Posted January 8, 20196 yr 07/01/2019 Singles 01 02 11 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 02 03 11 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 03 04 09 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 04 06 25 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 05 07 13 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 06 NE 01 06 WOW. Post Malone 07 09 13 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 08 11 05 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 09 13 25 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 10 12 22 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 11 10 20 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 12 15 25 07 BODY Loud Luxury 13 17 38 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 14 19 16 06 BETTER Khalid 15 16 27 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 16 20 15 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 17 27 20 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 18 28 13 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 19 21 06 19 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 20 24 20 20 WAITING Kian 21 32 31 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 22 23 18 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 23 34 08 23 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 24 29 11 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 25 31 29 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 26 26 15 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 27 36 18 27 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans 28 22 03 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 29 33 36 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 30 39 30 07 RISE Jonas Blue 31 38 55 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 32 53 08 32 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 33 41 12 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 34 50 11 34 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 35 43 96 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 36 48 05 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 37 51 06 37 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 38 55 20 27 LOST IN JAPAN Shawn Mendes 39 46 10 14 ARMS AROUND YOU XXXTentacion x Lil Pump Feat. Swae Lee & Maluma 40 52 12 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 41 64 50 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 42 70 37 04 2002 Anne-Marie 43 54 66 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 44 62 39 14 I LIKE IT Cardi B Feat. J Balvin & Bad Bunny 45 60 68 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 46 59 32 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD 47 66 15 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini 48 69 27 01 IN MY FEELINGS Drake 49 68 104 01 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 50 65 17 04 I LOVE IT Lil Pump & Kanye West 53 (79) NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts Feat. Georgia Ku - So Close 78 (RE) Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris - The Middle 80 (RE) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There 81 (RE) Drake - Nice For What 83 (NE) Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 84 (RE) Dua Lipa Feat. BLACKPINK - Kiss And Make Up 85 (RE) Tiesto & Dzeko Feat. Preme & Post Malone - Jackie Chan 86 (RE) Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke 87 (RE) Khalid & Normani - Love Lies 88 (RE) Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All The Stars 89 (RE) Drake - Nonstop 90 (RE) Conrad Sewell - Healing Hands 91 (RE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) 92 (RE) Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still 93 (RE) The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey - Closer 94 (RE) Martin Garrix Feat. Khalid - Ocean 95 (RE) Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind 97 (NE) 21 Savage - monster 98 (RE) Clean Bandit Feat. Demi Lovato - Solo 99 (RE) Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill 100 (RE) Pnau - Go Bang Albums 01 02 11 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 02 01 13 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 04 56 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 05 319 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 05 07 90 05 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 06 06 07 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 07 10 96 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 08 19 36 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 09 15 34 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 10 31 27 01 SCORPION Drake 11 12 18 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 12 23 03 12 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 13 14 25 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 14 21 20 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 15 29 32 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 16 13 10 07 SI Andrea Bocelli 17 37 60 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 55 16 18 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 19 25 08 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 20 33 154 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 21 27 305 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 22 08 07 02 LOVE Michael Buble 23 43 22 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 24 40 332 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 25 26 25 01 MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN Soundtrack 26 47 42 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 30 48 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 28 58 42 02 ? XXXTentacion 29 11 03 06 SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY Bruce Springsteen 30 34 02 30 I AM > I WAS 21 Savage 31 41 45 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 32 45 237 01 X Ed Sheeran 33 28 07 05 DELTA Mumford & Sons 34 56 11 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 35 72 06 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 36 48 80 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 37 67 86 05 STONEY Post Malone 38 44 278 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 39 54 271 01 ABBA GOLD ABBA 40 46 200 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 41 71 143 01 LIVE AC/DC 42 100 37 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 43 38 33 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 44 53 162 01 25 Adele 45 83 04 08 SKINS XXXTentacion 46 42 06 07 THE SPECIAL ONES Missy Higgins 47 63 219 01 1989 Taylor Swift 48 NE 01 48 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 49 92 87 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 50 24 12 01 NATURE Paul Kelly It's the start of a new year which of course means that the charts are at their dullest still. Okay well there's stuff happening but the only stuff that is, is all the old favourites being back up. We do however in an exciting turn of events have a new #1 single. Post Malone & Swae Lee climb to #1 with "Sunflower" this week as they were briefly blocked by Mariah Carey, who unsurprisingly now has the first ever single to drop from #1 all the way out of the top 100. "Sunflower" is Post Malone's 3rd #1 hit following "rockstar" and "Psycho", and it's Swae Lee's first by any measure, he reached #3 with Rae Sremmurd on "Black Beatles", and both "Unforgettable" and if you want to count "SICKO MODE" peaked at #7. Ava Max debuted on the same week as them and is now sitting behind at #2. I cannot say yet whether she can get to #1 as she is still making upward progress, but isn't really catching up yet. Speaking of Post Malone, because he was excluded from the chart for no reason last week, he has this week's highest debut, courtesy of "Wow." which rides high despite not even ranking in the top 40 digital chart, as people are too busy buying "Thunder" and "Perfect" instead. Actually "I Fall Apart" and "Better Now" outsold it. This week is also a rare case where we have 4 (or if you want to be generous with "1999") Australian entries in the top 20, as Hilltop Hoods and KIAN both reach the threshold this week. Dean Lewis has had the highest charting Australian single for about 5 months straight, and he's now been overtaken by the song he succeeded in the first place, "Youngblood". Noteworthy week on the album chart too as there's a new #1 also. In fact it's also an album that gets there in its 11th week and it's the soundtrack to "Bohemian Rhapsody", which has been holding the fort behind "A Star Is Born" for most of that #1 reign. In doing so they protect Adele's record for the longest consecutive run at #1 for the decade. We've also got an entire top 6 of movie soundtrack related albums, with the otherwise highest being...Ed Sheeran. The Christmas clear out isn't quite as drastic as on the singles chart but it does help the Spider-Man soundtrack & 21 Savage reach new peaks this week. Oh and if you're wondering about Year End charts, I have no idea but they should be out soon. I'll stick them in the 2018 thread as soon as I can get my hands on them. Edited January 10, 20205 yr by Dircadirca
January 9, 20196 yr Ooh it's nice to see 'Sunflower' reaching #1 somewhere! I heard a bit of that Hilltop Hoods song on a Spotify advert the other day, the absolute AUDACITY of that sample... :lol: (hello I am going to attempt to remember to read this thread and occasionally comment on it this year :hi: nice to see the Australian charts are still excluding songs at random)
January 9, 20196 yr Author Ooh it's nice to see 'Sunflower' reaching #1 somewhere! I heard a bit of that Hilltop Hoods song on a Spotify advert the other day, the absolute AUDACITY of that sample... :lol: TIL that Black Keys song is a cover :P
January 9, 20196 yr I heard a bit of that Hilltop Hoods song on a Spotify advert the other day, the absolute AUDACITY of that sample... :lol: It's a tuneeeeee Youngblood's chart run... just because 34 weeks Top 20. Even more impressive that it didn't fall during the Christmas takeover 46-26-24-9-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-4-3-6-6-10-13-14-15-14-17-18-16-19-17-16-16-17-17-13 For comparison Shape of You 'only' had 30 weeks Top 20 and it was non-consecutively (he re-entered the Top 20 twice) Also as a 2018 comparison God's Plan only spent 33 weeks in the Top 50 :lol: Edited January 9, 20196 yr by DexTheHalls
January 9, 20196 yr it does seem like every time an Australian act gets a worldwide hit they spend forever in the Australian chart, that chart run is ridiculous and Dean Lewis is still top 20 too.
