April 18, 20232 yr Author 17/04/2023 Singles 01 02 10 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 01 13 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 03 03 10 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 04 04 18 01 KILL BILL SZA 05 05 37 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 06 06 25 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 07 07 54 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 08 NE 01 08 SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 09 10 03 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 10 09 19 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 11 08 34 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 12 18 02 12 FAST CAR Luke Combs 13 11 13 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 14 12 19 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 15 13 45 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 16 15 32 15 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 17 30 03 17 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 18 14 12 06 SURE THING Miguel 19 19 12 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 20 16 83 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 20 39 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 22 17 29 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 23 26 25 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 24 25 139 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 25 21 19 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 26 29 33 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 27 23 08 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 28 28 05 28 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 29 24 28 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 30 51 211 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 31 22 08 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 32 32 45 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 33 27 40 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 34 36 87 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 35 31 32 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 36 35 94 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 37 37 92 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 38 34 48 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 39 40 146 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 56 144 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 41 38 118 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 41 10 41 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Bailey Zimmerman 43 64 24 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 44 35 40 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 45 81 31 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 46 55 131 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 47 47 11 06 LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 48 NE 01 48 S**T ME OUT NLE Choppa 49 50 34 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 50 57 07 32 RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Bubbling 10 (10) TRUSTFALL P!nk 11 (09) ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE Taylor Swift 12 (15) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 13 (NE) NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 14 (11) 5 LEAF CLOVER Luke Combs 15 (07) FLOWER Jisoo 16 (25) I KNOW Kanii 17 (16) MOTHER Meghan Trainor 18 (17) LOVE YOU ANYWAY Luke Combs 19 (08) DOGTOOTH Tyler, The Creator 20 (18) AIN'T THAT SOME Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 001 01 JESUS AT THE GAY BAR Cub Sport 02 NE 001 02 HOPE NF 03 04 006 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 04 05 003 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 05 06 025 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 06 07 114 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 08 047 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 RE 082 02 METEORA 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Linkin Park 09 10 018 01 SOS SZA 10 15 442 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 12 193 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 NE 001 12 THE CUP OF PESTILENCE Frenzal Rhomb 13 09 003 01 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD. Lana Del Rey 14 17 253 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 15 21 190 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 19 377 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 17 39 204 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 18 20 118 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 19 25 283 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 20 28 142 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 22 174 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 22 14 008 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 23 24 319 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 24 27 099 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 25 23 019 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 26 26 265 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 32 422 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 13 005 01 ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION Miley Cyrus 29 29 305 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 30 157 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 31 35 250 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 32 33 179 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 33 34 024 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 34 36 211 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 35 38 159 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 36 31 076 01 = Ed Sheeran 37 37 036 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 03 002 03 THE RECORD Boygenius 39 RE 018 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 40 41 360 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 42 044 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 42 45 234 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 NE 001 43 NEVER ENOUGH Daniel Caesar 44 18 036 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator 45 43 074 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 01 002 01 PORTALS Melanie Martinez 47 47 025 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 48 49 224 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 49 55 112 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 50 44 042 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs If anyone cares about complete historical accuracy, I will point out that last week I accidentally swapped Ed Sheeran & Steve Lacy's similarly titled songs, which I didn't catch because honestly those trajectories look more reasonable than what actually happened that week, but anyway yes, the former is the more popular one right now. For only the 3rd time this year, we have a new #1. I don't know if there's any proof that moving into the #1 spot is a 'big deal' that generates more buzz, but it is interesting to me that "Last Night" is showing big gains again after seemingly fading on Spotify lately. If it's true though, we could see some galvanising that'll solidify Morgan Wallen at #1 for a while because I'm not sure what's supposed to take over. David Kushner is maybe hoping for a top 5 debut but I'm not yet convinced this isn't another one of those "Fingers Crossed" type deals that fade once the radio audience doesn't replace the TikTok audience fast enough. On an unrelated note, Drake debuts in the top 10, and won't be in the top 10 next week, you know the drill. Unless the last two days are a complete aberration, perhaps Glass Animals will be back to extend their reign for longest running top 10 hit ever. I noticed the other day that Ed Sheeran's "Shivers" became one of a very small group of songs that have been in the ARIA top 10 in 3 different calendar years. The only other non-Christmas songs I can think of that have done this are "Black Or White" and "I Will Always Love You", but "Heat Waves" could join this odd group next week. If not, at least it was a good excuse for me to research this odd curiosity. Speaking of songs that are allergic to not being in the chart, Lewis Capaldi is back with another attempt to have the longest reigning top 50 hit of all time. "Someone You Loved" is back up to #30 this week and is still making gains on Spotify well over a week after the documentary came out, which might be because he was announced as a sort of headliner for Splendour In The Grass. The rule of inertia means that the song could continue to remain in the top 50 for a long time. On an unrelated note, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac is also back. I feared there might only be one Australian song in the top 50 this week but against all odds, "Love Again" survived another week and "Rhyme Dust" even snuck back in. Lastly, NLE Choppa gets his first ever chart entry here. He's made the Spotify chart a few times before but I don't recall what's actually been let on the ARIA Chart before. "Rhyme Dust"'s return also prevents the New Music chart from tying its record on Christmas for having only 8 songs in the top 50. We might be safe from that list getting smaller in the near future with David Kushner & Labrinth climbing up, and maybe Kanii can reach the top 50 next week too, hard to tell with the two versions. For the first time this year, we have an Australian artist at #1. It comes from perennial stalwarts Cub Sport hitting #1 for the first time in their career. In case you were wondering, Cub Sport have been around since 2010. For a few years they were known as Cub Scouts but then got an injunction from Scouts Australia. They'd released a bunch of EPs but didn't actually put out a full length until 2016, and it's not unreasonable to say that the song "Come On Mess Me Up" sent them to the relative stratosphere. Around the same time, the lead singer came out and married the keyboard player, with many of their songs of late exploring this relationship. This new #1 keeps off NF, who can take solace in now having hit the 3 highest prime number ranks on the chart. Linkin Park return to the top 10 with "Meteora". You'd think it would've been a sure bet for #1 back in 2003 but unfortunately they chose to release it on the same week as Delta Goodrem's debut album, the first of 29 weeks that "Innocent Eyes" spent at #1. Lower down, Cub Sport were actually beaten on the vinyl chart this week by Frenzal Rhomb who score their 4th top 20 peak, having gotten as high as #9 in 2017. It's been almost 20 years since Jay from Frenzal made a fool out of Kyle Sandilands in a radio interview and we're still stuck with him on the airwaves being generally awful. The 1975 are back on the album chart corresponding with them playing shows here recently. Daniel Caesar gets his second top 50 album, and has been on a pretty solid run of singles lately in my opinion. Next week is Metallica's for the taking and perhaps The Wolfe Brothers can provide our weekly Australian contingent.
April 18, 20232 yr Do we know what caused Green Green Grass to finally take off over here? Twelve months after it’s release.
