04/03/2019

 

Singles

 

01 06 21 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 01 06 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

03 02 03 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

04 03 19 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

05 04 09 04 WOW. Post Malone

06 08 07 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

07 05 04 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

08 09 03 08 TALK Khalid

09 07 19 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

10 10 21 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

11 19 14 11 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods

12 NE 01 12 WALK ME HOME P!nk

13 18 03 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

14 14 28 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

15 15 06 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

16 11 17 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

17 12 30 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

18 20 09 18 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

19 13 13 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus

20 17 33 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

21 16 28 15 WAITING Kian

22 21 33 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

23 30 02 23 11 MINUTES Yungblud & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker

24 23 33 07 BODY Loud Luxury

25 24 07 24 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

26 26 16 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

27 27 05 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

28 29 35 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

29 25 05 25 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

30 28 24 06 BETTER Khalid

31 22 02 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars

32 32 23 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

33 33 46 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

34 34 06 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley

35 35 19 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

36 37 13 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake

37 46 63 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

38 39 02 38 365 Zedd & Katy Perry

39 56 19 12 ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Lady Gaga

40 36 16 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee

41 45 04 41 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

42 43 44 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

43 50 06 41 NIGHTS LIKE THIS Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign

44 NE 01 44 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods

45 31 03 11 BLOODLINE Ariana Grande

46 48 45 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

47 49 28 04 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

48 51 26 07 IN MY MIND Dynoro

49 53 39 02 GIRLS LIKE YOU Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B

50 44 23 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

 

51 (52) 21 Savage - a lot

56 (65) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water

61 (66) Juice WRLD - Robbery

67 (69) Dan + Shay - Tequila

68 (NE) James Bay Feat. Julia Michaels - Peer Pressure

74 (76) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

75 (NE) Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

79 (RE) Eminem - Lose Yourself

85 (RE) Hilltop Hoods Feat. Adrian Eagle - Clark Griswold

95 (NE) Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Woke Up Late

99 (RE) Kanye West & Lil Pump - I Love It

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

02 01 03 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

03 03 21 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

04 02 19 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

05 05 327 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

06 06 98 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

07 08 64 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

08 NE 01 08 CRUSHING Julia Jacklin

09 10 26 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

10 NE 01 10 DISTANCE OVER TIME Dream Theater

11 17 162 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

12 13 104 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

13 14 44 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

14 12 24 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

15 19 68 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

16 15 35 01 SCORPION Drake

17 16 66 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

18 NE 01 18 FATHER OF 4 Offset

19 29 348 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers

20 18 42 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

21 21 15 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

22 07 02 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line

23 NE 01 23 THIS LAND Gary Clark Jr.

24 23 50 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

25 59 147 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem

26 33 16 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

27 22 30 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

28 24 50 02 ? XXXTentacion

29 NE 01 29 WHILE WE WAIT Kehlani

30 27 56 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

31 25 28 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

32 26 08 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

33 NE 01 33 HARVERD DROPOUT Lil Pump

34 36 94 05 STONEY Post Malone

35 20 03 04 YOURS TO KEEP Sticky Fingers

36 48 113 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods

37 35 16 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

38 30 45 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

39 28 19 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

40 42 90 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

41 40 95 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

42 46 38 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

43 39 313 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

44 37 245 01 X Ed Sheeran

45 41 151 01 LIVE AC/DC

46 92 91 01 RECOVERY Eminem

47 38 33 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

48 44 340 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

49 31 05 01 AMO Bring Me The Horizon

50 50 286 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

 

 

Records are broken on both single & album chart this week. For the singles chart, "Shallow" returns to #1, 16 weeks after it was last at #1. This is by far the longest gap between #1 sequences as the previous record is Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" having #1 runs 5 weeks apart. Mind you it could be a short lived record of Mariah Carey being at #1 turns into an annual Christmas tradition. Even though the Academy Awards were over two weeks ago, it looks like "Shallow" should retain the #1 spot next week. The bourgeois download hegemony looks to maintain a stranglehold on the charts a bit longer as Ariana's Spotify top 2 aren't really able to compete. In fact it looks like she'll be overtaken by another competitor as the Jonas Brothers new single is showing very strongly on both formats. Their highest charting single before this was "Burning Up" which got to #31. Nick Jonas got to #15 with "Jealous" and Joe Jonas got to #6 with "Cake By The Ocean" so it's a new record by any measurement. It's near impossible for Australian songs to reach the top 10 unless they're an international hit or just placed strongly in the Hottest 100, so the combination of a new album out and supporting Eminem on tour can only get Hilltop Hoods to #11 with "Leave Me Lonely", though this is its first week as the highest Australian single in the chart. It places just ahead of P!nk who debuts at #12 thanks primarily to downloads. It's an inauspicious start for her but she is #1 on iTunes again so many she's got brighter prospects ahead. ARIA continue to ignore both up and coming US rappers and NZ indie pop artists who start with B and end with E so the only other top 50 debut this week is from Hilltop Hoods with the 3rd single from their new album. It features Illy who is tied with Hilltop Hoods as they have the only 2 Australian hip hop songs to get as high as #2 on the singles chart. It also features Ecca Vandal who has never made the ARIA Chart in any capacity (I think her debut album got to about #200 but don't quote me on that). She once retweeted me when she debuted at #1 on my multi-chart equivalent for another music forum. Lower down, possibly because Hot Hits Australia will support anything with Julia Michaels' name on it, James Bay gets his first chart entry in many years, as nothing from his 2nd album made the charts here. Fellow UK chart star Mabel also gets her first entry which looks to climb quite a bit next week.

 

The other record broken this week also relates to the #1 position. Hilltop Hoods debut at #1 with relative ease. While I thought "A Star Is Born" might have challenged, they ended up selling close to 3 times more than their closest competitor. Hilltop Hoods scored their first #1 album back in 2006 and this is now their 6th #1 album, which is the most for any Australian group. Previously they were tied with Silverchair and Powderfinger on 5 (who both disbanded before ending their #1 streak so one can only speculate how many more they might have had in them). Now only Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham & The 12th Man have more than the South Australian trio. The top 10 continues to be clogged up with the same soundtrack albums that have been there for the past 4 months, but there has been space for new entries. First is another Australian, with the lovely Julia Jacklin's 2nd album taking her all the way up to #8, a considerable jump from her first album which peaked at #42. Long enduring prog rock stalwarts Dream Theater also return, scoring their 2nd top 10 album, the last one also having peaked at #10. Offset's solo outing debuts higher than the last Migos album did because ARIA didn't count its week 1 streams, but Quavo landed slightly higher at #16. Next week is a bit harder to call but Hozier should do decently with his new album, and there could be the return of several albums by The Prodigy.

11/03/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 22 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

02 02 07 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

03 03 04 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

04 04 20 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

05 NE 01 05 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

06 05 10 04 WOW. Post Malone

07 08 04 07 TALK Khalid

08 06 08 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

09 09 20 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

10 07 05 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

11 10 22 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

12 18 10 12 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

13 13 04 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

14 11 15 11 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods

15 12 02 12 WALK ME HOME P!nk

16 14 29 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

17 15 07 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

18 16 18 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

19 17 31 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

20 20 34 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

21 19 14 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus

22 29 06 22 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

23 21 29 15 WAITING Kian

24 23 03 23 11 MINUTES Yungblud & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker

25 27 06 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

26 22 34 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

27 25 08 24 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

28 31 03 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars

29 24 34 07 BODY Loud Luxury

30 28 36 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

31 26 17 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

32 30 25 06 BETTER Khalid

33 33 47 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

34 34 07 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley

35 35 20 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

36 37 64 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

37 36 14 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake

38 32 24 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

39 39 20 12 ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY Lady Gaga

40 42 45 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

41 41 05 41 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

42 40 17 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee

43 46 46 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

44 NE 01 44 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin

45 38 03 38 365 Zedd & Katy Perry

46 61 03 46 ROBBERY Juice WRLD

47 43 07 41 NIGHTS LIKE THIS Kehlani Feat. Ty Dolla $ign

48 50 24 08 LET YOU LOVE ME Rita Ora

49 44 02 44 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods

50 60 15 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid

 

54 (56) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water

57 (NE) Billie Eilish - wish you were gay

59 (75) Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

60 (95) Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Woke Up Late

66 (74) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

96 (NE) Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

97 (RE) A$AP Rocky Feat. Skepta - Praise The Lord (Da Shine)

98 (RE) XXXTENTACION - SAD!

