April 14, 20214 yr Author I can't totally count it out but it's not really clear if it can beat Justin on attrition just yet. If Hot Hits give it more of a push then it's a lock.
April 21, 20214 yr Author 19/04/2021 Singles 01 01 04 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 02 03 03 02 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 03 02 35 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 NE 01 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 05 04 10 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 06 05 20 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 07 06 19 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 08 07 09 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 09 08 14 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 10 NE 01 10 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 11 13 02 11 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 12 09 15 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 13 12 08 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 14 11 27 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 15 10 06 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 16 15 08 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 17 17 06 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 18 14 10 11 UP Cardi B 19 NE 01 19 MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 20 16 09 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 21 18 14 06 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 21 10 21 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 23 19 72 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 24 20 35 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 25 23 13 12 STREETS Doja Cat 26 22 15 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 27 24 22 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 28 25 39 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 29 26 25 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 30 28 15 21 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 31 29 38 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 32 47 02 32 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 33 31 09 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 34 27 40 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 35 34 109 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 36 RE 03 21 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 36 05 36 BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion 38 32 22 19 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 39 30 30 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 40 33 15 07 GOOD DAYS SZA 41 35 74 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 42 38 08 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 43 NE 01 43 ANYWHERE AWAY FROM HERE Rag'N'Bone Man & P!nk 44 37 10 37 BANG! AJR 45 NE 01 45 FOREVER & ALWAYS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 40 36 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 47 42 14 35 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 48 92 02 48 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 49 43 100 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 50 44 34 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver Albums 01 NE 01 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 01 04 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 03 NE 01 03 MUSIC IS LOVE (1966-1970) Richard Clapton 04 02 54 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 05 23 23 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 06 NE 01 06 ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE BROCKHAMPTON 07 05 69 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 08 03 10 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 04 37 01 F**K LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 06 40 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 11 07 106 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 12 15 18 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 13 13 214 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 10 317 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 15 11 148 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 16 37 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 14 74 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 19 272 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 18 201 17 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 26 120 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 21 22 39 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 22 21 160 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 20 14 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 24 28 337 01 1989 Taylor Swift 25 12 04 02 CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB Lana Del Rey 26 37 06 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 27 43 233 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 28 29 99 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 29 53 63 02 MADE IN THE A.M. One Direction 30 25 146 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 09 02 09 DESTINED 2 WIN Lil Tjay 32 31 39 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 33 30 35 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 34 36 85 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 35 83 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 36 17 03 03 THE BITTER TRUTH Evanescence 37 24 129 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 NE 01 38 NEAREST MISSES (LIVE) Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes 39 34 45 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 40 33 23 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 41 27 450 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 84 48 01 FOUR One Direction 43 38 161 02 ? XXXTentacion 44 41 176 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 08 02 08 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL… THE ART OF STARTING OVER Demi Lovato 46 39 63 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 47 47 175 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 48 51 29 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 49 66 44 10 THE GOAT Polo G 50 48 91 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran  It's a 2nd week at #1 for "Peaches". Maybe I'm already eating my words up in Georgia but it is proving a close contest so Lil Nas X could potentially take it next week. The latest big streaming hit that will likely not make much upward progress because it's not white enough for certain people to give it a chance is Polo G's "RAPSTAR" in at #4. It's by far his highest lead artist entry though he did have a top 20 hit with Juice WRLD and co. on "Hate The Other Side". Olivia Rodrigo indeed hits the magic #11 position with "deja vu" but will almost certainly climb into the top 10 next week anyway. Dr. Luke is a scumbag among other worse things but I guess there's a new Doja Cat song. Most new action on the chart this week is Taylor Swift's re-recording. "Mr. Perfectly Fine" has been extremely lapped up by radio which will at least give it a 2nd week in the top 50 or even more but it's still attached to an anchor. "Forever & Always" seemingly gets in ahead of more obvious choices just because there are two different versions of it on the album that have been combined, which is a fun time to remind everyone of that time in 2015 when Justin Bieber's album release had one of the track's streams attached instead to "The Feeling", resulting in a longer than usual chart run for it. A truly spectacular event is that Rag'N'Bone Man has actually managed a top 50 hit without making the Spotify top 200, impossible to determine why. Joel of various terminally unfunny gag names gets his 3rd top 50 hit this week (as a side note: "Lonely" which never charted was certified gold). climbs for "BED" and "deja vu" are literally all that ARIA has hinted in the midweeks today so get ready for another eventful week. Tones and I still needs another 5 weeks to hit the triple digits officially in case you were wondering. Only two of Taylor Swift's albums to date have not hit #1, her debut album and "Fearless", the latter which was blocked by a 6 month old Kings of Leon album and then a 2 month old Lily Allen album. But hey, there's retribution to be had because the new version of "Fearless" easily sails to the top spot. If you're wondering who Richard Clapton is, I can't really help much because he's well before my time as well but he's a relatively celebrated Australian musician whose accolades outweigh his chart performance. Case in point, this new album is his highest chart position ever. BROCKHAMPTON's latest run of bangers & sadbangers lands at #6, their 3rd top 10 album though a bit down from "GINGER"'s #3 peak. Australian alt-country group The Wildes get their first ever top 50 album. Lachlan Bryan is a member of the group and I'll admit I don't know why he's credited ahead of them here. Next week could see Taylor Swift retain #1 if she can hold off London Grammar, which I think is probably what will happen. Elsewhere is an extremely eclectic set of debuts from The Offspring, AJ Tracey, Alex Henry Foster, Cannibal Corpse & Greta Van Fleet, I'm sure at least one person has checked out all of them.