April 18, 20232 yr surprised Higher than Heaven didn't do anything Miracle doesn't seem to be as popular as in the UK either
April 25, 20232 yr Author Do we know what caused Green Green Grass to finally take off over here? Twelve months after it’s release. I'd say it's similar to whatever's boosting it back up in the UK. Ours is a bit more exaggerated because it's got a playlisting boost on Spotify it didn't have before, and I guess it's a little less overexposed if that matters. Though for what it's worth it already had a radio run here last year that went nowhere (it's only improved its radio peak by 1 position so far this year). 24/04/2023 Singles 01 01 11 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 14 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 03 04 19 01 KILL BILL SZA 04 03 11 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 05 05 38 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 06 NE 01 06 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 12 03 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 08 06 26 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 09 17 04 09 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 10 07 55 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 11 35 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 12 10 20 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 13 09 04 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 14 NE 01 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 15 14 20 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 16 13 14 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 17 24 140 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 18 16 33 15 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 15 46 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 20 08 02 08 SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 21 18 13 06 SURE THING Miguel 22 21 40 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 23 20 84 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 24 28 06 24 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 25 19 13 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 26 22 30 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 27 25 20 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 28 27 09 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 29 26 34 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 30 23 26 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 31 NE 01 31 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 32 30 212 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 33 29 29 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 34 35 33 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 35 32 46 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 36 31 09 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 37 33 41 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 38 34 88 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 39 38 49 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 40 40 145 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 41 37 93 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 42 41 119 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 36 95 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 44 39 147 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 43 25 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 46 54 14 46 PEOPLE Libianca 47 42 11 41 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Bailey Zimmerman 48 52 103 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 49 44 41 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 50 50 08 32 RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Bubbling 12 (10) TRUSTFALL P!nk 13 (08) LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 14 (NE) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 15 (12) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 16 (11) ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE Taylor Swift 17 (NE) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 18 (16) I KNOW Kanii 19 (NE) PEACHES Jack Black 20 (18) LOVE YOU ANYWAY Luke Combs Albums 01 NE 001 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 02 03 007 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 03 05 026 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 04 004 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 05 06 115 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 09 019 01 SOS SZA 07 07 048 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 NE 001 08 LIVIN' THE DREAM The Wolfe Brothers 09 10 443 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 11 194 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 11 15 191 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 14 254 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 16 378 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 14 18 119 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 15 25 020 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 16 17 205 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 17 19 284 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 20 143 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 19 13 004 01 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD. Lana Del Rey 20 26 266 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 23 320 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 22 02 002 02 HOPE NF 23 29 306 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 21 175 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 25 24 100 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 26 31 251 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 27 22 009 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 28 27 423 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 29 32 180 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 30 158 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 31 39 019 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 32 33 025 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 33 28 006 01 ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION Miley Cyrus 34 35 160 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 35 34 212 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 36 40 361 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 37 037 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 36 077 01 = Ed Sheeran 39 42 235 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 40 41 045 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 41 45 075 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 38 003 03 THE RECORD Boygenius 43 49 113 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 44 NE 001 44 READY, STEADY, WIGGLE! The Wiggles 45 53 246 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 50 043 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 47 54 192 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 48 65 187 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 49 47 026 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 50 59 274 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem  "Last Night" is #1 for a second week, but will it be the last night? No. Not just because the charts come out on Friday and are dated for the Monday so there's guaranteed time to soak up the sun, but also because it'll almost certainly be #1 again next week. There's momentum for David Kushner on Spotify this week though I'm suspicious that it might be built on algorithms. If that turns out to be the case I will make sure not to needlessly neg the song for a 3rd week in a row. It's doing quite well for him in any case, he previously got to #36 with "Miserable Man" last year. Luke Combs also has his first ever top 10 hit this week, and the 3rd version of "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman to make the top 10. Time will tell if we ever increase the number of versions of "Fast Car" by Taio Cruz to make the top 10, we're currently at a steady 0. Fifty Fifty are also in the top 10 for the first time ever. Post Malone debuts at #14, and seems to be declining slightly on Spotify, so that could be the overall peak. I have no idea what will happen with Post Malone's new compilation and whether or not it will sabotage his first three albums' near permanent residency on the top 50 hip-hop/R&B charts despite a sometimes dubious claim to those genres. Labrinth is new in the top 50 and is the latest recipient of a funny timing on an autoplay algorithm that is completely misrepresented on the chart. So he'll probably climb but you'd have no way of knowing he was #8 on Spotify not long ago. J. Cole is back again with "No Role Modelz" which is an excuse to highlight that it has spent 25 weeks between #43 and #50. I don't know if there are still people who draw the line at the top 40 for representing a hit but they are surely letting their dislike of J. Cole cloud reasonable judgement if they're still at it. The highest selling song to not reach the top 50 is probably "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey which peaked at #100 (it may have been higher if let back on the chart in 2009 but my memory of the incident is foggy), or "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol which technically peaked at #52 but only because it took a year to be included. "The Nosebleed Section" by Hilltop Hoods was not a commercial single back in 2003 but eventually peaked at #75 a couple of years ago. It regularly outsells the rest of their catalogue and is probably another contender. The biggest one with no dubious incident behind it is possibly "Ni**as In Paris" even with several years of not being on Spotify. It's currently not on the ARIA survey to my knowledge as a consequence of that but it's not on track to match its #66 peak anyway. To note on the Bubbling Under chart, Lewis Capaldi looks to be relying on an algorithm to make the top 50 next week as he just snuck into the Spotify top 50 after a very suspicious one day climb on Friday that stopped very suddenly the next day. Sam Barber is here to prove that Australia is interested in more than just 3 country singers, while also probably providing the first ARIA top 100 hit written by Samuel Barber since William Orbit's version of "Adagio For Strings". Yes it's a very good joke, no need to thank me. As is often the case, the 'debut' for Barber on this chart implies that it was submitted for tracking after blowing up 2 weeks ago, and so there was a one week lag before ARIA added it to their data. The same is also true of Jack Black, and I'll just use this opportunity to point out that Tenacious D's "Tribute" was a massive hit in Australia, talking, #15 on the 2002 End Of Year list, wedged closely between "Lose Yourself" and "Hot In Herre" big. Metallica score their 8th #1 album this week. Clearly they were made famous by Stranger Things. Once again we have 2 Australian albums debuting in the top 50, and 2 Australian albums in the top 50. This week's honours go to The Wolfe Brothers who pick up their 4th top 10 album, and The Wiggles who are also familiar to this rodeo or so I'm told. Next week Australian music is ready to be saved again, by Bluey.
May 3, 20232 yr Author 01/05/2023 Singles 01 01 12 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 15 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 03 03 20 01 KILL BILL SZA 04 04 12 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 05 06 02 05 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 06 09 05 06 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 07 05 39 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 08 07 04 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 09 NE 01 09 DOUBLE FANTASY The Weeknd, Featuring Future 10 12 21 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 11 08 27 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 12 10 56 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 11 36 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 14 15 21 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 15 16 15 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 16 18 34 15 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 17 19 47 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 18 24 07 18 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 19 13 05 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 20 14 02 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 21 21 14 06 SURE THING Miguel 22 22 41 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 23 27 21 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 24 23 85 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 25 25 14 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 26 26 31 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 27 20 03 08 SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 28 31 02 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 29 29 35 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 30 28 20 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 31 17 141 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 32 33 30 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 33 30 27 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 34 58 02 34 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 35 34 34 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 36 37 42 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 36 10 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 38 32 213 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 39 35 47 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 40 38 89 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 41 46 15 41 PEOPLE Libianca 42 39 50 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 43 41 94 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 44 42 120 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 45 44 148 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 40 146 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 47 43 96 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 48 99 02 48 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 49 45 26 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 50 47 12 41 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Bailey Zimmerman Bubbling 13 (11) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 14 (12) TRUSTFALL P!nk 15 (13) LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 16 (17) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 17 (15) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 18 (19) PEACHES Jack Black 19 (NE) BOAT Ed Sheeran 20 (20) LOVE YOU ANYWAY Luke Combs Albums 01 02 008 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 02 01 002 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 03 03 027 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 NE 001 04 D-DAY Agust D 05 05 116 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 06 020 01 SOS SZA 07 NE 001 07 DANCE MODE! Bluey 08 04 005 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 09 07 049 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 09 444 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 10 195 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 11 192 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 13 17 285 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 14 18 144 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 15 12 255 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 NE 001 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 17 15 021 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 18 13 379 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 14 120 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 20 20 267 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 25 101 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 22 24 176 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 23 21 321 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 24 NE 001 24 FOLKLORE: THE LONG POND STUDIO SESSIONS Taylor Swift 25 