08/11/2021

 

Singles

 

01 02 12 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

02 05 08 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

03 01 03 01 EASY ON ME Adele

04 04 19 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

05 03 17 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

06 06 64 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

07 07 15 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

08 NE 01 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

09 10 07 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

10 11 08 10 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

11 09 14 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

12 13 25 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

13 12 07 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

14 15 06 14 GHOST Justin Bieber

15 08 02 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

16 14 20 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

17 17 56 01 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

18 18 30 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

19 16 06 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

20 NE 01 20 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

21 21 43 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

22 19 32 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

23 20 10 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

24 22 21 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

25 24 24 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

26 23 16 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

27 25 09 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes

28 29 101 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

29 80 11 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran

30 27 16 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

31 NE 01 31 FIRST TIMES Ed Sheeran

32 28 23 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers

33 26 09 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat

34 31 06 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie

35 44 04 35 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo

36 38 69 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

37 34 17 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow

38 30 13 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd

39 33 09 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug

40 35 48 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

41 36 33 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon

42 32 24 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan

43 NE 01 43 TIDES Ed Sheeran

44 40 07 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree

45 42 14 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes

46 37 05 32 MONEY Lisa

47 41 11 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane

48 39 09 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott

49 45 49 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto

50 54 71 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 = Ed Sheeran

02 05 19 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

03 06 24 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

04 07 09 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

05 01 02 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

06 12 33 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

07 10 84 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

08 13 14 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

09 08 03 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay

10 11 07 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

11 09 278 01 25 Adele

12 NE 01 12 MY REALITY Dami Im

13 15 39 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

14 02 02 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

15 14 67 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

16 NE 01 16 HUSHED AND GRIM Mastodon

17 17 99 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

18 NE 01 18 REVERSE LIGHT YEARS Even

19 20 244 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

20 19 178 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

21 NE 01 21 I DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE The War on Drugs

22 21 10 01 DONDA Kanye West

23 22 136 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

24 03 02 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey

25 18 416 01 21 Adele

26 24 230 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

27 27 104 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

28 29 67 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

29 28 367 01 1989 Taylor Swift

30 30 347 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

31 RE 114 03 SPICE Spice Girls

32 33 302 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

33 32 190 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

34 36 115 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

35 NE 01 35 STILL SUCKS Limp Bizkit

36 34 70 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

37 37 159 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack

38 49 27 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

39 41 47 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

40 40 129 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

41 47 60 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull

42 45 43 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

43 43 205 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

44 58 208 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

45 44 285 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

46 NE 01 46 OCEAN TO OCEAN Tori Amos

47 51 384 01 X Ed Sheeran

48 56 121 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran

49 54 436 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

50 53 480 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

 

 

Canonically, Ed Sheeran has gained a #1 due to digital sales ("I Don't Care"), and gained a #1 due to physical sales ("Bad Habits"). On the other hand, this week he misses out due to digital sales. In a correct world, he'd have the only debuts this week but ARIA have mixed it up by needlessly taking an extra week to acknowledge NEIKED's "Better Days". Ed Sheeran also debuts in the top 10 with "Overpass Graffiti" as the highest of 3 top 50 debuts but admittedly it's already dipping away so he'll need some sort of break out hit to salvage what is inarguably his least impactful album release in the streaming era. "Mr. Brightside" returns for the 3rd time this year and it's worth noting that I'm still 95% sure ARIA is messing up the numbers because it's always way higher on Spotify than ARIA and there is not a single notable platform in which "Fair Trade" isn't being distinctly outperformed by it and yet. Next week we'll find out if ARIA will add to the nonsense in a rare time where I am prepared to say that Calum Scott is underrepresented on the chart because Where Are You Now seems to be missing. bbno$ also is looking to finally break into the top 50 if ARIA choose to acknowledge "edamame".

 

To nobody's surprise, Ed Sheeran has his 5th #1 album this week. Typically speaking, the arrival of a new album from him brings the rest of his back catalogue vaulting back up the chart but that has scarcely happened this time. Mind you it's an above average week in terms of how busy it is. On the other hand, it's finally a slow enough week for Doja Cat to reach #2 for the first time, though she has the only non-#1 album in the top 10. Dami Im misses the top 10 for the first time but by all accounts is doing far better than an X Factor winner 8 years after the fact should be expected to do. Mastodon also dip back considerably after their last album reached #3. Extremely '90s Australian music moment is the return of Even, who actually get their highest ever charting album this week. The War On Drugs also take a similar decline to Mastodon after reaching the top 5 a few years ago. Spice Girls return thanks to their copious vinyl sales, and as an ominous preview to next week's chart, we see the return of Limp Bizkit, who you might recall 20 years ago in this very nation had a victim of crowd crushing during their Big Day Out set 2 decades ago. Next week I suspect it will be ABBA returning to the top of the charts, followed by assorted arrivals by Radiohead, Bullet For My Valentine, Summer Walker & Parcels.

15/11/2021

 

Singles

 

