August 4, 20213 yr Would you have any information on where Heartbreak Anthem or Kiss My are in the top 100? If they are at all. Thanks
August 4, 20213 yr Author Nothing exact but Heartbreak Anthem is probably around #60 and Kiss My is not really making an impression here.
August 4, 20213 yr Nothing exact but Heartbreak Anthem is probably around #60 and Kiss My is not really making an impression here. Thanks, I thought that may be the case.
August 11, 20213 yr Author 09/08/2021 Singles 01 01 04 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 06 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 12 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 04 04 07 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 05 06 02 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 NE 01 06 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 07 05 17 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 08 07 51 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 09 43 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 10 10 19 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 11 11 30 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 12 12 35 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 13 34 04 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 14 14 26 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 15 15 11 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 16 13 11 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 17 21 08 17 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 18 08 02 08 NOT SOBER The Kid Laroi feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino 19 16 06 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 20 18 11 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 21 20 24 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 22 19 20 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 23 17 18 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 24 22 18 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 25 24 36 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 26 28 16 26 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 27 23 30 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 28 58 03 28 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 29 31 10 27 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 30 25 25 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 31 32 18 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 32 NE 01 32 SKATE Silk Sonic 33 36 08 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 34 35 88 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 35 NE 01 35 GETTING OLDER Billie Eilish 36 68 04 16 NDA Billie Eilish 37 38 56 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 38 NE 01 38 OXYTOCIN Billie Eilish 39 33 09 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 40 NE 01 40 BILLIE BOSSA NOVA Billie Eilish 41 41 26 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 42 39 51 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 43 29 04 29 CLASH Dave & Stormzy 44 40 17 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 45 NE 01 45 I DIDN'T CHANGE MY NUMBER Billie Eilish 46 RE 05 18 LOST CAUSE Billie Eilish 47 37 06 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 48 42 31 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 49 56 03 49 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 50 30 04 19 MOTLEY CREW Post Malone Albums 01 NE 01 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 02 02 11 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 03 54 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 04 04 06 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 NE 01 05 WELCOME 2 AMERICA Prince 06 NE 01 06 KIDS ON CASSETTE The Wolfe Brothers 07 07 71 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 10 20 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 09 01 02 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 10 11 26 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 06 03 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 12 09 03 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 13 14 86 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 05 02 05 WE'RE ALL ALONE IS THIS TOGETHER Dave 15 19 123 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 16 15 91 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 17 11 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 18 18 231 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 08 03 01 WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE Tones and I 20 22 54 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 13 57 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 22 23 217 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 20 165 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 21 177 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 24 289 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 12 05 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 27 26 334 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 56 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 29 27 14 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 30 30 116 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 31 16 03 06 ALL OVER THE PLACE KSI 32 NE 01 32 THE HOUSE IS BURNING Isaiah Rashad 33 31 34 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 34 33 137 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 35 32 146 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 36 35 40 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 37 36 30 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 38 34 177 02 ? XXXTentacion 39 41 100 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 40 45 249 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 41 37 354 01 1989 Taylor Swift 42 44 192 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 42 467 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 44 43 108 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 45 47 47 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 46 50 157 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 47 39 79 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 48 48 157 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 49 40 08 03 HALL OF FAME Polo G 50 51 36 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus It's an easy 4th week at #1 for "STAY", things aren't even remotely close at this point so we could be looking at a long reign. Lil Nas X interrupts the top 5 but might have trouble getting higher at the moment, in part because Billie Eilish looks to vault ahead with "Happier Than Ever", though in saying that, its longevity is not certain to me considering radio will hate it and Spotify is already withdrawing support. If you were just thinking to yourself 'how dare radio pay dust to Billie Eilish, I'd like to see what they think is more essential airwaves material, then I present you the next highest top 50 debut this week. Just this past week it posted the highest weekly airplay figure since Adele's "Hello", and it's Melbourne-based producer Jolyon Petch's blast from the past cover of...Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", a song which is still in the ARIA top 50 right now. It curiously features vocals from Reigan Derry, who followers of Australian pop culture of the last 15 years might recognise from her stint on Australian Idol where she performed a cover of Karnivool's "Themata", as one half of pop duo Scarlett Belle who had some minor hits in the early 2010s, and then later in her stint on X Factor. In all honesty the cover isn't that bad and even has a low key "Blue Monday" vibe to it, but it's yet another case of the powers that be insisting that we pay disproportionate attention to FAMILIAR MELODY, as in the past year we've seen extended stints at the top of Hot Hits Australia for Brando's "Look Into My Eyes", Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill" and now this, all doing the bare minimum in response to this monstrous leg up. Silk Sonic also return though are having trouble getting off the ground, while mixed in with a lot of Billie Eilish entries is a new entry for Shouse whose "Love Tonight" has long had streaming traction but is starting to blow up in part thanks to a David Guetta remix although the lion's share of its streams are coming from the 2017 edit. Billie Eilish had the best selling album of 2019 so it should come as no surprise that she scores her 2nd #1 this week. Curiously her vinyl sales don't seem to be counted yet so if they get added to the mix this week she likely will be able to retain the top spot. Prince scores a posthumous chart entry at #5 which is also his highest debut in nearly 20 years. Tasmanian country group The Wolfe Brothers score their 3rd top 10 album and highest ever charter at #6, which slightly surpasses the #7 peak set earlier this year by fellow members of our smallest state Luca Brasi. I also want to point out because ARIA album SEA stats are often impossible to make sense of that I noticed a decline for Pop Smoke's first album, which I attribute to "Dior" being re-allocated to "Faith", which I suspect will stay as such long term even though the former will likely long outlast the latter. Isaiah Rashad also gets his first ever chart entry here.
August 18, 20213 yr Author 16/08/2021 Singles 01 01 05 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 07 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 06 02 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 04 03 13 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 05 04 08 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 06 05 03 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 07 18 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 08 08 52 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 NE 01 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 10 17 09 10 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 11 09 44 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 12 11 31 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 13 10 20 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 14 13 05 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 15 12 36 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 16 16 12 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 17 15 12 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 18 19 07 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 19 20 12 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 20 14 27 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 21 22 21 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 22 21 25 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 23 28 04 23 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 24 23 19 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 25 18 03 08 NOT SOBER The Kid Laroi feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino 26 25 37 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 27 26 17 26 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 28 29 11 27 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 29 27 31 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 30 30 26 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 31 33 09 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 32 31 19 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 33 34 89 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 24 19 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 35 37 57 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 32 02 32 SKATE Silk Sonic 37 42 52 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 38 NE 01 38 LOSE KSI feat. Lil Wayne 39 49 04 39 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 40 39 10 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 41 52 126 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 42 48 32 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 43 44 18 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 44 41 27 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 45 47 07 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 46 63 11 46 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 47 95 89 07 BEFORE YOU GO Lewis Capaldi 48 54 56 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 49 60 91 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 50 50 05 19 MOTLEY CREW Post Malone Albums 01 01 02 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 02 02 12 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 04 07 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 03 55 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 05 07 72 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 06 10 27 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 NE 01 07 AREA BABY Youngn Lipz 08 08 21 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 09 RE 26 01 ALL THINGS MUST PASS George Harrison 10 13 87 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 11 16 92 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 12 30 117 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 13 15 124 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 14 18 232 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 NE 01 15 RELEASE ME 2 Barbra Streisand 16 09 03 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 17 20 55 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 18 23 166 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 22 218 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 12 04 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 21 26 06 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 22 27 335 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 24 178 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 21 58 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 25 