23 307 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 NE 001 26 DRIVE Tiësto 27 16 206 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 28 26 252 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 29 29 181 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 28 424 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 19 005 01 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD. Lana Del Rey 32 42 004 03 THE RECORD Boygenius 33 30 159 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 34 32 026 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 35 27 010 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 36 34 161 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 37 35 213 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 38 38 078 01 = Ed Sheeran 39 NE 001 39 FUSE Everything But The Girl 40 41 076 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 37 038 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 42 33 007 01 ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION Miley Cyrus 43 36 362 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 31 020 01 BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE The 1975 45 22 003 02 HOPE NF 46 43 114 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 39 236 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 40 046 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 49 NE 001 49 A KISS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD Enter Shikari 50 63 127 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey  "Last Night" is #1 for a 3rd week. It's showing signs of slipping but also every now and then gets a new jolt of energy. In any case nothing is close to overtaking. It turns out I was right to ridicule David Kushner because "Daylight" tanked dramatically this week, but is showing signs of recovery now. Maybe the real one to watch is Fifty Fifty who have been vaulting up the streaming charts and I could see them reaching the top 3 next week. The Weeknd arrives in the top 10 with "Double Fantasy", for which I must preserve ARIA's funny typo of a listing that's still on the website. As his penchant is to not quite reach the top 10 normally, this is just Future's second top 10 hit after "Way 2 Sexy". "Heat Waves" drops to quite a bit lower than it was 2 weeks ago which to me implies that there's been an overcorrection after last week's oddity. There are two debuts this week. Firstly Lewis Capaldi who seems to have had a convenient algorithm boost to solidify a top 50 position so he'll potentially drop back a bit next week but it won't be the end of the world. The other top 50 entry proves it's a good week for cupid as he hits me with precision in allowing Tyler, The Creator to score a top 50 hit with "See You Again". The vast majority of Tyler's top 50 hits spent a single week in, but this looks like it will continue to climb next week. It's also Kali Uchis' second top 50 hit after "telepatia", although ARIA have neglected to put her name on it. It also got upgraded to triple platinum status this week which puts it probably on par in lifetime sales with bafflingly perennial hit "Sunroof" which you probably scrolled past on the chart but yes, it's still here. In Australian music update, things got increasingly bleak as "STAY" is now out of the top 50 and "Rhyme Dust" also surprisingly slipped out. If you even want to dignify "Cold Heart" as counting, even that's starting to approach an exit. "Riptide" is #13 on Spotify right now which is its highest ever position in the 3105 days that kworb's been tracking it, although I know with certainty that it got to #1 for a week at the start of 2014 after triple j's Hottest 100, still before streams counted to the official chart. For this week's Bubbling Under chart, we note "Boat". Sam Barber is climbing fast though and might be the only new entry in the top 50 next week. There's basically nothing else within striking distance right now although I shall root for "Money Trees" to get some action because it's creeping curiously high lately. It is amusing how particularly ancient the bottom end of the top 50 is though, with "Wish You The Best" at #34 being the lowest song that's actually from this year. It'll keep the new hits afloat though for now, with nothing close to slipping out and only "Flowers" poised to age out in the near future. Morgan Wallen returns to #1 on the album chart, achieving the rare double. I want to say it's a rarer double that neither are debuts but honestly the #1 single/#1 album debut double is not particularly common unless you're Taylor Swift. The highest debut this week goes to Agust D at #4, though he previously made #2 back in 2020. We regrettably only have one Australian album in the top 50 again, oddly enough it's Bluey. Bluey previously had a #1 album in 2021, which interestingly enough, held off The Kid LAROI temporarily on his quest for a #1 album. This time Bluey can only manage #7 and I have no idea if a second week in the top 50 is on the cards. I'm not sure what to expect next week, possibly Peach PRC's 6 track EP will count to the chart but I don't think Morgan Evans' 5 track EP will. Potentially set to make it tougher to do so is the new Post Malone chart occupier. However, we must remember that the ARIA Charts are funny like that, and so what I gather is that only the crossover tracks from "Hollywood's Bleeding" have been included because it's the only Post Malone album that saw a significant shift down the chart this week. HOWEVER, I can't make the maths make sense with just 3 tracks counting. I'll keep an eye on this one. Taylor Swift lands a new entry which is mostly just notable because she now has 8 simultaneous top 50 albums, which I'm sure bothers no one because they're real albums (ironically she's probably an artist whose positions wouldn't change much if big hit songs dominating were taken out of the equation). Tiesto has what is only his 3rd ever top 50 album here. Lower down we have two of those big new entries on the UK album chart that are so on the edge of the top 50 you have to wonder if any excited campaigning splashing out to here by accident helped them over the line. Everything But The Girl previously had two top 50 albums both with respectable longevity. Enter Shikari also only have had two previously and they only started getting them in 2012, even though I remember being scared shitless when I saw the music video for "Sorry, You're Not A Winner" back in 2007, but with time I accept it as an all-time banger.
May 9, 20232 yr Author 08/05/2023 Singles 01 01 13 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 06 06 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 02 16 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 03 21 01 KILL BILL SZA 05 04 13 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 06 05 03 05 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 07 40 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 08 08 05 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 09 13 37 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 10 11 28 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 11 10 22 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 12 12 57 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 14 22 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 14 16 35 14 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 15 15 16 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 16 18 08 16 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 17 17 48 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 18 09 02 09 DOUBLE FANTASY The Weeknd, Featuring Future 19 22 42 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 21 15 06 SURE THING Miguel 21 19 06 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 22 20 03 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 23 34 03 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 24 24 86 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 25 25 15 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 26 23 22 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 27 29 36 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 28 28 03 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 29 26 32 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 30 30 21 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 31 27 04 08 SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 32 48 03 32 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 33 31 142 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 34 41 16 34 PEOPLE Libianca 35 35 35 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 36 38 214 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 37 42 51 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 38 36 43 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 39 37 11 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 40 33 28 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 41 62 03 41 STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 42 39 48 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 43 44 121 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 44 40 90 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 45 45 149 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 47 97 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 47 46 147 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 48 43 95 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 49 32 31 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 50 53 105 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Bubbling 14 (13) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 15 (15) LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 16 (14) TRUSTFALL P!nk 17 (17) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 18 (23) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (20) LOVE YOU ANYWAY Luke Combs 20 (NE) THEY DON'T LOVE IT Jack Harlow Albums 01 NE 001 01 MANIC DREAM PIXIE Peach PRC 02 01 009 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 03 03 028 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 05 117 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 06 021 01 SOS SZA 06 09 050 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 08 006 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 08 11 196 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 09 NE 001 09 FIRST TWO PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN The National 10 10 445 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 NE 001 01 JACKMAN. Jack Harlow 12 15 256 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 13 02 003 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 14 12 193 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 13 286 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 17 022 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 17 16 002 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 18 380 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 19 121 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 20 20 268 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 14 145 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 21 102 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 23 23 322 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 24 25 308 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 27 207 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 26 22 177 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 27 29 182 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 34 027 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 29 30 425 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 28 253 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 33 160 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 32 37 214 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 33 36 162 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 34 43 363 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 41 039 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 36 35 011 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 37 NE 001 37 DAMN LOVE Kip Moore 38 26 002 26 DRIVE Tiësto 39 38 079 01 = Ed Sheeran 40 48 047 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 41 40 077 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 47 237 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 46 115 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 44 42 008 01 ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION Miley Cyrus 45 31 006 01 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD. Lana Del Rey 46 51 248 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 47 56 028 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 48 54 194 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 58 356 01 25 Adele 50 64 148 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke  "Last Night" is #1 for a 4th week. This could potentially be its last week as FIFTY FIFTY are vaulting up the chart. They have a pretty hefty lead on Spotify and YouTube but are behind elsewhere. For now they're #2 which makes it the equal 3rd highest charting K-Pop song in history. BTS got to #2 with "Dynamite", while we've had #1 hits in "Gangnam Style" and "Pink Venom", the big two. My David Kushner shade is justified as his streams retreated back this week. An interesting climb to note this week is "Calm Down", which gets a new peak in its 35th week on the chart. I have to look further into this but it's looking like climbing again next week and I suspect it might be the slowest ever climb into the top 10 if so. Also an interesting climb this week is for "Wish You The Best", which has been retreating on streams but had a bizarre boost on YouTube. I'm not sure what to make of it, but with it currently #43 on Apple and #53 on Spotify, one has to suspect that the low on-demand streaming is gonna catch up with it eventually. New in the top 50 this week is Sam Barber who is doing curiously well in Australia compared to other markets. Once upon a time Australia was a proving ground for future global hits. For the Bubbling Under chart, we arrive upon that Haddaway remake that I have been carefully avoiding so far. Jack Harlow also sneaks in an entry though I'm not certain he's even made the ARIA top 100 with this. Ed Sheeran may be able to populate the upper end of this chart next week, although my gut feeling at the moment is that he'll have 3 songs in the top 50 this week. For comparison, "=" had 6 songs in the top 50 on release week, 3 of which were debuts. Another week on the album chart, another week of no second weeks for Australian artists. Maybe things can be different this time because we actually have one at #1. The TikTok era has been brutal for Australian artists trying to break out, but maybe the only major exception is Peach PRC, who has amassed a huge following on the platform. She hasn't really lit up the charts as of yet but she's racking up Hottest 100 entries. This week's #1 album is an interesting one as it might just be the shortest running #1 album ever. Last year Huskii got to #1 with an EP that ran for 19 minutes but this 6 track EP skirts hard on the line of eligibility and is also just shy of 18 minutes. The biggest single from it heavily interpolates "Stars Are Blind" by Paris Hilton. Elsewhere this week, The National have their 4th consecutive top 10 album though with a not particularly optimistic trajectory. Their best selling album "High Violet" only peaked at #29. Jack Harlow also now can claim both of the least desired peaks in his discography, following up his #2 peaking album last year with a #11 peak this week. Lastly we have a new entry for Kip Moore, who has previously made the top 10 twice. This week also showcases the funny second weeks of Post Malone & Tiesto, letting us know how much of their performance last week was just based on incidental streaming. Next week you have to imagine is Ed Sheeran's for the taking, while I think there's a posthumous Olivia Newton-John album to save Australian music for another week.