01 01 13 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

02 03 04 01 EASY ON ME Adele

03 05 18 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

04 02 09 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

05 04 20 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

06 06 65 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

07 07 16 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

08 10 09 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

09 NE 01 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

10 09 08 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

11 11 15 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

12 14 07 12 GHOST Justin Bieber

13 08 02 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

14 12 26 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

15 13 08 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

16 20 02 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

17 17 57 01 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

18 16 21 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

19 18 31 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

20 15 03 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

21 19 07 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

22 NE 01 22 ESCAPE PLAN Travis Scott

23 21 44 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

24 23 11 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

25 25 25 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

26 22 33 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

27 24 22 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

28 26 17 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

29 27 10 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes

30 35 05 30 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo

31 28 102 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

32 30 17 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

33 33 10 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat

34 NE 01 34 SMOKIN OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

35 36 70 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

36 37 18 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow

37 32 24 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers

38 40 49 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

39 34 07 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie

40 38 14 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd

41 39 10 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug

42 45 15 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes

43 42 25 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan

44 47 12 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane

45 50 72 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

46 41 34 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon

47 NE 01 47 MAFIA Travis Scott

48 48 10 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott

49 44 08 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree

50 49 50 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 VOYAGE ABBA

02 01 02 01 = Ed Sheeran

03 NE 01 03 KID A MNESIA Radiohead

04 02 20 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

05 03 25 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

06 04 10 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

07 05 03 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

08 07 85 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

09 06 34 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

10 14 03 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

11 13 40 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

12 08 15 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

13 11 279 01 25 Adele

14 15 68 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

15 10 08 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

16 17 100 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

17 NE 01 17 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Bullet For My Valentine

18 NE 01 18 STILL OVER IT Summer Walker

19 19 245 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

20 20 179 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

21 30 348 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

22 NE 01 22 LIVE AT THE DRIVE IN Hockey Dad

23 26 231 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

24 23 137 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

25 28 68 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

26 24 03 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey

27 22 11 01 DONDA Kanye West

28 25 417 01 21 Adele

29 27 105 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

30 NE 01 30 DAY/NIGHT Parcels

31 29 368 01 1989 Taylor Swift

32 32 303 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

33 09 04 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay

34 NE 01 34 SPRINGTIME Springtime

35 NE 01 35 VALENTINE Snail Mail

36 34 116 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

37 33 191 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

38 39 48 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

39 36 71 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

40 88 118 01 RED Taylor Swift

41 40 130 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

42 38 28 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

43 37 160 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack

44 42 44 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

45 45 286 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

46 43 206 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

47 60 171 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott

48 44 209 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

49 52 191 02 ? XXXTENTACION

50 47 385 01 X Ed Sheeran

 

 

In bizarre news, Adele might be returning to #1 this coming week. Not for legitimate purposes but because ARIA just posted their mid-week preview and the only Taylor Swift debuts are the new versions of "Red", "We Are Never Getting Back Together", and also "I Bet You Think About Me", which would be somewhere along the lines of the 2nd, 7th & 9th highest entries she naturally would look poised for and doesn't even include the song that's being promoted by Hot Hits Australia or you know, either version of "All Too Well" which has been leading on Spotify all week. Make no mistake that if combined, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" is absolutely a lock for #1, if not then I suspect it's a close miss, but basically if there are any Swifties reading this then by all means raise hell with ARIA before they out-parody themselves. In this week news, Post Malone gets into the top 10 after missing out with his last single, evidently The Weeknd has a knack for low top 10 debuts this year. I need not dwell on the inauspicious timing of the arrival of two new Travis Scott songs though I will point out that while Today's Top Hits on Spotify has been steadily sliding "ESCAPE PLAN" down its playlist in the past week, Hot Hits Australia, slow as they ever are, waited until after Travis Scott was somewhat complicit in the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 10 concert goers to ADD the song to their playlist which is certainly a choice. Silk Sonic arrive with their 3rd top 40 hit and it looks like "Smokin Out The Window" should be vaulting in or towards the top 10 next week.

 

To the shock of (I assume) nobody, ABBA arrive at the #1 spot with "Voyage", their first stint at #1 since "ABBA Gold" started stuffing stockings in 1992, which I believe in some respects might make it my birthday #1 although it depends on your interpretation of which weeks line up to which days of which I don't think there's a clear answer to. So it's either that or a Simple Minds Greatest Hits and don't you forget it. Radiohead are immensely good at hitting the #2 spot on the album chart and in fact did it with both "Kid A" and "Amnesiac"...and every studio album that followed them. So for a change of pace, the new "Kid A Mnesia" collection enters at a modest #3, though being ahead of the streaming giants does lean big credence to the idea that Radiohead could easily get a #1 album if they stop choosing the worst weeks to release on. Bullet For My Valentine have been hitting the top 10 regularly since 2008, even the #1 spot in 2015 but this week they're a little lower in the top 20. Summer Walker also doesn't *quite* match the #17 peak of "Over It" but she's close on a tougher week. Hockey Dad's new live album release does not contain any transmissions to the one armed scissor, nor any hexes that were delivered spent, but it does chart slightly higher than At The Drive-In's "Relationship Of Command" and holy shit what a banger of an album that is. Local but overseas based spacebar boycotters Parcels score their first ever top 50 album this week while we have yet another Gareth Liddiard side project entering with the self-titled first album for Springtime. Snail Mail is also debuting for the first time. Next week's album chart has a bit more safe certainty on Taylor Swift debuting at #1, and she'll likely be joined by Silk Sonic, Flight Facilities, Courtney Barnett and Little Mix in the top 10. IDLES & Rod Stewart should also get in somewhere.

COLD HEART KILLING IT!