17 12 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 26 25 290 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 19 04 01 WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE Tones and I 28 NE 01 28 KING'S DISEASE II Nas 29 28 57 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 30 14 03 05 WE'RE ALL ALONE IS THIS TOGETHER Dave 31 NE 01 31 DON'T KISS UR FRIENDS MAY-A 32 41 355 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 43 468 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 35 147 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 33 35 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 36 11 04 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 37 05 02 05 WELCOME 2 AMERICA Prince 38 38 178 02 ? XXXTentacion 39 37 31 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 40 NE 01 40 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Tom Cardy 41 57 05 28 LIVE IN THE UK The Seekers 42 36 41 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 43 40 250 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 29 15 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 45 34 138 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 46 39 101 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 47 52 103 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 48 42 193 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 49 44 109 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 50 48 158 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day "STAY" is #1 for a 5th week to no shock. Though the rest of her album is out, Billie Eilish does climb up to #3 with "Happier Than Ever", matching "my future" as the equal highest charter from it. The Weeknd gets his 5th ever top 10 debut and tragically Dr. Luke has two songs in the top 10 currently. For those keeping track, there are now two Doja Cat songs missing from the chart, next week possibly three. KSI gets his 2nd top 50 hit. Nobody should need to care that The Voice Australia is back on TV, and while last week we had a gracious reprieve of Lewis Capaldi in the top 50, we can't always be so lucky so auditioners on The Voice covered two of his songs in two days. For the first time ever, "Before You Go" hit #1 on iTunes which is enough to get back into the top 50. They also covered "Bruises" which you might scarcely recall was also covered on The Voice Australia last year which is how it got its solitary week in the top 50 before. Despite the fact that this was on the Sunday of last week, the magic of streaming momentum means that he'll probably still be climbing again next week. As predicted, Billie Eilish leverages big vinyl sales to manage a 2nd week at #1. The highest debut of the week comes from Youngn Lipz, one of the bigger names in the modern wave of Australian hip hop most noted for the ARIA Charts' severe inability to keep up with it. He's never charted before because his biggest hits just weren't scanned, with the not-counting exception of his contribution to the remix of "Rover" last year. Just a little lower is a vinyl return for George Harrison's first album. While I am on the run of reminding everyone that our charts are fraudulent, Nas gets his first top 50 album in nearly a decade. It's not that he's seeing new found popularity, but that 2018's "NASIR" didn't get its streams to count which I suspect should've netted a top 20 debut. Riding off a run of moderately popular singles, local singer MAY-A charts for the first time with an EP. A similar result with a different approach is true of Tom Cardy, who is largely famous for appearing on triple j radio to do song parodies. Next week The Killers could perhaps take the top spot, charting alongside Luke Hemmings, Jungle, Polish Club & $uicideBoy$
August 25, 20213 yr Author 23/08/2021 Singles 01 01 06 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 08 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 04 14 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 04 05 09 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 05 06 04 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 03 03 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 07 NE 01 07 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 08 07 19 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 09 10 10 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 10 08 53 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 09 02 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 12 11 45 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 14 06 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 14 13 21 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 15 12 32 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 NE 01 16 RUMORS Lizzo feat. Cardi B 17 15 37 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 18 23 05 18 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 19 17 13 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 20 16 13 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 21 19 13 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 22 18 08 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 23 20 28 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 24 21 22 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 25 22 26 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 26 28 12 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 27 26 38 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 28 24 20 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 29 29 32 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 30 27 18 26 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 31 35 58 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 32 30 27 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 33 33 90 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 31 10 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 35 32 20 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 36 39 05 36 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 37 25 04 08 NOT SOBER The Kid Laroi feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino 38 34 20 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 39 37 53 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 40 41 127 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 42 33 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 42 43 19 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 43 52 02 43 DUMB LOVE Mimi Webb 44 44 28 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 45 48 57 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 46 40 11 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 47 49 92 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 48 45 08 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 49 53 60 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 50 46 12 46 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix Albums 01 NE 01 01 WHEN FACING THE THING WE TURN AWAY FROM Luke Hemmings 02 02 13 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 03 08 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 01 03 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 05 04 56 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 06 NE 01 06 PRESSURE MACHINE The Killers 07 05 73 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 NE 01 08 NOW WE'RE COOKIN' Polish Club 09 06 28 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 01 10 LOVING IN STEREO Jungle 11 08 22 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 10 88 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 13 18 167 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 14 11 93 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 12 118 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 16 14 233 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 17 13 125 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 18 NE 01 18 LONG TERM EFFECTS OF SUFFERING $uicideBoy$ 19 19 219 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 22 336 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 26 291 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 24 59 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 23 21 07 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 24 23 179 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 17 56 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 25 13 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 27 07 02 07 AREA BABY Youngn Lipz 28 NE 01 28 GOOD THINGS Dan + Shay 29 20 05 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 30 29 58 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 31 30 04 05 WE'RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER Dave 32 32 356 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 36 05 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 34 34 148 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 15 02 15 RELEASE ME 2 Barbra Streisand 36 44 16 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 37 38 179 02 ? XXXTentacion 38 39 32 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 16 04 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 40 48 194 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 43 251 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 42 35 36 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 43 46 102 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 44 42 42 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 45 33 469 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 46 50 159 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 47 52 49 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 48 27 05 01 WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE Tones and I 49 45 139 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 50 58 371 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters "STAY" is #1 for a 6th week with absolutely no competition in sight, which will mostly be amusing when it's potentially still #1 3 months later but not even nominated for Song Of The Year at the ARIA Awards. I also must warn you that I have a rant incoming, for we have a new debut in the top 10. "Cold Heart" is Elton John's first appearance in the top 10 since "Ghetto Gospel", or if you're not willing to count that, then "Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 1997". This is not an unprecedented track as of course Pnau made an entire album of Elton John mashups & such, curiously this has outpeaked "Rocket Man" and likely will outpeak "Sacrifice" next week. My beef with this record is that in this 2020s decade in which a pandemic has swept across the world, the arts have suffered heavy pushback, especially on a local level. Our government which we've unfortunately been stuck with for the last 8 years continues to be hopeless at compensating, and our local broadcasters have made no effort to improve their already below bare minimum effort in supporting local arts. Which is to say that we are supposed to have a quota of Australian content but it's always skirted by either shoring it up during the late hours when nobody's listening, or just plain not bothering, despite constant signs that the public are happy to hear and support it. Make no mistake that if there is a quota being met, it will only be just that, so Australian content often is indirectly competing with itself. But what always seems to take priority is Australian content that's internationally approved, or rather signal boosting international stars. We have a wealth of local content that needs all the help it can get, but it's going to get muscled out of a chance for all the spins going to Dua Lipa or a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" which by the definitions used, count as Australian content. Which is kind of a bit shit to be honest. Speaking of which, that "Dreams" cover reaches the top 20 and becomes the highest chart entry ever for vocalist Reigan Derry, outpacing her #20 peaking cover of "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith. On an unrelated note to "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith, we have a new entry to the top 50 which is not at all a cover of "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith, instead it's Mimi Webb's "Dumb Love", which is her first time in the chart after "Good Without" never really took off here. Lizzo also returns to the chart with her 3rd top 20 hit though I can't say for certain if it has any chart ascent in its future. Also our barometer of whether or not it's a slow week, "Mr. Brightside", is back for the 2nd time this year. As further evidence that the general public will happily buy into our local product, we have a new #1 this week from Luke Hemmings. 5 Seconds Of Summer have hit #1 with all 4 of their albums thus far, though the first solo outing from Ashton could only manage a #37 peak, in part due to a staggered format release. Luke on the other hand goes right to the top in spite of almost no broadcaster support. He beats out competition from The Killers, who had previously hit the top 5 with all 6 of their studio albums, including the last two going to #1 but this more low key release can only match the peak of "Sawdust". Local band Polish Club score their first ever top 10 peak after two top 20 peaking albums previously, while surprisingly Jungle also score their first top 10 and even top the vinyl chart this week. They're all swapping with $uicideBoy$ who previously reached #10 but this week only manage #18. Also perhaps disappointing is Dan + Shay who land considerably lower than the #15 peak they reached before producing a huge top 5 smash in "10,000 Hours", which oddly left the Spotify top 200 for the first time this week. Next week Lorde will attempt to make it 3 for 3, alongside entries for Tropical F*ck Storm, Holy Holy, Angus & Julia Stone and Trippie Redd.
