August 30, 20222 yr Author 29/08/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 02 04 02 02 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 03 01 21 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 04 06 12 04 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 05 03 07 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 06 02 13 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 07 05 106 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 08 07 17 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 09 11 12 09 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 10 10 12 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 11 08 05 03 DOJA Central Cee 12 09 11 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 13 12 14 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 14 14 54 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 15 15 59 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 16 16 20 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 17 19 03 17 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 18 13 10 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 19 18 50 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 20 17 61 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 21 22 38 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 22 23 14 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 23 20 06 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 24 21 10 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 25 26 10 25 SWAY MY WAY R3hab feat. Amy Shark 26 49 03 26 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 27 25 18 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 28 34 04 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 29 28 48 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 30 30 07 25 BETTY (GET MONEY) Yung Gravy 31 29 85 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 32 39 15 32 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 33 27 113 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 31 25 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 35 32 98 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 36 24 03 16 STAYING ALIVE DJ Khaled feat. Drake & Lil Baby 37 33 17 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 38 40 10 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 39 36 143 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 40 35 07 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 41 37 29 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 42 38 05 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 43 62 63 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 44 43 70 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 45 42 179 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 46 48 25 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 47 45 09 19 LEFT AND RIGHT Charlie Puth & Junk Kook of BTS 48 41 41 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 49 46 67 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 50 NE 01 50 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose Albums 01 NE 01 01 FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE Madonna 02 NE 01 02 GET F**KED The Chats 03 01 14 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 02 81 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 NE 01 05 TRUE POWER I Prevail 06 NE 01 06 AFTERLIFE Five Finger Death Punch 07 05 66 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 08 03 03 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 09 04 04 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 10 NE 01 10 VIVA LAS VENGEANCE Panic! At The Disco 11 RE 07 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 12 06 43 01 = Ed Sheeran 13 13 07 05 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED: THE HITS Olivia Newton-John 14 10 344 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 09 61 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 16 11 141 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 07 09 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 18 14 272 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 12 160 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 20 15 11 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 21 16 126 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 22 19 178 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 17 220 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 26 409 01 1989 Taylor Swift 25 22 217 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 31 389 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 21 286 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 18 09 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 29 23 109 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 30 29 112 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 31 32 75 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 32 25 124 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 33 34 232 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 34 33 109 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 35 35 146 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 30 99 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 37 38 56 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 38 46 158 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 39 40 51 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 40 36 12 02 TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE Post Malone 41 39 33 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 42 37 10 02 HONESTLY, NEVERMIND Drake 43 42 201 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 44 47 304 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 45 43 240 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 46 NE 01 46 I'M FUN! Ben Lee 47 NE 01 47 HOLY FVCK Demi Lovato 48 45 522 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 49 48 171 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 44 09 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack This is what I get for not trusting the midweeks 100%. In a massive twist, BLACKPINK score their first ever #1 single with "Pink Venom". They're only the second ever K-Pop artist to reach #1, after PSY of course (BTS have gotten as high as #2). She's not technically Australian but Rosé did grow up in Australia and so is the closest we've got to an Australian woman reaching #1 this decade aside from Tones and I's extended retention of the #1 spot into early 2020. I'll also note historically that this is unquestionably the first time that a song's YouTube views, and ARIA's only very recent decision to include them have factored into earning the #1 spot. Without them I don't think the song would have gotten much higher than about #8. This in turn prevents Nicki Minaj from hitting #1 for the first time, but she does now have two #2 singles to her name, and perhaps a chance to get there next week. "As It Was" is probably the most likely contender but also who knows, with no pop bar data it's entirely possible that "Hold Me Closer" is selling in the thousands to make up for a pretty big streaming deficit, so that could turn up anywhere next week. We've also got "I Ain't Worried" which is within an inch of the bizarre future where the most popular song on Spotify at a given moment is "I Ain't Worried" by OneRepublic, truly mystifying. On another note, radio programmers will be delighted that "Sunroof" has cracked the top 10 this week. LF SYSTEM vault up the chart again, and we have an interesting situation I'm not sure has ever happened, with just 2 debuts on the chart, as far away as possible from each other. It turns out that "B.O.T.A." was doing enough to just sneak in this week, and I suspect it will climb quite a bit next week. The longer version of the song was doing best on streaming until a few days ago and the edited version is now vaulting far ahead while the original has since left the top 200. Also interesting to note is that Eliza Rose is not actually the first female DJ/singer of her name to chart in Australia, as back in 2016, Australia's own Elizabeth Rose (who now produces music under the moniker BRUX) charted in the top 100 with her debut album. "The Good Life" is an absolute tune. Madonna secures her 12th #1 album this week, which puts her in outright 3rd for most #1 albums in Australia behind Jimmy Barnes & The Beatles. She very nearly was beaten though which could've surely been a provocative moment to be denied a #1 spot by an album titled "Get F**ked". Thus Australian icons The Chats don't quite get to sit atop a milk crate throne but #2 is a new high for them. At #5 is also a new high for I Prevail, while Five Finger Death Punch score their 4th consecutive top 10 album. Brendan Urie also narrowly scores his 5th top 10 album despite failing to manage it in the US. The first Panic! At The Disco album eventually climbed to #11 while the 4th didn't even get close. Noted polarizing figure Ben Lee returns to the top 50 for the first time since 2009 with his newest album, just ahead of Demi Lovato who I have to suspect had some limited stock availability/distribution/promotion because it's her lowest charting album ever apart from her 2008 debut. Her last 3 albums went top 10.
August 30, 20222 yr I actually thought the first time I saw the name Eliza Rose that it was Elizabeth Rose/BRUX again under another new name! Echoing the love for 'The Good Life', was also a fan of 'Sensibility' and her feature on 'I Didn't Believe' by Flight Facilities. I heard 'I've Been Drunk In Every Pub In Brisbane' by The Chats the other week and I feel like that song probably tells me everything I need to know about their sound :lol: (I'll leave it open to interpretation whether that is a good thing or not)
September 6, 20222 yr Author 05/09/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 02 02 03 02 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 03 03 22 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 04 04 13 04 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 05 07 107 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 05 08 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 07 06 14 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 08 09 13 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 09 08 18 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 10 01 02 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 11 10 13 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 12 14 55 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 13 17 04 13 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 14 12 12 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 15 15 60 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 16 13 15 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 17 11 06 03 DOJA Central Cee 18 16 21 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 19 NE 01 19 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 20 19 51 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 18 11 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 22 20 62 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 23 21 39 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 24 22 15 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 25 26 04 25 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 26 32 16 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 27 25 11 25 SWAY MY WAY R3hab feat. Amy Shark 28 23 07 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 29 24 11 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 30 28 05 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 31 29 49 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 32 33 114 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 33 30 08 25 BETTY (GET MONEY) Yung Gravy 34 31 86 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 35 27 19 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 36 50 02 36 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 37 34 26 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 38 35 99 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 39 38 11 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 40 37 18 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 41 39 144 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 42 42 06 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 43 40 08 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 44 36 04 16 STAYING ALIVE DJ Khaled feat. Drake & Lil Baby 45 54 21 41 CLARITY Vance Joy 46 44 71 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 47 43 64 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 48 46 26 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 49 45 180 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 50 41 30 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae Albums 01 NE 01 01 WILL OF THE PEOPLE Muse 02 NE 01 02 PRE PLEASURE Julia Jacklin 03 03 15 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 04 82 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 RE 17 04 AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC Silk Sonic 06 NE 01 06 ALL OR NOTHING Adam Brand 07 11 08 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 08 07 67 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 09 NE 01 09 GOD DID DJ Khaled 10 12 44 01 = Ed Sheeran 11 08 04 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 12 09 05 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 13 63 16 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 14 15 62 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 15 16 142 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 16 14 345 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 17 18 273 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 23 221 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 19 161 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 20 26 390 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 22 179 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 25 218 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 23 20 12 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 24 21 127 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 25 17 10 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 26 24 410 01 1989 Taylor Swift 27 NE 01 27 ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN Machine Head 28 34 110 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 NE 01 29 FLOOD Stella Donnelly 30 NE 01 30 WHEN I GROW UP Take Two 31 28 10 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 32 27 287 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 33 30 113 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 33 233 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 35 01 02 01 FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE Madonna 36 29 110 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 37 32 125 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 38 35 147 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 39 31 76 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 40 38 159 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 41 37 57 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 42 NE 01 42 THE FOREVER STORY JID 43 36 100 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 44 48 523 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 45 39 52 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 46 53 158 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 47 02 02 02 GET F**KED The Chats 48 41 34 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 49 54 425 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 50 57 06 02 SPECIAL Lizzo Yeah sorry I can't really do this. "Cold Heart" remains my least favourite hit of the last 15 months and the new #1 is only an improvement in that I haven't yet been subjected to it in the wild. In case you were wondering, Britney Spears' most recent #1, her 5th, was "Everytime". Due to physical deletion tomfoolery of the era, it's also one of the shortest charting #1 hits ever with only 4 weeks in the top 50. Between this and the looming threats of Nicki Minaj & David Guetta soaring up the chart, it's really not a good time if you're of the opinion that these sorts of nostalgia baiting hits are almost universally shit. Lewis Capaldi the unlikely chart saviour? At least Amy Shark dropped down the chart for once this week. As an amusing side note, there's a non-zero chance that Heardle is responsible for that as Tom Odell gets another new peak. It's possible there'll be no new entries in the top 50 next week but the best chance to do so is bizarrely the new Gorillaz song which would be their first top 50 hit since "Stylo" in 2010. Justice for a lot of songs. Muse score their 4th #1 album this week and in a bizarre act of character development for me, I was endorsing their direct competition. On a somewhat busy week, "Simulation Theory" landed at #7 so this is a swift turn around. It also must have been a close race because Muse were only top 5 in the midweeks so sadly they stopped Julia Jacklin from getting her first ever #1 album, as she goes on a pretty steady upward trajectory from peaking at #42 two albums ago. She had the top selling vinyl album which ARIA accidentally leaked an hour early on Friday ahead of Silk Sonic whose vinyl brings them back to the top 5. They're also just ahead of Adam Brand who scores his 7th top 10 album with remarkable consistency as now four of them have peaked at exactly #6. The same can be said of DJ Khaled who scores his 5th top 10 album at #9, which is his lowest charter, but his highest charter is only slightly higher at #6. For that matter, Machine Head's last 3 albums all got to exactly #10, this time they settle for #27. Stella Donnelly takes her 2nd album a little lower than her debut, shout out to Western Australia though. Then we have Take Two who are a pair of twins from Sydney with a huge TikTok following. JID scores his first ever top 50 album on the same week his first ever top 50 single leaves the chart. The top selling new albums on iTunes at the moment are from Emma Wiggle, The Butterfly Effect & Megadeth so we've got contrasting vibes coming I suppose.
