07/12/2020

 

Singles

 

01 01 16 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior

02 02 06 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

03 04 20 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK

04 03 03 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish

05 05 08 05 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

06 08 06 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi

07 13 16 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus

08 09 19 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae

09 07 02 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber

10 06 11 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper

11 11 15 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV

12 10 09 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke

13 14 02 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa

14 20 53 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

15 12 17 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion

16 63 44 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

17 15 16 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo

18 22 05 09 34+35 Ariana Grande

19 24 03 19 FLY AWAY Tones and I

20 18 55 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles

21 32 04 21 WHOOPTY CJ

22 17 28 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

23 16 15 02 DYNAMITE BTS

24 26 08 24 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur

25 21 11 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney

26 25 11 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk

27 23 25 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo

28 19 07 11 LONELY Justin Bieber feat. Benny Blanco

29 28 33 04 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S

30 31 46 01 ROSES SAINt JHN

31 30 33 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch

32 NE 01 32 LIGHT A CANDLE Jam Mountain Music

33 29 09 13 WONDER Shawn Mendes

34 33 22 13 FOR THE NIGHT Pop Smoke

35 34 16 23 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel feat. NEIMY

36 36 81 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

37 40 02 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs

38 38 25 13 SOME SAY Nea

39 37 90 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

40 RE 38 03 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

41 RE 07 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

42 39 14 22 MY EX'S BEST FRIEND Machine Gun Kelly feat. blackbear

43 35 05 29 POV Ariana Grande

44 42 04 34 ALWAYS DO The Kid Laroi

45 48 03 45 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy

46 41 21 04 COME & GO Juice WRLD & Marshmello

47 46 57 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa

48 44 39 08 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow

49 43 16 03 LAUGH NOW CRY LATER Drake feat. Lil' Durk

50 45 06 39 GOLDEN Harry Styles

 

Albums

 

01 01 03 01 POWER UP AC/DC

02 NE 01 02 UNRELEASED (1998 - 2010) Powderfinger

03 NE 01 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus

04 02 02 02 BE BTS

05 06 19 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

06 09 07 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian

07 10 51 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

08 07 05 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

09 08 19 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

10 24 03 10 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli

11 15 06 01 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen

12 25 36 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

13 11 03 05 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

14 38 85 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

15 14 04 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue

16 13 22 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

17 18 56 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

18 16 05 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith

19 12 03 12 JOHNNY CASH & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Johnny Cash

20 47 62 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

21 22 88 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

22 31 09 01 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD Queen & Adam Lambert

23 NE 01 23 NO WAY TO TREAT AN ANIMAL Spacey Jane

24 19 03 10 JOLLY HOLIDAY Andre Rieu

25 23 21 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD

26 NE 01 26 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS Steps

27 05 02 05 IDIOT PRAYER-NICK CAVE ALONE AT ALEXANDRA PALACE Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

28 34 11 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban

29 39 130 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

30 30 05 01 THE MAKARRATA PROJECT Midnight Oil

31 49 53 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

32 29 299 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

33 32 21 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale

34 27 196 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

35 04 02 04 THE MODERN MEDIEVAL Something for Kate

36 NE 01 36 CYR The Smashing Pumpkins

37 97 415 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

38 36 142 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

39 51 102 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles

40 43 10 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly

41 20 02 20 CLASSIC DIAMONDS Neil Diamond with London Symphony Orchestra

42 40 81 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

43 56 34 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John

44 46 09 02 THE ALBUM BLACKpink

45 42 65 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone

46 57 37 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

47 80 127 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

48 35 30 04 DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER Pink Floyd

49 60 67 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

50 82 09 01 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Robbie Williams

 

 

