May 6, 20205 yr Author Yeah, I was annoyed at the time but I really like the Strong remix now. Feels like it has its own merit beyond the original's coattails. What astounds me about Nova is that they somehow win the 18-25 radio demographic but their programming feels completely at odds with this as they further transition into Hot AC. It makes me wonder what the future of R&B Fridays will be. Like in 10 years will they be playing the 'classics' from Travis Scott, Migos & Drake that they literally didn't play when they were hits :lol:
May 6, 20205 yr It's a very similar situation with the UK's commercial radio too, Capital (the hit music rival to Radio 1) has also been playing the Luca Schreiner remix of This City instead of the original, and they also insisted on playing the Future Humans remix of Someone You Loved instead :lol:
May 13, 20205 yr Author 10/05/2020 Singles 01 01 16 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 02 02 23 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 05 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 04 20 07 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 05 08 17 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 06 05 11 05 DEATH BED Powfu 07 04 02 04 THE SCOTTS THE SCOTTS Travis Scott & Kid Cudi 08 06 27 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 09 14 03 09 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 10 07 13 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 11 10 09 08 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 12 09 06 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 13 11 50 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 14 12 14 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 15 13 17 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 16 NE 01 16 BE KIND Marshmello, Halsey 17 18 09 18 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 18 17 17 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 19 15 02 15 RIGHTEOUS Juice WRLD 20 16 22 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 21 23 36 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 22 25 24 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 23 24 08 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 24 22 07 22 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 25 21 12 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 26 19 18 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 27 28 60 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 28 26 19 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 29 27 09 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 30 33 16 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 31 30 34 03 RIDE IT Regard 32 42 04 32 ILY Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 33 29 14 09 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 34 48 06 34 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 35 32 13 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 36 39 33 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 37 38 07 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 38 31 80 06 SICKO MODE Travis Scott & Drake 39 34 03 25 I'M READY Sam Smith & Demi Lovato 40 35 29 11 LOSE CONTROL Meduza 41 36 32 08 RUSHING BACK Flume Feat. Vera Blue 42 44 58 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 43 47 26 02 ROXANNE Arizona Zervas 44 43 11 25 CITY OF ANGELS 24KGOLDN 45 46 21 13 FALLING Trevor Daniel 46 40 31 03 HIGHEST IN THE ROOM Travis Scott 47 51 29 47 JULY Noah Cyrus 48 37 14 24 MANIAC Conan Gray 49 41 42 07 NEVER SEEN THE RAIN Tones and I 50 49 16 03 GODZILLA Eminem Feat. Juice WRLD Albums 01 NE 01 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 02 04 21 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 02 06 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 04 01 02 01 HUMAN DESIGN Birds of Tokyo 05 06 58 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 06 03 07 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 07 07 08 01 ARTISTS UNITE FOR FIRE FIGHT Various 08 08 35 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 11 26 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 12 100 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 11 09 06 01 C A L M 5 Seconds of Summer 12 15 112 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 13 17 166 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 14 43 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 15 16 37 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 10 92 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 17 20 11 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 18 18 51 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 19 23 16 02 MANIC Halsey 20 25 81 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 21 27 36 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 22 19 12 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 23 21 106 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 24 22 25 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 25 13 59 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 26 39 402 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 27 24 16 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 28 26 12 02 CHANGES Justin Bieber 29 36 08 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 30 38 358 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 31 30 128 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 32 40 20 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 33 37 112 02 ? XXXTentacion 34 35 86 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 35 41 97 01 SCORPION Drake 36 32 09 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 37 34 126 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 38 NE 01 38 GRAVES INTO GARDENS (LIVE) Elevation Worship 39 29 11 02 THE OCTAGON Chillinit 40 31 269 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 41 05 02 05 WHAT THE DEAD MEN SAY Trivium 42 43 57 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 43 44 152 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 44 45 156 05 STONEY Post Malone 45 NE 01 45 ATONEMENT II: B-SIDES FOR CHARITY Killswitch Engage 46 52 224 01 CUTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 47 46 289 01 1989 Taylor Swift 48 61 240 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 49 NE 01 49 I HOPE I DON'T COME ACROSS INTENSE Wil Wagner 50 55 157 13 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid SAINt JHN has now been #1 for 5 weeks. Considering that the last two singles to go to #1 spent 35 weeks there combined, it is debatable if this can be considered an impressively long time. I would say he's odds-on favourite to take #1 next week, but it'll be quite close with The Weeknd (again) and also the new Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber song. DaBaby is also #1 on Spotify now with quite good sales but won't contend until next week. Thanks to the new remix, Meghan The Stallion makes for a nice TW/LW combination and scores a top 10 hit in the process. In a slow week, Marshmello & Halsey have the only new entry in the top 50. This is largely because Drake probably should have had a small handful of entries but mah singles only chart nonsense. Drake scores his 3rd #1 album this week following "Views" and "Scorpion". Given that his closest competition is lingering streaming monsters, I imagine it didn't take much to do it. There's not really a lot to note. Not sure much can be expected next week, the top debut will probably come from one of Hp Boyz, Young Thug & Chris Brown, Katie Noonan or Kehlani. Edited May 13, 20205 yr by Dircadirca
