Posted January 6, 20214 yr As is the annual tradition, when I have the End Of Year charts available to me, I'll pop them into last year's thread. 04/01/2021 Singles 01 03 20 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 02 04 04 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 03 07 24 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 04 01 48 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 05 08 12 05 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 06 09 10 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 07 47 02 07 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran 08 13 57 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 09 02 42 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 10 11 10 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 11 12 07 11 FLY AWAY Tones and I 12 14 23 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 13 10 03 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 14 05 11 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 15 15 07 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 16 16 08 13 WHOOPTY CJ 17 29 32 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 18 06 13 06 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 19 18 15 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 20 21 13 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke 21 23 09 09 34+35 Ariana Grande 22 22 21 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 23 27 19 02 DYNAMITE BTS 24 17 59 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 25 20 19 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 26 26 20 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo 27 24 12 24 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur 28 25 20 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 29 40 85 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 30 28 06 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa 31 33 50 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 32 42 20 32 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 33 38 29 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 34 19 16 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid [30?] 35 32 06 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber 36 48 15 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 37 39 37 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch 38 35 02 35 SNOWMAN Sia 39 43 37 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S 40 45 07 40 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 41 50 61 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 42 52 06 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs 43 53 06 43 HOLIDAY Lil Nas X 44 49 15 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney 45 51 94 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 46 44 14 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 47 36 04 29 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 48 62 29 13 SOME SAY Nea 49 55 05 37 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY PauL Kelly 50 46 04 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra Albums 01 01 03 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 02 02 07 01 POWER UP AC/DC 03 04 89 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 04 10 23 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 05 13 55 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 15 23 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 07 08 11 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 08 12 05 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 09 23 92 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 10 16 60 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 11 22 09 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 12 24 40 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 28 26 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 14 07 34 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 15 NE 01 15 WHOLE LOTTA RED Playboi Carti 16 34 134 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 39 06 02 BE BTS 18 26 09 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 19 36 25 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 20 17 03 04 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches 21 06 02 06 MCCARTNEY III Paul McCartney 22 35 303 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 29 38 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 24 03 07 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem 25 05 07 05 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli 26 21 04 02 WONDER Shawn Mendes 27 42 200 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 27 13 01 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD Queen & Adam Lambert 29 51 85 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 30 40 436 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 31 47 146 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 20 15 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban 33 45 08 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue 34 98 44 01 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 35 52 115 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 36 14 10 01 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen 37 56 69 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 38 44 245 02 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 39 57 71 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 38 25 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 41 30 419 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 42 54 258 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 43 61 77 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 44 97 120 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 45 58 274 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 46 71 106 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 47 11 66 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 48 60 323 01 1989 Taylor Swift 49 63 41 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 50 68 162 02 LEGEND: THE BEST OF BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Bob Marley And The Wailers An incredulous state of affairs as a song that peaked weeks before it even got to #1 is still holding on through inertia several months later as "Mood" has now been #1 for 10 interrupted weeks. Next week will prove a test as "WITHOUT YOU" is fighting off the diminishing side effects of December-based boosting which would make you think that it'll just get statistically close enough one of these days, possibly this week. Because Christmas Day was counted on this week's chart, we have a diminished showing but not everything clearing out in one week, which if nothing else is going to prove irritating for me in 11 months time. One interesting tidbit of it is that Paul Kelly actually climbs into the top 50 this week, which would be uncharacteristic, except that the more ragged hot summer sound of the song (imo) always has it dropping off a little slower than similarly ranked Christmas songs, and for once it's demonstrated on the chart itself. The differing audience and less obvious sonic Christmas connection might also be why Sia only suffered a minor drop, though she will be gone from the chart next week. Anyway, since it's clear ARIA didn't count Thursday data properly last week, it's probably true of this week which means that some songs such as "Blinding Lights" and "Dance Monkey" should be EVEN HIGHER than they are this week. Something new that does climb is "Afterglow" though not quite with a record-breaking climb as it's *only* up 40 places to #7 this week. It's still climbing on Spotify so there's still potential from this. On the other hand, Glass Animals' ancient "Heat Waves" also climbs into the top 40 this week, becoming their highest ever charter, and likely to ride Hottest 100 hype and momentum for a few weeks yet. Taylor Swift holds the #1 spot for a 3rd week. "folklore" managed 4 weeks at the top and "evermore" looks well poised to do so as well. As tends to be the case, this week's chart is just a resetting of equilibrium, where the strength of rebounds is proportional to how streaming reliant the albums are. We do get a new entry at #15 from Playboi Carti though, his highest ever chart position by a significant margin. Another interesting thing is that "Legend" is in the top 50 for the first time in almost exactly 20 years. I've always been suspicious that the streams for the album are not being counted correctly though this could also be a short sales boost again unless ARIA really have fixed it. I don't have strong expectations for anything to shake things up next week so inertia is probably the word. Edited January 13, 20223 yr by Dircadirca
January 6, 20214 yr Does the Australian audience not have a curious reaction to a song whose main hook is 'heat waves in the middle of June' :thinking: :lol:
January 6, 20214 yr Author Does the Australian audience not have a curious reaction to a song whose main hook is 'heat waves in the middle of June' :thinking: :lol: I suppose it's in a similar boat to "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" :lol: (though honestly as a West Australian, we can still get surprisingly warm winters).
