yay for Cruel Summer <3 for what I understood it was Olivia who kinda volunteer to give the royalties to Taylor and was the one putting forward that the song was inspired by Cruel Summer even though no one had ever said anything or noticed

10/07/2023

 

Singles

 

01 NE 01 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

02 01 05 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

03 03 15 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

04 02 22 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

05 04 14 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

06 07 37 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

07 08 14 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

08 05 25 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

09 06 12 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

10 09 15 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

11 RE 40 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

12 20 58 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

13 10 30 01 KILL BILL SZA

14 12 44 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

15 11 49 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

16 13 22 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

17 14 66 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

18 15 51 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

19 21 05 19 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

20 17 57 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

21 18 223 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

22 36 12 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone

23 16 08 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

24 34 02 24 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

25 19 46 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

26 35 30 03 LOVER Taylor Swift

27 43 04 27 ENCHANTED Taylor Swift

28 24 152 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

29 38 16 01 CARDIGAN Taylor Swift

30 22 17 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

31 23 31 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

32 28 239 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

33 40 89 01 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift

34 41 10 34 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift

35 27 07 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue

36 25 151 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

37 29 31 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

38 33 06 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa

39 NE 01 39 F*KUMEAN Gunna

40 45 35 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift

41 32 15 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran

42 55 25 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

43 26 25 22 PEOPLE Libianca

44 30 08 17 AREA CODES Kali

45 39 52 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

46 37 30 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen

47 31 05 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee

48 42 95 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

49 69 06 21 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

50 44 24 06 SURE THING Miguel

 

Bubbling

15 (14) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi

16 (15) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey

17 (18) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray

18 (NE) FLOODED THE FACE Lil Uzi Vert

19 (17) ATTENTION Doja Cat

20 (20) WHO TOLD YOU J Hus feat. Drake

 

Albums

 

01 02 037 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

02 03 202 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

03 05 454 01 1989 Taylor Swift

04 06 295 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

05 10 154 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

06 09 018 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

07 NE 001 07 PINK TAPE Lil Uzi Vert

08 11 126 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

09 15 086 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

10 NE 001 10 DEAD CLUB CITY Nothing But Thieves

11 12 030 01 SOS SZA

12 07 005 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

13 13 059 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

14 17 124 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

15 28 111 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

16 18 075 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

17 14 104 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

18 34 098 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift

19 24 011 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

20 19 005 02 5-STAR Stray Kids

21 16 015 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

22 20 277 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

23 21 265 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

24 25 216 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

25 22 389 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

26 NE 001 26 UP, DOWN & SIDEWAYS Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley

27 27 031 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

28 32 317 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

29 29 331 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

30 30 036 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

31 35 130 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

32 46 186 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

33 41 434 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

34 43 191 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

35 40 262 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

36 45 048 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

37 NE 001 37 LEKKERBOY Sticky Fingers

38 42 007 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi

39 48 171 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

40 50 372 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

41 44 009 01 - Ed Sheeran

42 49 223 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

43 47 034 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

44 RE 031 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

45 52 169 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

46 56 137 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

47 54 056 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

48 53 203 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

49 55 257 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

50 51 246 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

 

 

Before I continue I just want to get out something for consideration. Say you're interested in music charts, you're probably interested in records/milestones, that sort of thing right? But ask yourself, are you truly interested in those records, or do you just want to wield them for your convenience? Does your interest hinge on your investment in what it propagates? If all of a sudden history gets made and you suddenly stop talking about it, or dismissing it, maybe you really weren't interested at all. I bring this all up because as a fan of music charts for more than half of my life, I love seeing crazy, over-the-top things happen on the charts. It's a spectacle, you wonder how much further this sort of thing can go. The discourse surrounding music charts has me confused as to what people actually want from it. Like you get the feeling that people just want a steady clockwork where nothing of note ever happens. The most remarkable things that ever happen on the charts are treated like a sign that it's gone to hell in a handbasket. But please, no more bad takes just because TayTay's popularity rocks the foundations in which you use to prop up your favourite artists.

 

Anyway we have a new #1 this week from Olivia Rodrigo. "vampire" is her 3rd #1 hit and second to debut at #1. It appears it'll be the only week the song spends at #1 though as it has receded back, while simultaneously, "Sprinter" has surged back up quite a bit in the past week. I'm not convinced Olivia would have won if she released this week. Not only are Dave & Cench ahead by heaps on Spotify, but last night they actually took the top spot on Apple for the first time (though I check now and "Last Night" is #1 again, suffice to say it's a much closer race than ever before). Because the ARIA Charts are funny like that, "Style" re-enters at #11, a considerably larger jump up the chart than any other Taylor Swift song this week, how weird. This week "Popular" rises into the top 20, which you might be interested to know is Madonna's first top 20 hit since "4 Minutes" in 2008(!). Also in the world of erroneously belated debuts, Gunna arrives with "f*kumean", which is up to the top 10 on Spotify so expect a bit of a rise next week, no matter how many Taylor Swift songs enter alongside that. If you're wondering about that, expect "I Can See You" to be the highest, but I'm not confident it can land much higher than #6.

 

Not much to note on the Bubbling Under aspects. David Guetta might be getting close to the top 50 but will have to wait for a slower week perhaps. Uzi gets just the one entry from their new album. In a few weeks we'll have a steady stream of entries aging out of the chart ("Area Codes", "Fast Car", "Eyes Closed", "Daylight", "Chemical", "Wish You The Best" etc) so who knows what will get brought up as a result?

 

Apropos of no prior hinting, we've got history of a sort happening this week. Despite being the week *before* the new album drops, Taylor Swift has the entire top 5 on this week's chart. If you want to be that cynic, maybe focus less on the merits of streaming vs. pure sales (the latter is of course a foreign concept to Taylor Swift???????) but more just it wasn't a big week for new releases. The highest new entry is for Lil Uzi Vert, who admittedly did score a #1 with "Eternal Atake" back in 2020 but lands at #7 this week. Nothing But Thieves split the difference between their last two albums (#8, #12) and land at #10. Back in 2018, Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont charted with a collaborative album. This time around the names have switched order and they've landed 10 places lower. I also must note to any non-Australians that the most controversial band in the country is a reggae rock fusion band. Paradoxically, as they've gotten more controversial, they've gotten more talked about, but in reality, their newer music doesn't really move the needle as much. Some might say this is because triple j effectively blacklisted them years ago but that would ignore the fact that their most popular song is one triple j never played. Anyway, Sticky Fingers released a new album last year, digitally only so it didn't chart. This week the vinyl is out, and does top the vinyl chart, but it lands at #37. Only scarcely not a career low because their debut album only reached #39 but has since gone platinum. I'll let you do your own research and decide for yourself whether or not they're the bad guys, although to be fair, Bluesfest literally promoted them as such when they were briefly expected to be on their line up.

Taylor is new P!nk for Aussie people.

17/07/2023

 

Singles

 

01 02 06 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

02 01 02 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

03 04 23 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

04 03 16 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

05 NE 01 05 I CAN SEE YOU (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

06 05 15 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

07 NE 01 07 ENCHANTED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

08 08 26 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

09 09 13 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

10 NE 01 10 MINE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

11 NE 01 11 BACK TO DECEMBER (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

12 06 38 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

13 19 06 19 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

14 NE 01 14 BETTER THAN REVENGE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

15 39 02 15 F*KUMEAN Gunna

16 07 15 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

17 NE 01 17 SPARKS FLY (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

18 10 16 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

19 14 45 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

20 13 31 01 KILL BILL SZA

21 15 50 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

22 NE 01 22 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

23 17 67 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

24 22 13 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone

25 18 52 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

26 NE 01 26 DEAR JOHN (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

27 NE 01 27 SUPER SHY New Jeans

28 16 23 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

29 20 58 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

30 NE 01 30 MEAN (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

31 11 41 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

32 NE 01 32 THE STORY OF US (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

33 NE 01 33 CASTLES CRUMBLING (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

34 21 224 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

35 30 18 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

36 12 59 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

37 23 09 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

38 NE 01 38 ELECTRIC TOUCH (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

39 25 47 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

40 38 07 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa

41 28 153 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

42 24 03 24 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

43 NE 01 43 WHEN EMMA FALLS IN LOVE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

44 31 32 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

45 32 240 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

46 36 152 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

47 37 32 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

48 NE 01 48 HAUNTED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

49 35 08 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue

50 NE 01 50 FOOLISH ONE (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

 