99 (RE) Drake - In My Feelings

100 (RE) Queen - Somebody To Love

 

Albums

 

01 02 04 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

02 01 02 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

03 03 22 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

04 04 20 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

05 05 328 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

06 06 99 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

07 07 65 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

08 NE 01 08 WASTELAND, BABY! Hozier

09 12 105 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

10 13 45 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

11 14 25 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

12 09 27 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

13 11 163 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

14 16 36 01 SCORPION Drake

15 NE 01 15 TASMANIA Pond

16 17 67 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

17 NE 01 17 WHEN I GET HOME Solange

18 NE 01 18 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE Tom Walker

19 15 69 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

20 NE 01 20 SHELBY Lil Skies

21 NE 01 21 SHINE A LIGHT Bryan Adams

22 20 43 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

23 19 349 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers

24 24 51 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

25 21 16 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

26 28 51 02 ? XXXTentacion

27 30 57 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

28 27 31 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

29 22 03 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line

30 47 34 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

31 31 29 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

32 39 20 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

33 34 95 05 STONEY Post Malone

34 RE 49 01 THE FAT OF THE LAND The Prodigy

35 NE 01 35 RAP OR GO TO THE LEAGUE 2 Chainz

36 32 09 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

37 NE 01 37 SHADOWBOXER Mansionair

38 26 17 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

39 38 46 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

40 43 314 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

41 37 17 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

42 41 96 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

43 18 02 18 FATHER OF 4 Offset

44 45 152 01 LIVE AC/DC

45 56 117 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

46 51 15 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora

47 44 246 01 X Ed Sheeran

48 NE 01 48 I, THE MASK In Flames

49 35 04 04 YOURS TO KEEP Sticky Fingers

50 36 114 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods

 

 

The curiosity of the charts is that since it's effectively an aggregate of 7 days of activity, published 2 days after the fact, it will often feel like it's perpetually behind the times that it supposedly represents. I'm writing this post about 16 days after the Academy Awards aired but because that only covered half of last week's chart, the lagging effect into this week's chart spread across a whole week balances out to being roughly the same as last week. This means that not only does "Shallow" retain the #1 spot, but most Queen & Lady Gaga tracks are steady if not climbing. Then again, because iTunes users be like that, "Shallow" was #1 on iTunes as recently as last night. It's tanking hard on streams so this should be its last week at #1. Replacing it will probably be the new Spotify #1, "Sucker" which as noted last week has instantly become the highest charting song of the Jonas variety that isn't a tropical house cover of a Tracy Chapman song. The only other action in the top 10 is that Khalid has gotten a little higher with "Talk", however since it's been in the chart for a month, it's old news and is getting shoved back on Spotify so they can push his newer single. There are big singles from Blueface & YNW Melly which are climbing fast which means nothing is happening on this week's chart. Benny Blanco & Juice WRLD do both score their 2nd top 50 hits (at least credited in the former's case).

 

Something of a surprise to me on the album chart. Despite her usual tendency to struggle with longevity at the very pointy end of the chart, Ariana Grande has managed to return for a 3rd week at #1 for "thank u, next", which means that it alone accounts for half of her time spent at #1 on the album chart. It's also relatively surprising as Hilltop Hoods usually last 2 weeks at #1 with their albums. Because soundtrack monotony never ends, the only interesting thing otherwise to note in the top 10 is a debut for Hozier at #8. His previous album ended up climbing to #3 off the back of actually having some charting hits though he's not yet managed to do that this time around. The next highest debut comes from Pond who you may mostly know for being an offshoot of Tame Impala. Debuting at #15 gives them their equal highest chart peak to date. Managing to improve peaks is Solange whose last album hit #21, but this time she gets slightly higher at #17. Next week could be quite busy but I'm not sure the #1 spot will be challenged by Dido, Kerser, Foals, Juice WRLD, Stella Donnelly or Maren Morris. Though two of them have had #1 albums before so you never know.

18/03/2019

 

Singles

 

01 05 02 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

02 06 11 02 WOW. Post Malone

03 04 21 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

04 02 08 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

05 01 23 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

06 03 05 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

07 08 09 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

08 07 05 07 TALK Khalid

09 12 11 09 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

10 09 21 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

11 10 06 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

12 57 02 12 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

13 11 23 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

14 15 03 12 WALK ME HOME P!nk

15 13 05 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

16 16 30 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

17 22 07 17 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

18 17 08 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

19 20 35 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

20 14 16 11 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods

21 19 32 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

22 23 30 15 WAITING Kian

23 21 15 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus

24 27 09 24 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

25 18 19 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

26 28 04 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars

27 24 04 23 11 MINUTES Yungblud & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker

28 25 07 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

29 26 35 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

30 NE 01 30 MY BAD Khalid

31 30 37 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

32 29 35 07 BODY Loud Luxury

33 31 18 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

34 32 26 06 BETTER Khalid

35 33 48 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

36 34 08 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley

37 35 21 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

38 36 65 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

39 37 15 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake

40 60 03 40 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

41 46 04 41 ROBBERY Juice WRLD

42 40 46 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

43 43 47 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

44 42 18 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee

45 38 25 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

46 44 02 44 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH Benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez & J Balvin

47 49 03 44 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods

48 50 16 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid

49 54 08 49 PURE WATER Mustard Feat. Migos

50 41 06 41 LOOK BACK AT IT A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

 

51 (59) Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

43 (NE) Juice WRLD - Hear Me Calling

62 (66) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

64 (NE) Marshmello & CHVRCHES - Here With Me

72 (96) Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

87 (NE) Summer Walker Feat. Drake - Girls Need Love

91 (NE) Ava Max - So Am I

93 (NE) Amy Shark - Mess Her Up

96 (NE) G Flip - Drink Too Much

97 (NE) Lauren Daigle - You Say

98 (RE) Lauv - I Like Me Better

100 (RE) Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be

 

Albums

 

01 01 05 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

02 NE 01 02 LIFESTYLE Kerser

03 04 21 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

04 05 329 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

05 03 23 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

06 02 03 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

07 06 100 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

08 NE 01 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

09 07 66 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

10 10 46 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

11 NE 01 11 EVERYTHING NOT SAVED WILL BE LOST PART 1 Foals

12 09 106 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

13 11 26 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

14 NE 01 14 STILL ON MY MIND Dido

15 NE 01 15 BEWARE OF THE DOGS Stella Donnelly

16 13 164 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

17 12 28 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

18 14 37 01 SCORPION Drake

19 24 52 08 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

20 16 68 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

21 19 70 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

22 22 44 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

23 08 02 08 WASTELAND, BABY! Hozier

24 25 17 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

25 26 52 02 ? XXXTentacion

26 30 35 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

27 28 32 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

28 33 96 05 STONEY Post Malone

29 NE 01 29 GIRL Maren Morris

30 27 58 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

31 29 04 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line

32 23 350 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers

33 40 315 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

34 36 10 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

35 42 97 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

36 53 210 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

37 57 40 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

38 80 172 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

39 39 47 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

40 44 153 01 LIVE AC/DC

41 47 247 01 X Ed Sheeran

42 31 30 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

43 RE 10 01 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue

44 41 18 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

45 46 16 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora

46 77 99 01 MOLLY (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE TV SERIES) Soundtrack

47 32 21 02 SOLACE Rufus Du Sol

48 51 342 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

49 38 18 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

50 54 456 05 GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses

 

 