September 1, 20213 yr Author 30/08/2021 Singles 01 01 07 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 09 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 NE 01 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 04 07 02 04 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 05 05 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 03 15 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 07 04 10 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 08 06 04 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 09 11 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 10 08 20 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 11 10 54 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 12 12 46 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 13 07 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 14 14 22 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 15 15 33 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 18 06 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 17 11 03 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 18 19 14 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 19 17 38 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 20 16 02 16 RUMORS Lizzo feat. Cardi B 21 21 14 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 22 20 14 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 23 23 29 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 24 22 09 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 25 25 27 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 26 24 23 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 27 NE 01 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 28 26 13 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 29 NE 01 29 MOOD RING Lorde 30 27 39 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 31 31 59 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 32 33 91 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 29 33 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 34 36 06 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 35 34 11 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 36 30 19 26 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 37 32 28 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 38 28 21 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 39 RE 06 14 SOLAR POWER Lorde 40 39 54 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 41 35 21 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 42 40 128 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 NE 01 43 DON'T GO Skrillex with Justin Bieber & Don Toliver 44 52 57 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 45 38 21 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 46 37 05 08 NOT SOBER The Kid Laroi feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino 47 43 03 43 DUMB LOVE Mimi Webb 48 47 93 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 49 56 229 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 50 41 34 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME Albums 01 NE 01 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 02 02 14 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 03 09 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 NE 01 04 HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL WORLD Holy Holy 05 04 04 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 06 05 57 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 07 NE 01 07 DEEP STATES Tropical F**k Storm 08 07 74 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 NE 01 09 TRIP AT KNIGHT Trippie Redd 10 09 29 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 NE 01 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 12 11 23 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 16 234 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 12 89 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 13 168 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 NE 01 16 LIFE IS STRANGE Angus and Julia Stone 17 14 94 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 15 119 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 19 19 220 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 17 126 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 21 20 337 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 21 292 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 24 180 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 25 57 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 22 60 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 26 69 37 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 39 05 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 28 30 59 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 29 32 357 01 1989 Taylor Swift 30 58 111 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 31 37 180 02 ? XXXTentacion 32 06 02 06 PRESSURE MACHINE The Killers 33 45 470 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 34 149 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 29 06 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 36 38 33 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 37 41 252 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 38 46 160 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 39 40 195 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 40 68 374 01 X Ed Sheeran 41 43 103 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 42 44 43 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 43 33 06 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 44 51 49 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 45 53 82 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 46 42 37 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 52 275 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 48 47 50 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 90 09 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator 50 27 03 07 AREA BABY Youngn Lipz "STAY" is #1 for a 7th week. It'll be #1 for an 8th week too. Kanye West did briefly overtake him on Spotify but I'm skeptical he'll even get his limited week's coverage accurately reported, which he's no stranger to with the botched chart for "ye"'s release. I also have no idea what they're going to do about the Pt.2's and the inconsistent data reporting which they may or may not take at face value. Next week's chart will be interesting I guess. As for this week, Ed Sheeran has a big debut for "Visiting Hours", which I believe has charted higher in Australia than anywhere else, which makes sense as it's an ode to Aus music industry legend Michael Gudinski who passed away earlier this year, and Ed performed it at his funeral. Also debuting this week is Clinton Kane, who has never quite charted before but looks set to do pretty well with this one in the coming months. He of course joins Australia's long tradition of dudes with two first names. Lorde also gets a 2nd top 50 hit from her new album though it'll be sadly very short lived. Skrillex is back with an artist credit for the first time in years. Australia has long been Lorde's 2nd best market so it should come as little surprise that she scores a 3rd #1 album here. It is unclear whether or not ARIA counted the non-CD containing albums she was selling. Holy Holy missed the top 10 with their last album but now get a new high of #4. Tropical F**k Storm also get their 2nd top 10 and highest charter, and it's kind of weird to me considering The Drones never got that high. Trippie Redd charts haphazardously on a regular basis but now he has his first top 10 album, while Australian country legend Slim Dusty charts yet another posthumous collection. Angus & Julia Stone usually chart at or close to the #1 spot although their soundtrack album for the latest Life Is Strange game is charting in the top 20 without (I believe) a physical release which is impressive in its own right. I'm also not certain a video game soundtrack has ever made the top 50 before. As a fun side note, Kanye's masterpiece MBDTF is back in the top 50 for the first time in about a decade, and it's possibly because I told ARIA it wasn't being counted on the survey. Next week was already a bumper week for releases before Kanye asserted himself. The lack of a full week or physical release means that I can't even say he's certain for #1, as Bliss N Eso have strong past form, their last album had a better opening week than Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." the same month. Halsey thus will be aiming for her 4th #2 album, while CHVRCHES, Gretta Ray, OneRepublic & Ngaiire should be in the mix too. Edited September 1, 20213 yr by Dircadirca
September 8, 20213 yr Author 06/09/2021 Singles 01 01 08 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 10 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 04 03 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 NE 01 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 05 NE 01 05 JAIL Kanye West 06 05 06 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 07 11 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 08 06 16 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 NE 01 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 10 11 55 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 08 05 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 12 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 13 NE 01 13 PRAISE GOD Kanye West 14 10 21 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 NE 01 15 MOON Kanye West 16 03 02 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 17 NE 01 17 BELIEVE WHAT I SAY Kanye West 18 12 47 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 19 NE 01 19 JONAH Kanye West 20 NE 01 20 GOD BREATHED Kanye West 21 16 07 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 22 NE 01 22 OK OK Kanye West 23 14 23 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 24 NE 01 24 HEAVEN AND HELL Kanye West 25 13 08 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 NE 01 26 WOMAN Doja Cat 27 15 34 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 28 18 15 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 29 NE 01 29 24 Kanye West 30 NE 01 30 JUNYA Kanye West 31 NE 01 31 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Kanye West 32 19 39 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 33 27 02 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 34 NE 01 34 REMOTE CONTROL Kanye West 35 17 04 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 36 21 15 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 37 NE 01 37 PURE SOULS Kanye West 38 NE 01 38 DONDA Kanye West 39 28 14 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 40 22 15 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 41 NE 01 41 KEEP MY SPIRIT ALIVE Kanye West 42 24 10 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 43 23 30 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 44 NE 01 44 JESUS LORD Kanye West 45 20 03 16 RUMORS Lizzo feat. Cardi B 46 NE 01 46 NEW AGAIN Kanye West 47 RE 14 06 BUTTER BTS 48 26 24 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 49 NE 01 49 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 50 25 28 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman Albums 01 NE 01 01 DONDA Kanye West 02 NE 01 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 03 NE 01 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 04 02 15 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 03 10 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 NE 01 06 SCREEN VIOLENCE CHVRCHES 07 06 58 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 05 05 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 01 02 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 10 NE 01 10 HUMAN OneRepublic 11 08 75 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 12 24 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 NE 01 13 BEGIN TO LOOK AROUND Gretta Ray 14 10 30 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 15 13 235 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 NE 01 16 BRONX (VI) The Bronx 17 14 90 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 15 169 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 17 95 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 19 221 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 20 127 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 24 58 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 21 338 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 18 120 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 25 23 181 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 25 61 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 22 293 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 11 02 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 29 29 358 01 1989 Taylor Swift 30 28 60 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 31 09 02 09 TRIP AT KNIGHT Trippie Redd 32 NE 01 32 3 Ngaiire 33 63 195 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 34 34 150 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 33 471 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 31 181 02 ? XXXTentacion 37 39 196 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 38 161 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 39 37 253 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 40 61 373 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 41 47 276 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 36 34 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 43 44 50 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 44 35 07 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 45 41 104 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 46 30 112 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 47 48 51 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 48 53 166 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 49 NE 01 49 WE LOVE YOU TECCA 2 Lil Tecca 50 45 83 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat It's an 8th uncontested week at #1 for "STAY". It's spent its entire chart run at #1 thus far which is of course notable as it gives it a record to chase, Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" having spent its first 13 weeks on the chart at #1 (just surpassing a long held record by Eminem's "Lose Yourself" which managed 12 weeks). Conveniently it might be up to Ed Sheeran to topple it but also I can't not acknowledge the potential for Drake to snatch the top spot next week. "Girls Want Girls" is already off #1 on Spotify & Apple but it's possible it had a good enough start to hold on for the rest of the week. Either way Drake will probably be content to break a record that Kanye West just set (SEGUES FOR DAYS) regarding the most top 50 debuts in a single week. 19 tracks from "DONDA" debuted in the top 50 this week which beats the old record of 16 from Taylor Swift last year. ARIA's midweeks had Drake's entire album in the top 50 and only "The Remorse" looks like it might slip out but even then it could still make it. As for Kanye, this week's edition of what is ARIA doing is the fact that we have "Hurricane (Version 2)" whatever that means, I guess Kanye fixed it. Whatever it means, it's Kanye's highest chart entry since "I Love It" made #4 in 2018, and the last time he got higher than that was "FourFiveSeconds" at #1 in 2015, but if you want to talk about just lead Kanye stuff for Kanye projects, then you have to go back to "Stronger"'s #2 peak in 2007. Also that throwaway remix thing is now Pnau's highest ever chart entry. Radio loves it because of course it does. Another interesting thing that happened this week is that ARIA finally decided to include all of Doja Cat's non-Dr. Luke songs, so "Woman" and "Get Into It (Yuh)" both finally debut, while "Ain't Shit" of course is also being included now that it's not high enough to make the top 50. This all coalesces into an interesting week of drop outs where not only are we spared of Capaldi again, not only do we only have 1 version of the Fleetwood Mac song that went viral on TikTok a year ago, but we also lose "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd for the first time ever. The Weeknd thus logged 91 consecutive weeks in the top 50 which is 1 more than "Someone You Loved" managed by 1 less than "Dance Monkey" managed. This record will thus stand for at least another 45 weeks though nearest competitor "Levitating" is starting to show its age on the Spotify chart, so clearly we should be looking out for "Heat Waves" which apparently even in Australia some people still haven't heard enough for three lifetimes so it's climbing back into the top 10 despite the competition. Oh and BTS return to the top 50 thanks to the Megan Thee Stallion remix of "Butter". Kanye West also gets to #1 in what was probably a closer battle than you might expect. It's his 4th #1 album which is all of his studio albums since "Yeezus" except for "The Life Of Pablo" which only recently logged its first ever chart position in Australia. For the first time in a long time, this means Bliss N Eso have to settle for not quite #1. They've had 3 consecutive #1 albums since 2010 though this is also their first album in a long time to not really have a crossover hit of any capacity, so people would be forgiven for not even realising they had a new album out. Kanye's midweek release also disrupts a tradition as for the first time ever, a Halsey album does not debut at #2, instead settling for #3. This is a bit of a banger week for me because perhaps my songs of the year both came out in album form. Perhaps enough people heard "Miracle" in time to not buy CHVRCHES' 3rd album on release because they've ascended just a little bit up from a #7 debut to a #6 debut on their 4th, previous best form is "Every Open Eye" reaching #3. It's also release week for Australian singer-songwriter Gretta Ray and her debut album. She came to national attention winning triple j's Unearthed High competition for her damn excellent debut single "Drive" in 2016 and has been steadily releasing material ever since, though only material from the last 10 months has ended up on this album. In-between these, another long awaited album, this time OneRepublic arrives in the top 10, which is their lowest position but maintains an almost perfect record of top 10 albums (even Ryan Tedder has acknowledged that Australia wasn't interested in their 2nd album, which didn't even make the top 50). With how many streaming hits it has, it might be one of the better chances to stick around on the chart a bit. The Bronx score their highest ever chart position with what is not actually their 6th album if you count all the Mariachi El Bronx albums, while another one of my favourite songs of the year arrives via Ngaiire's 3rd album "3", her highest ever debut. Lil Tecca also sneaks in, quite a bit lower than the prequel album got. Next week looks like Drake's for the taking, with Iron Maiden & Imagine Dragons along for the ride.