January 16, 20196 yr Author 14/01/2019 Singles 01 01 12 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 02 02 12 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 03 05 14 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 04 06 02 04 WOW. Post Malone 05 03 10 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 06 04 26 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 07 07 14 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 08 09 26 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 09 08 06 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 10 10 23 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 11 11 21 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 12 12 26 07 BODY Loud Luxury 13 14 17 06 BETTER Khalid 14 15 28 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 15 13 39 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 16 16 16 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 17 20 21 17 WAITING Kian 18 19 07 18 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 19 18 14 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 20 23 09 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 21 26 16 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 22 24 12 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 23 22 19 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 24 17 21 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 25 25 30 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 26 32 09 26 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 27 21 32 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 28 27 19 27 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans 29 28 04 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 30 30 31 07 RISE Jonas Blue 31 29 37 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 32 37 07 32 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 33 34 12 33 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 34 33 13 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 35 36 06 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 36 31 56 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 37 39 11 14 ARMS AROUND YOU XXXTentacion x Lil Pump Feat. Swae Lee & Maluma 38 35 97 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 39 40 13 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 40 38 21 27 LOST IN JAPAN Shawn Mendes 41 42 38 04 2002 Anne-Marie 42 43 67 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 43 58 09 43 BEFORE I GO Guy Sebastian 44 46 33 08 LUCID DREAMS Juice WRLD 45 53 06 45 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts Feat. Georgia Ku 46 47 16 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini 47 45 69 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 48 59 38 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 49 41 51 01 GOD'S PLAN Drake 50 51 46 01 PSYCHO Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 58 (NE) Chris Brown - Undecided 61 (70) James Arthur & Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars 63 (83) Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 67 (75) Hayden James Feat. Running Touch - Better Together 70 (NE) The Chainsmokers Feat. Winona Oak - Hope 74 (NE) 5 Seconds Of Summer - Lie To Me 83 (RE) Lauv - There's No Way 92 (RE) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - I'll Never Love Again 97 (RE) Amy Shark - All Loved Up Albums 01 01 12 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 02 02 14 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 03 57 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 04 05 91 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 05 04 320 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 06 06 08 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 07 08 37 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 08 07 97 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 09 10 28 01 SCORPION Drake 10 17 61 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 11 11 19 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 12 12 04 12 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 13 09 35 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 14 18 17 14 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 15 48 02 15 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 16 14 21 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 17 13 26 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 18 20 155 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 66 447 05 GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses 20 23 23 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 21 19 09 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 22 28 43 02 ? XXXTentacion 23 21 306 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 24 15 33 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 25 26 43 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 37 87 05 STONEY Post Malone 27 35 07 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 28 76 129 06 THE VERY BEST OF CAT STEVENS Cat Stevens 29 27 49 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 30 32 238 01 X Ed Sheeran 31 30 03 30 I AM > I WAS 21 Savage 32 42 38 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 33 RE 67 33 ALL TIME GREATEST HITS Neil Diamond 34 69 09 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 35 38 279 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 36 24 333 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 37 34 12 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 38 16 11 07 SI Andrea Bocelli 39 36 81 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 40 49 88 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 41 51 10 09 SUNCITY Khalid 42 45 05 08 SKINS XXXTentacion 43 22 08 02 LOVE Michael Buble 44 31 46 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 45 47 220 01 1989 Taylor Swift 46 43 34 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 47 39 272 01 ABBA GOLD ABBA 48 40 201 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 49 33 08 05 DELTA Mumford & Sons 50 41 144 01 LIVE AC/DC Last week's new #1's have become this week's incumbent #1's. For Post Malone, this makes "Sunflower" overtake "Psycho"'s 1 week reign at #1 but it will have to do quite a bit of work to match "rockstar"'s 7 weeks. Particularly as Warner aren't giving up the fight and have discounted "Sweet But Psycho" for the past week on iTunes. There was a time when discounts on the Australian iTunes store were more copious than anywhere else but there are only 6 in the top 100 right now compared to 15 in the UK. However "Sweet But Psycho" will need second wind in streaming to stand a real chance at the moment. The other threat to Post Malone could be...Post Malone. "Wow." is going a bit slowly for digital sales, but is riding at #2 on Spotify which could be a strong vantage point if the competition does finally succumb to the fact that it's rather old. Then again, "Shotgun", "eastside" and "SICKO MODE" are all in the top 10 so do songs age anymore? Of course, it's hard for there to be much change in the top 10 when #11-#16 are all former top 10 hits, the next highest is KIAN's extremely Spotify assisted hit "Waiting" which after 4 months in the ARIA top 50, commercial radio have finally realised that they can play it. Actually there's quite a concentration of Australian artists in this section of the chart, #14-#19 having 5 different ones (and Rita Ora performed at the ARIA Awards!!). Also in a good upswing for Australian music, there are only 2 top 50 new entries this week, the first of which comes from Guy Sebastian who scores his first top 50 hit in over 2 years with "Before I Go". The other is the unexpected return to the charts for both NOTD & Felix Jaehn, both scoring their 2nd hits (or 3rd for Felix if you want to count "Cheerleader" which you probably should). One of my favourite songs of 2018, "Soaked" by Bene is this week's loser in the lottery of 'will ARIA arbitrarily acknowledge your presence', I can only hope that more attention will be paid to her streaming success now that she's about to crack the New Zealand top 40, but at least they remembered to count Chris Brown's new single. The top 6 hegemony of soundtrack related albums continues but with the exciting twist that "The Platinum Collection" has overtaken "Greatest Hits" to score a new peak. Post Malone overtakes Ed Sheeran for the honour of highest album just after all that stuff, although we can't deny the possibility that he's tangentially benefitting from Into The Spider-Verse. Taylor Swift also returns to the top 10 courtesy of her Netflix special I believe. Something I neglected to mention regarding the Year-End charts last week is that Billie Eilish snuck into the top 100 with her EP, but she should have been a lot higher. ARIA only randomly decided to count her streams 4 months ago, but I've no doubt that just like in New Zealand she should have been riding high in the chart for pretty much all of 2018 and then some. One can only wonder just how legitimate it is, but she does manage to score a new peak this week. Tune in next week as the album chart looks exactly the same again.