April 21, 20214 yr good for Taylor, Mr Perfectly Fine did better than in the US or UK hope Montero can beat Bieber next week
April 28, 20214 yr Author 26/04/2021 Singles 01 02 04 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 02 01 04 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 03 03 36 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 04 02 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 05 05 11 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 06 11 03 06 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 07 06 21 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 08 10 02 08 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 09 08 10 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 10 07 20 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 11 14 28 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 12 09 15 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 13 13 09 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 14 12 16 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 15 16 09 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 16 17 07 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 17 15 07 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 18 18 11 11 UP Cardi B 19 21 15 06 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 20 20 10 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 21 22 11 21 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 22 23 73 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 23 24 36 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 24 28 40 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 25 25 14 12 STREETS Doja Cat 26 29 26 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 27 27 23 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 28 32 03 28 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 29 26 16 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 30 48 03 30 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 31 30 16 21 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 32 31 39 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 33 19 02 19 MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 34 35 110 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 35 33 10 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 36 34 41 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 38 23 19 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 39 37 06 36 BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion 40 41 75 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 41 40 16 07 GOOD DAYS SZA 42 47 15 35 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 43 44 11 37 BANG! AJR 44 42 09 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 45 46 37 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 46 59 11 46 MARTIN & GINA Polo G 47 52 09 39 WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato 48 50 35 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver 49 49 101 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 50 55 77 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa Albums 01 NE 01 01 CALIFORNIAN SOIL London Grammar 02 NE 01 02 LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL The Offspring 03 01 02 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 04 02 05 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 05 04 55 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 06 NE 01 06 STANDING UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS Alex Henry Foster 07 07 70 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 08 08 11 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 09 38 01 F**K LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 10 41 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 11 11 107 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 12 NE 01 12 FLU GAME AJ Tracey 13 13 215 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 14 318 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 15 17 75 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 16 05 24 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 17 15 149 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 24 338 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 16 38 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 19 202 17 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 18 273 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 12 19 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 23 22 161 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 23 15 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 25 21 40 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 26 28 100 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 27 27 234 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 28 NE 01 28 VOILENCE UNIMAGINED Cannibal Corpse 29 41 451 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 30 32 40 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 31 20 121 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 32 26 07 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 33 35 84 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 34 37 130 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 40 24 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 36 06 02 06 ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE BROCKHAMPTON 37 39 46 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 38 30 147 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 39 44 177 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 40 34 86 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 41 46 64 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 42 NE 01 42 THE BATTLE AT GARDEN'S GATE Greta Van Fleet 43 33 36 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 44 53 142 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 45 43 162 02 ? XXXTentacion 46 31 03 09 DESTINED 2 WIN Lil Tjay 47 45 03 08 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL… THE ART OF STARTING OVER Demi Lovato 48 50 92 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 49 03 02 03 MUSIC IS LOVE (1966-1970) Richard Clapton 50 49 45 10 THE GOAT Polo G  Lil Nas X does indeed score his 2nd #1 this week. With "Peaches" only being #1 for 2 weeks, was it really a #1 hit? Speaking of which, was "drivers license" really a #1 hit if Olivia Rodrigo's follow up has not peaked at #11, as it's up to #6. This is a thrilling week where nothing managed to debut in the top 50, if only there were some thrilling song they could include. Next week does not look much better with only AURORA pegged to hit the top 50. There's a bit more to note on the album chart however. We have a brand new top 2. Bucking expected convention, London Grammar's 3rd album has become their first ever #1, after debuting at #2 & #3 respectively before. I choose to attribute this to Dot Major's star making voice over work on Disco Elysium. Right behind them are The Offspring, who have historically performed especially well in Australia, having hit #1 with "Smash" and "Americana". Their latest album is their highest charter since those heady days. Alex Henry Foster scores his first ever top 50 album at the dizzying heights of #6. If only there were a few less debuts then maybe AJ Tracey would've had a chance at the top 10, but instead he joins the absurdly growing list of British rappers who just can't quite make the top 10. Stormzy's had two #11 albums, The Streets hit #11, slowthai hit #11, Skepta hit #13 & #15, Dizzee Rascal hit #18, Headie One hit #22 and so on. With that I have the truly bizarre fact that I believe the only British rap albums to hit the top 10 are Plan B's "Ill Manors" at #9, outdone by KSI's "Dissimulation" at #4. But actually maybe the most unusual thing this week is death metal stalwarts Cannibal Corpse getting their first top 50 album. There's also Greta Van Fleet whose more low profile follow up doesn't come close to the top 10 heights of their debut. Next week has very little going on except a John Lennon vinyl boost and a new Kaleo album.
