 22 47 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

17 13 09 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

18 20 19 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

19 12 32 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

20 26 03 04 CRY PRETTY Carrie Underwood

21 18 12 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

22 16 12 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

23 06 02 06 IRIDESCENCE Brockhampton

24 24 224 01 X Ed Sheeran

25 23 03 20 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

26 17 08 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

27 15 03 09 7 David Guetta

28 21 141 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

29 39 29 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

30 35 21 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

31 31 306 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

32 19 03 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

33 50 10 19 ONE VOICE: BELIEVE Aled Jones

34 28 187 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

35 29 265 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

36 41 03 32 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

37 25 05 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

38 30 26 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

39 40 77 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

40 36 67 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

41 38 74 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

42 04 02 04 LIVING THE DREAM Slash

43 69 59 01 GO FARTHER IN LIGHTNESS Gang Of Youths

44 37 73 05 STONEY Post Malone

45 27 51 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

46 43 130 01 LIVE AC/DC

47 71 58 09 ABBA GOLD & MORE (ANNIVERSARY EDITION) ABBA

48 44 72 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

49 45 15 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

50 32 05 02 FLOW STATE Tash Sultana

 

 

Stagnant times at the top of the singles chart. George Ezra safely has a 3rd week and very likely the 4th week incoming as well. Benny Blanco enters the pantheon of long running #2 hits with "eastside" now running up for the 6th non-consecutive week. Marshmello gets his 4th top 5 hit with his 4th top 10 hit, "Happier" which also wedges in-between the #4 & #6 peaks of Bastille's first two top 10 hits. Khalid gets his 7th top 10 hit this week with "Better", while Loud Luxury are also still climbing with "Body" now in the top 10. DJ Snake simultaneously has the highest top 50 entry and top 100 debut with "Taki Taki", which is Ozuna's first ever ARIA Charts entry I believe. Lil Wayne's new album also impacts the top 50 with two entries (though "Don't Cry" wouldn't be in if there weren't excluded songs, as usual with the #50 song). Alesso also creeps into the top 50 with "Remedy" on the same week it had its video taken off Hot Hits Australia & Today's Top Hits, making it look quite auspicious as it reaches a new peak while losing a quarter of its Spotify plays. A particularly curious exclusion this week is "Shallow" which was #3 on the Digital Tracks chart, it hasn't quite made the same streaming impact here as in the UK but I suspect it should safely be in the top 50. Perhaps next week with the rest of the soundtrack out.

 

This week's album chart is firmly not dictated by the youth, but several older demographics. Reaching #1 is The John Butler Trio, which is something of a curiosity because their last album (which had a top 50 peaking lead single) missed the #1 spot early in 2015 due to hype around an INXS biopic. I assume the entire population of Byron Bay bought a copy. Prior to this, John Butler and his cycling band mates had quite a run with 3 consecutive #1 albums that all sold very well in the long run. Next up we have Cher with her very timely release of ABBA covers. It can't quite reach the top like the movie soundtrack she contributed to, and incidentally it's her highest chart position since another soundtrack where she was credited, "Burlesque" back at the start of the decade. Her 1989 album "Heart Of Stone" did reach #1. Next up we've got The Living End, who have had two #1 albums, about 20 & 10 years ago respectively. All 8 of their studio albums have reached the top 10 and this is a slight improvement on their last album which peaked at #4. Lil Wayne on the other hand, is hitting new heights with "Tha Carter V", his highest album chart peak to date, just ahead of his other top 10 album, "Tha Carter IV". Anthony Fantano continues to release albums under Logic's name, also getting a 2nd top 10 and new high peak with "YSIV". Jimmy Barnes performed at the AFL Grand Final last week, and while most international readers will know him best as the giant cowboy screaming in the clouds in that song with Alex Cameron and some other guy, Australia knows him best as the lead singer of Cold Chisel. The band's Best Of set from 2011 has a huge jump to #5, and Jimmy's more recent album release that contains many versions of Chisel tracks among other things also has a big boost to #11. I assume NRL Grand Final viewers were too furious that a non-dinosaur band in Gang Of Youths were performing so their boost isn't quite as big. Next week will be the ultimate battle of white people, as twenty one pilots will go head to head with the "A Star Is Born" soundtrack.