Bubbling

16 (12) EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran

17 (14) AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee

18 (15) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi

19 (13) AREA CODES Kali

20 (17) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

02 NE 001 02 PETRODRAGONIC APOCALYPSE; OR, DAWN OF ETERNAL NIGHT: AN ANNIHILATION OF PLANET EARTH AND THE BEGINNING OF MERCILESS DAMNATION King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

03 01 038 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

04 02 203 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

05 04 296 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

06 03 455 01 1989 Taylor Swift

07 06 019 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

08 08 127 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

09 05 155 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

10 11 031 01 SOS SZA

11 09 087 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

12 13 060 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

13 12 006 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

14 NE 001 14 LIVE FROM JOSHUA TREE Rüfüs Du Sol

15 15 112 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

16 19 012 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

17 17 105 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

18 16 076 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

19 22 278 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

20 21 016 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

21 23 266 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

22 25 390 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

23 27 032 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

24 14 125 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

25 NE 001 25 SUNBURN Dominic Fike

26 NE 001 26 THE SINGLES: ECHOES FROM THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

27 28 318 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

28 29 332 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

29 30 037 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

30 24 217 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

31 31 131 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

32 34 192 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

33 33 435 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

34 32 187 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

35 20 006 02 5-STAR Stray Kids

36 36 049 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

37 40 373 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

38 44 032 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

39 43 035 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

40 35 263 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

41 39 172 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

42 42 224 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

43 NE 001 43 SOFA KINGS Royel Otis

44 NE 001 44 I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING PJ Harvey

45 48 204 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

46 45 170 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

47 47 057 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

48 41 010 01 - Ed Sheeran

49 50 247 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

50 07 002 07 PINK TAPE Lil Uzi Vert

 

 

"Sprinter" returns for a 5th week at #1. It's riding a second wave at the moment (possibly buoyed in the same way it just hit a new peak on US Spotify tonight), so it could be getting cozy there for a while. That also might depend on Jung Kook's sales & YouTube, because his streaming is quite promising, but it's a bigger gap to overcome than when BLACKPINK managed to sneak a #1 last year. Otherwise this is a Taylor Swift week with a guest appearance from New Jeans. I don't have much interesting to say about the chart this week but instead I have a more universal observation. The state of the chart is something that's come under increasing scrutiny this year. Like an unoiled machine left unchecked. The thing I often notice with this is that it's always a very emotionally driven observation, and with that, things don't always line up to reality. People will quickly decry that the problem with the chart is the fact that Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran or Drake or whoever is given free reign to just chart all their album tracks. I'm not here to debate the relevance of those chart weeks, but rather note that it's taken until July for this to actually happen this year. Ignoring the likes of "Last Night" and "Fast Car" which are by some definition not actually singles, this is basically a non-issue, yet it still lingers in the mind. But more so than this, I just want to highlight what ARIA's CEO said about the charts, specifically that there's a false desire to blame the charts for all of this, and subsequently a desire to arbitrarily fix the charts. As she rightly points out, the charts aren't the problem at all, they're just displaying it. Taking out your Taylor Swift album tracks, long running Glass Animals hits and whatnot, this does not change anything in the habits of music listeners. They're still going to listen to these tracks. Artists and labels aren't paid by the chart position, so whoever gets propped up as a result merely gets the illusion of greater success but without anything tangible that goes with it. You can give yourself a pat on the back and say you've fixed things (and maybe that's what the OCC have done), but you've done nothing to address the root of it, and you're just gonna get blindsided again and again as things just escalate. The album chart is perhaps more endemic of this, where it's been noted (by myself as well) the lack of Australian artists in the chart of late. An irrational thinker might simply point out that streaming is to blame, given that it typically works against Australian artists. But even then, a pure sales chart would still be only a temporary solution. You're still creating an environment where we pretend our local artists are more successful despite the fact that very few are actually listening to them. It doesn't take a genius to realise that this is not a sustainable long term model. In any case, if everyone who ever got mad about this sort of thing actually put their money where their mouth is and supported local artists, they'd surely be able to outnumber the unassailable 99.5% whose streaming ratios are so dismal as to give you a shot for glory. I suppose it's easier to complain and get mad rather than do anything (before anyone comes at me for hypocrisy, I absolutely do support local artists. More than half of the stuff I've listened to in the time I've been typing this post up has been Australian music I purchased myself, but anyone on the BuzzJack discord probably could have already figured that).

 

Anyway speaking of Australian music, King Gizz are on the precipice of an inauspicious chart record. Their new album whose title made up a non-insignificant percentage of my time typing this up becomes their 5th #2 album. They still don't have a #1, but I suppose it could always happen some day if formats line up properly. This album actually came out a few weeks ago digitally and only now has the vinyl shipped. Radiohead still hold this record with 6 #2 albums. Last time Radiohead released an album, it was just a week after King Gizz made their ARIA Chart debut with their belter of an album "Nonagon Infinity". They have since charted 25 more albums in the top 50. Similarly I imagine Radiohead could readily drum up sufficient numbers to get a #1 album if they chose a good week for it, which would also give Stu & co. the record by default. "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" is her 11th #1 album also in case you were wondering. The original version dropped drastically out of the top 50 this week but it's not that far off. Speaking of vinyl shipping, we've also got varying amounts of old albums from RÜFÜS DU SOL & Royel Otis debuting this week. The former album is so old that it actually debuts on the Catalogue Chart this week as well. Dominic Fike gets his second (and highest) album chart entry while PJ Harvey misses the top 40 for the first time in about 3 decades. Wham! had a big boxset out this week that ties in nicely with the Netflix doco, so it's probably not suggesting a new chart staple, but what is worth noting in that regard is CCR. I didn't mention it last week because I wanted to see where it would go, but it does seem now that a large set of Creedence's back catalogue has now been assigned streaming to this particular compilation, so it looks like it could be hanging around for a while.

Aw not another #2 for Gizz. Assuming it was nowhere close this week but maybe if they'd shipped the vinyls on a non Taylor week...

hope Troye does well, any predictions on where he could debut?

Reckon #12 looks pretty likely :thinking:

24/07/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 07 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

02 NE 01 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

03 02 03 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

04 03 24 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

05 04 17 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

06 06 16 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

07 15 03 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

08 NE 01 08 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE BARBIE) Billie Eilish

09 09 14 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

10 08 27 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

11 13 07 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

12 NE 01 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

13 12 39 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

14 19 46 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

15 20 32 01 KILL BILL SZA

16 18 17 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

17 24 14 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone

18 16 16 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

19 25 53 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

20 05 02 05 I CAN SEE YOU (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

21 23 68 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

22 21 51 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

23 42 04 23 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

24 28 24 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

25 29 59 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

26 27 02 27 SUPER SHY New Jeans

27 40 08 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa

28 35 19 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

29 34 225 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

30 37 10 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

31 46 153 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

32 39 48 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

33 41 154 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

34 44 33 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

35 31 42 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

36 45 241 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

37 47 33 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

38 36 60 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

39 52 57 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

40 57 98 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

41 51 22 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen

42 55 27 22 PEOPLE Libianca

43 58 26 06 SURE THING Miguel

44 49 09 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue

45 72 132 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

46 61 101 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

47 62 160 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

48 54 17 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran

49 07 02 07 ENCHANTED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

50 66 116 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole

 

Bubbling

17 (19) AREA CODES Kali

18 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi

19 (NE) OVERDRIVE Post Malone

20 (21) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey

 

Albums

 