May 5, 20214 yr Author 03/05/2021 Singles 01 01 05 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 02 03 37 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 03 02 06 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 04 19 16 04 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 05 08 03 05 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 06 05 12 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 07 04 03 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 08 07 22 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 09 06 04 06 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 21 02 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 11 11 29 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 12 09 11 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 13 13 10 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 14 12 16 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 15 14 17 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 16 16 08 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 17 15 10 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 18 17 08 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 19 21 12 19 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 20 18 12 11 UP Cardi B 21 28 04 21 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 22 22 74 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 23 20 11 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 24 23 37 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 25 24 41 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 26 25 15 12 STREETS Doja Cat 27 30 04 27 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 28 27 24 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 29 26 27 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 30 29 17 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 31 36 42 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 32 35 11 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 33 34 111 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 34 32 40 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 35 53 02 35 RUNAWAY AURORA 36 44 10 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 37 37 24 19 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 38 31 17 21 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 39 38 07 36 BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion 40 40 76 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 41 41 17 07 GOOD DAYS SZA 42 46 12 42 MARTIN & GINA Polo G 43 39 32 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 44 42 16 35 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 45 33 03 19 MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 46 45 38 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 47 43 12 37 BANG! AJR 48 49 102 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 49 48 36 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 50 50 78 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa Albums 01 04 06 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 02 05 56 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 03 03 03 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 04 01 02 01 CALIFORNIAN SOIL London Grammar 05 07 71 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 08 12 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 09 39 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 10 42 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 09 11 108 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 10 15 76 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 11 13 216 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 12 14 319 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 13 17 150 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 14 16 25 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 15 02 02 02 LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL The Offspring 16 18 339 01 1989 Taylor Swift 17 20 203 17 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 23 162 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 21 274 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 20 19 39 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 25 41 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 22 24 16 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 23 34 131 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 24 26 101 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 25 37 47 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 26 43 37 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 27 NE 01 27 NURTURE Porter Robinson 28 27 235 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 29 30 41 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 30 22 20 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 31 29 452 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 32 32 08 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 33 33 85 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 34 NE 17 03 JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND (ULTIMATE EDITION) John Lennon 35 31 122 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 36 39 178 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 35 25 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 38 41 65 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 39 45 163 02 ? XXXTentacion 40 38 148 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 41 51 31 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 42 40 87 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 50 46 10 THE GOAT Polo G 44 55 57 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 44 143 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 46 48 93 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 47 46 04 09 DESTINED 2 WIN Lil Tjay 48 12 02 12 FLU GAME AJ Tracey 49 54 21 03 PLASTIC HEARTS Miley Cyrus 50 62 157 01 BEERBONG'S & BENTLEY'S Post Malone  Lil Nas X is #1 for a 2nd week but I'm hesitant to say he can make a 3rd. This is an utterly boring set of weeks on the chart but on the other hand, there is a chaotic race for #1 next week. I am very outspoken about my disrespect for shit stat padding remixes as a means to score an out of reach chart peak all for a worse version of the song that fades away to irrelevance but inevitably taints the song in general. ANYWAY, "WITHOUT YOU" will probably be #1 next week. Incidentally we're amidst a big vault also for the remix of "Body", so much so that I think if it keeps up its pace, ARIA will be flat out wrong with their charts given their still unclear procedure for Thursday's data. On the other hand, if you are a fan of seeing songs peak slightly higher as a result of these inorganic injections, I am proud as punch for you to say that "Save Your Tears" is no longer a #6 peaking song, and is now a #4 peaking song. Truly a life-changing moment. There's just one top 50 debut and it comes from AURORA who has never charted here before but has had several radio hits on triple j (in fact they briefly played "Runaway" when it came out). Such is the state of affairs that it's still not even the oldest song in the top 50 this week, and it may have more competition as The Killers are seriously challenging a return this week. Otherwise it's yet another slow week with only Billie debuting probably. Speaking of slow weeks, Justin Bieber returns to #1, no doubt with continually dropping streams. You know we're in the dregs of album chart sales when Maroon 5 nearly get a new peak. Porter Robinson does get the one proper new entry to the chart, granted not as high as his debut which reached #13. Next week at the very least should have some action. Amy Shark will probably be at #1, alongside debuts for Gojira, Royal Blood, DJ Khaled, girl in red, Julia Stone, Big Scary and more.