September 8, 20213 yr yikes at the sheer amount of Kanye in this chart and I suppose Drake next week as well, ARIA need to take a note from OCC.
September 8, 20213 yr Author I dunno I've never understood the overblown reaction. The whole chart is otherwise just cosplaying as ''organic popularity'' by way of playlists that give most current hits a huge leg up, and if that's still not enough to beat the big new album, well who cares we'll go back to our Fleetwood Mac purgatory in a few weeks anyway. Take out Kanye and this is one of the most boring weeks ever on the chart. I am dreading the casual racism of ARIA commenters when Drake makes ABBA not chart as high as they would have, had they released on a sensible week though. Edited September 8, 20213 yr by Dircadirca
September 15, 20213 yr Author 13/09/2021 Singles 01 01 09 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 NE 01 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake feat. Lil Baby 03 NE 01 03 FAIR TRADE Drake feat. Travis Scott 04 02 11 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 03 04 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 06 NE 01 06 CHAMPAGNE POETRY Drake 07 NE 01 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake feat. Future & Young Thug 08 NE 01 08 PAPI'S HOME Drake 09 04 02 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 10 10 56 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 06 07 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 12 NE 01 12 LOVE ALL Drake feat. JAY-Z 13 NE 01 13 KNIFE TALK Drake feat. 21 Savage & Project Pat 14 NE 01 14 IN THE BIBLE Drake feat. Lil Durk & GIVEON 15 08 17 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 16 NE 01 16 TSU Drake 17 07 12 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 18 NE 01 18 NO FRIENDS IN THE INDUSTRY Drake 19 NE 01 19 N 2 DEEP Drake feat. Future 20 11 06 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 14 22 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 22 12 13 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 NE 01 23 PIPE DOWN Drake 24 05 02 05 JAIL Kanye West 25 18 48 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 26 09 02 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 27 NE 01 27 DON'T SHUT ME DOWN ABBA 28 NE 01 28 7AM ON BRIDLE PATH Drake 29 NE 01 29 RACE MY MIND Drake 30 26 02 26 WOMAN Doja Cat 31 16 03 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 32 23 24 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 33 NE 01 33 IMY2 Drake 34 21 08 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 35 25 09 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 36 NE 01 36 FOUNTAINS Drake feat. Tems 37 27 35 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 38 NE 01 38 YEBBA'S HEARTBREAK Drake & Yebba 39 NE 01 39 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU ABBA 40 NE 01 40 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Drake feat. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross 41 NE 01 41 GET ALONG BETTER Drake feat. Ty Dolla $ign 42 33 03 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 43 15 02 15 MOON Kanye West 44 32 40 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 45 28 16 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 46 NE 01 46 F**KING FANS Drake 47 35 05 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 48 58 35 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 49 36 16 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 50 40 16 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo Albums 01 NE 01 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 02 01 02 01 DONDA Kanye West 03 NE 01 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 04 04 16 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 05 11 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 02 02 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 07 08 06 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 08 07 59 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 09 11 76 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 10 NE 01 10 MERCURY - ACT 1 Imagine Dragons 11 03 02 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 12 58 39 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 13 09 03 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 14 NE 01 14 NOEASY Stray Kids 15 14 31 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 12 25 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 17 91 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 RE 86 09 ABBA GOLD & MORE ABBA 19 18 170 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 15 236 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 19 96 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 20 222 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 21 128 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 23 339 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 22 59 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 24 121 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 27 25 182 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 27 294 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 26 62 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 06 02 06 SCREEN VIOLENCE CHVRCHES 31 NE 01 31 DAWN OF CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 32 29 359 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 NE 01 33 THE SATURDAY SESSIONS David Campbell 34 34 151 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 35 472 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 30 61 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 37 33 196 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 38 37 197 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 28 03 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 40 NE 01 40 SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT Little Simz 41 36 182 02 ? XXXTentacion 42 41 277 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 63 142 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 44 42 35 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 38 162 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 46 39 254 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 47 43 51 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 48 56 428 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 49 46 113 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 50 45 105 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone "STAY" lasts a 9th week at #1, matching the chart run of Justice Crew's "Que Sera" as the 2nd longest reigning Australian #1 single unless you want to go back to pre-ARIA and count Daddy Cool's 10 week reign for "Eagle Rock". If it wants to become the longest reigning Australian #1, it will have a slightly longer way to go than Matt Amodio does on Jeopardy! right now to take the longest reign on there. And yes, this is when we begin to genuinely consider if Mariah Carey will be what knocks The Kid LAROI off the #1 spot. I know I mentioned Ed Sheeran last week but he's lagging behind on streams and doesn't look like he'll have the sales prowess that "Bad Habits" had, I don't think this one actually has CD Singles over here this time either but I could be wrong. Anyway, Drake is narrowly pipped to the post to take his highest chart position since 2017 with "Girls Want Girls". "Fair Trade" also becomes Travis Scott's equal highest charting entry alongside "HIGHEST IN THE ROOM". Prior to this week there had been two top 10 hits with 'Future' in their title, but only this week does Future get there for the first time, having gotten as high as #11 with "Life Is Good". In case you were wondering, Drake's 5/10 hold of the top 10 is not quite a record, as Billie Eilish managed 6/10 2 years ago. He does however narrowly take away Kanye's record he just set last week of having the most simultaneous top 50 entries with 20. The final track on "Certified Lover Boy" didn't quite hold on strong enough throughout the week to stay in, despite appearing there in the early midweeks. With more Drake going in than Kanye going out this week, you'd expect there to be no re-entries, but The Voice has come through in clutch to bring back "drivers license" despite it not really recovering in streams because iTunes sales are OP. Also the award for worst timed release goes to ABBA's label, who perhaps could only have chosen about 10 worse weeks at any point in the last 40 years to return to the chart to make the most impact, though they do land in the top 40 with both singles. If Kanye getting to #1 was a close call, Drake getting there certainly was not. He picks up his 4th #1 album which ties him with Kanye West as the solo rappers with the 2nd most, quite a distance behind Eminem. Perhaps a better chosen week could have worked also for Iron Maiden, who score their 3rd top 3 album having not reached #1 yet. Last week Halsey ruined her holding pattern of #2 peaks, and this week Imagine Dragons ruin their pattern of #4 peaks as their 5th album debuts at #10. Stray Kids get their first ever entry, while Lady Gaga comes through with a remix album. Noted son of Jimmy Barnes, David Campbell has his semi-regular return to the chart while for the first time the excellent Little Simz scores a chart entry with her latest album. Perhaps all the people who listened to Drake's new album and pretended to be shocked when they didn't like it could've drawn their attention to the better major hip hop release that week. Next week in the world of strangely named Australian bands we will have new entries for Amyl and the Sniffers and also Pist Idiots. Perhaps also getting through could be Steps, The Black Sorrows, Baby Keem & Kacey Musgraves. Edited September 15, 20213 yr by Dircadirca
September 23, 20213 yr Author 20/09/2021 Singles 01 01 10 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 04 12 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 05 05 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 10 57 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 NE 01 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 11 08 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 02 02 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake feat. Lil Baby 08 15 18 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 03 02 03 FAIR TRADE Drake feat. Travis Scott 10 17 13 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 20 07 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 03 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 13 07 02 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake feat. Future & Young Thug 14 21 23 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 22 14 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 16 25 49 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 17 30 03 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 18 13 02 13 KNIFE TALK Drake feat. 21 Savage & Project Pat 19 32 25 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 20 34 09 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 21 37 36 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 35 10 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 23 44 41 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 24 31 04 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 25 42 04 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 26 45 17 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 27 NE 01 27 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 28 57 02 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 29 06 02 06 CHAMPAGNE POETRY Drake 30 52 03 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 31 NE 01 31 HIGHER Bella Taylor Smith 32 49 17 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 33 47 06 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 34 53 16 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello & Jonas Brothers 35 54 26 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 36 51 32 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 50 17 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 38 59 30 12 FRIDAY Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 39 60 62 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 62 09 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 41 48 36 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 42 RE 26 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 43 63 94 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 44 70 03 44 FAMILY TIES Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar 45 RE 36 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 46 64 42 04 THE BUSINESS Tiesto 47 26 03 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 48 58 12 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Maneskin 49 43 03 15 MOON Kanye West 50 67 57 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior Albums 01 01 02 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 02 NE 01 02 COMFORT TO ME Amyl and the Sniffers 03 04 17 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 05 12 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 02 03 01 DONDA Kanye West 06 03 02 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 07 08 60 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 07 07 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 NE 01 09 STAR-CROSSED Kacey Musgraves 10 09 77 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 NE 01 11 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS PT. 2 Steps 12 NE 01 12 IDIOCRACY Pist Idiots 13 17 92 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 NE 01 14 SAINT GEORGES ROAD The Black Sorrows 15 15 32 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 16 26 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 12 40 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 18 20 237 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 171 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 13 04 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 21 NE 01 21 THE MELODIC BLUE Baby Keem 22 NE 01 22 SHADOWS AND SHININGS Drapht 23 RE 282 01 METALLICA Metallica 24 21 97 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 06 03 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 26 24 340 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 22 223 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 11 03 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 29 23 129 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 25 60 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 27 183 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 28 295 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 26 122 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 34 32 360 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 29 63 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 35 473 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 37 34 152 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 RE 21 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PT. 1 Keith Urban 39 43 143 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 40 NE 01 40 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 41 36 62 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 42 37 197 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 43 55 377 01 X Ed Sheeran 44 42 278 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 49 114 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 46 38 198 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 47 45 163 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 46 255 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 44 36 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 41 183 02 ? XXXTentacion Sorry, no analysis this week. Not in a great mental state today, and I got judged on this forum for finding dynamic chart movement interesting anyway. Hopefully I feel better next week, and shout out to all the Australian artists debuting on the album chart this week.
September 29, 20213 yr Author 27/09/2021 Singles 01 01 11 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 13 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 06 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 06 09 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 05 04 58 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 05 02 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 NE 01 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 08 08 19 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 19 26 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 10 10 14 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 11 08 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 03 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 13 07 03 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 14 14 24 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 16 50 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 16 15 15 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 17 27 02 17 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 18 13 03 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 19 17 04 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 21 37 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 21 20 10 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 22 12 04 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 23 NE 01 23 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 24 23 42 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 25 22 11 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 18 03 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 27 26 18 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 28 NE 01 28 WILDEST DREAMS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 28 03 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 30 25 05 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 31 32 18 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 32 24 05 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 33 30 04 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 34 33 07 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 35 34 17 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 36 36 33 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 40 10 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 38 35 27 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 39 38 31 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 40 42 27 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 41 56 02 41 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 42 37 18 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 43 39 63 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 43 95 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 45 41 37 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 46 50 58 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 47 46 43 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 48 49 04 15 MOON Kanye West 49 48 13 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 50 68 08 50 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes Albums 01 NE 01 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 02 NE 01 02 THE WAIT Vika & Linda 03 01 03 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 04 03 18 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 04 13 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 05 04 01 DONDA Kanye West 07 07 61 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 NE 01 08 ETERNAL BLUE Spiritbox 09 08 08 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 10 78 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 16 27 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 15 33 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 NE 01 13 STUDIOS 301 SESSIONS Lachy Doley 14 13 93 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 06 03 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 16 NE 01 16 STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM NCT 127 17 23 283 01 METALLICA Metallica 18 19 172 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 238 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 NE 01 20 SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL.16 (1980-1985) Bob Dylan 21 24 98 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 26 341 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 27 224 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 30 61 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 34 361 01 1989 Taylor Swift 26 17 41 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 20 05 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 28 29 130 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 31 184 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 NE 01 30 AS LONG AS IT'S NOT US Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes 31 32 296 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 33 123 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 33 35 64 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 NE 01 34 WHITE HEAT Natalie Henry 35 37 153 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 36 57 430 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 37 40 02 37 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 38 46 199 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 02 02 02 COMFORT TO ME Amyl & the Sniffers 40 36 474 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 41 45 115 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 42 41 63 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 43 44 279 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 39 144 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 45 28 04 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 46 65 169 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 47 164 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 48 256 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 49 37 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 73 41 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift "STAY" holds #1 for an 11th week in a row. Next week it will tie "Lose Yourself" for the second longest unbroken reign for a #1 debut. Lil Nas X scores a slight new peak thanks to his album release for "INDUSTRY BABY" while his stealthy cover of "White Lies" by Max Frost also debuts in the top 10. He has no other debuts however because ARIA did a funny, whether this is just typical affair or a new outrageous reaction to people who hate Drake but otherwise don't engage with chart news probably won't be clear until Ed Sheeran releases his album. Speaking of Drake, "Fair Trade" overtakes "Girls Want Girls" so he actually has a different highest track in Australia, the UK & the US (and New Zealand nearly had "Knife Talk" as its highest this week). My own anxiety meant that I didn't mention The Anxiety debuting last week which is interesting because "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l" was never acknowledged, and now "Meet Me At Our Spot" rides into the top 20. Central Cee has had a couple of songs hover around the Spotify top 200 this year but gets his first chart entry with "Obsessed With You", which is also technically the first time PinkPantheress has charted as "Pain" didn't quite make the chart. The omission of Lil Nas X (specifically "Scoop") allows Walker Hayes to crack the top 50 illegitimately (though I suspect he'll climb again next week). CKay also makes his debut thanks to the combined efforts of both versions of "love nwantiti", where the original is performing quite a bit better than the original. He may soon reach the top 10 if he keeps up current momentum. Lil Nas X's debut album debuts at #1. His "7" EP both debuted and later re-climbed to #5 2 years ago and I'm not certain why that was the case. In doing so he narrowly fends off chart veterans Vika & Linda who of course scored their first #1 album last year. Iconic metalcore band iwrestledabearonce never charted in their heyday, but two members of that band went on to form Spiritbox who get I believe their highest chart position in Australia as their debut album lands in the top 10. It's probably not your wedding night, but it's a good week for people named Lachlan. Firstly we have Lachy Doley who has been around for decades primarily working behind the scenes for big names like Jimmy Barnes & Powderfinger. As a solo performer he gets his highest ever chart position this week in the top 20. Then more modern we have alt-country group Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, who get their first ever top 50 album this week. Also charting for the first time here is Korean boy band NCT 127 and Australian country singer Natalie Henry. In a feat so rare it has to be remarked upon, the posthumous Gurrumul compilation that debuted last week has actually climbed to a new peak this week. Maybe there's still time for Doja Cat to climb to a new peak as well. Next week could help with those prospects as it's a more quiet week, with local debuts from Ruby Fields, Natalie Imbruglia & Darlinghurst.