May 20, 20205 yr Author 18/05/2020 Singles 01 01 17 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 02 02 24 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 03 NE 01 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber 04 09 04 04 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 05 05 18 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 06 03 06 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 07 04 08 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 08 06 12 05 DEATH BED Powfu 09 11 10 08 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 10 08 28 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 11 10 14 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 12 07 03 04 THE SCOTTS THE SCOTTS Travis Scott & Kid Cudi 13 12 07 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 14 NE 01 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 15 16 02 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 16 13 51 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 17 15 18 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 18 14 15 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 19 17 10 18 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 20 18 18 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 21 21 37 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 22 20 23 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 23 22 25 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 24 24 08 22 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 25 32 05 25 ILY Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 26 23 09 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 27 25 13 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 28 26 19 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 29 27 61 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 30 19 03 15 RIGHTEOUS Juice WRLD 31 31 35 03 RIDE IT Regard 32 29 10 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 33 28 20 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 34 NE 01 34 SAY IT AGAIN Onefour Feat. A$AP Ferg 35 30 17 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 36 34 07 34 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 37 33 15 09 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 38 35 14 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 39 37 08 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 40 36 34 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 41 41 33 08 RUSHING BACK Flume Feat. Vera Blue 42 39 04 25 I'M READY Sam Smith & Demi Lovato 43 40 30 11 LOSE CONTROL Meduza 44 42 59 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 45 47 30 45 JULY Noah Cyrus 46 67 02 46 AFTER PARTY Don Toliver 47 43 27 02 ROXANNE Arizona Zervas 48 45 22 13 FALLING Trevor Daniel 49 62 04 49 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 50 44 12 25 CITY OF ANGELS 24KGOLDN Albums 01 01 02 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 02 03 07 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 03 02 22 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 04 05 59 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 05 06 08 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 06 NE 01 06 PETALS FOR ARMOR Hayley Williams 07 NE 01 07 6 TO THE WORLD EP Hp Boyz 08 08 36 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 04 03 01 HUMAN DESIGN Birds of Tokyo 10 07 09 01 ARTISTS UNITE FOR FIRE FIGHT Various 11 09 27 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 12 10 101 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 14 44 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 14 12 113 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 15 13 167 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 11 07 01 C A L M 5 Seconds of Summer 17 NE 01 17 IT WAS GOOD UNTIL IT WASN'T Kehlani 18 15 38 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 19 20 82 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 20 17 12 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 21 18 52 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 22 16 93 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 23 22 13 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 24 19 17 02 MANIC Halsey 25 23 107 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 26 21 37 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 27 24 26 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 28 25 60 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 29 NE 01 29 SLIME & B Chris Brown & Young Thug 30 32 21 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 31 26 403 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 32 27 17 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 33 28 13 02 CHANGES Justin Bieber 34 29 09 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 35 30 359 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 36 37 127 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 37 31 129 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 36 10 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 39 34 87 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 40 33 113 02 ? XXXTentacion 41 35 98 01 SCORPION Drake 42 42 58 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 43 51 26 01 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019 Paul Kelly 44 40 270 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 45 46 225 01 CUTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 46 53 308 01 X Ed Sheeran 47 67 231 01 25 Adele 48 44 157 05 STONEY Post Malone 49 43 153 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 50 47 290 01 1989 Taylor Swift For a 6th and seemingly last week, SAINt JHN is #1. The instigator appears to not be The Weeknd who remains close, but DaBaby who has rocketed ahead on streaming. Given the invisible divide between paid & free streaming, it's not impossible for SAINt JHN to stay at #1, but I'm leaning to DaBaby for this week. Of course, he's #4 this week because debuting ahead of him is Gal Gadot & co.'s cover of "Imagine". The next highest debut is from 6ix9ine who falls 6 places shy of his career high of #8 with "FEFE". If you get off to feeling superior for using arbitrary moral grounds to judge people for listening to something you wouldn't aurally enjoy in the first place, then good news because he's probably not getting any higher. Speaking of ~problematic~, ONEFOUR for the 3rd single in a row have landed a top 40 hit, and in turn, given A$AP Ferg his first ever top 50 hit (though "Plain Jane" is triple platinum iirc). "Say It Again" would probably be their highest charter if not for its badly timed release day. Don Toliver & Topic also score their 2nd top 50 hits, Topic had a #11 hit with "Home" back in 2016 that was rather held back by streaming, "Breaking Me" is already close to overtaking its Spotify peak. Only under baffling circumstances could we possibly see this week where Drake's "Dark Lane Demo Tapes" lasts a 2nd week at #1, hanging on ahead of the 3 streaming inertia giants behind him. "Scorpion" lasted 3 weeks at #1 so this is not his longest runner but it's spent longer there than "Views". In classic me fashion, I looked through the iTunes charts to work out what might debut highest last week and of course the one big one I missed was literally the highest of them all again. But shout out to Hayley Williams landing at #6. Paramore have had 3 top 10 albums including 2 #1's. Next is Hp Boyz actually making their ARIA Chart debut only because like all drill & drill-adjacent Australian hip-hop, their appearance on the charts can never be relied upon, though "Engineers" was a huge hit in New Zealand. Despite streaming rules severely hampering EPs, they do well to land at #7. Kehlani also continues her upward trajectory with her highest charting album to date at #17. I have flat out no idea what to expect for next week's entries. Maybe Future will do okay, same with Charli XCX and Asking Alexandria. There's a Teskey Brothers live album at #1 on iTunes at the moment so they might have such scarce competition to take the top spot.
