No sign of The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy or Vanessa Amorosi on this week's chart? Ouch.

The Veronicas are doing okay at #78 atm, Australian tracks often struggle to get good peaks because their sales/airplay/streaming peaks never line up properly (playlists are also often too busy fulfilling international status quo to bother; the first Australian track on Hot Hits Australia is 17th on the list). Can't speak as well for the others though.

13/05/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 07 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 03 06 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

03 02 02 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

04 NE 01 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

05 04 19 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

06 NE 01 06 HOMICIDE Logic, Eminem

07 08 10 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

08 06 29 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

09 09 04 08 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

10 05 13 04 TALK Khalid

11 07 19 02 WOW. Post Malone

12 10 08 10 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

13 11 09 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

14 12 14 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

15 14 09 14 SO AM I Ava Max

16 15 29 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

17 13 11 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

18 16 11 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

19 17 03 17 EARTH Lil Dicky

20 22 11 20 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

21 18 15 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

22 20 10 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

23 19 08 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

24 21 17 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

25 23 31 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

26 27 11 23 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

27 24 16 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

28 28 43 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

29 26 29 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

30 34 55 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

31 25 04 10 BOY WITH LUV BTS Feat. Halsey

32 29 13 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

33 31 34 06 BETTER Khalid

34 35 31 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

35 32 16 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

36 40 09 36 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

37 37 45 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

38 33 07 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

39 45 06 12 MY STRANGE ADDICTION Billie Eilish

40 36 05 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

41 38 38 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

42 59 02 42 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

43 30 03 30 POWER IS POWER SZA, The Weeknd & Travi$ Scott

44 74 02 44 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

45 41 38 15 WAITING Kian

46 54 54 02 BETTER NOW Post Malone

47 43 15 16 YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Billie Eilish

48 39 13 02 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, I'M BORED Ariana Grande

49 50 04 49 PARADISE Bazzi

50 44 08 41 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

 

51 (53) Kygo & Rita Ora - Carry On

68 (NE) Ruel - Painkiller

79 (NE) Meduza Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

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

94 (NE) Pnau Feat. Kira Divine & Marques Toliver - Solid Gold

98 (RE) Post Malone Feat. Quavo - Congratulations

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

02 02 06 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 05 04 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

04 07 05 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

05 12 54 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

06 08 07 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

07 03 02 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

08 NE 01 08 FATHER OF THE BRIDE Vampire Weekend

09 14 29 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

10 15 34 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

11 10 04 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

12 16 31 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

13 13 13 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

14 33 02 14 BACK IN THE SWING David Campbell

15 06 02 06 PEOPLE Hillsong United

16 17 74 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

17 21 104 05 STONEY Post Malone

18 18 114 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

19 NE 01 19 BERSERKER Amon Amarth

20 19 11 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

21 25 60 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

22 37 09 02 ROMANCE OF THE JUKEBOX Human Nature

23 11 02 11 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q

24 24 45 01 SCORPION Drake

25 27 43 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

26 NE 01 26 PERMANENT HERMIT / YOUR DAD'S OPINION FOR DINNER Ruby Fields

27 26 76 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

28 NE 01 28 AGE OF UNREASON Bad Religion

29 29 36 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

30 31 337 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

31 42 218 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

32 09 02 09 THE BALANCE Catfish And The Bottlemen

33 39 48 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

34 20 60 01 LEMONADE Beyonce

35 36 60 02 ? XXXTentacion

36 38 52 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

37 35 105 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

38 40 172 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

39 44 255 01 X Ed Sheeran

40 30 78 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

41 23 03 15 HONK The Rolling Stones

42 47 180 01 25 Adele

43 48 40 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

44 41 38 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

45 43 09 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

46 45 100 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

47 56 25 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

48 34 237 01 1989 Taylor Swift

49 51 55 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

50 65 50 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

 

 

Lil Nas X holds the top spot for a 4th week running. There's a distinct lack of competition this week, but I suspect his reign may be interrupted by the new Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber song. Lil Nas X is still getting more streams but the sales difference might be the key. If that's not incredibly white enough for you, then look no further than this week's top 10 debuts. Shawn Mendes has a huge start out the gate with "If I Can't Have You", the highest debut he's ever had on the singles chart and in fact it's already his equal highest charter. "Stitches", "Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" all peaked at #4, so it will be interesting to see if this can get higher in the future. Probably not getting higher in the future is Logic's new song, though it does notably become his 2nd top 10 hit. Not deterred by two new entries, "Sunflower" only drops to #8 in its record extending 28th week in the top 10. It might leave the top 10 next week as Avicii & Lewis Capaldi are making a lot of headway in streaming. Because we're stuck with a shitty system that doesn't care about local content, we've only had two fluke 1 week top 10 hits from Australian artists this year, therefore it feels like an achievement that Hilltop Hoods have scored a second top 20 hit from their latest album. Also a noteworthy achievement is that Stormzy has scored a top 50 hit, adding to the very small handful of UK rappers I can think of that have done so, including Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, The Streets, Lady Sovereign and...Big Shaq. Lizzo also does the same because ARIA is being more competent than Billboard somehow.

 

After last week's chaos, this week is relatively low key. P!nk safely holds #1 for a second week. I suspect she will again unless Lee Kernaghan is pulling some crazy numbers. While Billie Eilish is getting about 70% of her weekly sales from streams, The Seekers are getting about 98% of theirs from physical album sales, and they climb to #3 this week, possibly facing a big decline after Mother's Day. While not necessarily my top choice for a new album from an artist who last released in 2013, Vampire Weekend have returned with their 4th album, and it's a slight decline from their 3rd album's #7 peak, debuting at #8. Their best chart performance was their 2nd album debuting at #2.

G'won Stormzy get dat international $ma$h hit!!

 

Which also makes me think, Australia seemingly have had about the same amount of British rap songs as Australian rap songs in the chart, which is very low - Aussie seems to care very little for its homegrown rap in general aside from Hilltop Hoods.

you reckon #10 is gonna be the peak for Someone You Loved or could the song keep climbing?

G'won Stormzy get dat international $ma$h hit!!

 

Which also makes me think, Australia seemingly have had about the same amount of British rap songs as Australian rap songs in the chart, which is very low - Aussie seems to care very little for its homegrown rap in general aside from Hilltop Hoods.

I feel like there is a healthy audience, but it's hard to go far because a lot of hip hop heads will instinctively source from the US, and a lot of the people who want to support Australian music will draw the line at that rap stuff. Generally when it can break through,

and draws from a limited reference pool of about 4 artists (I was gonna keep going with the links bit until I realised I would just be using the same artists over and over again). It's hard too because the more diverse and interesting artists don't even get a proper leg up of acclaim because there's no avenue of credibility to do so like there is in the UK. The ARIA Awards have nominated two hip hop albums for Album Of The Year ever (360 & Illy both at peak pop-rap) but both in years where they inevitably got cleaned up by the obvious award bait (Gotye, Gang Of Youths). No idea what they're after but I think Australian critical faculties are too stuck in their rockist past to see a rapper as any sort of esteemed auteur.