May 12, 20214 yr Author 10/05/2021 Singles 01 10 22 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 02 05 04 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 03 21 05 03 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 04 01 06 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 05 02 38 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 03 07 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 07 04 17 04 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 08 06 13 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 09 NE 01 09 YOUR POWER Billie Eilish 10 07 04 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 11 11 30 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 12 08 23 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 13 09 05 06 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 14 13 11 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 15 12 12 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 16 15 18 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 17 14 17 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 18 16 09 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 19 17 11 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 20 19 13 19 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 21 18 09 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 22 36 11 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 23 20 13 11 UP Cardi B 24 22 75 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 25 24 38 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 26 23 12 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 27 27 05 27 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 28 26 16 12 STREETS Doja Cat 29 25 42 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 30 35 03 30 RUNAWAY Aurora 31 28 25 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 32 29 28 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 33 32 12 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 34 33 112 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 35 31 43 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 30 18 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 37 37 25 19 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 38 34 41 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 39 39 08 36 BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion 40 38 18 21 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 41 40 77 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 42 42 13 42 MARTIN & GINA Polo G 43 41 18 07 GOOD DAYS SZA 44 44 17 35 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 45 43 33 04 HOLY Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper 46 48 103 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 47 46 39 01 WAP Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion 48 49 37 05 LEMONADE Internet Money, Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV 49 50 79 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 50 56 45 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers Albums 01 NE 01 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 02 01 07 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 03 NE 01 03 FORTITUDE Gojira 04 02 57 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 05 NE 01 05 TYPHOONS Royal Blood 06 03 04 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 07 NE 01 07 KHALED KHALED DJ Khaled 08 05 72 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 09 09 109 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 10 NE 01 10 IF I COULD MAKE IT GO QUIET girl in red 11 06 13 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 07 40 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 13 08 43 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 14 NE 01 14 FIRST TIME REALLY FEELING Liz Stringer 15 04 03 01 CALIFORNIAN SOIL London Grammar 16 NE 01 16 SIXTY SUMMERS Julia Stone 17 13 151 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 10 77 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 19 11 217 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 12 320 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 14 26 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 22 18 163 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 17 204 17 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 26 38 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 25 19 275 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 25 48 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 27 20 40 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 23 132 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 29 21 42 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 30 30 21 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 31 24 102 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 32 22 17 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 33 16 340 01 1989 Taylor Swift 34 28 236 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 35 NE 01 35 CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF PETER GREEN & THE EARLY YEARS OF FLEETWOOD MAC Mick Fleetwood & Friends 36 NE 01 36 LIVE AT KNEBWORTH 1990 Pink Floyd 37 29 42 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 38 63 137 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 39 38 66 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 40 32 09 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 41 33 86 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 42 15 03 02 LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL The Offspring 43 37 26 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 44 41 32 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 45 36 179 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 46 NE 01 46 DAISY Big Scary 47 RE 84 01 LOVE MONSTER Amy Shark 48 31 453 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 49 39 164 02 ? XXXTentacion 50 40 149 01 AM Arctic Monkeys  Gonna be honest, the top of this week's chart combines a few of my least favourite things, namely stat-pad vanity remixes, Dr. Luke, and inaccuracies. Which is to say that "Body" will be #1 next week, but it should have this week (because ARIA seem to compile the chart before getting Spotify's Thursday data) and "WITHOUT YOU" never should have hit the top spot. Also I'm super busy this week and I'm not dignifying the rest.
May 19, 20214 yr Author 17/05/2021 Singles 01 03 06 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 02 02 05 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 03 01 23 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 04 05 39 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 04 07 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 06 08 14 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 07 06 08 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 08 07 18 04 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 09 11 31 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 10 12 24 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 11 10 05 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 12 14 12 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 13 15 13 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 14 09 02 09 YOUR POWER Billie Eilish 15 13 06 06 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 16 17 18 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 17 16 19 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 18 20 14 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 19 18 10 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 20 NE 01 20 I N T E R L U D E J. Cole 21 19 12 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 22 21 10 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 23 27 06 23 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 24 23 14 11 UP Cardi B 25 NE 01 25 ALL I KNOW SO FAR P!nk 26 22 12 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 27 24 76 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 28 25 