May 27, 20205 yr Author 25/05/2020 Singles 01 04 05 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 01 18 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 03 02 25 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 04 03 02 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 05 05 19 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 06 07 09 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 07 06 07 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 08 08 13 05 DEATH BED Powfu 09 09 11 08 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 10 10 29 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 11 11 15 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 12 13 08 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 13 12 04 04 THE SCOTTS THE SCOTTS (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) 14 14 02 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 15 15 03 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 16 16 52 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 17 25 06 17 ILY Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 18 18 16 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 19 20 19 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 20 17 19 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 21 19 11 18 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 22 24 09 22 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 23 22 24 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 24 23 26 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 25 49 05 25 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 26 21 38 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 27 27 14 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 28 26 10 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 29 29 62 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 30 32 11 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 31 28 20 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 32 31 36 03 RIDE IT Regard 33 35 18 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 34 46 03 34 AFTER PARTY Don Toliver 35 36 08 34 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 36 33 21 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 37 NE 01 37 DAISIES Katy Perry 38 37 16 09 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 39 38 15 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 40 45 31 40 JULY Noah Cyrus 41 74 02 41 PARTY GIRL StaySolidRocky 42 39 09 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 43 30 04 15 RIGHTEOUS Juice WRLD 44 55 19 11 LIFE IS GOOD Future Feat. Drake 45 NE 01 45 LOSE SOMEBODY Kygo & OneRepublic 46 41 34 08 RUSHING BACK Flume Feat. Vera Blue 47 40 35 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 48 44 60 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 49 43 31 11 LOSE CONTROL Meduza 50 47 28 02 ROXANNE Arizona Zervas Albums 01 NE 01 01 LIVE AT THE FORUM The Teskey Brothers 02 03 23 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 02 08 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 04 04 60 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 05 05 09 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 06 01 03 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 07 11 28 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 08 08 37 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 14 114 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 10 NE 01 10 THE GOAT Polo G 11 15 168 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 12 12 102 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 13 45 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 14 18 39 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 NE 01 15 HIGH OFF LIFE Future 16 16 08 01 CALM 5 Seconds of Summer 17 21 53 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 18 20 13 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 19 NE 01 19 REUNIONS Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 20 97 30 02 RUN HOME SLOW The Teskey Brothers 21 22 94 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 22 27 27 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 23 24 18 02 MANIC Halsey 24 25 108 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 25 09 04 01 HUMAN DESIGN Birds of Tokyo 26 30 22 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 27 26 38 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 28 37 130 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 29 39 88 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 30 32 18 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 31 38 11 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 32 28 61 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 33 19 83 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 34 23 14 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 35 35 360 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 36 10 10 01 ARTISTS UNITE FOR FIRE FIGHT Various 37 NE 01 37 HOW I'M FEELING NOW Charli XCX 38 40 114 02 ? XXXTentacion 39 33 14 02 CHANGES Justin Bieber 40 41 99 01 SCORPION Drake 41 31 404 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 NE 01 42 EUROVISION 2020 - A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTS AND SONGS - FEATURING THE SONGS FROM ALL 41 COUNTRIES Various Artists 43 34 10 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 44 36 128 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 45 43 27 01 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019 Paul Kelly 46 50 291 01 1989 Taylor Swift 47 42 59 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 48 49 154 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 49 48 158 05 STONEY Post Malone 50 44 271 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac New #1's across the board. I made a bad prediction months ago that "The Box" would get to the top, but Roddy Ricch does have a #1 hit now alongside DaBaby on "ROCKSTAR". Increasingly adult contemporary leaning radio means that this song hasn't even cracked top 40 on airplay, meanwhile the 2nd most played song on Australian radio last week was brando of "Body" fame interpolating Charles & Eddie's 1992 hit "Would I Lie To You", which isn't even in the ARIA top 100, which bodes well for inevitable articles scolding millennials kids these days for not listening to the radio. Thus "Blinding Lights"'s 17 week run in the top 2 is over. "Don't Start Now" clinches a top 10 spot again, which means it overtakes "Circles" as the outright 3rd longest running top 10 hit. She may have trouble doing so again what with Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande certainly taking up one peg above "Don't Start Now" next week. I have been doing my best to determine its prospects on next week's chart, and my conclusion is that I really can't call it. I'm pretty sure "Rain On Me" will land in the top 2, but I'm unsure how to stack up its massive sales lead over DaBaby's massive streaming lead. I'm estimating ~3,000-3,500 ahead on digital, and maybe ~2,500-4,000 behind on streaming, so it could go either way. As an amusing side note, "Rain On Me" was dethroned early on iTunes on Monday night by..."Always Remember Us This Way", due to it being covered on The Voice. As I write this, it's just about to take back the top spot from..."Jealous" by Labrinth for the same reason. It's uncertain if the loss of promo from not being #1 on iTunes for a couple of days is offset by the streaming influx to Lady Gaga in general. Elsewhere this week, Katy Perry continues her knack for always *just* making the top 40 (apart from a random John Mayer collaboration, none of her top 100 entries have ever missed the top 40). With her streaming taking a little longer to peak, she may last a 2nd week in the top 50. StaySolidRocky gets his first top 50 hit while Kygo finally translates his bizarrely good digital sales of late into an instant top 50 hit with "Lose Somebody". This one is actually doing better than usual for him on streaming as well so it should climb next week. It's been a good run in 2020 for Australian artists getting the top spot on the album chart. The latest is The Teskey Brothers who seem to have captured the modern boomer real music audience ever since their last album debuted at #2 with great longevity and ARIA Awards to show for it. This isn't just a quick fan grab though as their back catalogue has boosted on the chart too. Harry Styles' unusually successful post-album already-been-a-platinum-single single has also boosted him across the board enough to lead the pack on the streaming inertia albums, so he's poised to take back the top spot at some point, and further cement his prospects of having the biggest album of 2020. I have no idea why Luke Combs has two albums in the top 10 at once. Though he's only ever had a very brief running top 100 hit once here, Polo G manages a top 10 debut and even beats out Future. "High Off Life" is Future's highest charting album to date though at #15. Also seeing new heights is Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit at #19. Charli XCX isn't anywhere near where she charted last year understandably but I'm impressed she actually made the top 40 here and in New Zealand. Last year's Eurovision album got to #13 but considering the event wasn't even held, it's impressive that it makes the top 50 at all this year. Next week is the highly awaited battle for supremacy from The 1975, KSI & Agust D, where bizarrely I feel like KSI might have the best chance due to his stronger streaming. Elsewhere could be entries for Gunna & Custard, and maybe a bunch of Powderfinger albums. Edited May 27, 20205 yr by Dircadirca