May 16, 20232 yr Author 15/05/2023 Singles 01 01 14 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 07 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 03 17 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 04 22 01 KILL BILL SZA 05 05 14 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 06 06 04 05 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 21 07 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 08 08 06 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 09 07 41 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 10 10 29 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 11 09 38 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 12 14 36 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 13 12 58 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 14 11 23 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 15 13 23 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 16 15 17 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 17 16 09 16 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 18 17 49 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 19 19 43 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 20 16 06 SURE THING Miguel 21 22 04 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 22 24 87 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 23 26 23 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 24 NE 01 24 CURTAINS Ed Sheeran 25 25 16 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 26 30 22 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 27 RE 144 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 28 34 17 28 PEOPLE Libianca 29 28 04 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 30 29 33 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 31 32 04 31 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 32 27 37 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 33 33 143 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 34 36 215 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 35 35 36 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 36 38 44 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 18 03 09 DOUBLE FANTASY The Weeknd, Featuring Future 38 37 52 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 39 42 49 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 40 46 98 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 41 41 04 41 STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 42 39 12 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 43 43 122 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 44 23 04 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 45 44 91 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 46 45 150 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 48 96 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 48 RE 02 48 BOAT Ed Sheeran 49 50 106 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 50 31 05 08 SEARCH & RESCUE Drake Bubbling 15 (14) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 16 (17) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 17 (16) TRUSTFALL P!nk 18 (15) LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 19 (NE) LOST Bring Me The Horizon 20 (20) THEY DON'T LOVE IT Jack Harlow Albums 01 NE 001 01 - Ed Sheeran 02 02 010 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 03 NE 001 03 FLOWERS Pacific Avenue 04 03 029 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 NE 001 05 ATUM The Smashing Pumpkins 06 04 118 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 NE 001 07 ACRES Brad Cox 08 05 022 01 SOS SZA 09 06 051 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 07 007 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 11 10 446 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 08 197 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 14 194 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 14 15 287 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 15 12 257 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 RE 005 03 SMITHEREENS Joji 17 23 323 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 16 023 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 19 39 080 01 = Ed Sheeran 20 17 003 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 21 146 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 36 012 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 23 NE 001 23 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 24 18 381 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 25 19 122 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 26 22 103 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 27 20 269 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 24 309 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 29 NE 001 29 JUST THE TWO OF US: THE DUETS COLLECTION [ VOL. 1 ] Olivia Newton-John 30 78 090 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 31 25 208 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 32 13 004 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 33 26 178 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 34 27 183 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 35 29 426 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 36 35 040 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 37 41 078 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 28 028 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 39 33 163 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 31 161 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 32 215 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 42 30 254 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 43 34 364 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 40 048 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 45 48 195 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 11 002 01 JACKMAN. Jack Harlow 47 43 116 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 48 42 238 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 45 007 01 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER OCEAN BLVD. Lana Del Rey 50 38 003 26 DRIVE Tiësto  "Last Night" is #1 for a 5th week. I have to imagine this was a remarkably tight margin as FIFTY FIFTY made up a lot of ground in this week but have fallen just barely short. It looks also like this was their best shot as the week so far is trending back to Morgan Wallen. Ed Sheeran vaults back into the top 10 but doesn't quite get a new peak, however seemingly has prevented Rema from a remarkably belated #11 peak. "Calm Down" is also retreating this week so it'll be a tough ask to get any higher. Ed Sheeran has just the two top 50 debuts this week with "Curtains" and "Boat", though both are receding fast, maybe "Life Goes On" might make a better impression next week. Anyway, this is all window dressing for the biggest news of the week/year(?), "Riptide" is back. I forget the last time I explained this, but "Riptide" is the most enduring hit ever in some ways, having never left the Spotify top 200 for a single week since first appearing there a little over 10 years ago. There are no records of it on kworb but I have it on my own authority that it actually topped the Spotify chart in early 2014. On one week in 2020, the song vanished without explanation from the ARIA Chart. My theory for this relates to the fact that the song constantly has its crediting switched between the single and the EP, in fact it was last seen as "God Loves Us When We're Dancing - EP" on the chart. This sort of thing could easily cause a clerical error that erases it from the chart. The song ebbs and flows on the Spotify chart but has been on a particularly good stride lately, actually getting its highest daily position since early 2014 (#12). This makes me believe that it could've squeaked the top 20 last week, which brings in my second pet theory. The ARIA Chart is riddled with errors, but usually once you reach the top 20, things are cleared up. However, my understanding with ARIA is that they tend to take a week to process these things, so "Riptide" is re-entering this week in response to its last week performance. This is a far cry from the ARIA of 10 years ago that issued a public correction when Troy Cassar-Daley had erroneous sales counted to put him ahead of Kanye West on the album chart. In theory, we should be prepared for a lengthy tenure going on, which should at least stop us from having 0 Australian entries in the near future. This also means that it's the most accurate top 50 in a long time, however in saying that, it's possible that "Princess Diana" should be in the top 50 but is missing. Frank Ocean's "Pink + White" (and "Blonde" for that matter) is also forever missing just below the top 50. On the Bubbling Under side of things with songs that are actually being counted. Bring Me The Horizon are back. They've actually had a decent handful of chart entries, including top 50 entries for "Drown", and featuring on MGK's "maybe". The former was actually their first ever singles chart entry and was aided by weeks of pre-ordering, as was the style at the time. At this point they'd already had 2 #1 albums and they've picked up 3 more since. Ed Sheeran scores his 6th #1 album, you probably don't need me to tell you what the other 5 were. We have a surprisingly healthy supply of Australian entries this week, which comes with a peculiar chart stat that someone on Facebook noticed and I will share. #3 this week is "Flowers", on both charts. I tried to no avail to see if this has ever happened before (with different artists ofc) and the closest I found was that Neon Trees and Kesha had their respective "Animal"s 1 position apart on the singles & albums charts at one point in early 2011. As for the album itself, we are still dealing with the remnants of this year's Hottest 100, as Pacific Avenue picked up their first entry with "Leaving For London". Supposedly that is, my iTunes shuffle playlist doesn't ever seem to want to play it so I don't recall it very well. In any case, that song made it onto this album 4 months later. It's their first album and they come with a pretty decent showing at #3. Also on that Australian tilt in the top 10 is Brad Cox, with a new high for him, having previously entered at #12 back in 2020. Vaguely sandwiched between is The Smashing Pumpkins, who after a pretty lousy showing in 2020, have their highest charting album in over 2 decades. It's their 8th top 10 peak. Joji returns on the back of vinyl sales and we also have new entries for Guardians of the Galaxy and a posthumous ONJ. This is fairly underwhelming for GOTG as the first two volumes peaked at #2, and also had very lengthy chart runs, but we'll have to see how this one follows through. Next week's top challenger will likely be perennial #1 peakers The Amity Affliction (although their last album missed out). There's also the annual Eurovision album entry. In case you're wondering, only Sweden & Finland's entries popped into the Spotify top 200 over here last night, so I'm not expecting any singles chart impact (which is the norm for the past few years).