 

you reckon #10 is gonna be the peak for Someone You Loved or could the song keep climbing?

It definitely hasn't peaked yet I think. Today's Top Hits gave it a massive international boost a few days ago that's rippling over to Australia so it's still gaining consistently in streams. There's heaps of room to grow on radio (it's only up to #12 there) and his album out next week will probably help too. Not sure if it'll go top 5 but definitely will be back in the top 10.

Edited May 14, 20196 yr by Dircadirca

20/05/2019

 

01 NE 01 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

02 01 08 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

03 02 07 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 04 02 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

05 05 20 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

06 03 03 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

07 12 09 07 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

08 09 05 08 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

09 07 11 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

10 08 30 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

11 10 14 4 TALK Khalid

12 06 02 06 HOMICIDE Logic Feat. Eminem

13 11 20 02 WOW. Post Malone

14 13 10 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

15 15 10 14 SO AM I Ava Max

16 20 12 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

17 14 15 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

18 18 12 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

19 17 12 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

20 16 30 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

21 21 16 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

22 25 32 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

23 23 09 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

24 26 12 23 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

25 24 18 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

26 44 03 26 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

27 22 11 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

28 19 04 17 EARTH Lil Dicky

29 36 10 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

30 27 17 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

31 28 44 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

32 29 30 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

33 33 35 06 BETTER Khalid

34 35 17 10 7 MINUTES Dean Lewis

35 32 14 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

36 30 56 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

37 49 05 37 PARADISE Bazzi

38 34 32 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

39 42 03 39 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

40 57 08 40 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

41 NE 01 41 YOU LITTLE BEAUTY Fisher

42 31 05 10 BOY WITH LUV BTS Feat. Halsey

43 37 46 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

44 41 39 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

45 51 04 45 CARRY ON Kygo & Rita Ora

46 45 39 15 WAITING Kian

47 38 08 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

48 40 06 20 OUTTA MY HEAD Khalid With John Mayer

49 43 04 30 POWER IS POWER SZA, The Weeknd & Travi$ Scott

50 50 09 41 SWERVIN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Feat. 6ix9ine

 

51 (NE) Luke Combs - Beer Never Broke My Heart

61 (79) MEDUZA feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

63 (68) Ruel - Painkiller

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

79 (NE) Martin Garrix Feat. Macklemore & Some Guy Called Patrick Stump - Summer Days

94 (NE) James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

98 (RE) James Bay Feat. Julia Michaels - Peer Pressure

 

Albums

 

01 01 03 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

02 02 07 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 NE 01 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

04 03 05 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

05 06 08 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

06 04 06 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

07 05 55 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

08 09 30 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

09 07 03 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

10 14 03 10 BACK IN THE SWING David Campbell

11 12 32 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

12 NE 01 12 CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND Logic

13 13 14 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

14 10 35 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

15 18 115 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

16 16 75 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

17 20 12 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

18 11 05 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

19 21 61 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

20 17 105 05 STONEY Post Malone

21 25 44 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

22 33 49 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

23 15 03 06 PEOPLE Hillsong United

24 27 77 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

25 NE 01 25 HERE COMES THE COWBOY Mac DeMarco

26 24 46 01 SCORPION Drake

27 08 02 08 FATHER OF THE BRIDE Vampire Weekend

28 30 338 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

29 80 14 05 THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO Morgan Evans

30 29 37 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

31 35 61 02 ? XXXTentacion

32 39 256 01 X Ed Sheeran

33 38 173 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

34 23 03 11 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q

35 36 53 07 STAYING AT TAMARA'S George Ezra

36 37 106 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

37 40 79 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

38 47 26 04 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: REIMAGINED Soundtrack

39 44 39 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

40 31 219 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

41 42 181 01 25 Adele

42 43 41 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

43 51 109 04 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen

44 46 101 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

45 49 56 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

46 50 51 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

47 RE 02 47 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST TEL AVIV 2019 Various

48 57 124 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods

49 48 238 01 1989 Taylor Swift

50 53 218 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

 

 

Australia once again proves that democracy doesn't work, but enough about the chart, let's talk about the weekend's federal election. In all seriousness though, we have a new #1 this week courtesy of Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber. For both of them, it's their 5th #1 hit. If that feels like a small tally for Ed, remember that he has 5 #2 hits as well, 4 of them having been blocked by other Ed Sheeran songs in 2017. With Lil Nas X still holding #1 on the Streaming Chart, it looks like it was a close battle won over by those early digital sales, because "Old Town Road" sits at #2, #10 & #25 on this week's Digital Tracks chart. Lil Nas X is firmly back in the lead on both formats though so it'll very likely return to #1 next week. Lewis Capaldi climbs back into the top 10 with a new peak of #7, and despite what I may have said recently, I do now think he can sneak into the top 5 next week. "Sunflower" drops to #10 but extends its top 10 run record to 29 weeks. It's a toss up whether or not it can make it to 30 weeks, it looks like overtaking "ME!" but might fall behind "Talk" or "Here With Me". In uplifting news, we have now matched last year's tally of Australian artists newly scoring a top 50 hit this year, as Tones And I's debut single climbs to #40 and makes her the 3rd artist to do so. Incidentally her 2nd single was released last week but didn't quite make the chart yet, because Australian playlists only put international megastars on their priority list. Speaking of which, in spite of this, FISHER has scored a 2nd top 50 hit this week, just a few places shy of "Losing It"'s peak. But don't worry, Hot Hits Australia definitely supports Australian music, because KIAN's "Waiting" has been on the playlist for 9 months running now.

 

P!nk holds #1 for a 3rd week running. It's a big week of new releases but they may well still end up behind her. Take your pick between Conrad Sewell, The National, Tyler, The Creator, Lewis Capaldi & Rammstein because I have no idea how this is all going to pile together. This week was a bit more quiet as the only top 10 debut came from Lee Kernaghan who now has 10 top 10 albums to his name. After two top 10 albums last year, Logic retreats to a more modest #12, and Mac Demarco lands in the #21-#25 section for the 3rd time in a row with his new album.

Sunflower really needs to GTFO now, ridiculous that it's still top 10. Good to see that Ed may only have 1 week at #1 here I guess.

 

What's Luke Combs doing as high as #51 too? :\

Australia once again proves that democracy doesn't work, but enough about the chart, let's talk about the weekend's federal election. In all seriousness though, we have a new #1 this week courtesy of Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber.

Very good :lol:

 

Also how the hell is Sunflower still top ten there?! And good options for potential new number one albums next week, not one I dislike in there so as long as it's not P!nk for a fourth week it's great! I think it's fairly unlikely but it would be great to see Rammstein do it.