In the US, the Jonas Brothers dropped from #1 to #5 this week, but in Australia they've done the complete opposite. "Sucker" is safely leading on streaming currently so it looks to be sticking around there for a while. I'm also obliged to mention that this is their first #1 hit and now Nick Jonas has more ARIA #1 hits than Jess Glynne which might please some people. Behind it, through everything else falling faster, Post Malone gets a new peak of #2 for "Wow.", which is his 3rd #2 peaker now after "I Fall Apart" and "Better Now". The remix is also helping it now so it might be stuck at #2 in typical Post Malone fashion. The only other new peak in the top 10 is from Dominic Fike and "3 Nights". Dominic is a former felon who went to jail for reasons I haven't figured out yet, but I assume since the song isn't hip hop, that's easy to ignore. Billie Eilish has another big surge with "wish you were gay"'s first full tracking week, though it doesn't reach the top 10, and it does so at the expense of "bury a friend" which had its playlist support neutered to shift onto the newer song, which doesn't seem to be connecting the same way. Because it's the charts in 2019, there's a Khalid song again with "My Bad" at #30 which looks to climb quickly next week thanks to strong streaming. The charts are also almost certainly trolling me as well, because while NZ singer Bene made one of my favourite songs of last year which should be in the top 50 but isn't, my decision to make fun of NZ band Drax Project's "Woke Up Late" on Twitter when it came out in late 2017 seems to mean that it's never stopped haunting me ever since, and now thanks to the Hailee Steinfeld version, it's a top 40 hit now. DJ Mustard gets his first credited entry in years with "Pure Water" which sneaks in thanks to an increasing amount of missing songs on the chart. The latest news is that with Juice WRLD's album release, "Hear Me Calling" debuted just outside of the top 50, but "Fast" which should be in the top 50 has been ignored completely. It's especially ridiculous considering that "Robbery" had its playlist placement completely sabotaged to fit this song, and so instead of coming close to the top 20 this week, it's not even in the top 40. Charts in 2019. I'm also inclined to mention that because of Marshmello, CHVRCHES are back on the chart, and "Here With Me" actually matches "Leave A Trace"'s #64 peak, which is their highest charting single until next week. They also charted with "Recover" and "Dead Air".

 

The album chart is in total doldrums and we might be seeing record lows in terms of chart sales at #1. Ariana Grande manages to get a 4th week at #1 which increasingly looks like it'll be her last as she might finally succumb to the soundtrack hegemony. Depending on your disposition, she might have done just enough as she only barely holds off Kerser from getting his first #1 album, although I've seen fans claim he's had 4 (now 5) #1 albums because they got to #1 on iTunes, doctrine which I imagine he spread because there's no way fans came up with that on their own accord. Anyway, Kerser usually follows the tradition of Susan Boyle & Call Of Duty by releasing a new album every year in November, but this time he took a few more months which rewards him with his highest charting album to date. He's had 6 top 10 albums but previously got as high as #4. While I was remarking on Juice WRLD errors in the singles chart, it just now occurred to me that his previous album "Goodbye & Good Riddance" never cracked the ARIA top 100. It reached the top 20 in New Zealand so one can only assume more ARIA shenanigans. This time he's counted correctly and scores his first top 10 album with "Death Race For Love" at #8. In doing so he's kept out Foals who only manage a #11 debut. Thanks in part to a release week discount (I'm pretty sure it's why I bought it at the time), Foals previously hit #1 with "Holy Fire" despite having never made the top 50 before, but it seems to be downhill from there. Dido has also understandably been on a downward trend but that's mainly because of how monstrously huge her first two albums are. So her 5th album is her lowest charter to date, but only a couple spots lower than her 2013 album. Just behind her is Stella Donnelly with her debut album at #15. I swear I don't always sing praises of Western Australian artists (maybe I'll prove that next week), but she is another delight from this empty side of the country. I have no idea what to expect next week except maybe even lower sales because the big new releases from Dean Lewis & Billie Eilish aren't here yet. Jack Savoretti was #1 on iTunes earlier this week but I don't know if he can be relied upon for strong figures beyond that. If Tame Impala had a new album out instead though that would be a done deal obviously.

Singles

 

01 01 03 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

02 03 22 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

03 02 12 02 WOW. Post Malone

04 04 09 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

05 05 24 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

06 07 10 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

07 06 06 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

08 09 12 08 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

09 08 06 07 TALK Khalid

10 10 22 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

11 17 08 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

12 14 04 12 WALK ME HOME P!nk

13 13 24 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

14 11 07 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

15 12 03 12 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

16 15 06 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

17 18 09 14 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

18 30 02 18 MY BAD Khalid

19 19 36 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

20 16 31 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

21 22 31 15 WAITING Kian

22 21 33 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

23 20 17 11 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods

24 24 10 24 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

25 27 05 23 11 MINUTES Yungblud & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker

26 33 19 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

27 28 08 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

28 31 38 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

29 23 16 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus

30 26 05 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars

31 29 36 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

32 25 20 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

33 34 27 06 BETTER Khalid

34 32 36 07 BODY Loud Luxury

35 64 02 35 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

36 35 49 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

37 40 04 37 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

38 51 04 38 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

39 36 09 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley

40 39 16 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake

41 37 22 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

42 47 04 42 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods

43 46 03 43 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH Benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez & J Balvin

44 38 66 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

45 49 09 45 PURE WATER Mustard Feat. Migos

46 42 47 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

47 NE 01 47 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

48 45 26 20 LOVE SOMEONE Lukas Graham

49 44 19 25 CLOSE TO ME Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee

50 48 17 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid

 

53 (91) Ava Max - So Am I

56 (NE) Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord

59 (62) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

62 (NE) Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

65 (72) Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

66 (69) Dan + Shay - Tequila

70 (NE) ScHoolboy Q - Numb Numb Juice

77 (96) G Flip - Drink Too Much

82 (94) Amy Shark - Mess Her Up

 

Albums

 

01 01 06 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

02 03 22 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

03 04 330 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

04 05 24 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

05 06 04 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

06 07 101 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

07 19 53 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

08 100 65 08 SELECTED WORKS: 1972-1999 The Eagles

09 09 67 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

10 08 02 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

11 12 107 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

12 10 47 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

13 13 27 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

14 31 05 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line

15 17 29 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

16 18 38 01 SCORPION Drake

17 20 69 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

18 16 165 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

19 21 71 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

20 22 45 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

21 25 53 02 ? XXXTentacion

22 26 36 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

23 NE 01 23 SINGING TO STRANGERS Jack Savoretti

24 27 33 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

25 28 97 05 STONEY Post Malone

26 39 48 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

27 33 316 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

28 34 11 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

29 35 98 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

30 02 02 02 LIFESTYLE Kerser

31 24 18 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

32 41 248 01 X Ed Sheeran

33 36 211 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

34 42 31 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

35 37 41 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

36 40 154 01 LIVE AC/DC

37 23 03 08 WASTELAND, BABY! Hozier

38 38 173 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

39 61 27 11 CHIAROSCURO Ocean Alley

40 44 19 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

41 49 19 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

42 30 59 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

43 45 17 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora

44 14 02 14 STILL ON MY MIND Dido

45 48 343 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

46 11 02 11 EVERYTHING NOT SAVED WILL BE LOST PART 1 Foals

47 NE 01 47 AVIARY TAKES Dan Sultan

48 52 289 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

49 54 43 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

50 51 93 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

 

 

In one of the heated weeks on the chart, Jonas Brothers hold a 2nd week at #1 with dipping sales & streams. Post Malone is their toughest competition at the moment but it's not clear what song that's with. In the latest bone-headed ARIA move, it seems that "Wow."'s remix and its roughly 200K streams were not counted, which has caused "Sunflower" to move back to #2 in its place. If the remix did count, "Wow." would be a serious #1 threat this coming week but accurate charts can be too much to ask for I guess. CHVRCHES and Mabel both score their first ever top 50 hits, to my dismay, the former is via Marshmello. To illustrate the streaming/digital divide, Birds of Tokyo debut at #56 with their latest single, which is currently #4 on the digital tracks chart, and they are of course a band I loved in my teens, and even a couple of years ago saw live and had a great time, though sadly they've lately devoted a lot of their craft to boring radio ballads. To make matters worse, the reason the song is doing so well is because it's on ads for Married At First Sight.