01 01 002 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

02 NE 001 02 LOVE SAVES Tina Arena

03 03 039 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

04 04 204 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

05 07 020 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

06 06 456 01 1989 Taylor Swift

07 05 297 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

08 08 128 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

09 10 032 01 SOS SZA

10 09 156 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

11 12 061 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

12 15 113 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

13 17 106 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

14 16 013 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

15 20 017 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

16 19 279 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

17 13 007 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

18 22 391 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

19 11 088 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

20 21 267 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

21 23 033 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

22 27 319 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

23 18 077 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

24 NE 001 24 MIRROR Lauren Spencer-Smith

25 28 333 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

26 29 038 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

27 24 126 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

28 32 193 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

29 33 436 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

30 31 132 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

31 30 218 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

32 36 050 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

33 34 188 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

34 NE 001 34 THE FEELING OF FALLING UPWARDS (LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL) 5 Seconds Of Summer

35 NE 001 35 FEARLESS IN LOVE Voyager

36 42 225 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

37 40 264 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

38 39 036 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

39 46 171 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

40 37 374 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

41 NE 001 41 222 Lil Tjay

42 41 173 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

43 47 058 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

44 38 033 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

45 51 139 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

46 49 248 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

47 48 011 01 - Ed Sheeran

48 45 205 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

49 52 259 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

50 53 039 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA

 

 

"Sprinter" is #1 for a 6th week. To my knowledge, it hasn't really gotten much of any airplay on any commercial radio stations (triple j have it in rotation but that's it). The last time this happened with a long running #1 hit was DaBaby's "ROCKSTAR", which also managed 6 weeks at #1. Since Dave & Cench are very likely to maintain this position, we're on the precipice of an unprecedented decoupling of radio & pop music. We'll see yet if that also applies to this week's #2 entry for Jung Kook. I have to imagine it was a close race particularly given "Seven"'s quite good streaming performance all things considered. It's receding now but not as much as you might expect. BTS previously got as high as #2 with "Dynamite" and this is comfortably the highest of any solo member on the singles chart. That's not the only action we've got in the top 10 either. Billie Eilish scores the first top 10 hit from the "Barbie" soundtrack, a list that I expect will grow next week, but I couldn't confidently say the order will remain given how much it's fluctuated this week. Billie Eilish is actually #2 on Spotify and Apple right now but was quite behind "Barbie World" and "Dance The Night" at the start of the week. Gunna scores his first ever solo top 10 and is getting oddly close to matching the peak of "Lemonade" which hit #5 back in 2020. Not quite included in this top 10 fold is Troye Sivan. "Rush" is now his 7th top 10 hit but the only time he ever made the top 10 was when his first ever entry "Happy Little Pill" had sales of his "Trxye" EP combined into it and it briefly shot up to #10. I'm sure the Aus music industry is glad to get a new hit with no tangible effort, I'm sure it's not an excuse to get complacent again, ha. Anyway now I will dedicate a portion of this write-up for all of the songs that had their chance at top 50 success hampered by all of Taylor Swift's album tracks last week:

 

 

 

Anyway Taylor Swift is #1 again on the album chart. Given that "Speak Now" is not exactly one of her most enduring albums on the average week, I have to wonder how long it'll spend high up on the chart after the streaming recedes. There are only two tracks from it left in the Spotify top 200. Anyway she gets another chance to stop more Australian artists from reaching the top. For the 3rd time in a row, Tina Arena is blocked by a massively popular international star (the last two were Elvis Presley & Ed Sheeran) and debuts at #2. She previously had two #2 albums in the '90s and it's also making me realise that basically everyone I've watched appear on RocKwiz recently has had an album to promote on the pipeline. I'm coloured impressed that Lauren Spencer-Smith has converted her occasional TikTok virality into a respectable album chart debut. 5 Seconds Of Summer debut with a live album that came out digitally 3 months ago. You might remember Voyager as that band that represented Australia in Eurovision (for possibly the last time?) this year. I'll say in truth I'd not heard of them before that, but they land their first chart entry this week. ARIA actually did tweet at the time after Eurovision that their entry "Promise" made the top 50 Australian artist singles chart, and it makes me wonder if it was the only Eurovision track that was actually added to the survey that week. Lil Tjay gets his 2nd top 50 album, a bit of a far cry from his first but I suppose that one had a big hit on it.

oh wow very accurate prediction for Troye :o

31/07/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 08 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

02 08 02 02 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

03 23 05 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

04 03 04 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

05 04 25 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

06 27 09 06 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa

07 02 02 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

08 05 18 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

09 07 04 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

10 06 17 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

11 11 08 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

12 09 15 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

13 10 28 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

14 26 03 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans

15 12 02 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

16 15 33 01 KILL BILL SZA

17 14 47 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

18 13 40 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

19 19 54 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

20 22 52 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

21 24 25 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

22 17 15 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone

23 18 17 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

24 21 69 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

25 25 60 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

26 16 18 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

27 NE 01 27 K-POP Travis Scott, Bad Bunny & The Weeknd

28 31 154 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

29 33 155 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

30 30 11 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

31 29 226 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

32 28 20 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

33 34 34 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

34 NE 01 34 ETA NewJeans

35 36 242 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

36 37 34 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

37 32 49 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

38 39 58 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

39 35 43 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

40 NE 01 40 COOL WITH YOU NewJeans

41 41 23 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen

42 20 03 05 I CAN SEE YOU (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift

43 38 61 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

44 44 10 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue

45 96 04 45 DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan

46 43 27 06 SURE THING Miguel

47 46 102 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa

48 40 99 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

49 47 161 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

50 45 133 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

 

Bubbling

20 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

02 01 003 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

03 03 040 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

04 06 457 01 1989 Taylor Swift

05 05 021 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

06 04 205 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

07 08 129 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

08 07 298 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

09 RE 002 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham

10 NE 001 10 THE BALLAD OF DARREN Blur

11 10 157 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

12 09 033 01 SOS SZA

13 11 062 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

14 NE 001 14 BLOOD RED Busby Marou

15 13 107 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

16 12 114 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

17 14 014 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

18 NE 001 18 RIVERS RUN RED Ian Moss

19 16 280 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

20 15 018 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

21 RE 005 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham

22 18 392 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

23 21 034 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

24 20 268 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

25 19 089 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

26 22 320 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

27 17 008 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

28 40 375 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

29 26 039 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

30 28 194 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

31 25 334 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

32 30 133 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

33 27 127 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

34 29 437 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

35 23 078 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

36 33 189 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

37 RE 005 01 STACK IS THE NEW BLACK Short Stack

38 36 226 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

39 32 051 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

40 31 219 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

41 RE 115 01 WHISPERING JACK John Farnham

42 37 265 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

43 38 037 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

44 42 174 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

45 45 140 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

46 39 172 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

47 44 034 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

48 43 059 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

49 48 206 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

50 49 260 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

 

 

"Sprinter" is #1 for a 7th week. As noted last week, this makes it the longest reigning #1 hit that hasn't made the airplay chart (circa 2008-present is the data I have, but I'd be surprised if there were a bigger example prior to that anyhow). It might just be the last week at #1 however as the Barbie bump is fully in swing. Billie Eilish is up to #2 this week, with "What Was I Made For?" temporarily appearing to be her 2nd #2 hit, but might get upgraded to being her 2nd #1 hit. It's really hard to call based on the data I've seen. She's lagging behind the other two Barbie tracks on Apple, which both vault into the top 10, but also has a bigger bullet on Spotify presently so you'd have to favour the relatively incumbent right? Anyway it all makes the chart aesthetically pleasing because "vampire" has dropped 1 position every week and "Seven" is now #7. Also I'm seeing the movie tomorrow so don't spoil it, but honestly ARIA have been nice enough to not spoil it too because the one-week lag on new entries appears to have struck again, and no other Barbie songs from the album released this past week have made an appearance anywhere. That's apt for this coming week too, as Travis Scott debuts "K-POP", which you would think is set to be joined by a dozen or so more entries next week, but when "ASTROWORLD" debuted, only "SICKO MODE", "STARGAZING" and already released "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" made it on week one. The rest of the album had to wait an extra week for inclusion. Who knows what will happen this time? Speaking of K-Pop, NewJeans get a bunch of entries from their new EP which is too short to actually appear on the album chart. In fact it's so short that they may have made ARIA Chart history, with "Get Up" potentially being the shortest ever ARIA top 100 entry ever (I suspect it's moved enough units, but again, you never know if that counts here). Spotify marks it as 0:36 although I'd argue that it feels like it finishes at the 0:34 mark. In any case, it's at least a second shorter than Ariana Grande's "raindrops (an angel cried)" the current record holder. Pumping us up for Post Malone's new album, we've got Noah Kahan lucky to score his second top 50 hit. I feel like he's cribbing a bit from Kim Churchill's playbook on this one so I dunno, maybe you'll like him if you like that.