What's Luke Combs doing as high as #51 too? :\

I'm not entirely sure why except possibly that the country music TV station must have a big audience, but his album has been in the top 50 since June last year so it's a lot of gradual fanbase building in lead up to his first new standalone single in ages. He actually got to #1 on iTunes and would probably be in the top 50 if not for a badly timed release.

27/05/2019

 

Singles

 

01 02 09 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 01 02 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

03 03 08 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 04 03 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

05 07 10 05 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

06 05 21 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

07 08 06 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

08 09 12 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

09 10 31 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

10 11 15 04 TALK Khalid

11 NE 01 11 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

12 14 11 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

13 NE 01 13 NIGHTMARE Halsey

14 06 04 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

15 13 21 02 WOW. Post Malone

16 12 03 06 HOMICIDE Logic Feat. Eminem

17 16 13 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

18 18 13 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

19 15 11 14 SO AM I Ava Max

20 22 33 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

21 26 04 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

22 24 13 22 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

23 17 16 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

24 20 31 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

25 23 10 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

26 40 09 26 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

27 21 17 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

28 19 13 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

29 25 19 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

30 NE 01 30 I THINK Tyler, The Creator

31 31 45 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

32 NE 01 32 JUST US DJ Khaled

33 29 11 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

34 33 36 06 BETTER Khalid

35 30 18 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

36 27 12 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

37 61 03 37 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

38 38 33 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

39 39 04 39 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

40 32 31 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

41 36 57 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

42 28 05 17 EARTH Lil Dicky

43 44 40 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

44 43 47 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

45 NE 01 45 IGOR'S THEME Tyler, The Creator

46 35 15 13 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer

47 37 06 37 PARADISE Bazzi

48 NE 01 48 RUNNING OUT OF TIME Tyler, The Creator

49 47 09 26 STAY AWAKE Dean Lewis

50 46 40 15 WAITING Kian

 

51 (NE) DJ Khaled - Celebrate

53 (NE) Tyler, The Creator - NEW MAGIC WAND

55 (63) Ruel - Painkiller

56 (NE) Tyler, The Creator - A BOY IS A GUN

59 (NE) DJ Khaled Feat. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Big Sean - Jealous

61 (NE) OneRepublic - Rescue Me

62 (NE) Tyler, The Creator - WHAT'S GOOD

64 (79) Martin Garrix Feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump of no prior notability

67 (94) James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

74 (NE) Tyler, The Creator - PUPPET

79 (NE) Tyler, The Creator - GONE, GONE / THANK YOU

85 (NE) Tones And I - Dance Monkey

86 (NE) Slipknot - Unsainted

88 (NE) DJ Khaled - Wish Wish

91 (NE) DaBaby - Suge

95 (NE) Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 LIFE Conrad Sewell

02 02 08 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 NE 01 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

04 01 04 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

05 NE 01 05 RAMMSTEIN Rammstein

06 NE 01 06 I AM EASY TO FIND The National

07 NE 01 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

08 06 07 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

09 05 09 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

10 NE 01 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

11 03 02 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

12 07 56 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

13 47 03 13 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST TEL AVIV 2019 Various

14 08 31 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

15 17 13 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

16 13 15 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

17 14 36 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

18 15 116 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

19 11 33 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

20 16 76 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

21 04 06 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

22 22 50 13 DIAMONDS Elton John

23 19 62 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

24 18 06 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

25 62 03 25 LOVE IS IN THE AIR The Ten Tenors

26 21 45 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

27 26 47 01 SCORPION Drake

28 20 106 05 STONEY Post Malone

29 24 78 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

30 NE 01 30 THE BEST OF LUCK CLUB Alex Lahey

31 RE 115 11 THE CAPTAIN Kasey Chambers

32 09 04 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

33 NE 01 33 DEDICATED Carly Rae Jepsen

34 12 02 12 CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND Logic

35 23 04 06 PEOPLE Hillsong United

36 30 38 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

37 31 62 02 ? XXXTentacion

38 33 174 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

39 32 257 01 X Ed Sheeran

40 28 339 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

41 34 04 11 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q

42 36 107 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

43 41 182 01 25 Adele

44 42 42 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

45 27 03 08 FATHER OF THE BRIDE Vampire Weekend

46 48 125 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN, WALKING UNDER STARS RESTRUNG Hilltop Hoods

47 45 57 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

48 44 102 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

49 RE 10 08 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD

50 39 40 01 SWEETENER Ariana Grande

 

 

Lil Nas X returns to the #1 place for a 5th week now. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber continue to show strong figures but no forward momentum is really in sight for them. The whole top 3 is actually way ahead of the pack, even with #4 & #5 on steady combinations of sales & streams. In fact, if you combine all versions of "Old Town Road", the official, digital & streaming top 5 charts are almost exactly the same this week, the only difference is that Lewis is outselling Shawn. "Sunflower" racks up a 30th week in the top 10, but the margins remain slim and it could fall prey to the new Ed Sheeran song which is likely to debut in the top 10 (around #6 imo). There are also surprise threats from Marshmello who is seeing a second wind, and surprisingly the week's highest debut from Tyler, The Creator. In a surprising show of taste (not the Tyga kind of course), Tyler's entire album almost debuted this week, only the final two tracks just missed out by <10 positions. He'd previously only charted with "Who Dat Boy", but that along with "911 / Mr. Lonely" and "See You Again" from his last album have all been certified gold. The highest debut is of course "EARFQUAKE" at #11 which I believe is the first ever chart appearance for Playboi Carti. It severely lacks sales but its growing streams on Spotify this week might be able to sneak it into the top 10 next week, I can only hope. Halsey is not far behind with "Nightmare" at #13 which does have sales on its side but streaming is already stalling so I'm not sure it can get much higher yet. To a lesser extent, DJ Khaled has also impacted the chart with 4 new entries, I don't think he's ever had a single debut on album release before, but this week he's had 4. In just ARIA things news, only "Celebrate" has its feature artists credited, apologies to SZA, Post Malone, Travis Scott, Cardi B & 21 Savage.