39 01 MOOD 24KGOLDN feat. Iann Dior 29 28 17 12 STREETS Doja Cat 30 29 43 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 31 NE 01 31 MISS THE RAGE Trippie Redd feat. Playboi Carti 32 26 13 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 33 33 13 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 34 31 26 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 35 30 04 30 RUNAWAY Aurora 36 35 44 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 32 29 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 38 34 113 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 39 37 26 19 PARADISE Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy 40 39 09 36 BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion 41 38 42 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 42 36 19 05 ANYONE Justin Bieber 43 41 78 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 44 NE 01 44 HIGHER POWER Coldplay 45 40 19 21 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 46 42 14 42 MARTIN & GINA Polo G 47 43 19 07 GOOD DAYS SZA 48 49 80 02 DON'T START NOW Dua Lipa 49 44 18 35 BEST FRIEND Saweetie feat. Doja Cat 50 46 104 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I Albums 01 01 02 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 02 02 08 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 03 04 58 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 04 NE 01 04 LIFE BY MISADVENTURE Rag'N'Bone Man 05 08 73 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 09 110 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 07 11 14 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 12 41 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 09 13 44 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 10 06 05 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 11 17 152 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 12 18 78 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 13 07 02 07 KHALED KHALED DJ Khaled 14 19 218 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 20 321 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 16 23 205 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 22 164 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 25 276 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 21 27 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 20 29 43 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 21 33 341 01 1989 Taylor Swift 22 31 103 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 23 24 39 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 24 32 18 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 25 27 41 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 48 454 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 27 30 22 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 28 26 49 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 29 34 237 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 30 28 133 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 31 15 04 01 CALIFORNIAN SOIL London Grammar 32 41 87 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 33 39 67 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 34 37 43 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 35 43 27 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 36 45 180 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 49 165 02 ? XXXTentacion 38 44 33 02 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 39 53 89 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 59 179 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 41 NE 01 41 LATEST RECORD PROJECT VOLUME 1 Van Morrison 42 61 357 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 43 50 150 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 44 40 10 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 45 69 92 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 56 95 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 47 38 138 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 48 54 48 10 THE GOAT Polo G 49 58 145 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 50 63 159 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone  For the first time in 2 weeks, the top of the charts is actually correct, as "Body" belatedly ascends to #1. Currently Olivia Rodrigo is #1 on Spotify, nearly ahead of "Body" combined but she'll need at least another week to get to #1. J. Cole has surprisingly never had a top 10 hit yet, though that might change next week (hard to call). As a preview, he gets his 4th top 20 hit with "i n t e r l u d e". P!nk also is at it again with high sales and lagging streams to get a big debut for "All I Know So Far", which admittedly should hold on much better than "Anywhere Away From Here" did, but not as well as "Cover Me In Sunshine". Trippie Redd & Playboi Carti both score their first ever top 50 hits this week, although Playboi Carti of course had an uncredited role on top 10 hit "EARFQUAKE" in 2019. Perhaps most curiously this week is the return to the top 50 for Coldplay, who haven't seen such heights since "Something Just Like This" in 2017. They return to the tried and true tradition of unintentionally mimicking Australian artists as the track bears a weird similarity to Shannen James' most recent single "Superstitious". There have scarcely been slower weeks on the album chart, and as such self-proclaimed eternal underdog Amy Shark actually manages a 2nd week at #1. There's just one debut at the top end of the chart and it's the 2nd album for Rag'N'Bone Man which lands just a little below the #3 peak for "Human". Such is the state of things that the Maroon 5 album that sells about 1 copy a week manages to get a new peak, suggesting that it is a perpetual #15 or thereabouts on the theoretical album streaming chart. The only other new entry comes from lockdown conspiracist and former musician Van Morrison. Next week could be an interesting battle, with Delta Goodrem & J. Cole dueling for the top spot. The Black Keys, You Am I, St. Vincent & Alan Jackson should also make entrances.
May 19, 20214 yr Didn’t expect Body to be so successful outside the UK! Also Dance Monkey on the verge of finally leaving the top 50. Fingers crossed the last time it seen on the chart.
May 19, 20214 yr Author Didn’t expect Body to be so successful outside the UK! Also Dance Monkey on the verge of finally leaving the top 50. Fingers crossed the last time it seen on the chart. It's left the top 50 before
May 19, 20214 yr It's left the top 50 before Ah fair enough. Let’s hope it has seen the last of its resurgences now then. :lol:
May 26, 20214 yr Author Singles 01 01 07 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 02 NE 01 02 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 03 02 06 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 04 03 24 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 05 04 40 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 06 15 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 07 09 32 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 08 05 08 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 09 07 09 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 10 08 19 04 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 11 NE 01 11 M Y . L I F E J. Cole 12 10 25 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 13 15 07 06 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 14 NE 01 14 A M A R I J. Cole 15 NE 01 15 P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L J. Cole, Lil Baby 16 12 13 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufusa & Hypeman 17 11 06 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 18 13 14 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 19 16 19 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 20 20 02 20 I N T E R L U D E J. Cole 21 17 20 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 22 NE 01 22 9 5 . S O U T H J. Cole 23 14 03 09 YOUR POWER Billie Eilish 24 18 15 