22/11/2021

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

02 02 05 01 EASY ON ME Adele

03 01 14 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

04 03 19 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

05 04 10 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

06 05 21 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

07 06 66 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

08 34 02 08 SMOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

09 07 17 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

10 09 02 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

11 12 08 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

12 NE 01 12 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

13 08 10 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

14 10 09 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

15 11 16 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

16 16 03 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

17 14 27 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

18 15 09 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

19 NE 01 19 RUN (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran

20 18 22 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

21 NE 01 21 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

22 13 03 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

23 19 32 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

24 17 58 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

25 NE 01 25 STATE OF GRACE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

26 20 04 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

27 NE 01 27 22 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

28 21 08 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

29 NE 01 29 ALREADY DEAD Juice WRLD

30 23 45 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

31 NE 01 31 NOTHING NEW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift feat. Phoebe Bridgers

32 24 12 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

33 NE 01 33 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

34 NE 01 34 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

35 25 26 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

36 26 34 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

37 27 23 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

38 NE 01 38 TREACHEROUS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

39 53 02 39 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

40 31 103 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

41 105 26 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic

42 32 18 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

43 NE 01 43 I BET YOU THINK ABOUT ME (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift feat. Chris Stapleton

44 28 18 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

45 NE 01 45 I ALMOST DO (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

46 30 6 30 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo

47 35 71 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

48 NE 01 48 BAD MAN (SMOOTH CRIMINAL) Polo G

49 33 11 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat

50 29 11 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

02 01 02 01 VOYAGE ABBA

03 02 03 01 = Ed Sheeran

04 NE 01 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic

05 NE 01 05 THINGS TAKE TIME, TAKE TIME Courtney Barnett

06 NE 01 06 FOREVER Flight Facilities

07 RE 11 01 DISCO Kylie Minogue

08 NE 01 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix

09 05 26 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

10 04 21 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

11 13 280 01 25 Adele

12 06 11 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

13 64 308 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

14 09 35 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

15 08 86 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

16 11 41 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

17 14 69 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

18 42 29 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

19 16 101 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

20 12 16 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

21 07 04 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

22 15 09 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

23 28 418 01 21 Adele

24 25 69 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

25 31 369 01 1989 Taylor Swift

26 NE 01 26 CRAWLER Idles

27 19 246 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

28 36 117 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

29 29 106 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

30 20 180 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

31 27 12 01 DONDA Kanye West

32 RE 48 02 THE WOMBATS PROUDLY PRESENT… THIS MODERN GLITCH The Wombats

33 23 232 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

34 24 138 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

35 21 349 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

36 32 304 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

37 37 192 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

38 10 04 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

39 NE 01 39 THE TEARS OF HERCULES Rod Stewart

40 38 49 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

41 53 482 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

42 39 72 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

43 48 210 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

44 45 287 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

45 41 131 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

46 43 161 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack

47 46 207 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa

48 33 05 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay

49 44 45 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

50 51 264 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars

 

 

This week Taylor Swift scores her 8th #1 single. This has been pretty par the course of late as she scored two #1 hits last year. Though the long term is uncertain, it looks like "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" will have a better second week than either "cardigan" or "willow" and might only drop to #2 next week. Adele was initially looking like going back to #1 last week but she'll probably do it for real next week alongside her new album. Elsewhere this week Silk Sonic climb into the top 10 with "Smokin Out The Window". "Leave The Door Open" actually only got to #10 so this is a new high for the duo (though Anderson .Paak still has the cursed fact that his highest chart entry is still Macklemore's "Dance Off"). Taylor Swift takes over the chart otherwise this week except that's the funny thing. Last week I said that they may have bungled things as the vast majority of her debuts (including "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)") weren't even on the midweeks. This was largely fixed up but not quite because I still think there are a couple missing in the top 50.

 

This week Taylor Swift scores her 9th #1 album. This has been pretty par the course of late as she scored two #1 albums last year. She leads up a pretty busy top 10 for debuts. Silk Sonic debut at #4, relatively low for Bruno Mars but relatively high for Anderson .Paak. Courtney Barnett returns to score her 4th top 5 album, and ever the slow gestators, Flight Facilities (aka the source of my avatar, aka the source of Australians have very different opinions on "Clair de lune" to you) return with their 2nd album which lands a little lower than their hit-laden debut. Kylie Minogue returns thanks to the new versions of "DISCO" out last week and Little Mix impressively maintain their top 10 streak despite being further and further out from the last time they actually had a hit here (apart from "Heartbreak Anthem"). IDLES last year scored a top 10 album though this time their new album which I admit I didn't even know was coming until the day it dropped lands at #26. The Wombats issued a 10th anniversary album of their 2nd album, which is the album that started the era in which they were undeniably more popular in Australia than in the UK, Australia just really bloody loved this and the next Wombats albums. Next week Adele will arrive at the #1 spot. I don't know what else will even make the top 50, maybe James Blunt.

 

(Note to self: drag Jolyon Petch next week)

Edited November 24, 20213 yr by Dircadirca

29/11/2021

 

Singles

 

01 02 06 01 EASY ON ME Adele

02 01 02 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

03 03 15 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

04 04 20 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

05 05 11 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

06 NE 01 06 OH MY GOD Adele

07 06 22 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

08 07 67 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

09 09 18 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

10 NE 01 10 I DRINK WINE Adele

11 NE 01 11 MY LITTLE LOVE Adele

12 11 09 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

13 08 03 08 SMOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

14 10 03 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

15 NE 01 15 CAN I GET IT Adele

16 39 03 16 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

17 NE 01 17 ABCDEFU Gayle

18 NE 01 18 STRANGERS BY NATURE Adele

19 14 10 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

20 13 11 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

21 NE 01 21 CRY YOUR HEART OUT Adele

22 17 28 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

23 16 04 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

24 15 17 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

25 NE 01 25 TO BE LOVED Adele

26 18 10 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

27 23 33 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

28 20 23 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

29 22 04 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

30 24 59 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

31 NE 01 31 HOLD ON Adele

32 30 46 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

33 NE 01 33 ALL NIGHT PARKING Adele & Errol Garner

34 28 09 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

35 85 02 35 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League Of Legends

36 26 05 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

37 32 13 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

38 36 35 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

39 35 27 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

40 40 104 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

41 42 19 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

42 44 19 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

43 37 24 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

44 46 07 30 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo

45 47 72 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

46 87 91 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele

47 52 51 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid LAROI with Miley Cyrus

48 51 20 13 2055 SLEEPY HALLOW

49 19 02 19 RUN (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran

50 NE 01 50 ENCHANTED Taylor Swift

 

Albums

 

01 NE 01 01 30 Adele

02 NE 01 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

03 01 02 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

04 03 04 01 = Ed Sheeran

05 02 03 01 VOYAGE ABBA

06 NE 01 06 THE LEGENDARY 1979 NO NUKES CONCERTS Bruce Springsteen

07 11 281 01 25 Adele

08 09 27 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

09 10 22 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

10 23 419 01 21 Adele

11 04 02 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic

12 14 36 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

13 RE 08 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

14 15 87 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

15 12 12 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

16 19 102 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

17 16 42 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

18 NE 01 18 RAISE THE ROOF Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

19 17 70 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

20 13 309 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

21 20 17 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

22 22 10 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

23 08 02 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix

24 27 247 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

25 25 370 01 1989 Taylor Swift

26 24 70 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

27 21 05 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

28 NE 01 28 HAPPY TOGETHER Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra

29 69 136 03 19 Adele

30 18 30 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

31 30 181 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

32 29 107 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

33 33 233 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

34 NE 01 34 NOT SO TOUGH NOW Frenzal Rhomb

35 31 13 01 DONDA Kanye West

36 34 139 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

37 28 118 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

38 36 305 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

39 35 350 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

40 RE 81 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

41 37 193 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

42 40 50 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

43 39 02 39 THE TEARS OF HERCULES Rod Stewart

44 RE 04 03 SCALED AND ICY Twenty One Pilots

45 38 05 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

46 41 483 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

47 42 73 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

48 44 288 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

49 52 178 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

50 48 06 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay

 

 