15/10/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 13 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

02 02 13 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 03 15 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

04 05 08 04 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

05 04 05 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

06 06 08 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

07 13 06 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

08 10 13 08 BODY Loud Luxury

09 08 04 08 BETTER Khalid

10 07 18 07 RISE Jonas Blue

11 NE 01 11 WITHOUT ME Halsey

12 09 17 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

13 12 19 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

14 11 03 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

15 14 26 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

16 18 10 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

17 23 03 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

18 16 15 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

19 21 10 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

20 24 07 20 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

21 15 11 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

22 22 05 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

23 20 17 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

24 17 03 11 KILLSHOT Eminem

25 NE 01 25 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

26 25 18 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

27 77 03 27 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

28 41 02 41 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

29 29 20 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

30 28 22 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

31 38 08 31 WAITING Kian

32 26 18 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

33 31 24 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

34 19 06 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

35 27 08 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

36 32 12 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

37 RE 03 37 VENOM Eminem

38 35 84 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

39 30 17 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

40 40 32 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

41 61 02 41 THERE'S NO WAY Lauv

42 37 07 33 GOODBYE Jason Derulo x David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William

43 33 23 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

44 34 20 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

45 36 15 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

46 57 03 46 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

47 39 09 28 NATURAL Imagine Dragons

48 54 06 48 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans

49 48 25 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

50 43 12 08 FEFE 6ix9ine Feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz

 

60 (NE) Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999

63 (NE) 6ix9ine Feat. Bobby Shmurda - STOOPID

66 (NE) Ella Mai Feat. Chris Brown - Whatchamacallit

81 (NE) Anderson .Paak Feat. Kendrick Lamar - Tints

89 (NE) Loud Luxury x anders - Love No More

90 (RE) Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water

97 (RE) James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

98 (RE) Ruel - Younger

99 (RE) Marshmello x Khalid - Silence

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 TRENCH Twenty One Pilots

02 04 06 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

03 NE 01 03 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper

04 02 02 02 DANCING QUEEN Cher

05 07 84 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

06 09 15 01 SCORPION Drake

07 12 44 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

08 05 293 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

09 13 24 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

10 10 08 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

11 06 02 06 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne

12 14 30 02 ? XXXTentacion

13 16 48 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

14 11 08 03 WORKING CLASS BOY - THE SOUNDTRACKS Jimmy Barnes

15 01 02 01 HOME The John Butler Trio

16 17 10 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

17 18 20 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

18 25 04 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

19 22 13 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

20 24 225 01 X Ed Sheeran

21 21 13 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

22 49 16 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

23 19 33 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

24 28 142 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

25 26 09 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

26 NE 01 26 YUMENO GARDEN Last Dinosaurs

27 08 02 08 YSIV Logic

28 30 22 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

29 27 04 09 7 David Guetta

30 34 188 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

31 29 30 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

32 32 04 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

33 44 74 05 STONEY Post Malone

34 NE 01 34 I LOVED YOU AT YOUR DARKEST Behemoth

35 35 266 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

36 41 75 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

37 31 307 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

38 38 27 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

39 36 04 32 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

40 37 06 03 BLOOM Troye Sivan

41 40 68 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

42 NE 01 42 WANDERER Cat Power

43 48 73 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

44 15 02 15 BLOOD RED ROSES Rod Stewart

45 NE 01 45 DRIP HARDER Lil Baby & Gunna

46 46 131 01 LIVE AC/DC

47 45 52 01 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk

48 39 78 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

49 NE 01 49 THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES Coheed & Cambria

50 23 03 06 IRIDESCENCE Brockhampton

 

Much like in the US, the single that took months to get to #1 is very much stuck at #1. It's 4 weeks now for "Shotgun" with no clear challenge just yet. This week's "Happier" update is that it has now reached #4 which equals both Marshmello & Bastille's highest prior peaks ("FRIENDS" and "Pompeii"). Though it seemed like it wasn't even intended to be pushed to Australia, Dynoro is doing just fine with "In My Mind" in the top 10 at #7. I also have to note Loud Luxury moving up to #8 despite having thus far peaked at #18 on Spotify. Just missing a top 10 debut is Halsey, who just yesterday vertical video'd her way to #1 on Spotify so she might get there next week. It's already her highest charting entry that doesn't have some dude's name attached to it in front of hers. Speaking of which, The Chainsmokers are now in the top 20 with their song that is featured with 6 placings across 3 of the most popular Spotify playlists in this country. The elephant in the room is the "A Star Is Born" soundtrack which impacts the chart this week and will probably make an even bigger splash as the movie just opened here. "Shallow" is #25 this week but it's now #1 on iTunes and making strides on streaming. It may well be a #1 hit in the making. The Rita Ora song I still struggle to remember and the Eminem song I wish I could forget both enter the top 40, while Lauv finally gets his 2nd entry in the top 50, Morgan Evans finally gets his 1st, and the worst band in the world continue to torment me with their existence. For the second week in a row, the best new entry by a mile is the one that features Kendrick Lamar, also Bobby Shmurda gets his first ever chart entry because Australia just wasn't ready for his viral smash.

