19/12/2022

 

Singles

 

01 03 59 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

02 01 12 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras

03 02 08 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

04 04 08 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor

05 NE 01 05 KILL BILL SZA

06 11 50 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

07 07 10 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz

08 05 28 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

09 06 16 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha

10 08 02 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

11 13 19 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

12 15 14 08 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

13 10 37 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

14 09 06 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage

15 17 20 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

16 NE 01 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA

17 12 23 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy

18 14 122 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

19 21 12 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms

20 16 17 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal

21 64 07 20 SHIRT SZA

22 29 02 22 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

23 26 15 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis

24 19 70 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

25 18 18 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé

26 20 28 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy

27 NE 01 27 BLIND SZA

28 23 22 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

29 25 66 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

30 22 19 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown

31 24 75 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

32 27 31 21 ANOTHER LOVE (TIËSTO REMIX) Tom Odell

33 28 17 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo

34 NE 01 34 LOW SZA

35 37 129 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

36 48 13 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

37 32 19 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System

38 NE 01 38 SEEK & DESTROY SZA

39 33 77 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

40 42 15 40 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

41 NE 01 41 LOVE LANGUAGE SZA

42 35 28 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat

43 31 33 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo

44 54 17 44 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

45 36 18 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj

46 34 54 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott

47 NE 01 47 SPECIAL SZA

48 58 10 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams

49 40 114 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa

50 NE 01 50 USED SZA feat. Don Toliver

 

Albums

 

01 02 08 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

02 NE 01 02 SOS SZA

03 03 02 03 AUSTRALIAN FROG CALLS Songs of Disappearance

04 04 03 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes

05 06 30 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

06 08 99 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

07 07 97 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

08 05 02 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

09 09 08 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli

10 13 07 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

11 10 236 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

12 01 08 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

13 NE 01 13 COTERIE Coterie

14 11 405 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

15 14 360 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

16 15 82 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

17 12 06 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage

18 33 233 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

19 22 31 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar

20 17 248 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

21 16 25 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs

22 32 157 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

23 20 59 01 = Ed Sheeran

24 21 176 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

25 36 75 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

26 34 173 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

27 19 162 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

28 24 194 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

29 23 05 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen

30 27 425 01 1989 Taylor Swift

31 18 142 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

32 25 101 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

33 28 19 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

34 47 363 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

35 31 288 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

36 37 125 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

37 38 57 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

38 52 538 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

39 44 720 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

40 53 25 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane

41 40 140 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

42 35 376 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses

43 43 302 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

44 39 77 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat

45 30 03 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers

46 45 266 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

47 42 27 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion

48 78 207 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles

49 63 165 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar

50 51 206 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar

 

 

In what must have been an extremely close battle, Mariah Carey gets to #1 for the 5th year in a row. It's also her 5th week at #1 as she has previously only spent a week at #1 each year, but looks to manage 3 this year. This comes with a caveat in that I'm almost certain she should've been #1 for 2 weeks last year but as ARIA notes in their code of practice, Thursday streams from certain DSPs are estimated...perhaps not very well in these seasonal times. I was mistakenly under the impression that the two versions of "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" were finally combined on Spotify but then I spotted them both charting alongside each other, which had Brenda slightly higher than Mariah on Spotify recently, while still a long way away on Apple. I'm not saying Brenda Lee should be #1 but I do think she's still being undercounted. Anyway otherwise this is SZA's week. She's making a decent claim for the #1 spot if she can maintain her hold in a few weeks, for now she's at #5. Anyway if you want a reason to get really mad at the clunky process of songs being included in the ARIA Chart, look at how RAYE & 070 Shake are #22 this week. This week's New Music chart had a fresh debut for "Escapism - Sped Up Version" which means that it's roughly around the top 100, but also wasn't being tracked at all last week. My interpretation on this is that whoever is handling the song's promotion over here noticed that the version was gaining traction a couple of weeks ago, and so they submitted it for consideration by ARIA. This process has to be done before the tracking week starts so it essentially can take 2 weeks. ARIA seemingly just accepted it as an invitation to include it separately which is probably the result of RAYE being on an independent label that didn't fully grasp the due process that major labels are used to. ARIA tends to screw over independent artists the most which is why Tyga's "Taste" and BENEE's "Soaked" among others never charted here. We'll see if this changes over the coming weeks I suppose (since otherwise the song would be in the top 10) but it is worth noting that in the download era, we'd sometimes see stuff like this, where remixes of big hit songs charted separately to the original, often at the same time. This basically never happens now so it's hard to think of it being intentional. Incidentally reaching the top 50 this week is "Until I Found You", which has been hovering around for months but is buoyed by the sudden burst in popularity of the Em Beihold version. Funnily enough, ARIA has been crediting this version for the entire time it's been charting, but now it is the one that's getting the lion's share of the streams.

 

Sadly it seems Australian Frog Calls weren't able to hold on enough to even climb this week. SZA also misses out on the top spot but is charting higher than ever before on the album chart. The only other entry this week is the self-titled album of Coterie, a band that both Australia and New Zealand claim as their own, but it's only in New Zealand that they have managed to actually have crossover hits, because people over there actually know how to promote local product without just waiting for them to take off on TikTok by accident.