 

Perhaps a dawning of a new age. For the first time since Covid-19, we have a theatrically released film soundtrack at #1 on the charts. No but really keep wearing a mask for your sake and everyone else's. We're scant on Australians at #1 here so maybe we can choose to count this. Anyway if you recall a couple months ago, there was a documentary about John Farnham. I believe this week it aired on TV and the result was fairly substantial. I'm also being thoroughly gaslit because I can't exactly work out what "Greatest Hits" in particular is charting in the top 10. The artwork is very familiar to me and seems to date to a compilation from 2009 except that there was a Farnham compilation that charted in 2009 and it's not that. I'm guessing I used to see the artwork on the iTunes chart a lot. In any case though, it's also certified 5xPlatinum which I'm finding difficult to accept with how little chart history it seems to have. My only conclusion is that Sony is up to some shit as per usual. To note also among his re-entries is his 1986 album "Whispering Jack", the 3rd highest selling album of all time in this country, behind Meat Loaf & Shania Twain. Absolutely nothing is close to changing those standings as of yet. Blur score just their 3rd ever top 10 album. Their highest peak came with previous album "The Magic Whip", which did what this album couldn't do and outsold Taylor Swift's "1989", which was also in the top 10 at the time. Not to be confused with extremely '90s gaming mascots, Busby Marou score their 5th top 50 album, though with a bit of a comedown as they'd made the top 5 three times in a row with even a #1 album to boot. I simply assumed that Ian Moss's new album was a re-release because the title sounded familiar, but no, Mossy's got a new album, making the top 20 just like his self-titled did 5 years ago. The re-release we do get, and one I'm absolutely certain is from 2009, is Short Stack's debut album "Stack Is The New Black". Truly it wasn't just a phase. Next week I would expect Travis Scott to debut at the top, but then I could just as easily see it being Barbie or Post Malone, hard to call.

31/07/2023

 

Singles

 

01 02 03 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

02 01 09 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

03 03 06 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

04 06 10 04 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa

05 04 05 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

06 05 26 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

07 08 19 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

08 NE 01 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake

09 09 05 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

10 10 18 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

11 NE 01 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti

12 11 09 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

13 22 16 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

14 07 03 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

15 12 16 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

16 NE 01 16 HYAENA Travis Scott

17 13 29 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

18 NE 01 18 THANK GOD Travis Scott

19 NE 01 19 MY EYES Travis Scott

20 NE 01 20 I KNOW ? Travis Scott

21 19 55 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

22 27 02 22 K-POP Travis Scott, Bad Bunny & The Weeknd

23 17 48 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

24 NE 01 24 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

25 18 41 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

26 16 34 01 KILL BILL SZA

27 NE 01 27 MODERN JAM Travis Scott feat. Teezo Touchdown

28 20 53 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

29 NE 01 29 TOPIA TWINS Travis Scott feat. Rob49 & 21 Savage

30 NE 01 30 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

31 21 26 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

32 25 61 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

33 24 70 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

34 NE 01 34 DELRESTO (ECHOES) Travis Scott feat. Beyonce

35 14 04 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans

36 23 18 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

37 NE 01 37 SIRENS Travis Scott

38 15 03 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

39 26 19 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

40 NE 01 40 GOD'S COUNTRY Travis Scott feat. Beyonce

41 28 155 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

42 31 227 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

43 29 156 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

44 36 35 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

45 32 21 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

46 33 35 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

47 38 59 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

48 NE 01 48 SKITZO Travis Scott feat. Young Thug

49 NE 01 49 CIRCUS MAXIMUS Travis Scott feat. The Weeknd & Swae Lee

50 30 12 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

 

Bubbling

18 (NE) AND WE Hooligan Hefs

19 (23) (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

20 (25) I'M JUST KEN Ryan Gosling

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

02 NE 001 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

03 01 002 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

04 02 004 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

05 03 041 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

06 04 458 01 1989 Taylor Swift

07 06 206 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

08 08 299 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

09 05 022 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

10 07 130 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

11 11 158 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

12 12 034 01 SOS SZA

13 13 063 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

14 15 108 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

15 16 115 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

16 19 281 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

17 17 015 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

18 20 019 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

19 09 003 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham

20 22 393 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

21 25 090 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

22 24 269 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

23 23 035 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

24 33 128 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

25 26 321 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

26 30 195 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

27 31 335 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

28 32 134 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

29 29 040 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

30 34 438 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

31 36 190 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

32 39 052 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

33 35 079 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

34 38 227 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

35 40 220 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

36 43 038 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

37 21 006 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham

38 42 266 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

39 28 376 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

40 27 009 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

41 44 175 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

42 47 035 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

43 46 173 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

44 45 141 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

45 48 060 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

46 87 009 02 5-STAR Stray Kids

47 49 207 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

48 50 261 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

49 51 250 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

50 54 105 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

 

 

"What Was I Made For?" climbs to #1. This is Billie Eilish's second #1 hit following the #1 debut of "bad guy" back in 2019. We approach the Barbie singularity as now the soundtrack houses three of the top 4. That appears to be withering but then so are all the surrounding tracks so this could be our standard for a while. I guess though it's peculiar that "Dance The Night" got to #1 on iTunes and Apple recently but is lagging on Spotify, potentially it could leap ahead of the competition. Dua Lipa doesn't have a #1 single outside of that proto-AI Elton John garbage. Also of note with the Barbie stuff, I incorrectly posited that the other tracks on the album weren't being counted, but actually the solution is stranger. With credit to Rush for finding this out, due to the different track IDs on the singles & album, it would appear that those other tracks only arbitrarily got part of their data included. It appears as though Charli XCX has had this fixed but your dreams of Ryan Gosling scoring a top 50 hit have been rudely ripped away from you. Since it samples "Cobra Style", this is just the second time since her '90s teen pop era that Robyn has a writing credit on a top 50 hit. I probably don't need to tell you what the other one is. Travis Scott's data seems to be more accurately accounted and he has many debuts this week, once again the one with Drake on it is the highest, although "TELEKINESIS" and "K-POP" have been sticking the landing a little over time as well. Amidst all of this, "vampire" has dropped 1 place again for a 1-2-3-4-5 chart run in its first 5 weeks which I'm not certain has ever happened before.

 

Bubbling Under, Hooligan Hefs chose a bad week to have a pretty decent debut. I'm not sure he'd be in the top 50 without Travis Scott but it's possible. Peggy has very belatedly gotten the Hot Hits Australia co-sign so I'm expecting her to fully scare the hoes in the top 50 next week.

 

Travis Scott scores his second #1 album, Post Malone scores his second #2 album. Actually because of Travis Scott, Post Malone achieved a rare feat of actually lessening his top 50 entries on the album release week, as "Sunflower" got kicked out and he didn't have any top 50 debuts. But then I wonder about that because "Enough Is Enough" was #42 on Spotify for the week yet doesn't show on any supplementary chart. I guess they finally don't consider Post Malone to be hip-hop, but I guess we'll have to see next week if it was just missing or not.