 

When I thought it might be a close battle for #1 on the album chart, it was when I hadn't realised that "A Star Is Born" wasn't even out yet here. So while they've missed the top spot in the US and UK, Australia, where they charted 1 song for 1 week this year has been most kind to twenty one pilots netting them a #1 debut, beating out all competition by a nearly 3:1 ratio. In the end "A Star Is Born" only lands at #3 but my extremely not ambitious prediction is that it will have some staying power and this won't be its peak. They're the only top 20 debuts so much of the top end of the chart this week is even more ancient than usual. A promo tour brings Panic! At The Disco up quite a bit. The 3rd highest debut this week is the 3rd album from Australian band Last Dinosaurs who I quite like, though it's their lowest charting album to date. For next week's highest debut, it'll be the battle of young & old with new releases from Morgan Evans & Paul Kelly.

22/10/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 14 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

02 02 14 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

03 04 09 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

04 03 16 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

05 06 09 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

06 05 06 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

07 08 14 07 BODY Loud Luxury

08 07 07 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

09 09 05 08 BETTER Khalid

10 11 02 10 WITHOUT ME Halsey

11 12 18 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

12 13 20 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

13 10 19 07 RISE Jonas Blue

14 15 27 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

15 NE 01 15 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset

16 14 04 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

17 25 02 17 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

18 27 04 18 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

19 17 04 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

20 20 08 20 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

21 16 11 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

22 19 11 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

23 NE 01 23 WOMAN LIKE ME Little Mix Feat. Nicki Minaj

24 28 03 24 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

25 37 05 25 VENOM Eminem

26 22 06 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

27 18 16 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

28 23 18 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

29 31 09 29 WAITING Kian

30 33 25 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

31 30 23 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

32 26 19 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

33 32 19 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

34 24 04 11 KILLSHOT Eminem

35 29 21 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

36 46 04 36 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

37 48 07 37 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans

38 41 03 38 THERE'S NO WAY Lauv

39 34 07 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

40 NE 01 40 MIA Bad Bunny Feat. Drake

41 36 13 27 HAPPY NOW Zedd & Elley Duhe

42 35 09 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

43 38 85 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

44 43 24 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

45 21 12 06 NO BRAINER DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber & Quavo Feat. Chance the Rapper

46 40 33 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

47 39 18 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

48 44 21 33 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta

49 49 26 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

50 45 16 21 NEVER EVER The Rubens Feat. Sarah

 

52 (60) Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999

63 (77) Ella Mai - Trip

69 (RE) French Montana Feat. Drake - No Stylist

88 (RE) Jess Glynne - All I Am

92 (NE) Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 NATURE Paul Kelly

02 02 07 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

03 03 02 03 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

04 NE 01 04 ANON. Hands Like Houses

05 NE 01 05 THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO Morgan Evans

06 05 85 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

07 06 16 01 SCORPION Drake

08 RE 121 01 INTERNATIONALIST Powderfinger

09 01 02 01 TRENCH Twenty One Pilots

10 07 45 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

11 09 25 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

12 10 09 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

13 08 294 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

14 04 03 02 DANCING QUEEN Cher

15 12 31 02 ? XXXTentacion

16 NE 01 16 QUAVO HUNCHO Quavo

17 13 49 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

18 NE 01 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne

19 NE 01 19 ELLA MAI Ella Mai

20 16 11 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

21 24 143 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

22 19 14 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

23 17 21 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

24 18 05 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

25 11 03 06 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne

26 15 03 01 HOME The John Butler Trio

27 28 23 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

28 20 226 01 X Ed Sheeran

29 37 308 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

30 39 05 30 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

31 23 34 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

32 29 05 09 7 David Guetta

33 22 17 01 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic! At The Disco

34 25 10 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

35 33 75 05 STONEY Post Malone

36 31 31 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

37 32 05 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

38 14 09 03 WORKING CLASS BOY - THE SOUNDTRACKS Jimmy Barnes

39 30 189 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

40 21 14 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

41 36 76 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

42 38 28 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

43 35 267 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

44 48 79 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

45 41 69 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

46 46 132 01 LIVE AC/DC

47 43 74 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

48 68 20 39 CARESS YOUR SOUL Sticky Fingers

49 27 03 08 YSIV Logic

50 52 321 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

 

 