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 25 19 11 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 26 23 07 23 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 27 NE 01 27 L E T . G O . M Y . H A N D J. Cole 28 NE 01 28 A P P L Y I N G . P R E S S U R E J. Cole 29 21 13 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 30 NE 01 30 1 0 0 . M I L ' J. Cole 31 22 11 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 32 27 77 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 NE 01 33 P U N C H I N ' . T H E . C L O C K J. Cole 34 28 40 01 MOOD 24KGOLDN feat. Iann Dior 35 24 15 11 UP Cardi B 36 30 44 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 37 29 18 12 STREETS Doja Cat 38 25 02 25 ALL I KNOW SO FAR P!nk 39 NE 01 39 THE CLIMB BACK J. Cole 40 26 13 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 41 38 114 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 42 34 27 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 43 36 45 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 37 30 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 45 33 14 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 46 NE 01 46 H U N G E R . O N . H I L L S I D E J. Cole, Bas 47 35 05 30 RUNAWAY Aurora 48 32 14 03 CALLING MY PHONE Lil Tjay & 6lack 49 NE 01 49 CLOSE J. Cole 50 41 43 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae Albums 01 NE 01 01 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED DREAMS Delta Goodrem 02 NE 01 02 THE LIVES OF OTHERS You Am I 03 NE 01 03 THE OFF-SEASON J. Cole 04 RE 02 04 L.W. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 05 02 09 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 06 01 03 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 07 03 59 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 NE 01 08 DELTA KREAM The Black Keys 09 05 74 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 10 07 15 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 09 45 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 12 08 42 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 13 06 111 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 14 NE 01 14 WHERE HAVE YOU GONE Alan Jackson 15 NE 01 15 DADDY'S HOME St. Vincent 16 12 79 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 NE 01 17 JASON OWEN SINGS JOHN DENVER: THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS Jason Owen 18 NE 01 18 CHANGING COLOURS Babe Rainbow 19 11 153 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 14 219 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 10 06 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 16 206 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 15 322 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 17 165 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 18 277 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 04 02 04 LIFE BY MISADVENTURE Rag'N'Bone Man 27 25 42 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 13 03 07 KHALED KHALED DJ Khaled 29 20 44 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 30 21 342 01 1989 Taylor Swift 31 19 28 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 32 22 104 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 33 30 134 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 34 24 19 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 35 23 40 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 36 29 238 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 37 28 50 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 38 26 455 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 39 27 23 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 40 32 88 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 41 NE 01 41 BEAM ME UP SCOTTY Nicki Minaj 42 34 44 01 14 STEPS TO A BETTER YOU Lime Cordiale 43 36 181 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 37 166 02 ? XXXTentacion 45 51 125 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 46 33 68 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 47 35 28 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 48 44 11 03 WE'RE ALL FRUIT SALAD: GREATEST HITS The Wiggles 49 NE 01 49 BE RIGHT BACK Jorja Smith 50 55 316 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi  "Body" logs its 2nd week at #1 which will likely be its last. As expected though not outright stated, "good 4 u" debuts at #2 and has vaulted to such a monumental lead that it's hard to imagine it being upset. Anyhow, her triumphant arrival has the immediate effect of blocking J. Cole from scoring his first ever top 10 hit, having previously reached #13 on "The London", or by himself, #15 on "MIDDLE CHILD". Now overtaking both is "M Y . L I F E" at #11. "The Off-Season" joins the elite company of "÷", "ye", "thank u, next", "folklore" and maybe something I'm forgetting as albums who've had their entire tracklist hit the top 50. You would logically think that there's another entrant coming soon to this list but au contraire, ARIA have not yet decided to include anything from Olivia's album. Terribly frustrating as I suspect she could set a new bar for how high an entire tracklist can go, but we may never know for certain. Also this week there is not a single new peak which I don't think has happened in a very long time. Delta Goodrem scores her 5th #1 album this week, doing so almost entirely without the need to score hit singles although it does have a brief top 40 hit in "Paralyzed" on it. She's hit #1 with all of her albums barring "Child Of The Universe" (blocked by 2nd week Taylor Swift) and her Christmas album last year (also blocked by Taylor Swift). Speaking of Australian artists with 3 consecutive #1 albums, just behind her this week is You Am I, who in the mid '90s made history as the first Australian band to debut at #1 with 3 albums in a row. Their latest album is their highest charter since that historic album and really I just have to shout them out as being genuinely excellent. Meanwhile because of how the album chart is weighted, utter dominance on the singles chart means nothing and J. Cole merely manages a #3 debut, having previously reached #1 with "KOD" on a slower week. Also bad at choosing weeks is King Gizzard who still haven't had a #1 album but I imagine there were plenty of safe weeks to drop the vinyl for "L.W." and secure it. Now we wait and see how Radiohead will blow it again but realistically King Gizzard will probably release several new albums by then. The Black Keys score their 5th top 10 album as their parabola descends. A less clear trajectory is the up and down stakes of Alan Jackson's chart history, which adds a #14 to its collection. St. Vincent's last album got her to the top 50 for the first time, and now her tribute to 6LACK's verse on "Morocco" gets her slightly higher at #15. In the world of names I haven't thought about in a long time, Jason Owen was the runner up on X Factor behind Samantha Jade in 2012, who scored 2 top 10 albums shortly after and dipped. It seems serendipitous that he returns with a John Denver covers album if only because "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" has been on an ad recently. Psychedelic rockers Babe Rainbow (previously with 'The') hit #18 for the 2nd time now with their latest, while Nicki Minaj enters with a re-issued mixtape, and Jorja Smith has a glint into the top 50 with an album that I don't think had a full physical release yet. Next week will probably be Olivia Rodrigo, P!nk & twenty one pilots in that order, but I'm most excited at the prospect of a Simpsons inspired doom metal band from Melbourne getting in, if only so I can type their amazing album title.
May 26, 20214 yr I wondered if ARIA allowed all Olivia Rodrigo SOUR track lists to be charted in the entire top 50? Currently the whole eleven SOUR tracks was charted within top 20 for both Spotify and Apple Music AU this week.
May 26, 20214 yr There’s no rules as far as I’m aware. So I’d expect so. Others may know more though.