 

The album chart doldrums continue as Ariana Grande scores a 5th week at #1, in a similar manner to Linkin Park's long running #1 album in 2010 under similar circumstances. If you care more about healthy sales than quality, then hurrah because Dean Lewis will probably easily debut at #1 next week. The only real news is that recent tours push Eagles & Luke Combs into the top 10, overall probably uplifting news for people who think music made by dudes with guitars is exceptionally real.

01/04/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 04 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

02 03 13 02 WOW. Post Malone

03 02 23 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

04 04 10 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

05 08 13 05 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

06 06 11 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

07 09 07 07 TALK Khalid

08 05 25 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

09 07 07 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

10 17 10 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

11 12 05 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

12 11 09 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

13 14 08 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

14 10 23 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

15 16 07 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

16 13 25 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

17 28 39 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

18 18 03 18 MY BAD Khalid

19 24 11 19 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

20 19 37 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

21 15 04 12 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

22 35 03 22 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

23 20 32 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

24 21 32 15 WAITING Kian

25 22 34 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

26 NE 01 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

27 23 18 11 LEAVE ME LONELY Hilltop Hoods

28 27 09 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

29 53 03 29 SO AM I Ava Max

30 32 21 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

31 33 28 06 BETTER Khalid

32 25 06 23 11 MINUTES Yungblud & Halsey Feat. Travis Barker

33 34 37 07 BODY Loud Luxury

34 38 05 34 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

35 31 37 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

36 29 17 06 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus

37 37 05 37 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

38 26 20 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

39 30 06 22 PLEASE ME Cardi B & Bruno Mars

40 41 23 10 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

41 36 50 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

42 40 17 32 GOING BAD Meek Mill Feat. Drake

43 42 05 42 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods

44 47 02 44 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

45 39 10 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley

46 62 02 46 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

47 NE 01 47 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

48 51 49 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

49 46 48 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

50 44 67 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

 

55 (56) Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord

62 (NE) Juice WRLD - Fast

63 (NE) Tame Impala - Patience

67 (77) G Flip - Drink Too Much

68 (RE) Dean Lewis - Waves

70 (82) Amy Shark - Mess Her Up

94 (NE) Tones And I - Johnny Run Away

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

02 01 07 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

03 03 331 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

04 02 23 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

05 04 25 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

06 06 102 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

07 76 03 07 SHINE A LIGHT Bryan Adams

08 05 05 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

09 09 68 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

10 NE 01 10 THE DIRT SOUNDTRACK Motley Crue

11 NE 01 11 HI THIS IS FLUME (MIXTAPE) Flume

12 07 54 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

13 11 108 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

14 13 28 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

15 12 48 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

16 NE 01 16 MANIC CANDID EPISODE The Murlocs

17 10 03 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

18 16 39 01 SCORPION Drake

19 15 30 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

20 17 70 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

21 18 166 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

22 22 37 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

23 27 317 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

24 20 46 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

25 21 54 02 ? XXXTentacion

26 19 72 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

27 25 98 05 STONEY Post Malone

28 34 32 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

29 26 49 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

30 24 34 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

31 29 99 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

32 28 12 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

33 NE 01 33 THE WORLD IS YOURS 2 Rich The Kid

34 36 155 01 LIVE AC/DC

35 33 212 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

36 45 344 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

37 32 249 01 X Ed Sheeran

38 35 42 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

39 41 20 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

40 38 174 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

41 40 20 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

42 14 06 07 CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line

43 31 19 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

44 RE 07 30 GREATEST HITS Motley Crue

45 48 290 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

46 42 60 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

47 43 18 15 PHOENIX Rita Ora

48 67 458 05 GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses

49 62 101 01 MOLLY (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE TV SERIES) Soundtrack

50 39 28 11 CHIAROSCURO Ocean Alley

 

 

Given that it is now a three time, three time, three time ARIA #1 single, it is pretty safe to say that Australia can dig that "Sucker". I have to do the Booker T bit now because I don't think it's getting another week. The ARIA Chart has been met with many major album splashes on the singles chart, but never any that net a #1 debut (I've often theorised that "Better Now" would have come very close with accurately recorded data even though it only debuted at #4). Speaking of Post Malone, he came pretty close to the top spot with "Wow." as it seems the remix is now counting to the chart. He might even overtake the Jonas Brothers, but it's looking like he'll be leapfrogged by Billie Eilish who is posting monster streaming numbers with the entirety of her new album, but particularly "bad guy" looks to take the top spot. Spare some sympathy for "bury a friend" whose #3 peak probably won't be improved due to the fact it isn't on Hot Hits Australia like all of its competition, and might not even reach #4. "wish you were gay" looks to score a new top 10 peak though, and maybe even "when the party's over" will return, while "you should see me in a crown" should easily surpass its original #47 peak. Also lots of debuts probably but that's always less certain so I won't go there. Sam Smith's perpetual quest for a top 5 peak is blocked yet again, this time by Dominic Fike who climbs to his probable peak of #5. Speaking of sneaking into milestones, Dean Murray scores his 2nd top 10 hit with "7 Minutes". It's always a rare case when an Australian single reaches the top 10 without the help of the Hottest 100. A random sales boost early in the week also helps Calvin Harris get to the top 20 for the first time with "Giant", whereas for the binman this is narrowly behind the #17 peak for "Human". After a brief stint of releasing a single that only kind of sounded the same as another popular song, Dean Lloyd has reverted back to 'I've heard of that before' territory with the week's highest debut "Stay Awake". To my shock, ARIA have taken a relatively prompt initiative on including Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" to the chart (though I suspect it should have been on there last week, by usual standards this is a triumph). In fact, ARIA's version of an April Fool's joke seems to be taking the chart almost seriously because they've also now belatedly included Juice WRLD's "Fast", but don't worry, the other usual suspects are still missing, and we can potentially add a new one to that list because Ski Mask The Slump God's "Faucet Failure" looks like it might have about enough streams to get in, guess I'll never know though.

 

According to last year's census data, Australia's population is roughly made up of 3.6% Chinese, 3.0% Aboriginal, 1.7% Indian and 5.3% Other, leaving roughly 90% firmly considered white. I don't know why I brought that up but it seems like Dean Lewis Capaldi's debut album has debuted at #1. Evidently it helps when there's not much in the way of competition as noted by Ariana Grande being #2 with continuing diminishing numbers off her debut. That being said, someone somewhere thought that there weren't enough soundtracks in the top 10, so not only have we retained all of those soundtrack associated albums from last week, we now add a 6th courtesy of Motley Crue's Netflix thing. Speaking of nostalgia, Bryan Adams has also been in the country recently, and his recent album which debuted at #21 has vaulted 69 (nice) places to #7. With all this, it means that Flume has just narrowly missed the top 10 with his rather adventurous and interesting new mixtape, which follows two #1 albums. Not far behind him is Melbourne band The Murlocs, whose last album hit #15, this time they're a little lower at #16. Next week Billie Eilish will assumably debut at #1 and I'm not sure if anything else noteworthy will happen.

Dean Lewis Capaldi?

Dean Lewis Capaldi?

I think that's only meant to be a pun on their names both containing 'Lewis' (and that they make similar music) :P

 

Surprised it took this long for Capaldi himself to make the Australian top 50 anyway, SYL seems like the type of song that would easily cross over there (and I'm guessing it has enough momentum to be a proper smash too based on that 62-46 climb).

 

Australia still really have a serious Post Malone obsession too it seems, 'Sunflower' still top 3 after all this time makes the chart look like Billboard. Good to see 'Giant' making the top 20 finally anyhow.

Yeah I was gonna mention it as it gets closer but "Sunflower" is 3 weeks away from the top 10 longevity record (and 2 weeks away for consecutive weeks), and still pretty high on sales and streams. "Shallow" is also up to 22 weeks but I expect Billie Eilish to push it out next week, but "Sunflower" should be safe.