October 6, 20213 yr Author 04/10/2021 Singles 01 01 12 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 03 07 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 02 14 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 05 59 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 04 10 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 06 03 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 NE 01 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 08 07 02 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 09 08 20 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 15 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 11 09 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 27 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 13 23 02 13 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 14 15 51 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 15 14 25 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 16 12 04 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 17 17 03 17 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 18 13 04 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 19 19 05 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 16 16 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 21 20 38 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 21 11 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 23 18 04 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 24 24 43 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 25 25 12 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 27 19 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 27 26 04 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 28 29 04 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 29 22 05 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 30 31 19 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 31 41 03 31 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 32 30 06 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 33 34 08 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 34 35 18 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 35 37 11 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 36 36 34 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 38 28 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 38 44 96 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 39 43 64 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 42 19 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 41 39 32 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 42 33 05 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 43 28 02 28 WILDEST DREAMS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 45 38 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 45 46 59 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 46 32 06 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 47 40 28 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 48 47 44 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 49 73 02 49 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 50 50 09 50 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes Albums 01 NE 01 01 BEEN DOIN' IT FOR A BIT Ruby Fields 02 03 04 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 03 04 19 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 01 02 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 05 05 14 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 10 79 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 07 07 62 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 06 05 01 DONDA Kanye West 09 NE 01 09 DARLINGHURST Darlinghurst 10 09 09 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 11 11 28 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 14 94 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 13 12 34 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 14 18 173 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 15 19 239 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 21 99 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 23 225 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 25 362 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 22 342 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 20 02 02 02 THE WAIT Vika & Linda 21 28 131 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 24 62 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 29 185 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 17 284 01 METALLICA Metallica 25 RE 74 04 FALLING & FLYING 360 26 26 42 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 31 297 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 32 124 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 29 33 65 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 NE 01 30 FIREBIRD Natalie Imbruglia 31 38 200 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 32 40 475 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 33 35 154 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 34 41 116 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 35 15 04 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 36 43 280 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 42 64 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 38 56 110 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 39 36 431 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 40 44 145 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 41 47 165 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 42 48 257 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 37 03 37 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 44 50 42 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 45 51 379 01 X Ed Sheeran 46 49 38 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 46 170 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 48 65 55 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 27 06 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 50 52 199 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack It's a 12th straight week for "STAY". It should very likely be #1 this coming week as well but it's beginning to run into the thread of Hot 100 synergy which is to say that with America seemingly deciding to now get on board with this strange Elton John thing, it's been gifted more weeks of streaming momentum which paired with strong sales could make the jump soon unless Adele has something to say about it. Otherwise it's a relatively quiet week. Coldplay & BTS arrive in the top 10 which is Coldplay's 9th top 10 hit and BTS's 5th. It's actually holding up pretty well with streaming so it won't totally collapse next week. This might be the vacancy CKay needs to slip in as he takes a big jump this week. The only other entry this week is from Oliver Tree making his first ever chart appearance here though he was somewhat close to making triple j's Hottest 100 for 2020. In a rare instance, I don't think there's anything missing from the top 50 so I was barely right about Walker Hayes entering the top 50 legitimately this week. On the other hand I clearly underestimated the tenacity of this week's album chart arrivals, as what I expected as a mid-top 10 debut for Ruby Fields is actually a #1 placing. She emerged in 2017 as an extremely DIY musician who even crafts her own equipment, winning over audiences with emotionally gripping singles, in particular the 2018 track "Dinosaurs" which placed in the top 10 of the 2018 Hottest 100 rubbing shoulders with "when the party's over" and "Be Alright". Our other top 10 debut this week is yet another Australian country group, with Darlinghurst coming in strong with their debut album. Making a return to the chart is 360's massive smash album "Falling & Flying" from 2011 which briefly saw him dominating the charts with an arguably claim to having the best selling Australian hip-hop single of all time with "Boys Like You" (a few Hilltop Hoods songs have since overtaken it). Natalie Imbruglia last charted in 2015 with an album of covers so she's back here with original material for the first time since 2005. Next week should see big new entries for Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga, Client Liaison, Pond & The Script
October 13, 20213 yr Author 13/10/2021 Singles 01 01 13 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 08 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 15 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 04 60 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 06 04 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 05 11 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 08 03 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 08 13 03 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 09 11 10 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 09 21 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 11 10 16 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 12 14 52 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 12 28 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 14 07 02 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 15 15 26 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 16 17 04 16 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 17 60 02 17 DRY Rancid Eddie 18 19 06 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 19 21 39 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 20 20 17 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 21 27 05 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 22 22 12 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 23 16 05 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 24 26 20 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 25 25 13 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 18 05 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 27 23 05 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 28 28 05 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 29 24 44 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 30 31 04 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 31 30 20 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 32 34 19 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 33 35 12 33 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 34 33 09 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 35 38 97 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 36 39 65 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 32 07 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 38 36 35 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 39 37 29 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 40 29 06 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 41 49 03 41 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 42 42 06 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 43 40 20 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 44 44 39 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 45 45 60 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 46 48 45 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 47 50 10 47 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 48 41 33 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 49 52 02 49 ALONE WITH YOU Arz 50 67 02 50 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie Albums 01 02 05 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 02 03 20 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 05 15 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 04 03 01 MONTERO Lil' Nas X 05 78 23 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 06 NE 01 06 9 Pond 07 NE 01 07 DIVINE INTERVENTION Client Liaison 08 06 80 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 07 63 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 10 10 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 11 NE 01 11 LOVE FOR SALE Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 12 08 06 01 DONDA Kanye West 13 11 29 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 12 95 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 13 35 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 NE 01 16 TALES FROM THE SCRIPT: GREATEST HITS The Script 17 15 240 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 14 174 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 NE 01 19 THE SCRAPBOOK Angus Gill 20 16 100 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 17 226 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 21 132 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 22 63 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 19 343 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 23 186 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 18 363 01 1989 Taylor Swift 27 27 298 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 28 125 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 29 24 285 01 METALLICA Metallica 30 29 66 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 31 58 274 01 25 Adele 32 33 155 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 33 26 43 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 34 43 04 34 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 35 32 476 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 31 201 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 RE 302 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 38 38 111 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 39 39 432 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 40 44 43 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 41 36 281 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 37 65 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 43 34 117 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 44 40 146 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 45 42 258 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 46 48 56 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 47 41 166 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 35 05 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 49 46 39 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 52 204 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift Ever since late July there have been two constants for me, Matt Amodio winning every night on Jeopardy! and "STAY" being #1 on ARIA. The former's reign ended this week so could that be the same after 13 weeks here? It'll definitely be closer but I think "Cold Heart"'s streaming momentum has started to stall a little in the last couple of days so short of some desperate extra sales from other revenue outlets, we've likely got one more week for The Kid LAROI until Adele does her thing. Elsewhere this week, CKay climbs into the top 10, and Billie Eilish returns, possibly helped by the rare feat of having two versions of the same song in the Spotify top 50, both racking up those sweet sweet incidental plays from people who hopefully won't notice her song getting played 1.5x as often as any other. Arz continues the recent run of TikTok hits with high pitched sample choruses while Joel of many surnames brings "OUT OUT" to the top 50. Stromae only barely reached the top 100 in 2010 with the Kanye West remix of "Alors on danse" so I have to imagine there are a lot of people hearing the loop for the first time here. Anyway the real main story of this week is a big one so strap in. Australia has a reputation for larrikinism which to put it nicely often puts us well behind the rest of the world in decency. We are a country that regularly participates in the 'is blackface okay' or 'why can't we say this racial slur' debates. Honestly I imagine that the only reason we're not our own TERF Island is because we haven't caught up to actually knowing that trans folk exist yet. From this, we have a history in the music industry of abuse, misogyny and the like. Heck, the head of Sony Music Australia just recently stepped down after nearly 4 decades of being just generally terrible to his staff and anyone around him. We've developed culture wars out of this as anytime allegations come out against a band, those making the accusations are hurled abuse and dismissal. You all know about that but nonetheless it keeps happening. Now the year is 2021 and enter Rancid Eddie. They're a 5 piece band from Melbourne who hit it big on TikTok a few months ago with an acoustic version of their song "Dry". It was released as a studio track 3 Sundays ago and instantly vaulted into the Spotify top 50, and within a few days was entrenched in the top 20, getting as high as #10 once Hot Hits Australia got on board with it. So with its midweek release it wouldn't turn up on New Music Friday until 5 days after where it was gifted the top spot on the playlist. It was at this point that they started to get more of a spotlight as the nature of their lyrics with less than savoury takes about women started to be discussed. In the near two weeks since then, the band have released a series of increasingly bad apologies about distancing the performative nature of lyrics with an artist's real view point, and in doing so, the lead singer managed to repeatedly show their ass in replies doubling down on slurs & misogyny. As well as that, over the weekend more videos surfaced of the band performing even more unpleasant material referring to a woman as a 'c*m rag' and what not. So basically over the space of a single weekend the band sank their career in record time. But the song arrives here in the top 20! This is simple enough to understand since the chart covers the whole week and no matter what happens, you can't really tank a song that's already done enough in a few days to chart. I'm not going to completely be judgemental of the team at Spotify Australia but suffice to say they took an unusually long time to update Hot Hits Australia, leaving it completely untouched from Friday to Wednesday, at which point they saw fit to dump their initially unwitting support of this rising Australian band, as well as taking them off many other playlists. This is why there is a decent chance that we will completely never have to think about the band after this week as "Dry" may well drop right out of the top 50 (think it'll be somewhere between #45 & #60). Honestly nothing sums up the situation better than the band's last response this weekend (just after this ARIA Chart was released) wherein they called criticism of their lyrics 'the most repulsive form of punching down' as they're working class blokes and the criticism is coming from 'mostly young, privileged, university-educated, inner city champagne socialists', so you've heard it hear first: Women of colour are more privileged than white men in Australia, according to Rancid Eddie. They also referred to their detractors as 'sooks' and a 'social media gestapo'. Whether they are truly clueless or this is just a dog whistling attempt to court their new demographic I couldn't tell you but either way I'll gladly never have to think about this band again. (I also mainly say all of this because there's been a lot of incorrect reporting (even from ARIA) that their arrival on the chart this week is a case of 'the Streisand effect', but in actuality, they just arrived low last week since they only had half a week of streams and they were always en route to a peak of this calibre. The real effect will be the collapse next week as they've been largely deplatformed). On the album chart it's a slow week and Drake returns to the #1 spot, which is basically what "Scorpion" did in 2018 making them both his equal longest reigning albums at 3 weeks apiece. The top debut this week comes from Pond who you might know as that band who share a Venn diagram of members with Tame Impala, but have been much more prolific as "9" is indeed their 9th album and their first top 10. A little less prolific is Client Liaison who have been around for almost as long but are just putting out their 2nd album which also is their first top 10. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's 2nd collaborative album arrives at #11, their first entered at #7 and climbed back up to #7 2 weeks later so I guess it's up to how it gets promoted from here. The Script entered the top 10 with their first 5 albums while their 6th made #11 in 2019. That's not too bad going as they've not had a top 50 hit here since "Superheroes" in 2014. This week their Greatest Hits arrives at #16 and it remains to be seen what the streaming magnate chooses to think about it in the coming weeks. Australian country singer Angus Gill keeps charting higher and higher as he scores a new peak of #19 with his 4th album. Every week someone has to be #1 so fans of Trivium, The Hard-Ons or Shihad should try buying up because it's gonna be one of the easiest weeks to take the top spot. Don Toliver will perhaps also figure in.