January 23, 20196 yr Author 21/01/2019 Singles 01 01 13 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 02 02 13 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 03 03 15 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 04 04 03 04 WOW. Post Malone 05 05 11 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 06 06 27 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 07 08 27 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 08 07 15 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 09 09 07 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 10 10 24 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 11 12 27 07 BODY Loud Luxury 12 11 22 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 13 13 18 06 BETTER Khalid 14 15 40 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 15 14 29 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 16 17 22 16 WAITING Kian 17 16 17 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 18 18 08 18 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 19 NE 01 19 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 20 19 15 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 21 20 10 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 22 24 22 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 23 21 17 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 24 23 20 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 25 NE 01 25 LOST IN THE FIRE Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd 26 22 13 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 27 26 10 26 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 28 25 31 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 29 32 08 29 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 30 27 33 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 31 31 38 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 32 33 13 32 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 33 35 07 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 34 28 20 27 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans 35 30 32 07 RISE Jonas Blue 36 34 14 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 37 36 57 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 38 40 22 27 LOST IN JAPAN Shawn Mendes 39 29 05 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 40 39 14 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 41 38 98 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 42 63 03 42 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 43 37 12 14 ARMS AROUND YOU XXXTentacion x Lil Pump Feat. Swae Lee & Maluma 44 41 39 04 2002 Anne-Marie 45 42 68 02 I FALL APART Post Malone 46 45 07 45 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts Feat. Georgia Ku 47 NE 01 47 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 48 47 70 01 ROCKSTAR Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 49 46 17 17 THIS FEELING The Chainsmokers Feat. Kelsea Ballerini 50 48 39 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 52 (70) The Chainsmokers Feat. Winona Oak - Hope 57 (74) 5 Seconds Of Summer - Lie To Me 60 (61) James Arthur & Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars 64 (67) Hayden James Feat. Running Touch - Better Together 93 (NE) Sam Smith - Fire On Fire 94 (NE) Flipp Dinero - Leave Me Alone 97 (RE) Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris - I Found You Albums 01 01 13 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 02 02 15 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 05 321 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 04 03 58 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 05 04 92 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 06 08 98 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 07 07 38 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 08 06 09 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 09 09 29 01 SCORPION Drake 10 11 20 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 11 12 05 11 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 12 10 62 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 13 14 18 13 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 14 16 22 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 15 15 03 15 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 16 13 36 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 17 17 27 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 18 21 10 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 19 20 24 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 20 25 44 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 26 88 05 STONEY Post Malone 22 22 44 02 ? XXXTentacion 23 18 156 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 29 50 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 25 30 239 01 X Ed Sheeran 26 24 34 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 27 27 08 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 28 23 307 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 29 34 10 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 30 49 09 05 DELTA Mumford & Sons 31 36 334 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 32 40 89 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 33 32 39 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 34 45 221 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 46 35 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 36 35 280 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 37 53 02 37 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 38 37 13 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 39 48 202 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 40 31 04 30 I AM > I WAS 21 Savage 41 39 82 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 42 41 11 09 SUNCITY Khalid 43 47 273 01 ABBA GOLD ABBA 44 50 145 01 LIVE AC/DC 45 42 06 08 SKINS XXXTentacion 46 44 47 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 47 RE 13 02 HIGH AS HOPE Florence + The Machine 48 91 43 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins 49 56 20 04 QUEEN Nicki Minaj 50 63 84 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 You can probably sit this week's chart out. "Sunflower" is #1 for a 3rd week and meanwhile in all of the top 15, there are only 3 sets of 2 songs swapping places. All 3 involve an older song overtaking a newer one. A reprieve should probably come next week. Not just because iTunes has finally stopped promoting its top 100 of 2018, meaning that the sales charts will no longer be cluttered with old songs ("I Fall Apart" dropped from about #30 to #160 in 2 days). Also because we might have a new #1 courtesy of Ariana Grande. "7 rings" has gotten off to a big start on sales and streaming and should absolutely be #1 next week, the only thing that might stop it is badly counted week one streams. Sam Smith does well to win in the illustrious stakes of ARIA acknowledging his music, as he has two debuts this week, firstly his Normani duet in the top 50, and then his soundtrack single whose playlist promotion was aborted the moment the former came out, but not enough to keep it out of the chart this week. Gesaffelstein gets his first lead artist chart entry alongside The Weeknd on "Lost In The Fire", which is his 3rd top 50 hit overall, following two other Weeknd collaborations from last year. People who use the phrase 'real music' unironically face a dilemma, as their glorious authentic bin man has teamed up with the synthetic production work of Calvin Harris. For the former this is his 2nd top 50 hit to date, and stands a good chance to surpass the #17 peak of "Human" in the near future. In a rare case of success of a non A-list star, Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" has quickly gained traction, largely on Apple rather than Spotify so maybe it's more organic than usual. If he makes it into triple j's Hottest 100 on Sunday I will readily accept that the song that just cracked the top 50 is genuinely popular. There was also an album chart published this week. Billie Eilish scored another new peak.
January 25, 20196 yr What a boring chart. Day Drunk falling just 6 places is the biggest movement in the entire Top 35 and even then only Imagine and 3 Nights (what is this song?) make any substantial movement in the Top 50 Top 5 albums all Queen and/or musical films :lol:
January 29, 20196 yr Author 28/01/2019 Singles 01 NE 01 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande 02 01 14 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 03 02 14 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 04 03 16 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 05 04 04 04 WOW. Post Malone 06 05 12 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 07 09 08 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 08 06 28 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 09 07 28 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 10 19 02 10 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 11 08 16 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 12 10 25 07 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 13 11 28 07 BODY Loud Luxury 14 12 23 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 15 13 19 06 BETTER Khalid 16 NE 01 16 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis 17 16 23 16 WAITING Kian 18 18 09 18 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 19 15 30 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 20 20 16 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 21 17 18 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 22 14 41 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 23 21 11 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 24 25 02 24 LOST IN THE FIRE Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd 25 27 11 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 26 22 23 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 27 29 09 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 28 47 02 28 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 29 23 18 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 30 24 21 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 31 26 14 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 32 28 32 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 33 32 14 32 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 34 30 34 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 35 31 39 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 36 33 08 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 37 36 15 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 38 42 04 38 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 39 38 23 27 LOST IN JAPAN Shawn Mendes 40 35 33 07 RISE Jonas Blue 41 34 21 27 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans 42 57 03 42 LIE TO ME 5 Seconds Of Summer 43 52 03 43 HOPE The Chainsmokers Feat. Winona Oak 44 40 15 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 45 37 58 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 46 46 08 45 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts Feat. Georgia Ku 47 41 99 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 48 51 11 43 BEFORE I GO Guy Sebastian 49 39 06 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 50 44 40 04 2002 Anne-Marie 54 (NE) Peking Duk & Jack River - Sugar 63 (64) Hayden James