 

In a hefty week of new releases, the winner is...Conrad. Possibly helped by the fact that it was selling on iTunes for $9.99, possibly helped by the streaming numbers provided by the inclusion of his 4 year old #1 single "Start Again", possibly helped by TV appearances and whatnot. Though he's the complete antithesis of what I'm interested in with Australian music, it's commendable nonetheless. With P!nk dropping down to #4, maybe she was being helped significantly by Mother's Day after all. Also debuting is of course Tyler, The Creator, who scores a 2nd top 10 album but 5 places higher than "Flower Boy" (which re-enters the top 100 this week) did at #8. Rammstein also see new chart heights with their first new album in 10 years. They'd made the top 10 3 times before, but always just scraping it, so their highest before was oddly enough, the tour album they did alongside Korn and others in 1999 which got to #8. Their self-titled new album enters at #5. On the decline however is The National, whose last 2 albums peaked at #2 (due to the unwise decisions to release on the same week as Daft Punk and...Anthony Callea), but they may be aging out of their formerly very strong triple j audience as they can only manage a #6 debut. DJ Khaled is a bit more consistent, with 2016's "Major Key" debuting at #6 and 2017's "Grateful" at #7. He sticks in this general region with "Father Of Asahd" at #7. Finishing up the top 10 debuts is Lewis Capaldi, whose longevity is yet to be clear as he only has 1 charting song thus far, but maybe with how many singles he's got going around, he'll get some good streaming numbers. Alex Lahey & Carly Rae Jepsen also debut lower down which is cool, though perhaps underwhelming from past performance. There's a general lack of noteworthy studio albums out this week, but we are ready for another round of the Soundtrack menace, courtesy of Elton John, Will Smith & surrounding artists.

03/06/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 10 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 02 03 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

03 03 09 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 05 11 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

05 04 04 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

06 NE 01 06 CROSS ME Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock

07 06 22 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

08 07 07 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

09 11 02 09 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

10 08 13 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

11 09 32 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

12 NE 01 12 EASIER 5 Seconds Of Summer

13 13 02 13 NIGHTMARE Halsey

14 12 12 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

15 10 16 04 TALK Khalid

16 14 05 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

17 NE 01 17 THE LONDON Young Thug Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott

18 15 22 02 WOW. Post Malone

19 18 14 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

20 22 14 20 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

21 21 05 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

22 26 10 22 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

23 17 14 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

24 19 12 14 SO AM I Ava Max

25 20 34 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

26 37 04 26 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

27 25 11 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

28 23 17 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

29 16 04 06 HOMICIDE Logic Feat. Eminem

30 33 12 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

31 27 18 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

32 24 32 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

33 32 02 32 JUST US DJ Khaled

34 31 46 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

35 61 02 35 RESCUE ME OneRepublic

36 28 14 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

37 34 37 06 BETTER Khalid

38 39 05 38 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

39 35 19 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

40 29 20 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

41 NE 01 41 ISIS Joyner Lucas

42 38 34 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

43 52 06 43 CARRY ON Kygo & Rita Ora

44 41 58 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

45 47 07 37 PARADISE Bazzi

46 36 13 05 WISH YOU WERE GAY Billie Eilish

47 43 41 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

48 44 48 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

49 64 03 49 SUMMER DAYS Martin Garrix Feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy

50 40 32 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

 

52 (67) James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

53 (55) Ruel - Painkiller

58 (91) DaBaby - Suge

62 (85) Tones And I - Dance Monkey

73 (NE) Zhavia Ward & Zayn - A Whole New World

77 (RE) Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

89 (RE) Ocean Alley - Confidence

92 (RE) Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

93 (RE) Billie Eilish - i love you

94 (NE) Kina Feat. Snøw - Get You The Moon

96 (NE) Polo G Feat. Lil Tjay - Pop Out

97 (RE) Mustard Feat. Migos - Pure Water

99 (NE) Kygo Feat. Chelsea Cutler - Not Ok

100 (RE) Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man - Giant

 

Albums

 

01 02 09 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 04 05 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

03 01 02 01 LIFE Conrad Sewell

04 NE 01 04 ALADDIN Soundtrack

05 03 02 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

06 NE 01 06 ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Cast of Rocketman

07 08 08 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

08 22 51 08 DIAMONDS Elton John

09 07 02 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

10 09 10 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

11 14 32 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

12 12 57 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

13 11 03 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

14 10 02 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

15 18 117 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

16 16 16 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

17 17 37 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

18 05 02 05 RAMMSTEIN Rammstein

19 15 14 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

20 20 77 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

21 19 34 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

22 NE 01 22 AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS Amyl and the Sniffers

23 25 04 23 LOVE IS IN THE AIR The Ten Tenors

24 23 63 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

25 NE 01 25 4REAL 4REAL YG

26 21 07 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

27 29 79 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

28 06 02 06 I AM EASY TO FIND The National

29 27 48 01 SCORPION Drake

30 24 07 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

31 26 46 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

32 28 107 05 STONEY Post Malone

33 38 175 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

34 13 04 13 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST TEL AVIV 2019 Various

35 39 258 01 X Ed Sheeran

36 36 39 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

37 37 63 02 ? XXXTentacion

38 41 05 11 CRASH TALK ScHoolboy Q

39 40 340 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

40 63 71 01 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John

41 32 05 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

42 42 108 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

43 43 183 01 25 Adele

44 NE 01 44 NEW SONGS FOR OLD PROBLEMS Middle Kids

45 48 103 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

46 35 05 06 PEOPLE Hillsong United

47 44 43 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

48 51 81 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

49 34 03 12 CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND Logic

50 59 29 09 LAPS AROUND THE SUN Ziggy Alberts

 

 

Lil Nas X holds the top spot for a 6th non-consecutive week. I'm pretty confident it'll retain it again next week which will tie the #1 set by non-credited Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992 with "Achy Breaky Heart". While most of the top 10 lightly shuffles around, I get to lavish in the fact I made a correct prediction as Ed Sheeran's "Cross Me" enters at #6. This is the first time in the chart for PnB Rock, but Chance The Rapper has turned up on a top 10 hit for 4 years in a row now. Less familiar to the top 10 is Tyler, The Creator, who thanks to the wonders of delayed streaming reactions, despite all but 2 of his tracks dropping out of the top 100 this week, sees an improvement for "EARFQUAKE" into the top 10. Perhaps the real wild outcome here is that I get to say that Tyler, The Creator is responsible for ending the longest top 10 run in the history of the Australian charts, as "Sunflower" drops to #11 this week. The longest run at the moment in the top 10 is "Sucker"'s 13 weeks so it's pretty safely holding this record for a good while. Just in time to replace The Chainsmokers for Australian quotas, is an actual 5 Seconds Of Summer entry with "Easier" already outpeaking "Who Do You Love" at #12. Young Thug also scores a debut in the top 20, his first as a lead artist following his eclectic set of previous collaborators on ARIA Charting singles: Camila Cabello, Calvin Harris & Jamie xx. Helped again by immense Spotify pushing is OneRepublic's first top 50 hit in 3 years, "Rescue Me", while Joyner Lucas has now scored top 50 hits alongside both "Homicide" collaborators. For the third time this decade we have a charting entry which is a collaboration between two artists who begin with the letter Z.