"Mood" has now been #1 for 8 weeks. It also spent quite a long time at #2 so this is especially noteworthy though it's doing it with some of the lowest numbers I can recall. With a decent lead over "positions", it'll probably go for a 9th week. This might be spelling the end however just because The Kid LAROI is bolting up the chart this week with "WITHOUT YOU" which isn't on the ARIA Chart because ARIA, but they've confirmed today that it will debut next week, likely in the top 10. After 16 weeks, "Midnight Sky" finally hits the top 10, Miley's first non-collaboration to do so since "Malibu" in 2017. Yesterday it was close to 40C over here so suffice to say, Australia is always a little slow on the Christmas spirit. But hey, maybe this year we won't be totally on fire whilst listening to "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" en masse. Tangentially, Australia this week has its own The Neales with Jam Mountain Music, which I did not know existed until I saw it on the ARIA Chart this week. It's a charity single from Tasmania and running more or less entirely on sales but not from iTunes.

 

For the first time ever, AC/DC have a 3 week reign at #1 on the ARIA Chart. In doing so, they assert their dominance over their successor of Australian bands who sell albums by the truckload, Powderfinger. From 1998 to 2009, Powderfinger's last 5 albums all debuted at #1 with varying levels of multi-platinum sales each. They vaguely reformed this year to do a 'live' stream for Beyond Blue which is an extremely based thing to do. This year also marked the 20th anniversary of their most successful album "Odyssey Number Five" (the only album that can boast TWO triple j Hottest 100 winners [which imo are both only mid-tier at best on that stellar of a tracklist]) which has been popping up in the chart often this year. They've now put out a new album entirely of unreleased songs which would probably go to #1 on most weeks but alas. Miley Cyrus scores her 6th top 10 album, she previously hit #1 with "Breakout" & "Bangerz". Recent breakout Western Australian stars Spacey Jane chart thanks to a vinyl re-release of their 2017 EP, while Steps have their highest charting album in 20 years at #26. The Smashing Pumpkins have previously made the top 10 with every album since "Siamese Dream", but now lowly enter at #36 with their latest album. Next week Shawn Mendes will challenge AC/DC I guess.

Do you know if My Head & My Heart by Ava Max managed to make the top 100 singles?

Do you know if My Head & My Heart by Ava Max managed to make the top 100 singles?

It hasn't cracked the Spotify chart so it's pretty unlikely at this stage. Kings & Queens took months to chart here though so that might not say much.

It hasn't cracked the Spotify chart so it's pretty unlikely at this stage. Kings & Queens took months to chart here though so that might not say much.

 

Ah ok thanks. I know iTunes isn’t much of an indicator but it’s doing well there and Apple Music has it around the 100 mark I think.

Ah ok thanks. I know iTunes isn’t much of an indicator but it’s doing well there and Apple Music has it around the 100 mark I think.

Yeah that's not bad at all. I feel like you need to be around #30-#50 on Apple before it's viable to chart without Spotify top 200 presence.

Yeah that's not bad at all. I feel like you need to be around #30-#50 on Apple before it's viable to chart without Spotify top 200 presence.

 

True, it might be a chance to chart after Christmas.

 

You’re right, Kings & Queens took a while to chart.

Wow ‘Mood’ seems unmovable in Australia. Great to see AC/DC have three weeks at the top there too and yes at Mariah top 20 in the albums doing better than the I’m anyway, does it normally chart there each year?

Wow ‘Mood’ seems unmovable in Australia. Great to see AC/DC have three weeks at the top there too and yes at Mariah top 20 in the albums doing better than the I’m anyway, does it normally chart there each year?

Year by year for Merry Christmas:

 

1994: #2

1995: #25

-

2012: #19

2013: #28

2014: #24

2015: #19

2016: #17

2017: #13

2018: #9

2019: #8

2020: TBA

 

She's off to a slower start than usual this year but that was also true of last year, so it seems the big couple days of enormous Christmas streams are mattering more than pure sales, making it more and more lopsided in its progression.

Year by year for Merry Christmas:

 

1994: #2

1995: #25

-

2012: #19

2013: #28

2014: #24

2015: #19

2016: #17

2017: #13

2018: #9

2019: #8

2020: TBA

 

She's off to a slower start than usual this year but that was also true of last year, so it seems the big couple days of enormous Christmas streams are mattering more than pure sales, making it more and more lopsided in its progression.