It's not a particularly thrilling week. "Shotgun" scores a 5th week at #1 but it's looking to be its last. Perhaps sooner than expected, "A Star Is Born" has completely taken the country by storm, and now it's looking like "Shallow" will very safely take the top spot next week. Lady Gaga's last #1 hit was "Born This Way" in 2011. Nothing in the top 13 moves more than 1 place from last week, but with that we do see Halsey's "Without Me" becoming her first solo top 10 hit. It's currently #1 on Spotify but about 20% of her streams are coming from a vertical video and sales have really dropped off so it's hard to say how much higher she can get. The highest debut this week is "ZEZE", giving Kodak Black his 2nd chart entry just a month after his first. Rita Ora reaches the top 20 with "Let You Love Me", which is a familiar height for her, as "Your Song", "Anywhere" & "For You" also reached it, but none of them hit the top 10. It's not looking like this single will change things. Little Mix's new single debuts at #23 which is pretty typical of them as they never have the same instant hype as they do in the UK. It's still gaining traction on streaming but it doesn't look like it will keep climbing the chart just yet. "MIA" gives Bad Bunny his first lead artist chart entry. Also for those whom it may concern, Ava Max's "Sweet But Psycho is #101 this week so it should debut next week. However, there's a heightened level of uncertainty to next week's chart. Just this morning, ARIA announced a change to chart calculation with greater weight given to paid streams as opposed to free streams. I assume it will be similar to the UK chart formula, but it will pretty much be impossible to tell.

 

Yet again there's a #1 debut on the album chart. Australian music legend Paul Kelly surprisingly only scored his first #1 album last year with his very successful "Life Is Fine" album. He's followed it up speedily and now notches up a second #1 album. It's just Australian artists impacting the top 10 this week. Canberra-based rock band Hands Like Houses score their 2nd top 10 peak, but a new high of #4 with their 4th album. Australia's other contributor to the current wave of pop country, Morgan Evans also hits a new high of #5 with his 2nd album. There's also a big re-entry courtesy of the 20th anniversary of Powderfinger's 3rd album "Internationalist". Buoyed by excellent singles like "The Day You Come" and "Passenger", it set them in stone as the biggest band in the country for many years to come. For reasons I can only ascertain as Newscorp readers listening to shitty reggae to own the libs, local tools Sticky Fingers' debut album returns to the top 50 for the first time since it first debuted in 2013. Next week's album chart proves to be quite a contest. "A Star Is Born"'s soundtrack could vault to the top spot, but it does face strong competition from former multi-#1 scorers, Disturbed, RUFUS DU SOL, and the latest triple j Like A Version compilation.

29/10/2018

 

Singles

 

01 17 03 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 01 15 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

03 03 10 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

04 02 15 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

05 04 17 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

06 09 06 06 BETTER Khalid

07 05 10 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

08 10 03 08 WITHOUT ME Halsey

09 07 15 07 BODY Loud Luxury

10 NE 01 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

11 08 08 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

12 06 07 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

13 NE 01 13 SUNFLOWER (FROM SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE) Post Malone & Swae Lee

14 15 02 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset

15 11 19 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

16 12 21 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

17 14 28 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

18 NE 01 18 ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Lady Gaga

19 13 20 07 RISE Jonas Blue

20 18 05 18 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

21 22 12 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

22 19 05 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

23 16 05 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

24 20 09 20 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

25 25 06 25 VENOM Eminem

26 24 04 24 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

27 21 12 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

28 29 10 28 WAITING Kian

29 26 07 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

30 NE 01 30 SUNCITY Khalid Feat. Empress Of

31 30 26 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

32 NE 01 32 I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

33 NE 01 33 KISS AND MAKE UP Dua Lipa

34 23 02 23 WOMAN LIKE ME Little Mix Feat. Nicki Minaj

35 37 08 35 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans

36 27 17 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

37 28 19 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

38 31 24 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

39 36 05 36 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

40 40 02 40 MIA Bad Bunny Feat. Drake

41 39 08 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

42 32 20 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

43 38 04 38 THERE'S NO WAY Lauv

44 35 22 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

45 34 05 11 KILLSHOT Eminem

46 52 03 46 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan

47 43 86 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

48 33 20 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

49 47 19 18 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons

50 44 25 23 I'LL BE THERE Jess Glynne

 

61 (NE) Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

64 (NE) Bradley Cooper - Maybe It's Time

69 (69) French Montana Feat. Drake - Nice Stylist

77 (RE) RUFUS DU SOL - Underwater

84 (NE) Khalid - Saturday Night

85 (NE) Future & Juice WRLD - Fine China

86 (NE) Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

88 (92) Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba

92 (RE) RUFUS DU SOL - No Place

97 (NE) Lady Gaga - Is That Alright?