Feat. Running Touch - Better Together 73 (NE) Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Nights Like This 84 (RE) Ariana Grande - breathin 85 (NE) Dan + Shay - Tequila 92 (NE) Logic - Keanu Reeves 93 (NE) Ocean Alley - Confidence 99 (NE) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water Albums 01 01 14 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 02 02 16 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 03 322 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 04 04 59 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 05 05 93 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 06 06 99 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 07 07 39 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 08 NE 01 08 HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE Maggie Rogers 09 48 44 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins 10 08 10 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 11 09 30 01 SCORPION Drake 12 NE 01 12 CUB SPORT Cub Sport 13 10 21 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 14 14 23 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 15 12 63 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 13 19 13 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 17 11 06 11 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 18 RE 112 01 THE SOUND OF WHITE Missy Higgins 19 18 11 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 20 35 36 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 21 30 10 05 DELTA Mumford & Sons 22 NE 01 22 ASSUME FORM James Blake 23 17 28 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 24 19 25 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 25 23 157 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 15 04 15 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 27 16 37 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 28 22 45 02 ? XXXTentacion 29 21 89 05 STONEY Post Malone 30 20 45 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 31 RE 08 31 STANDARDS Seal 32 RE 28 02 FLICKER Niall Horan 33 NE 01 33 FUTURE HNDRXX PRESENTS: THE WIZRD Future 34 RE 54 01 ON A CLEAR NIGHT Missy Higgins 35 31 335 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 RE 47 01 YOUNG MODERN Silverchair 37 27 09 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 38 25 240 01 X Ed Sheeran 39 24 51 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 40 28 308 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 41 47 14 02 HIGH AS HOPE Florence + The Machine 42 NE 01 42 WHO DO YOU TRUST? Papa Roach 43 RE 61 01 MELODRAMA Lorde 44 32 90 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 45 26 35 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 46 37 03 37 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 47 RE 101 03 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 48 36 281 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 49 29 11 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 50 NE 01 50 HUMAN Dodie Welcome to the calm before the storm. Well as calm as you can be when there's a #1 debut, but honestly the top 20 is pretty stagnant outside of songs making room for new arrivals. Let's talk about that new arrival too, as this week Ariana Grande has scored her 3rd #1 single, two of which are #1 debuts, all of which have been in the past year. "7 rings" features an interpolation of "My Favorite Things", which hasn't been seen in the ARIA Chart since The Avalanches did the same thing in 2016. Ariana does the double by topping the sales & streaming charts individually, which will be the key to her longevity as a lot of the tough contenders in each component are sorely lacking on the other. With a huge lead on streams, Ariana is safely #1 in the near future. The week that "thank u, next" debuted at #1, "God is a woman" re-entered the top 100. One single ahead, this time it's "breathin" that re-enters. The only other noteworthy news in the top 10 is that Sam Smith scores his 6th top 10 hit with "Dancing With A Stranger", also Normani's 2nd (or 4th if you include Fifth Harmony). I should also address the fact that Benny Blanco's "Eastside" has spent its 24th non-consecutive week at #1, making it the equal 2nd longest running top 10 hit of all time, only 1 week behind "Perfect". George Ezra is also up to 23 weeks with "Shotgun". When I mentioned the calm before the storm, that's in reference to the fact that over the weekend, triple j's Hottest 100 happened. It happens every year, which is long enough between instances that I feel obliged to explain that it's the world's largest annual music poll (2.7 million votes this year), and always stands as the time of the year that the most amount of people are actively listening to the same songs (in Australia...and honestly maybe the world). Because the countdown was a day later in the week compared to last year to avoid Australia Day (an increasingly loathed public holiday for what it represents), songs are mostly working in catch up mode and might have their impact spread across two weeks. The biggest beneficiary is unsurprisingly Ocean Alley as their song "Confidence" took the top spot. This is in itself quite a peculiarity because by the time voting had closed (thus all votes were in), the song had never even entered the ARIA top 100 (though it is gold certified). For the last 10 years prior to this, all the winning songs had at least hit the top 40, so there's a lot of room to grow as their #93 debut this week shot to #1 on iTunes and also has reached the top 5 on Apple & Spotify. It may be able to reach the ARIA top 10 this week. However every song in the countdown gets at least a little bit of kickback (except Nothing But Thieves' cover which isn't on available as a single on iTunes or Spotify ~) and runner up FISHER stands a chance to enter the top 50, meaning we'll have 2 Australian artists scoring their first top 50 hit in the same week. By comparison, in all of 2018 we had just 3 (one of which was Gang Of Youths just narrowly sneaking in after their Hottest 100 performance). But wait there's more on the chart. 5 Seconds Of Summer's "Lie To Me" climbs into the top 50, prior to this they had a weirdly dubious stat that their first and last top 50 hits were #1 hits, as their "Youngblood" follow up "Valentine" couldn't crack the top 50. The Chainsmokers also get yet another top 50 entry from their latest album with "Hope". They are yet again boosted heavily by Spotify's insistence that they're still the next big thing, 8 of the album's 10 tracks have been on Hot Hits Australia in the past year, though to their credit "Hope" isn't right near the top as they tend to be. Also in the midst of the big battle between 4 very closely ranked songs to be the highest Australian song, KIAN nearly got his first week as #1, except he's had that snatched this week by Dean Lewis's new single, which is off to a quicker start than "Be Alright" though I suspect it will not get as high in the end. Another noteworthy thing that happened this week is that Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (also known as "SICKO MODE" for baby boomers) has now spent longer in the chart in the years following, than it did in its original 1975 run. If an astute maths observer notices that this chart says that it doesn't make any sense because it's on an even number for its WI, know that ARIA doesn't tend to count #51-#100 positions from the pre-ARIA era in its WI calculations. Also for the weekly check up on everything that ARIA is doing wrong, we have new additions to the canon of missing songs, with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's "Look Back At It" (probably should be top 50) and Seeb's "Grip" (probably should be top 100). Bene currently has the cover photo on Hot Hits Australia but apparently that still doesn't warrant inclusion in our national charts. Maybe next week. As for the album chart, "Bohemian Rhapsody" dropped from #1 to #7 on digital albums (and "A Star Is Born" is back at #1) but amazingly it still holds the top spot here. The latter seems to be riding another wave of popularity so maybe it'll return to #1 next week...except oh wait! We actually have a noteworthy non-soundtrack album coming out. Bring Me The Horizon's album "amo" was released last week and they've had a perfect run of #1 albums for this whole decade. In 2010 they set the record for the lowest weekly sales for a #1 album at that point (3,600 sales), but their next two albums with more triple j airplay on their side both more than justified their #1 debuts and have been certified gold and platinum respectively. I haven't seen sales figures in months so I don't really know what they're competing against, but certainly they're in with a chance. As for new entries this week, we have a fresh album in the top 10! Maggie Rogers has never made the chart before at all but has won over many fans with successive singles in the past 2 and a half years as she enters at #8. For an even longer run of building a fanbase, we go to Australian band Cub Sport at #12. I've been across this band since 2011. Back then they were called Cub Scouts (they had to change because of copyright with the actual Scouts). In recent years they've had a massive transformation in their sound and musical approach. With gay marriage being legalised in Australia a year ago, two members of the band have since married, and a lot of their songs lately talk about their love, connecting to a lot more people than when they were just a solid if less distinct indie pop band. This self-titled album is actually their 3rd, but it's their first to make the ARIA top 50. Also reaching the top 40 this week are James Blake & Future, both declining from higher charting prior albums, particularly James Blake who has gone as high as #5 with his 2nd album. There are also a lot of albums re-entering the chart which I can't entirely explain. Shout out however to mid 2000s Australian music fans, as vinyl releases bring back Missy Higgins' first two albums, and Silverchair's most recent album, all 3 of which are former monster selling #1 hits. Phil Collins has a massive climb in the top 50 due to his recent tour. As for next week, in addition to Bring Me The Horizon, look out for a new entry from Backstreet Boys, and a big re-entry and possibly new peak for Ocean Alley. Edited January 29, 20196 yr by Dircadirca
January 30, 20196 yr Oh your post in the NZ thread makes sense now. Boo at 'Soaked' being excluded from this chart :( So what exactly gave 'Confidence' a boost this week, since Hottest 100 wasn't during the tracking week? Was it already gaining on sales or streams during the week?
January 30, 20196 yr I started listening to Confidence a lot the week before the Hottest 100 basically because it was an almost sure win, I imagine lots of other people thought the same
January 30, 20196 yr Author Yeah there's kind of a pre-Hottest 100 effect nowadays. I think it's a combination of people looking into the favourite for #1, and also people who were already fond of it listening to it as they vote or decide their votes (Hottest 100 voting peaks on the final day so it makes sense that it would climb the most while nearing the countdown. Primarily it was doing well on streams, getting into the top 100 on Spotify for the first time. From what I remember, I tended to see it around #200-#300 on iTunes in the lead up.