Adele returns for her 3rd week at #1. She's definitely solid for next week although it does seem that she's likely to succumb to her prior equilibrium, which is an unnecessarily wordy way to say she'll go back to moving the units she was before the album came out which probably isn't enough for #1. Adele also has the lion's share of new entries this week, including two in the top 10. This gives her the rare feat of having 3 top 10 singles and albums at the same time which hasn't been done since Ed Sheeran did it back in 2017. It also allows me to point out ARIA Shenanigans™, as eagle-eyed viewers might note that Adele has merely 9 debuts this week, with "Woman Like Me" and "Love Is A Game" missing. I think they'd probably have made the top 50 but not quite top 40 with the rest of the album. We'll never know why they're missing though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The other proper debut this week is from GAYLE who is showing some serious Arizona Zervas energy by vaulting up the chart at rapid speed near the end of the year, and continues to introduce a world where globally charting artists have Twitter follower counts in a similar ballpark to me, though in her defence it is slightly difficult to find her. Perhaps her handle suggests she'll be appearing on Jeopardy! soon. "abcdefu" will probably climb into the top 10 next week. Imagine Dragons climb into the top 50 to score their biggest hit in ages with "Enemy". It's the first time in the chart for JID and shockingly also the first time for the intangible entity of League of Legends. A few months back Angus & Julia Stone got the first ever video game soundtrack into the chart, and now League is the first ever video game to have a hit single, unless there's some dumb other technicality you can think of. The best I had is that Celeste is the name of a (very good) video game and Daphne & Celeste had some hits back in the day. The other improper debut is from Taylor Swift whose "Enchanted" has been curiously missing from the chart for weeks but now is allowed in and just squeaks into the top 50 but is certainly on its way out. Of note, apart from "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", her only debut to last in the top 50 is the Ed Sheeran collab solely because it's the one that's on Hot Hits Australia. As well as there being songs missing from the chart which does not just include Adele, but also "SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY" and "Where Are You Now", the latter is actually the top track on HHA, the second time this year that it's been a song ARIA aren't counting. HHA added "The Thrill" back in March. It's now December and it's still on there.

 

ON THE TOPIC OF SUSPICIOUSLY ASTROTURFED HITS, you've probably noticed for the past 4 months that there's been a cover of "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac on the chart here. It coinciding with the presence of actual "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac is a mark against its need to be here, and in fact it was pretty much set to get overtaken by the original article pretty soon, although it's now seeing a boost of inauspicious activity. Last week was the ARIA Awards which for the first time in decades wasn't actually broadcast on TV but just on YouTube, which I probably would've watched if I didn't just happen to be out for the exact time slot that it was being aired. Congrats go out to Genesis Owusu for dominating the awards though. Anyway, that cover of "Dreams" was nominated for Best Dance Release which if we're looking for silver linings, means that at least it won't be nominated for Song Of The Year in 2022 because it 100% would have otherwise because we have the dumbest system in place. It didn't win the award (shout out to ya bois RÜFÜS DU SOL), but it generated controversy in the sidelines. As I noted when it entered the top 50, the vocalist on the track is Reigan Derry, who is probably familiar to you if you've been invested in Australian reality TV singing competitions in the past decade and a half, or for that matter the charts as she's had several top 50 hits over the years, though nothing with the sustained success (via playlists & radio spam lol) of "Dreams". Since she's not credited on the track, nor on any of the metadata, she's been unable to see any profit on this windfall. This all boils down to Jolyon being kind of an arsehole regarding residuals but also seemingly releasing the song through his label without her permission (the vocal track was merely a demo). When she tried to reach out to him about amending things, he blocked her on social media and proceeded to avoid mentioning her in interviews. Apparently all of this bureaucracy also meant that she wasn't even able to attend the ARIA Awards because she technically hadn't been nominated (sidebar: in general acting like an artist didn't have a hit song because they're not credited, whether on official metadata or the OCC is pretty shitty). There's been some back & forth on social media however the posts have now been deleted, and Jolyon has privated his instagram account and seemingly deleted his Twitter account, so I don't know where any of this is going but I really just want to point out the surprisingly slimy underbelly of a made-for-radio cash in on a TikTok with "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac from a year ago.

 

On the album chart, Adele has her 3rd #1 album. One should probably not even pretend to be shocked by that. Doing so, she bests Australian music royalty Paul Kelly, who lately seems to be putting out a new album pretty much every year. This latest one is a Christmas album which includes newly written songs among a multitude of covers. It also of course features a new version of Australia's only noteworthy Christmas canon "How To Make Gravy" (I assume because "Hey Santa Claus" isn't ever going to end up on playlists), because how could it possibly be a Paul Kelly Christmas album without it. Bruce Springsteen reaches the top 10 with a live album. Plant & Krauss are back again at last and chart much higher than their first album together, which briefly reached the top 50 after its big Grammy win in 2009. Speaking of the late 2000s, Andre Rieu is back on the charts. In the world of vinyl re-releases and the like we have a return for twenty one pilots (and I guess Michael Buble also technically counts but that's not why he's here), and a debut for Frenzal Rhomb's second album from 1996 which unlike Adele's new album, debuts with a gold certification. Notably it's the only album I've ever known to have 35 secret tracks.

06/12/2021

 

Singles

 

01 01 07 01 EASY ON ME Adele

02 03 16 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

03 04 21 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

04 17 02 04 ABCDEFU Gayle

05 05 12 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

06 07 23 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

07 02 03 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

08 08 68 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

09 09 19 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

10 06 02 06 OH MY GOD Adele

11 16 04 11 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

12 12 10 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

13 14 04 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

14 13 04 08 SMOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

15 19 11 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

16 22 29 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

17 20 12 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

18 76 50 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

19 23 05 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

20 35 03 20 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends

21 24 18 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

22 27 34 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

23 29 05 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

24 30 60 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

25 28 24 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

26 26 11 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

27 34 10 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

28 32 47 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

29 36 06 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

30 37 14 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

31 38 36 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

32 39 28 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

33 44 08 30 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo

34 42 20 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

35 RE 12 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

36 10 02 10 I DRINK WINE Adele

37 40 105 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

38 41 20 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

39 11 02 11 MY LITTLE LOVE Adele

40 15 02 15 CAN I GET IT Adele

41 RE 43 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

42 43 25 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

43 45 73 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

44 47 52 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

45 48 21 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow

46 51 13 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes

47 53 18 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes

48 60 10 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie

49 62 03 49 FLOWERS (SAY MY NAME) ArrDee

50 57 75 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

 