September 13, 20222 yr Author 12/09/2022 Singles 01 02 04 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 02 04 14 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 03 19 02 03 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 04 03 23 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 05 01 02 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 06 05 108 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 06 09 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 08 08 14 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 09 13 05 09 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 10 07 15 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 11 11 14 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 12 09 19 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 13 16 16 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 14 15 61 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 15 12 56 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 16 17 07 03 DOJA Central Cee 17 14 13 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 18 18 22 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 19 10 03 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 20 20 52 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 36 03 21 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 22 24 16 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 23 25 05 23 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 24 21 12 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 25 28 08 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 26 22 63 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 27 23 40 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 28 26 17 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 29 27 12 25 SWAY MY WAY R3hab feat. Amy Shark 30 30 06 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 31 31 50 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 32 33 09 25 BETTY (GET MONEY) Yung Gravy 33 32 115 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 29 12 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 35 37 27 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 36 35 20 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 37 34 87 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 38 39 12 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 39 38 100 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 40 43 09 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 41 40 19 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 42 69 03 42 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 43 42 07 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 44 NE 01 44 NEW GOLD Gorillaz feat. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown 45 45 22 41 CLARITY Vance Joy 46 83 08 46 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 47 41 145 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 48 48 27 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 49 46 72 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 50 49 181 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi Albums 01 NE 01 01 YUNGBLUD Yungblud 02 NE 01 02 THE SICK, THE DYING AND THE DEAD! Megadeth 03 03 16 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 04 83 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 NE 01 05 IV The Butterfly Effect 06 13 17 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 07 08 68 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 08 10 45 01 = Ed Sheeran 09 11 05 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 10 RE 15 01 VOYAGE ABBA 11 12 06 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 12 NE 01 12 WHAT DEATH TASTES LIKE Wombat 13 07 09 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 14 16 346 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 49 426 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 16 15 143 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 17 274 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 22 219 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 19 19 162 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 20 14 63 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 21 21 180 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 31 11 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 23 23 13 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 24 28 111 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 20 391 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 18 222 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 27 26 411 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 34 234 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 24 128 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 30 46 159 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 NE 01 31 SOMEDAY Dear Seattle 32 32 288 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 33 38 148 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 41 58 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 35 NE 01 35 EMMA MEMMA Emma Memma 36 33 114 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 37 36 111 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 38 39 77 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 39 37 126 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 44 524 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 41 52 43 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 45 53 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 43 25 11 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 44 43 101 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 45 40 160 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 09 02 09 GOD DID DJ Khaled 47 RE 26 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs Du Sol 48 48 35 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 49 01 02 01 WILL OF THE PEOPLE Muse 50 55 203 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen It sure ain't a great time. This is in fact Nicki Minaj's first #1 hit although it'll probably be usurped next week. There sure is a whole lot of 'I don't want to acknowledge this song' vaulting up the chart lately. Lizzo closely missed out on entering the top 50 with "2 Be Loved" when it first came out, but now she's getting a lot of airplay and able to climb in, although she's having a rough time getting into the Spotify top 50. As hinted last week, Gorillaz manage their first top 50 hit since 2010, back when we still called Tame Impala a band. Also vaulting in is Zach Bryan, who came and went a month or so again but is having huge traction, and should climb a lot next week. We could have some ARIA tomfoolery as it looks like "Bound 2" has done enough to get into the top 50 for the first time ever, but ARIA have not been tracking it at all this year, even overlooking it when they belatedly added "Heartless" back. Sometimes they fix these things once they have a clear top 50 presence but it's anyone's guess. Also in case you were wondering, Lewis Capaldi's new song has had a somewhat slow start but will probably debut around #30. YUNGBLUD scores his first ever #1 album. Considering that he made #6 in a competitive December 2020 week, perhaps it's to be expected. Also hitting a new high is Megadeth who reach #2 for the first time in their 30+ years of charting. Then I get super nostalgic as The Butterfly Effect return with their first album in nearly 14 years, which reaches the top 5 a little lower than their last two albums. Kendrick & ABBA are both back in the top 10 thanks to vinyl sales, holding out local rapper Wombat. Dear Seattle chart a little bit higher than last time and Emma, formerly from The Wiggles makes her top 50 debut, although I do believe several years back she had another self-titled album, "Emma!" make the top 100 for a little while. I could be way off base, but I have to imagine next week is a battle between Parkway Drive, Ozzy Osbourne & Robbie Williams
September 20, 20222 yr Author 19/09/2022 Singles 01 03 03 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 02 01 05 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 03 02 15 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 04 24 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 05 09 06 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 06 06 109 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 21 04 07 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 08 08 15 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 09 07 10 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 10 05 03 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 11 11 15 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat 12 12 20 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 13 10 27 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 14 15 57 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 15 14 62 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 16 13 17 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 17 16 08 03 DOJA Central Cee 18 20 53 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 19 18 23 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 20 17 14 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 21 78 13 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 22 23 06 22 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 23 22 17 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 24 NE 01 24 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 25 25 09 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 26 26 64 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 27 24 13 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyonce 28 27 41 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 29 19 04 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 30 28 18 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 31 46 09 31 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 32 31 51 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 33 30 07 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 34 33 116 23 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 29 13 25 SWAY MY WAY R3hab & Amy Shark 36 NE 01 36 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 37 37 88 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 38 34 13 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake Feat. 21 Savage 39 40 10 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 40 36 21 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 41 42 04 41 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 42 39 101 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 43 32 10 25 BETTY (GET MONEY) Yung Gravy 44 38 13 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 45 35 28 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 46 43 08 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 47 90 05 24 CUFF IT Beyonce 48 41 20 12 WAIT FOR U Future Feat. Drake & Tems 49 NE 01 49 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs 50 65 59 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish Albums 01 NE 01 01 DARKER STILL Parkway Drive 02 NE 01 02 PATIENT NUMBER 9 Ozzy Osbourne 03 22 12 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 04 04 84 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 03 17 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 06 33 149 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 07 28 235 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 08 NE 01 08 XXV Robbie Williams 09 07 69 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 10 NE 01 10 MY BOY Marlon Williams 11 34 59 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 NE 01 12 AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Sampa The Great 13 21 181 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 14 08 46 01 = Ed Sheeran 15 09 06 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 16 11 07 01 RENAISSANCE Beyonce 17 NE 01 17 DIFFERENT MAN Kane Brown 18 14 347 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 RE 10 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack 20 17 275 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 19 163 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 20 64 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 23 16 144 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 24 18 220 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 25 23 14 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 26 29 129 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 27 26 223 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 13 10 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 29 15 427 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 30 27 412 01 1989 Taylor Swift 31 32 289 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 32 02 02 02 THE SICK, THE DYING AND THE DEAD! Megadeth 33 25 392 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 24 112 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 35 36 115 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 NE 01 36 THE GREAT COUNTRY SONGBOOK, VOL. III Adam Harvey & Beccy Cole 37 30 160 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 38 37 112 01 F*CK LOVE (OVER YOU) The Kid Laroi 39 38 78 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 40 39 127 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 06 18 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 42 42 54 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 43 51 174 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 44 63 88 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 52 330 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 50 204 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 45 161 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 48 41 44 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 40 525 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 58 215 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day This too shall pass. With some belated playlist support, Eliza Rose vaults into the top 10. As expected the only proper debut is Lewis Capaldi's new song which is still picking up on streams to compensate a likely dip in sales next week. The real big news of the week though is that Luke Combs announced an Australian tour for last year and the streams have been flying in ever since. If the album chart of the past several years wasn't a hint, he's been having tremendously good catalogue streams for quite some time now. Most of his hits never actually charted here but perpetually hovered below the chart until this week. Notably of these, "When It Rains It Pours" which was beginning to give "Dark Horse" a challenge for the highest selling song to not make the top 100, debuts in the top 30 with a quintuple platinum certification. "Beautiful Crazy" also makes the cut with a mere triple platinum cert. Billie Eilish actually is touring Australia right now though and gets a re-entry to the top 50, which should climb again next week, and coincidentally(?) we might also catch Armani White's "BILLIE EILISH." in the top 50 too. Parkway Drive score their 3rd #1 album this week, the top part of the chart has been particularly loud lately. In fact for the 2nd week in a row, a metal icon reaches a new chart peak of #2, that being Ozzy Osbourne. If there's ever a slow week on the chart, The Weeknd might be able to finally take "The Highlights" to #1 as it's now overtaken its recent rival "Harry's House". One must imagine that it's a decent frontrunner for being the biggest album of the decade, lol. Robbie Williams does not miss the top 10, and in fact he's gotten there 14 times now, although this week he was nearly not even the highest Williams as NZ local Marlon Williams scores his 2nd top 10 album. Australian hip-hop icon Sampa The Great reaches #12 for the 2nd time while Kane Brown takes an upswing into the top 20 for the first time. Next week looks like BLACKPINK's for the taking but maybe Meg Mac & Electric Callboy can figure in there somewhere.