June 3, 20205 yr Author 01/06/2020 Singles 01 01 06 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 NE 01 02 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 03 02 19 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 04 03 26 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 05 05 20 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 06 04 03 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 07 08 14 05 DEATH BED Powfu 08 06 10 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 09 09 12 08 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 10 07 08 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 11 10 30 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 12 12 09 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 13 11 16 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 14 25 06 14 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 15 42 10 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 16 15 04 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 17 13 05 04 THE SCOTTS The Scotts (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) 18 17 07 17 ILY Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 19 61 28 12 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 20 16 54 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 21 22 10 21 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 22 19 20 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 23 14 03 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 24 18 17 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 25 21 12 17 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 26 24 27 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 27 26 39 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 28 23 25 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 29 20 20 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 30 30 12 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 31 29 63 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 32 27 15 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 33 33 19 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 34 67 03 34 GO CRAZY Chris Brown & Young Thug 35 28 11 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 36 32 37 03 RIDE IT Regard 37 41 03 37 PARTY GIRL StaySolidRocky 38 34 04 34 AFTER PARTY Don Toliver 39 31 21 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 40 35 09 34 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 41 36 22 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 42 40 32 40 JULY Noah Cyrus 43 45 02 43 LOSE SOMEBODY Kygo & OneRepublic 44 37 02 37 DAISIES Katy Perry 45 39 16 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 46 47 36 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 47 44 20 11 LIFE IS GOOD Future Feat. Drake 48 48 61 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 49 43 05 15 RIGHTEOUS Juice WRLD 50 49 32 11 LOSE CONTROL Meduza Albums 01 NE 01 01 NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM The 1975 02 NE 01 02 D-2 Agust D 03 02 24 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 DISSIMULATION KSI 05 04 61 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 06 03 09 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 07 05 10 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 08 08 38 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 07 29 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 12 103 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 11 01 02 01 LIVE AT THE FORUM The Teskey Brothers 12 14 40 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 13 13 46 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 14 11 169 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 06 04 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES (Mixtape) Drake 16 09 115 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 NE 01 17 WUNNA Gunna 18 17 54 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 19 16 09 01 C A L M 5 Seconds of Summer 20 10 02 10 THE GOAT Polo G 21 NE 01 21 FIRE ON MARZZ / STELLA & STEVE Benee 22 18 14 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 23 NE 01 23 RISE RADIANT Caligula's Horse 24 36 11 01 ARTISTS UNITE FOR FIRE FIGHT Various 25 21 95 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 26 NE 01 26 MR. EXPERIENCE Donny Benet 27 24 109 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 28 33 84 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 29 22 28 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 30 29 89 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 31 23 19 02 MANIC Halsey 32 34 15 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 33 NE 01 33 RESPECT ALL LIFEFORMS Custard 34 30 19 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 35 27 39 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 36 28 131 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 38 115 02 ? XXXTentacion 38 51 227 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 39 NE 01 39 HIDDEN TREASURES - VOLUME 1 The Seekers 40 32 62 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 41 35 361 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 42 26 23 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 43 41 405 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 44 40 100 01 SCORPION Drake 45 39 15 02 CHANGES Justin Bieber 46 82 78 01 A STAR IS BORN Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 47 31 12 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 48 44 129 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 49 25 05 01 HUMAN DESIGN Birds of Tokyo 50 46 292 01 1989 Taylor Swift In what was indeed a close battle, DaBaby takes the top spot for a 2nd week running. "Rain On Me" lands a #2 debut which is familiar territory for its artists, as Ariana Grande now has 3 #2 hits (buwyg,ib & Problem) and Lady Gaga has 5 (Paparazzi, Bad Romance, Alejandro, The Edge Of Glory). That's not to say it's certainly impossible to hit #1, but I suspect its dip in digital sales in this coming week will cost it. Apart from "Rain On Me", there is very little happening this week. As predicted last week, its flashy debut in turn kicks out "Don't Start Now", which has to settle for being the 3rd longest running top 10 hit of all time with 29 weeks in the top 10. After 6 months on the chart and a platinum certification, "Watermelon Sugar" is officially A Single™ and all the people who have been waiting to listen to it now are, and it returns to not quite the peak it reached when it wasn't A Single™. It could get there soon though as it hasn't dropped back down since. On an unrelated note, the well timed remix of "In Your Eyes" sends it back to also nearly a new peak. 11 months of "Dance Monkey" as the top Australian song may be coming to an end as Sam Fischer is just 1 place behind this week, and also Young Thug scores his 6th top 50 hit with "Go Crazy". When The 1975 released their last album, it came packed with no hits and an effectively December release which meant that it debuted at #4 behind 3 soundtrack related albums (though it would be #3 based on the rules ARIA changed 6 months later). This week there are no obstacles to prevent them scoring a 2nd #1 album, following their first in 2016. It was still relatively close though as Agust D debuted behind at #2, while KSI also lands at #4. Gunna hits new highs at #17 this week, having previously just sneaked into the top 50 with his Lil Baby collab, though given ARIA I'm not sure how trustworthy the data is on that. BENEE released a vinyl set last week combining both of her EPs which sold enough to be at #5 on the Vinyl Albums chart this week, but it gives her a first ever top 50 album presumably because the streaming album rules severely impact EPs but now she can soak up the sweet sweet track equivalent streams from "Soaked" and "Find An Island". I'm very interested to see where she is next week. Caligula's Horse are also seeing new heights while Donny Benet has his first ever top 50 album. Australian indie rock royalty Custard disbanded at the turn of the century, but reformed a decade later. They've since put out 3 albums but their latest is their first to make the top 50 since 1999. At least for this week, they are indeed bigger than Tina. Next week is a mystery but if I had to take a guess, I would suspect that Lady Gaga is about to earn another #1 album.