Albums

 

01 01 02 01 30 Adele

02 04 05 01 = Ed Sheeran

03 03 03 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

04 05 04 01 VOYAGE ABBA

05 NE 01 05 FAMILY TIES ChillinIT

06 02 02 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

07 08 28 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

08 40 91 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

09 09 23 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

10 07 282 01 25 Adele

11 16 103 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

12 20 310 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

13 12 37 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

14 14 88 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

15 17 43 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

16 RE 14 16 RINGSIDE Cold Chisel

17 11 03 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic

18 10 420 01 21 Adele

19 18 02 18 RAISE THE ROOF Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

20 15 13 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

21 21 18 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

22 19 71 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

23 30 31 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

24 100 59 01 LET IT BE The Beatles

25 06 02 06 THE LEGENDARY 1979 NO NUKES CONCERTS Bruce Springsteen

26 49 179 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

27 31 182 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

28 22 11 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

29 26 71 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

30 25 371 01 1989 Taylor Swift

31 24 248 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

32 23 03 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix

33 32 108 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

34 36 140 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

35 78 68 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

36 42 51 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

37 37 119 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

38 27 06 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

39 33 234 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

40 38 306 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

41 97 437 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

42 13 09 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

43 39 351 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

44 41 194 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

45 69 02 45 THE STARS BENEATH MY FEET (2004 - 2021) James Blunt

46 45 06 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

47 55 163 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack

48 35 14 01 DONDA Kanye West

49 75 173 04 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse

50 46 484 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

 

 

I'm not going to pretend that December/January charts are remotely interesting but here we are. Adele gets a 4th week at #1 or perhaps befitting of 2021, a second 2 week reign at #1. She should maintain it next week although afterwards it's hard to say. GAYLE storms into the top 5 no less prior to being yanked back down by the forces of Spotify Wrapped. Our typical Christmas affair begins as we try and work out which songs will be let onto the chart and when. Oddly it seems that "Santa Tell Me" is missing from the chart, but stuff like this will be more apparent next week. It seems even ARIA don't care enough to write midweeks anymore. I also must apologise to all the people who might recall me mentioning that ArrDee's "Flowers" wasn't doing anything in Australia because I had somehow glazed over it. Anyway Sweet Female Attitude never charted here of course so make of that what you will. This is ArrDee's first proper credited entry in the top 50 if you're a stickler for that.

 

Adele is #1 again of course on the album chart. The only new arrival we get is from Chillinit who of course last week was also arrested for not wearing a mask in a shopping centre. James Blunt also climbs into the top 50 after debuting below it last week.

13/12/2021

 

Singles

 

01 02 17 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

02 01 08 01 EASY ON ME Adele

03 03 22 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

04 04 03 04 ABCDEFU Gayle

05 08 69 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

06 06 24 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

07 05 13 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

08 18 51 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

09 07 04 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

10 09 20 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

11 11 05 11 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

12 16 30 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

13 12 11 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

14 35 13 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

15 22 35 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

16 24 61 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

17 13 05 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

18 41 44 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

19 NE 01 19 I HATE U SZA

20 15 12 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

21 10 03 06 OH MY GOD Adele

22 20 04 20 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends

23 28 48 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

24 17 13 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

25 21 19 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

26 NE 01 26 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott

27 NE 01 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John

28 31 37 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

29 19 06 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

30 25 25 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

31 RE 14 06 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

32 14 05 08 SMOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

33 44 53 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

34 32 29 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

35 30 15 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

36 37 106 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

37 55 48 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo

38 26 12 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

39 27 11 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

40 23 06 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

41 29 07 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

42 43 74 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

43 60 02 43 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli

44 33 09 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo

45 38 21 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

46 42 26 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

47 34 21 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

48 54 54 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto

49 RE 08 31 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

50 61 44 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf

 

Albums

 

01 01 03 01 30 Adele

02 02 06 01 = Ed Sheeran

03 06 03 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

04 03 04 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

05 NE 01 05 SONGS OF DISAPPEARANCE Australian Bird Calls

06 04 05 01 VOYAGE ABBA

07 08 92 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

08 07 29 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

09 09 24 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

10 13 38 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

11 NE 01 11 LIVE AT HAMER HALL The Teskey Brothers & Orchestra Victoria

12 10 283 01 25 Adele

13 14 89 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

14 15 44 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

15 22 72 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

16 11 104 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

17 21 19 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

18 35 69 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

19 12 311 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

20 20 14 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

21 18 421 01 21 Adele

22 28 12 01 MONTERO Lil' Nas X

23 23 32 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

24 19 03 18 RAISE THE ROOF Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

25 42 10 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

26 RE 13 03 HALL OF FAME Polo G

27 27 183 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

28 17 04 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic

29 33 109 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

30 31 249 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

31 24 59 01 LET IT BE The Beatles

32 30 372 01 1989 Taylor Swift

33 29 72 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

34 26 180 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

35 43 352 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

36 32 04 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix

37 05 02 05 FAMILY TIES ChillinIT

38 34 141 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

39 44 195 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

40 39 235 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

41 NE 01 41 NO ONE GETS LOST ANYMORE The Smith Street Band

42 53 03 28 HAPPY TOGETHER Andre Rieu & Johanna Strauss Orchestra

43 40 307 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

44 36 52 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

45 37 120 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

46 63 48 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

47 38 07 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

48 54 75 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

49 52 441 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

50 51 169 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish

 

 

With Spotify Wrapped and Christmas shenanigans, this week's chart is so algorithmically driven as to be autonomous, which in the event of a close top 10, means that tragically Australia is being made to post cringe again. We'll probably be stuck like this until Mariah Carey claims #1 for the 4th year in a row. Two things I will note about Christmas stuff this year, firstly that Michael Buble has seemingly charged ahead of Wham! which is atypical, while Brenda Lee is charting higher than usual purely because she no longer has her streams split on Spotify so ARIA is actually counting it correctly...or at least it appears to be, as she's still quite low all things considered, so maybe Apple streams aren't counting. In ARIA getting things right, Lost Frequencies finally arrives for both his and Calum Scott's 3rd top 50 hits, it just took about 6 weeks to finally get the tick of approval. Arriving higher is SZA who may have to wait until January to really get going though she's doing well so far. Ed Sheeran & Elton John are largely being carried by sales without much in the way of streaming, but that might increase enough next week to offset the sales dip. Oh and someone called Emmy Meli is in the top 50 for the first time.