February 5, 20196 yr Author 04/02/2019 Singles 01 01 02 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande 02 02 15 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 03 03 15 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 04 05 05 04 WOW. Post Malone 05 04 17 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 06 12 26 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 07 07 09 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 08 11 17 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 09 93 02 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 10 10 03 10 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 11 06 13 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 12 08 29 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 13 09 29 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 14 16 02 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis 15 NE 01 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole 16 19 31 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 17 13 29 07 BODY Loud Luxury 18 18 10 18 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 19 17 24 16 WAITING Kian 20 15 20 06 BETTER Khalid 21 14 24 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 22 23 12 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 23 31 15 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 24 20 17 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 25 28 03 25 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 26 21 19 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 27 22 42 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 28 25 12 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 29 29 19 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 30 27 10 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 31 26 24 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 32 38 05 32 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 33 30 22 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 34 35 40 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 35 NE 01 35 LOSING IT Fisher 36 24 03 24 LOST IN THE FIRE Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd 37 32 33 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 38 33 15 32 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 39 34 35 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 40 43 04 40 HOPE The Chainsmokers Feat. Winona Oak 41 36 09 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 42 42 04 42 LIE TO ME 5 Seconds Of Summer 43 53 41 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 44 37 16 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 45 40 34 07 RISE Jonas Blue 46 48 12 43 BEFORE I GO Guy Sebastian 47 NE 01 47 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan 48 76 42 06 I SAID HI Amy Shark 49 44 16 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 50 39 24 27 LOST IN JAPAN Shawn Mendes 57 (NE) Mallrat - Groceries 59 (73) Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Nights Like This 70 (RE) Hayden James Feat. Boy Matthews - Just Friends 72 (NE) Dua Lipa - Swan Song 77 (RE) Childish Gambino - This Is America 84 (99) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water 87 (RE) Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All The Stars 89 (NE) Vera Blue - All The Pretty Girls 91 (NE) Ocean Alley - Baby Come Back 93 (RE) King Princess - Make My Bed 94 (RE) The Rubens Feat. Sarah - Never Ever 99 (RE) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly Albums 01 NE 01 01 AMO Bring Me The Horizon 02 02 17 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 01 15 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 04 03 323 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 05 NE 01 05 DNA Backstreet Boys 06 04 60 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 07 05 94 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 08 20 37 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 09 06 100 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 10 07 40 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 11 RE 20 11 CHIAROSCURO Ocean Alley 12 11 31 01 SCORPION Drake 13 09 45 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins 14 16 20 13 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 15 10 11 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 16 13 22 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 17 40 309 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 18 27 38 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 19 15 64 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 20 23 29 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 21 14 24 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 22 19 12 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 23 NE 01 23 VICTORY (LIVE) Bethel Music 24 35 336 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 25 24 26 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 26 25 158 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 NE 01 27 A SALUTE TO THE SEEKERS Mirusia 28 30 46 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 51 15 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 30 28 46 02 ? XXXTentacion 31 17 07 11 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 32 31 09 31 STANDARDS Seal 33 55 147 01 LIVE AC/DC 34 26 05 15 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 35 21 11 05 DELTA Mumford & Sons 36 RE 102 22 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH VOLUME 1 & 2 Paul Kelly 37 38 241 01 X Ed Sheeran 38 37 10 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 39 29 90 05 STONEY Post Malone 40 39 52 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 41 NE 01 41 TOAST TO OUR DIFFERENCES Rudimental 42 52 262 05 THE VERY VERY BEST OF Crowded House 43 NE 01 43 INNER MONOLOGUE PART 1 Julia Michaels 44 08 02 08 HEARD IT IN A PAST LIFE Maggie Rogers 45 46 04 37 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 46 44 91 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 47 49 12 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 48 32 29 02 FLICKER Niall Horan 49 NE 01 49 WEEZER (TEAL ALBUM) Weezer 50 RE 05 10 8 LETTERS Why Don't We Avalanches below, business continues above. This week we reach the aftermath of triple j's Hottest 100, the only music poll big enough to make a substantial annual impact on a national chart. Even songs with no relation to the countdown were all losing 5-10% of their Spotify streams on the 27th of January as people shifted their music listening focus for a whole day. Before I get to that though, Ariana Grande retains the #1 spot for a 2nd week. She has slipped down to #2 on sales behind "Shallow" but maintains a monstrous lead on streaming that will be hard to top. Potential competition isn't really showing itself as Post Malone & Ava Max retain the remaining top 3 spots. "Wow." returns to its #4 peak but still shows no sign of overtaking "Sunflower". The only new peaks in the top 10 this week are at #6 & #9 (nice), both relating to the Hottest 100. Travis Scott scored his first ever entry in the poll (after finishing in the #101-#200 section 3 times last year) with "SICKO MODE" at #3, and off the back of this, it ascends from being one of the biggest selling #7 hits to being one of the biggest selling #6 hits. Ascending from a prior #7 peak to a #6 peak is the same thing Vance Joy did with "Riptide" after his #1 finish, which is the highest certified single to not reach the top 5. The other noteworthy climb comes from Ocean Alley with their #1 polling "Confidence" making one of the biggest ever jumps in the top 100 up 84 places to #9. This is the same peak reached by The Rubens' "Hoops" and in fact the last 8 Hottest 100 winners are top 10 peakers. Ocean Alley also make ARIA Chart history as their cover of Player's top 20 hit "Baby Come Back" becomes to my knowledge the first ever triple j Like A Version to make the ARIA Chart. It is not necessarily the most popular one, but it comes at a time as these covers have been getting more regularly available as singles, as triple j tends to put their Like A Version compilations up on iTunes with no individual purchases allowed. I do however recall that Regina Spektor charted briefly with "No Surprises" but that was a different recording to her Like A Version rendition. Noteworthy in its own right is the other Ocean Alley single "Knees", which is not on the chart at all because ARIA. It may have come relatively close to the top 50 so it's still not the biggest omission on the chart as Bene (who was in the Hottest 100 no less!) and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie are both top 40 on Spotify. Evidently for Ocean Alley, the #10 position in the Hottest 100 is cursed, because 2010's #10 finisher "Somebody To Love Me" from Mark Ronson & co. was also omitted from the chart back in the day. Ocean Alley become the first Australian artist to score their first top 50 single in 2019...and FISHER becomes the second with the biggest club hit of 2018 by an Australian artist "Losing It" bursts into the top 40, also already certified gold. In non-Hottest 100 news, J. Cole scores his highest ever charting single with "Middle Child" at #15, his previous highest being "KOD" at #20. In a moment of gracious relief, Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" has finally been pushed out of the top 50 in its 100th week on the chart, for the first time since being pushed as a single in late 2017. On the topic of Sheeran songs, "Eastside" is kicked out of the top 10 despite polling in the Hottest 100, preventing it from matching "Perfect"'s top 10 longevity for the time being. Despite being 30 weeks old, Hot Hits Australia on Spotify still insists on bolstering its streams, though it's not the oldest song there because they just added "Confidence", a song that only didn't reach the ARIA top 100 9 months ago because they never featured it in the first place. There's a little less to note on the album chart although we do have a new #1 and it's actually not a movie soundtrack for once. On the other hand, it's still not anything new to the chart because while Bring Me The Horizon just scored their first UK #1 album, "Amo" is in fact their 4th Australian #1 album in a row. Once again they join the extremely mismatched company of artists who have scored at least 4 #1 albums in the 2010s, which includes Taylor Swift, Eminem, Lana Del Rey, One Direction and The Amity Affliction. Even without BMTH there'd be a shift because "A Star Is Born" has overtaken "Bohemian Rhapsody" again. Further breaking the soundtrack hegemony is Backstreet Boys. They are one of the more noteworthy artists to never have a #1 album here as they instead have 3 #2 albums. This is a feat that ties them with Dead Letter Circus, but leaves them way behind Radiohead who have 6 #2 albums without a #1. They can't quite add to this tally as their new album debuts at #5. Keith Urban's current Australian tour brings him back into the top 10, preventing Ocean Alley from reaching it for the first time, as their latest album hits a new peak of #11, having previously debuted at #15 last year. If you want to make Backstreet Boys look a lot better, then just glance at the monstrous decline for Rudimental, whose first two albums peaked at #2 & #4, while despite (although I choose to believe it's because of it) having their biggest hit to date, their very delayed 3rd album debuts at #41. A more painful revelation is that Weezer have scored their 4th self-titled top 50 album, which includes all of their self-titled albums except for The Blue Album.