 

Billie Eilish Stephen Bradburys her way to a 4th week at #1 on the album chart. I have to deal with another round of soundtracks as the only two high entries this week are the Aladdin & Rocketman soundtracks. Elton John's GH set "Diamonds" is probably being helped by not suffering the same streaming fate as Queen's sets and scores a new top 10 peak at #8. Despite what the format might entail, the Vinyl Albums chart is looking particularly youthful in its top 3. Alongside Billie Eilish are two young Australian bands, Amyl and the Sniffers with their self-titled debut, and Middle Kids with an EP. In classic ARIA confusion, YG debuts at #25 with his album, while "Go Loko" is curiously absent from tracking, maybe next week they'll fix it.

Come through Painkiller *.*

03/06/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 11 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 02 04 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

03 03 10 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 04 12 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

05 06 02 05 CROSS ME Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock

06 05 05 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

07 NE 01 07 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry

08 07 23 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

09 08 08 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

10 11 33 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

11 09 03 09 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

12 10 14 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

13 17 02 13 THE LONDON Young Thug Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott

14 12 02 12 EASIER 5 Seconds Of Summer

15 14 13 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

16 22 11 16 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

17 15 17 04 TALK Khalid

18 20 15 18 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

19 18 23 02 WOW. Post Malone

20 16 06 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

21 13 03 13 NIGHTMARE Halsey

22 19 15 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

23 26 05 23 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

24 21 06 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

25 NE 01 25 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus

26 23 15 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

27 25 35 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

28 27 12 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

29 30 13 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

30 24 13 14 SO AM I Ava Max

31 28 18 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

32 32 33 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

33 34 47 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

34 31 19 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

35 38 06 35 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

36 35 03 35 RESCUE ME OneRepublic

37 37 38 06 BETTER Khalid

38 29 05 06 HOMICIDE Logic Feat. Eminem

39 39 20 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

40 53 05 40 PAINKILLER Ruel

41 40 21 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

42 44 59 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

43 42 35 02 WITHOUT ME Halsey

44 36 15 11 WALK ME HOME P!nk

45 47 42 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

46 NE 01 46 GO LOKO YG Feat. Tyga, Jon Z

47 49 04 47 SUMMER DAYS Martin Garrix Feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy

48 50 33 02 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max

49 48 49 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

50 33 03 32 JUST US DJ Khaled

 

51 (52) James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

53 (NE) Mark Ronson Feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again

54 (NE) The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine

56 (62) Tones And I - Dance Monkey

64 (RE) Jess Glynne - I'll Be There

65 (NE) Cardi B - Press

70 (RE) Calum Scott - You Are The Reason

74 (NE) Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

79 (NE) Elton John - Tiny Dancer

84 (NE) Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me

88 (96) Polo G Feat. Lil Tjay - Pop Out

96 (NE) Guy Sebastian - Choir

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 MY CRIMINAL RECORD Jimmy Barnes

02 01 10 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

03 08 52 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

04 02 06 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

05 NE 01 05 TEN Susan Boyle

06 06 02 06 ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Cast of Rocketman

07 04 02 04 ALADDIN Soundtrack

08 03 03 01 LIFE Conrad Sewell

09 07 09 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

10 NE 01 10 SHE IS COMING Miley Cyrus

11 05 03 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

12 11 33 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

13 10 11 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

14 12 58 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

15 NE 01 15 IGNORANCE IS BLISS Skepta

16 15 118 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

17 13 04 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

18 NE 01 18 ZUU Denzel Curry

19 16 17 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

20 17 38 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

21 21 35 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

22 14 03 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

23 20 78 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

24 NE 01 24 CENTER POINT ROAD Thomas Rhett

25 09 03 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

26 19 15 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

27 24 64 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

28 18 03 05 RAMMSTEIN Rammstein

29 23 05 23 LOVE IS IN THE AIR The Ten Tenors

30 29 49 01 SCORPION Drake

31 30 08 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

32 27 80 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

33 26 08 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

34 32 108 05 STONEY Post Malone

35 31 47 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

36 25 02 25 4REAL 4REAL YG

37 35 259 01 X Ed Sheeran

38 51 59 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

39 37 64 02 ? XXXTentacion

40 40 72 01 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John

41 39 341 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

42 36 40 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

43 41 06 03 CHIP TOOTH SMILE Rob Thomas

44 RE 23 18 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN Jess Glynne

45 28 03 06 I AM EASY TO FIND The National

46 33 176 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

47 43 184 01 25 Adele

48 42 109 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

49 47 44 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

50 45 104 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

 

 

"Old Town Road" spends a 7th week at #1, making it the longest running #1 since 5 Seconds Of Summer spent 8 weeks there with "Youngblood". It continues to severely lack competition so prepare for that to be 8 weeks next week. Katy Perry interrupts what continues to be a remarkably stagnant top 10 as "Never Really Over" debuts at #7, bringing her back to the top 10 for the first time since "Chained To The Rhythm" & "Feels" in 2017. In a close duel for those final few spots, "Sunflower" manages to return for a 31st non-consecutive week in the top 10, 6 ahead of the next longest runner. With the Jonas Brothers releasing a new album, it looks unlikely for it to stick around again next week. Belatedly YG debuts with "Go Loko" which gives him his first ever top 50 hit, having only previously charted in 2013 with "My Ni**a". 2 years of Spotify trying their hardest to make Ruel a thing nets him his first top 50 single, which makes him the 4th Australian artist to do so for the first time in 2019, following Ocean Alley, FISHER & Tones And I. By comparison only 3 Australian artists did so in 2018. Elton John scores two entries this week courtesy of the "Rocketman" biopic. Both songs originally charted together and peaked at #13 in the early 1970s, ARIA tend to be inconsistent in regards to which pre-ARIA hits they count as re-entries.

 

On the album chart, Jimmy Barnes makes history by scoring his 12th solo #1 album. This makes him the solo artist with the most #1 albums ever, having previously been tied with Madonna (who theoretically could tie him again with her new album). Overall only The Beatles have scored more #1 albums (14). Causing further confusion as to whether anyone under the age of 40 is buying albums lately, Susan Boyle also makes a return to the chart at #5, an improvement on several of her recent peaks, and also the first time she's released an album outside of the Christmas season. Miley Cyrus sneaks into the top 10 with her EP which is just long enough to make the album chart. Skepta falls just shy of his #13 peak with his last album, but Denzel Curry manages his first top 50 peaking album, single "RICKY" was close to giving him his first singles chart entry also.

Ruel finally making the top 50! *.* Fingers crossed Painkiller can keep on climbing. He's been building a steady stream of hype for a while now, feel like he could be on the cusp of something big.