 

Adele holds the top album slot as she is known to do. She'll need another 5 weeks to match "25"'s reign. This week's big new entry comes from an album of bird calls, comprised of 53 of our most threatened species. Below that is a live Teskey Brothers album, a surprisingly acknowledged re-issue for Polo G, and a 10th anniversary re-issue of The Smith Street Band's first album, which seems to be the common route to getting bands' back catalogues onto the chart for the first time now.

Christmas invasion seems much less pronounced in Australia at this stage at least. Only 5 singles in the Top 50, with 3 in the Top 20 and the highest at #8.

 

 

Christmas invasion seems much less pronounced in Australia at this stage at least. Only 5 singles in the Top 50, with 3 in the Top 20 and the highest at #8.

This is par for the course. The numbers are a little higher than last year on Spotify (except for "Santa Tell Me" which was probably boosted by "Positions" last year). Something something nobody wants to listen to Tony Bennett on a 40C day in summer.

20/12/2021

 

Singles

 

01 01 18 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

02 04 04 02 ABCDEFU Gayle

03 03 23 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

04 02 09 01 EASY ON ME Adele

05 05 70 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

06 06 25 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

07 07 14 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

08 08 52 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

09 11 06 09 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

10 10 21 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

11 09 05 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

12 18 45 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

13 14 14 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

14 12 31 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

15 13 12 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

16 19 02 16 I HATE U SZA

17 26 02 17 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott

18 22 05 18 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends

19 16 62 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

20 15 36 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

21 31 15 06 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

22 20 13 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

23 17 06 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

24 23 49 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

25 24 14 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

26 29 07 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

27 25 20 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

28 43 03 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli

29 27 02 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John

30 30 26 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

31 21 04 06 OH MY GOD Adele

32 28 38 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

33 35 16 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

34 49 09 31 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

35 34 30 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

36 39 12 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

37 36 107 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

38 32 06 08 SMOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic

39 55 07 37 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms

40 40 07 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

41 41 08 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

42 38 13 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay

43 33 54 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi

44 61 02 44 WANDERED TO L.A. Juice WRLD & Justin Bieber

45 37 49 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo

46 42 75 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

47 44 10 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo

48 45 22 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse

49 46 27 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat

50 47 22 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch

 

Albums

 

01 01 04 01 30 Adele

02 02 07 01 = Ed Sheeran

03 05 02 03 SONGS OF DISAPPEARANCE Australian Bird Calls

04 04 05 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

05 03 04 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

06 06 06 01 VOYAGE ABBA

07 NE 01 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD

08 07 93 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

09 08 30 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

10 09 25 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

11 25 11 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

12 14 45 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

13 10 39 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

14 13 90 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

15 17 20 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

16 35 353 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

17 12 284 01 25 Adele

18 19 312 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

19 18 70 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

20 15 73 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

21 16 105 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

22 34 181 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

23 20 15 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

24 27 184 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

25 22 13 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

26 79 02 26 I DREAM OF CHRISTMAS Norah Jones

27 30 250 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

28 21 422 01 21 Adele

29 29 110 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

30 23 33 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

31 32 373 01 1989 Taylor Swift

32 31 59 01 LET IT BE The Beatles

33 28 05 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic

34 33 73 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

35 36 05 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix

36 48 76 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

37 40 236 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

38 38 142 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

39 43 308 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

40 42 04 28 HAPPY TOGETHER Andre Rieu & Johanna Strauss Orchestra

41 39 196 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

42 53 175 04 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse

43 24 04 18 RAISE THE ROOF Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

44 47 08 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol

45 44 53 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

46 52 08 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

47 59 486 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

48 49 442 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

49 45 121 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

50 11 02 11 LIVE AT HAMER HALL The Teskey Brothers & Orchestra Victoria

 

 

As was suggested before, 2 week stays seem to just be in vogue this year so what better way to end the year then with multiple 2 week consecutive reigns at #1 by multiple songs that have actually spent far more than 2 weeks overall. Well, that's what should be happening but as fate would have it, ARIA don't seem to have a very logical solution to the trouble of building streams for Christmas songs. Last year's Christmas charts were rendered completely meaningless because Christmas Eve streams were lost to the ether, and that was back when ARIA published the charts on Saturday afternoon, rather than Friday. Christmas Eve will count this year but that's on the next tracking week, whereas there's still a significant boost on Dec 23rd which will go unrecognised on next week's chart. It would not surprise me if this single day is the difference between Mariah Carey getting to #1 and not, whereas I suspect the combined efforts of Dec 24th & Dec 25th should be more than enough to lock it in for her the week after on the chart dated Jan 3rd, 2022. It's possible that GAYLE could snatch the top spot too as she got rather close this week and I can't really confirm what her extra versions are doing to her streaming total. In noteworthy Christmas shenanigans, Wham! have overtaken Michael Buble for the first time this year, potentially preventing him from hitting a new peak next fortnight. Bobby Helms is doing better than usual, and potentially Jose Feliciano could reach the top 50 for the first time ever this week, despite usually not even charting at all. Elsewhere, Acraze is in the top 10, Imagine Dragons have their highest charting single since "Thunder" and there's just the one top 50 entry from the new Juice WRLD album. "Mr. Brightside" reached a new high in weekly Spotify streams but is unable to reach the top 50 because its Apple streams are missing.

 

On the album chart Adele is #1 again but is facing stiffer and stiffer competition from endangered birds. In their second week they land above the not-highly sought second posthumous Juice WRLD album. Norah Jones' Christmas album climbs into the top 50 and there's not much else happening. RÜFÜS DU SOL got voted for Album Of The Year by triple j listeners which might explain their slight climb this week, we'll see in 11 months if ARIA follow suit (nah they'll give it to Gang Of Youths).