September 20, 20222 yr Ooh nice for Sampa The Great, didn't know she was that big even in Australia. Have listened to a bit of Marlon Williams since seeing him live as a support for Lorde alhough I wasn't really paying attention to his set at all oops and he's got some good stuff, especially enjoyed 'River Rival' from the new album.
September 27, 20222 yr Author 26/09/2022 Singles 01 01 04 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 02 02 06 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 03 03 16 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 07 05 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 05 NE 01 05 SHUT DOWN BlackPink 06 04 25 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 07 06 110 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 08 05 07 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 09 08 16 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 10 09 11 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 11 10 04 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 12 11 16 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 13 12 21 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 14 14 58 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 15 15 63 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 16 17 09 03 DOJA Central Cee 17 13 28 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 18 29 05 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 19 18 54 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 20 16 18 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 21 24 02 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 22 21 11 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 23 22 07 22 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 24 19 24 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 25 26 65 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 26 20 15 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 27 25 10 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 28 23 18 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 29 47 06 24 CUFF IT Beyoncé 30 28 42 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 31 31 10 31 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 32 50 60 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 33 27 14 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 34 41 05 34 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 35 30 19 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 36 32 52 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 37 34 117 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 38 39 11 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 39 42 102 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 40 33 08 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller feat. The Temper Trap 41 37 89 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 69 04 42 BILLIE EILISH. Armani White 43 36 02 36 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 44 35 14 25 SWAY MY WAY R3hab feat. Amy Shark 45 44 14 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 46 40 22 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 47 38 14 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 48 NE 01 48 HOTEL Montell Fish 49 45 29 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 50 RE 04 50 BOUND 2 Kanye West Albums 01 NE 01 01 MATTER OF TIME Meg Mac 02 NE 01 02 BORN PINK BlackPink 03 NE 01 03 2 BADDIES - THE 4TH ALBUM NCT 127 04 04 85 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 05 18 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 06 03 13 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 07 11 60 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 08 07 236 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 09 06 150 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 13 182 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 11 09 70 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 12 NE 01 12 HOLD THE GIRL Rina Sawayama 13 14 47 01 = Ed Sheeran 14 02 02 02 PATIENT NUMBER 9 Ozzy Osbourne 15 01 02 01 DARKER STILL Parkway Drive 16 NE 01 16 NOTHING BUT WILD Amy Sheppard 17 15 07 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 18 28 11 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 19 08 02 08 XXV Robbie Williams 20 18 348 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 21 20 276 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 16 08 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 23 22 65 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 24 21 164 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 25 24 221 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 26 130 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 27 RE 28 03 ANIMALS Pink Floyd 28 NE 01 28 TRAVELLING HEART TC Cassidy 29 23 145 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 30 25 15 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 31 27 224 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 32 30 413 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 31 290 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 34 34 113 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 35 35 116 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 33 393 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 37 55 209 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 38 37 161 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 39 29 428 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 40 38 113 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 41 45 331 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 NE 01 42 GIRL OF MY DREAMS Fletcher 43 40 128 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 44 44 89 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 41 19 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 46 39 79 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 47 42 55 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 48 17 02 17 DIFFERENT MAN Kane Brown 49 43 175 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 47 162 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay Back in 2020, what started as a joke turned real when Flume released a remix of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", saying at the time that the song reminded him of good times in 1998. One would of course quickly note that Flume more likely first heard the song in late 1999 or early 2000 when it was at #1 in Australia, and isn't it interesting how easily some technically accurate information about release dates on the internet can get us to misremember our version of events? Eliza Rose jumps up to #4 but it's a fairly uphill task to get any higher than that, to say nothing of the likely arrival of Sam Smith & Kim Petras at #1 next week. BLACKPINK once again ride big YouTube views but with slightly tougher competition can only get to #5 compared to the #1 peak of "Pink Venom". As predicted last week, Armani White makes the top 50 pretending to ride on the boost of Billie Eilish's tour but really it's just a coincidence. Montell Fish managed to debut in the Spotify top 50 last week but hasn't really taken off from there so he'll probably drop back out next week. Lastly belatedly we have the arrival of Kanye West's "Bound 2", which might have been in the top 50 last week but I'm not certain. It originally made the top 60 back in 2013 (as did "Black Skinhead") but by making the top 50 this week, now every single Kanye West studio album, plus "Watch The Throne", plus "KIDS SEE GHOSTS", plus "Cruel Summer" has at least one top 50 hit. Now we just have to wait for "Ni**as In Paris" (which also incidentally is yet to make the top 50) to get counted on the chart again and almost all will be right again. In a twist, BLACKPINK don't quite land the #1 album and instead it goes to Meg Mac. She got popular around 2014 on the back of her first EP. Her debut album got to #2 behind Ed Sheeran's long incumbent Divide (which incidentally is at its lowest ever non-December 2020 position ever this week). A 2019 EP got to #9 and now she has her first ever #1 album. As someone who has never really been a fan, some of the singles on this one have been pretty good. A year ago, NCT 127 charted for the first time at #16, now they're all the way up to #3. Rina Sawayama at #12 is charting for the first time period. It is also time for the semi-regular reminder that the band Sheppard were managed & financed by their father who has made hundreds of millions of dollars from committing alleged mass fraud and also running offshore detention centres, which helped the band rise to stardom. Anyway Amy Sheppard has a new album in the chart. Elsewhere we have a return for Pink Floyd's "Animals", and a first ever charting album (and first album in a long time) for local country singer TC Cassidy. US singer FLETCHER also makes her first appearance. Next week 5 Seconds of Summer should have the top debut I think, potentially challenged by Robbie Williams who has been in the country recently.
October 4, 20222 yr Author 03/10/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 02 01 05 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 03 03 17 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 02 07 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 05 04 06 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 06 06 26 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 07 07 111 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 08 08 08 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 09 10 12 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 10 09 17 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 11 12 17 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 12 11 05 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 13 34 06 13 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 14 13 22 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 15 16 10 03 DOJA Central Cee 16 15 64 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 17 14 59 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 18 05 02 05 SHUT DOWN BlackPink 19 29 07 19 CUFF IT Beyoncé 20 17 29 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 21 NE 01 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 22 23 08 22 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 23 19 55 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 24 22 12 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 25 20 19 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 26 25 66 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 27 24 25 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 28 27 11 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 29 28 19 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 30 32 61 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 31 26 16 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 32 21 03 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 33 30 43 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 34 31 11 31 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 35 42 05 35 BILLIE EILISH. Armani White 36 35 20 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 37 38 12 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 38 36 53 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 39 37 118 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 33 15 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 41 18 06 01 PINK VENOM BlackPink 42 39 103 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 43 41 90 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 44 45 15 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 45 40 09 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller feat. The Temper Trap 46 47 15 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 47 97 02 47 EVERGREEN (YOU DIDN'T DESERVE ME AT ALL) Omar Apollo 48 55 03 48 ROMANTIC HOMICIDE d4vd 49 46 23 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 50 52 10 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd Albums 01 NE 01 01 5SOS5 5 Seconds Of Summer 02 19 03 02 XXV Robbie Williams 03 04 86 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 02 02 02 BORN PINK BlackPink 05 05 19 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 06 07 61 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 07 10 183 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 08 11 71 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 09 08 237 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 10 06 14 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 11 RE 07 06 THIS WAS TOMORROW Seth Sentry 12 09 151 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 13 13 48 01 = Ed Sheeran 14 17 08 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 15 20 349 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 21 277 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 24 165 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 18 23 66 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 19 29 146 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 20 26 131 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 21 32 414 01 1989 Taylor Swift 22 30 16 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 23 25 222 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 24 22 09 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 25 36 394 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 33 291 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 27 34 114 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 31 225 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 38 162 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 30 37 210 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 31 35 117 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 32 18 12 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 33 15 03 01 DARKER STILL Parkway Drive 34 41 332 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 03 02 03 2 BADDIES - THE 4TH ALBUM NCT 127 36 39 429 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 37 40 114 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 38 43 129 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 46 80 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 40 44 90 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 41 52 46 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 49 176 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 43 50 163 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 48 03 17 DIFFERENT MAN Kane Brown 45 53 13 02 SPECIAL Lizzo 46 51 206 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 47 47 56 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 48 RE 20 13 DIRT Alice In Chains 49 56 309 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 50 54 05 50 QUEEN RADIO: VOLUME 1 Nicki Minaj Fairly historic week as for the first time ever we have a #1 by artists known to be trans and non-binary. Sam Smith's only prior #1 hit "Too Good At Goodbyes" finished up its run at #1 just before Sam made their public announcement. As much as Sam loves to be the first on things, they're not the first to reach #1 on the whole as Tash Sultana had a #1 album in 2021. Kim Petras has not ever been close to charting before previously I'm pretty sure. Noted enemy of both overnight flute experts and that idiot I was arguing with on reddit last week, Lizzo takes a big jump this week as does Beyonce, actually scoring a new peak for "CUFF IT" ahead of its initial debut of #24. Lil Nas X has the 2nd highest debut of the week with "STAR WALKIN'", as I suppose Sam & Kim called dibs on top laning. We've also got first time entries for both Omar Apollo & d4vd, the former should jump a fair bit next week too. 5 Seconds Of Summer score their 5th #1 album. All their previous albums have had at least a top 15 hit on them to help with crossover appeal but they've only had a 1 week charter at #90 on this one so it probably won't have the respectable decline that they usually command. Next I have to draw attention to a frustrating Australian thing. Over the previous weekend we had the Australian Football League Grand Final, which for American readers is like our Super Bowl and for British readers it's like the Premier League final...which isn't a thing but if it was, it would be. A long standing feature is the Half Time show/After show where the former is usually a reasonably well known artist playing their songs, and the latter is usually a bunch of Australian artists who are well known mostly to triple j listeners and could probably use the leg up. Of course if they were able to play their own music, the extremely baby boomer audiences would be like 'what is this shit?' because it's a song recorded later in history than "Thunderstruck". So they're always made to do covers of more well known songs which instead allows the extremely baby boomer audience to go 'worst entertainment ever, ruined that song, Meat Loaf, all is forgiven*. Even when Birds of Tokyo played at Half Time, they only got to do 3 songs and one of them was a cover of "Straight Lines" by Silverchair. So anyway, the local artists get shafted and the international artists reinforce their status, so Robbie Williams has a very good week and climbs up to a new peak of #2. I must now continue to be very Australian because next up we have a re-entry for Seth Sentry thanks to the vinyl re-issue for 10 years since his debut album "This Was Tomorrow". His 2015 album "Strange New Past" charted higher and spent longer in the chart but I feel like this is his most popular album regardless. It's the album that has "Dear Science" on it, which is very important for people who are both fans of Australian hip-hop and "Back to the Future". A lot of those titles I just spouted out have oxymoronic titles relating to the past & future which is a great time for me to plug The Sekimeiya which I just spent the last several weeks reading. Nifty (not very) little visual novel that's sold not a whole lot, but definitely worth it if there are somehow any Umineko/Zero Escape fans reading this. Actually matching up a little closer to its proper anniversary week is the re-entry for Alice In Chains' "Dirt". Sneaking into the top 50 also is Nicki Minaj's "Queen Radio: Volume 1", which I must note as is the case with all Greatest Hits/pseudo Greatest Hits albums, there is no way of knowing which songs on it are actually contributing to these points and thus aside from its general week by week progression, its chart positions should be taken with a grain of salt. Next week I expect Slipknot to debut at #1 but who knows for sure. *Meat Loaf performed in 2011 with health issues and is the go-to example of a derided performance