10/06/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 12 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 02 05 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

03 03 11 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

04 04 13 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

05 05 03 05 CROSS ME Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock

06 06 06 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

07 07 02 07 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry

08 12 15 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

09 09 09 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

10 08 24 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

11 10 34 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

12 16 12 12 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

13 11 04 09 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

14 23 06 14 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

15 14 03 12 EASIER 5 Seconds Of Summer

16 13 03 13 THE LONDON Young Thug Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott

17 NE 01 17 NO GUIDANCE Chris Brown Feat. Drake

18 17 18 04 TALK Khalid

19 18 16 18 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

20 NE 01 20 HEAVEN Avicii

21 25 02 21 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus

22 19 24 02 WOW. Post Malone

23 15 14 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

24 27 36 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

25 22 16 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

26 20 07 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

27 21 04 13 NIGHTMARE Halsey

28 24 07 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

29 26 16 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

30 36 04 30 RESCUE ME OneRepublic

31 28 13 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

32 54 02 32 CALL YOU MINE The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha

33 33 48 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

34 35 07 34 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

35 40 06 35 PAINKILLER Ruel

36 32 34 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

37 31 19 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

38 96 02 38 CHOIR Guy Sebastian

39 29 14 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

40 30 14 14 SO AM I Ava Max

41 46 02 41 GO LOKO YG Feat. Tyga, Jon Z

42 37 39 06 BETTER Khalid

43 56 04 43 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

44 RE 03 44 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Luke Combs

45 34 20 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

46 41 22 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

47 39 21 01 7 RINGS Ariana Grande

48 45 43 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

49 49 50 01 BE ALRIGHT Dean Lewis

50 NE 01 50 HAUTE Tyga Feat. J Balvin & Chris Brown

 

69 (84) Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me

77 (NE) BTS Feat. Charli XCX - Dream Glow (BTS World Original Soundtrack) [Pt. 1]

82 (88) Polo G Feat. Lil Tjay - Pop Out

 

Albums

 

01 02 11 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 01 02 01 MY CRIMINAL RECORD Jimmy Barnes

03 NE 01 03 HAPPINESS BEGINS Jonas Brothers

04 03 53 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

05 04 07 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

06 NE 01 06 TIM Avicii

07 07 03 04 ALADDIN Soundtrack

08 06 03 06 ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Cast of Rocketman

09 NE 01 09 HOPE Meg Mac

10 09 10 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

11 21 36 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

12 NE 01 12 LEGENDARY Tyga

13 12 34 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

14 14 59 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

15 16 119 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

16 13 12 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

17 08 04 01 LIFE Conrad Sewell

18 05 02 05 TEN Susan Boyle

19 19 18 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

20 NE 01 20 IGUANA Polish Club

21 20 39 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

22 27 65 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

23 23 79 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

24 22 04 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

25 11 04 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

26 17 05 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

27 25 04 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

28 26 16 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

29 30 50 01 SCORPION Drake

30 32 81 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

31 NE 01 31 AND NOW FOR THE WHATCHAMACALLIT Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

32 NE 01 32 DISGUISE Motionless In White

33 34 109 05 STONEY Post Malone

34 31 09 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

35 35 48 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

36 33 09 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

37 37 260 01 X Ed Sheeran

38 10 02 10 SHE IS COMING Miley Cyrus

39 42 41 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

40 53 355 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

41 39 65 02 ? XXXTentacion

42 38 60 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

43 46 177 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

44 15 02 15 IGNORANCE IS BLISS Skepta

45 40 73 01 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John

46 41 342 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

47 52 55 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

48 48 110 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

49 36 03 25 4REAL 4REAL YG

50 NE 01 50 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE 1975 LIVE RECORDINGS Bob Dylan

 

 

8 non-consecutive weeks for Lil Nas X now. For yet another week I'm here to report that the top 3 are pretty much locked in place with almost complete dominance on sales and streams. Taylor Swift may be a contender to disrupt them next week, but I see her landing at #4 as the sales of "You Need To Calm Down" aren't close to how "ME!" did on opening week, it won't even beat "Old Town Road" on sales at this rate. Evidently this week's top 7 has taken cue from the UK Charts. "Sucker" is aided by the new album release to return to the top 10, though for no reason "Only Human" is excluded from the chart, maybe next week. That exclusion makes for a pretty barren list of new entries, with only 4 this week (and only 1 re-entry to the top 100 to boot), two of which involve Chris Brown to your excitement. "No Guidance" is his first top 20 hit as a lead artist since..."Don't Wake Me Up". Avicii also has two simultaneous top 20 hits as "Heaven" sneaks in with its debut, which could possibly be its peak. Huge digital sales spurred on from TV appearances give Guy Sebastian his first top 40 hit since 2016, and a higher profile collaborator gives The Chainsmokers their first since...earlier this year, though that was 3 singles ago. After peaking at #51 partly due to a badly timed release, Luke Combs scores his first top 50 hit as "Beer Never Broke My Heart" is largely buoyed by his EP which was #1 on iTunes pretty much all week. He remains unlucky because another track on his EP lands at #101. Tyga's new album out nets him another chart entry as well as shutting down the last hope that "Taste" could ever sneak onto the chart in case his entire album was given free reign. "Taste" should in fact probably be in the top 100 this week still.

 

Billie Eilish sneaks back to #1 in a week without competition, it's her 5th week there now. Jonas Brothers kind of called it quits on their way up so their album chart history took them to a new high of #5 with nothing to follow, until now. They continue the trajectory as their new album that actually has a proper chart hit on it takes them to #3. The posthumous Avicii album had a bit of confusing foul play (not unlike Luke Combs) by being released simultaneously around the world on a Thursday. This was not a problem in Australia because of time zones so I don't think he lost any pre-order sales. "TIM" enters at #6 which is the 2nd highest album chart entry for him behind "True", which debuted at #2 in 2013 and climbed to #1 in early 2014. Meg Mac's first album in 2017 was one of many casualties of Ed Sheeran's 3rd album as it peaked at #2. 2 years later and she returns with her 2nd album that lands 6 places above "Divide". Despite a distinct lack of ARIA top 10 hits on it, Tyga scores his first solo top 50 album. His collaboration with Chris Brown in 2016 made it to #3, "Legendary" takes him to #12. Polish Club are also in the club of having now released 2 albums since Ed Sheeran's last but they can't quite overtake him, and also slightly miss the #19 peak of their last. Nothing sums up Australia quite like the fact that we have a band called Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. They debut at #1 on the Vinyl Albums chart and #31 overall.