 

I wonder if it can challenge Michael Buble in the years to come.

Wow, Steps album made the top 30 :o Also the Xmas album seems like it was a good idea for Delta, is showing some decent longevity at the top end of the chart.

Year by year for Merry Christmas:

 

1994: #2

1995: #25

-

2012: #19

2013: #28

2014: #24

2015: #19

2016: #17

2017: #13

2018: #9

2019: #8

2020: TBA

 

She's off to a slower start than usual this year but that was also true of last year, so it seems the big couple days of enormous Christmas streams are mattering more than pure sales, making it more and more lopsided in its progression.

 

So it does a lot better due to streaming there then!

14/12/2020

 

Singles

 

01 01 17 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior

02 02 07 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

03 03 21 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK

04 16 45 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

05 14 54 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

06 05 09 05 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

07 06 07 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi

08 04 04 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish

09 NE 01 09 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

10 08 20 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae

11 09 03 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber

12 19 04 12 FLY AWAY Tones and I

13 21 05 13 WHOOPTY CJ

14 11 16 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV

15 07 17 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus

16 10 12 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper

17 12 10 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke

18 15 18 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion

19 18 06 09 34+35 Ariana Grande

20 13 03 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa

21 20 56 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles

22 30 47 01 ROSES SAINt JHN

23 17 17 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo

24 40 39 03 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

25 22 29 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

26 23 16 02 DYNAMITE BTS

27 31 34 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch

28 41 08 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

29 24 09 24 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur

30 29 34 04 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S

31 36 82 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

32 51 10 17 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

33 27 26 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo

34 26 12 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk

35 33 10 13 WONDER Shawn Mendes

36 25 12 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney

37 47 58 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa

38 39 91 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

39 28 08 11 LONELY Justin Bieber feat. Benny Blanco

40 37 03 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs

41 34 23 13 FOR THE NIGHT Pop Smoke

42 38 26 13 SOME SAY Nea

43 45 04 43 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy

44 55 03 44 HOLIDAY Lil Nas X

45 68 17 45 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

46 52 55 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi

47 54 67 02 CIRCLES Post Malone

48 48 40 08 WHAT'S POPPIN' Jack Harlow

49 42 15 22 MY EX'S BEST FRIEND Machine Gun Kelly feat. blackbear

50 35 17 23 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel feat. NEIMY

 

Albums

 

01 01 04 01 POWER UP AC/DC

02 NE 01 02 WONDER Shawn Mendes

03 05 20 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

04 NE 01 04 LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Arctic Monkeys

05 03 02 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus

06 NE 01 06 WEIRD! Yungblud

07 14 86 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

08 06 08 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian

09 09 20 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

10 07 52 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

11 10 04 10 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli

12 13 04 05 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

13 02 02 02 UNRELEASED (1998 - 2010) Powderfinger

14 20 63 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

15 08 06 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

16 17 57 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

17 11 07 01 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen

18 12 37 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

19 16 23 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

20 24 04 10 JOLLY HOLIDAY Andre Rieu

21 21 89 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

22 31 54 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

23 28 12 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban

24 18 06 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith

25 25 22 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD

26 19 04 12 JOHNNY CASH & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Johnny Cash

27 04 03 02 BE BTS

28 15 05 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue

29 22 10 01 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD Queen & Adam Lambert

30 29 131 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

31 50 10 01 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Robbie Williams

32 43 35 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John

33 NE 01 33 THE GREAT EXPANSE (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION) Hilltop Hoods

34 33 22 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale

35 38 143 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

36 34 197 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

37 73 03 37 A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS Dolly Parton

38 42 82 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

39 37 416 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

40 32 300 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

41 30 06 01 THE MAKARRATA PROJECT Midnight Oil

42 45 66 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone

43 27 03 05 IDIOT PRAYER-NICK CAVE ALONE AT ALEXANDRA PALACE Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

44 53 433 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

45 40 11 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly

46 46 38 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

47 49 68 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

48 78 30 06 HAMILTON - AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording

49 58 320 01 1989 Taylor Swift

50 56 87 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala

 

 

Baffling state of affairs has "Mood" #1 for 9 weeks. This reign should be ended next week courtesy of a likely #1 debut from Taylor Swift. Not likely enough to bet your house on it, but figures across the board are promising. The Kid LAROI's worst song has finally been let on the chart and is now #1 on Spotify, so there's a decent chance he gets to #1 at the start of the new year. After months underneath the chart, the magic of the Today's Top Hits & Hot Hits Australia buttons simultaneously being pressed means that Glass Animals have their 2nd ever top 50 hit with "Heat Waves". It will probably outpeak "Gooey" in the near future, and get much higher in the slightly less near future of February. Justice for "Your Love (Déjà Vu)". "Someone You Loved" is now the first song to ever spent 90 weeks in the top 50, but is at a slight risk of dropping out in these next two weeks. It's moderately interesting to me that for what will probably end up as one of the top 10 sellers of 2020, it didn't really get a Spotify Wrapped rebound to be seen on the chart.

 

AC/DC are still #1 so I still don't need to change the subtitle for a 4th week. By choosing to tack "Senorita" onto the previous album, Shawn Mendes assured higher numbers for his self-titled, but nothing to fall back on to save his next album. It's still a relatively fine #2 debut but the lack of sticking hits might end up hurting it a lot in the coming weeks. All 6 Arctic Monkeys studio albums have debuted at #4 or higher, and they at least keep up this pace with their new live album. YUNGBLUD's first album did not crack the top 50 here but some years of brewing popularity sees him in at #6 this time. There's yet another Hilltop Hoods instrumental album, and fascinatingly, Tame Impala are already a nostalgia band as "Currents" re-enters the top 50 ahead of "The Slow Rush". Next week is probably Taylor Swift's for the taking but I'm less certain than I usually am. We're not done with live albums as Cold Chisel have an auspiciously dated live album coming up this week, while The Avalanches should also figure relatively highly.

Edited December 17, 20204 yr by Dircadirca

Loving the AC/DC dominance!!

 

Wow at ‘Mood’ still number one, is Mariah likely to be Christmas number one?

AC/DC denying Shawn Mendes a #1, that is peak Australia.

Lol at Blinding Lights going back in the top 5 from the Spotify wrapped/Rosalia remix boost. That song will never die.