October 11, 20222 yr Author 10/10/2022 Singles 01 01 02 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 02 02 06 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 03 03 18 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 04 08 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 05 05 07 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 06 06 27 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 07 09 13 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 08 07 112 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 08 09 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 10 10 18 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 11 13 07 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 12 15 11 03 DOJA Central Cee 13 11 18 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat 14 14 23 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 15 12 06 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 16 19 08 16 CUFF IT Beyonce 17 16 65 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 18 17 60 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 19 22 09 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 20 23 56 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 26 67 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 22 RE 24 01 GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio 23 24 16 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 24 21 02 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 25 25 20 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 26 28 12 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 27 27 26 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 28 29 20 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 29 20 30 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 30 32 04 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 31 34 12 31 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 32 33 44 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 33 35 06 33 BILLIE EILISH. Armani White 34 36 21 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 35 18 03 05 SHUT DOWN BlackPink 36 30 62 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 37 47 03 37 EVERGREEN (YOU DIDN'T DESERVE ME AT ALL) Omar Apollo 38 31 17 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 39 39 119 23 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 37 13 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 41 42 104 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 42 43 91 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 38 54 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 44 40 16 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyonce 45 60 05 45 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 46 44 16 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 47 45 10 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 48 48 04 48 ROMANTIC HOMICIDE d4vd 49 59 05 49 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 50 46 16 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake Feat. 21 Savage Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE END, SO FAR Slipknot 02 03 87 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 05 20 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 06 62 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 05 07 184 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 06 08 72 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 07 09 238 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 08 13 49 01 = Ed Sheeran 09 12 152 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 10 10 15 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 11 02 04 02 XXV Robbie Williams 12 01 02 01 5SOS5 5 Seconds Of Summer 13 RE 03 12 MELT MY EYEZ SEE YOUR FUTURE Denzel Curry 14 04 03 02 BORN PINK BlackPink 15 14 09 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 16 15 350 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 17 16 278 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 21 415 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 NE 01 19 COOL IT DOWN Yeah Yeah Yeahs 20 17 166 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 21 20 132 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 22 23 223 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 23 19 147 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 24 NE 01 24 TRUTH Christie Lamb 25 28 226 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 27 115 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 27 18 67 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 28 26 292 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 29 24 10 01 RENAISSANCE Beyonce 30 22 17 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 31 25 395 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 29 163 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 33 30 211 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 34 34 333 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 31 118 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 36 430 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 37 37 115 01 F*CK LOVE (OVER YOU) The Kid Laroi 38 45 12 02 SPECIAL Lizzo 39 38 130 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 42 177 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 40 91 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 32 13 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 43 41 47 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 39 81 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 45 46 207 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 46 43 164 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 47 51 256 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 48 49 310 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 33 04 01 DARKER STILL Parkway Drive 50 53 218 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day It's another easy week at #1 for Sam Smith and it will be next week too. With Coolio passing away we have the return of "Gangsta's Paradise", which is notably the longest reigning #1 hit of the 1990s, spending 13 weeks at #1. It may well be able to hang on for a second week in the top 50, which makes sense as it's spent pretty much every day of 2022 in the Spotify top 200 already. Climbing into the top 50 this week is James Hype who had just gotten added to Hot Hits Australia, I'm pretty sure "More Than Friends" didn't really do much over here so this is a first for him. Then we have Dean Lewis whose new single is making significant waves :basil: overseas, but oddly radio hasn't hopped onto it immediately like they usually do. Maybe that'll change in the coming weeks but I expect him to keep climbing either way. Slipknot score their 4th #1 album this week. I think it's the first time they've not managed an ARIA top 100 charting single. The Weeknd is back to #2 which means he might well actually be able to climb to #1 for the first time next week unless Darren Hayes or Lamb of God or something sells particularly well. Denzel Curry returns to the chart and nearly gets a new peak thanks to the vinyl release, landing ahead of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' first new album in 9 years. They have typically debuted in the top 20 with every new album since 2006. Christie Lamb scores a 3rd top 50 album and there's not much else to note this week.
October 18, 20222 yr Author 17/10/2022 Singles 01 01 03 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 02 02 07 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 03 03 19 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 05 08 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 05 07 14 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 06 04 09 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 07 06 28 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 08 16 09 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 09 09 10 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 10 08 113 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 10 19 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 12 11 08 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 13 15 07 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 14 13 19 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 15 12 12 03 DOJA Central Cee 16 14 24 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 17 17 66 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 18 31 13 18 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 19 18 61 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 20 19 10 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 21 26 13 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 22 20 57 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 23 23 14 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 24 21 68 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 25 25 21 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 26 28 21 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 27 34 22 26 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 28 30 05 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 29 27 27 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 30 24 03 21 STAR WALKIN' Lil Nas X 31 32 45 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 32 29 20 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 33 37 04 33 EVERGREEN (YOU DON'T DESERVE ME AT ALL) Omar Apollo 34 40 14 34 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 35 33 07 33 BILLIE EILISH. Armani White 36 38 18 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 37 57 02 37 CELESTIAL Ed Sheeran 38 39 120 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 39 49 06 39 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 40 48 05 40 ROMANTIC HOMICIDE d4vd 41 41 105 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 42 42 92 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 45 06 43 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 44 43 55 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 45 46 17 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 46 36 63 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 47 44 17 06 BREAK MY SOUL Beyoncé 48 47 11 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 49 54 77 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 50 50 17 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage Albums 01 42 14 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 02 02 88 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 21 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 MAXIDENT Stray Kids 05 NE 01 05 CHARLIE Charlie Puth 06 06 73 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 07 29 11 01 RENAISSANCE (ACT 1) Beyoncé 08 04 63 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 05 185 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 10 08 50 01 = Ed Sheeran 11 07 239 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 12 01 02 01 THE END, SO FAR Slipknot 13 16 351 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 14 10 16 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 15 09 153 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 16 15 10 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 17 17 279 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 18 416 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 26 116 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 21 133 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 21 20 167 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 30 18 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 23 14 04 02 BORN PINK BLACKpink 24 22 224 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 25 27 68 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 26 28 293 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 27 23 148 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 28 25 227 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 32 164 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 30 34 334 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 31 31 396 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 41 92 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 33 35 119 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 33 212 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 35 39 131 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 36 NE 01 36 ICE, DEATH, PLANETS, LUNGS, MUSHROOMS & LAVA King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard 37 37 116 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 38 40 178 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 39 44 82 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 40 47 257 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 41 46 165 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 42 12 03 01 5SOS5 5 Seconds of Summer 43 36 431 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 44 45 208 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Soundtrack 45 48 311 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 46 43 48 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 NE 01 47 CASTLE ST. Six60 48 54 246 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 49 38 15 02 SPECIAL Lizzo 50 51 254 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa It's another easy week at #1 for Sam Smith and it will be next week too. There's not a lot happening this week although Beyonce gets a 2nd top 10 hit from her newest album with "CUFF IT" up to #8. "Heat Waves" will very likely leave the top 10 next week and cap its run at 88 weeks in the top 10 with no likely route to return there in the future. "STAY"'s 53 weeks in the top 10 is the next closest song so it's safe to say that this is a record they'll be holding for a very long time. The only song to newly enter the top 10 this week is Ed Sheeran's "Celestial", another case of Australia being a little behind the world plus the big playlist also being a little slow so this song that certainly peaked on week one around the world has a big climb in week two. It is possible that next week, both versions of "Miss You" will enter the top 50, Southside is stuck just outside the Spotify top 50 but the faster version also just entered today so one would think that it's comfortably in the top 50 combined. Once again I forget about the new release schedules once it comes to typing up these posts. Daniel Johns has been charting all over the shop since release thanks to various multi-formats, but surprisingly his album only just now got a vinyl release which pushes it back to #1 for a second time (also note: it did not debut at #1), which feels like there's a big disparity between how high it's been charting and how many people are listening to the album, but whatever works, works. Debuting in the top 5 for the first time are Stray Kids & Charlie Puth. In what is otherwise a pretty bleak week for Australian content, the second highest Australian album is all the way down at #36 via King Gizz. Naturally they are once again debuting low due to not having full format availability so I expect to see this album in the top 10 at some point. There's also a low debut for New Zealand's Six60, bizarrely not making another self-titled album, and also quite a bit lower than their previous top 10 debut. In this day and age, guessing album chart debuts before the midweeks come out is a fool's errand, but I do expect Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ocean Alley & The 1975 to appear near the top.