 

Albums

 

01 03 03 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 NE 01 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

03 NE 01 03 EVOLUTION Disturbed

04 02 08 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

05 NE 01 05 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

06 NE 01 06 TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION 14 Various

07 NE 01 07 GREATEST HITS Troy Cassar-Daley

08 06 86 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

09 NE 01 09 SUNCITY Khalid

10 NE 01 10 ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY Greta Van Fleet

11 07 17 01 SCORPION Drake

12 17 50 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

13 10 46 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

14 11 26 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

15 01 02 01 NATURE Paul Kelly

16 14 04 02 DANCING QUEEN Cher

17 15 32 02 ? XXXTentacion

18 12 10 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

19 09 03 01 TRENCH Twenty One Pilots

20 24 06 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

21 13 295 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

22 21 144 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

23 NE 01 23 RUE Hellions

24 20 12 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

25 29 309 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

26 23 22 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

27 18 02 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne

28 NE 01 28 FUTURE & JUICE WRLD PRESENT... WRLD ON DRUGS Future & Juice WRLD

29 44 80 21 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

30 35 76 05 STONEY Post Malone

31 28 227 01 X Ed Sheeran

32 05 02 05 THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO Morgan Evans

33 41 77 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

34 25 04 06 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne

35 22 15 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

36 NE 01 36 MONO. RM

37 52 209 01 1989 Taylor Swift

38 27 24 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

39 32 06 09 7 David Guetta

40 19 02 19 ELLA MAI Ella Mai

41 16 02 16 QUAVO HUNCHO Quavo

42 31 35 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

43 36 32 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

44 42 29 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

45 40 15 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

46 34 11 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj

47 39 190 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

48 37 06 06 EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER 6lack

49 26 04 01 HOME The John Butler Trio

50 46 133 01 LIVE AC/DC

 

 

Welcome to the first chart of ARIA's new streaming rules, which are akin to the UK Charts with paid for streams getting priority over free streams, because you can't have a music chart without a little classism. I assume they're taking the UK ratio but I don't really know. What I do now know is that streaming's influence over the chart doesn't seem overly different, though it might be just a little less, it's hard to tell because the chart is cluttered with "A Star Is Born" tracks that aren't getting strong streams yet. There's been one exception which is "Shallow", which reaches #1 this week, giving Lady Gaga her 4th #1 hit following "Just Dance", "Poker Face" and "Born This Way". It nearly wasn't #1 though because ARIA seemingly aren't counting its Apple streams so George Ezra nearly erroneously retained the top spot. For the time being, "Shallow" should safely be #1 even with this disadvantage. Australia are showing wild creativity with their music listening, as they slowly move on from listening to the Halsey & Khalid song and start listening to the Halsey & Khalid songs, as both score new top 10 peaks this week. Also impacting the top 10 is Billie Eilish, debuting right at #10 giving her a 2nd top 10 hit following "lovely" which reached #5 in its only week in the top 10. She has soemthing in common with the next debut in that they have vertical videos inflating their Spotify positions. "Shallow" was #4 on Spotify the other day but was actually getting the most chart eligible streams, because evidently people are very happy with Hot Hits Australia for all their music needs. Nonetheless it's a #13 debut for Post Malone & Swae Lee which looks to climb, not just because recent tour announcements have seen a big boost for all of Post Malone's songs on Spotify lately, "rockstar" is back in the top 50! Lady Gaga has 2 more debuts in the top 50, while Khalid's new EP nets yet another entry for him, "Suncity" is however the first time in the chart for Empress Of. BLACKPINK aren't credited but they do appear on Dua Lipa's new single which is their first top 50 entry, having reached the top 100 with their EP earlier this year. Several long chart runners drop out this week for the first time ever, possibly owing to the new formula, "Thunder", "Havana" & "These Days".

 

There was no shortage of albums piquing the public's interest this week. There are 7 debuts in the top 10, however none of them are #1 because the "A Star Is Born" soundtrack easily gets there. This is Lady Gaga's 3rd #1 album following "The Fame Monster" and "Born This Way", having reached #2 with her 2 studio albums of original material that followed. Being blocked from the top spot in this process is RUFUS DU SOL, which is a bit unfortunate for them because their first two albums (back when they were just called RUFUS) debuted at #1 so this is their first to miss out. Also relatively unlucky is Disturbed who also have 2 #1 albums, "Indestructible" back in 2008 and "Immortalized" which both debuted at #1 in 2015 and returned to #1 in 2016 when people were getting way too enthusiastic about that ridiculous Simon & Garfunkel cover...of which a live version is included on this new album. Disturbed aren't new to bad release weeks though, I think their highest weekly sales came with their 2010 album which ended up at #2 because Katy Perry released the same week. Moving on we've got the "Bohemian Rhapsody" soundtrack album which may climb just like "A Star Is Born" because the movie is still yet to come out here (I think it comes out tomorrow). Ending a #1 stream far more unceremoniously is the triple j Like A Version series, which following 5 years in a row of #1 debuts, only lands at #6. The chart fortunes of the compilations both in debut and proceeding weeks varies greatly, but this is the 9th in a row to reach the top 10. Local country singer Troy Cassar-Daley has a Greatest Hits set debut at #7 as his 5th top 10. I'm sure the tracklisting is appropriate but I can't comment because I don't think he's ever had a lead artist singles chart entry. Getting his first top 10 is Khalid, whose first album has been hovering around the top 50 for over a year, but only peaked at #13. Oh and Greta Van Fleet are here too. This hectic influx of new arrivals pushes both Drake & The Greatest Showman out of the top 10 for the first time, but fans of equilibrium will be thrilled to know that Ed Sheeran is only down to a new low of #8. Next week's album chart will be considerably less busy at the top end I imagine, I'm not sure if there will be any top 10 debuts, though I could see Robyn & Gang Of Youths figuring somewhere among it.