27/12/2021

 

Singles

 

01 01 19 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

02 08 53 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

03 02 05 02 ABCDEFU Gayle

04 03 24 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

05 05 71 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

06 04 10 01 EASY ON ME Adele

07 06 26 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

08 07 15 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

09 12 46 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

10 13 15 04 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

11 09 07 09 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish

12 21 16 06 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

13 10 22 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

14 15 13 11 GHOST Justin Bieber

15 17 03 15 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott

16 29 03 16 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John

17 34 10 17 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

18 14 32 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo

19 11 06 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

20 18 06 18 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends

21 20 37 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA

22 16 03 16 I HATE U SZA

23 19 63 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

24 39 08 24 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms

25 22 14 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X

26 23 07 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd

27 59 20 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid

28 24 50 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

29 54 05 29 SNOWMAN Sia

30 57 09 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

31 26 08 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G

32 67 07 29 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes

33 28 04 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli

34 25 15 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety

35 30 27 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin

36 52 22 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber

37 58 07 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams

38 33 17 16 WOMAN Doja Cat

39 32 39 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X

40 27 21 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

41 RE 07 37 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly

42 36 13 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS

43 RE 03 23 LIGHT A CANDLE Jam Mountain Music

44 64 08 34 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson

45 35 31 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy

46 82 16 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band

47 31 05 06 OH MY GOD Adele

48 NE 01 48 SAUSAGE ROLLS FOR EVERYONE LadBaby

49 47 11 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo

50 40 08 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran

 

Albums

 

01 01 05 01 30 Adele

02 02 08 01 = Ed Sheeran

03 05 05 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

04 06 07 01 VOYAGE ABBA

05 08 94 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble

06 04 06 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

07 09 31 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

08 10 26 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

09 15 21 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

10 18 313 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

11 12 46 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

12 11 12 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem

13 03 03 03 SONGS OF DISAPPEARANCE Australian Bird Calls

14 19 71 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

15 16 354 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

16 26 03 16 I DREAM OF CHRISTMAS Norah Jones

17 14 91 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

18 21 106 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

19 13 40 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber

20 07 02 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD

21 22 182 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

22 96 272 02 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd

23 17 285 01 25 Adele

24 20 74 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi

25 RE 44 02 ECHOLALIA Something For Kate

26 24 185 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

27 29 111 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

28 27 251 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

29 28 423 01 21 Adele

30 42 176 04 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse

31 23 16 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake

32 25 14 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X

33 38 143 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

34 31 374 01 1989 Taylor Swift

35 46 09 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John

36 40 05 28 HAPPY TOGETHER Andre Rieu & Johanna Strauss Orchestra

37 45 54 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

38 47 487 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

39 60 389 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters

40 39 309 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

41 30 34 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

42 63 54 01 SONGS FROM THE OSUTH: PAUL KELLY'S GREATEST HITS 1985-2019

43 32 60 01 LET IT BE The Beatles

44 34 74 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

45 37 237 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

46 36 77 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke

47 41 197 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

48 65 27 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk

49 52 60 04 THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM Human Nature

50 RE 137 01 MTV - UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK Nirvana

 

 

This week's ARIA Chart is incorrect. The lack of Thursday data being tracked or even estimated, so all the Christmas music should be a bit higher, Mariah should be #1. Next week should be more accurate though, and that will come in a new thread. I will return to this thread however to post the End Of Year charts when they arrive. Also of note this week, the return of Jam Mountain Music who appeared out of nowhere last December, and LadBaby who has been climbing higher and higher each year gets his first top 50 hit here.

 

Not much happening on the album chart but Norah Jones got a new peak and Something For Kate return with their classic 2001 album "Echolalia", recommend if you like introspective alternative rock by a very tall man.

OMG COLD HEART SUPREMACY KEEPING THE OLD CHRISTMAS MUSIC OFF THE TOP!

OMG COLD HEART SUPREMACY KEEPING THE OLD CHRISTMAS MUSIC OFF THE TOP!

Only fraudulently. I don't want to spread mis-information but I'm 99% certain that if the chart were accurately compiled, Mariah would rightly be #1, so stick a big fat asterisk next to it.

Is Australian Bird Calls an album of recording of birds singing? :)

Is Australian Bird Calls an album of recording of birds singing? :)

Yep! In addition to the title track, there's 1 track each for 53 different species of threatened native birds.

Singles

 

1. Glass Animals - Heat Waves

2. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay

3. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License

4. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU

5. Dua Lipa - Levitating

6. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

7. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

8. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

9. Doja Cat Feat. SZA - Kiss Me More

10. Tiësto - The Business

11. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

12. Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

13. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

14. Justin Bieber Feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon - Peaches

15. 24kGoldn Feat. Iann Dior - Mood

16. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

17. Travis Scott & HVME - Goosebumps (Remix)

18. P!nk + Willow Sage Hart - Cover Me In Sunshine

19. Riton x Nightcrawlers Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday

20. Joel Corry & MNEK - Head & Heart

21. Maneskin - Beggin

22. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

23. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

24. Tones and I - Fly Away

25. Russ Millions & Tion Wayne - Body

26. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

27. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First

28. The Kid Laroi - So Done

29. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

30. Justin Bieber - Anyone

31. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

32. Ed Sheeran - Shivers

33. Adele - Easy On Me

34. Doja Cat - Streets

35. ATB - Your Love (9PM)

36. SZA - Good Days

37. Tones and I - Dance Monkey

38. Lil Tjay & 6lack - Calling My Phone

39. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

40. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

41. Polo G - Rapstar

42. Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor

43. Vance Joy - Missing Piece

44. Justin Bieber - Hold On

45. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

46. Cardi B - Up

47. Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta - BED

48. Meduza Feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

49. Cardi B Feat. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP

50. Internet Money & Gunna Feat. Don Toliver, NAV - Lemonade

51. The Killers - Mr Brightside

52. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

53. Ariana Grande - 34+35

54. Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary

55. Ariana Grande - Positions

56. SAINt JHN - Roses

57. Doja Cat - Need To Know

58. Justin Bieber Feat. Chance The Rapper - Holy

59. Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love

60. Sigala & James Arthur - Lasting Lover

61. Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love

62. Spacey Jane - Booster Seat

63. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow

64. DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch - ROCKSTAR

65. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart

66. Post Malone - Circles

67. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

68. Taylor Swift - Willow

69. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

70. Polo G - Martin & Gina

71. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

72. CJ Feat. French Montana & Rowdy Rebel - Whoopty

73. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

74. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am

75. Keith Urban & P!nk - One Too Many

76. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)