08/04/2019

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

02 01 05 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

03 13 09 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

04 02 14 02 WOW. Post Malone

05 21 05 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

06 03 24 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

07 40 24 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

08 NE 01 08 ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Billie Eilish

09 05 14 05 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

10 NE 01 10 XANNY Billie Eilish

11 07 08 07 TALK Khalid

12 NE 01 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

13 04 11 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

14 06 12 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

15 08 26 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

16 RE 10 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

17 09 08 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

18 47 02 18 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

19 12 10 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

20 NE 01 20 I LOVE YOU Billie Eilish

21 22 04 21 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

22 11 06 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

23 NE 01 23 ILOMILO Billie Eilish

24 15 08 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

25 10 11 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

26 46 03 26 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

27 14 24 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

28 16 26 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

29 NE 01 29 LISTEN BEFORE I GO Billie Eilish

30 18 04 18 MY BAD Khalid

31 20 38 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

32 23 33 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

33 29 04 29 SO AM I Ava Max

34 17 40 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

35 NE 01 35 8 Billie Eilish

36 24 33 15 WAITING Kian

37 19 12 19 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

38 34 06 34 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

39 25 35 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

40 31 29 06 BETTER Khalid

41 28 10 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

42 37 06 37 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

43 43 06 42 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

44 26 02 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

45 35 38 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

46 30 22 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

47 41 51 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

48 55 03 48 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

49 38 21 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

50 33 38 07 BODY Loud Luxury

 

54 (NE) Billie Eilish - goodbye

57 (NE) YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind

69 (NicE) P!nk - Hustle

72 (NE) Flume Feat. Reo Cragun - Friends

73 (94) Tones And I - Johnny Run Away

89 (NE) Ariana Grande Feat. Victoria Monet - Monopoly

93 (NE) Khalid - Self

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 08 06 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

03 01 02 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

04 02 08 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

05 03 332 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

06 NE 01 06 TRAUMA I Prevail

07 04 24 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

08 05 26 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

09 06 103 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

10 NE 01 10 EMPATH Devin Townsend

11 NE 01 11 CITIZEN JOHN The Black Sorrows

12 14 29 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

13 9 69 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

14 15 49 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

15 13 109 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

16 12 55 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

17 18 40 01 SCORPION Drake

18 23 318 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

19 19 31 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

20 20 71 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

21 17 04 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

22 21 167 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

23 10 02 10 THE DIRT SOUNDTRACK Motley Crue

24 26 73 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

25 22 38 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

26 31 100 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

27 35 213 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

28 24 47 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

29 25 55 02 ? XXXTentacion

30 27 99 05 STONEY Post Malone

31 28 33 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

32 NE 01 32 SING TO ME INSTEAD Ben Platt

33 45 291 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

34 NE 01 34 TRUNK MUZIK 3 Yelawolf

35 36 345 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

36 34 156 01 LIVE AC/DC

37 30 35 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

38 43 20 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

39 29 50 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

40 32 13 23 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

41 RE 14 15 TALK IS CHEAP Keith Richards

42 37 250 01 X Ed Sheeran

43 40 175 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

44 38 43 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

45 51 95 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

46 11 02 11 HI THIS IS FLUME (MIXTAPE) Flume

47 55 271 05 THE VERY VERY BEST OF Crowded House

48 44 08 30 GREATEST HITS Motley Crue

49 NE 01 49 AFTER THE RAIN Luke Dickens

50 72 93 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

 

 

With Australia being free from the menacing power of locals being local, we have a new #1 single courtesy of Billie Eilish. As I noted last week, with "bad guy" at #1 this is the first time a big album splash has resulted in a #1 debut. Prior to this week she had 3 top 10 hits to her name ("lovely", "when the party's over" and "bury a friend"). As of this week she has 7, with 6 of them being in the top 10. This is especially noteworthy because it's never been done before. In 2017 Ed Sheeran set a chart record when he had 5 songs simultaneously in the top 10 ("Shape Of You", "Castle On The Hill", "Galway Girl", "Dive" & "Perfect"). The power of a single sale has worked against Ed's favour as that is the margin which pushed "xanny" ahead of Khalid's "Talk" for #10. This is somewhat ironic because last year Ed Sheeran set a chart record when "Perfect" held onto #10 by 1 sale (confining Bazzi's "Mine" to a #11 peak) to score a 25th week in the top 10, which has still not been matched. It might be soon however because Post Malone & Swae Lee have held on for a 23rd week now with "Sunflower". I don't want to make any hasty assumptions because things can change rapidly, but it is still the 6th highest song on both Apple & Spotify so week 24 looks locked in at least. If you go down to the top 20, Billie Eilish has only matched Ed Sheeran's record of 9 (Michael Jackson managed 8 in 2009 but he also had #21 and #22 so he was quite close). Despite the Billie influx, Lil Nas X & Lewis Capaldi both manage 20+ place gains. The former may well climb to #2 next week with help from the remix. Given that ARIA credit Drake on "SICKO MODE" and J. Cole on "a lot", while not crediting Jack & Jack or "Rise" or brando on "Body", do not @ me about whether Billy Ray Cyrus will receive a credit.

 

Billie Eilish of course scores a #1 album this week with no remotely close competition. After becoming the first person born in the 21st century to score a top 10 single (and album...I think), she simultaneously becomes the first to score a #1 single and a #1 album. Hilltop Hoods rise back to #2 on the back of a vinyl release, which helps for a monumental week where there are no soundtracks in the top 4. The other high debuts this week are on the heavier end of the spectrum. I Prevail score their highest ever charting album at #6, having previously made #8. Devin Townsend merely matches his past performance with a 2nd #10 album. For a major throwback, The Black Sorrows mostly release a new album every 2 years but they haven't made the top 50 even in 25 years. Their 18th album enters at #11 which is their highest charting since their 6th album. Next week Billie Eilish will probably hold onto the #1 spot ahead of Khalid.

wow amazing for Billie Eilish even bigger than in the US

I can't believe a lead single from P!nk has missed the Top 10!

15/04/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 02 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

02 18 03 02 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

03 02 06 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

04 04 15 02 WOW. Post Malone

05 11 09 05 TALK Khalid

06 09 15 05 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

07 06 25 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

08 03 10 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

09 05 06 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

10 21 05 10 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

11 07 25 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

12 14 13 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

13 13 12 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

14 30 05 14 MY BAD Khalid

15 15 27 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

16 19 11 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

17 40 30 06 BETTER Khalid

18 NE 01 18 KILL THIS LOVE Blackpink

19 26 04 19 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

20 NE 01 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

21 89 02 21 MONOPOLY Ariana Grande Feat. Victoria Monét

22 17 09 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

23 24 09 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

24 22 07 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

25 08 02 08 ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Billie Eilish

26 27 25 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

27 33 05 27 SO AM I Ava Max

28 38 07 28 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

29 28 27 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

30 31 39 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

31 25 12 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

32 32 34 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

33 12 02 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

34 43 07 34 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

35 36 34 15 WAITING Kian

36 16 11 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

37 34 41 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

38 10 02 10 XANNY Billie Eilish

39 39 36 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

40 42 07 37 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

41 65 20 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid

42 45 39 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

43 41 11 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

44 52 04 44 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

45 56 51 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

46 47 52 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

47 37 13 19 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man

48 44 03 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

49 49 22 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

50 48 04 48 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

 

54 (NE) Jonas Brothers - Cool

57 (60) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Up Very Slowly

60 (70) Amy Shark - Mess Her Up

61 (NE) Khalid - Don't Pretend

64 (73) Tones and I - Johnny Run Away

80 (NE) Khalid - Bad Luck

85 (NE) The Chainsmokers - Kills You Slowly

90 (NE) Khalid - Right Back

96 (NE) Why Don't We & Macklemore - I Don't Belong In This Club

97 (NE) Tom Walker - Just You & I

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 NE 01 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