May 23, 20232 yr Author 22/05/2023 Singles 01 01 15 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 08 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 03 18 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 06 05 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 05 05 15 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 06 04 23 01 KILL BILL SZA 07 08 07 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 08 09 42 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 10 30 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 10 11 39 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 11 13 59 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 12 07 08 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 13 18 50 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 14 14 24 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 15 15 24 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 16 12 37 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 17 16 18 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 18 17 10 16 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 19 19 44 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 20 17 06 SURE THING Miguel 21 NE 01 21 MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 22 28 18 22 PEOPLE Libianca 23 NE 01 23 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 24 25 17 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 25 22 88 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 26 23 24 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 27 21 05 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 28 31 05 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 29 26 23 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 30 27 145 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 31 NE 01 31 LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 32 30 34 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 33 44 05 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 34 33 144 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 35 34 216 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 36 36 45 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 35 37 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 38 32 38 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 39 38 53 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 40 29 05 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 41 43 123 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 40 99 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 43 49 107 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 44 46 151 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 45 92 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 46 42 13 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 47 57 19 46 SNOOZE SZA 48 52 149 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 49 41 05 41 STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 50 72 85 02 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay Bubbling 14 (NE) AREA CODES Kali 15 (08) CURTAINS Ed Sheeran 16 (14) SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 17 (10) DOUBLE FANTASY The Weeknd, Featuring Future 18 (15) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 19 (16) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (17) TRUSTFALL P!nk Albums 01 01 002 01 - Ed Sheeran 02 NE 001 02 NOT WITHOUT MY GHOSTS The Amity Affliction 03 04 030 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 02 011 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 05 06 119 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 NE 001 06 MY LIFE IS A SYMPHONY Kate Ceberano 07 NE 001 07 LIVE AT THE OLD LION, ADELAIDE 1982 Midnight Oil 08 09 052 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 09 23 002 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 10 08 023 01 SOS SZA 11 11 447 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 10 008 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 13 12 198 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 RE 059 01 RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Daft Punk 15 NE 001 15 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LIVERPOOL 2023 Various 16 13 195 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 17 14 288 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 15 258 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 024 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 20 NE 001 20 THE ALBUM Jonas Brothers 21 20 004 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 21 147 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 24 382 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 17 324 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 NE 001 25 RELIGIOUSLY. THE ALBUM. Bailey Zimmerman 26 27 270 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 NE 001 27 WAKE UP & IT'S OVER Lovejoy 28 26 104 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 29 45 196 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 30 25 123 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 28 310 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 32 33 179 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 22 013 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 34 31 209 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 35 427 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 36 19 081 01 = Ed Sheeran 37 42 255 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 38 34 184 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 39 41 216 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 40 37 079 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 40 162 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 42 38 029 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 36 041 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 44 39 164 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 45 43 365 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 47 117 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 44 049 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 48 30 091 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 49 32 005 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 50 51 030 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA  "Last Night" is #1 for a 6th week. Any declines it ever shows on the streaming chart is matched by anything near it, so I can't see the current crop unsettling it unless we get one of those screwy remixes or something. David Kushner does manage a new peak and could keep climbing given there's nothing else to do the same. Mind you our top two debuts should continue to climb but I suspect they don't have that full cross-market popularity to go far enough. Lil Mabu charts for the first time and Lil Durk has his first ever lead artist entry. Featured J. Cole actually re-climbs to the #43 peak of "No Role Modelz", but maybe it is a spiritual new peak because "Riptide" is on the chart now and wasn't when it peaked last year. Maybe he'll just get a new peak next week anyway. Speaking of songs not being included, the debut for Ed Sheeran this week strongly suggests that at least some of his album tracks weren't included last week. Given that sequence of events, it lines up well for Luke Combs being credited on "Life Goes On". Last week Coldplay announced a second show in Perth, and despite my frequent assertion that nobody actually lives here, it's enough of a reason for "Viva la vida" to re-enter the top 50 for the first time since 2009 (I believe this was also when Coldplay were touring Australia). I don't think it would've quite gotten there, but to my knowledge, ARIA is not counting "Yellow" which achieved similarly high streaming numbers this week. Just missing the top 50 this week is Kali, who almost certainly will get there next week. Ed Sheeran does what he couldn't do in 2021 and achieves a second week at #1 with his album. In the process we're prevented another Australian #1 album from The Amity Affliction. They had a string of #1's in the 2010s but don't quite have that same reliable fanbase to do it anymore. They do still lead the pack of Australian entries in the top 10 though, with Kate Ceberano and Midnight Oil also entering. I don't have Midnight Oil's chart history on hand but this is Kate's 8th top 10 album. Guardians of the Galaxy indeed do make a big climb this week, I don't know if "Dog Days Are Over" is being counted on the chart, but it might be in the top 100 if so. Daft Punk return with a re-issue, while this year's ESC album appears lower than last year, but higher than the year before that. It's a big week for The Album in the middle of the chart, in addition to Morgan Wallen at #30, we've got a new The Album from Jonas Brothers, and a new The Album from Bailey Zimmerman. Next week I imagine is Lewis Capaldi's to take although he's not exactly lighting up the streaming chart. He'll make history either way.
May 29, 20232 yr Author 29/05/2023 Singles 01 01 16 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 09 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 03 19 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 04 06 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 05 07 08 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 05 16 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 07 06 24 01 KILL BILL SZA 08 08 43 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 23 02 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 10 10 40 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 11 09 31 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 12 11 60 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 15 25 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 14 13 51 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 15 18 11 15 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 16 14 25 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 17 16 38 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 17 19 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 19 19 45 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 NE 01 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 21 12 09 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 22 21 02 21 MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 23 31 02 23 LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 24 20 18 06 SURE THING Miguel 25 34 145 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 26 22 19 22 PEOPLE Libianca 27 33 06 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 28 27 06 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 29 30 146 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 30 52 02 30 AREA CODES Kali 31 25 89 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 32 29 24 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 33 24 18 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 34 26 25 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 35 28 06 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 36 35 217 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 37 36 46 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 38 32 35 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 39 NE 01 39 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 40 37 38 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 41 41 124 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 39 54 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 43 38 39 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 44 43 108 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 45 44 152 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 45 93 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 47 47 20 46 SNOOZE SZA 48 40 06 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 49 42 100 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 50 NE 01 50 MOURNING Post Malone Bubbling 17 (13) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 18 (22) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (19) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (18) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Albums 01 NE 001 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 02 NE 001 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 03 NE 001 03 TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN Sleep Token 04 01 003 01 - Ed Sheeran 05 10 024 01 SOS SZA 06 04 012 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 03 031 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 NE 001 08 LAST OF YOUR KIND The Vanns 09 05 120 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 001 10 HOO HA! Bad//Dreems 11 08 053 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 12 11 448 01 1989 Taylor Swift 13 13 199 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 12 009 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 15 09 003 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 16 NE 001 16 BEST OF Pete Murray 17 17 289 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 16 196 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 19 18 259 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 19 025 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 21 21 005 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 23 383 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 22 148 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 28 105 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 25 24 325 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 26 26 271 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 30 124 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 28 NE 001 28 ALL THE BEST Tina Turner 29 31 311 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 34 210 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 31 32 180 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 32 29 197 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 33 35 428 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 38 185 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 35 42 030 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 36 37 256 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 37 43 042 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 41 163 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 44 165 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 39 217 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 40 080 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 36 082 01 = Ed Sheeran 43 RE 008 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 45 366 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 47 050 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 NE 001 46 DRASTIC SYMPHONIES Def Leppard 47 51 240 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 46 118 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 49 48 092 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 50 15 002 15 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LIVERPOOL 2023 Various  "Last Night" is #1 for a 7th week. It is dropping, but not as fast as anything near it so its lead is getting incredulously larger, while simultaneously our country is not interested in discovering anything new to take over. Of note this week, J. Cole has his first ever top 10 hit, guesting on "All My Life". Lana Del Rey has been allowed to debut on the chart, as has Kylie Minogue and Post Malone. Why yes that is an unusual way to phrase that but of course I must note that Beyonce was not given such liberty. Kali also jumps into the top 50 for the first time. Tragically the original Ludacris & Nate Dogg track never quite did. Also Lewis Capaldi makes history again as "Someone You Loved" is again the equal longest running top 50 hit. I am using top 100 weeks here, but on top 50 weeks, it equals "Blinding Lights" on 136, and with them both gaining 1 per week, it makes it quite difficult for "Heat Waves" to catch up which is 7 weeks behind. Lewis will be in the country again in July so any suspicion that the song is starting to drop off is irrelevant, we're never getting rid of it. That being said with a busy week of new entries, the Bubbling Under chart is slim on giving us new information. After all this time though, "Baby Don't Hurt Me" has gotten the playlist treatment (and quite high up too) which is rocketing it up, not to the extent that it's threatening the top 50 yet but give it time. For the first time ever, Lewis Capaldi is #1 in Australia. In fact the #4 peak of "Someone You Loved" was the highest he'd ever charted before. One may be skeptical of the album's futures though, given that it debuted at #9 on the Spotify album chart, with the previous album not far behind at #15, so it might not even be his most streamed album on Spotify next week. It also means we miss out on a philosophical debate as to whether or not a soundtrack album counts to John Farnham's hefty tally of #1 albums, given his name is in the title but not the artist credit. We've got a rare sighting of a metal band formed in the last 10 years, with Sleep Token getting their first chart appearance all the way up at #3. Also charting for the first time is Australian band The Vanns with their second album. They are otherwise most famous for doing a cover of Bon Iver's "Hey, Ma". Bad//Dreems have charted a bunch of times before but score their first ever top 10 this week. Lower down we have a Best Of from Pete Murray, who you can read as Dean Lewis for millennials, and also Tina Turner, who I suspect could chart higher next week given the timing of things for this week, but I'm not really sure how all the streaming data gets divvied out, I never am. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has taken a break from working with Elvis to hang out with Def Leppard, and that results in a top 50 charter. I also must of course note more ARIA silliness, as Kanye West's "Graduation" has appeared out of nowhere for the first time since 2007. I suspect it wouldn't have been in the top 50 previously and only climbs in now because "Flashing Lights" and "I Wonder" have been popping off in streams lately and probably some other tracks are too, to an extent. I still think "Graduation" is Kanye West's worst album until "JESUS IS KING" came out so I do not endorse this increasing zoomer narrative that it's actually his masterpiece.