77. Sam Fischer - This City

78. Jolyon Petch - Dreams

79. BTS - Dynamite

80. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

81. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

82. Majestic vs. Boney M - Rasputin

83. Dua Lipa - We're Good

84. Noah Cyrus - July

85. Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

86. Saweetie Feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend

87. Hooligan Hefs - Send It!

88. Sleepy Hallow - 2055

89. J. Cole - No Role Modelz

90. Regard - Ride It

91. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

92. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

93. Amy Shark Feat. Keith Urban - Love Songs Ain't For Us

94. Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

95. Jack Harlow - Whats Poppin

96. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing

97. Machine Gun Kelly, blackbear - my ex's best friend

98. Maroon 5 - Memories

99. Topic Feat. A7S - Breaking Me

100. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

 

Albums

 

1. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

2. Adele - 30

3. The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You)

4. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

5. Justin Bieber - Justice

6. Ed Sheeran - =

7. Harry Styles - Fine Line

8. Doja Cat - Planet Her

9. The Weeknd - The Highlights

10. ABBA - Voyage

11. Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

12. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

13. Ed Sheeran - ÷

14. Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get

15. Taylor Swift - Evermore

16. Elton John - Diamonds

17. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

18. Drake - Certified Loved Boy

19. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)

20. Taylor Swift - Folklore

21. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

22. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection

23. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous; The Double Album

24. Luke Combs - This One's For You

25. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

26. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)

27. Taylor Swift - 1989

28. Ariana Grande - Positions

29. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

30. P!nk - All I Know So Far: Setlist

31. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

32. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)

33. Adele - 25

34. Amy Shark - Cry Forever

35. INXS - The Very Best

36. Kanye West - Donda

37. Taylor Swift - Lover

38. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

39. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa

40. XXXTentacion - ?

41. Arctic Monkeys - AM

42. Spacey Jane - Sunlight

43. Sam Smith - Love Goes

44. Guy Sebastian - T.R.U.T.H.

45. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project

46. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You

47. Harry Styles - Harry Styles

48. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

49. Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band

50. The Weeknd - After Hours

51. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits

52. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You

53. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection

54. Doja Cat - Hot Pink

55. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman

56. Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall

57. Adele - 21

58. Paul Kelly - Paul Kelly's Christmas Train

59. Ed Sheeran - x

60. Pitbull - Greatest Hits

61. Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts

62. Taylor Swift - Reputation

63. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys

64. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection

65. Travis Scott - Astroworld

66. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

67. Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me

68. Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight

69. Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires

70. J. Cole - The Off-Season

71. Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton - An American Musical

72. Lil Nas X - Montero

73. Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance

74. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits

75. Drake - Scorpion

76. Polo G - The Goat

77. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By

78. Post Malone - Stoney

79. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

80. Halsey - Manic

81. The Wiggles - We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits

82. Bluey - Bluey The Album

83. Jimmy Barnes - Flesh And Blood

84. Khalid - American Teen

85. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew

86. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

87. Glass Animals - Dreamland

88. Eminem - The Eminem Show

89. SZA - Ctrl

90. Lady Gaga - The Fame

91. Queen - Greatest Hits

92. Soundtrack - Hitsville: The Making Of Motown

93. Jack Harlow - That's What They All Say

94. Bee Gees - Timeless - The All-Time Greatest Hits

95. Lorde - Solar Power

96. AC/DC - Power Up

97. One Direction - Made In The A.M.

98. Tyler, The Creator - Igor

99. The Weeknd - Starboy

100. Ed Sheeran - +

 

 

Decided to not deprive myself of more sleep so this is 10 hours late. Firstly I'll just make some clarifications since the ARIA Charts are written in a different language to our own which we're still trying to decipher to this day. All the credits provided I spelled them correctly are as is on the chart. ARIA have a habit of choosing one credit and maybe changing it once but then sticking with it to the bitter end. This means that when remixes come out they usually just leave as is or completely disregard common sense in the long run. So yes that is Miley Cyrus on the 4th biggest hit of the year and no, that version of the song was not remotely as popular as the original. Similarly if you look at this year's Hip-Hop/R&B list, you'll find that Skrillex is still contributing to "HUMBLE.". Secondly, ARIA run these numbers purely from what appeared on their chart. I've learnt recently that this includes sales figures beyond even the top 500. This is data from every weekly chart dated 11/01/2021 to 03/01/2022 inclusive. This however means that if ARIA were initially not tracking a song but later include it, those early weeks are lost forever. Notable losers in this category include "Woman" by Doja Cat which was missing for a month and a half, "Riptide" by Vance Joy which disappeared 18 months ago and has never returned, and also "The Thrill" by Wiz Khalifa which is still missing to this day. It is also minutely possible that "Meet Me At Our Spot" and "Love Tonight" could've squeezed in if they'd been tracked all year but I'm less certain of this. The album chart is the same deal as the singles chart except we can never be certain of what counts to what. It certainly appears as if streams of "Fix You" (or any of their hits) by Coldplay are being re-directed to their "Live In Buenos Aires" album which makes this list for the 2nd year in a row, but it's possible that not all of them are, maybe "Yellow" or "Adventure of a Lifetime" go to their respective studio albums instead. Until ARIA decide to grow more transparent with their data, we'll never know. This is the 5th year in a row that "Perfect" has made the list, with no signs of slowing down, in fact the signs are so few that it's actually 18 places higher than it was last year, though you might attribute it to Ed Sheeran putting out an album this year as all of his stuff ("No.6" excluded) is higher this year than last year. It's however the first time that "Mr Brightside" has made the list which perhaps will join the crew of songs that are on this list every year. There were more Australian singles this year than last year, 15 vs. 10. If you wish to argue that The Kid LAROI saved Australian music last year, well Facebook would have fun with that thinkpiece. On the other hand, the album chart is a big swing in the other direction, dropping from 24 to 14. Considering that this week's ARIA top 50 has only 4 Australian albums and a year ago there were 10, it doesn't look like it's getting better, so perhaps we'll need to commission Bluey to save Australian music this year. Somehow I'm skeptical that "Down Under", "We Run The Night", "Cold Heart" and "The Thrill" are gonna utilise their exposure to move Australian albums off shelves.

Interesting that 'good 4 u' didn't overtake 'drivers license' here and in a few other countries, unlike the UK and US!

 

#33 is pretty good for Adele! Also glad to see 'Cover Me In Sunshine' in the top 20.