December 26, 20195 yr Author Still DM lol, it's unbeatable. Xmas songs not doing as well here. I can't speak for everyone but I feel like most Christmas music isn't fit for Australia when we're recording record high temperatures, Sydney is unsafe to breathe in & half the country is literally on fire with our PM leaving us to melt. It's not fun to hear US pop stars tell us about the snow and such :P We'll still get a monstrous boost this week though. And yeah, Tones easily has the longest running #1 since the old record was "Shape Of You" with 15 weeks. The only exception worth noting is that our really old '40s/'50s charts were back-compiled with monthly data and there are some songs that were #1 for 5 months, but if you were to convert our current charts to the same methodology, Tones is indisputably #1 for August, September, October, November, and though it's not finished, December as well, so she has a 5 month #1 as well.
December 26, 20195 yr I can't speak for everyone but I feel like most Christmas music isn't fit for Australia when we're recording record high temperatures, Sydney is unsafe to breathe in & half the country is literally on fire with our PM leaving us to melt. It's not fun to hear US pop stars tell us about the snow and such :P We'll still get a monstrous boost this week though. And yeah, Tones easily has the longest running #1 since the old record was "Shape Of You" with 15 weeks. The only exception worth noting is that our really old '40s/'50s charts were back-compiled with monthly data and there are some songs that were #1 for 5 months, but if you were to convert our current charts to the same methodology, Tones is indisputably #1 for August, September, October, November, and though it's not finished, December as well, so she has a 5 month #1 as well. I always thought it'd be weird to live in the Southern Hemisphere at Xmas as it's basically a European/American holiday so based on winter cultures (with a bit of Jesus added for good taste)!
December 26, 20195 yr Author Was there no long runners before the streaming era!? Fernando by ABBA lasted 14 weeks, and if you stick with just the ARIA era, Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise had 13 weeks.
December 28, 20195 yr Author Fairytale of New York a new entry this week :P And naturally, only erroneously in the top 50 because ARIA literally hates Bing Crosby & Chris Rea and it's a conspiracy to keep their highly streamed titles out of the chart. Mariah is lucky she only has the ire of one chart company.
December 29, 20195 yr Author So The Pogues are the Mariah of the ARIA charts? I feel you mean the opposite? I was just pointing out that since they're #49 and there are probably at least 2 songs excluded from the chart, they're erroneously debuting the top 50 (although they should have debuted in the top 100 last year so there is creedence to that). If anything that title should go to BENEE who for the 2nd year in a row, has a respectably sized top 40 hit in every sense of it except that ARIA isn't counting it because brain worms. The only singles of hers that have been let on the chart thus far are a #80ish hit and a #250ish hit.
January 1, 20205 yr Author 30/12/2019 Singles 01 10 42 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 01 32 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 03 23 37 03 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham 04 32 06 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 05 02 08 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 06 03 07 02 ROXANNE Arizona Zervas 07 04 14 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 08 05 17 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 09 06 15 03 RIDE IT Regard 10 08 23 07 NEVER SEEN THE RAIN Tones and I 11 59 13 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 30 12 09 04 09 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 13 82 12 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon 14 07 03 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 15 11 21 06 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 16 91 02 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 17 57 08 17 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 18 13 06 02 EVERYTHING I WANTED Billie Eilish 19 80 03 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 20 14 02 14 FALLING Trevor Daniel 21 NE 01 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 22 15 10 13 LOSE CONTROL Meduza 23 18 39 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 24 NE 01 24 JINGLE BELLS Michael Buble Feat. The Puppini Sisters 25 12 06 12 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 26 26 27 04 ONE THING RIGHT Marshmello Feat. Kane Brown 27 27 40 01 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X 28 16 41 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 29 NE 01 29 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 30 20 24 12 SOUTH OF THE BORDER Ed Sheeran Feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B 31 96 15 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 32 19 12 04 10,000 HOURS Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 33 21 27 01 SEÑORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 34 17 05 17 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 35 RE 03 35 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 36 NE 01 36 JINGLE BELL ROCK Daryl Hall & John Oates 37 28 13 15 RUSHING BACK Flume Feat. Vera Blue 38 36 03 36 MY OH MY Camila Cabello Feat. DaBaby 39 24 16 08 HOT GIRL BUMMER blackbear 40 25 09 02 LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME Selena Gomez 41 RE 03 41 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 42 29 62 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 43 RE 02 30 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 44 37 15 20 CASTLES Freya Ridings 45 RE 03 37 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly 46 RE 02 44 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 47 31 26 04 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran Feat. Khalid 48 NE 01 48 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Michael Buble 49 NE 01 49 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 50 NE 01 50 WHITE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble Feat. Shania Twain 52 (NE) Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 53 (NE) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 54 (NE) Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 55 (RE) Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me 56 (NE) Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord 58 (RE) Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas 62 (RE) Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland 67 (RE) Sam Smith - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 68 (NE) Destiny's Child - 8 Days Of Christmas 76 (NE) Michael Buble - All I Want For Christmas Is You 78 (NE) Michael Buble - I'll Be Home For Christmas 80 (NE) Michael Buble - Cold December Night 81 (RE) Michael Buble - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 82 (RE) Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 85 (RE) Ella Fitzgerald - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 87 (NE) Michael Buble - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 96 (NE) Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 97 (NE) Michael Buble - Santa Baby 98 (RE) Sofi Tukker - Purple Hat 99 (NE) Meghan Trainor - I'll Be Home Albums 01 03 81 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 02 01 02 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 02 05 01 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Robbie Williams 04 12 39 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 05 04 03 01 BLOOD MOON Cold Chisel 06 06 06 01 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019 Paul Kelly 07 05 06 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 08 16 58 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 09 10 17 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 10 09 24 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 11 07 05 03 YOU'RE IN MY HEART: ROD STEWART (WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA) Rod Stewart & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 12 17 81 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 13 18 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 14 08 05 03 STILL TELLING EVERYBODY: 30 YEARS OF HITS Human Nature 15 14 07 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 16 18 05 01 EVERYDAY LIFE Coldplay 17 26 21 02 RUN HOME SLOW The Teskey Brothers 18 15 16 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 19 19 49 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature 20 22 10 01 HILDA Jessica Mauboy 21 28 339 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 22 21 07 07 LAST CHRISTMAS - THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK George Michael & Wham! 23 23 30 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John 24 36 75 01 ABBEY ROAD The Beatles 25 38 04 25 THE BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS Pentatonix 26 34 62 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 27 30 147 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 11 02 11 HEAVY IS THE HEAD Stormzy 29 20 03 06 ROMANCE Camila Cabello 30 45 64 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 31 39 05 30 BING AT CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 32 NE 01 32 CATS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Soundtrack 33 32 09 02 GHOSTEEN Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 34 48 370 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 35 43 35 01 HURTS 2B HUMAN P!nk 36 42 383 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 37 35 93 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 38 44 10 06 TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION 15 Various 39 31 06 02 COURAGE Celine Dion 40 33 05 25 HAPPY DAYS Andre Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra 41 52 67 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 42 40 40 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 43 37 32 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 44 50 44 01 THE GREAT EXPANSE Hilltop Hoods 45 24 17 01 FEAR INOCULUM Tool 46 49 250 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 47 41 87 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 48 61 13 18 HALF MILE HARVEST The Teskey Brothers 49 25 05 11 THANKS FOR THE DANCE Leonard Cohen 50 51 107 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack It's the Christmas week. Tones And I isn't #1 but we don't have a new #1 because Mariah was #1 last year as well. This pushes "All I Want For Christmas Is You" ahead of "Fantasy" as her 2nd longest running #1 outright behind "We Belong Together". She will probably drop out of the top 100 again, and will not have quite an easy ride to #1 in 2020 with Christmas Eve & Christmas Day falling on different chart weeks. Wham! reached #3 on release and I suspect came close to a new peak but lost out on sales ("Dance Monkey" has been the #1 digital seller for 22 non-consecutive weeks now). As expected a month ago, Michael Buble scores his highest ever charting single with "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" reaching #4. He previously had a #9 hit in 2009 with "Haven't Met You Yet". Because of this perfect storm of tracking week, there are new peaks across the board, but also a lot of debuts. The vast majority of these debuts are just songs that weren't let on the chart last year, though I suspect a handful of them are genuine. By the way there are still songs missing this year but far less. Most notable include "White Christmas" and "Driving Home For Christmas". That's not where the mistakes end though, because Brenda Lee is split between two versions on Spotify, something I'm competent enough to realise but our official charts are not. I don't know if she should be in the ARIA top 10, but she should be top 10 streams so her official position is well off. The only entry this week that doesn't relate to Christmas is a re-entry and new peak for Sofi Tukker which is driven largely by a Hot Hits Australia playlisting, given the missing songs, they've been charting for 2 weeks so far but technically shouldn't have done so yet. They'll rise a lot next week. Something I forgot to mention last week is that for the first time ever, "Shape Of You" and "Perfect" have both left the top 100. Further noteworthy dropouts this week include "Wow.", "Be Alright", "Happier", "3 Nights", "Body", "SICKO MODE" & "Better". This means that the only songs to last the entire year on the chart are "Youngblood", "Eastside", "Sunflower", "Shotgun" and "Shallow". We were spared for the last 2 years but inevitably the power of streaming and lack of competition means that "Christmas" perfunctorily returns for a 15 week at #1. Otherwise I don't have much to note about this week, but I'm excited to type '(RE)' about 40 times next week. Also, this is the last chart of the year! As is the usual, I will post the End Of Year charts in this thread as soon as they become available (it's usually about a week into the new year). Otherwise, I'll see you in a new thread for a new year. I can't believe I've been doing this for 5 years now. Edited January 1, 20205 yr by Dircadirca