03 03 03 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

04 05 333 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

05 04 09 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

06 07 25 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

07 09 104 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

08 08 27 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

09 02 07 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

10 13 70 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

11 12 30 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

12 NE 01 12 BLACK AND BLUE HEART Russell Morris

13 14 50 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

14 15 110 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

15 NE 01 15 REBOOT Brooks & Dunn

16 16 56 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

17 17 41 01 SCORPION Drake

18 20 72 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

19 19 32 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

20 22 168 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

21 NE 01 21 PERIPHERY IV: HAIL STAN Periphery

22 26 101 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

23 24 74 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

24 27 214 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

25 NE 01 25 AMIDST THE CHAOS Sara Bareilles

26 21 05 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

27 25 39 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

28 28 48 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

29 NE 01 29 MORBID STUFF Pup

30 30 100 05 STONEY Post Malone

31 18 319 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

32 29 56 02 ? XXXTentacion

33 31 34 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

34 35 346 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

35 33 292 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

36 06 02 06 TRAUMA I Prevail

37 36 157 01 LIVE AC/DC

38 43 176 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

39 NE 01 39 LOVE IS A LANDMINE I Know Leopard

40 37 36 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

41 51 22 04 ORIGINS Imagine Dragons

42 39 51 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

43 42 251 01 X Ed Sheeran

44 23 03 10 THE DIRT SOUNDTRACK Motley Crue

45 50 94 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

46 67 119 02 MOANA Soundtrack

47 44 44 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

48 52 22 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

49 47 272 05 THE VERY VERY BEST OF Crowded House

50 45 96 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

 

 

Billie Eilish rules both charts for a second week in a row. Obviously she sees declines across the board but her #1 entries were so far ahead of the pack that it doesn't matter. It will next week...or I suppose technically it won't because Lil Nas X is making colossal gains across the board with both versions of "Old Town Road", so next week he'll probably be doing more than Billie did last week and very handily land at #1. It was moderately Billie's partner in "lovely"'s week to shine however, though not to the same extent as her. Khalid's top 50 presence this week is limited to songs which have been pushed as singles by Spotify whether presently or in the past. "Talk" hits the top 5 for the first time, and "My Bad" also gets a new peak. His highest new entry is "Outta My Head", which enters the top 20 which amusingly is only the 2nd time John Mayer has ever reached such heights on the singles chart. His only other top 20 single was guesting on Fall Out Boy's cover of "Beat It" in 2008, so clearly people prefer it when they can't clearly hear him seeing words...but really it's because "Your Body Is A Wonderland" spent ages in the top 50 without a high peak, and "Waiting On The World To Change" was a digital only single that wasn't let on the chart. There is a moderately amusing coincidence that the aforementioned "Beat It" cover debuted in the chart while Ashlee Simpson was charting with her song called "Outta My Head". That's not the highest debut of the week however, that honour goes to BLACKPINK. The K-Pop quartet first charted here last year with their "Square Up" EP which charted in the top 100 briefly, before cracking the top 50 alongside Dua Lipa with "Kiss And Make Up". Now while Dua's latest single couldn't make the top 50, their new EP enters right in the top 20, reasonably higher than any K-Pop song that was not recorded by PSY. That being said it could be a short lasting record with BTS waiting in the wings and looking a chance to get even higher. Things are rather bleak on the Australian front, even though there are 7 in the top 50, the highest Australian song this week is only #31 and most of them look like they're on the way down, not up. On the international front, Freddie Mercury would be proud that "Bohemian Rhapsody" spends its 69th week on the chart...at #69. Tom Walker & Why Don't We both score their second ever entries, for the latter it is surely an honour to no longer have their sole chart entry being a collaboration with Logan Paul, though they're still 6 places away from matching that cursed song's peak. Another source of amusement for me is that "lovely" has now spent 42 weeks in the top 50, but 22 of those weeks have been in the #41-#50 range, far more than any other song has ever done to my knowledge.

 

On the topic of Billie Eilish and Khalid, after the latter helped gift the former her first top 50 hit, the former has repaid the latter by...blocking him from the #1 spot on the album chart. In truth it was a non-contest, as I believe Billie Eilish was #1 on physical sales, digital sales & streams. As the hegemony fortifies with The Greatest Showman returning to the top 10 (maybe because Kesha's "This Is Me" is on a MasterChef ad, who can say really), Khalid's is the only top 10 debut this week. The next highest comes from an Australian rock icon in Russell Morris. Next month will mark 50 years since he hit #1 in Australia with his classic hit "The Real Thing", but his commercial pull came to a sharp decline about a decade later. After several non-charting albums, he had a big comeback in the 2010s with his slow burning hit album "Sharkmouth" which eventually went platinum, a very rare instance for a studio album of original material with no hit singles on it. Since then he's back to making the chart with all his releases, and this latest one improves a bit on his last to land at #12. Also making something of a comeback is Brooks & Dunn, who have only charted in the top 50 once before back in 2007. I only worry that this re-interpretation album of their back catalogue with modern country artists is giving them a new chart peak due to the fact that Australia has a strange, insatiable interest in anything with Luke Combs on it. Also scoring a new chart peak is Sara Bareilles who only previously made the top 50 briefly when "Love Song" was big in 2008. PUP are also new to the top 50 and carry the honour of having the first ever #1 on ARIA's brand new Vinyl Albums Chart. Also new to the top 50 is I Know Leopard who are possibly banking hard on the fact that their song "Landmine" sounds like it says 'love is a lemon', but also because they make good music. I'll also just note Periphery so it's not the only debut I skip, who score their 2nd highest entry to date, a rather usual peak for them aside from the one oddity where their previous album got all the way to #6. Next week BTS will try to make sure some people never see it coming if they can possibly get the highest debut. Norah Jones could also contest as she has been in the country lately to promote her new album. Billie Eilish at #1 again feels like the most likely scenario though.

Australia seems to have a weird obsession with Macklemore... how else would this have gotten more traction than 8 Letters

22/04/2019

 

Singles

 

01 02 04 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 01 03 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

03 03 07 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

04 05 10 04 TALK Khalid

05 06 16 05 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

06 04 16 02 WOW. Post Malone

07 07 26 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

08 08 11 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

09 10 06 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

10 NE 01 10 BOY WITH LUV BTS Feat. Halsey

11 NE 01 11 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

12 12 14 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

13 19 05 13 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

14 09 07 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

15 13 13 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

16 16 12 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

17 11 26 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

18 28 08 18 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

19 15 28 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

20 17 31 06 BETTER Khalid

21 20 02 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

22 27 06 22 SO AM I Ava Max

23 24 08 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

24 30 40 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

25 23 10 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

26 26 26 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

27 34 08 27 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

28 14 06 14 MY BAD Khalid

29 40 08 29 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

30 31 13 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

31 29 28 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

32 22 10 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

33 32 35 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

34 18 02 18 KILL THIS LOVE Blackpink

35 35 35 15 WAITING Kian

36 50 05 36 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

37 25 03 08 ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Billie Eilish

38 37 42 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

39 21 03 21 MONOPOLY Ariana Grande Feat. Victoria Monét

40 42 40 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

41 44 05 41 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

42 45 52 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

43 39 37 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

44 46 53 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

45 43 12 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

46 48 04 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

47 33 03 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

48 36 12 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

49 41 21 27 SATURDAY NIGHTS Khalid

50 52 24 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

 

52 (60) Amy Shark - Mess Her Up

56 (57) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

59 (64) Tones and I - Johnny Run Away

68 (NE) Bazzi - Paradise

83 (NE) The Veronicas - Think Of Me

88 (96) Why Don't We Feat. Macklemore - I Don't Belong In This Club

89 (NE) BTS - Make It Right

92 (NE) BTS - Mikrokosmos

99 (NE) BTS - Home

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

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

02 01 03 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 02 02 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