14/08/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 04 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

02 02 10 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

03 04 11 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

04 03 07 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

05 05 06 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

06 07 20 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

07 06 27 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

08 09 06 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

09 10 19 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

10 NE 01 10 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

11 12 10 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

12 15 17 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

13 08 02 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake

14 17 30 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

15 21 56 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

16 14 04 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

17 13 17 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

18 23 49 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

19 30 02 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

20 25 42 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

21 26 35 01 KILL BILL SZA

22 24 02 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

23 28 54 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

24 31 27 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

25 33 71 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

26 32 62 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

27 36 19 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

28 41 156 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

29 11 02 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti

30 43 157 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

31 35 05 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans

32 38 04 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

33 42 228 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

34 47 60 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

35 45 22 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

36 50 13 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

37 46 36 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

38 53 45 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

39 20 02 20 I KNOW ? Travis Scott

40 39 20 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

41 60 03 41 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

42 44 36 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

43 54 51 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

44 51 244 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

45 56 62 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

46 55 29 06 SURE THING Miguel

47 57 163 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

48 70 41 36 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

49 69 119 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole

50 59 101 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran

 

Bubbling

18 (18) AND WE Hooligan Hefs

19 (NE) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Post Malone

20 (24) LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs

 

Albums

 

01 01 002 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

02 03 002 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

03 04 005 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

04 05 042 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

05 06 459 01 1989 Taylor Swift

06 02 002 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

07 07 207 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

08 08 300 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

09 09 023 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

10 NE 001 10 HEY DAWN Fanny Lumsden

11 11 159 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

12 10 131 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

13 12 035 01 SOS SZA

14 16 282 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

15 13 064 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

16 14 109 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

17 18 020 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

18 15 116 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

19 17 016 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

20 19 004 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham

21 26 196 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

22 20 394 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

23 21 091 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

24 24 129 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

25 22 270 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

26 23 036 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

27 25 322 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

28 27 336 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

29 30 439 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

30 29 041 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

31 28 135 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

32 33 080 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

33 34 228 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

34 32 053 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

35 31 191 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

36 36 039 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

37 35 221 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

38 38 267 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

39 41 176 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

40 39 377 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

41 44 142 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

42 43 174 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

43 48 262 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

44 40 010 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

45 45 061 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

46 42 036 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

47 50 106 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish

48 47 208 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

49 49 251 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

50 37 007 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham

 

 

Enjoy your world cup final.

21/08/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 05 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

02 02 11 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

03 03 12 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

04 06 21 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

05 05 07 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

06 10 02 06 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

07 07 28 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

08 09 20 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs

09 04 08 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

10 NE 01 10 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

11 08 07 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

12 12 18 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

13 11 11 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

14 15 57 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

15 14 31 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

16 20 43 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

17 16 05 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

18 18 50 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

19 17 18 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

20 21 36 01 KILL BILL SZA

21 34 61 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

22 23 55 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

23 25 72 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

24 19 03 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

25 26 63 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

26 38 46 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

27 27 20 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

28 22 03 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

29 13 03 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake

30 24 28 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

31 48 42 31 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

32 30 158 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

33 45 66 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

34 28 157 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

35 33 229 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

36 41 04 36 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

37 32 05 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

38 35 23 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

39 64 29 39 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs

40 37 37 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

41 NE 01 41 ADORE U Fred again.. & Obongjayar

42 43 52 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

43 36 14 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

44 42 37 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

45 31 06 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans

46 40 21 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

47 47 164 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

48 44 245 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

49 46 30 06 SURE THING Miguel

50 49 120 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole

 

Bubbling

19 (20) LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs

20 (18) AND WE Hooligan Hefs

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 DRUMMER G Flip

02 02 003 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

03 03 006 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

04 01 003 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

05 05 460 01 1989 Taylor Swift

06 04 043 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

07 08 301 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

08 07 208 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

09 14 283 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

10 17 021 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

11 09 024 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

12 11 160 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

13 12 132 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

14 21 197 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

15 13 036 01 SOS SZA

16 06 003 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

17 18 117 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

18 NE 001 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

19 15 065 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

20 16 110 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

21 19 017 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

22 NE 001 22 VOLCANO Jungle

23 23 092 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

24 22 395 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

25 24 130 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

26 25 271 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

27 27 323 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

28 32 081 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

29 26 037 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

30 29 440 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

31 30 042 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

32 28 337 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

33 31 136 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

34 36 040 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

35 35 192 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

36 33 229 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

37 34 054 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

38 38 268 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

39 39 177 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

40 37 222 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

41 43 263 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

42 42 175 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

43 40 378 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

44 58 060 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs

45 46 037 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

46 45 062 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion

47 41 143 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

48 49 252 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

49 44 011 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin

50 48 209 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

 

 

"What Was I Made For" spends a 3rd week at #1. It will almost definitely be the last one because it must have been a close call this week and it's continue to severely plummet. The real question should be just how far down the song will fall because I could see quite a few songs overtaking it. Most pertinently would be "Paint The Town Red". That will quite comfortably be #1 next week as it's just zoomed past the competition in the past week. I suppose the only fresh competition comes from Olivia Rodrigo, who debuts at #10 which I suspect will be the song's peak unless her album buoys it significantly. With that in mind we've got a bit of a race for the top 10, where if Gunna doesn't hold up, then "Popular" might finally hit the top 10, having spent the last 6 weeks jumping around #11-#13. More to watch includes Zach Bryan who could sneak a new peak over a year into his chart run, and Luke Combs who almost certainly will get one, also more than a year into his chart run. Luke Combs is in the country at present and his catalogue is having a good showing for it. Both "Beautiful Crazy" and "When It Rains It Pours" have platinum certifications that surpass their combined tenures in the top 50, but this week they both return to new peaks. Fred again.. has a new entry, and unlike the OCC, ARIA have managed to spell the title correctly and credit Obongjayar.

 

An interesting thing on last week's Bubbling Under chart that I can still note this week is the return of "Life Goes On", which is lucky to get this showing because it's very soon to be ineligible for said chart. If all things Luke Combs continue to climb next week, it might be able to sneak back into the top 50. Hooligan Hefs on the other hand is headed in the wrong direction. To my recollection we've had just 4 new Australian top 50 singles this year.

 

On the bright side, we do have an Australian #1 album this week. It comes from G Flip via their second album. Their first album only reached #6 (perhaps releasing on the same week as Tool, Lana Del Rey & Tones and I, and a week after Taylor Swift wasn't the best idea) but had fairly strong longevity. To my knowledge, they're the 3rd non-binary artist to reach #1, following Tash Sultana & Sam Smith. The next highest debut this week is also Australian, more or less. You might not know the name of Michael Gudinski but as the founder of Mushroom Records, he was one of the most important people in this country's music industry. I could note a bunch of names but maybe a key one is that he originally signed Kylie Minogue. He passed away unexpectedly in 2021, and you might recall that Ed Sheeran wrote the song "Visiting Hours" about him. This chart debut relates to a documentary about him which premiered earlier this month but isn't in wide cinema release until next week. I don't know enough about the documentary to know why the name "Ego" was chosen, but he also signed Skyhooks, a hugely successful band from the mid '70s to early '90s who made the song "Ego (Is Not A Dirty World)" so there's probably something in that. Jungle score their 4th top 50 album. The album cover looks weirdly familiar to me but maybe it just looks like Death Cab's "The Photo Album", I don't know. If not for Luke Combs' tour, it would be possible that the entire top 10 were #1 peaking albums, which is interesting and I don't know if it's ever happened before.