 

Also I'm going overseas next week so Rush will be filling in for me in this thread then :cheer:

Edited June 18, 20196 yr by Dircadirca

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24/06/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 13 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 02 06 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

03 NE 01 03 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift

04 03 12 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

05 04 14 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

06 05 04 05 CROSS ME Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock

07 17 02 07 NO GUIDANCE Chris Brown Feat. Drake

08 06 07 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

09 07 03 07 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry

10 08 16 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

11 14 07 11 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

12 NE 01 12 MONEY IN THE GRAVE Drake Feat. Rick Ross

13 12 13 12 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

14 11 35 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

15 10 25 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

16 09 10 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

17 15 04 12 EASIER 5 Seconds Of Summer

18 13 05 09 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

19 16 04 13 THE LONDON Young Thug Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott

20 18 19 04 TALK Khalid

21 19 17 18 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

22 26 08 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

23 20 02 20 HEAVEN Avicii

24 22 25 02 WOW. Post Malone

25 21 03 21 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus

26 23 15 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

27 30 05 27 RESCUE ME OneRepublic

28 24 37 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

29 28 08 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

30 33 49 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

31 NE 01 31 LET YOU KNOW Flume Feat. London Grammar

32 25 17 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

33 38 03 33 CHOIR Guy Sebastian

34 27 05 13 NIGHTMARE Halsey

35 32 03 32 CALL YOU MINE The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha

36 29 17 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

37 43 05 37 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

38 35 07 35 PAINKILLER Ruel

39 31 14 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

40 34 08 34 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

41 36 35 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

42 NE 01 42 SANCTUARY Joji

43 41 03 41 GO LOKO YG Feat. Tyga, Jon Z

44 37 20 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

45 NE 01 45 THE GIT UP Blanco Brown

46 45 21 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

47 39 15 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

48 46 23 06 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani

49 42 40 06 BETTER Khalid

50 48 44 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

 

62 (69) Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me

69 (NE) Drake - Omertà

73 (82) Polo G Feat. Lil Tjay - Pop Out

80 (NE) Mabel - Mad Love

86 (NE) Little Mix - Bounce Back

94 (RE) Billie Eilish - i love you

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen

02 NE 01 02 MADAME X Madonna

03 01 12 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

04 04 54 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

05 05 08 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

06 02 03 01 MY CRIMINAL RECORD Jimmy Barnes

07 10 11 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

08 07 04 04 ALADDIN Soundtrack

09 NE 01 09 BETWEEN US Hayden James

10 08 04 06 ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Cast of Rocketman

11 03 02 03 HAPPINESS BEGINS Jonas Brothers

12 11 37 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

13 NE 01 13 SPARK Amber Lawrence

14 16 13 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

15 13 35 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

16 19 19 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

17 15 120 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

18 14 60 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

19 21 40 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

20 22 66 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

21 NE 01 21 DOOM DAYS Bastille

22 06 02 06 TIM Avicii

23 23 80 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

24 28 17 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

25 24 05 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

26 29 51 01 SCORPION Drake

27 25 05 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

28 30 82 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

29 26 06 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

30 17 05 01 LIFE Conrad Sewell

31 18 03 05 TEN Susan Boyle

32 12 02 12 LEGENDARY Tyga

33 27 05 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

34 33 110 05 STONEY Post Malone

35 41 66 02 ? XXXTentacion

36 36 10 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

37 37 261 01 X Ed Sheeran

38 59 84 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

39 40 356 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

40 42 61 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

41 34 10 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

42 39 42 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

43 54 243 01 1989 Taylor Swift

44 45 74 01 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John

45 35 49 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark

46 43 178 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

47 56 106 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

48 48 111 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

49 46 343 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

50 47 56 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

 

9 non-consecutive weeks at #1 for "Old Town Road" make it the longest running #1 since "God's Plan" (11 weeks, all consecutive). It helps block Taylor Swift from #1 for a second time, but unlike in the US, only one of those Taylor singles could manage #2. I'd tell you how close "You Need To Calm Down" was, but the figures haven't arrived yet for reasons unknown to me. Shawn & Camila are currently #1 on Spotify and Apple Music, even almost beating "Old Town Road" combined on the former, so they might be a contender for #1 next week. "No Guidance" becomes Drake's 13th top 10 hit and Chris Brown's 14th, a tally Drake will likely soon surpass as Chris Brown's last top 10 hit as lead artist ("Don't Wake Me Up") pre-dates all but one of Drake's top 10 hits ("Take Care"). For this week though, Chris Brown is the hotter property as the less climate-destroying of Drake's celebrations of the Raptors' win could only send its 2 tracks to #12 and #69. The former, "Money In The Grave", is the highest Rick Ross has ever charted, his previous best being #39 on Skrillex's "Purple Lamborghini" in 2016. Following some relatively-false starts with a mixtape and a single that didn't do much, Flume has finally returned with a higher-profile release and instantly scores his highest-charting song since his pair of smashes in 2016 (emphasis on 'song', as he did place slightly higher with an EP in late 2016), and returns London Grammar to the top 50 for the first time since "Strong", which became a top 5 hit in early 2014 (with the help of commercial radio playing the High Contrast remix). Joji managed to reach the top 20 with his "BALLADS 1" album last year and following some slow-burning success particularly with the song "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK", his new track instantly brings him into the singles chart for the first time, although it's not the first time he's impacted it, as he was the YouTuber who started the "Harlem Shake" viral dance trend. And speaking of trends, the unofficial "Old Town Road" sequel, Blanco Brown's "The Git Up", is already in the top 50 - strangely doing best on sales, having been top 10 on iTunes for almost 2 weeks whereas, as of this chart's cutoff, it had barely cracked the Spotify top 100 (though it's much higher on Apple Music). Possibly of note for next week is that Jessica Mauboy has just performed her new single "Little Things" on The Voice and it's #2 on iTunes, so maybe she'll manage to crack the top 100 unlike her last single "Sunday" which, despite being her long-awaited (by me if no one else) return to non-TV-affiliated music, only reached #57 on iTunes (and didn't make the Spotify top 200).

 

Bruce Springsteen only hit #1 once with a studio album (and once with a compilation) before this decade, but in very on-brand news for late-stage album sales, he's now made #1 with both of his last 2 albums. It was not in fact close at all between him and Madonna, as he sold almost twice as much; Madonna was much closer to #3 than to #1. It's the first time Madonna has missed #1 with a studio album since "American Life" (#3 behind the 2 biggest selling albums of 2003, Delta Goodrem and Norah Jones). For minor achievements, she did outsell Bruce on both the digital and vinyl charts. Australian dance producer Hayden James first hit the chart in early 2015 and has finally dropped his debut album (your move Peking Duk), including his long-running mid-level hits "NUMB" and "Just Friends". For all the effort Hot Hits Australia put into helping maintain those singles, he barely outranks an Australian country artist I personally have not previously heard of. No amount of Marshmello-sponsored longevity or Seeb-sponsored googly-eyed watermelons have saved Bastille from decline, their hit-free new album just missing the top 20 compared to "Wild World" reaching #7 in 2016. Next week, Mark Ronson might place somewhere in the top 10 (I have no idea really), and maybe Lil Nas X's EP will chart somewhere provided ARIA count its streaming correctly.

Bastille not even making the top 20 is quite an ouch moment when their last two made the top 10.

Good to see Flume get another top 40 hit too.

yay for Flume

Plot twist: it's me again :magic: Dirca will resume next week.