October 25, 20222 yr Author 24/10/2022 Singles 01 01 04 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 02 02 08 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 03 03 20 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 04 52 02 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 05 04 09 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 06 05 15 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 07 06 10 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 08 07 29 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 09 08 10 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 10 09 11 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 11 12 09 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 12 11 20 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 13 10 114 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 13 08 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 15 18 14 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 20 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 17 16 25 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 18 15 13 03 DOJA Central Cee 19 17 67 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 20 19 62 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 21 20 11 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 22 21 14 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 23 27 23 23 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 24 22 58 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 25 39 07 25 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 26 23 15 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 27 24 69 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 28 25 22 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 29 26 22 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 30 28 06 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 31 34 15 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 32 31 46 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 33 29 28 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 34 38 121 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 37 03 35 CELESTIAL Ed Sheeran 36 30 04 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 37 35 08 33 BILLIE EILISH. Armani White 38 32 21 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 39 45 18 38 NUMB Marshmello & Khalid 40 33 05 33 EVERGREEN (YOU DON'T DESERVE ME AT ALL) Omar Apollo 41 40 06 40 ROMANTIC HOMICIDE d4vd 42 41 106 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 43 43 07 43 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 44 36 19 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 45 58 04 45 BONES Imagine Dragons 46 42 93 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 47 48 12 28 LOVE LOST Mac Miller 48 44 56 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 49 NE 01 49 POLAND Lil Yachty 50 NE 01 50 EDGING Blink-182 Albums 01 NE 01 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 02 NE 01 02 RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN Red Hot Chili Peppers 03 NE 01 03 LOW ALTITUDE LIVING Ocean Alley 04 02 89 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 04 02 04 MAXIDENT Stray Kids 06 03 22 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 NE 01 07 IT'S ONLY ME Lil Baby 08 06 74 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 09 NE 01 09 PAWNS & KINGS Alter Bridge 10 09 186 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 11 11 240 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 12 13 352 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 10 51 01 = Ed Sheeran 14 18 417 01 1989 Taylor Swift 15 08 64 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 16 15 154 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 14 17 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 18 16 11 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 19 17 280 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 19 117 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 21 168 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 20 134 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 23 22 19 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 24 45 312 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 25 29 165 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 26 27 149 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 27 28 228 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 25 69 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 29 NE 01 29 ULTIMATE HITS Little River Band 30 32 93 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 26 294 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 32 30 335 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 24 225 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 34 23 05 02 BORN PINK BLACKpink 35 33 120 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 31 397 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 37 07 12 01 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé 38 38 179 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 39 46 49 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 40 35 132 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 37 117 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 42 40 258 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 43 44 209 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Soundtrack 44 39 83 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 45 95 122 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 46 60 530 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 47 43 432 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 48 53 220 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 01 15 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 50 41 166 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay It's another easy week at #1 for Sam Smith but it won't be next week. In fact we may be poised for a comical chart bounce akin to what Flo Rida's "Whistle" did in 2012. This is all purely speculation as it always is whenever a big new album comes along but if I had to guess, there are about 5-8 Taylor Swift songs that could outdo "Unholy" next week provided they're allowed on the chart. "Anti-Hero" will certainly lead the pack, and perhaps for more than one week as it holds a considerable lead over all songs that aren't by Taylor Swift. She currently has 20 of the top 40 positions on Spotify. But that's next week. This week sees southstar scoring his first ever top 5 hit. In case you were wondering, it would seem the version of the song that actually has his name on it is not getting its streams combined with the sped up version that briefly fluttered in the Spotify chart last week, which is why it's not in the top 50 this week. Imagine Dragons chart hits tend to come in 2's & 3's, so now "Bones" gets a chance and it may well hold on no matter how many Taylor Swift songs end up entering next week. Luck will sadly be less kind to the rest of the debuts. Lil Yachty scores his first ever lead artist chart entry period, and I must note an extreme coincidental observation you'll get from nobody but me. "Poland"'s official release was on October 11th, exactly 1 year after one of the most pivotal episodes of Jeopardy! taped, as it saw 38 day champion Matt's streak finally end to Jonathan who himself would win 11 games, while also-ran Jessica inspired and just won the first ever Second Chance competition and so they'll all be in the Tournament of Champions that airs next week. It was also the first episode made under the new, improved executive producer's tenure. The reason I bring all of this up is not just because I'm autistic and will do so whenever I get the chance but because Matt missed Final Jeopardy! in that game by responding with 'What is Poland?', leading many self-proclaimed Twitter experts to claim that he threw the game despite his response being completely immaterial to the result given the nature of the wagers. Perhaps Poland can share him some of their newly acquired wock as a consolation. Oh and also there's a new blink-182 song which is funnily enough their 3rd song to peak at #50 although I wouldn't be surprised if all 3 of them only got their due to inaccurately reported charts, if this happens two more times I might suspect ARIA of being in the pocket of big blink. This week's new #1 album is moderately funny if you're Australian. About a week ago The 1975's Australian tour dates were announced as reported by triple j, which Matty Healy QRT'd to call out the station for trying to claim clout over a band that they've historically not actually played (note: they have moderately played them since 2020 but literally never before that). He also said that their boss is a knob and that he'd rather bathe with his dad than do a Like A Version which has me wondering if he's had personal interactions or if he's one of the many people who still think Kingsmill is the music director. In the week following that, triple j actually put "Oh Caroline" on their hitlist (although they haven't played it much) and in response to this #1 album, ARIA's news report was "The 1975: Australia is in love with you". Anyway this is their 3rd #1 album, and it means that it's the 2nd time Red Hot Chili Peppers have missed a #1 since RHCP hitting #1 was a foregone conclusion. The last time was in 2011 when they made the foolish decision to release an album in the same year as Adele and probably moved a 5 digit figure to get 2nd place. Next we have Ocean Alley hitting #3 for the second time in a row. I would usually probably rag on them but honestly the first two singles on this album are pretty much the best material I've heard from them to date. In addition to indirectly subjecting me to an insufferable chart show thread last week, Lil Baby also scores his first top 10 album. For Alter Bridge it's their 3rd. We've got big climbs this week for Bruno Mars & Tame Impala who've been playing shows here and also a new Little River Band compilation. Their last 2 entries before this were "The Classic Collection" and "The Definitive Collection", so I'm kind of sad this isn't "The Ultimate Collection". Green Day are also back with "Heardle's Favorite Band" which is actually pretty common but I only just thought of that joke.
November 1, 20222 yr Author 31/10/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 03 NE 01 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey 04 NE 01 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 05 NE 01 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 06 NE 01 06 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID Taylor Swift 07 01 05 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 08 NE 01 08 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 09 NE 01 09 KARMA Taylor Swift 10 NE 01 10 VIGILANTE SHIT Taylor Swift 11 NE 01 11 QUESTION…? Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 MASTERMIND Taylor Swift 13 NE 01 13 LABYRINTH Taylor Swift 14 NE 01 14 SWEET NOTHING Taylor Swift 15 02 09 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 16 03 21 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 17 06 16 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 18 04 03 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 19 05 10 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 20 10 12 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 21 08 30 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 22 09 11 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 23 07 11 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 24 12 21 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 25 13 115 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 26 11 10 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 27 15 15 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 28 16 21 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 29 25 08 25 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 30 19 68 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 31 14 09 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 32 22 15 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 33 17 26 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 34 20 63 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 35 21 12 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 36 23 24 23 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell feat Tiësto 37 18 14 03 DOJA Central Cee 38 24 59 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 39 30 07 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 40 27 70 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 41 29 23 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 42 31 16 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 43 26 16 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 44 45 05 44 BONES Imagine Dragons 45 28 23 04 VEGAS Doja Cat 46 32 47 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 47 41 07 40 ROMANTIC HOMICIDE d4vd 48 42 107 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 49 33 29 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 50 46 94 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Albums 01 NE 01 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 03 RE 45 03 IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS Kylie Minogue 04 NE 01 04 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 05 NE 01 05 FORTY LOVE Anthony Callea 06 04 90 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 06 23 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 NE 01 08 THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF A BROKEN SPIRIT Architects 09 14 418 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 08 75 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 11 01 02 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 12 05 03 04 MAXIDENT Stray Kids 13 12 353 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 14 13 52 01 = Ed Sheeran 15 25 166 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 10 187 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 17 20 118 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 18 11 241 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 45 123 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 20 15 65 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 16 155 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 RE 03 22 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Queens of the Stone Age 23 18 12 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 24 02 02 02 RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 19 281 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 33 226 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 27 39 50 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 28 17 18 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 29 23 20 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 30 NE 01 30 TAKIN' IT BACK Meghan Trainor 31 22 135 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 32 21 169 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 33 27 229 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 34 31 295 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 42 259 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 36 26 150 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 37 38 180 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 32 336 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 03 02 03 LOW ALTITUDE LIVING Ocean Alley 40 07 02 07 IT'S ONLY ME Lil Baby 41 28 70 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 42 72 51 01 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 43 30 94 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 44 36 398 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 45 35 121 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 46 40 133 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 47 41 118 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 48 24 313 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 34 06 02 BORN PINK Blackpink 50 68 91 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift Business as usual, keep the 'issue with album tracks' comments at the door. Taylor Swift scores her 9th #1 hit, and speaking of 9, has 9 songs in the top 10 this week, breaking Harry Styles' record he set earlier this year of 8. For another historic detail, I strongly suspect that this is the first ever top 10 without any male artists. "Snow On The Beach" equals the #3 peak of "Summertime Sadness" for Lana Del Rey in case you were wondering about that. Unlike most recent Taylor Swift #1 hits, "Anti-Hero" looks to stick the landing and stay there again next week. I wouldn't be surprised if she still has 6 or so tracks in the top 10 next week too. Everything else is down except for Imagine Dragons who squeak out a new peak, and I find it moderately interesting that "Levitating" and "Save Your Tears" manage to stick the landing and stay in the top 50, which I have to suspect relates to not having any Spotify top 50 streams to be snatched. Oh and I just remembered to note that the "3am" tracks on "Midnights" have not been included, despite being among the most downloaded tracks of the week. Taylor Swift also scores her 10th #1 album this week, every studio album since "Speak Now" getting to the top, plus the two "Taylor's Version"s thus far. Arctic Monkeys have to settle for second although unlike in the UK they never had a perfect record anyway, only getting to #1 with "AM" and the two with long titles. Beloved by Australians, Kylie's alternative rock phase album "Impossible Princess" scores a new peak thanks to a vinyl re-release, originally reaching #5. Andrea Bocelli scores his highest charting album since 1999(!), while Anthony Callea settles with his 5th top 10 with his tennis concept album [citation needed]. Architects' last album went to #1 but on this busier week they're stuck at #8. Alongside Kylie, there's also a slight new peak for Queens Of The Stone Age's self-titled album. We're also braced for Meghan Trainor's return to the top 50 singles chart next week, though this is considerably lower than her albums have charted in the past.