26/12/2022

 

Singles

 

01 01 60 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

02 05 02 02 KILL BILL SZA

03 06 51 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

04 02 13 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras

05 11 20 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

06 03 09 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

07 12 15 07 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee

08 15 21 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande

09 04 09 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor

10 07 11 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz

11 22 03 11 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

12 08 29 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

13 09 17 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha

14 19 13 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms

16 10 03 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

17 13 38 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

18 14 07 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage

19 17 24 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy

20 18 123 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

21 36 14 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

22 20 18 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal

23 16 02 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA

24 51 12 24 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson

25 48 11 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams

26 23 16 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis

27 57 11 16 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes

28 24 71 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

29 61 24 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid

30 26 29 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy

31 25 19 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé

32 28 23 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

33 67 09 17 SNOWMAN Sia

34 64 26 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber

35 29 67 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

36 83 19 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band

37 32 32 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell

38 31 76 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

39 30 20 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown

40 77 07 36 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives

41 21 08 20 SHIRT SZA

42 40 16 40 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

43 33 18 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo

44 35 130 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

45 74 05 42 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin

46 88 10 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra

47 39 78 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran

48 37 20 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System

49 100 04 28 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano

50 44 18 44 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

 

Albums

 

01 01 09 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

02 02 02 02 SOS SZA

03 06 100 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé

04 05 31 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

05 07 98 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

06 09 09 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli

07 10 08 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

08 12 09 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly

09 11 237 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

10 18 234 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

11 04 04 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes

12 08 03 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

13 14 406 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

14 15 361 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

15 22 158 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

16 16 83 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

17 25 76 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey

18 21 26 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs

19 29 06 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen

20 45 04 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers

21 34 364 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana

22 23 60 01 = Ed Sheeran

23 20 249 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

24 27 163 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

25 64 446 02 GREATEST HITS Queen

26 24 177 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

27 33 20 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

28 17 07 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage

29 31 143 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

30 26 174 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

31 36 126 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

32 30 426 01 1989 Taylor Swift

33 37 58 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

34 19 32 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar

35 48 208 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles

36 42 377 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses

37 38 539 01 THE VERY BEST INXS

38 28 195 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

39 35 289 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

40 32 102 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

41 40 26 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane

42 RE 02 42 GEE WHIZ, IT'S CHRISTMAS Vika & Linda

43 68 09 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys

44 51 13 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack

45 49 166 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar

46 61 112 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

47 58 30 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs Du Sol

48 75 49 01 30 Adele

49 56 495 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel

50 57 99 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

 

 

Christmas weeks are hectic to keep up with so I'll keep this quick. "Escapism." has had its two versions combined this week, so it'll be a top 10 hit next year. "Kill Bill" is also very poised to go to #1 in two weeks with a big Spotify lead.

Here you go

 

Singles

 

1. Harry Styles - As It Was

2. Glass Animals - Heat Waves

3. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - STAY

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

5. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

6. Ed Sheeran - Shivers

7. Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now

8. Jack Harlow - First Class

9. OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried

10. Lizzo - About Damn Time

11. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

12. Gayle - ABCDEFU

13. Justin Bieber - Ghost

14. Dua Lipa - Levitating

15. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

16. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

17. Adele - Easy On Me

18. The Killers - Mr Brightside

19. Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy

20. Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled - Big Energy

21. Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u

22. Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends - Enemy

23. Lil Nas X - Thats What I Want

24. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

25. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

26. Joji - Glimpse Of Us

27. Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)

28. Luude Feat. Colin Hay - Down Under

29. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

30. Nicky Youre & Daze - Sunroof

31. The Kid Laroi - Thousand Miles

32. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

33. Doja Cat - Vegas

34. Doja Cat Feat. SZA - Kiss Me More

35. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

36. Acraze Feat. Cherish - Do It To It

37. Harry Styles - Late Night Talking

38. Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

39. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

40. Frank Ocean - Lost

41. J. Cole - No Role Modelz

42. Doja Cat - Woman

43. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

44. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

45. Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl

46. Camila Cabello Feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam

47. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun

48. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

49. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

50. Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)

51. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

52. Chris Brown - Under The Influence

53. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

54. Tom Odell - Another Love

55. Future Feat. Drake & Tems - WAIT FOR U

56. Eminem - Without Me

57. Vance Joy - Missing Piece

58. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

59. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License

60. Tones and I - Dance Monkey

61. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night

62. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU

63. Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed

64. Drake Feat. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks

65. Central Cee - Doja

66. Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange

67. Shouse - Love Tonight

68. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow

69. Dave - Starlight

70. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

71. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us

72. Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now

73. NEIKED & Mae Muller Feat. Polo G - Better Days

74. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

75. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady

76. Beyonce - Break My Soul

77. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

78. Beyonce - Cuff It

79. Post Malone - Circles

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

81. Imagine Dragons - Believer

82. Willow - Wait A Minute

83. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.