 

01/07/2019

 

Singles

 

01 01 14 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X

02 NE 01 02 SEÑORITA Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello

03 02 07 01 I DON'T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

04 04 13 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish

05 03 02 03 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift

06 05 15 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

07 12 02 07 MONEY IN THE GRAVE Drake Feat. Rick Ross

08 06 05 05 CROSS ME Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock

09 11 08 09 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MeduZa Feat. Goodboys

10 09 04 07 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry

11 07 03 07 NO GUIDANCE Chris Brown Feat. Drake

12 08 08 04 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes

13 13 14 12 JOHNNY RUN AWAY Tones and I

14 10 17 01 SUCKER Jonas Brothers

15 14 36 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

16 17 05 12 EASIER 5 Seconds Of Summer

17 NE 01 17 PANINI Lil Nas X

18 15 26 03 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike

19 16 11 07 SOS Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc

20 33 04 20 CHOIR Guy Sebastian

21 19 05 13 THE LONDON Young Thug Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott

22 21 18 18 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

23 18 06 09 EARFQUAKE Tyler, The Creator

24 NE 01 24 IT'S YOU Ali Gatie

25 20 20 04 TALK Khalid

26 27 06 26 RESCUE ME OneRepublic

27 45 02 27 THE GIT UP Blanco Brown

28 29 09 21 TRUTH HURTS Lizzo

29 24 26 02 WOW. Post Malone

30 26 16 09 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Feat. Chvrches

31 37 06 31 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

32 35 04 32 CALL YOU MINE The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha

33 23 03 20 HEAVEN Avicii

34 28 38 01 SHALLOW Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

35 25 04 21 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus

36 30 50 02 EASTSIDE Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid

37 22 09 02 ME! Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

38 38 08 35 PAINKILLER Ruel

39 36 18 16 EXIT SIGN Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal

40 40 09 34 VOSSI BOP Stormzy

41 39 15 19 GOOD LORD Birds Of Tokyo

42 41 36 07 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER Billie Eilish

43 32 18 16 DON'T CALL ME UP Mabel

44 31 02 31 LET YOU KNOW Flume Feat. London Grammar

45 52 62 05 LOVELY Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid

46 47 16 29 MESS HER UP Amy Shark

47 43 04 41 GO LOKO YG Feat. Tyga, Jon Z

48 50 45 03 HAPPIER Marshmello & Bastille

49 46 22 11 I'M SO TIRED... Lauv & Troye Sivan

50 44 21 03 BURY A FRIEND Billie Eilish

 

53 (60) Mark Ronson Feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again

56 (NE) Marshmello Feat. Kane Brown - One Thing Right

62 (NE) Jessica Mauboy - Little Things

67 (80) Mabel - Mad Love

72 (NE) Lil Nas X & Cardi B - Rodeo

87 (RE) Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

89 (NE) Nicki Minaj - MEGATRON

92 (NE) Bazzi Feat. 21 Savage - Focus

 

Albums

 

01 03 13 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

02 01 02 01 WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen

03 04 55 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

04 05 09 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk

05 NE 01 05 7 EP Lil Nas X

06 06 04 01 MY CRIMINAL RECORD Jimmy Barnes

07 NE 01 07 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson

08 02 02 02 MADAME X Madonna

09 07 12 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid

10 15 36 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

11 12 38 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

12 14 14 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis

13 17 121 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

14 08 05 04 ALADDIN Soundtrack

15 18 61 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone

16 10 05 06 ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Cast of Rocketman

17 16 20 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande

18 NE 01 18 ORIGINALS Prince

19 19 41 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

20 20 67 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

21 23 81 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack

22 09 02 09 BETWEEN US Hayden James

23 NE 01 23 HELP US STRANGER The Saboteurs

24 11 03 03 HAPPINESS BEGINS Jonas Brothers

25 NE 01 25 KEEPSAKE Hatchie

26 26 52 01 SCORPION Drake

27 24 18 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods

28 25 06 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

29 28 83 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

30 NE 01 30 PARTY TIME! The Wiggles

31 31 04 05 TEN Susan Boyle

32 29 07 03 BACKROAD NATION Lee Kernaghan

33 35 67 02 ? XXXTentacion

34 33 06 07 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ Khaled

35 22 03 06 TIM Avicii

36 34 111 05 STONEY Post Malone

37 27 06 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

38 36 11 03 FAREWELL The Seekers

39 49 344 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

40 39 357 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

41 NE 01 41 YESTERDAY Himesh Patel

42 37 262 01 X Ed Sheeran

43 40 62 05 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B

44 NE 01 44 RISE Hollywood Vampires

45 42 43 01 KAMIKAZE Eminem

46 41 11 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS

47 50 57 01 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes

48 47 107 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

49 38 85 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

50 48 112 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid

 

10 weeks for "Old Town Road"! With 82% as many units, "Señorita" wasn't particularly close in the end... but still closer than anything else has come to "Old Town Road", bar the first week of "I Don't Care". If you thought I'd get through writing 2 weeks of commentary without graphing something, you do not know me:

 

 

"Señorita" instantly becomes Shawn's highest charter, him having previously peaked at #4 with "Stitches", "Treat You Better", "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" and "If I Can't Have You", for a combined total of 12 weeks at #4. The Drake sidekick preferences are in Rick Ross' favour this week, so that's now 14 top 10 hits for Drake, and Meduza prove that the 2014 mould of UK-originating dance hits still has life in it with a top 10 entry. Mississauga's second-finest export, Ali Gatie instantly hit the Spotify charts worldwide when he dropped "It's You" 2 weeks ago (I'm not sure how) and Australia is taking to it faster than almost every other country. Jessica Mauboy's The Voice performance last week pays off; "Little Things" reached #1 on iTunes and debuts at #62. That's mostly from sales (it's #6 on the digital tracks chart) but not completely, and I've been seeing her on the home tab of Spotify this week as the Get Popped! playlist cover photo, so maybe there's minor streaming potential.

 

No particularly big new albums this week, so that means Billie returns for a 6th week, only 2 of those being consecutive (1-1-2-1-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-3-1). When I mentioned Lil Nas X's EP last week I didn't think it would be anywhere high as the streams seemed much more concentrated on the top 3 tracks than I expected, but surprisingly it debuts at #5, with ~95% of its units coming from streaming. (For comparison, Billie is ~70%, and Bruce is ~5%). Mark Ronson also nets himself a top 10 position, though a decline from the #6 and #2 peaks of his last 2 albums, but maybe if "Find U Again" keeps going it'll become his first album with multiple top 50 hits. This week's mid-range Australian debut is probably better known than usual, as dream pop artist Hatchie has been getting some solid international attention over the last 2 years leading up to her debut album, not that her past singles/EP tracks are included. Next week has the likes of Kylie, The Black Keys, Mustard, and of course Chris Brown's latest data dump if anyone finds the time to sift through it, to maybe contend for #1 or top 10 spots.