January 13, 20214 yr Author I suppose it's in a similar boat to "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" :lol: (though honestly as a West Australian, we can still get surprisingly warm winters). It occurred to me a day later that "Heat Waves" doesn't actually do the lyric in this way :lol: 11/01/2021 Singles 01 01 21 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 02 02 05 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 03 03 25 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 04 05 13 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 05 NE 01 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 06 06 11 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 07 07 03 07 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran 08 11 08 08 FLY AWAY Tones and I 09 10 11 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 10 08 58 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 11 12 24 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 12 13 04 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 13 16 09 13 WHOOPTY CJ 14 15 08 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 15 21 10 09 34+35 Ariana Grande 16 17 33 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 17 24 60 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 18 20 14 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke 19 27 13 19 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur 20 25 20 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 21 19 16 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 22 32 21 22 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 23 26 21 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo 24 28 21 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 25 23 20 02 DYNAMITE BTS 26 22 22 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 27 31 51 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 28 29 86 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 29 35 07 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber 30 30 07 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa 31 33 30 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 32 37 38 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch 33 40 08 33 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 34 39 38 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S 35 41 62 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 36 36 16 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 37 45 95 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 38 NE 01 38 GOOD DAYS SZA 39 44 16 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney 40 54 06 40 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 41 42 07 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs 42 43 07 42 HOLIDAY Lil Nas X 43 48 30 13 SOME SAY Nea 44 53 71 02 CIRCLES Post Malone 45 52 14 13 WONDER Shawn Mendes 46 51 21 23 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel feat. NEIMY 47 57 26 13 FOR THE NIGHT Pop Smoke 48 58 12 11 LONELY Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco 49 64 59 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 50 61 05 50 LOVE NOT WAR (THE TAMPA BEAT) Jason Derulo x Nuka Albums 01 01 04 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 02 05 56 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 03 06 24 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 04 02 08 01 POWER UP AC/DC 05 13 27 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 06 08 06 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 07 04 24 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 12 41 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 09 93 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 10 11 10 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 11 10 61 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 12 07 12 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 13 19 26 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 14 27 201 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 18 10 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 16 22 304 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 14 35 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 18 16 135 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 31 147 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 29 86 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 21 49 42 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 22 37 70 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 23 59 187 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 43 78 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 25 35 116 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 26 42 259 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 40 26 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 28 20 04 04 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches 29 60 147 02 ? XXXTentacion 30 25 08 05 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli 31 48 324 01 1989 Taylor Swift 32 30 437 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 33 67 15 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 34 39 72 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 75 162 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 36 46 107 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 37 64 142 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 38 74 21 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 39 65 51 02 MANIC Halsey 40 53 393 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 41 32 16 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban 42 81 341 01 X Ed Sheeran 43 92 06 41 GOOD NEWS Megan Thee Stallion 44 84 04 44 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 45 80 161 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 46 26 05 02 WONDER Shawn Mendes 47 99 68 39 GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE Juice WRLD 48 23 39 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 49 70 140 01 THANK U, NEXT Ariana Grande 50 62 82 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott I'm freed of my annual hassle of excess work in chart stat compiling due to the shifting sands of Christmas. So we're back to the boring status quo except wait, we're likely to get a #1 debut next week courtesy of Olivia Rodrigo. Such is her enormous ascent, she's