February 13, 20196 yr Author 11/02/2019 Singles 01 01 03 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande 02 02 16 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 03 NE 01 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish 04 04 06 04 WOW. Post Malone 05 03 16 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 06 05 18 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 07 10 04 07 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 08 06 27 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 09 07 10 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 10 08 18 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 11 11 14 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 12 13 30 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 13 21 25 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 14 14 03 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis 15 19 25 15 WAITING Kian 16 12 30 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 17 18 11 17 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 18 09 03 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 19 15 02 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole 20 20 21 06 BETTER Khalid 21 17 30 07 BODY Loud Luxury 22 23 16 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 23 16 32 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 24 22 13 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 25 25 04 25 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 26 32 06 26 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 27 28 13 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 28 27 43 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 29 26 20 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 30 24 18 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 31 29 20 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 32 30 11 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid 33 31 25 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 34 43 42 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 35 34 41 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 36 40 05 36 HOPE The Chainsmokers Feat. Winona Oak 37 47 02 37 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan 38 42 05 38 LIE TO ME 5 Seconds Of Summer 39 33 23 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 40 41 10 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 41 59 03 41 NIGHTS LIKE THIS Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 42 37 34 07 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 43 39 36 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B 44 38 16 32 RUIN MY LIFE Zara Larsson 45 NE 01 45 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 46 44 17 14 ZEZE Kodak Black Feat. Travis Scott & Offset 47 53 10 45 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts Feat. Georgia Ku 48 36 04 24 LOST IN THE FIRE Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd 49 49 17 29 MO BAMBA Sheck Wes 50 46 13 43 BEFORE I GO Guy Sebastian 61 (RE) 21 Savage - a lot 65 (84) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water 66 (RE) Billie Eilish - bellyache 68 (72) Dua Lipa - Swan Song 76 (99) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly 78 (RE) Billie Eilish - ocean eyes 82 (89) Vera Blue - All The Pretty Girls 83 (90) Dan + Shay - Tequila 96 (RE) Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown 97 (NE) Tyga, Rich The Kid & G-Eazy - Girls Have Fun 100 (RE) Silk City & Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson - Electricity Albums 01 02 18 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 02 03 16 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 03 04 324 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 04 06 61 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 05 07 95 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 06 14 21 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 07 01 02 01 AMO Bring Me The Horizon 08 08 38 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 09 10 41 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 10 09 101 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 11 12 32 01 SCORPION Drake 12 16 23 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 13 NE 01 13 RESIST Within Temptation 14 18 39 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 15 19 65 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 13 46 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins 17 NE 01 17 DON'T FEED THE POP MONSTER Broods 18 15 12 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 19 11 21 11 CHIAROSCURO Ocean Alley 20 25 27 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 21 21 25 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 22 20 30 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 23 26 159 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 30 47 02 ? XXXTentacion 25 22 13 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 26 45 05 26 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 27 05 02 05 DNA Backstreet Boys 28 28 47 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 39 91 05 STONEY Post Malone 30 29 16 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 31 37 242 01 X Ed Sheeran 32 17 310 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 33 38 11 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 34 53 37 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 35 24 337 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 47 13 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 37 46 92 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 38 54 283 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 39 63 87 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 40 34 06 15 MARY POPPINS RETURNS Soundtrack 41 31 08 11 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 42 40 53 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 43 33 148 01 LIVE AC/DC 44 51 224 01 1989 Taylor Swift 45 55 42 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 46 56 14 09 SUNCITY Khalid 47 69 07 30 I AM > I WAS 21 Savage 48 58 205 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 49 64 110 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods 50 NE 01 50 KIDZ BOP 2019 Kidz Bop Kids "7 rings" retains the top spot for a 3rd week running. The vibe in the UK is that it will be the last week for it at #1 but I don't think that will be the case in Australia at all. "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" is indeed pulling a strong showing, but it's still lagging behind a little on Spotify, and the fact it will probably get 0 streams counted for Thursday means it has little chance to get there. A #2 debut seems reasonably likely though. "Sunflower" has been in the top 2 for 8 weeks in a row now and maybe it'll start slipping. What's also causing some interest in the top 10 is Billie Eilish. I was a little skeptical of her debuting prospects because a lot of her streams are being driven from a vertical video on Today's Top Hits & Hot Hits Australia, which count to her Spotify ranking but not her ARIA position. It turns out that she didn't really need those streams because she still lands at #3, making "bury a friend" her 3rd top 10 hit and highest ever charting single. She is still yet to ever reach the top 40 national airplay chart with any of her songs. In due process, she stops Post Malone from scoring a new peak fro "Wow." If you choose to count "7 rings" as one, then it has been close to 6 months since we last had a digital #1 single that didn't start with the letter S. "Shallow" continues to lead sales by a mile but it only barely holds in the top 10. Speaking of ancient singles that Australia can never let go of, KIAN's "Waiting" reaches the top 15 for the first time in its 6 month charting stint. He released a new single this week which appears like it won't make the top 200 because playlists aren't ready to switch over. Dean Lewis also trolls him again by blocking him from hitting #1 on the ARIA Australian Singles chart by 1 position. Maybe it's karma for calling it "the national ARIA Singles Chart" on his Spotify profile. There are 2 other new singles in the top 50, firstly Kehlani who scores her 3rd top 50 hit to date, and the first where she's not billed second with "Nights Like This". The other debut shouldn't be one, but someone at ARIA saw that there were two songs strangely missing from the top 50 and they decided to fix one of them. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie scores his first ever ARIA Singles Chart entry (to my recollection) with "Look Back At It". While we're talking about ARIA being silly with rappers, Tyga finally makes the chart...with "Girls Have Fun". "Taste" should certainly still be in the top 100 but oops. Between Tyga & A Boogie, 2 of this week's 3 top 100 debuts sort of reference Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Not content with 9 weeks, "A Star Is Born"'s soundtrack cracks double digits as it has seemingly overtaken "Bohemian Rhapsody" for good, at least in terms of a time when they're in #1 contention, you can never truly tell which movie soundtracks will never die on the chart. With Bring Me The Horizon dropping off as expected, we're back to an entire top 5 of soundtrack related albums, but we have a new leader in terms of contemporary non-soundtrack music, and it's not even an album, but rather Billie Eilish's 2017 EP. It hits the top 10 for the first time in its sort of long but should be much longer run. We need not worry about a soundtrack monopoly next week, as it looks pretty safe to say that Ariana Grande will be scoring her 4th #1 album to date with "thank u, next" next week. Undoubtedly great news because there's no need to even consider the possibility that Sticky Fingers will get there. The highest debut this week is down at #13, where Within Temptation score their highest chart position to date at #13, having previously gotten as high as #26. The same fortunes can't be said for Broods who despite scoring their highest ever triple j Hottest 100 position with lead single "Peach", they're quite a bit down from past fortunes on their 3rd album debuting at #17, compared to the #5 & #2 debuts of their first two albums. I haven't listened to it yet but "Hospitalized" is an excellent track on it. Also obviously I have to mention that a peculiar Kidz Bop album has charted (the first ever I believe), which seems to be aimed at both the Australian & New Zealand markets because it has a Sheppard song and a Six60 song. I assume the real reason it's here is because "Be Alright"'s iTunes reviews are full of people outraged that Dean said a swear in the song, wishing for him to release a clean version. He hasn't done that but somewhere, a monkey's paw curled up a finger.