28/08/2023

 

Singles

 

01 06 03 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

02 08 21 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs

03 02 12 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

04 04 22 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

05 03 13 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

06 07 29 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

07 01 06 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

08 05 08 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

09 09 09 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

10 11 08 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

11 13 12 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

12 14 58 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

13 12 19 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

14 66 02 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music

15 10 02 10 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

16 15 32 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

17 21 62 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

18 22 56 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

19 18 51 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

20 17 06 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

21 16 44 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

22 20 37 01 KILL BILL SZA

23 19 19 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

24 23 73 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

25 31 43 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

26 25 64 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

27 27 21 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

28 30 29 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

29 37 06 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

30 24 04 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

31 28 04 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

32 36 05 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

33 34 158 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

34 32 159 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

35 39 30 35 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs

36 40 38 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

37 26 47 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

38 35 230 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

39 38 24 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

40 56 137 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

41 33 67 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

42 44 38 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake

43 47 165 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

44 46 22 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty

45 51 163 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

46 29 04 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake

47 55 08 23 LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs

48 43 15 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

49 48 246 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee

50 49 31 06 SURE THING Miguel

 

Bubbling

19 (18) SUPER SHY NewJeans

20 (33) PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe

 

Albums

 

01 02 004 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

02 03 007 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

03 13 133 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

04 NE 001 04 STRUGGLER Genesis Owusu

05 04 004 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

06 06 044 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

07 05 461 01 1989 Taylor Swift

08 09 284 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

09 10 022 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

10 11 025 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

11 07 302 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

12 08 209 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

13 NE 001 13 UNREAL UNEARTH Hozier

14 12 161 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

15 NE 001 15 DAN SULTAN Dan Sultan

16 14 198 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

17 NE 001 17 POSITIVE SPIN Gretta Ray

18 20 111 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

19 15 037 01 SOS SZA

20 NE 001 20 ISTJ - THE 3RD ALBUM NCT Dream

21 17 118 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

22 19 066 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

23 16 004 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

24 21 018 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

25 23 093 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

26 26 272 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

27 42 176 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

28 24 396 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

29 25 131 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

30 27 324 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

31 30 441 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

32 NE 001 32 DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES Parkway Drive

33 29 038 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

34 01 002 01 DRUMMER G Flip

35 31 043 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

36 33 137 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

37 32 338 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

38 28 082 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

39 34 041 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

40 35 193 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

41 37 055 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

42 NE 001 42 SNOW ANGEL Reneé Rapp

43 36 230 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

44 18 002 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

45 39 178 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

46 38 269 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

47 45 038 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

48 43 379 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

49 44 061 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs

50 41 264 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

 

 

I have to share with everyone that "Bruises" by Lewis Capaldi has been covered on The Voice last night, for the 4th year in a row.

 

"Paint The Town Red" climbs to #1, making it Doja Cat's first ever #1 hit. I expect this to change but with this, "What Was I Made For?" & "Sprinter", it makes 3 #1 hits on the trot that Australian radio hasn't really gotten behind. In any case, it's an easy lead ahead of what would otherwise be a very close race. In a surprising twist of events, Luke Combs has the right sales/stream combination to sneak up to a new peak of #2 with "Fast Car", a climb that really isn't represented by its #9->#8 climb on Spotify for the week. As was noted last week, Billie Eilish does drop quite a bit, to #7 even! Very uncharacteristic of a multi-week #1 that didn't debut there. Back in 2015, Delta Goodrem climbed to #1 with "Wings", spent a second week there, and then dropped to #9 the week after. Also promised last week, Zach Bryan got a new peak, inching ever so close to the top 10. He's certainly closing the gap with Nicki & Gunna, however The Weeknd has thrown a spanner into the works by announcing an Australian tour where he'll be visiting all 3 of our state capitals. This was announced late in the chart week and has caused a spike for everything with his name on it, so "Popular" should finally make the top 10 next week. The most exciting thing for me was seeing "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" enter the Spotify top 200 for the first time ever. I am one of those people who was obsessed with The Weeknd back in 2011 and that's one of my favourite songs ever. If you live in Australia, the word Richmond refers to a suburb of Melbourne. It's not exactly obscure either, they have a moderately successful AFL team, even if their more recent claim to fame is being the team that can't help but finish in 9th, 1 spot short of the finals. This year they landed in 13th with a fairly respectable W/L record all things considered, but suffice to say, I did for a little while think that the iTunes chart was being dominated by a random Victorian singer. Last month I also committed myself to memorising all the US state capitals, which I think I've pretty much gotten down now, so I could have seen this coming. Anyway this is all a lot of pre-amble to say that Oliver Anthony has made the top 20 here. I actually thought he was missing from last week's chart as I expected him in the top 50 but apparently he was down in the 60s. His chart trajectory is showing some shaky ground although I do expect him to climb next week. Perhaps surprisingly Miley Cyrus has already unseated him on the iTunes chart, although "Flowers" is almost certainly the best selling digital track this year so it follows. By the way, Miley Cyrus is tracking for a reasonable debut (top 20?), as is often the case, despite declines around the world, she's climbed every day on Spotify so far.

 

Of note below the top 50 we have the arrival of "Prada", which should make the top 50 next week. Not only did "Ferrari Horses" not chart here, but this is the first time for D-Block Europe period.

 

In a pretty busy week for new Australian albums, the "Barbie" soundtrack returns to #1. I also have to wonder if "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" is soon to get hit by reality as its sales can only hold up its diminished streams (compared to the nearby competition!) for so long, it just feels strange that it's #2 this week. Otherwise we can play speculation over The Weeknd's "The Highlights" which seems to want to make itself a #1 contender again. I think Zach Bryan and NCT could have something to say about that next week but dang imagine if he just announced the tour a week earlier. The top debut this week actually comes from Genesis Owusu. He's one of those Australian artists that are cool to like because international music people write about him. But yes he's good and he won the ARIA Award for Album of the Year for his previous album. This one has made certain strides to give him his first top 10. Next is Hozier, a two time top 10 artist, who cannot quite muster the same interest in his catalogue as "Take Me To Church" which is a Spotify chart perennial to this day. Also previously making the top 10 twice is Dan Sultan, who'd been at it for quite a while before getting a real commercial boon. He's good too, listen to him. Just behind him is Gretta Ray with her second album. I've been an outspoken fan of her music for a long time, and finally got to see her live last year and had a great time. I haven't been able to drum up the same enthusiasm for her new music this year for some reason, but it's gotten her a new chart peak so good for her. Before we get to the main course, we've got an entry from the NCT sub-division Dream, charting for the first time. For once I think this random jarble of letters in the album title IS a Myers-Briggs personality. Then we're still going and we've got a very old EP from Australian metal-core stalwarts Parkway Drive, charting for the first time. Lastly we've got Reneé Rapp charting for the first time. I'm too old to be across her filmography but I thought "Too Well" was pretty good last year.

 

Oh and I feel like I should mention for posterity that when ARIA first published this chart, "Daylight" was just completely gone. They fixed it up a couple of hours later but this was the first time in many years I'd seen ARIA change a chart after publishing. I suppose credit must be given for not just locking it in and moving on.

04/09/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 04 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

02 04 23 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

03 06 30 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

04 03 13 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

05 05 14 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

06 02 22 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs

07 08 09 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

08 07 07 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

09 11 13 09 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

10 18 57 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

11 10 09 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

12 12 59 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

13 NE 01 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus

14 09 10 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

15 14 03 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music

16 13 20 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

17 16 33 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

18 19 52 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

19 NE 01 19 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

20 20 07 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

21 17 63 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

22 15 03 10 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

23 21 45 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

24 34 160 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

25 23 20 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

26 NE 01 26 SINGLE SOON Selena Gomez

27 40 138 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

28 22 38 01 KILL BILL SZA

29 26 65 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

30 36 39 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

31 68 02 31 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe

32 24 74 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

33 27 22 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

34 60 113 02 STARBOY The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk

35 29 07 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

36 45 164 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

37 33 159 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

38 25 44 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

39 28 30 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

40 32 06 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

41 38 231 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

42 37 48 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

43 30 05 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

44 64 195 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

45 95 31 45 SNOOZE SZA

46 43 166 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

47 35 31 35 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs

48 39 25 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

49 41 68 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

50 31 05 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

 

Bubbling

20 (NE) HEY DRIVER Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty

 

Albums

 

01 RE 063 01 VULTURE STREET (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Powderfinger

02 NE 001 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan

03 03 134 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

04 18 112 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

05 01 005 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

06 06 045 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

07 05 005 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

08 07 462 01 1989 Taylor Swift

09 11 303 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

10 10 026 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

11 08 285 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

12 12 210 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

13 02 008 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

14 09 023 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

15 RE 040 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator

16 14 162 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

17 27 177 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

18 19 038 01 SOS SZA

19 NE 001 19 ROAD Alice Cooper

20 16 199 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

21 21 119 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

22 22 067 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

23 24 019 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

24 26 273 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

25 65 070 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd

26 23 005 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

27 28 397 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

28 30 325 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

29 31 442 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

30 25 094 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

31 35 044 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

32 29 132 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

33 33 039 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

34 37 339 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

35 36 138 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

36 13 002 13 UNREAL UNEARTH Hozier

37 39 042 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

38 93 115 01 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd

39 43 231 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

40 41 056 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

41 40 194 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

42 45 179 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

43 38 083 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

44 46 270 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

45 34 003 01 DRUMMER G Flip

46 44 003 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

47 47 039 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

48 48 380 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

49 51 224 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

50 50 265 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

 

 

Hey I was right about "Speak Now".