gaga does the double!!

05/11/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 04 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 02 16 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

03 03 11 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

04 04 16 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

05 08 04 05 WITHOUT ME Halsey

06 05 18 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

07 13 02 07 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

08 09 16 07 BODY Loud Luxury

09 06 07 06 BETTER Khalid

10 07 11 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

11 10 02 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

12 18 02 12 ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Lady Gaga

13 11 09 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

14 NE 01 14 ARMS AROUND YOU XXXTENTACION x Lil Pump Feat. Swae Lee & Maluma

15 32 02 15 I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

16 12 08 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

17 14 03 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset

18 17 29 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

19 20 06 18 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

20 16 22 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

21 21 13 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

22 15 20 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

23 22 06 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

24 34 03 23 WOMAN LIKE ME Little Mix Feat. Nicki Minaj

25 19 21 07 RISE Jonas Blue

26 NE 01 26 A MILLION DREAMS P!nk

27 26 05 24 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

28 31 27 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

29 46 04 29 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan

30 24 10 20 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

31 29 08 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

32 23 06 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

33 28 11 28 WAITING Kian

34 30 02 30 SUNCITY Khalid Feat. Empress Of

35 27 13 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

36 33 02 33 KISS AND MAKE UP Dua Lipa

37 35 09 35 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans

38 39 06 36 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

39 36 18 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

40 44 23 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

41 43 05 38 THERE'S NO WAY Lauv

42 37 20 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

43 25 07 25 VENOM Eminem

44 47 87 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

45 61 02 45 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

46 48 21 07 HEALING HANDS Conrad Sewell

47 38 25 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

48 41 09 04 LUCKY YOU Eminem Feat. Joyner Lucas

49 40 03 40 MIA Bad Bunny Feat. Drake

50 42 21 13 JACKIE CHAN Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone

 

58 (64) Bradley Cooper - Maybe It's Time

65 (NE) Cardi B - Moneyh

71 (88) Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba

73 (86) Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life

85 (NE) Kygo Feat. Sandra Cavazza - Happy Now

91 (NE) Conrad Sewell - Changing

92 (RE) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

95 (NE) Lady Gaga - Look What I Found

96 (97) Lady Gaga - Is That Alright?

99 (RE) Lauv - I Like Me Better

 

Albums

 

01 01 04 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 05 02 02 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

03 04 09 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

04 12 51 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

05 NE 01 05 MTV UNPLUGGED (LIVE IN MELBOURNE) Gang Of Youths

06 13 47 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

07 NE 01 07 SI Andrea Bocelli

08 02 02 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

09 14 27 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

10 08 87 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

11 25 310 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

12 03 02 03 EVOLUTION Disturbed

13 NE 01 13 ATLAS SHOULDERS Pierce Brothers

14 11 18 01 SCORPION Drake

15 06 02 06 TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION 14 Various

16 15 03 01 NATURE Paul Kelly

17 NE 01 17 BALLADS 1 joji

18 29 81 18 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

19 21 296 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

20 NE 01 20 HONEY Robyn

21 92 02 21 STAND BY ME The Kingdom Choir

22 17 33 02 ? XXXTentacion

23 18 11 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

24 20 07 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

25 10 02 10 ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY Greta Van Fleet

26 27 03 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne

27 09 02 09 SUNCITY Khalid

28 19 04 01 TRENCH Twenty One Pilots

29 37 210 01 1989 Taylor Swift

30 22 145 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

31 30 77 05 STONEY Post Malone

32 38 25 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

33 24 13 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

34 NE 01 34 BABY IT'S CHRISTMAS David Campbell

35 26 23 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

36 35 16 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

37 45 16 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

38 31 228 01 X Ed Sheeran

39 32 03 05 THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO Morgan Evans