June 4, 20205 yr 01/06/2020 Singles 01 01 06 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 NE 01 02 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande Rain on Me has failed to reach the top spot there then. :angel: Has it? :o
June 4, 20205 yr Author I think it's worth noting that it's fairly difficult to debut at #1 in Australia, the last song to do so ("I Don't Care") was over a year ago. I feel like there's less promotional push for big new singles over here, and a lot of major worldwide stars tend to release their new singles at midnight US time, meaning half a day has already passed here with no sales & streams (while also missing the morning news cycle). Whenever a big new single comes out like this, kworb always shows Australia & New Zealand with fairly lackluster Friday debuts, but often being the few places where they climb on Saturday. All this is combined with playlist lag, where sometimes Hot Hits Australia takes a while to make major updates ("Yummy" took like 3 days to appear on it), and we don't get the top 50 playlists updated until the next day is almost done, leading to a 2 day lag on the 'top 50 effect'*. Even some of the most obvious big hits can limp their way in at #20 on Friday and crawl towards the top as the week goes by, and by the time they've made that weak entrance, you know they're not going to beat out the incumbent. *It has this startling effect where songs now have to survive 2 days in a row to entrench themselves. Recently "Daisies" had a day to day performance of 53-50-51-50-52-49-51-52-63, never able to last the 2nd day, and doomed as soon as it missed 2 days in a row.
June 4, 20205 yr Author do you know if the difference was very big? ARIA don't report figures but I was tracking it closely all week and estimated about 500 sales difference, which is indeed enough for half a day of missing streams to make the difference.
June 7, 20205 yr Somehow I just ended up looking back through previous chart threads and got super nostalgic looking at this thread and now I'm listening to some hella throwbacks from 2014: Replay, Live It Up, Up!, Mmm Yeah, Heart Beats Slow, :drama: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...3852&st=100
June 10, 20205 yr Author 08/06/2020 Singles 01 01 07 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 02 02 02 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 03 03 20 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 04 04 27 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 05 05 21 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 06 06 04 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 07 14 07 07 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 08 NE 01 08 SOUR CANDY Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK 09 07 15 05 DEATH BED Powfu 10 08 11 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 11 09 13 08 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 12 10 09 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 13 11 31 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 14 12 10 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 15 13 17 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 16 19 29 12 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 17 21 11 17 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 18 18 08 17 ILY (I LOVE YOU BABY) Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 19 20 55 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 20 34 04 20 GO CRAZY Chris Brown & Young Thug 21 16 05 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 22 26 28 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 23 22 21 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 24 31 64 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 25 17 06 04 THE SCOTTS The Scotts (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) 26 24 18 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 27 27 40 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 28 15 11 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 29 37 04 29 PARTY GIRL StaySolidRocky 30 30 13 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 31 43 03 31 LOSE SOMEBODY Kygo & OneRepublic 32 29 21 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 33 28 26 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 34 25 13 17 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 35 36 38 03 RIDE IT Regard 36 40 10 34 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 37 23 04 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 38 35 12 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 39 33 20 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 40 32 16 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 41 39 22 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 42 41 23 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 43 42 33 40 JULY Noah Cyrus 44 38 05 34 AFTER PARTY Don Toliver 45 85 11 07 STUPID LOVE Lady Gaga 46 83 29 46 BRUISES Lewis Capaldi 47 45 17 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 48 46 37 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 49 NE 01 49 UR SO F**KING COOL Tones and I 50 44 03 37 DAISIES Katy Perry Albums 01 NE 01 01 CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 02 03 25 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 05 62 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 04 NE 01 04 WILD WORLD Kip Moore 05 RE 59 02 EAST Cold Chisel 06 06 10 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 07 07 11 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 08 08 39 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 NE 01 09 GOLDEN HOUR Kygo 10 18 55 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 11 09 30 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 12 10 104 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 13 47 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 14 14 170 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 12 41 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 16 116 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 15 05 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 18 19 10 01 CALM 5 Seconds of Summer 19 21 02 19 FIRE ON MARZZ / STELLA & STEVE Benee 20 22 15 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 21 39 02 21 HIDDEN TREASURES - VOLUME 1 The Seekers 22 20 03 10 THE GOAT Polo G 23 27 110 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 24 24 12 01 ARTISTS UNITE FOR FIRE FIGHT Various 25 25 96 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 26 35 40 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 27 31 20 02 MANIC Halsey 28 41 362 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 29 30 90 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 30 38 228 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 11 03 01 LIVE AT THE FORUM The Teskey Brothers 32 32 16 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 33 43 406 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 29 29 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 35 04 02 04 DISSIMULATION KSI 36 36 132 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 40 63 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 38 37 116 