21/12/2020

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift

02 01 18 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior

03 09 02 03 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

04 03 22 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK

05 04 46 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

06 02 08 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

07 06 10 05 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

08 07 08 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi

09 05 55 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

10 08 05 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish

11 10 21 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae

12 NE 01 12 CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS Taylor Swift

13 12 05 12 FLY AWAY Tones and I

14 13 06 13 WHOOPTY CJ

15 24 40 03 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

16 NE 01 16 NO BODY, NO CRIME Taylor Swift

17 14 17 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV

18 16 13 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper

19 17 11 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke

20 18 19 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion

21 NE 01 21 GOLD RUSH Taylor Swift

22 19 07 09 34+35 Ariana Grande

23 51 03 23 LIGHT A CANDLE Jam Mountain Music

24 NE 01 24 'TIS THE DAMN SEASON Taylor Swift

25 15 18 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus

26 28 09 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

27 11 04 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber

28 32 11 17 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

29 26 17 02 DYNAMITE BTS

30 23 18 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo

31 29 10 24 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur

32 20 04 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa

33 NE 01 33 TOLERATE Taylor Swift

34 21 57 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles

35 22 48 01 ROSES SAINt JHN

36 25 30 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

37 NE 01 37 HAPPINESS Taylor Swift

38 27 35 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch

39 33 27 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo

40 30 35 04 BREAKING ME Topic Feat. A7S

41 31 83 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

42 NE 01 42 CONEY ISLAND Taylor Swift

43 NE 01 43 IVY Taylor Swift

44 45 18 44 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

45 NE 01 45 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

46 36 13 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney

47 NE 01 47 DOROTHEA Taylor Swift

48 34 13 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk

49 NE 01 49 LONG STORY SHORT Taylor Swift

50 37 59 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

02 12 05 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

03 01 05 01 POWER UP AC/DC

04 NE 01 04 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches

05 NE 01 05 THE LIVE TAPS VOL. 5: LIVE AT THE BONDI LIFESAVER FEB 29, 1980 Cold Chisel

06 11 05 06 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli

07 07 87 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

08 08 09 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian

09 03 21 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

10 05 03 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus

11 09 21 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

12 10 53 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

13 14 64 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

14 17 08 01 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen

15 16 58 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

16 02 02 02 WONDER Shawn Mendes

17 13 03 02 UNRELEASED (1998 - 2010) Powderfinger

18 20 05 10 JOLLY HOLIDAY Andre Rieu

19 15 07 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

20 19 24 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

21 21 90 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

22 RE 37 04 BETTER IN BLAK Thelma Plum

23 18 38 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

24 22 55 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

25 NE 01 25 MAN ON THE MOON III: THE CHOSEN Kid Cudi

26 23 13 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban

27 24 07 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith

28 25 23 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD

29 31 11 01 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Robbie Williams

30 39 417 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

31 32 36 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John

32 30 132 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

33 26 05 12 JOHNNY CASH & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Johnny Cash

34 27 04 02 BE BTS

35 41 07 01 THE MAKARRATA PROJECT Midnight Oil

36 29 11 01 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD Queen & Adam Lambert

37 34 23 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale

38 37 04 37 A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS Dolly Parton

39 04 02 04 LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Arctic Monkeys

40 36 198 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

41 35 144 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

42 28 06 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue

43 38 83 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

44 44 434 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

45 49 321 01 1989 Taylor Swift

46 NE 01 46 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow

47 47 69 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

48 40 301 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

49 42 67 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone

50 50 88 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala

 

 

This year has been a series of mostly 6 week #1's punctuated by Taylor Swift getting 1 week at #1 before going on her merry way. This is the week that allows this statement to be made. Well, at least for the rest of this week that second part is only implied, but this is her succeeding. Most of her album cracks the top 50, where I don't think there are any omissions, just that the bottom end couldn't quite make the cut. ARIA have once again truncated credits but if you ignore that, Haim have their 3rd top 20 hit and I make the baffling statement that The National have an ARIA top 50 hit single in 2020. She has the only debuts this week though it's interspliced with a return of Australia's own version of The Neales in Jam Mountain Music, who are now back up to #23, I have no idea where they'll be next week. In fact I can't really make many calls about next week because of ARIA's impossible to predict 'eligibility', and the influx of already hard to predict sales titans. What I mean by this is that LadBaby could have an ARIA top 20 or even top 10 hit next week, and also there's that new Ed Sheeran song which I feel could sneak into the top 40 but not much higher. I am fairly positive that Mariah Carey will return to #1, and it's quite possible that Wham! will score a new #2 peak. Michael Buble & Ariana Grande are in an intense battle for Australia's 3rd favourite Christmas song, comfortably won by Buble last year while Ariana was only 7th but she's having a great showing so far. Australia mostly just listens to the same Christmas songs ever year, but we are looking at new first time top 50 berths for Sia's "Snowman" and Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath The Tree", the latter just missing out last year, while the former is looking to interrupt Paul Kelly's previously unassailable status for the definitive Australian Christmas* song. Taylor Swift has also done an early job of the Christmas chart exile, so it'll probably be mostly just her songs leaving the top 50 next week but I simply must point out that for at least this week, we have freedom from "Someone You Loved". It also means that the longest top 50 runs are pretty easy to remember right now, as Lewis stands on 90 weeks, and "Dance Monkey" has managed to tie "Shape Of You" and "Perfect" on 80 weeks. Prior to seeing Christmas streaming figures, I'm ambitiously expecting "Dance Monkey" to stay in the top 50 next week but "Someone You Loved" could go either way.