November 1, 20222 yr It's perhaps a good thing Sam & Kim didn't scrape the top 10 in the US so people can't be flamed for making the observation of the Hot 100 top 10 having no male artists as well. (Meanwhile David Guetta would have blocked the same from happening in the UK even without the 3 track rule).
November 8, 20222 yr Author 7/11/2022 Singles 01 01 02 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 07 06 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 03 02 02 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 04 15 10 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 05 NE 01 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 06 05 02 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 07 08 02 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 08 04 02 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 09 03 02 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey 10 16 22 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 11 06 02 06 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID Taylor Swift 12 09 02 09 KARMA Taylor Swift 13 18 04 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 14 10 02 10 VIGILANTE SHIT Taylor Swift 15 17 17 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 16 19 11 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 17 11 02 11 QUESTION…? Taylor Swift 18 21 31 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 19 58 02 19 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 20 NE 01 20 SHIRT SZA 21 20 13 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 22 22 12 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 23 12 02 12 MASTERMIND Taylor Swift 24 23 12 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 25 13 02 13 LABYRINTH Taylor Swift 26 25 116 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 27 24 22 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 28 26 11 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 29 14 02 14 SWEET NOTHING Taylor Swift 30 27 16 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 31 29 09 25 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 32 30 69 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 33 28 22 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 34 31 10 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 35 36 25 23 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 36 34 64 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 37 32 16 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 38 35 13 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 39 33 27 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 40 39 08 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 41 38 60 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 42 37 15 03 DOJA Central Cee 43 44 06 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 44 40 71 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 45 42 17 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 46 43 17 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 47 59 10 47 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 48 41 24 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 49 48 108 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 50 51 123 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers Albums 01 01 02 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 RE 06 01 REVOLVER The Beatles 03 04 02 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 04 NE 01 04 CHANGES King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 05 NE 01 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 06 RE 02 06 ICE, DEATH, PLANETS, LUNGS, MUSHROOMS & LAVA King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard 07 06 91 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 01 08 ACTUAL LIFE (JANUARY 1 - SEPTEMBER 9, 2022) Fred again.. 09 07 24 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 NE 01 10 OVERGROWN Sly Withers 11 NE 01 11 LAMINATED DENIM King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard 12 02 02 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 13 10 76 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 14 13 354 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 09 419 01 1989 Taylor Swift 16 18 242 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 16 188 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 18 14 53 01 = Ed Sheeran 19 21 156 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 31 136 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 21 23 13 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 25 282 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 15 167 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 24 28 19 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 25 17 119 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 20 66 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 27 33 230 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 29 21 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 29 32 170 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 30 11 03 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 31 26 227 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 32 34 296 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 33 27 51 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 37 181 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 38 337 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 19 124 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 37 41 71 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 38 36 151 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 39 46 134 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 44 399 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 41 43 95 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 RE 16 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 43 45 122 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 44 35 260 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 45 56 211 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Soundtrack by Queen 46 24 03 02 RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN Red Hot Chili Peppers 47 47 119 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 48 52 249 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 49 57 168 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 50 48 314 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars "Anti-Hero" is safely #1 for a second week. It's the first time since "Look What You Made Me Do" that Taylor Swift has managed more than 1 week at #1, and that's also the only other #1 debut of hers to do so. I think there's a strong chance it'll take the top spot again next week despite Sam Smith rebounding fast and Drake/21 Savage making a big splash. Also of note this week is Rihanna debuting in the top 5, which is her first top 10 hit since "Wild Thoughts" in 2017, but it's more funny to point out that her last solo top 10 hit was "Jump", which was basically only a hit in the antipodean parts. Also making a long awaited(?) return to the top 50 is Meghan Trainor, who actually has a notable stat that all of her top 50 hits have made the top 10 ("Better When I'm Dancin'" was a long running non-top 50 hit though). It looks like this one will eventually get there unless it runs out of steam, it's just waiting for the big releases to give it space to breathe. SZA also has a respectable debut behind her. On a regular week it'd have comfortably outpeaked her last hit "I Hate U" though it doesn't look like it'll pick up steam. The last debut this week is from JVKE who finally breaks through with "golden hour". It's been so long that it's managed to be put on and taken off Hot Hits Australia in the time it's bubbled under the top 50. Mostly I'm happy as a predictor(?) of hits because I downloaded it back in July and it's the first top 5 hit on my personal chart to make the ARIA top 50 since Mac Miller's "Good News". Also of note this week is that "Save Your Tears" drops out of the top 50, making this the first 2020s chart without The Weeknd in the top 50. Dua Lipa has however still been on the chart every week since "Don't Start Now" debuted in late 2019, but might be challenged by the Christmas chart. It is more obvious that Taylor Swift retains the #1 album position. Next week is a little harder to call but I suspect her stronger format coverage will fend off Drake & 21 Savage who will only beat her on streams but not by a lot. The Beatles' very good album "Revolver" (how's that for a hot take) returns to #2 via the vinyl release. The most peculiar instance of this though is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who keep managing to out-King Gizz themselves. This week they have 3 entries in the top 11, one of which first charted on digital sales but now comfortably gets a new peak. King Gizz still have never had a #1 album but they've hit the top 15 seventeen times. Foo Fighters debut in the top 5 with "The Essential" which is mostly interesting because under the ARIA system of manual stream allocation, it seems to have siphoned most of the streams of "Greatest Hits", which is one of the longest charting albums of all time, but based on the catalogue albums chart, has unceremoniously been booted from the top 100 and then-some perhaps. Fred again.. scores his first ever credited chart appearance in Australia, barring the many monster hits he's had a hand in. Sly Withers I must point out are one of the most West Australian bands ever as arguably their most popular song was named after Clarkson. They debut at #10 for the second year in a row.
November 16, 20222 yr Author 14/11/2022 Singles 01 01 03 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 02 07 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 03 NE 01 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 04 04 11 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 05 NE 01 05 P***Y & MILLIONS Drake & 21 Savage Feat. Travis Scott 06 13 05 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 07 03 03 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 08 10 23 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 09 NE 01 09 CIRCO LOCO Drake & 21 Savage 10 NE 01 10 MAJOR DISTRIBUTION Drake & 21 Savage 11 15 18 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 12 19 03 12 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 13 06 03 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 14 16 12 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 15 18 32 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 07 03 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 17 08 03 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 18 11 03 06 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID Taylor Swift 19 09 03 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift Feat. Lana Del Rey 20 22 13 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 21 12 03 09 KARMA Taylor Swift 22 21 14 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 23 26 117 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 24 05 02 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 25 20 02 20 SHIRT SZA 26 24 13 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 27 28 12 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 28 27 23 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 29 31 10 25 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 30 14 03 10 VIGILANTE S**T Taylor Swift 31 17 03 11 QUESTION...? Taylor Swift 32 30 17 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 33 36 65 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 34 32 70 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 35 35 26 23 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 36 23 03 12 MASTERMIND Taylor Swift 37 59 22 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 38 NE 01 38 DIE FOR YOU Joji 39 33 23 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat 40 38 14 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 41 49 109 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 42 40 09 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 43 34 11 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 44 41 61 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 45 37 17 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 46 25 03 13 LABYRINTH Taylor Swift 47 39 28 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 48 44 72 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 49 29 03 14 SWEET NOTHING Taylor Swift 50 46 21 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs Albums 01 01 03 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 03 NE 01 03 SMITHEREENS Joji 04 NE 01 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 05 NE 01 05 DAISY CHAIN Slowly Slowly 06 07 92 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 03 03 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli 08 09 25 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 09 05 02 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 10 20 137 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 14 355 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 12 27 231 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 13 77 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 15 420 01 1989 Taylor Swift 15 21 14 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 16 17 189 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 17 18 54 01 = Ed Sheeran 18 16 243 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 02 38 01 REVOLVER The Beatles 20 19 157 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 22 283 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 23 168 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 23 56 15 01 RENAISSANCE Beyonce 24 RE 11 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack 25 25 120 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 29 171 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 24 20 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 28 26 67 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 29 54 258 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 30 12 03 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 31 32 297 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 32 28 22 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 33 31 228 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 34 39 135 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 35 35 338 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 33 52 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 38 152 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 38 34 182 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 39 44 261 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 40 41 96 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 41 30 04 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 42 37 72 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 43 40 400 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 44 48 251 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 45 43 123 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 46 NE 01 46 GEE WHIZ, IT'S CHRISTMAS! Vika & Linda 47 45 212 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 49 169 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 47 120 01 F*CK LOVE (OVER YOU) The Kid Laroi 50 51 03 50 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Anti-Hero" is safely #1 for a 3rd week. I am unsure if it has received the monumental pure sales boost it did in the US. Next week looks to be a little closer but I suspect it will hold #1 again. The big news of the week is the arrival of Drake & 21 Savage with 4 tracks in the top 10. The other big news of the week is the non-arrival of any other songs by Drake & 21 Savage in the top 50. As an added curiosity, today's midweeks have implied that "On BS" and "Spin Bout U" will arrive on the chart next week. This is not dissimilar to the rules of the New Zealand chart, although it's worth noting that these are probably the only two tracks left that would be able to debut in the top 50 this week, and of course if it were akin to the New Zealand chart, one must acknowledge that "Jimmy Cooks" is certainly still in the top 100 and so they would be limited to 3 debuts on this week. I'm most closely reminded of Travis Scott's "ASTROWORLD", where the only debuts allowed on week one were the top 10 finishers ("SICKO MODE" and "STARGAZING"), as well as the previous single "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" (although that wasn't let on the chart when it came out lol). The next week, every other track was allowed in although none were able to make the top 50. Elsewhere Joji scores a top 50 debut which I can use to highlight our state of affairs as this is the 10th top 50 hit by an Australian artist this year. This includes 2 by Dean Lewis, 2 by Joji, novelties from The Wiggles & Luude, as well as Brothers, Vance Joy and The Kid LAROI. The last one is R3HAB who is not Australian but ARIA decided to count the track as Australian in the middle of its run because of a co-credit from noted landlady & Kyle Sandilands associate Amy Shark. For the second time this year, Drake lands a debut at #2. It's a step up for 21 Savage who scores his highest ever debut. It is however also a diminished return for Joji & Dean Lewis who have both had #1 debuts. Slowly Slowly have a slight improvement from their last #7 debut to reach #5. Vika & Linda sneak into the top 50 with their new Christmas album which may climb, and we also get a curious debut for ABBA with their difficult to google bundle release "Studio Albums". To my knowledge it was released a decent while ago but 3 weeks ago someone decided that this is where all (some?) of ABBA's streams are going to go and now our mess of an ARIA Chart has a new favourite, coming to a 2023 EOY Album chart near you!