02 ? XXXTentacion 39 34 20 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 40 RE 122 01 INTERNATIONALIST Powderfinger 41 49 06 01 HUMAN DESIGN Birds of Tokyo 42 47 13 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 43 28 85 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 44 48 130 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 45 44 101 01 SCORPION Drake 46 52 12 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 47 55 160 05 STONEY Post Malone 48 51 273 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 49 56 29 01 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019 Paul Kelly 50 42 24 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat DaBaby has a pretty cozy route to 3 weeks at #1. He's so severely lacking in competition that it's likely that "Rain On Me" will be overtaken for #2 next week by "Roses". Maybe the only real song to watch is Topic's "Breaking Me", which becomes his first top 10 hit after "Home" was an unlucky #11 peaker. Mind you, it's pacing very similarly to Regard's "Ride It" last year so maybe this current momentum will only amount to a #3 peak. Also entering the top 10 this week is Lady Gaga's "Sour Candy", her 3rd top 10 hit this year. People overseas seem to care more about the semantics of chart crediting than I do, possibly because of how dumb our charts are, but I just want to note that when ARIA published this chart on Saturday, BLACKPINK were not credited, and they weren't until at least Monday. I have no recollection of them ever adjusting credits mid-week, usually they're fixed on the 2nd week publication. Either way, BLACKPINK overtake BTS for the honour of the highest charting single by a Korean group. Possibly helped by the Anne-Marie remix, Sam Fischer finally makes the top 20 this week, and in doing so, overtakes "Dance Monkey" to be the biggest Australian song this week. With Guy Sebastian's "Choir" turning 1 year old about a week ago, no Australian song released in the last 12 months has topped this chart now. Speaking of Tones and I, she now has a 5th top 50 hit with her SpongeBob case title "Ur So F**kInG cOoL", though it's struggling to break the Spotify top 50 so it doesn't look like lasting long. We may soon have only 2 Australian songs in the top 50. Lewis Capaldi scores his 3rd top 50 hit with his oldest single "Bruises", which was not prominently utilised on Fortnite, but instead was covered on The Voice, propelling it to #1 on iTunes for half a week. It's also regrettably pushed up the rest of his catalogue in the process. To the shock of nobody [citation needed], Lady Gaga scores her 4th #1 album this week, I am in fact counting "A Star Is Born" as a Lady Gaga album, alongside "Born This Way" and "The Fame Monster". I imagine absolutely nothing was close, with the next highest debut being Kip Moore's latest album whose title track is not a cover of Cat Stevens' most cursed song but the lyrics are suspiciously close. It's his highest charting album to date and 2nd top 10. Cold Chisel's iconic "East" album had its 40th anniversary and a vinyl release propels it back into the top 5. Kygo scores his first ever top 10 album with "Golden Hour". On the topic of classic Australian album re-releases, we also see the return of "Internationalist", the first especially big Powderfinger album and notably the one that has "The Day You Come" and "Passenger" on it, whose re-release also roughly coinicides with the band playing their first show together in a decade on an online stream. They only played about 6 songs but amazingly "Thrilloilogy" was one of them. Speaking of Australian bands being disappointing, Birds of Tokyo climbed to #41 this week which breaks their album's 5 week streak of only charting on perfect square numbers. Next week could see entries from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Ghost Inside and Run The Jewels.
June 10, 20205 yr Nice to see Topic top 10 in Australia. :yahoo: It would be incredible if he is the new number 1 next week.
June 17, 20205 yr Author 15/06/2020 Singles 01 01 08 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 03 21 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 03 04 28 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 04 02 03 02 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 05 07 08 05 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 06 11 14 06 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 07 05 22 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 08 10 12 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 09 06 05 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 10 09 16 05 DEATH BED Powfu 11 12 10 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 12 16 30 12 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 13 13 32 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 14 14 11 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 15 15 18 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 16 20 05 16 GO CRAZY Chris Brown & Young Thug 17 17 12 17 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 18 19 56 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 19 18 09 17 ILY (I LOVE YOU BABY) Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 20 21 06 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 21 29 05 21 PARTY GIRL StaySolidRocky 22 24 65 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 23 23 22 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 24 22 29 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 25 36 11 25 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 26 28 12 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 27 27 41 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 28 26 19 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 29 32 22 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 30 35 39 03 RIDE IT Regard 31 31 04 31 LOSE SOMEBODY Kygo & OneRepublic 32 33 27 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 33 30 14 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 34 40 17 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 35 38 13 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 36 25 07 04 THE SCOTTS The Scotts (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) 37 39 21 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 38 37 05 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 39 34 14 17 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 40 42 24 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 41 57 02 41 LOOK INTO MY EYES Brando 42 41 23 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 43 43 34 40 JULY Noah Cyrus 44 49 02 44 UR SO F**KING COOL Tones and I 45 48 38 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 46 47 18 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure 47 44 06 34 AFTER PARTY Don Toliver 48 08 02 08 SOUR CANDY Lady Gaga feat. Blackpink 49 52 63 01 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 50 51 22 11 LIFE IS GOOD Future Feat. Drake Albums 01 01 02 01 CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 02 02 26 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 03 63 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 04 NE 01 04 SIDEWAYS TO NEW