June 7, 20232 yr Author 05/06/2023 Singles 01 01 17 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 61 09 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 03 02 10 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 04 03 20 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 05 09 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 04 07 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 06 17 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 08 07 25 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 08 44 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 10 11 32 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 11 09 03 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 12 RE 07 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey 13 15 12 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 14 10 41 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 15 12 61 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 NE 01 16 HITS DIFFERENT Taylor Swift 17 13 26 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 18 14 52 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 19 16 26 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 20 19 46 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 21 17 39 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 22 NE 01 22 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 23 18 20 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 24 21 10 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 25 26 20 22 PEOPLE Libianca 26 24 19 06 SURE THING Miguel 27 30 03 27 AREA CODES Kali 28 20 02 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 29 RE 36 04 THE BEST Tina Turner 30 25 146 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 31 29 147 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 32 NE 01 32 AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar 33 28 07 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 32 25 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 35 31 90 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 36 37 47 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 34 26 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 38 33 19 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 39 35 07 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 40 44 109 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 41 38 36 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 42 36 218 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 52 13 43 MONEY TREES Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock 44 27 07 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 45 45 153 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 43 40 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 47 41 125 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 48 46 94 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 49 42 55 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 50 40 39 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE Bubbling 13 (10) LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 14 (09) MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 15 (14) PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 16 (15) NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 17 (18) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 18 (19) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 19 (17) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 20 (20) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Albums 01 07 032 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 WHERE THE LIGHT GOES Matchbox Twenty 03 NE 001 03 THE BARNESTORMERS The Barnestormers 04 NE 001 04 BOY & BEAR Boy & Bear 05 06 013 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 04 004 01 - Ed Sheeran 07 05 025 01 SOS SZA 08 09 121 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 02 002 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 10 11 054 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 11 12 449 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 13 200 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 01 002 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 14 14 010 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 15 18 197 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 19 260 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 28 002 17 ALL THE BEST Tina Turner 18 17 290 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 20 026 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 20 23 149 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 15 004 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 22 21 006 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 22 384 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 25 326 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 24 106 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 26 26 272 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 27 125 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 28 29 312 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 29 31 181 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 30 33 429 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 35 031 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 32 NE 001 32 ALMOST HEALED Lil Durk 33 NE 001 33 WHERE ONLY MEMORY CAN FIND YOU Mick Thomas & the Roving Commission 34 30 211 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 37 043 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 36 34 186 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 37 03 002 03 TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN Sleep Token 38 43 009 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 36 257 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 39 166 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 41 38 164 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 42 44 367 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 40 218 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 44 32 198 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 45 41 081 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 45 051 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 47 42 083 01 = Ed Sheeran 48 48 119 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 49 47 241 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 52 252 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day  "Last Night" is #1 for an 8th week, but could this be it? You're probably aware of Dave & Central Cee putting out an EP this week and "Sprinter" is making an Usain Bolt dash for the top spot. Only I don't have enough info to really call the race. You'd think the 115K gap they pushed last night on Spotify would be enough, but Morgan Wallen remains very solid on digital sales. He's also still #1 on Apple although that might be because "Sprinter" is split into two versions there and it's anyone's guess where #4 and #59 combined gets you there. No doubt though it'll be a new chart peak for both of them. Speaking of new peaks, it was almost a race last week except that "Karma" dropped off a cliff during the week and couldn't maintain its strength. So it did enough to pick up #2, a step up from its #9 peak last year (you could say this is the second time that it's been bested by only one non-Taylor Swift song). Taylor Swift also arrives a further two times in the top 20. Debuting behind them is Dua Lipa who I'm pretty sure will climb next week but we don't know yet if it's just algorithm funnies. Certainly Hot Hits Australia is being very kind to the song. Might also be worth noting that Dua Lipa still maintains having been in the top 50 every single week of this decade, and with "Cold Heart" perhaps finally being on the brink of leaving, it's good timing for this arrival. Tina Turner's sole return to the chart this week is "The Best", which is not her highest charting song ("What's Love Got To Do With It" and "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" both hit #1), but it is a song with a certain connection to Australia, due to its use in advertisements for Rugby League. Or so I'm told. I live on the other side of the Barassi Line so I know hardly anything about the NRL. I have perhaps mentioned before that ARIA requires every entry on the chart to be manually submitted and if not done at the start of the tracking week, that can take a week to process. What I'm saying is that Beyonce belatedly arrives after being needlessly omitted last week (actually there's a point to Morgan Wallen's favour next week, we can't be certain Dave & Cench will absolutely chart). At long last, J. Cole's "No Role Modelz" is a top 40 hit, and in similar respects, after just missing the top 50 a few years ago, Kendrick Lamar has finally cracked the top 50 with "Money Trees". "Swimming Pools (Drank)" made the top 100 back in 2013 so this is actually the first ever top 50 entry from "good kid, m.A.A.d city", and I'm fairly sure it's also the only top 50 hit with writing credits for Beach House. Pog to be sure. The abrupt arrival of Taylor Swift's entries effectively replaces some abrupt entries, as Ed Sheeran & Lil Mabu plummet quite hard this week. Kylie Minogue has faired a bit better (relatively), though I couldn't tell you if she's poised to climb back into the top 50 as her streaming gains need to better offset her digital declines. Taylor Swift's deluxe antics naturally return her to the top spot on the album chart, which is unlucky for several artists who in fairness have seen the top spot before. The words Matchbox Twenty might not mean much in the UK, but they've always been a big deal over here. The majority of their albums + "Exile On Main Street" have all hit the top spot, and this new one is only their second to miss out (2002's "More Than You Think You Are" climbed to #3 in 2003, which of course means that Delta Goodrem was in front of them). Earlier this year I just so happened to see an episode of RocKwiz with Jimmy Barnes on it where he revealed the existence of a rockabilly super group with Chris Cheney from The Living End and Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats. They've also got Kevin Shirley & Jools Holland in tow. That arrives this week as The Barnestormers, a pun that Jimmy Barnes has already used before for a 1988 live album which went to #1. On the more relaxed side of Australian rock & roll, we've got Boy & Bear, two time #1 album getters who reverse their fortune to arrive at #4 this week, after their last album only got to #9. My son Lil Durk gets his second top 50 album and first that's a solo project. Also going solo, we've got Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission charting for the first time. Who's that you say? Why Mick Thomas is the frontman for early '90s hit band Weddings, Parties, Anything, I'm sure that settles things.
June 7, 20232 yr oh nice for Lana to make the t 20 but what do you mean "she has been allowed to chart"?? she didn't do enough?
June 7, 20232 yr Author oh nice for Lana to make the t 20 but what do you mean "she has been allowed to chart"?? she didn't do enough? As per this week's commentary, ARIA works on a submission system, so there's no guarantee that a song/album will appear on the chart even if it's selling enough (eg, "Riptide" until a few weeks ago). I think but can't prove that ARIA might sometimes manually fix this if they notice an error, usually more common once something's top 20 bound. This is a simple submission form but it always takes a week to go through. In many cases this is a week too late and they don't get to chart at all as a result. So I was facetiously noting the songs that were 'allowed' to chart, because on the very same week, Beyonce was not, though I expected her to appear this week, and she did.