04 NE 01 04 FAREWELL The Seekers

05 04 334 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

06 06 26 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

07 03 04 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

08 05 10 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

09 07 105 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

10 08 28 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

11 09 08 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

12 10 71 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

13 11 31 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

14 NE 01 14 BEGIN AGAIN Norah Jones

15 13 51 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

16 14 111 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

17 NE 01 17 NO GEOGRAPHY The Chemical Brothers

18 16 57 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

19 NE 01 19 VENTURA Anderson .Paak

20 17 42 01 SCORPION Drake

21 NE 01 21 RAINDANCE Sara Storer

22 24 215 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

23 18 73 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

24 20 169 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

25 27 40 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

26 19 33 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

27 22 102 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

28 33 35 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

29 23 75 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

30 30 101 05 STONEY Post Malone

31 NE 01 31 NATURE/NURTURE Clowns

32 31 320 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

33 28 49 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

34 34 347 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

35 32 57 02 ? XXXTentacion

36 26 06 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

37 35 293 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

38 37 158 01 LIVE AC/DC

39 12 02 12 BLACK AND BLUE HEART Russell Morris

40 50 97 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

41 38 177 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

42 47 45 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

43 43 252 01 X Ed Sheeran

44 48 23 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

45 45 95 04 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons

46 42 52 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

47 40 37 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

48 51 63 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

49 NE 01 49 LABRINTH, SIA & DIPLO PRESENT... LSD LSD

50 55 234 01 1989 Taylor Swift

 

 

There has always been a clash in music between those who want to put everything into specific boxes and those who don't. There's no denying that there are a lot of people who only listen to one genre of music, and purely because of people like that we have everything divided to their benefit. It has the unfortunate side effect where this effect carries onto artists and suddenly anything left field is an affront to the genre they're supposed to represent! in the war of genres! Anyway I just find it really funny to see a hit song pushed up by genre controversy from another country's charts. ARIA after all included Halsey's "Bad At Love" on the dance charts. Anyhow, boosted by the remix that exists solely to troll Billboard, Lil Nas X's debut chart entry becomes a #1 hit. If you wish to credit Billy Ray Cyrus, this is his 2nd #1 hit after "Achy Breaky Heart" back in 1992, the last #1 hit before I was born. For reasons unknown Khalid's "Talk" does better the week after the album comes out and gets a new #4 peak. I also might have jumped the gun when I said Dominic Fike was going to peak at #5 because he's climbed back there now, BROCKHAMPTON's impact clearly. Of most note in the top 10, "Sunflower" lasts for a 25th consecutive week in the top 10 (top 7 in fact), which is a new record. Next week it looks likely to become the first song to ever last 26 weeks in the top 10. The other obvious noteworthy thing is that BTS have scored their first top 10 hit via "Boy With Luv" (which is also Halsey's 5th). In due process they block Avicii from debuting in the top 10 but I assume he'll get there next week. As of this week A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's charting hits have both peaked at #41.

 

Call it a coincidence but the week that Joker gets added to Smash Ultimate as DLC, we have a #1 album with 'Persona' in its title. This gives BTS the honour of having the first ever Korean language #1 album, and I think it's the first for any Asian language for that matter. It also joins the canon of Troye Sivan's "WILD" and Kanye West's "ye" as one of the shortest #1 albums ever. Tapping a completely different market is the next highest debut from The Seekers, a live album from the 1960s hit makers. Lower down are diminishing returns for Norah Jones & The Chemical Brothers, but Anderson .Paak on the other hand improves his chart peak by 1 position.

29/04/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 05 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 02 04 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

03 05 17 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

04 03 08 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

05 04 11 04 TALK Khalid

06 07 27 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

07 06 17 02 WOW. Post Malone

08 11 02 08 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

09 09 07 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

10 13 06 10 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

11 08 12 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

12 12 15 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

13 16 13 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

14 22 07 14 SO AM I Ava Max

15 19 29 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

16 10 02 10 BOY WITH LUV BTS Feat. Halsey

17 18 09 17 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

18 17 27 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

19 15 14 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

20 23 09 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

21 14 08 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

22 27 09 22 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

23 29 09 23 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

24 24 41 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

25 36 06 25 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

26 26 27 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

27 20 32 06 BETTER Khalid

28 25 11 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

29 21 03 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

30 30 14 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

31 33 36 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

32 31 29 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

33 32 11 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

34 35 36 15 WAITING Kian

35 40 41 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

36 38 43 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

37 42 53 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

38 37 04 08 ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Billie Eilish

39 28 07 14 MY BAD Khalid

40 46 05 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

41 44 54 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

42 43 38 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake

43 34 03 18 KILL THIS LOVE Blackpink

44 52 07 44 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

45 41 06 41 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

46 NE 01 46 EARTH Lil Dicky

47 48 13 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

48 45 13 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

49 53 24 20 BAD LIAR Imagine Dragons

50 47 04 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

 

54 (NE) SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott - Power Is Power

55 (59) Tones And I - Johnny Run Away

56 (68) Bazzi - Paradise

70 (83) The Veronicas - Think Of Me

77 (NE) Ellie Goulding - Sixteen

79 (NE) Kygo & Rita Ora - Carry On

88 (RE) Tom Walker - Just You And I

90 (NE) Tyga - Goddamn

91 (RE) Toto - Africa

99 (RE) Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

 

Albums

 

01 02 04 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 03 03 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

03 01 02 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

04 05 335 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

05 04 02 04 FAREWELL The Seekers

06 06 27 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

07 07 05 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

08 09 106 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

09 08 11 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

10 10 29 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

11 12 72 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

12 13 32 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

13 16 112 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

14 15 52 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

15 NE 01 15 HONK The Rolling Stones

16 11 09 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

17 RE 58 01 LEMONADE Beyonce

18 NE 01 18 HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM Beyonce

19 18 58 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

20 22 216 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

21 20 43 01 SCORPION Drake

22 23 74 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

23 24 170 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

24 32 321 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

25 34 348 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

26 26 34 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

27 NE 01 27 LOVE IS IN THE AIR The Ten Tenors

28 25 41 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

29 37 294 01 GREATEST HITS...SO FAR!!! P!nk

30 33 50 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

31 27 103 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

32 29 76 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

33 41 178 10 ROCKET MAN: THE DEFINITIVE HITS Elton John

34 RE 04 18 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE Tom Walker

35 38 159 01 LIVE AC/DC

36 30 102 05 STONEY Post Malone

37 42 46 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

38 NE 01 38 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo

39 35 58 02 ? XXXTentacion

40 28 36 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

41 43 253 01 X Ed Sheeran

42 36 07 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

43 56 274 05 THE VERY VERY BEST OF Crowded House

44 40 98 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

45 48 64 04 GREATEST HITS II Queen

46 50 235 01 1989 Taylor Swift

47 58 178 01 25 Adele

48 63 105 01 MOLLY (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE TV SERIES) Soundtrack

49 46 53 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

50 44 24 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

 

 

There is no stopping Lil Nas X who holds the top spot for a 2nd week running. Supposedly there was a new Taylor Swift single out this week but it's not looking like giving her a #1 at this pace as it's been stuck at #3 on Spotify all week. Billie Eilish & Post Malone are also commencing Australian tours so all their songs have even more reason to hang around on the chart. "Sunflower" now has an unprecedented 26 weeks running in the top 10 and doesn't look like dropping out soon, it even overtook "Wow." this week. Avicii posthumously scores a 7th top 10 hit (and a 3rd for Aloe Blacc technically though he wasn't credited on "Wake Me Up"), Lewis Capaldi gets his first which I choose to attribute to the Endgame Of Thrones pop culture mass making people spend less time on Spotify this week so his sales advantage is more helpful. There are only two songs new in the top 50, with serial Twitter name-searcher Amy Shark scoring her 3rd top 50 hit incidentally with a single that triple j aren't really playing, and the other entry is some garbage that I wish not to acknowledge further.

 

With a severe lack of big new entries, and a severe lack of staying power from BTS (though they're holding up much better than usual), Billie Eilish returns to #1, and Khalid goes to #2, so ARIA has the same top 3 as Billboard this week. Otherwise the top 10 is a glorious zone of inactivity. The highest new entry is a compilation album from The Rolling Stones, and then we have mass overlap between a double set from Beyonce, with "Lemonade" primarily returning on digital hype pre-streaming release (it didn't make a particularly large impact on Australian Spotify), and her live album right behind it. When I was in Year 12 and took piano lessons, I released an album of such recordings of which I think two copies ever existed. Because I have thus made recorded music, I am apparently allowed to criticise music according to Lizzo, who scores her first ever ARIA Chart entry this week just narrowly making the top 40. She may soon make a splash on the singles chart with "Truth Hurts" having climbed into the top 70 on Spotify so far, but that would require ARIA acknowledging a viral oddity, so flip a coin I suppose.