October 20, 20213 yr Author 18/10/2021 01 01 14 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 09 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 16 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 05 05 04 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 05 04 61 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 06 12 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 09 11 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 08 07 04 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 09 08 04 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 10 10 22 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 11 11 17 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 12 12 53 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 16 05 13 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 14 15 27 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 13 29 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 16 18 07 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 17 14 03 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 18 20 18 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 19 19 40 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 20 21 06 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 21 22 13 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 22 33 13 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 23 24 21 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 24 23 06 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 25 25 14 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 28 06 26 A-O-K Tai Verdes 27 29 45 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 28 RE 03 28 GHOST Justin Bieber 29 26 06 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 30 27 06 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 31 32 20 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 32 39 30 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 33 31 21 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 34 41 04 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 35 35 98 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 36 34 10 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 37 30 05 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 38 36 66 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 38 36 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 40 37 08 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 41 42 07 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 42 50 03 42 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 43 49 03 43 ALONE WITH YOU Arz 44 43 21 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 45 47 11 45 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 46 44 40 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 47 40 07 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 48 46 46 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 49 77 02 49 MONEY Lisa 50 45 61 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior Albums 01 02 21 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 02 01 06 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 03 03 16 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 NE 01 04 I'M SORRY SIR, THAT RIFF'S BEEN TAKEN The Hard-Ons 05 10 11 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 06 13 30 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 07 04 04 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 08 08 81 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 NE 01 09 IN THE COURT OF THE DRAGON Trivium 10 09 64 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 11 12 07 01 DONDA Kanye West 12 15 36 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 14 96 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 18 175 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 15 NE 01 15 OLD GODS Shihad 16 17 241 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 17 NE 01 17 LIFE OF A DON Don Toliver 18 31 275 01 25 Adele 19 22 133 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 20 20 101 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 21 227 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 26 364 01 1989 Taylor Swift 23 25 187 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 60 413 01 21 Adele 25 23 64 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 27 299 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 24 344 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 33 44 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 29 48 06 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 30 RE 14 01 BLUEY THE ALBUM Bluey 31 28 126 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 32 30 67 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 33 11 02 11 LOVE FOR SALE Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 34 38 112 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 32 156 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 36 40 44 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 37 16 02 16 TALES FROM THE SCRIPT: GREATEST HITS The Script 38 36 202 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 35 477 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 40 37 303 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 41 52 381 01 X Ed Sheeran 42 39 433 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 43 29 286 01 METALLICA Metallica 44 49 40 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 41 282 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 NE 01 46 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER Sam Fender 47 42 66 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 48 45 259 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 43 118 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 50 34 05 34 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul A 14th and final week at #1 for "STAY". Regardless of what Adele's longevity prospects end up being, "STAY" is within an inch of being overtaken by "Cold Heart" anyway. It's an especially uneventful week, which I assume based on the people whinging 5 weeks ago is what people want but it gives me little to acknowledge. Justin Bieber returns to the chart with "Ghost" which narrowly missed the top 50 when his album came out, while LISA scores her first solo top 50 entry with "MONEY" which is set to climb a bit next week as well. After a 3 month absence, Olivia Rodrigo returns to the #1 spot for an 8th very non-consecutive week, which is to say that less people listened to Drake this week. As Q4 ramps up you have to wonder if Doja Cat just missed her last good chance to get a new peak. The highest new entry this week comes from The Hard-Ons, a band formed 40 years ago that have achieved great notoriety but surprisingly never made the top 50 before this week. Their former lead singer was ousted from the band for sexual misconduct and replaced by You Am I's Tim Rogers, whose proficiency at selling records might go some way to explaining this boost in popularity. Trivium on the other hand are old hat on the chart and rack up their 7th top 10 peak this week. New Zealand's Shihad tend to have long gestation periods between albums but this is their 4th top 20 album this week, having gotten as high as #9 in 2014. Don Toliver makes a slight improvement on last year's peak position of #20 landing at #17. Current UK #1 from Sam Fender also manages to sneak in after his first album didn't quite make the top 50. Next week you'd have to think Coldplay have a good chance but don't count out Baker Boy's debut album that's been 4 years in the making.
October 27, 20213 yr Author 25/10/2021 Singles 01 NE 01 01 EASY ON ME Adele 02 02 10 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 01 15 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 03 17 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 04 06 04 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 05 62 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 06 13 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 07 12 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 08 05 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 09 05 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 11 10 23 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 12 11 18 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 13 17 04 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 14 13 06 13 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 15 12 54 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 16 14 28 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 17 28 04 17 GHOST Justin Bieber 18 15 30 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 19 16 08 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 23 22 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 21 19 41 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 18 19 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 21 14 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 24 26 07 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 25 20 07 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 26 22 14 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 27 31 21 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 28 25 15 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 29 27 46 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 30 24 07 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 31 36 11 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 32 49 03 32 MONEY Lisa 33 33 22 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 34 35 99 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 35 29 07 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 36 32 31 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 37 34 05 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 38 30 07 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 39 42 04 39 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 40 RE 78 01 SOMEONE LIKE YOU Adele 41 38 67 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 40 09 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 43 RE 86 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele 44 45 12 44 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 45 37 06 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 46 39 37 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 47 41 08 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 48 48 47 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 49 44 22 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 50 43 04 43 ALONE WITH YOU Arz Albums 01 NE 01 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 02 RE 49 01 LET IT BE The Beatles 03 NE 01 03 GELA Baker Boy 04 03 17 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 01 22 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 RE 88 01 FEVER Kylie Minogue 07 02 07 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 08 18 276 01 25 Adele 09 05 12 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 06 31 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 24 414 01 21 Adele 12 07 05 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 13 08 82 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 NE 01 14 LIVE FROM A BEACH HOUSE IN THE RAIN Wil Wagner 15 10 65 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 16 NE 01 16 FACES Mac Miller 17 12 37 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 18 13 97 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 19 11 08 01 DONDA Kanye West 20 NE 01 20 VENGEANCE Twelve Foot Ninja 21 14 176 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 16 242 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 23 19 134 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 20 102 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 21 228 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 NE 01 26 PUNK Young Thug 27 27 345 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 22 365 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 25 65 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 26 300 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 35 157 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 32 23 188 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 34 113 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 34 NE 01 34 JACK CHROME & THE DARKNESS WALTZ The Morris Spingfield Project 35 NE 01 35 WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD: THE SILVER SCREAM 2 Ice Nine Kills 36 32 68 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 37 57 25 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 31 127 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 39 RE 434 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 40 28 45 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 41 RE 133 03 19 Adele 42 NE 01 42 THE COMEBACK Zac Brown Band 43 38 203 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 39 478 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 45 45 283 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 36 45 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 RE 68 03 IVY AND THE BIG APPLES Spiderbait 48 47 67 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 49 44 41 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 54 206 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift I'm here to provide you the shocking revelation