June 13, 20232 yr Author 12/06/2023 Singles 01 NE 01 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 01 18 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 03 11 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 04 04 21 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 05 10 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 06 08 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 02 10 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 08 08 26 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 07 18 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 10 11 04 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 11 09 45 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 12 10 33 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 13 14 42 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 14 22 02 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 15 15 62 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 13 13 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 17 27 04 17 AREA CODES Kali 18 21 40 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 20 47 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 18 53 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 21 17 27 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 22 19 27 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 23 25 21 22 PEOPLE Libianca 24 NE 01 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 25 28 03 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 26 23 21 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 27 24 11 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 28 31 148 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 29 26 20 06 SURE THING Miguel 30 30 147 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 31 33 08 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 32 NE 01 32 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 33 35 91 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 34 34 26 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 35 37 27 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 36 36 48 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 39 08 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 38 NE 01 38 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 39 69 235 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 40 55 03 39 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 41 38 20 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 42 42 219 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 41 37 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 44 NE 01 44 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 45 40 110 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 46 45 154 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 32 02 32 AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar 48 49 56 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 49 46 41 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 50 47 126 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Bubbling 18 (12) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 19 (14) MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 20 (16) NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth Albums 01 NE 001 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 02 NE 001 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 03 NE 001 03 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 04 01 033 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 05 014 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 08 122 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 07 026 01 SOS SZA 08 NE 001 08 R.I.F.F. DZ Deathrays 09 10 055 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 06 005 01 - Ed Sheeran 11 11 450 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 12 201 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 14 011 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 14 15 198 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 19 027 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 16 16 261 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 23 385 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 18 291 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 20 150 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 22 007 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 31 032 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 22 09 003 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 23 25 107 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 24 26 273 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 24 327 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 26 NE 001 26 RIPPER '23 Hard-Ons 27 28 313 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 13 003 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 29 27 126 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 30 30 430 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 36 187 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 32 35 044 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 29 182 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 34 34 212 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 39 258 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 36 38 030 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 40 167 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 38 21 005 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 39 41 165 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 43 219 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 42 368 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 44 199 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 43 46 052 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 44 NE 001 44 BRAIN WORDS RVG 45 51 033 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 46 NE 001 46 LIFE IS BUT A DREAM... Avenged Sevenfold 47 45 082 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 48 47 084 01 = Ed Sheeran 49 49 242 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 50 253 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day  I'm busy but just want to note that ARIA erroneously claimed that "Sprinter" is the first UK rap song to hit #1, presumably forgetting about "Body" a couple of years ago. Haven't watched Spider-Verse yet, no spoilers thanks.
June 20, 20232 yr Author 19/06/2023 Singles 01 01 02 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 19 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 05 11 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 04 04 22 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 03 12 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 06 06 09 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 09 19 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 08 08 27 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 11 46 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 10 10 05 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 11 12 34 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 12 15 63 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 19 48 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 14 07 11 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 15 13 43 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 16 20 54 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 17 18 41 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 17 05 17 AREA CODES Kali 19 16 14 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 20 32 02 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 21 21 28 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 22 22 28 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 23 14 03 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 24 39 236 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 25 23 22 22 PEOPLE Libianca 26 28 149 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 27 44 02 27 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 28 24 02 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 29 40 04 29 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 30 26 22 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 31 30 148 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 32 27 12 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 38 02 33 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 34 36 49 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 35 29 21 06 SURE THING Miguel 36 34 27 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 37 33 92 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 38 31 09 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 39 25 04 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 40 42 220 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 65 02 41 SELF LOVE Metro Boomin, Coi Leray 42 35 28 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 43 37 09 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 44 52 96 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 45 50 127 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 46 46 155 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 45 111 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 48 43 38 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 49 41 21 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 50 48 57 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell Bubbling 17 (NE) TROJAN HORSE Dave, Central Cee 18 (NE) TAKE TWO BTS 19 (NE) UK RAP Dave, Central Cee 20 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE SHOW Niall Horan 02 03 002 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 03 02 002 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 04 04 034 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 01 002 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 06 05 015 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 06 123 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 07 027 01 SOS SZA 09 09 056 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 11 451 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 12 101 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 13 012 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 13 NE 001 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 14 14 199 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 10 006 01 - Ed Sheeran 16 18 292 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 17 15 028 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 18 17 386 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 19 151 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 16 262 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 20 008 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 24 274 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 25 328 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 27 314 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 23 108 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 27 30 431 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 127 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 29 31 188 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 RE 078 01 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden 31 33 183 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 32 NE 001 32 SIX Extreme 33 32 045 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 34 35 259 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 28 004 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 36 37 168 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 37 34 213 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 36 031 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 22 004 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 40 39 166 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 49 243 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 42 41 369 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 42 200 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 40 220 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 43 053 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 47 083 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 55 134 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 48 NE 001 48 CURRENCY//CASTRATION Geld 49 50 254 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 50 45 034 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA  The great mystery has been answered, ARIA did not change the clunky comma separation on "Sprinter" on its second week. In any case it looks good for a 3rd week at #1 although it's slipping relatively fast and no, nothing is close to preventing "Last Night" from returning to #1. That said Luke Combs is climbing up, and I now inform you that he's outpeaked Tracy Chapman who has only the 3rd highest charting version of "Fast Car", Tobtok needs to hustle harder. Incredulously, Zach Bryan also got a new peak this week and is pacing to climb some more, in the quest to score the slowest ever climb to become a top 10 hit. All the Spider-Verse stuff is on the way up, and as such, "Self Love" is the only top 50 entry this week. Good movie that, also. Bubbling Under, Dave & Central Cee are unlucky to not score some extra top 50 entries. BTS also debut but I expect all 3 of these entries to tank next week. Niall Horan gets his first ever #1 album, having previously only ever peaked at #2. The Spider-Verse soundtrack reaches a new peak, quite a bit higher than the #11 peak of the first movie, and honestly it's a really impressive second week hold for Stray Kids. Noah Kahan never charted with the original release of his album, but this re-release gets him to #13. You might remember that several years ago he had one of the most Spotify-forced hits of the time with "Hurt Somebody", and also new song "Dial Drunk" is hovering just outside the top 50 on Spotify at the moment (not sure if it's missing from the New Music Chart or it just wasn't high enough). Extreme of "More Than Words" fame chart for the first time in 30 years, I'm unsure if their fanbase is pro-"More Than Words" or more pro all the other stuff that doesn't sound like it. Melbourne band GELD also sneak into the top 50 for their first ever chart appearance, while the highest Australian album this week is the vinyl re-issue of Savage Garden's first album. We're getting awful close to having no Australian albums in the top 50 but I assume The Teskey Brothers will at least do alright next week.
June 20, 20232 yr Did ARIA run out of budget to include any & symbols in new entries the last couple of weeks? Only commas in Dave/Central Cee, Playboi Carti/The Weeknd/third artist and all of the Spiderman songs :thinking:Â Yay for Dave and Cench ending the Wallen reign of terror for at least a few weeks anyways x and I'll count myself lucky to still live in an Anglosphere country that hasn't deemed this Luke Combs cover of 'Fast Car' worthy of a higher peak than the original. I'll stick with my at least slightly more transformative Metro Boomin Mario Winans covers...