84. Rosa Linn - SNAP

85. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

86. The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk - Starboy

87. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

88. Charlie Puth - Light Switch

89. OneRepublic - Counting Stars

90. Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember

91. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

92. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees

93. Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours

94. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

95. Luke Combs - The Kind Of Love We Make

96. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing

97. Joel Corry & MNEK - Head & Heart

98. Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version)

99. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

100. Avicii - Wake Me Up

 

Albums

 

1. Taylor Swift - Midnights

2. Harry Styles - Harry's House

3. The Weeknd - The Highlights

4. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

5. Ed Sheeran - =

6. Doja Cat - Planet Her

7. Harry Styles - Fine Line

8. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

9. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

10. The Weeknd - Dawn FM

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

12. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection

13. Adele - 30

14. Elton John - Diamonds

15. Soundtrack - Encanto

16. Taylor Swift - 1989

17. Luke Combs - This One's For You

18. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

19. Luke Combs - This One's For You

20. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

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

22. Ed Sheeran - ÷

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

24. Justin Bieber - Justice

25. Taylor Swift - Folklore

26. Taylor Swift - Lover

27. Arctic Monkeys - AM

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

29. The Weeknd - Starboy

30. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

31. Drake - Certified Lover Boy

32. Luke Combs - Growin' Up

33. The Weeknd - After Hours

34. Taylor Swift - Reputation

35. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)

36. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection

37. Harry Styles - Harry Styles

38. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album

39. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

40. INXS - The Very Best

41. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa

42. Daniel Johns - FutureNever

43. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

44. Nirvana - Nevermind

45. Spacey Jane - Here Comes Everybody

46. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits

47. Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires

48. Adele - 25

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

50. Pitbull - Greatest Hits

51. Eminem - The Eminem Show

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

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

54. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

55. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

56. Beyonce - RENAISSANCE

57. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

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

59. Taylor Swift - Evermore

60. XXXTentacion - ?

61. BTS - Proof

62. Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me

63. Lady Gaga - The Fame

64. XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album

65. Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache

66. Eminem - Curtain Call 2

67. Spacey Jane - Sunlight

68. Little Mix - Between Us

69. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys

70. Gang Of Youths - Angel In Realtime.

71. Dr. Dre - 2001

72. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

73. Lil Nas X - MONTERO

74. Tame Impala - Currents

75. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

76. Adele - 21

77. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

78. Ed Sheeran - x

79. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman

80. Drake - Honestly, Nevermind

81. Drake - Scorpion

82. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

83. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project

84. Jack Harlow - Come Home The Kids Miss You

85. Soundtrack - Sing 2

86. Doja Cat - Hot Pink

87. Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss

88. Midnight Oil - Resist

89. Post Malone - Stoney

90. Travis Scott - Astroworld

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

92. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits

93. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew

94. Kanye West - Donda

95. Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout

96. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

97. SZA - Ctrl

98. Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance

99. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

100. Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender

 

 

As always, I must clarify that this chart is made by adding up all the sales on each individual week covered in 2022, there are some fiddly things with the December/January cut off but it's not that important. It's mostly just to say that if ARIA were late on catching a song onto the chart, then they will not rectify this for prior weeks. Notably "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood could not catch up in time because half of its points are missing, and "Riptide" by Vance Joy should probably be in the top 50 of this list but ARIA still aren't counting it. So the charts themselves are to blame for there only being 10 Australian songs in this list. It also seems that the previous expectation that the chart could possibly be filled with a solid 90ish new hits for the year will never be reached again, as the main promotional outlets struggle to find much more than 1 new hit a week. Incidentally join me as I count down the top 10 songs that are only here because of Hot Hits Australia's aggressive playlisting:

 

10. Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make

9. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

8. WILLOW - Wait A Minute

7. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

6. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

5. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees

4. Charlie Puth - Light Switch

3. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night

2. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun

1. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing

 

As for the albums chart, I also must remind you that unlike Billboard and the OCC, ARIA's rule for stream distribution goes down to the label entirely. It is not disclosed anywhere and we outsiders can only speculate the nature of what's going on. As a result, there are plentiful compilations in this list, but not all the compilations you might expect, and sometimes not necessarily the one that makes the most sense. Unless you think that more and more people every year flock to hear Coldplay's live in Argentina album. There's also very little in the way of new music on this list. By my count, there are 18 albums released in 2022, and three of them are compilations that derive their activity from streams of older material. We can't be sure that XXXTENTACION fans are even aware that "Look At Me: The Album" exists. In this context, it makes The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar look pretty good, with their 'underperforming' new albums ending up the 3rd & 4th biggest albums from 2022. Taylor Swift also I suspect just barely overtook Harry Styles at the last moment to take the top spot here with her very recent album. No Christmas music makes the cut though because they just can't accumulate the points fast enough. This makes sense when you consider what the Australian Charts look like next to the UK Charts, and then remember that Australia *doesn't* have ACR.

Cold Heart, Bad Habits and Shivers being so high up shows just how massive they were.

 

I wonder if they’ll still be top 20-30 in the year end chart for 2023.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they're all still in the top 20. Ed Sheeran's Australian tour starts in a couple of months and that might be enough to carry his momentum for the rest of the year.