ITALY Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 05 NE 01 05 THE GHOST INSIDE The Ghost Inside 06 07 12 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 07 06 11 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 08 40 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 11 31 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 13 48 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 11 14 171 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 12 12 105 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 16 117 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 15 42 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 10 56 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 16 09 02 09 GOLDEN HOUR Kygo 17 20 16 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 18 17 06 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES (Mixtape) Drake 19 23 111 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 20 25 97 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 21 43 86 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 22 18 11 01 CALM 5 Seconds of Summer 23 22 04 10 THE GOAT Polo G 24 26 41 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 25 NE 01 25 RTJ4 Run The Jewels 26 19 03 19 FIRE ON MARZZ / STELLA & STEVE Benee 27 28 363 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 28 34 30 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 29 30 229 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 36 133 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 31 37 64 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 32 38 117 02 ? XXXTentacion 33 33 407 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 29 91 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 35 54 157 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 36 45 102 01 SCORPION Drake 37 27 21 02 MANIC Halsey 38 39 21 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 39 42 14 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 40 44 131 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 41 32 17 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 42 51 62 02 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 43 46 13 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 44 49 30 01 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019 Paul Kelly 45 47 161 05 STONEY Post Malone 46 48 274 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 47 52 294 01 1989 Taylor Swift 48 61 394 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 49 50 25 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 50 58 312 01 X Ed Sheeran 4 weeks at #1 for DaBaby. As noted last week, competition is so lacking that "Roses" & "Blinding Lights" have moved back up to #2 & #3. There continues to be very little in the way of competition so a 5th week is pretty much locked in. In part due to ARIA leaving it off the chart initially as they do all BENEE songs, "Supalonely" has until now, spent its entire chart run between #8 & #11. This week the planets align and she climbs to #6. Harry Styles also now matches the #12 peak that "Watermelon Sugar" initially set when it wasn't a single and people were illegally streaming it. "Rover" by S1mba is shaping up to be one of the biggest UK rap hits in quite a long time. It actually should be vaulting close to the top 10 this week thanks to the remix, however since it features Youngn Lipz & Hooligan Hefs, ARIA's not at all dodgy screening process for chart entries may make that count for null (or negative, since the remix has replaced the original on Hot Hits Australia). There's only one new entry in the top 50 and this absolute grift comes from the voice of Loud Luxury's "Body", interpolating "Would I Lie To You?" by Charles & Eddie. Someone out there is trying their absolute hardest to make it a thing, to the point that it has been the most played song on Australian radio for 3 weeks running, but when it first got there, it wasn't even charting in the ARIA top..100. Now it's very high on Hot Hits Australia making sure it's integrated into the national psyche. Imagine if they put this sort of effort into budding Australian artists. Lady Gaga retains the #1 spot on the album chart, which makes for a noteworthy feat as all of her 4 #1 albums have held it for at least 2 weeks. Given what's directly behind her, it seems to have been done with little pressure. This week's top debut comes from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, who reach the top 10 for the first time ever at #4. Same goes for The Ghost Inside at #5. Run The Jewels did not chart on release with "Run The Jewels 3" probably due to the timing and release strategy, but did so a month later with the physical release getting to #36. They've jumped up one perfect square as "RTJ4" gets a new high of #25 on immediate release. I have no idea what ARIA did with their digital data from Thursday given the timing of the release. Was it bundled onto this chart, or dumped to never be acknowledged ever? I guess we'll never know. Next week has a strong Australian flavour with a Vika & Linda Greatest Hits, and new albums from The McClymonts & Spacey Jane.
June 17, 20205 yr “ Imagine if they put this sort of effort into budding Australian artists.” HONESTLY With the frequent TV ad promo Thelma Plum’s cover of These Days would be an INSTANT hit in Australia if it had any radio play & playlist support. I can already see it contending for Top 30 at least in the Hottest 100 next year... like it can be a hit by an Aboriginal artist. Yes it’s a cover of a white Aussie band but if anything that should help it take it off. Then next time she releases a real single it might get some decent support right away
June 17, 20205 yr Author I've said years ago that I feel like in some respects, they fall back on established artists because those are the kinds who have enough initial fanfare that the playlist boost can push them into the chart, but as a result, you get a situation where every new Australian hit is by Hilltop Hoods, Dean Lewis, Pnau, Illy, Vance Joy, The Rubens, Flume, 5SOS, Bliss N Eso, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Birds of Tokyo, Amy Shark (and recently Tones And I), giving off this vague feeling of diversity among those artists but in reality it's just the same artists year in year out. But not only is it unsustainable (I'm Good?, Then What, Live In Life, Two Of Us all were not even top 200 on Spotify for weeks before HHA kicked in), they're falling behind the times and ignoring the Australian artists that are making waves. You see it in the Hottest 100 when the old guard (Flume excepted) all get shown up by Mallrat, Thelma Plum, G Flip etc, or how counter to those prior examples, basically every new song by ONEFOUR, Hooligan Hefs, Hp Boyz, The Kid LAROI makes the Spotify chart on day 1 with no support, only dropping off because the support never arrives (though The Kid LAROI should get a top 50 hit next week). Bands and artists can still do fine without top 50 exposure (The Jungle Giants might have 6 platinum singles soon enough) but it's not good going forward if a new generation grow up only exposed to international artists. It has a bad trickling down effect.