June 28, 20232 yr Author 26/06/2023 Singles 01 01 03 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 20 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 03 12 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 04 04 23 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 06 10 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 06 05 13 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 07 08 28 01 KILL BILL SZA 08 09 47 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 11 35 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 10 07 20 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 11 17 42 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 12 12 64 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 10 06 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 14 13 49 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 15 14 12 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 16 16 55 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 17 15 44 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 18 19 15 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 19 29 05 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 20 21 29 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 21 18 06 17 AREA CODES Kali 22 20 03 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 23 31 149 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 24 22 29 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 25 24 237 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 26 26 150 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 27 23 04 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 28 25 23 22 PEOPLE Libianca 29 52 13 22 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 NE 01 30 ATTENTION Doja Cat 31 28 03 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 32 32 13 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 33 30 23 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 34 27 03 27 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 35 36 28 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 36 34 50 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 37 93 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 38 35 22 06 SURE THING Miguel 39 38 10 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 40 40 221 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 42 29 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 42 44 97 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 43 33 03 33 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 44 46 156 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 47 112 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 46 41 03 41 SELF LOVE Metro Boomin, Coi Leray 47 45 128 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 48 50 58 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 49 53 43 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 50 51 154 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Bubbling 16 (16) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 17 (20) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 18 (24) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (27) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (23) DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE WINDING WAY The Teskey Brothers 02 NE 001 02 IN TIMES NEW ROMAN... Queens Of The Stone Age 03 NE 001 03 ANY LESS ANYMORE Travis Collins 04 02 003 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 05 04 035 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 06 06 016 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 07 124 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 08 028 01 SOS SZA 09 10 452 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 09 057 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 11 14 200 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 11 102 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 16 293 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 14 05 003 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 15 12 013 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 16 19 152 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 RE 007 17 NEON NIGHTS (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Dannii Minogue 18 17 029 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 19 03 003 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 20 20 263 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 21 18 387 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 23 275 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 22 009 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 24 01 002 01 THE SHOW Niall Horan 25 21 034 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 26 26 109 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 27 24 329 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 25 315 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 29 15 007 01 - Ed Sheeran 30 28 128 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 27 432 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 31 184 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 29 189 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 33 046 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 35 34 260 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 36 38 032 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 37 214 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 40 167 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 36 169 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 46 084 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 42 370 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 45 054 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 43 43 201 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 44 221 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 62 073 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 13 002 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 47 41 244 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 49 255 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 NE 001 49 A GIFT & A CURSE Gunna 50 52 122 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift  "Sprinter" is #1 for a 3rd week. It looks reasonably safe for a 4th week, and its descent has been slowing down so it could stick ahead of "Last Night" for a little longer. Last week was Zach Bryan's shock boost to nearly top 10, this week "Calm Down" gets a new peak of #11. In a shock twist, we have an Australian song in the top 20, "Padam Padam" made the Spotify top 50 for a day this week. Doja Cat has the only debut of the week and also is already out of the Spotify top 50, it's another one of those times. The Bubbling Under chart if nothing else, proves that Noah Kahan was on the chart last week. Lewis Capaldi will probably return to the top 50 next week, whereas I think Morgan Wallen's track will be removed from the New Singles chart next week. The Teskey Brothers score their 2nd #1 album. It's no slouch of a week as they best Queens Of The Stone Age, whose last two albums went to #1. Behind them at #3 is local country singer Travis Collins, who scores his 6th top 50 entry and highest ever. The Australian version of Girls Aloud returning to the top 50 is that we have Dannii Minogue back in the top 50, actually scoring a new peak for "Neon Nights" which originally reached #25, and makes it now her highest charting album ever. Gunna also sneaks in with his 4th top 50 album. "fukumean" has just cracked the Spotify top 50 so we'll see how it goes as a rare new song in the chart.
July 4, 20231 yr Author 03/07/2023 Singles 01 01 04 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 21 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 29 14 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 04 03 13 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 05 04 24 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 06 05 11 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 09 36 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 08 15 13 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 09 06 14 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 10 07 29 01 KILL BILL SZA 11 08 48 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 12 11 43 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 13 10 21 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 14 12 65 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 15 14 50 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 13 07 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 17 16 56 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 18 40 222 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 19 17 45 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 20 58 57 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 21 31 04 21 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 22 18 16 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 23 20 30 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 24 26 151 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 23 150 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 26 28 24 22 PEOPLE Libianca 27 19 06 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 28 25 238 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 29 24 30 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 30 21 07 17 AREA CODES Kali 31 22 04 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 32 32 14 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 27 05 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 34 NE 01 34 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 35 RE 29 03 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 39 11 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 37 35 29 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 38 90 15 01 CARDIGAN Taylor Swift 39 36 51 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 40 75 88 01 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 41 RE 09 41 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift 42 37 94 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 43 RE 03 43 ENCHANTED Taylor Swift 44 38 23 06 SURE THING Miguel 45 93 34 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 46 33 31 23 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 47 41 30 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 48 44 157 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 49 64 11 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 50 42 98 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa Bubbling 15 (16) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 16 (13) CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie 17 (10) ATTENTION Doja Cat 18 (18) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (15) ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 20 (21) WHO TOLD YOU J Hus feat. Drake Albums 01 NE 001 01 A GIFT & A KERS Kerser 02 05 036 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 11 201 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 NE 001 04 THE GOOD WITCH Maisie Peters 05 09 453 01 1989 Taylor Swift 06 13 294 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 07 04 004 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 08 NE 001 08 SUICIDE AND SUNSHINE Trophy Eyes 09 06 017 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 16 153 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 11 07 125 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 08 029 01 SOS SZA 13 10 058 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 14 12 103 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 40 085 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 16 15 014 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 17 50 123 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 18 45 074 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 19 004 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 20 22 276 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 20 264 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 21 388 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 RE 055 04 THE HONEYMOON IS OVER (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) The Cruel Sea 24 23 010 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 25 37 215 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 26 NE 001 26 MINECRAFT VOLUME ONE C418 27 18 030 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 28 26 110 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 29 27 330 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 30 25 035 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 31 NE 001 31 CHEMISTRY Kelly Clarkson 32 28 316 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 33 01 002 01 THE WINDING WAY The Teskey Brothers 34 55 097 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 35 30 129 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 NE 001 36 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS Young Thug 37 02 002 02 IN TIMES NEW ROMAN... Queens Of The Stone Age 38 14 004 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 39 NE 001 39 PERFECT WORLD Lastlings 40 35 261 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 41 31 433 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 42 51 006 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 43 33 190 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 44 29 008 01 - Ed Sheeran 45 34 047 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 46 32 185 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 47 36 033 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 48 39 170 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 44 222 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 50 41 371 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry  "Sprinter" is #1 for a 4th week. Next week is very difficult to call. Dave & Cench continue to lose steam so Morgan Wallen who continues to sell well could take over again. Or maybe there's "Cruel Summer", which briefly got to #1 on Spotify this week, but might not have the legs to maintain for the next 2 days. If like me, you like the song but are fairly jaded by spurious copyright suits (I don't know who instigated it but they sure didn't stop it), then it's a lot easier to root for Olivia Rodrigo, who had a slightly slow start but is climbing up on Spotify day by day which could offset lower numbers elsewhere. Oh but speaking of Taylor Swift, everything is up. Everything. What's not immediately obvious though is that the ARIA Charts have done that thing again. Much like with Adele's "21" hits, the first two singles were able to remain on the survey perennially, but the rest faltered. In this case, all of her entries this week have managed to hang around, but "Style" which had no streaming to back it up through those trying 2015 & 2016 months did not. It should probably be slightly above "Blank Space" this week, which one should hope is high enough for the omission to be noticed and for it to return next week, but you never truly know with these things. I do now know that "Cold Heart" has cheated both a week at #1 and now a week at #50. I have not yet chosen to engage with the week's only debut, I'm sure it's great. "Style" isn't the only song missing, as I suspect Gunna should have snuck onto the New Music chart with "fukumean". It does mean that J Hus sneaks through, with what I believe is his first ever Australian chart entry outside of the Ed Sheeran feature. There are actually only 4 'new' songs in the top 20 this week, and "Fast Car" is only barely still eligible for that, I suspect this is a record for non-Christmas time but it might also be a record overall. In a truly bizarre turn of events, Taylor Swift has been beaten to the top by Kerser. I'm sure you're all familiar with him by now, but just in case, I'll refresh that he's an MC who's been around for over a decade releasing albums fairly regularly and charting high. I most recall back around 2011/2012 when he was feuding with 360 who at the time was much more popular, but it's fair to say that his fairweather fandom has faded faster than Kerser by now. This is Kerser's 8th top 10 album and his first ever to hit the top spot, which also means he's hit every position from #1 to #5. He continues to power along with no label backing or airplay. As for the non-Taylor Swift portion of the top 10, Maisie Peters is charting for the first time, and I must of course note that Trophy Eyes have debuted at #8 for the 3rd time in a row, it's the only chart position they've ever had because they always drop straight out of the top 50 the week after. This week's vinyl lottery winner is The Cruel Sea's classic album "The Honeymoon Is Over", aka the album that has the title track & "Black Stick" which as a not-actually-Gen X Aussie I can confirm are bangers. We've got the always rare instance of a video game soundtrack charting. I think it's the second time ever after Angus & Julia Stone's "Life Is Strange" soundtrack, but this time it's the slightly more notable "Minecraft" soundtrack, which got a vinyl release this week. Volume 2 also appeared on the vinyl chart so it's probably not far off the top 50 either. While Kelly Clarkson is usually prone to a top 10 debut, this #31 debut is still not actually a career low for her because her debut album, while long charting, only got to #33. Thugger lands in the middle of the chart as he tends to do, while Lastlings get in for the first time ever with their 2nd album. As a not-actually-Zoomer Aussie I can confirm they've made many a banger over the years.
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