looking very likely to bypass the usual Australia 1 day lag and ARIA's own Thursday issues meaning that she's probably effectively taking the top spot on 5 days of sales & streams. Thus ending the almost unexplainable 11 week reign of "Mood" though The Kid LAROI was probably about to take it anyway so he may well be getting "Moves Like Jagger"ed, a reference that works for both Australian & UK chart followers. As is tradition, a new Justin Bieber song enters the top 5 as another for the pile. Pulling through for a prediction I made a month ago on plug, Tones and I scores her 3rd top 10 hit with "Fly Away", which might have a chance at outpeaking "Never Seen The Rain" at least but the high influx on the top 10 lately will probably keep it on the lower rungs. Speaking of that top 10 influx, SZA is possibly going to be making a charge for it soon with "Good Days". I mistakenly thought it was a curious surprise to see a SZA song doing so well though I'd forgotten she's had about 10 top 50 hits at this point. Mind you this is the only one without a high profile name attached to it so the notability still comes through. MEDUZA's new song is being mistakenly credited to Tiesto giving him his 4th top 50 hit, and now an absurd state of affairs means Jason Derulo has 3 songs in the top 50 at once. Though this might seem like a cheap knock off of his previous hit, I'm pretty sure it didn't come out of a millionaire trying to steal a teenager's music without credit or permission, so it's instantly a better song. "evermore" was poised for 4 weeks at #1 and that's what it accomplishes. It may well go for 5 weeks depending on how Passenger and/or Morgan Wallen feel about that. Otherwise this is an especially peak week of low sales so chart gains are likely proportional to how much their stock was based on residual streaming. And here I was hoping that a year without a major hit would have people slowly forgetting that Maroon 5 exists. Also ARIA have promised to post their End Of Year content on Friday, so I'll try to do the same.
January 16, 20214 yr Oops, it has clearly been a while since I last actually listened to 'Heat Waves' and I confused the lines in the chorus :kink: (still, the words 'middle of June' in a song called 'Heat Waves' is a little northern hemisphere centric regardless :magic:) This Jason Derulo song is still following the exact same formula as 'Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)', the only difference is he didn't try to release it without crediting the Oceanian producer who made the original song this time. It's almost impressive how blatantly he just did the exact same thing a second time. But sad that he has been rewarded so much for it, it's an even worse song this time and all.
January 20, 20214 yr Author This Jason Derulo song is still following the exact same formula as 'Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)', the only difference is he didn't try to release it without crediting the Oceanian producer who made the original song this time. It's almost impressive how blatantly he just did the exact same thing a second time. But sad that he has been rewarded so much for it, it's an even worse song this time and all. Oh I know all the history behind it, it's just me embellishing my words a little to say that intellectual property theft from the rich angers me more than even the most egregious Jason Derulo wailing, even if the matter was eventually settled. Just the fact that he tried to get away with that. 18/01/2021 Singles 01 NE 01 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 06 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 03 01 22 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 04 04 14 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 05 03 26 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 06 05 02 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 07 08 09 07 FLY AWAY Tones and I 08 09 12 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 09 38 02 09 GOOD DAYS SZA 10 06 12 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 11 07 04 07 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran 12 11 25 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 13 10 59 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 14 15 11 09 34+35 Ariana Grande 15 14 09 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 16 12 05 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 17 22 22 17 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 18 13 10 13 WHOOPTY CJ 19 19 14 19 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur 20 23 22 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo 21 20 21 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 22 18 15 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke 23 17 61 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 24 16 27 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 25 40 07 25 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 26 21 17 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 27 30 08 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa 28 24 22 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 29 33 09 29 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 30 25 21 02 DYNAMITE BTS 31 26 23 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 32 29 08 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber 33 27 52 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 34 36 17 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 35 28 87 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 36 31 31 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 37 34 39 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S 38 32 39 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch 39 35 63 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 40 37 96 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 41 08 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs 42 39 17 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney 43 43 31 13 SOME SAY Nea 44 64 08 44 LOOKING FOR ME Paul Woodford feat. Kareen Lomax 45 45 15 13 WONDER Shawn Mendes 46 46 22 23 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel feat. NEIMY 47 42 08 42 HOLIDAY Lil Nas X 48 47 28 13 FOR THE NIGHT Pop Smoke feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby 49 50 06 49 LOVE NOT WAR (THE TAMPA BEAT) Jason