February 13, 20196 yr very good for Billie eilish, higher than in the UK or US also her EP is #1 if you exclude all those Queen/soundtrack albums
February 20, 20196 yr Author 18/02/2019 Singles 01 01 04 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande 02 NE 01 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande 03 02 17 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 04 03 02 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish 05 04 07 04 WOW. Post Malone 06 10 19 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 07 11 15 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 08 05 17 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 09 06 19 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 10 07 05 07 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 11 NE 01 11 BLOODLINE Ariana Grande 12 08 28 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 13 NE 01 13 NEEDY Ariana Grande 14 09 11 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 15 13 26 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 16 NE 01 16 NASA Ariana Grande 17 14 04 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis 18 15 26 15 WAITING Kian 19 12 31 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 20 17 12 17 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 21 NE 01 21 BAD IDEA Ariana Grande 22 NE 01 22 FAKE SMILE Ariana Grande 23 16 31 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 24 NE 01 24 TALK Khalid 25 94 09 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 26 NE 01 26 GHOSTIN Ariana Grande 27 20 22 06 BETTER Khalid 28 NE 01 28 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer 29 21 31 07 BODY Loud Luxury 30 26 07 26 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 31 22 17 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 32 24 14 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 33 25 05 25 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 34 23 33 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 35 19 03 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole 36 NE 01 36 IN MY HEAD Ariana Grande 37 18 04 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 38 29 21 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 39 28 44 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 40 31 21 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 41 NE 01 41 MAKE UP Ariana Grande 42 27 14 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 43 30 19 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 44 40 11 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 45 37 03 37 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan 46 34 43 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 47 45 02 45 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 48 35 42 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 49 33 26 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 50 39 24 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro 57 (61) 21 Savage - a lot 67 (NE) Julia Michaels Feat. Selena Gomez - Anxiety 79 (83) Dan + Shay - Tequila 84 (RE) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - I'll Never Love Again 99 (NE) George Ezra - Hold My Girl Albums 01 NE 01 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 02 01 19 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 03 02 17 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 04 NE 01 04 YOURS TO KEEP Sticky Fingers 05 03 325 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 06 04 62 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 07 05 96 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 08 06 22 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 09 09 42 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 10 10 102 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 11 12 24 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 12 11 33 01 SCORPION Drake 13 RE 64 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 14 21 26 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 15 18 13 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 16 15 66 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 17 07 03 01 AMO Bring Me The Horizon 18 14 40 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 19 23 160 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 20 20 28 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 21 24 48 02 ? XXXTentacion 22 28 48 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 26 06 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 24 08 39 02 GRAFFITI U Keith Urban 25 22 31 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 26 45 43 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 27 29 92 05 STONEY Post Malone 28 25 14 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 29 33 12 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 30 30 17 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 31 32 311 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 32 34 38 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 33 37 93 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 34 31 243 01 X Ed Sheeran 35 68 16 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne 36 19 22 11 CHIAROSCURO Ocean Alley 37 36 14 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 38 27 03 05 DNA Backstreet Boys 39 35 338 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 40 42 54 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 41 43 149 01 LIVE AC/DC 42 38 284 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk 43 76 36 13 DIAMONDS Elton John 44 49 111 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods 45 16 47 06 THE SINGLES Phil Collins 46 53 51 01 NATION OF TWO Vance Joy 47 44 225 01 1989 Taylor Swift 48 39 88 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 49 48 206 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 50 51 346 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers Because the Australian charts are bad, Bene just came to the country to do some live shows/promo etc and is still missing from the chart. I refuse to stop being mad about this. In the world of artists that ARIA will acknowledge, Ariana Grande is quite popular. For the second time in her career, she's had her entire album make the ARIA top 100. If you choose to count "KIDS SEE GHOSTS" as a Kanye album (which you probably should), she's the 2nd artist to do this twice, and just like Kanye, one of those two albums also entirely made the top 50...namely this new one. This leads to all new crackpot theories of whether the streams were counted correctly and "bloodline" was robbed of a top 10 placing, as for the time being she's only gotten one more top 10 hit via "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" up at #2. It's easy to miss among all the Ariana, but there were two more high debuts this week, firstly Khalid because it's been about a month since his last one, and also The Chainsmokers because it's been about a month since their last one. In some sort of divine parody of the way Spotify playlists often allow only one song at a time from certain artists, we have new top 50 entries from Khalid, The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer, and also top 50 dropouts from Khalid, The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer. Obviously the most interesting thing about all this is that Khalid's song is produced by Disclosure, and by entering at #24, it's now their 2nd highest charting single behind "Magnets". 21 Savage gets his 2nd lead artist top 60 hit following "Bank Account", he has thus far only reached the top 50 via "rockstar" and technically "This Is America", so he's trying to ruin his #1 hit streak. George Ezra has also finally scored a 2nd charting hit from his 2nd album because "Hold My Girl" was used on Married At First Sight or something like that. It nearly climbed to #1 on iTunes mid-week but has settled down a little since then, though it could crack top 50 next week despite meager streams. Go back to earlier in this thread when Bring Me The Horizon debuted at #1 and I provided a list of artists with 4 #1 albums in the 2010s. You can now add Ariana Grande to this list as "thank u, next" has of course done the same. She's not setting new records as I believe Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Post Malone & Drake all had bigger streaming returns. She does save the day by keeping the top spot away from the soundtrack clog fest, and also racist, sexist, transphobic shitlords. That last bit requires a lot of background into very Australian affairs so let me begin. Sticky Fingers are an Australian band. They rose to prominence in 2012 after one of their first singles was uploaded to triple j Unearthed and started getting radio play. From 2013 to 2016 they released 3 albums, getting increasingly popular to the point that the 3rd of those debuted at #1 on the ARIA Chart. They also amassed 9 entries in the triple j Hottest 100 in the space of 5 years. In late 2016, they started receiving allegations from various parties about how the lead singer's drunken behaviour during/after shows was getting out of hand, including threats and abuse to women and POC. Public favour hadn't really swayed at that point, but the band went on hiatus to recuperate. Things turned to worse when the band made a surprise comeback at a live show, and the lead singer posted an apology video to not much convincing effect. The band were invited onto triple j's current affairs program to do an interview, wherein things went downhill fast as it was all a bit halfhearted and the singer flat out said 'boys will be boys'. Since around that point, triple j have never played the band's music since, and from this point on it's turned into a war of left & right. In addition to people seemingly listening to the band purely to 'own the libs', the band themselves have doubled down hard including multiple incidents of setting up sock puppet Twitter accounts to retaliate against people who have spoken out against them, which includes pretending to be these people, or sending transphobic replies to them, you know, just very normal things for a touring band. As someone who used to like some of their music, my opinion is very low nowadays. Sadly they're one of very few Australian artists who can crack the Spotify top 200 chart with most music they release on day 1. Fortunately, favour is dwindling as their 4th album enters at only #4. On a more pleasant note, the very new artist Dua Lipa won Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards and has soared back into the chart with her album. Next week's chart will be a big toss up as to whether or not Ariana Grande's rapidly declining streaming numbers can hold on against "A Star Is Born", or perhaps new entries from Florida Georgia Line, Avril Lavigne, The Cat Empire & Methyl Ethel can make an impact.