June 24, 20205 yr Author 22/06/2020 Singles 01 01 09 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch 02 02 22 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 03 03 29 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 04 05 09 04 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S 05 04 04 02 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 06 12 31 06 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 07 25 12 07 ROVER S1mba Feat. DTG 08 06 15 06 SUPALONELY Benee feat. Gus Dapperton 09 08 13 04 SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion 10 09 06 03 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 11 13 33 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 12 10 17 05 DEATH BED Powfu 13 14 12 07 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 14 16 06 14 GO CRAZY Chris Brown & Young Thug 15 11 11 03 TOOSIE SLIDE Drake 16 07 23 04 SAY SO Doja Cat 17 15 19 02 INTENTIONS Justin Bieber Feat. Quavo 18 17 13 17 THIS CITY Sam Fischer 19 21 06 19 PARTY GIRL StaySolidRocky 20 18 57 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 21 20 07 15 BE KIND Marshmello Feat. Halsey 22 19 10 17 ILY (I LOVE YOU BABY) Surf Mesa feat. Emilee 23 NE 01 23 GO The Kid Laroi feat. Juice WRLD 24 NE 01 24 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 25 24 30 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 26 22 66 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 27 23 23 16 PUMP IT UP Endor 28 38 06 14 GOOBA 6ix9ine 29 27 42 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 30 26 13 13 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 31 41 03 31 LOOK INTO MY EYES Brando 32 28 20 10 SUNDAY BEST Surfaces 33 32 28 07 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 34 30 40 03 RIDE IT Regard 35 33 15 22 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow 36 29 23 04 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 37 31 05 31 LOSE SOMEBODY Kygo & OneRepublic 38 34 18 16 BLUEBERRY FAYGO Lil Mosey 39 35 14 15 BAD CHILD Tones and I 40 37 22 29 IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING JP Saxe Feat. Julia Michaels 41 40 25 21 LIVE IN LIFE The Rubens 42 39 15 17 BOSS B*TCH Doja Cat 43 43 35 40 JULY Noah Cyrus 44 36 08 04 THE SCOTTS The Scotts (Travis Scott & Kid Cudi) 45 NE 01 45 TROLLZ 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj 46 42 24 04 THE BOX Roddy Ricch 47 45 39 02 MEMORIES Maroon 5 48 65 02 48 SECRETS Regard feat. RAYE 49 44 03 44 UR SO F**KING COOL Tones and I 50 46 19 31 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid x Disclosure Albums 01 NE 01 01 AKILOTOA (ANTHOLOGY 1994-2006) Vika & Linda 02 NE 01 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 03 NE 01 03 MAYHEM TO MADNESS The McClymonts 04 01 03 01 CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 05 02 27 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 03 64 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 07 07 12 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 08 41 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 09 06 13 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 10 09 32 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 11 10 49 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 12 12 106 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 11 172 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 13 118 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 15 14 43 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 93 04 01 NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM The 1975 17 15 57 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 18 NE 01 18 PAIN IS POWER Justice for the Damned 19 16 03 09 GOLDEN HOUR Kygo 20 19 112 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 21 NE 01 21 PICK ME UP OFF THE FLOOR Norah Jones 22 17 17 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 23 20 98 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 24 22 12 01 CALM 5 Seconds of Summer 25 21 87 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 26 29 230 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 23 05 10 THE GOAT Polo G 28 18 07 01 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 29 32 118 02 ? XXXTentacion 30 24 42 03 THE KIDS ARE COMING - EP Tones and I 31 30 134 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 32 48 395 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 33 26 04 19 FIRE ON MARZZ / STELLA & STEVE Benee 34 35 158 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 35 37 22 02 MANIC Halsey 36 31 65 01 A PLACE WE KNEW Dean Lewis 37 52 04 21 HIDDEN TREASURES - VOLUME 1 The Seekers 38 28 31 02 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 39 34 92 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 40 36 103 01 SCORPION Drake 41 33 408 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 27 364 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 43 38 22 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 44 41 18 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 45 45 162 05 STONEY Post Malone 46 39 15 05 ~HOW I'M FEELING~ LAUV 47 40 132 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 48 43 14 02 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 49 47 295 01 1989 Taylor Swift 50 NE 01 50 MTV UNPLUGGED (LIVE AT HULL CITY HALL) Liam Gallagher DaBaby has now been #1 for 5 weeks. This means it's the shortest running #1 hit in the past 10 months, but it should match the 6 week run for "Roses" safely next week. The main contender to watch out for now is Jawsh 685 with instantly massive sales and fast climbing streams. He'll be top 10 for certain next week and maybe top 5 at that. Utilising the stop-gap before then, we have two new top 10s this week, with Harry Styles getting there with "Watermelon Sugar" whose 2nd wave is so drawn out that I've run out of ways to make fun of it, and S1mba whose "Rover" sees a massive climb thanks to the remix version featuring Hooligan Hefs, Youngn Lipz & Hooks, the former two of which would have various reasonably charting singles in Australia if our chart were competent. But it makes for an interesting elevation for UK rap as I can scarcely think of any that has charted this high ever. The only loose examples I can think of are Labrinth's "Earthquake" featuring Tinie Tempah reaching #4, and Big Brovaz having multiple top 10 hits, but this feels like new ground. The only UK rapper I can think of with a top 10 album is KSI, as Stormzy, The Streets & Skepta all narrowly missed out. Speaking of non-US rappers, the highest debut of the week isn't Jawsh 685 but it's actually The Kid LAROI, the 16 year old Australian rapper who has had multiple top 100 charting hits this year but his Juice WRLD collab "GO" becomes his first ever top 50. Drake's "Chicago Freestyle" is still egregiously missing from the chart. It was a battle for #1 between Victoria, New South Wales & Western Australia this week. Considering that COVID restrictions were increased in Victoria this week, Vika & Linda can possibly count themselves lucky that this wasn't until after they secured their #1 debut or things could have been different. The sister duo have never had a top 50 charting single (a #51 mind you) but several strong selling albums in the '90s. This greatest hits set is a first for them at #1 though. In doing so they hold off some new local upstarts, as we add to the always growing list of triple j Unearthed artists who have peaked at #2 on the album chart. Spacey Jane hail from Fremantle so it is really easy to compare them to San Cisco even before you find out that they're a 4 piece band with one girl (San Cisco are down to 3 now mind you), who of course also reached #2 on the album chart. 2 years ago I saw them live as an opening act before LANKS, Heaps Good Friends, Asta & The Jungle Giants, and they have gotten significantly more popular since then. Behind them are The McClymonts, Australia's stalwart country trio who are quite accustomed to charting high, but are still yet to have a #1 album, reaching their highest peak in 2010 behind a long incumbent Susan Boyle album. The 1975 immediately dropped out of the top 50 from #1 before but some manner of physical release has brought them back for a 2nd week in the top 50. Justice For The Damned reach a new chart peak, while Norah Jones has hit a new low. Next week is another competitive one, as we have new albums from Ocean Alley, Bob Dylan & Lamb Of God, as well as yet another compilation relief soundtrack. Edited June 24, 20205 yr by Dircadirca
June 24, 20205 yr Author wasn't expecting Rover to cross-over to Australia!! It actually made the Spotify chart in AU/NZ before it got to the UK :lol:
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