 

*December 21st

 

Taylor Swift scores a #1 album, something the band Evermore could never manage to do. Something nobody has managed to do is score two #1 albums in such quick succession only 20 weeks apart. David Bowie came moderately close to doing so in 5 weeks in 2016 when his Best Of had more longevity than "Blackstar" but it only crept up to #3. Proving that Christmas charts are a crapshoot for predictions, Delta Goodrem has rushed up to #2 this week meaning she may well be a contender for #1, however Taylor Swift does have CD sales coming in next week which could maintain her standing, alongside looming threats of AC/DC presents and Buble streams. Bafflingly, The Avalanches released an album, moreso, they did it in December. Their comeback album in 2016 actually did net them their first ever #1 but this tough battle ground has them settling for #4. They're ahead of a live Cold Chisel album or in non-Australian speak, the band of that cowboy yelling from the clouds. I mostly just love the fact that it's a February 29th performance, as you don't see a lot of those. Thelma Plum's very rad Indigenous flag coloured vinyl has been delayed more times than I can count but it seems people are finally getting their hands on it for a strong re-entry. Kid Cudi actually manages his highest charting album ever (apart from KIDS SEE GHOSTS, which is incidentally a popular vinyl seller even still). I'm also surprised that in such a week, Jack Harlow can get a top 50 album. Next week will probably have Paul McCartney landing in the top 10 as the only significant debut.

amazing for Willow and Evermore

Well done Taylor in Australia as well.

 

Delta boosted into the top 2 again this week!

28/12/2020

 

Singles

 

01 05 47 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

02 15 41 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

03 02 19 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior

04 03 03 03 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

05 26 10 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

06 28 12 06 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

07 04 23 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK

08 07 11 05 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

09 06 09 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

10 01 02 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift

11 08 09 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi

12 13 06 12 FLY AWAY Tones and I

13 09 56 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

14 11 22 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae

15 10 06 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish

16 14 07 13 WHOOPTY CJ

17 34 58 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles

18 18 14 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper

19 61 15 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid [30?]

20 17 18 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV

21 19 12 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke

22 20 20 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion

23 22 08 09 34+35 Ariana Grande

24 31 11 24 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur

25 25 19 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus

26 30 19 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo

27 29 18 02 DYNAMITE BTS

28 32 05 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa

29 36 31 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

30 69 18 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber

31 78 06 31 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

32 27 05 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber

33 35 49 01 ROSES SAINt JHN

34 75 04 34 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson

35 NE 01 35 SNOWMAN Sia

36 90 03 29 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes

37 RE 04 37 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms

38 39 28 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo

39 38 36 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch

40 41 84 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I

41 83 05 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

42 44 19 42 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

43 40 36 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S

44 RE 13 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon

45 52 06 43 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy

46 99 03 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra

47 NE 01 47 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran

48 48 14 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk

49 46 14 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney

50 50 60 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

02 03 06 01 POWER UP AC/DC

03 02 06 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

04 07 88 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

05 06 06 05 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli

06 NE 01 06 MCCARTNEY III Paul McCartney

07 RE 33 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem

08 08 10 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian

09 RE 02 09 K.G. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

10 09 22 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

11 13 65 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

12 10 04 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus

13 12 54 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

14 14 09 01 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen

15 11 22 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

16 15 59 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

17 04 02 04 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches

18 29 12 01 THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT Robbie Williams

19 18 06 10 JOLLY HOLIDAY Andre Rieu

20 26 14 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban

21 16 03 02 WONDER Shawn Mendes

22 19 08 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande

23 21 91 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

24 23 39 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

25 17 04 02 UNRELEASED (1998 - 2010) Powderfinger

26 27 08 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith

27 36 12 01 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD Queen & Adam Lambert