03 05 17 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

 

^this is pretty incredible, hope it's a UK hit too

06/05/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 06 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 NE 01 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

03 02 05 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 03 18 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

05 05 12 04 TALK Khalid

06 06 28 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

07 07 18 02 WOW. Post Malone

08 04 09 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

09 08 03 08 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

10 10 07 10 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

11 09 08 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

12 11 13 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

13 20 10 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

14 14 08 14 SO AM I Ava Max

15 18 28 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

16 17 10 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

17 46 02 17 EARTH Lil Dicky

18 13 14 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

19 25 07 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

20 21 09 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

21 12 16 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

22 22 10 22 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

23 15 30 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

24 19 15 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

25 16 03 10 BOY WITH LUV BTS Feat. Halsey

26 26 28 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

27 23 10 23 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

28 24 42 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

29 28 12 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

30 54 02 30 POWER IS POWER SZA, The Weeknd & Travi$ Scott

31 27 33 06 BETTER Khalid

32 30 15 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

33 40 06 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

34 37 54 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

35 32 30 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

36 29 04 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

37 36 44 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

38 31 37 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

39 33 12 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

40 44 08 40 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

41 34 37 15 WAITING Kian

42 38 05 08 ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL Billie Eilish

43 47 14 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

44 45 07 41 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

45 50 05 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

46 41 55 01 YOUNGBLOOD 5 Seconds Of Summer

47 35 42 01 SHOTGUN George Ezra

48 NE 01 48 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk Feat. Khalid

49 48 14 15 MIDDLE CHILD J. Cole

50 56 03 50 PARADISE Bazzi

 

53 (79) Kygo & Rita Ora - Carry On

59 (NE) Stormzy - Vossi Bop

60 (NE) Marshmello, Tyga & Chris Brown - Light It Up

74 (NE) Lizzo - Truth Hurts

82 (90) Tyga - Goddamn

89 (NE) ScHoolboy Q Feat. 21 Savage - Floating

94 (RE) G Flip - Drink Too Much

96 (RE) Billie Eilish - listen before i go

97 (RE) Beyonce - Sorry

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

02 01 05 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 NE 01 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

04 NE 01 04 FISHING FOR FISHIES King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

05 05 03 04 FAREWELL The Seekers

06 NE 01 06 PEOPLE Hillsong United

07 02 04 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

08 07 06 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

09 NE 01 09 THE BALANCE Catfish And The Bottlemen

10 03 03 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

11 NE 01 11 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q

12 14 53 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

13 09 12 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

14 06 28 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

15 12 33 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

16 10 30 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

17 11 73 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

18 13 113 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

19 16 10 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

20 17 59 01 LEMONADE Beyonce

21 36 103 05 STONEY Post Malone

22 NE 01 22 LOVE + FEAR Marina

23 15 02 15 HONK The Rolling Stones

24 21 44 01 SCORPION Drake

25 19 59 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

26 22 75 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

27 28 42 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

28 NE 01 28 IN THE END The Cranberries

29 26 35 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

30 32 77 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

31 04 336 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

32 18 02 18 HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM Beyonce

33 NE 01 33 BACK IN THE SWING David Campbell

34 46 236 01 1989 Taylor Swift

35 31 104 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

36 39 59 02 ? XXXTentacion

37 RE 08 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

38 30 51 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

39 37 47 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

40 23 171 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

41 40 37 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

42 20 217 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

43 42 08 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

44 41 254 01 X Ed Sheeran

45 44 99 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

46 25 349 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

47 47 179 01 25 Adele

48 52 39 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

49 60 216 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

50 08 107 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

 

 

Lil Nas X locks in a 3rd week at #1. Evidently we're beyond the point that starting a sales week at a margin of 4:1 is any sort of guarantee for a #1 slot. Taylor Swift does manage a #2 debut for "ME!". It's in a bit of a precarious place where it's been locked at #3 on Spotify ever since it was released, but that position is now bolstered by vertical video plays on Hot Hits Australia, Get Popped! and Today's Top Hits that unless ARIA change something (and I wouldn't put it past them), don't contribute to the chart. It's also now down to #3 on iTunes with no optimistic outlook that it'll get any higher. If you want to pay heed to the somewhat condescending crediting, you can say that this is the 2nd Panic! At The Disco top 10 hit after "High Hopes". Also happening in the top 10 is "Sunflower" extending its lead for weeks spent in the top 10 now up to 27 weeks. Post Malone is playing Australian shows at the moment so it's not looking like it's losing steam just yet. It'll probably have to drop a bit next week though as Shawn Mendes & Logic's new songs are making big early impressions. Singlehandedly taking "SICKO MODE" out of the top 50 is "Power Is Power", complete with inconsistent labeling for Travis. P!nk also scores herself a second top 50 hit from her new album which sadly has much less NieR:Automata related content than the title promises. Lower down, Stormzy & Lizzo score their first ever singles chart entries, both have cracked the top 50 on Spotify so they could climb further.

 

This is Australia. Most people can't confidently tell you who the current prime minister is, but they'll know when P!nk releases a new album. "Hurts 2B Human" becomes her 6th #1 album which includes all her studio albums since "I'm Not Dead" + her "Greatest Hits...So Far!!!" set. With P!nk, it's not a question of how high she'll debut, but how long she'll spend at #1. Billie Eilish may provide some competition with her current Australian tour but I imagine P!nk's sales will keep her at the top. Elsewhere this is a hectic chart as half of the top 10 are debuts, with no soundtracks among them (more on that later). At #3 we had Rob Thomas with his 4th solo album, all of them having reached at least #4, because ever since Matchbox Twenty scored their first hit, Australia gave him their heart, made it real, and never forgot about it. Rob has 1 solo #1 album while Matchbox Twenty have 4. Also because it is a day that ends in 'y', girls are not to be trusted but also there's a new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard album. Thanks in part to a big vinyl re-pressing last year, the band now have 6 top 10 albums to their name and 11 top 20 albums. Though they almost blocked P!nk from #1 in the US, Hillsong United have a relatively modest debut of #6 here, but it's their 8th top 10 album. Catfish & The Bottlemen's 3rd album to start with 'The' yet again lacks any input from the principle "Seinfeld" cast but it does give them a 2nd top 10 album. ScHoolboy Q also unluckily misses out at #11 for the 2nd time, though he did reach #9 with "Blank Face LP". Part of the reason all of this happened is because ARIA did an ARIA move that is probably valid, but in typical ARIA fashion, was instated in a totally random week well after the damage has been done, and no doubt will make no effort to re-adjust things when the year end chart rolls around. You might recall that in addition to the "Bohemian Rhapsody" soundtrack, there were two different Queen Greatest Hits sets taking up space in the top 10 for about half a year. This has come to an abrupt stop as ARIA have decided that maybe counting streams of one track to multiple albums it's contained on is a bit illogical, and so it seems most streams of tracks are now being only directed to the studio albums they're contained on, which has caused an absolute mass exodus of Greatest Hits compilations and Soundtracks that have otherwise been dominating the chart, which now seemingly will have to make do with whatever pure sales they can muster. Of course because ARIA is ARIA, nothing can be done right, and so seemingly Maroon 5 & Elton John's hit collections in the top 50 are unphased by this. In another vintage move, Australian singer/producer Nick Murphy released a new album and got to #12 on the Digital Albums chart. The issue seems to be that on Spotify, he's credited as Nick Murphy / Chet Faker and because the meta data doesn't match up 100%, ARIA assumably just threw his streams in the bin and he missed the entire top 100. By comparison, his previous album released as Chet Faker spent its first two weeks on the chart at #1. I readily believe that his fame has faded somewhat but not quite to the presented degree.

Edited May 7, 20196 yr by Dircadirca

so Taylor's Me is #2 in UK, US and AU

so Taylor's Me is #2 in UK, US and AU

Except it’s #3 in the UK

ouch :D