November 16, 20222 yr I'm really curious to know how ARIA makes its decisions on how they treat album bombs / streaming in the album chart. It's like they have a different intern every week.
November 23, 20222 yr Author 14/11/2022 Singles 01 01 04 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 02 08 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 03 03 02 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 04 04 12 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 05 06 06 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 08 24 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 07 12 04 07 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 08 11 19 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 09 07 04 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 10 15 33 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 14 13 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 12 20 14 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 13 23 118 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 13 04 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 15 24 03 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 16 22 15 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 17 16 04 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 18 27 13 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 19 32 18 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 28 24 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 21 33 66 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 22 29 11 22 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 23 17 04 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 24 18 04 06 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID Taylor Swift 25 26 14 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 26 09 02 09 CIRCO LOCO Drake & 21 Savage 27 35 27 23 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 28 21 04 09 KARMA Taylor Swift 29 19 04 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift Feat. Lana Del Rey 30 41 110 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 31 34 71 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 32 05 02 05 P***Y & MILLIONS Drake & 21 Savage Feat. Travis Scott 33 42 10 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 34 40 15 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 35 25 03 20 SHIRT SZA 36 45 18 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 37 44 62 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 38 39 24 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat 39 NE 01 39 ON BS Drake, 21 Savage 40 30 04 10 VIGILANTE S**T Taylor Swift 41 10 02 10 MAJOR DISTRIBUTION Drake & 21 Savage 42 50 22 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 43 48 73 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 44 47 29 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 45 31 04 11 QUESTION...? Taylor Swift 46 52 19 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 47 43 12 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 48 51 08 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 49 53 22 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake Feat. 21 Savage 50 54 125 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers Albums 01 01 04 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 FAITH IN THE FUTURE Louis Tomlinson 03 NE 01 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 04 02 02 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 05 06 93 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 10 138 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 07 08 26 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 RE 03 06 KING STINGRAY King Stingray 09 09 03 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 10 04 02 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 11 11 356 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 12 12 232 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 13 78 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 07 04 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli 15 14 421 01 1989 Taylor Swift 16 16 190 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 17 18 244 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 17 55 01 = Ed Sheeran 19 21 284 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 20 158 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 15 15 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 03 02 03 SMITHEREENS Joji 23 29 259 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 24 26 172 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 25 NE 01 25 EVOLUTION Noiseworks 26 25 121 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 27 27 21 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 28 22 169 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 29 33 229 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 30 28 68 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 31 32 23 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 32 37 153 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 36 53 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 34 136 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 35 31 298 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 36 35 339 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 40 97 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 38 42 73 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 39 38 183 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 40 41 05 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 41 43 401 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 42 44 252 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 43 39 262 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 44 45 124 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 45 47 213 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 46 63 202 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 47 49 121 01 F*CK LOVE (OVER YOU) The Kid Laroi 48 50 04 48 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 49 30 04 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 50 19 39 01 REVOLVER The Beatles "Anti-Hero" is safely #1 for a 4th week. Next week Sam Smith might be in challenging range due to better digital sales and a rapidly shrinking streaming margin, hard to say. Meghan Trainor does indeed maintain that technically perfect run of top 10 hits. Otherwise it's a pretty quiet week though I have a theory on the Drake situation. ARIA has a form that labels use to submit tracks for inclusion on the survey. However, it is required that they fill it out before the tracking week begins, so I think what happened is Republic/Universal submitted all of the Drake/21 Savage tracks during the week (given the album was released mid-day Friday, perhaps there was not a sooner opportunity to do so), so they were unable to appear on the midweeks. ARIA however, with their loosely followed imperative to make sure not to overlook high chart entries, saw that the two had multiple top 10 streaming entries, and belatedly included these as they were compiling the chart. This week with the survey duly informed, all of the tracks on the album became fair game and based on the hip-hop chart, several of them charted, with "On BS" the only one to enter the top 50. The fact that these new entries are credited with comma separation indicates a different submission process to last week. It does however mean that their peak positions are largely meaningless/misleading which I'm sure chart historians will keep track of. Taylor Swift is also #1 on the album chart for a 4th week in a row, which is standard practice at this point. "folklore" and "evermore" managed the same, so she'll hit a new personal best in terms of unbroken reigns if she lasts another week. She fends off closest competitor Louis Tomlinson this week, who reaches a new non-1D career high of #2 this week. Some years ago Louis egged on his fans to cyberbully an Australian journalist. I assume he's grown up since then. Behind him is Bruce Springsteen who has a patchy chart history but usually ends up in the top 10 every couple of years. This week's vinyl boon goes to King Stingray, who you have to imagine could've managed a pretty nice peak if they had a multi-format release as they return to the top 10. They're nominated for multiple ARIA Awards tomorrow. Lastly there's a new album from Noiseworks which is notable to me because a single from it got to #1 on iTunes right when kworb's pop bars stopped working, and as that's still the first page Google Chrome auto-completes for me when I go there, I'm reminded that it exists very frequently :lol: Next week Nickelback & Disturbed battle for the top debut which I'm sure you're all eager to see the results of.
November 29, 20222 yr Author 28/11/2022 Singles 01 01 05 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 02 09 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 03 03 03 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 04 07 05 04 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 05 04 13 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 06 05 07 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 07 06 25 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 08 08 20 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 09 10 34 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 10 11 14 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 11 12 15 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 12 09 05 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 13 13 119 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 22 12 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 15 16 16 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 16 18 14 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 17 19 19 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 18 20 25 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 19 21 67 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 20 15 04 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 21 27 28 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 22 25 15 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 23 31 72 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 24 14 05 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 25 17 05 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 26 37 63 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 27 33 11 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 28 34 16 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 29 51 13 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 30 30 111 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 31 23 05 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 32 36 19 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 33 24 05 06 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID Taylor Swift 34 38 25 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 35 42 20 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 36 28 05 09 KARMA Taylor Swift 37 43 74 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 38 29 05 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey 39 26 03 09 CIRCO LOCO Drake & 21 Savage 40 44 30 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 41 50 126 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 42 46 20 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 43 47 13 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 44 52 51 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 45 48 09 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 46 57 12 46 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 47 35 04 20 SHIRT SZA 48 53 98 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 49 60 12 43 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 50 94 56 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey Albums 01 01 05 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 18 56 01 = Ed Sheeran 03 NE 01 03 GET ROLLIN' Nickelback 04 04 03 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 05 NE 01 05 DIVISIVE Disturbed 06 05 94 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 10 03 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 08 03 02 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 09 07 27 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 72 18 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 11 09 04 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 12 11 357 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 12 233 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 14 06 139 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 13 79 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 16 14 05 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 17 15 422 01 1989 Taylor Swift 18 RE 168 01 THRILLER Michael Jackson 19 17 245 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 16 191 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 21 21 16 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 20 159 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 23 19 285 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 24 173 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 25 29 230 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 28 170 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 27 26 122 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 53 373 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 29 43 263 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 30 33 54 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 31 27 22 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 32 32 154 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 36 340 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 34 30 69 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 35 35 299 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 36 31 24 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 37 NE 01 37 SONDER Dermot Kennedy 38 37 98 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 41 402 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 40 02 02 02 FAITH IN THE FUTURE Louis Tomlinson 41 39 184 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 42 34 137 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 43 38 74 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 44 23 260 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 42 252 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 46 45 214 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 NE 01 47 DIAMONDS & RHINESTONES: THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION Dolly Parton 48 44 125 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 49 56 535 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 48 05 48 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Anti-Hero" is not-so-safely #1 for a 5th week. I neglected to mention last week but it's now Taylor Swift's longest reigning #1 hit ever. Short of a surprise boost though, I do think "Unholy" will probably unseat it next week, attempting to notch up as many weeks as it can until Mariah Carey does her thing, which is happening sooner than ever before because she's already in the top 50. She usually only spends 4-5 weeks in the top 50 but this year for the first time since the song's original release she's bumping it up to 6 weeks. In fact it's one of many Christmas songs that are severely surpassing their performance last year on Spotify, and coupled with an even more encompassing tracking week for Christmas this year, we're in for something major in a month. JVKE returns to the top 50 with a big new peak but regrettably for the second time, Hot Hits Australia have removed the song so it's gonna recede a lot so "Where Did You Go?" and "Following The Sun" can get their much needed push to continue. Rema also manages to sneak into the top 50 this week, bringing Selena Gomez back to the top 50 for the first time in 2 years. In fact, since first charting in 2009, she's had a top 50 hit in every year except 2012 & 2021. Taylor Swift is also #1 on the album chart for the 5th week in a row. It's harder to tell if she can retain this although she will have competition via a Christmas album from perennial #1 getter Jimmy Barnes next week. This week she fends off the vinyl re-release of Ed Sheeran's "=", while new entries for former #1 getters Nickelback & Disturbed are resigned to top 5. There are also vinyl pushes for Daniel Johns (again!) and Michael Jackson. Dermot Kennedy manages the exact #37 peak he scored in 2019 with his new album, and Dolly Parton has a Greatest Hits set which is probably not just based on streams but who knows what to expect in the Christmas season.