DeRulo x Nuka 50 NE 01 50 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Albums 01 NE 01 01 GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS' SONGBOOK 1 Barry Gibb & Various Artists 02 NE 01 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 03 01 05 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 04 02 56 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 05 03 24 03 f*** LOVE The Kid Laroi 06 NE 01 06 SONGS FOR THE DRUNK AND BROKEN HEARTED Passenger 07 05 27 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 08 11 61 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 09 06 06 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 10 08 41 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 04 08 01 POWER UP AC/DC 12 07 24 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 13 09 93 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 14 10 10 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 15 12 12 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 16 13 26 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 17 21 42 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 18 14 201 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 15 10 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 20 16 304 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 19 147 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 22 18 135 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 23 20 86 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 24 23 188 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 22 70 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 26 17 35 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 27 26 259 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 24 78 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 29 54 133 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 30 27 26 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 31 25 116 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 32 38 22 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 33 33 16 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 34 34 72 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 29 148 02 ? XXXTentacion 36 31 324 01 1989 Taylor Swift 37 35 163 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 39 52 02 MANIC Halsey 39 57 09 39 CTRL SZA 40 44 05 40 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 41 37 143 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 42 43 07 41 GOOD NEWS Megan Thee Stallion 43 32 437 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 44 36 107 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 45 41 16 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban 46 42 342 01 X Ed Sheeran 47 47 69 39 GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE Juice WRLD 48 45 162 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 49 28 04 04 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches 50 58 128 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day After months and months of low activity, we finally have a #1 hit that feels like it isn't there by default. Well maybe you could say that from the perspective of it being a monster worldwide hit where Australia is just another box to check, but Olivia Rodrigo has obliterated the competition. Late in the week she was running on over triple the streams of the nearest competitor, reaching absolutely unprecedented numbers only reserved for Christmas songs (and only just the top few of them). So yeah, "drivers license" is probably going to be #1 for a while. Olivia had never charted here before although "All I Want" spent a few months in the Spotify top 200 last year. What this adds up to is The Kid LAROI being painfully unlucky to finally overtake "Mood" at the worst possible moment, which would have seen him as the first Australian artist to hit #1 since Tones and I, and the first Indigenous artist to hit #1 since Jessica Mauboy 12 years ago. Speaking of Tones and I, "Fly Away" has now matched the peak of "Never Seen The Rain" purely to troll my comments from last week. SZA also soars into the top 10 faster than I expected, giving her a 3rd top 10 hit after "All The Stars" and "Sexual" by NEIKED. Speaking of severely pre-empting me, I probably made a prediction 5 months ago that Glass Animals would eventually get a top 40 hit out of "Heat Waves" after a strong Hottest 100 performance (I've been avoiding spoilers so please none of that in this thread, cheers), now it looks like almost hit the top 10 on the day of the countdown, with a potential beeline to the top 5 the week after. Certainly doing so next week will be Ariana Grande because Cynical Remix #583. Like with "Cola" and "Turn Me On" in years prior, January is clearly old UK hit catch up month as now "Looking For Me" cracks the top 50 ("i miss u" is also bubbling under I believe). While the OCC likes to chop off the least relevant names at times, ARIA has determined that Diplo is not credited on this one. The Weeknd also 'debuts' in the top 50 with "Save Your Tears", though certainly he should have 9 months ago except the powers that be decided that he could only have 1 debut that week. It looks very likely that it will have an accurate peak next week though. You can't make me care about post-year post-album singles. Also join me next week in finding out how ARIA decide to handle the "goosebumps" situation. Evidently I underestimated Barry Gibb but he gets his first ever solo #1 album, ahead of close competition from noted covidiot Morgan Wallen. Passenger scores his 6th top 10 album. A big vinyl sales burst sends Arctic Monkeys back into the top 50 coincidentally as two tracks from the album happen to be riding around in the Spotify top 200 at the moment (neither have been a staple there since 2015). Back in the day when an artist was doing particularly well with their new material, you'd sometimes see their back catalogue hang around the chart. Kings Of Leon had all 4 of their albums in the top 50 at the height of their powers in 2008. Those days are long gone so I don't want to just use the success of "Good Days" as an excuse for SZA actually managing a new peak for "Ctrl", which originally debuted at #40, but taste wins sometimes. Next week we could have Illy challenging for the top spot as a relative veteran next to Why Don't We & ZAYN.