40 16 05 02 DANCING QUEEN Cher

41 NE 01 41 WOMEN WEED & WORDPLAY Chillinit

42 52 269 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

43 42 36 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

44 43 33 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

45 07 02 07 GREATEST HITS Troy Cassar-Daley

46 49 05 01 HOME The John Butler Trio

47 33 78 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

48 RE 04 18 HALF MILE HARVEST The Teskey Brothers

49 47 191 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

50 56 323 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

 

 

In a wonderful act of competence, ARIA have corrected the streaming numbers for "Shallow" and now it's scoring one of the biggest sales weeks for the year. Not that it needed it as there is no new competition coming along just yet. Okay well there is the new Ariana Grande but I suspect she won't be able to get to #1 right away due to her mid-week release. Halsey climbs into the top 5 with "Without Me", while Post Malone scores his 6th top 10 hit via "Sunflower". P!nk's cover of "A Million Dreams" enters the top 30 largely thanks to digital sales where it is #2, notably the original track from The Greatest Showman never charted. Ava Max is also new in the top 50 and it's not just due to streaming as digital sales are picking up too.

 

There's no change on the album chart except it gets even more soundtracky as "Bohemian Rhapsody"'s soundtrack reaches #2, where it will probably be stuck even with the movie release because "A Star Is Born" is miles ahead. Taylor Swift's Australian tour takes her latest album to #4, long after all the singles have left the chart. The highest new entry is an MTV Unplugged set from Gang Of Youths, a bit over a year after their 2nd studio album hit #1, which is still charting. Bocelli gets his 7th top 10 album and helps to push "Divide" to a further new low of #10, we'll have to see if people will be so on the ball to make it a popular Christmas gift or if it will finally leave the top 10 soon. Robyn debuts in the top 20 which is her first solo album to make the top 50 at all, having only previously done so with her Royksopp collaboration. Next week we've got new entries coming from Matt Corby, The Prodigy & Barbra Streisand, all of which have hit #1 in the past.

12/11/2018

 

Singles

 

01 01 05 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 NE 01 02 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

03 02 17 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

04 05 05 04 WITHOUT ME Halsey

05 03 12 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

06 04 17 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

07 07 03 07 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

08 06 19 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

09 08 17 07 BODY Loud Luxury

10 10 12 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

11 11 03 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

12 09 08 06 BETTER Khalid

13 12 03 12 ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Lady Gaga

14 13 10 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

15 14 02 14 ARMS AROUND YOU XXXTentacion x Lil Pump Feat. Swae Lee & Maluma

16 18 30 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

17 19 07 17 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

18 21 14 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

19 15 03 15 I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

20 17 04 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset

21 22 21 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco

22 16 09 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West

23 20 23 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

24 23 07 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini

25 25 22 07 RISE Jonas Blue

26 92 47 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

27 24 04 23 WOMAN LIKE ME Little Mix Feat. Nicki Minaj

28 29 05 28 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan

29 27 06 24 TAKI TAKI DJ Snake Feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B

30 28 28 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

31 30 11 20 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker

32 33 12 28 WAITING Kian

33 45 03 33 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

34 31 09 22 ELECTRICITY Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson

35 32 07 07 FALLING DOWN Lil Peep & XXXTentacion

36 37 10 35 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans

37 41 06 37 THERE'S NO WAY Lauv

38 38 07 36 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

39 42 21 12 OCEAN Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid

40 40 24 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD

41 39 19 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake

42 44 88 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran

43 26 02 26 A MILLION DREAMS P!nk

44 35 14 15 BEAUTIFUL Bazzi

45 34 03 30 SUNCITY Khalid Feat. Empress Of

46 53 29 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

47 52 36 04 SAD! XXXTentacion

48 71 04 48 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes

49 59 12 08 BREATHIN Ariana Grande

50 47 26 12 FIRE/REPRISAL Peking Duk

 

51 (RE) Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

63 (RE) Queen - Somebody To Love

65 (RE) Queen - We Are The Champions

66 (NE) Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris - I Found You

75 (NE) Hayden James Feat. Running Touch - Better Together

78 (RE) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

85 (RE) Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

86 (RE) Queen - We Will Rock You

93 (RE) Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman

 

Albums

 

01 01 05 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 02 03 02 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