January 1, 20205 yr Wonder what for examples Mariahs chart run will be like this December then with Xmas eve and day split up something like 79-12-6-4-8-out
January 9, 20205 yr Author We have End Of Year charts! Singles 1. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road 2. Tones and I - Dance Monkey 3. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 4. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 5. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 6. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care 7. Post Malone - Wow. 8. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita 9. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 10. Ariana Grande - 7 Rings 11. Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 12. Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid - Eastside 13. Jonas Brothers - Sucker 14. Ed Sheeran Feat. Khalid - Beautiful People 15. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho 16. MeduZa Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart 17. Khalid - Talk 18. Halsey - Without Me 19. Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger 20. Post Malone - Circles 21. Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 22. George Ezra - Shotgun 23. Marshmello Feat. Kane Brown - One Thing Right 24. Blanco Brown - The Git Up 25. Travis Scott & Drake - Sicko Mode 26. Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend 27. Dean Lewis - Be Alright 28. Khalid - Better 29. Billie Eilish - when the party's over 30. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood 31. Lizzo - Truth Hurts 32. Tones and I - Johnny Run Away 33. Loud Luxury - Body 34. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next 35. Post Malone Feat. Young Thug - Goodbyes 36. Guy Sebastian - Choir 37. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You 38. Kian - Waiting 39. Tones and I - Never Seen the Rain 40. Drax Project Feat. Hailee Steinfeld - Woke Up Late 41. Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 42. Lauv & Troye Sivan - i'm so tired... 43. Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely 44. Ariana Grande - break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored 45. Dean Lewis - 7 Minutes 46. Marshmello Feat. Chvrches - Here With Me 47. Billie Eilish Feat. Khalid - Lovely 48. Lizzo - Good As Hell 49. Regard - Ride It 50. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up 51. Maroon 5 - Memories 52. Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? 53. Chris Brown Feat. Drake - No Guidance 54. Ed Sheeran Feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South Of The Border 55. Ed Sheeran Feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me 56. Ali Gatie - It's You 57. Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal - Exit Sign 58. Ed Sheeran - Perfect 59. Avicii Feat. Aloe Blacc - SOS 60. Post Malone - Better Now 61. Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down 62. P!nk - Walk Me Home 63. J. Cole - Middle Child 64. Ocean Alley - Confidence 65. The Chainsmokers Feat. 5 Seconds of Summer - Who Do You Love 66. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar 67. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 68. Taylor Swift Feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco - Me! 69. Meek Mill Feat. Drake - Going Bad 70. Khalid - Saturday Nights 71. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 72. Drake Feat. Rick Ross - Money In The Grave 73. Maroon 5 Feat. Cardi B - Girls Like You 74. Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord 75. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 76. Calvin Harris & Rag'N'Bone Man - Giant 77. Lil Nas X - Panini 78. Katy Perry - Never Really Over 79. Billie Eilish - wish you were gay 80. Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage - Rockstar 81. Amy Shark - Mess Her Up 82. Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love 83. Post Malone - I Fall Apart 84. Lukas Graham - Love Someone 85. Lil Tecca - Ransom 86. Y2K & bbno$ - Lalala 87. Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises 88. Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee - Close To Me 89. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier 90. Taylor Swift - Lover 91. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams 92. blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer 93. Anne-Marie - 2002 94. Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours 95. Ava Max - So Am I 96. Rita Ora - Let You Love Me 97. OneRepublic - Rescue Me 98. Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way 99. Dynoro - In My Mind 100. Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999 Albums 1. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 3. P!nk - Hurts 2B Human 4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born 5. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 6. Taylor Swift - Lover 7. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next 8. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding 9. Queen - Greatest Hits 10. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman 11. Ed Sheeran - ÷ 12. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 13. Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse 14. Elton John - Diamonds 15. Khalid - Free Spirit 16. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 17. Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me 18. Queen - The Platinum Collection 19. Luke Combs - This One's For You 20. Drake - Scorpion 21. Tones and I - The Kids Are Coming - EP 22. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 23. Eminem - Kamikaze 24. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 25. Post Malone - Stoney 26. Travis Scott - Astroworld 27. Taylor Swift - Reputation 28. INXS - The Very Best 29. XXXTentacion - ? 30. Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes 31. Amy Shark - Love Monster 32. BTS - Map Of The Soul: PERSONA 33. Ed Sheeran - x 34. Khalid - American Teen 35. Tool - Fear Inoculum 36. Jimmy Barnes - My Criminal Record 37. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You 38. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy 39. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 40. The Beatles - Abbey Road 41. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 42. Harry Styles - Fine Line 43. Ariana Grande - Sweetener 44. George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's 45. Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present 46. Taylor Swift - 1989 47. Ziggy Alberts - Laps Around The Sun 48. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 49. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind 50. The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 51. Adele - 25 52. The Seekers - Farewell 53. Conrad Sewell - Life 54. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman: Reimagined 55. Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung 56. Soundtrack - Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 57. Paul Kelly - Songs From The South: Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits 1985-2019 58. Chillinit - Women Weed & Wordplay 59. Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 60. Imagine Dragons - Origins 61. Tyler, The Creator - Igor 62. Luke Combs - What You See Is What You Get 63. The Wiggles - The Best Of 64. Soundtrack - Moana 65. Michael Buble - Christmas 66. Cast of Rocketman - Rocketman (Music From The Motion Picture) 67. Soundtrack - Aladdin 68. Rufus Du Sol - Solace 69. Chris Brown - Indigo 70. Rita Ora - Phoenix 71. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 72. Imagine Dragons - Evolve 73. Juice WRLD - Death Race For Love 74. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 75. Bring Me The Horizon - Amo 76. Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 77. Ed Sheeran - + 78. Ocean Alley - Chiaroscuro 79. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Hoodie SZN 80. Sticky Fingers - Caress Your Soul 81. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits 82. Vance Joy - Nation of Two 83. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 84. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection 85. The Killers - Direct Hits 86. Lee Kernaghan - Backroad Nation 87. Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac 88. Jonas Blue - Blue 89. Kanye West - Jesus Is King 90. Adele - 21 91. Kendrick Lamar - Damn. 92. Soundtrack - Frozen: The Songs 93. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma 94. Morgan Evans - Things That We Drink To 95. Soundtrack - The Lion King 96. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits 97. Cold Chisel - Blood Moon 98. P!nk - Greatest Hits...So Far!!! 99. Lil Nas X - 7 EP 100. Soundtrack - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse To preface this, what you need to know about ARIA is that they go straight from their published data. I am unsure if they count anything below the top 500 (which is how much of a chart they make in-house, though not publishing it), but the main thing I'm saying is that if for instance, a song was missing streams, or just missing from the chart all together, they will not be retroactively fixed in the end of year charts. I am fairly certain "Location" and "XO TOUR Llif3" missed the 2017 list because of this. This doesn't make a huge impact on the Singles list, except that "Ransom" is a little lower than it should be, and Tyga's "Taste" should probably be on the list. Where it does matter is on the album chart, because the album chart have become such a mess, with thanks in no small part to ARIA changing rules about split streams across multiple albums in the middle of the year, which is made arbitrary with Greatest Hits sets, as some still are allowed all the streams, and some aren't. Or this is the best way to rationalise that Maroon 5's quickly cobbled together Singles Collection is so high on the list, Queen probably would have 3 albums in the top 10 if the rule wasn't changed. ARIA also only at the start of 2019 started correctly attributing Dua Lipa's streams (or perhaps just adding in all the collaborations from the deluxe album), which has been allowing her to coast in the top 40 all year round just on streams, and actually rank twice as high this year as she was last year, despite being largely inactive on the charts otherwise until recently. In 2016, "Uptown Funk" became the first song to appear in 3 different End Of Year lists. This year there are (I think) 5 more additions to that canon with "Shape Of You", "Perfect", "rockstar", "I Fall Apart" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", the latter being the first time in the 21st century I think that a decades old song has appeared in its original form. Despite Tones And I's record breaking run at #1, "Old Town Road" had such an unassailable lead that she was never in contention to take the top spot. I actually think that she could have debuted at #1 the week the song was released, and stayed there for 8 whole months, and it would be a pretty close battle. I am a little surprised that "bad guy" managed to overtaken "Sunflower" though, given that the latter is presently the longest running top 10 single ever and nearly still would be even if you only counted its 2019 chart run. On the other hand, its fellow undying 2018 brethren "Eastside" spent 22 weeks in the top 10 in 2018, and just 4 in 2019, but landed only 2 places lower than it did last year, a clear sign of how the streaming market is emphasizing chart run descents more and more. Despite getting to #1 for the first time in years, Michael Buble's "Christmas" is at by far its lowest ever End Of Year position at #65, possibly meaning that streaming is helping thick out the lower end of the list with bigger numbers (though the top end has probably never been weaker). The last thing I want to note is that Billie Eilish scores the #1 End Of Year Album with her debut album, something that had not happened at all this decade until now, but in the 2000s, happened several times with Susan Boyle, James Blunt, Jet and Delta Goodrem. ALSO ARIA just casually dropped their End Of Decade charts as well, which I will gladly post in their own thread except that it's 4 in the morning and I need more time to mull over my thoughts on that one. If I'm not too busy, I'll do it first thing in the morning.
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