January 20, 20214 yr Author 4 more weeks and Lewis will score 100th week inside top 50 :lol: I should clarify that this is top 100 weeks, he's 'only' up to 93 in the top 50, which is still 9 more than the next highest.
January 20, 20214 yr I should clarify that this is top 100 weeks, he's 'only' up to 93 in the top 50, which is still 9 more than the next highest. but still this is a record, right? what's the record in top 100 then?
January 20, 20214 yr Author but still this is a record, right? what's the record in top 100 then? Yeah it is. Shape of You & Perfect got 80 weeks each, only since surpassed by the obvious two. Dunno the exact top 100 record but Perfect is probably still charting and closing in on 4 years. Riptide, Shape of You and Thinking Out Loud are the other big ones
January 20, 20214 yr SZA also soars into the top 10 faster than I expected, giving her a 3rd top 10 hit after "All The Stars" and "Sexual" by NEIKED. SZA wasn’t the vocalist on Sexual? Wasn’t it Dyo/Ms D
January 20, 20214 yr Oh but you should definitely care about 'Save Your Tears' (even though it blatantly should have been pushed in place of 'In Your Eyes'). x Cool to see 'Looking For Me' finally charting somewhere else outside the UK/Ireland!
January 20, 20214 yr Author Oh I know it's good but I just don't buy into extended album campaigns, especially in a streaming era. Mass flocking to listen to a song that's already been available for nearly a year (on a very popular album no less) feels so forced. Easier to just cherry pick my own favourites from the get-go.
January 20, 20214 yr I'm normally the same tbf but the excitement of one of the best songs of 2020 finally getting a music video and becoming a hit has actually successfully revitalised my interest in the song :magic:
January 27, 20214 yr Author 29/01/2021 Singles 01 01 02 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 07 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 03 03 23 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 04 04 15 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 05 14 12 05 34+35 Ariana Grande 06 06 3 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 07 05 27 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 08 07 10 07 FLY AWAY Tones and I 09 08 13 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 10 09 03 09 GOOD DAYS SZA 11 17 23 11 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 12 12 26 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 13 10 13 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 14 11 05 07 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran 15 13 60 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 16 25 08 16 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 17 19 15 17 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur 18 18 11 13 WHOOPTY CJ 19 16 06 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 20 15 10 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 21 29 10 21 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 22 27 09 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa 23 24 28 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 24 21 22 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 25 20 23 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo 26 22 16 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke 27 26 18 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 28 23 62 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 29 54 03 29 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 30 30 22 02 DYNAMITE BTS 31 31 24 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 32 50 02 32 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 33 33 53 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 34 34 18 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 35 28 23 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 36 32 09 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber 37 35 88 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 38 36 32 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 39 44 09 39 LOOKING FOR ME Paul Woodford & Diplo feat. Kareen Lomax 40 40 97 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 37 40 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S 42 38 40 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch 43 39 64 02 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 44 41 09 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs 45 42 18 10 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON Ritt Momney 46 NE 01 46 STREETS Doja Cat 47 43 32 13 SOME SAY Nea 48 88 02 48 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 49 46 23 23 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel feat. NEIMY 50 49 07 49 LOVE NOT WAR (THE TAMPA BEAT) Jason DeRulo x Nuka Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE SPACE BETWEEN Illy 02 NE 01 02 THE GOOD TIME AND THE BAD ONES Why Don't We 03 05 25 03 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 04 03 06 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 05 26 36 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 06 02 02 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 07 04 57 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 08 01 02 01 GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS' SONGBOOK 1 Barry Gibb & Various Artists 09 07 28 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 10 NE 01 10 NOBODY IS LISTENING Zayn 11 11 09 01 POWER UP AC/DC 12 08 62 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 13 10 42 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 13 94 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 15 09 07 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 16 12 25 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 16 27 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 18 14 11 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 19 18 202 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 15 13 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 21 19 11 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 22 17 43 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 23 20 305 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 33 17 