03 11 311 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

04 NE 01 04 RAINBOW VALLEY Matt Corby

05 18 82 05 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

06 04 52 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

07 NE 01 07 WALLS Barbra Streisand

08 03 10 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

09 07 02 07 SI Andrea Bocelli

10 NE 01 10 EYES LIKE THE SKY King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

11 06 48 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

12 NE 01 12 FLOAT ALONG - FILL YOUR LUNGS King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

13 NE 01 13 ODDMENTS King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

14 NE 01 14 12 BAR BRUISE King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

15 NE 01 15 WILLOUGHBY'S BEACH King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

16 10 88 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

17 09 28 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

18 NE 01 18 NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES Metro Boomin

19 NE 01 19 NO TOURISTS The Prodigy

20 14 19 01 SCORPION Drake

21 23 12 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

22 36 17 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

23 08 03 03 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

24 15 03 06 TRIPLE J'S LIKE A VERSION 14 Various

25 NE 01 25 MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 14 Bob Dylan

26 RE 40 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

27 29 211 01 1989 Taylor Swift

28 22 34 02 ? XXXTentacion

29 30 146 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

30 12 03 02 EVOLUTION Disturbed

31 24 08 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

32 16 04 01 NATURE Paul Kelly

33 19 297 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

34 37 17 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack

35 32 26 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

36 34 02 34 BABY IT'S CHRISTMAS David Campbell

37 35 24 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

38 31 78 05 STONEY Post Malone

39 39 04 05 THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO Morgan Evans

40 33 14 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

41 50 324 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

42 42 270 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

43 17 02 17 BALLADS 1 joji

44 38 229 01 X Ed Sheeran

45 RE 34 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

46 43 37 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy

47 NE 01 47 FM! Vince Staples

48 RE 15 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS [DELUXE EDITION] John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John

49 26 04 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne

50 25 03 08 ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY Greta Van Fleet

 

 

The chart is incorrect. I mean it always is but I'm fairly certain that it's inaccurate in an all new way. Ariana Grande's new single "thank u, next" debuted at #1 in the US & UK this week but only makes #2 here. I am fairly certain that the reason this happened is that ARIA don't treat first week streaming correctly. As we know, Thursday data on Spotify comes in pretty late, but unlike the UK, it's not clear what ARIA does to compensate this. They clearly do something because once songs aren't new, there isn't a striking error. If the data were properly parsed, I think Ariana would have debuted at #1 for the second time this year so Lady Gaga gets a 3rd week at #1. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't super important though because Ariana Grande will likely be #1 next week. Otherwise this week, the public have settled into summer slowdown because nearly every song in the top 30 only moves a few spots at most, and there are only 3 debuts in the top 100. There is on the other hand, quite a lot of Queen, with "Bohemian Rhapsody" back in the top 50 for the first time since 1992, and half a dozen other tracks re-enter for them as well. I find it noteworthy that "We Will Rock You" is always the 2nd best selling Queen song on iTunes but it's only 7th highest here due to lower streams.

 

"A Star Is Born"'s monopoly supposedly is maintained for 3 weeks as it's also #1 on the album chart. The Queen soundtrack is starting to pose a serious threat however and could well overtake it next week. The highest debut comes from Matt Corby, who rose to fame as runner up on Australian Idol back in 2007, but strayed far from that lane with his music and scored a #1 album 2 years ago. This time around he just hits #4. Another former #1 artist, Barbra Streisand lands at #7. The massive elephant in the room this week is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. You might remember them for how often I brought them up last year as they released 5 different albums in 2017. By the work of magic, they have gone and gained 5 new debuts in 2018 as they've reissued several older albums on vinyl (though the last one is a 9-track EP), so their first 4 albums, which were the only albums of theirs that didn't reach the ARIA Chart (excluding last year's "Polygondwanaland" which was released for free and is co-owned by me), all debut in the top 15 this week. Though not needed, they assist in pushing Ed Sheeran's "Divide" down to #16, the first time it's ever been out of the top 10, though supposedly there has been some error relating to physical sales data so that might not be accurate either. While lamenting the dumpster fire of our charts, look forward to seeing who comes in what order with new albums from Muse, Imagine Dragons, Architects & Ziggy Alberts vying to impact the top 10.

sill question but is the AU charts also Fri-Thu

Yep it has been since around 2009-2010. Prior to that it was Sat-Fri but they changed it because retailers tended to put new albums on sale on Friday. In 2008 Kings of Leon & Metallica debuted in the top 10 with 1 day of sales before climbing to #1 the week they were supposed to impact.

I'd guess that New Zealand has the same issue with first-week streaming, based on how many songs climb in their second week and 'thank u, next' debuted at #2 there too!

Yeah, given how much Spotify rules the roost there, with full data Ariana should absolutely have been #1. At least NZ has the 'excuse' that their chart is published in the late afternoon on Friday so that data almost always hasn't even been published yet by the time the chart is out.