11/09/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 05 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

02 02 24 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

03 03 31 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

04 05 15 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

05 04 14 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

06 06 23 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs

07 07 10 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

08 09 14 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

09 08 08 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

10 10 58 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

11 19 02 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

12 12 60 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

13 11 10 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

14 17 34 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

15 14 11 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

16 16 21 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

17 15 04 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music

18 31 03 18 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe

19 18 53 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

20 13 02 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus

21 35 08 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

22 23 46 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

23 21 64 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

24 22 04 10 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

25 25 21 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

26 20 08 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

27 29 66 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

28 24 161 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

29 27 139 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

30 28 39 01 KILL BILL SZA

31 30 40 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

32 32 75 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

33 34 114 02 STARBOY The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk

34 33 23 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

35 37 160 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

36 39 31 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

37 40 07 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

38 41 232 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

39 26 02 26 SINGLE SOON Selena Gomez

40 38 45 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

41 36 165 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

42 46 167 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

43 44 196 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd

44 NE 01 44 STRANGERS Kenya Grace

45 42 49 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

46 NE 01 46 TENSION Kylie Minogue

47 43 06 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future

48 49 69 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift

49 50 06 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

50 51 33 06 SURE THING Miguel

 

Bubbling

Actually nothing this week

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 FATALISM Polaris

02 03 135 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

03 07 006 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

04 04 113 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

05 02 002 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan

06 06 046 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

07 05 006 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

08 08 463 01 1989 Taylor Swift

09 10 027 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

10 13 009 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

11 09 304 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

12 12 211 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

13 11 286 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

14 16 163 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

15 17 178 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

16 18 039 01 SOS SZA

17 14 024 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

18 21 120 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

19 20 200 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

20 22 068 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

21 NE 001 21 EVERYTHING IS ALIVE Slowdive

22 23 020 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

23 24 274 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

24 25 071 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd

25 27 398 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

26 28 326 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

27 29 443 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

28 31 045 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

29 46 004 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

30 26 006 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

31 30 095 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

32 NE 001 32 BACK TO THE WATER BELOW Royal Blood

33 34 340 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

34 33 040 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

35 35 139 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

36 32 133 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

37 37 043 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

38 40 057 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

39 44 271 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

40 53 146 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

41 50 266 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

42 39 232 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

43 42 180 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

44 41 195 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

45 48 381 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

46 47 040 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

47 45 004 01 DRUMMER G Flip

48 38 116 01 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd

49 43 084 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

50 51 255 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

 

 

"Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 3rd week. It's not remotely close and nothing looks like challenging it so strap in. Zach Bryan scores a new career high with "I Remember Everything" moving up to #11. He may not be out of the count for either of his hits hitting the top 10 in the future but Olivia Rodrigo's album is going to put that on hold for now at least. The only other song making serious moves right now is "Prada" although that's also starting to slow down its ascent, so it'll need second wind. We've got two debuts this week, firstly a first time appearance for Kenya Grace, while Kylie Minogue scores a second top 50 hit this year. For those of you keeping track, this is now the 5th Australian song to reach the ARIA top 50 this year. All 5 of these have charted in the UK so we truly are a very individual country.

 

These two debuts help actually clear out the Bubbling Under section for I think the first time since I started writing it up here. In fact we have 21 'new' songs in the top 50 this week. That'll get a shot in the arm next week because Olivia Rodrigo can only add one more song from her album to it but will probably push about 4 of these songs out in the process.

 

On the album chart we've another Australian #1! Sydney metalcore band Polaris score their first ever chart topper with their 3rd album. It comes at a troubling time for the band as guitarist Ryan Siew passed away a few months ago during the lead up to this album. If you think that might be why they hit #1, it's worth noting that they've been on an upward trajectory with every release, and had a #3 debut with their last album. The Weeknd will have to maybe hope he can catch an easy week during or after his Australian tour, but given that's near the end of the year you'd have to think there's a major album that'll be doing numbers around then. Incredibly, Slowdive score their first ever top 50 album this week. Royal Blood also return but at a far cry from the top 5 peaks of their first 3 albums.

Zach Bryan being both #11 and #12 without yet having a top 10 hit to his name oof. Hopefully one or both will still get there in the future though.

18/09/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 06 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

02 07 11 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

03 24 05 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

04 02 25 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

05 03 32 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

06 NE 01 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo

07 05 15 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

08 04 16 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

09 06 24 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs

10 NE 01 10 ALL-AMERICAN B**CH Olivia Rodrigo

11 11 03 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

12 08 15 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

13 NE 01 13 THE GRUDGE Olivia Rodrigo

14 09 09 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

15 18 04 15 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe

16 12 61 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

17 13 11 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

18 NE 01 18 MAKING THE BED Olivia Rodrigo

19 14 35 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

20 16 22 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

21 NE 01 21 LOGICAL Olivia Rodrigo

22 NE 01 22 BALLAD OF A HOMESCHOOLED GIRL Olivia Rodrigo

23 10 59 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

24 19 54 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

25 NE 01 25 LACY Olivia Rodrigo

26 NE 01 26 LOVE IS EMBARRASSING Olivia Rodrigo

27 15 12 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

28 NE 01 28 PRETTY ISN'T PRETTY Olivia Rodrigo

29 22 47 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

30 44 02 30 STRANGERS Kenya Grace

31 28 162 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

32 20 03 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus

33 17 05 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music

34 25 22 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

35 23 65 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

36 21 09 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

37 27 67 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

38 30 40 01 KILL BILL SZA

39 NE 01 39 TEENAGE DREAM Olivia Rodrigo

40 26 09 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

41 32 76 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

42 29 140 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

43 41 166 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

44 31 41 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

45 35 161 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

46 37 08 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

47 34 24 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

48 36 32 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

49 33 115 02 STARBOY The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk

50 38 233 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

 

Bubbling

19 (NE) SLOW DANCING V

20 (21) SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

 

Albums

 

01 NE 001 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo

02 02 136 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

03 03 007 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

04 04 114 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

05 05 003 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan

06 09 028 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

07 06 047 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

08 18 121 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

09 08 464 01 1989 Taylor Swift

10 07 007 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

11 10 010 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

12 11 305 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

13 12 212 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

14 13 287 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

15 16 040 01 SOS SZA

16 14 164 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

17 17 025 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

18 15 179 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

19 22 021 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

20 20 069 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

21 19 201 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

22 23 275 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

23 26 327 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

24 25 399 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

25 01 002 01 FATALISM Polaris

26 27 444 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

27 28 046 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

28 34 041 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

29 33 341 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

30 39 272 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

31 35 140 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

32 37 044 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

33 30 007 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

34 41 267 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

35 46 041 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

36 31 096 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

37 38 058 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

38 43 181 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

39 24 072 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd

40 44 196 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

41 29 005 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

42 42 233 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

43 45 382 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

44 36 134 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

45 40 147 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

46 RE 034 04 EASY Grinspoon

47 RE 056 02 NEW DETENTION Grinspoon

48 50 256 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

49 51 226 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi

50 54 213 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

 

 

"Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 4th week. I once again note that there is nothing remotely close and you'd have to think her album coming out soon will only aid that. On the other hand, we are getting some fresh hits moving on up. As I write this, Kenya Grace & Tate McRae are both in the top 5 on Spotify. Drake also got up to #2 this week and probably has a top 10 debut in sight despite the slow start. casso could hit the top 10 too, and Zach Bryan is still moving up though maybe not fast enough to do the same yet, a real changing of the guard moment. As for this week's chart, Olivia Rodrigo shoved the guard aside for a moment as she does. Back in 2021 she didn't debut her entire album because for some reason "favorite crime" took a few weeks to be included. Not the case this week, however just like with the release of "SOUR", Olivia is unable to shift "Someone You Loved" out of the top 50, which continues to not actually extend its lead as the longest charting top 50 hit ("Heat Waves" is #2 on that list) but is making that number bigger and closing in on the 3 year mark (152 this week). With only 5 tracks still in the top 50 on Spotify at the moment, it doesn't look like the longevity will come through quite as much this time.