December 7, 20222 yr Author 05/12/2022 Singles 01 01 06 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 02 10 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 03 04 06 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 04 05 14 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 05 06 08 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 03 04 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 07 07 26 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 08 08 21 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 09 09 35 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 10 10 15 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 11 50 57 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 12 13 120 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 13 11 16 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 14 14 13 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 15 15 17 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 16 17 20 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 16 15 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 18 18 26 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 19 12 06 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 20 19 68 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 21 21 29 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 22 26 64 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 23 23 73 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 24 22 16 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 25 27 12 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 26 28 17 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 27 20 05 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 28 32 20 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 29 34 26 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 30 RE 48 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 31 37 75 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 32 30 112 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 33 41 127 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 35 21 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 35 40 31 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 36 24 06 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 37 29 14 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 38 44 52 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 39 70 03 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 40 42 21 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 41 48 99 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 49 13 42 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 43 46 13 43 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 44 25 06 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 45 45 10 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 46 43 14 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 47 RE 17 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 48 51 22 09 MOCKINGBIRD Eminem 49 31 06 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 50 39 04 09 CIRCO LOCO Drake & 21 Savage Albums 01 NE 01 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 02 01 06 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 09 28 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 06 95 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 04 04 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 06 11 05 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 08 03 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 08 13 234 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 09 16 06 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 10 NE 01 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 11 21 17 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 12 12 358 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 15 80 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 14 02 57 01 = Ed Sheeran 15 27 123 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 16 03 02 03 GET ROLLIN' Nickelback 17 25 231 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 18 30 55 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 20 192 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 20 14 140 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 21 24 174 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 26 171 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 23 19 246 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 28 374 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 25 17 423 01 1989 Taylor Swift 26 22 160 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 39 403 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 32 155 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 29 23 286 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 29 264 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 31 07 04 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 32 18 169 01 THRILLER Michael Jackson 33 34 70 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 31 23 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 35 NE 01 35 LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL The Smith Street Band 36 80 97 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 37 RE 26 01 WISH The Cure 38 84 10 01 REVOLVER The Beatles 39 RE 02 28 MEANJIN Thelma Plum 40 61 29 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 41 33 341 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 35 300 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 43 43 75 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 44 42 138 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 62 204 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 46 36 25 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 47 38 99 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 05 02 05 DIVISIVE Disturbed 49 64 361 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 50 49 536 01 THE VERY BEST INXS Taylor Swift gets a 6th week at #1 but not on the chart I expected. I have to assume that "Anti-Hero" is improving on Apple because Spotify suggests traction in the opposite way. Hard to say what'll happen next week because "Unholy" is only very slowly growing the gap. I don't know if I have anything interesting to note about Christmas music at the moment except that they are a little bit higher than before. Lil Uzi Vert is the latest winner of the strange hip-hop pick for Hot Hits Australia that they'll probably dump in less than a month, but for now he has his 3rd top 40 hit. There's also a notable return for Eminem's "Mockingbird". It's another week and it's another Jimmy Barnes #1 album. He now has 15 which if you go beyond the tenure of the ARIA Charts, is more than The Beatles ever had. I don't have much else to say this week but The Seekers have a new compilation in the top 10, The Smith Street Band have a stilted format release and thus misleading peak for their new album, while The Cure & Thelma Plum have vinyl rebounds, and Kendrick Lamar returns with his Australian tour going on at the moment.
December 14, 20222 yr Author 12/12/2022 Singles 01 02 11 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 02 01 07 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 03 11 58 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 04 03 07 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 05 07 27 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 06 04 15 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 07 05 09 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 08 NE 01 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin', The Weeknd & 21 Savage 09 06 05 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 10 09 36 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 30 49 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 12 08 22 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 13 47 18 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 14 12 121 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 15 56 13 08 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 16 10 16 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 17 52 19 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 18 13 17 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 19 20 69 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 20 18 27 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 21 68 11 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 22 15 18 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 23 16 21 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 24 23 74 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 25 22 65 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 26 14 14 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 27 21 30 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 28 17 16 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 29 NE 01 29 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 30 NE 01 30 SUPERHERO (HEROES & VILLAINS) Metro Boomin', Future & Chris Brown 31 35 32 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 32 26 18 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 33 31 76 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 34 38 53 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 35 29 27 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 36 24 17 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 37 33 128 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 38 25 13 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 39 19 07 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 40 32 113 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 41 34 22 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 42 43 14 42 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 43 NE 01 43 NIAGARA FALLS (FOOT OR 2) Metro Boomin', Travis Scott & 21 Savage 44 41 100 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 45 28 21 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 46 61 116 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 47 40 22 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 48 RE 12 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 49 45 11 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 50 42 14 42 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa Albums 01 RE 07 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 02 02 07 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 NE 01 03 AUSTRALIAN FROG CALLS Songs of Disappearance 04 01 02 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 05 NE 01 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 06 03 29 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 04 96 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 36 98 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 09 09 07 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 10 08 235 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 11 27 404 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 12 05 05 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 13 06 06 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 14 12 359 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 13 81 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 16 34 24 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 17 23 247 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 20 141 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 19 26 161 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 14 58 01 = Ed Sheeran 21 21 175 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 40 30 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 23 07 04 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 24 19 193 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 47 100 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 26 NE 01 26 INDIGO RM 27 25 424 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 11 18 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 29 NE 01 29 INLAND Adalita 30 10 02 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 31 29 287 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 32 28 156 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 17 232 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 34 22 172 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 24 375 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 36 68 74 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 37 15 124 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 38 18 56 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 43 76 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 40 44 139 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 31 05 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 42 46 26 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 43 42 301 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 44 33 71 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 45 30 265 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 46 86 28 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 47 49 362 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 48 41 342 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 49 51 254 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 50 52 216 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen Sam Smith can perhaps lament the potential to have one of the longest reigning #1's ever as "Unholy" returns to #1 on its 11th week, its 5th week at the top. On the other hand, "Unholy"'s hold on the top is tenuous, as we could see Mariah Carey returning to #1 next week, and I must note that SZA has quickly vaulted to #1 on Spotify which could prove her a contender if she keeps this momentum up. Then again we could just see something similar to Metro Boomin from this week, who came within an inch of the top spot on Spotify, but has now receded a little bit and manages a #8 debut. This is his first credited top 10 entry and also narrowly The Weeknd's highest chart entry for this year. On the Christmas front, I have always been suspicious that the stats for Brenda Lee were not completely accurate, which was remedied last year but maybe even more so this year as she's providing a serious challenge to Michael Buble for the bronze medal, something that could well translate on the ARIA Chart with the 02/01/2023 tracking week. She's actually really close to Wham! on Spotify but miles behind on Apple so that's probably not going to change any time soon. Metro Boomin has various debuts scattered across the chart which has amusingly (for me) resulted in some strange 3 track rule dodging on ARIA's New Music Singles chart where he has 4 entries there. Also it's taken a month and a half but everyone's finally realised how good "Escapism." is. RAYE has had multiple top 50 hits since 2016 attached to numerous EDM bros but this is of course her first outing at the front of the crediting list. It's also technically 070 Shake's first entry as she wasn't credited on her 2018 Kid Cudi collaboration "Ghost Town". I'm also raising a suspicious eye-brow over this chart position as I suspect it's not getting the streams from the Sped Up version counted (currently #4 combined on Spotify), but with how messy Christmas charts are and how rapidly the song was vaulting up, I'm not going to stake full confidence in this just yet. "Dreams" is still always just hovering around just below the top 50 but Christine McVie's passing sees it boosted back into the top 50 for the first time in a few months. Last year Paul Kelly debuted at #2 with his Christmas album. This is perhaps understandable as it was released on the same week as Adele's "30". Paul has the last laugh perhaps though as the album was just re-issued and returns to a new peak of #1. It's his 4th #1 album. Despite being an Australian icon for longer than I've been alive, he's only started racking up #1's since 2017. Speaking of Australian icons, you might also remember last year seeing a high charting album of Australian Bird Calls. They didn't quite get to #1 but maybe we'll have better luck this time around as Australian Frog Calls debuts at #3, with ARIA's midweeks suggesting they could climb up next week. Similarly to last year, the proceeds of this album go towards frog research & conservation. Metro Boomin has the most streamed album of the week and lands a debut at #5, not a personal peak for him as his 21 Savage collaboration in 2020 got to #4. Lower down we have debuts for BTS's RM, and a third top 30 solo peak for Adalita, best known as the frontwoman for Magic Dirt. RÜFÜS DU SOL's recent tour brings them back into the top 50 and I will also note if it ever feels like albums never leave the chart sometimes, that Ed Sheeran's "÷" is at a new lowest ever position this week.
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