May 27, 20214 yr Author Officially the 'rule' is that every song that appears on the chart needs to specifically be allowed by the label. Historically, this was characterised by (usually) Sony delaying the entrance of many singles so they could get flashier debuts (happened a lot with Idol/X Factor alumni), and a lot of promo singles that were due to debut in the top 50 and rapidly vanish would just never show up, assumably so they don't mess up an artist's chart history or something. Nowadays it strikes me more as sheer negligence. Often it impacts independently released tracks like Tyga's "Taste" or BENEE's "Soaked" whose popularity went entirely undocumented (in the case of BENEE, I believe they started counting it when her EP came out, but it was long gone by then). Just recently we've had Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill" getting baffling support on Spotify but ARIA are still ignoring it, same goes for Duncan Laurence's "Arcade". XXXTENTACION's "Jocelyn Flores" was completely absent from the chart in 2017, and when he passed away mid-chart week, "SAD!" vaulted into the top 10, but "Jocelyn Flores" didn't debut until the week after, assumably because someone connected the dots and realised it was missing. ARIA haven't (as far as I know) corrected a chart after publishing since 2013 so the idea of retroactively fixing that is absurd, will never happen. When it comes to big album releases, it's a coin flip. Usually you can assume there'll be no shenanigans and the whole album will get in, but there are always exceptions. Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." only had "DNA.", "LOYALTY." and "LOVE." appear on the chart, which I interpret as them being the only tracks on the album that made the top 100 digital chart, so there's the isolated 'people actually care about this song' aspect (because "ELEMENT." I believe would have actually charted above "LOVE." that week so it's not just the biggest ones overall), although on the other hand, those ended up being the 'singles' in the long run. My digital chart logic also checked out earlier that year with Drake's "More Life", of which only "Passionfruit" appeared. Travis Scott's "ASTROWORLD" roll-out was an odd one where only "SICKO MODE", "STARGAZING" and previous single "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" were let on the chart on the first week. However, in the 2nd week, the rest of the album was suddenly fair game and so all of their peak positions are historically misleading because they missed their biggest week, "YOSEMITE" and a bunch of others should probably be top 50 hits but aren't. The Weeknd fairly consistently never dabbles in this, almost as if someone doesn't want to make his chart history messy. Dua Lipa also had none of this, only the promoted "Break Your Heart", and prior release "Future Nostalgia" charting, but "Levitating" and "Hallucinate" probably should have as well, the latter never having charted still as a result. Drake's "Scorpion" had an odd result where nearly every track on the album except "Survival" and "Sandra's Rose" were allowed on the chart, which at a stretch you could declare they're too 'interludey' to count as singles. On the other hand, in that same year, Ariana Grande charted all of "sweetener", including 37 second "raindrops (an angel cried)" which I believe is still the shortest ever chart hit. Last year I discovered a new breed of this, where it's unclear if it's negligence or future planning. Hip-hop often is treated so haphazardously on the chart (which goes beyond album releases) as if it's being handled by someone who isn't remotely invested in the artform (shocking, I know). Pop Smoke's album release felt a bit like that, where most of the tracks were let in but some randomly weren't. Of those who weren't included were "Mood Swings" and "What You Know Bout Love", which went on to be big top 10 hits later on so you could hypothesise that this was future planning, knowing that those tracks would blow up in the future and to give them a clean chart run. That works in theory but they were so slow on the latter that it probably was as high as top 20 before they included it (I even posted evidence of this on ARIA's Facebook, and it was included the week after, I don't know if I'm responsible or not). As for "Mood Swings", nobody could've predicted this, but the nature of cumulative sales means that those early weeks before it blew up would've been the difference between it making and missing the ARIA End Of Year Singles chart, where officially it probably landed at #101-#105 (similar thing happened to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams"). Later that year, every new track on The Kid LAROI's extended album charted...except for "WITHOUT YOU", which also wouldn't be fixed until it was 'debuting' in the top 10. If nothing else it's a fascinating case study into astroturfing on TikTok, but maybe it's just a coincidence? The tl;dr of all of this is that we never really know what's going to happen with anything, especially album tracks. All I have to go by is ARIA's Wednesday midweeks and whether or not they mention the tracks. If they do, then you're good, I've never seen them redact a chart entry*, but with Olivia's tracks going unmentioned, it's still a toss up. Justin Bieber's album tracks weren't mentioned in the midweeks earlier this year but did show up in the end, so I won't know until tomorrow, but for the historical significance of this impact, and the fact that it's otherwise inflating Lewis Capaldi 9 places higher, I sincerely hope she pulls through. *well Powfu's "death bed" vanished for its 2nd week for no explainable reason
June 2, 20214 yr Author Do we know if Heartbreak Anthem debuted inside the top 100? Can't say because we're not privy to top 100 data since ARIA lock it behind a subscription #100  31/05/2021 Singles 01 02 02 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 02 01 08 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 03 13 08 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 04 03 07 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 05 19 20 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 06 NE 01 06 BUTTER BTS 07 NE 01 07 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 08 04 25 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 09 05 41 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 10 06 16 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 11 07 33 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 12 NE 01 12 BRUTAL Olivia Rodrigo 13 08 09 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 14 NE 01 14 ENOUGH FOR YOU Olivia Rodrigo 15 NE 01 15 HAPPIER Olivia Rodrigo 16 10 20 04 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 17 09 10 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 18 NE 01 18 1 STEP FORWARD, 3 STEPS BACK Olivia Rodrigo 19 18 15 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 20 16 14 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufusa & Hypeman 21 12 26 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 22 NE 01 22 JEALOUSY, JEALOUSY Olivia Rodrigo 23 NE 01 23 HOPE UR OK Olivia Rodrigo 24 17 07 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 25 21 21 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 26 26 08 23 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 27 24 16 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 28 15 02 15 P R I D E . I S . T H E . D E V I L J. Cole, Lil Baby 29 11 02 11 