that an Adele song has hit #1 somewhere. I dare say that it'll stay as such next week too, potentially bumping up Dua Lipa's career weeks spent at #2 on the Singles chart to 17, which is certainly a record among non-#1 getting artists unless you subscribe to the theory that pre & post-2010 Maroon 5 are different bands. This is such an uneventful week but it is time to ring out for yet another classic 'Only on the ARIA Charts' moment. This week, Adele returns to the charts with "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You", nothing unreasonable about that but it's all the songs she didn't chart with that spark curiosity. "When We Were Young" in particular should have been her highest re-entry. The reason they weren't is because no Adele songs were allowed to return to the chart. "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You" merely got there because they've never fallen so low in sales to fall off of ARIA's survey, flawless logic honestly. There's a lot more happening on the album chart though, where Coldplay score their 7th #1 album, having hit #1 with everything except "Parachutes" and "A Head Full Of Dreams". They faced surprisingly close competition from The Beatles' vinyl re-release. Coming through in 3rd is the Fresh Prince of Arnhem Land himself Baker Boy. He's been making a name for himself in the past 4 years for his energetic performances and positive vibes while often switching between rapping in English and his native Yolngu tongue. Alongside The Kid LAROI it means we have Indigenous artists at #3 on both charts this week. The Beatles are not alone in their remastering, as Kylie Minogue also returns for the 20th anniversary of "Fever", an album which I cannot in good conscience say revived her career here because unlike the rest of the world, Australia actually rightly recognises that "Impossible Princess" rules, and also "Light Years" was very successful the year before. But it does have 4 banger singles, two of which went to #1 here. On the topic of late '90s Australian alt rock bangers, there's also a return for Spiderbait's "Ivy and the Big Apples", the band's most beloved album possibly because it's the one with "Buy Me A Pony" (the first ever Australian Hottest 100 #1) and "Calypso" (the 'sunshine on the window' song that is somehow by the same band). In a different world of re-releases, Mac Miller's most beloved mixtape "Faces" was finally given a wide release, which as a fan of Mac Miller, jazz rap and all things , I wholeheartedly endorse. The Smith Street Band's Wil Wagner may or may not be cancelled but he's here with a new live album, while Twelve Foot Ninja return to the chart for the first time in 5 years, just narrowly making the top 20 on a tough week having gone top 10 before. Young Thug scores his highest ever album chart entry this week, while Zac Brown Band are far from it, which one has to wonder if it's a result of their disastrous last album. Australian music icons Russell Morris and Rick Springfield (yes, that one) enter with a collaborative album under the name The Morris Springfield Project, while Ice Nine Kills get their first ever chart entry. The band have been around for over a decade so their name is not a Zero Escape reference sadly. Next week could be a competitive heat between Elton John, RÜFÜS DU SOL and Lana Del Rey, alongside further entries for Duran Duran, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Dream Theater.
November 3, 20213 yr Author 01/11/2021 Singles 01 01 02 01 EASY ON ME Adele 02 02 11 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 16 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 18 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 05 07 04 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 06 63 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 07 14 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 NE 01 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 09 08 13 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 09 06 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 14 07 11 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 12 10 06 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 13 11 24 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 14 12 19 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 15 17 05 15 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 13 05 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 17 15 55 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 18 16 29 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 19 18 31 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 20 19 09 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 21 21 42 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 22 20 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 23 15 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 24 20 23 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 25 24 08 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 26 25 08 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 27 26 15 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 28 27 22 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 29 34 100 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 30 31 12 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 31 39 05 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 32 33 23 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 33 38 08 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 34 28 16 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 35 29 47 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 36 36 32 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 37 32 04 32 MONEY Lisa 38 41 68 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 30 08 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 40 37 06 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 41 42 10 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 42 44 13 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 43 80 05 43 ON MY KNEES RÜFÜS DU SOL 44 63 03 44 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo 45 48 48 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 46 47 09 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 47 40 79 01 SOMEONE LIKE YOU Adele 48 45 07 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 49 50 05 43 ALONE WITH YOU Arz 50 43 87 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele Albums 01 NE 01 01 SURRENDER RÜFÜS DU SOL 02 NE 01 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John 03 NE 01 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey 04 RE 19 02 ALL FOR ONE The Screaming Jets 05 04 18 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 05 23 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 07 07 08 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 08 01 02 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 09 08 277 01 25 Adele 10 13 83 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 12 06 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 12 10 32 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 09 13 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 14 15 66 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 17 38 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 NE 01 16 FUTURE PAST Duran Duran 17 18 98 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 11 415 01 21 Adele 19 21 177 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 22 243 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 19 09 01 DONDA Kanye West 22 23 135 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 NE 01 23 RADICAL Every Time I Die 24 25 229 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 NE 01 25 BREAKIN' HEARTS Hayley Jensen 26 NE 01 26 SYMPATHY FOR LIFE Parquet Courts 27 24 103 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 28 366 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 29 66 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 27 346 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 72 13 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 32 32 189 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 30 301 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 34 36 69 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 35 02 50 01 LET IT BE The Beatles 36 33 114 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 37 31 158 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 NE 01 38 B-SIDES & RARITIES (PART II) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 39 RE 34 01 TATTOO YOU The Rolling Stones 40 38 128 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 46 46 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 42 NE 01 42 A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD Dream Theater 43 43 204 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 45 284 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 49 42 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 46 40 46 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 47 53 59 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 48 NE 01 48 WHAT A SONG CAN DO Lady A 49 37 26 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 62 169 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day Adele is #1 for a second week. It will probably be the last week as her sales stranglehold has slipped a bit. I initially expected Ed Sheeran could grab the top spot with either of his two current top 10 hits but his impact on Spotify has been a bit less than anticipated so we could instead get something much worse at #1. Much like 6-8 months ago, the ARIA Chart is locked into a slooooow period where we're lucky to get 2 debuts in a week that stick around. This week's top 10 entry that will be outlasted by "Heat Waves" and everything else is "Moth To A Flame", which is Swedish House Mafia's 2nd ever top 10 hit and 3rd ever top 50 hit, although they actually did manage to make the top 100 with all of their singles in their original run. Speaking of curious consistency, RÜFÜS DU SOL have had 5 top 50 hits as of this week although only one of them ever made the top 40. They've also had at least one top 50 hit from each of their albums, as 3rd single "On My Knees" was showing enough longevity after release that the album release boost slotted it in there. The one debut that will probably actually climb is Jason Derulo's, because it's not coin based. Mind you we probably should've had 4 debuts this week but ARIA forgot to count NEIKED's new song, so they'll debut next week instead, alongside probably 4 Ed Sheeran debuts. RÜFÜS DU SOL claim their 3rd #1 album. They were close to a 4th but released their last album on the week that "A Star Is Born" came out in theatres. In fact, last time they were at #1 they were ending Adele's reign with "25" for good, which just goes to show how long gestation periods are for some. The new Elton John album debuts at #2 which I can certainly say is the highest chart position ever reached by Rina Sawayama, Yo-Yo Ma & SG Lewis among others. For the 2nd time this year Lana Del Rey beats all the incumbents but is at a lower #3 position. If you're not an Australian cis straight man over the age of 30, the phrase 'said you'd never get anywhere' probably doesn't hold some significance, but if you are, I hope I got that stuck in your head for the rest of the day. I have a long standing belief that the cut off for classic rock radio in this country is around 1991, where a significant audience has refused to listen to a single song beyond that point, making the newest acceptable songs "Thunderstruck", "The Horses" and of course the most overplayed song of all time, "Better" by The Screaming Jets. Newcastle's finest released their debut album in 1991 which got as high as #2 on the album charts at the time, and this week it's back at #4 on the back of an anniversary re-issue. Duran Duran have their highest charting album in 35 years this week, while Every Time I Die also continue their very slow but upward trajectory with an all new high at #23. Charting for the first time ever is Hayley Jensen who eagle-eyed ancients like me might remember seeing on their TV screens 17 years ago as the 4th place finisher on Season 2 of Australian Idol. Just below her, Parquet Courts score their first ever top 50 position with their latest album. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released two B-Sides compilations this week though they were also released as a single package on vinyl so they may or may not have been combined under the Part II name, which if nothing else is consistent with Warner's release form that week which listed Part II first, which I noted as quite unusual at the time. Dream Theater quite often chart in the top 20 though this time they're lucky to make the top 50, so they might be pulling you under. Also Lady A are back in the charts for the first time since they awkwardly decided to change their name in solidarity with BLM only to completely show themselves when they changed it to a name already used by a person of colour and tried to sue her over it. You gotta love corporate wokeness. Anyway next week I hazard a guess that Ed Sheeran is going to debut at #1 and you'll also find the likes of Mastodon, The Spice Girls, The War On Drugs, Tori Amos, Dami Im, A$AP Rocky and Even. Something for everyone probably.
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