 

Olivia's influx does however give us a Bubbling Under chart again. V's big sales weren't quite enough to get into the top 50.

 

"The Highlights" misses out again under fairly understandable circumstances. It's probably getting closer to the Taylor Swift pack though so it won't really be able to contend again until the tour actually starts. It serves as an interesting time for me to note something I discovered about the album chart recently. According to ARIA's own code of practice, the way streaming allocation actually works is that they can and do get appended to multiple albums, but the default rule is that they will go to only the first and last albums which include the track. This explains my Post Malone confusion earlier this year, where only "Hollywood's Bleeding" seemed to suffer from the arrival of "The Diamond Collection". This is no doubt because "Into The Spider-Verse"'s soundtrack came out first, so "Hollywood's Bleeding" is the unlucky middle child of the 3 albums that "Sunflower" is now on. No doubt the Michael Gudinski album will suffer if Ed Sheeran or Vance Joy ever put "The A Team" or "Riptide" onto another album. Evidently though they play a little loose with this rule because Creedence Clearwater Revival's compilation does not satisfy these rules. Nevertheless, that's why "Starboy" manages to chart so high alongside "The Highlights". Anyway Olivia Rodrigo has a 2nd #1 album as you might have guessed. She has the only debuts across both charts this week which must be particularly rare. We do have some re-entries as Grinspoon put out their 2nd and 3rd albums on vinyl. For Australians, these are the albums that have "Ready 1" and "Chemical Heart" on them respectively. For non-Australians I will just highlight that Grinspoon have an amazing even palindromic chart history with their 7 album peaks. In order they go #8, #4, #2, #4, #2, #4, #8. The first four of these are platinum selling.

I was gonna ask about Starboy but the weird chart rules explain it then

25/09/2023

 

Singles

 

01 01 07 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat

02 02 12 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo

03 04 26 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift

04 05 33 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen

05 NE 01 05 GREEDY Tate McRae

06 30 03 06 STRANGERS Kenya Grace

07 08 17 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa

08 15 05 08 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe

09 07 16 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee

10 09 25 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs

11 11 04 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

12 NE 01 12 SLIME YOU OUT Drake feat. SZA

13 03 06 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo

14 06 02 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo

15 12 16 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna

16 16 62 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

17 24 55 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez

18 19 36 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus

19 14 10 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish

20 17 12 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna

21 62 34 21 SNOOZE SZA

22 20 23 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner

23 23 60 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd

24 31 163 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy

25 27 13 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua

26 29 48 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift

27 37 68 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic

28 35 66 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs

29 34 23 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone

30 10 02 10 ALL-AMERICAN B**CH Olivia Rodrigo

31 36 10 12 RUSH Troye Sivan

32 38 41 01 KILL BILL SZA

33 45 162 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals

34 41 77 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles

35 33 06 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music

36 43 167 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

37 32 04 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus

38 13 02 13 THE GRUDGE Olivia Rodrigo

39 40 10 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto

40 51 169 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers

41 46 09 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou

42 44 42 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

43 42 141 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd

44 48 33 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress

45 47 25 02 KARMA Taylor Swift

46 53 51 08 STYLE Taylor Swift

47 50 234 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi

48 60 28 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

49 52 47 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs

50 55 35 06 SURE THING Miguel

 

Bubbling

20 (20) SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX

 

Albums

 

01 01 002 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo

02 02 137 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

03 09 465 01 1989 Taylor Swift

04 NE 001 04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 1) Teddy Swims

05 03 008 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott

06 06 029 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

07 07 048 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

08 04 115 01 STARBOY The Weeknd

09 NE 001 09 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY Thirty Seconds to Mars

10 08 122 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo

11 13 213 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

12 10 008 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack

13 NE 001 13 THE LAND IS INHOSPITABLE AND SO ARE WE Mitski

14 15 041 01 SOS SZA

15 14 288 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

16 05 004 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan

17 12 306 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

18 11 011 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

19 16 165 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

20 17 026 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs

21 20 070 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles

22 19 022 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

23 23 328 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

24 22 276 03 DIAMONDS Elton John

25 21 202 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs

26 18 180 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd

27 26 445 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

28 24 400 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

29 27 047 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters

30 32 045 02 GRADUATION Kanye West

31 36 097 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

32 NE 001 32 BOY MEETS WORLD Sleepy Hallow

33 28 042 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin'

34 29 342 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

35 31 141 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen

36 34 268 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

37 38 182 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa

38 30 273 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

39 35 042 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival

40 43 383 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

41 37 059 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem

42 33 008 02 AUSTIN Post Malone

43 44 135 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift

44 40 197 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles

45 45 148 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey

46 41 006 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack

47 NE 001 47 AUSTRALIA TOPS C.O.F.F.I.N

48 42 234 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish

49 48 257 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen

50 50 214 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay

 

 

"Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 5th week. In a shocking twist, it's actually getting less streams this coming week than last week. It's also miles ahead of the competition still, but the cracks are showing I guess. Poised for this is possibly Kenya Grace who has vaulted into the top 10 this week. Not to go unmentioned also is Tate McRae, who instantly scores her highest ever chart position. Not to be confused with Craig McRae who in the world of Australian sportsball is coaching Collingwood to potentially score their record-tying 16th AFL Grand Final win, where he's up against the Brisbane Lions who he himself played for 20 years ago when they annihilated Collingwood in the 2003 Grand Final. We all pray that happens again. RAYE scores her 2nd top 10 hit which is also a first for casso & D-Block Europe. Drake's slow start means that he misses out on a top 10 berth with "Slime You Out" which might not last more than three weeks in the top 50 at this rate. SZA's fortunes are better for "Snooze" which scores a big new peak of #21, SZA costing herself a top 20 peak. In case you were wondering about the race to be the biggest hit of the decade, then you should know that "Heat Waves" is winning that by a lot presently, and has this week at least temporarily overtaken its nearest competition, "As It Was". One has to wonder if a song released after 2023 even has a chance to contend in this race, "Last Night" might be the last song with any chance. Also here's a fun fact, "Mr. Brightside" has the record for the most top 50 re-entries of all time. It already had that before it re-entered this week, but now Mariah Carey won't even match it in December, and in all honestly, will probably just contribute to adding another one to The Killers' tally in 2024. "Mr. Brightside" will also probably become the 7th song to make 100 weeks in the top 50 in two weeks (or 6th if you don't count Fleetwood Mac's pre-ARIA weeks), although "Cold Heart" is just sitting on the cusp of the chart with 99 weeks in so you never know.

 

Olivia Rodrigo scores a second week at #1. For comparison, "SOUR" managed 8 weeks at #1 so she's got some work to do there. In case you're wondering, this is the 8th week at #2 for "The Highlights". Enough people have made it past the 'I'm okay with listening to an artist named Teddy Swims' door to get Teddy Swims his first ever top 50 appearance, with a #4 debut at that. Similarly, enough people have made it past the 'I'm okay with listening to music made by Jared Leto in current year' door to give Thirty Seconds To Mars their 3rd ever top 10 album. Their more popular albums are actually the ones that didn't reach the top 10. Mitski only charted for the first time last year. She's fallen a little short of that benchmark this time with her latest album missing the top 10 but on the other hand she's made the Spotify chart for the first time ever in this past week, I await to see if ARIA are actually counting "My Love Mine All Mine". Sleepy Hallow converts a pretty consistent run of streaming hits to land a top 40 album debut. Australian group C.O.F.F.I.N. are not actually from Coffin Bay, or even South Australia. Actually the name stands for Children Of Finland, Fighting In Norway, the more you know. This is their first ever chart appearance anyway.