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 25 22 136 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 23 87 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 27 21 148 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 44 108 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 29 25 71 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 30 24 189 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 31 27 260 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 35 149 02 ? XXXTentacion 33 28 79 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 34 29 134 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 34 73 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 30 27 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 37 31 117 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 36 325 01 1989 Taylor Swift 39 43 438 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 40 38 53 02 MANIC Halsey 41 37 164 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 RE 03 06 MCCARTNEY III Paul McCartney 43 40 06 40 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 44 32 23 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 45 06 02 06 SONGS FOR THE DRUNK AND BROKEN HEARTED Passenger 46 NE 01 46 DEMIDEVIL Ashnikko 47 NE 01 47 SPARE RIBS Sleaford Mods 48 52 51 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 49 39 10 39 CTRL SZA 50 42 08 41 GOOD NEWS Megan Thee Stallion It's week 2 of the seemingly destined to be endless reign for Olivia Rodrigo except WAIT, she has a mild touch of competition from Glass Animals. There's a historic precedent of triple j's Hottest 100 impacting the ARIA Chart that goes back to the 2006 advent of digital sales tracking. Whatever wins and everything in-between tends to get a big boost, in fact the other night 93/100 of the countdown were in the Apple Music top 500 chart. This is always especially potent for songs that had just entered the charts and are climbing at the time, though those songs never have actually won before. I'm choosing that reason to explain an unprecedented amount of interest in "Heat Waves" of all Glass Animals songs which just yesterday hit the 3rd highest non-Christmas daily Spotify peak, behind "drivers license" and "In My Feelings". I do not think they can get to #1, but with Olivia freefalling like a collapsing stone that just released a flop album, perhaps momentum will be on their side in a future week. Elsewhere of note, a local WA band I saw (read: was playing cards rather than actually pay attention to them) years ago, Spacey Jane, could be seeing a top 10 peak for their runner up song "Booster Seat". Flume could get a new peak with "The Difference" which finished 3rd, and most importantly, Victorian premier Dan Andrews could be getting his first top 50 hit, but more on that next week. Ariana Grande released a remix apparently, as did HVME which has actually caused a re-crediting giving Travis Scott his 2nd top 50 hit called "Goosebumps". Doja Cat scores two new top 50 hits at once, one of which wasn't produced by a rapist. Illy scores his 2nd #1 album this week. It would seem apt that this big debut and the 4 year gap since his last album coincides with him signing with Sony. If a throwaway lyric he wrote 9 years ago holds up, he's got 2 more albums left in him. It is at least pretty noteworthy that he does it with an album with only 1 top 40 hit which was from 18 months ago. In doing so, he fends off the new Why Don't We album featuring the smash hits "1979" and "Black Skinhead". Their previous album debuted at #10 so this is a step up for them. Eminem rides a physical release for his B-Side compilation back to the top 5. ZAYN's last album didn't even make the top 50 (probably because of when it was released), so he's back on track at #10 this week. Ashnikko narrowly missed scoring a top 50 single last year but manages to slip through on the album chart, while Sleaford Mods also score their first ever top 50 peak. Next week might be The Kid LAROI's chance to finally hit #1 as the biggest competition seems to be from an animated film I've never heard of called Bluey, and the new Bicep album. Perhaps Bring Me The Horizon's well timed physical release could put them up in contention. Edited January 27, 20214 yr by Dircadirca
February 3, 20214 yr Author 01/02/2021 Singles 01 01 03 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 02 11 24 02 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 03 02 08 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 04 03 24 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 05 04 16 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 06 08 11 06 FLY AWAY Tones and I 07 07 28 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 08 94 02 08 BOOSTER SEAT Spacey Jane 09 09 14 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 10 06 04 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 11 05 13 05 34+35 Ariana Grande 12 10 04 09 GOOD DAYS SZA 13 16 09 13 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 14 15 61 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 15 12 27 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 16 20 11 03 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 17 13 14 01 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 18 31 25 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 19 14 06 07 AFTERGLOW Ed Sheeran 20 17 16 17 LASTING LOVER Sigala & James Arthur 21 21 11 21 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 22 29 04 22 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 23 RE 06 23 THE DIFFERENCE Flume feat. Toro y Moi 24 18 12 13 WHOOPTY CJ 25 24 23 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 26 23 29 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 27 46 02 27 STREETS Doja Cat 28 19 07 01 WILLOW Taylor Swift 29 32 03 29 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 30 27 19 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 31 30 23 02 DYNAMITE BTS 32 26 17 05 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE Pop Smoke 33 25 24 10 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason DeRulo 34 37 89 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 35 28 63 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 36 22 10 