28 20 25 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

29 53 37 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala

30 30 418 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

31 05 02 05 THE LIVE TAPS VOL. 5: LIVE AT THE BONDI LIFESAVER FEB 29, 1980 Cold Chisel

32 33 06 12 JOHNNY CASH & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Johnny Cash

33 24 56 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

34 32 133 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

35 48 302 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

36 28 24 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD

37 35 08 01 THE MAKARRATA PROJECT Midnight Oil

38 37 24 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale

39 34 05 02 BE BTS

40 44 435 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

41 38 05 37 A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS Dolly Parton

42 40 199 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

43 39 03 04 LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Arctic Monkeys

44 RE 244 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack

45 42 07 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue

46 31 37 01 FRIENDS FOR CHRISTMAS John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John

47 41 145 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

48 54 05 05 IDIOT PRAYER - NICK CAVE ALONE AT ALEXANDRA PALACE Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

49 NE 01 49 L.A.B. IV L.A.B.

50 87 288 03 GREATEST HITS Fleetwood Mac

 

 

I'll level with you, it was exciting the first time, but 3 years in a row of a pre-ordained #1 is boring to the point of not wanting to write about it further. I can at least note that in the Christmas standings, "Last Christmas" has gone from being what must have been the longest running #3 hit, having spent 9 weeks there to now a 1 week at #2 peaker. "Santa Tell Me" is also in the top 10 for the first time ever, and "Underneath The Tree" in the top 50 for the first time ever (same goes for "Snowman" but that hasn't been trying for quite as long). Brenda Lee should probably be pretty close to the top 10 except her split versions on Spotify have once again not been combined and wait for it...ARIA seemingly didn't count *any* streams from Christmas Eve. We should be absolutely inundated with the stuff considering that Frank Sinatra did half a million more streams than "Don't Start Now" on Spotify alone but alas. Ed Sheeran debuts near the bottom of the top 50 so he can challenge for the biggest ever climb within the top 50, that to my knowledge belongs to "3" by Britney Spears climbing 50-07. This week Ed Sheeran drops to only having the equal 3rd longest running top 50 hits as "Dance Monkey" laps up its 81st. Also ARIA have seemingly addressed my annual concern over "Do They Know It's Christmas?" being attributed to Band Aid 30, as their site no longer says '30' on it. It still has the 2014 artwork, and the chart statistics for that version, but hey, someone noticed I guess.

 

In typical Taylor Swift fashion, she remains at #1 for more than 1 week. I am tempting fate by saying that this hegemony at the top means Michael Buble's "Christmas" has missed the top 3 for the first year ever, but it's entirely possible that Christmas Day streams (and strangely lingering sales) will push him back up next week. Paul McCartney scores his 5th top 10 album in the last 30 years, I curiously discovered that excluding Wings, he's never had a #1 album in his lengthy career. This also applies to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard although their charting career has been compressed into about 4 years with just as many albums. The vinyl release of "K.G." brings it into the top 10, I suspect a couple weeks later and it might have challenged for #1 but alas. Eminem has a deluxe re-issue that you probably knew about, and most bizarrely, New Zealand's L.A.B. who are in their home country making "Dance Monkey"'s chart performance here seem relatively understated have somehow managed to debut their new album on this week of all weeks. This week being what it is means that Lewis Capaldi & Post Malone's albums are pushed out of the top 50 for the first time ever, but fret not as we will soon return to our weekly dosage of them, Maroon 5's singles collection and whatever else people are streaming 5 songs from en masse once people stop buying albums again.

Nice to see Wham and Mariah in the top 2 here as well. As you say the uk will be at this point in a few decembers when they reach the top 2 EVERY year. Nice that you’s don’t have to suffer from Ladbaby disrupting the genuine hits.

Nice to see Wham and Mariah in the top 2 here as well. As you say the uk will be at this point in a few decembers when they reach the top 2 EVERY year. Nice that you’s don’t have to suffer from Ladbaby disrupting the genuine hits.

Y'know I completely forgot about that one. I'm fairly sure LadBaby SHOULD be in the top 50 this week on the strength of huge sales but hasn't been included. He was last year at like #97.