M Y . L I F E J. Cole 30 25 12 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 31 23 04 09 YOUR POWER Billie Eilish 32 31 12 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 33 14 02 14 A M A R I J. Cole 34 32 78 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 35 34 41 01 MOOD 24KGOLDN feat. Iann Dior 36 69 02 36 BUILD A B**CH Bella Poarch 37 29 14 12 HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY Giveon 38 36 45 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 39 38 03 25 ALL I KNOW SO FAR P!nk 40 37 19 12 STREETS Doja Cat 41 40 14 22 LOVE SONGS AIN'T FOR US Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 42 44 31 06 SO DONE The Kid Laroi 43 41 115 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 44 45 15 24 WE'RE GOOD Dua Lipa 45 43 46 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 35 16 11 UP Cardi B 47 51 06 47 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 48 NE 01 48 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 49 42 28 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I 50 50 44 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae Albums 01 NE 01 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 02 NE 01 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 03 NE 01 03 SCALED AND ICY Twenty One Pilots 04 NE 01 04 ONE NIGHT LONELY Powderfinger 05 03 02 03 THE OFF-SEASON J. Cole 06 NE 01 06 LOVELESS My Bloody Valentine 07 05 10 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 08 07 60 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 01 02 01 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED DREAMS Delta Goodrem 10 06 04 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 11 10 16 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 09 75 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 13 11 46 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 14 12 43 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 13 112 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 16 NE 01 16 I'M A STUPID MORON WITH AN UGLY FACE AND A BIG BUTT AND MY BUTT SMELLS AND I LIKE TO KISS MY OWN BUTT Dr Colossus 17 16 80 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 20 220 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 19 154 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 22 207 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 37 51 06 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Broadway Cast Recording 22 02 02 02 THE LIVES OF OTHERS You Am I 23 NE 01 23 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST ROTTERDAM 2021 Various 24 30 343 01 1989 Taylor Swift 25 24 166 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 25 278 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 23 323 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 21 07 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 33 135 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 30 29 45 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 31 34 20 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 32 08 02 08 DELTA KREAM The Black Keys 33 32 105 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 34 35 41 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 35 31 29 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 36 27 43 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 37 36 239 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 38 40 89 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 39 44 167 02 ? XXXTentacion 40 28 04 07 KHALED KHALED DJ Khaled 41 43 182 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 38 456 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 43 47 29 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 44 46 69 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 45 NE 01 45 ISN'T ANYTHING My Bloody Valentine 46 14 02 14 WHERE HAVE YOU GONE Alan Jackson 47 39 24 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 48 51 147 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 26 03 04 LIFE BY MISADVENTURE Rag'N'Bone Man 50 52 50 10 THE GOAT Polo G  Coinciding perfectly with the 2021 Tournament Of Champions, we have a song called "good 4 u" at #1. Last week we had no new peaks in the top 50, this week Olivia takes both of them with this and "deja vu" which improves its peak to #3 without the aid of a superfluous remix. Complicating the End Of Year #1 single race, "drivers license" overtakes "Heat Waves" again. Much like the mammoth chart impact of "The Off-Season" last week was pipped for top singles chart debut (as was "÷" incidentally), Olivia has also been beaten to that post by BTS, who score their 3rd top 10 hit with "Butter". They perhaps just chose a bad week for this because it actually had a solid 100,000 more streams on debut than "Dynamite" (which debuted at #2) did, though in saying that I couldn't tell you how its sales compare. Elsewhere Olivia dominates the chart as ALMOST her entire album debuts in the top 25. I say almost because "favorite crime" is missing for no good reason. This is especially curious as it's the one song on the album that's still climbing up, so I guess it's possible it could debut later on and give Olivia a clean top 25 sweep, which is by far the highest an entire tracklisting has gone. Bella Poarch gets her first chart entry also this week, as does Majestic after waiting patiently behind big album releases. Boney M.'s prog Christmas classic never quite makes the top 50 so this is their first time here in many decades. Also Vance Joy has a new song out, joining the Amy Shark club of struggling and not quite going top 50 on Spotify but being buoyed by strong sales. Unlike J. Cole, Olivia Rodrigo does seal the #1 album, and it's no small feat either, stopping P!nk to the top spot. She of course goes to #1 with all of her studio albums and ever since being adopted to meme status in Australia, has only otherwise missed the top spot with her City and Colour collab album (blocked by a Like A Version compilation). twenty one pilots got to #1 with "Trench" but have to settle for #3 this time around, while Powderfinger also yet again choose a too-competitive week, releasing an album for last year's one-off reunion not-actually-live show, of which 20% of this album's run time is choice deep cut "Thrilloilogy". But maybe the real big news of this week is that for the first time ever, My Bloody Valentine are on the chart. Because Gen Xers love to remind us of how much better their music was even though they weren't actually buying it at the time, and so it is of course the zoomer era charts that remain based. "Loveless" makes the top 10, "Isn't Anything" makes the top 50 and "m b v" is probably not far behind either. Excepting my love of MBV though, perhaps the most important debut this week is that of Dr. Colossus, a Melbourne-based doom metal band based on The Simpsons. They have perhaps the longest album title to ever make the top 20 (Fiona Apple's Idler Wheel reached #23, When The Pawn surprisingly never made the top 50), and we can all say boo-urns to that. With the understandable exception of last year, Eurovision compilations usually make the top 20, though I guess Australia not making it through the semi-finals is a valid reason for our enthusiasm to be dampened this year with a slightly lower showing at #23. Next week, after having collaborated twice in recent years, The Veronicas & Allday are both looking to make top 10 debuts alongside each other.
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