13 PRISONER Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa 37 33 54 01 ROSES SAINt JHN 38 34 19 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 39 NE 01 39 GET ON THE BEERS Mashd N Kutcher feat. Dan Andrews 40 39 10 39 LOOKING FOR ME Paul Woodford feat. Kareen Lomax 41 35 24 07 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 42 40 98 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 41 41 04 BREAKING ME Topic feat. A7S 44 38 33 01 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo 45 36 10 07 MONSTER Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber 46 44 10 37 SEND IT! Hooligan Hefs 47 42 41 01 ROCKSTAR DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch 48 48 03 48 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 49 43 65 02 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 50 RE 31 41 I'M GOOD? Hilltop Hoods Albums 01 NE 01 01 BLUEY THE ALBUM Bluey 02 03 26 02 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 03 RE 06 03 POST HUMAN: SURIVAL HORROR Bring Me the Horizon 04 06 03 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 05 07 58 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 04 07 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 07 09 29 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 08 36 28 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 09 12 63 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 17 28 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 11 05 37 01 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 12 NE 01 12 ISLES Bicep 13 13 43 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 44 24 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 15 14 95 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 16 11 10 01 POWER UP AC/DC 17 19 203 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 24 18 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 19 NE 01 19 LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL Chris Wilson 20 16 26 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 15 08 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 22 RE 11 06 DREAMLAND Glass Animals 23 23 306 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 21 12 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 25 22 44 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 26 18 12 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 27 25 137 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 27 149 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 39 439 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 30 55 396 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 31 20 14 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 32 26 88 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 33 30 190 19 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 34 28 109 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 35 66 41 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 36 29 72 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 37 32 150 02 ? XXXTentacion 38 40 54 02 MANIC Halsey 39 33 80 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 40 31 261 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 41 37 118 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 42 35 74 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 38 326 01 1989 Taylor Swift 44 41 165 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 51 164 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 46 57 342 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 47 54 130 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 48 52 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 49 53 145 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 50 43 07 40 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow It's a 3rd week for Olivia Rodrigo, who despite a massive collapse in streams and a not especially large margin, is safely holding #1 just because her opposition is presently falling faster. Even though "Your Love (Deja Vu)" is right there, the overwhelming sentiment is rallying behind "Heat Waves" which vaults up to #2, swapping from one undesirable peak to another. Spacey Jane have less to regret as they're just comfortably nestled in the top 10 this week, likely to drop right back out, while Glass Animals look set for another week at #2. I was also once again very wrong, as Tones and I gets a new peak for "Fly Away", outpeaking "Never Seen The Rain". Another notable result of the Hottest 100 is Flume moving back to #23 with "The Difference", which originally just snuck a quick top 50 peak. This is the first time it's ever been ahead of Spotify's pet favourite "Rushing Back". The more peculiar arrival is at #39. Mashd N Kutcher have previously charted twice with questionable re-workings of equally popular songs "Steal My Sunshine" and "Parlez vous-Francais?". I'm not qualified to talk about this as a West Australian who until this week rarely had to think much about Covid-19, but Victoria's 2020 was a lot more drastic. Vic premier Dan Andrews ended up doing daily press conferences for months on end updating the situation. From this, Mashd N Kutcher have chopped up audio from it to make "Get On The Beers", a song largely instructing everyone to get drunk. This is not an entirely new concept, as in the late '90s, Australian comedian Pauline Pantsdown did a similar thing with the raving lunacy of oft elected xenophobe Pauline Hanson, making the Hottest 100 and ARIA top 10s with two different songs of similar effect, the first of which is now banned from being played on the airwaves and is definitely not available to hear anywhere online. I'm even less qualified to talk about Bluey, but this TV cartoon soundtrack hits #1. The Kid LAROI is held off but gets a new peak this week and might be able to get to the top next week. Every Bring Me The Horizon album from 2010 onwards has hit #1 but they have to settle for #3 with their EP as the physicals bring it back into the chart. Bicep prove themselves more popular in Australia than I thought at #12.
February 3, 20214 yr Yay for a new peak for Flume/Toro Y Moi! Cannot decide if Mashd N Kutcher is a great name or an awful one.
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