February 26, 20196 yr Author 25/02/2019 Singles 01 01 05 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande 02 02 02 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande 03 03 18 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 04 05 08 04 WOW. Post Malone 05 04 03 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish 06 06 20 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 07 08 18 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 08 10 06 07 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 09 24 02 09 TALK Khalid 10 09 20 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey 11 07 16 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 12 12 29 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 13 14 12 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus 14 15 27 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille 15 17 05 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis 16 18 27 15 WAITING Kian 17 19 32 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid 18 28 02 18 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer 19 20 13 17 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods 20 30 08 20 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 21 23 32 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra 22 NE 01 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars 23 29 32 07 BODY Loud Luxury 24 33 06 24 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man 25 45 04 25 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan 26 32 15 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons 27 35 04 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole 28 27 23 06 BETTER Khalid 29 34 34 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis 30 NE 01 30 11 MINUTES YUNGBLUD & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker 31 11 02 11 BLOODLINE Ariana Grande 32 40 22 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham 33 39 45 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer 34 37 05 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 35 31 18 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish 36 42 15 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee 37 44 12 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake 38 13 02 13 NEEDY Ariana Grande 39 NE 01 39 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 40 16 02 16 NASA Ariana Grande 41 25 10 15 IMAGINE Ariana Grande 42 21 02 21 BAD IDEA Ariana Grande 43 48 43 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone 44 38 22 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora 45 47 03 45 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 46 63 62 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 47 43 20 18 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 48 46 44 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid 49 49 27 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 50 51 05 41 NIGHTS LIKE THIS Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign 52 (57) 21 Savage - a lot 55 (99) George Ezra - Hold My Girl 65 (74) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water 66 (NE) Juice WRLD - Robbery 69 (79) Dan + Shay - Tequlia 85 (RE) Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 91 (RE) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 98 (RE) Cardi B - Money Albums 01 01 02 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 02 03 18 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 03 02 20 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 04 NE 01 04 STOLEN DIAMONDS The Cat Empire 05 05 326 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 06 07 97 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 07 NE 01 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line 08 06 63 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 09 NE 01 09 HEAD ABOVE WATER Avril Lavigne 10 11 25 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem 11 NE 01 11 TRIAGE Methyl Ethel 12 08 23 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 13 10 103 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 09 43 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 15 12 34 01 SCORPION Drake 16 13 65 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 17 19 161 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 18 41 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra 19 16 67 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 20 04 02 04 YOURS TO KEEP Sticky Fingers 21 15 14 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack 22 20 29 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 23 22 49 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 21 49 02 ? XXXTentacion 25 14 27 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 26 23 07 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 27 40 55 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen 28 30 18 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol 29 50 347 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 30 26 44 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 31 17 04 01 AMO Bring Me The Horizon 32 NE 01 32 SOS Millencolin 33 37 15 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts 34 NE 01 34 SO FAR GONE Drake 35 28 15 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons 36 27 93 05 STONEY Post Malone 37 34 244 01 X Ed Sheeran 38 25 32 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 39 31 312 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 40 33 94 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 41 41 150 01 LIVE AC/DC 42 48 89 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 43 29 13 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora 44 39 339 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 45 NE 01 45 DON'T LET GO Dear Seattle 46 43 37 13 DIAMONDS Elton John 47 32 39 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 48 44 112 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods 49 53 10 11 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Soundtrack 50 42 285 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk Not sure I'll have much time in the rest of the week so just a quick write up. Ariana Grande fends off tough competition from Ariana Grande to get "7 rings" a 5th straight week at #1. The digital & streaming charts could not be less in cahoots so it seems like her lagging sales won't matter too much. At least I'd be saying that if not for the fact that "Shallow" is pulling crazy digital numbers again. If that can maintain well for the rest of the week then there's a chance for an upset. The only real top 10 news is that Khalid has scored his 8th top 10 hit, and oddly enough, Disclosure their first ever. Typical chart stars Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Zedd & Katy Perry in some combination are all back though neither song seems to be making an especially strong impression just yet. Less typical is the arrival of YUNGBLUD who scores his first ever top 100 entry, though he has made it into triple j's Hottest 100 two years in a row now so it's not like he's unknown here. It's also a somewhat uncommon in these times appearance for Travis Barker, who as part of blink-182 had a stack of entries, though they were last seen in the top 30 back in 2011 with "Up All Night". This one will probably last more than one week. It's been a couple months so there's another Juice WRLD song on the chart, I think it's the first time he's had something on the chart ahead of "Lucid Dreams". Ariana Grande holds the top spot for a 2nd week, which is extremely notable because her prior #1 albums only lasted a single week. I suspect "A Star Is Born" will be back to reign terror except will it? It faces extremely tough competition courtesy of Hilltop Hoods who will be gunning for their 6th #1 album, and might be able to pull a 5 digit figure like Ariana just did. Speaking of bands who broke out successfully in 2003 and are still going strong, The Cat Emire are back with I think their 7th studio album. Two of them, including their previous one reached #1 but this time they make do with #4. Speaking of artists who last released an album in 2016, Florida Georgia Line are also back and for the second time in a row they've hit #7, which is their highest position to date. Avril Lavigne on the other hand is a little down on past performance. She maintains a perfect top 10 record with her 6th album, but it's her lowest charting to date. 3 of her first 4 albums all hit #1 ("The Best Damn Thing" was kept off by Silverchair's last album in its 3rd week at #1). But the chart isn't just for artists coasting on former highs, because Methyl Ethel on the other hand have hit a new peak of #11 with their 3rd album. I haven't heard it yet but the singles are mostly great. But then on the other hand we also have Millencolin who were most popular in the 2000s, and Drake with a mixtape he literally released in the 2000s.
February 26, 20196 yr Author That's one thing I forgot to mention. She seems to have set a tremendous new record since she was #2 on sales this week but just missed the top 100 (probably because ARIA counted none of her streams lol). She should hold at #2 on sales, only missing out because of "Shallow"'s rebound, and I wanna guess she'll make around #20, streaming isn't really picking up much yet. "Just Like Fire" and "What About Us" both debuted at #50 on Spotify on their first week but with 10K+ sales, her new song hasn't gotten that high and will be lucky if it gets 5K sales.
February 28, 20196 yr Ariana and Post Malone occupy the Top 4 :wub: Sunflowers 9th week in the Top 3 too
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