25/08/2025

Singles

01 01 09 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna

02 02 28 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren

03 04 10 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe

04 05 08 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

05 03 06 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber

06 06 08 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

07 07 08 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

08 09 08 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

09 08 22 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr

10 14 08 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

11 11 21 02 UNDRESSED sombr

12 16 08 12 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

13 12 25 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae

14 15 09 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax

15 13 06 13 YUKON Justin Bieber

16 10 04 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan

17 24 04 17 12 TO 12 sombr

18 17 83 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone

19 18 11 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter

20 19 92 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims

21 20 213 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls

22 22 71 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey

23 21 267 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

24 45 11 24 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean

25 23 12 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae

26 27 51 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan

27 28 53 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars

28 29 66 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish

29 26 11 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran

30 25 05 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren

31 33 07 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice

32 32 44 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams

33 31 44 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars

34 30 04 16 WHICH ONE Drake, Central Cee

35 34 162 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

36 35 36 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal

37 62 04 37 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator

38 37 43 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House

39 36 67 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

40 43 40 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren

41 41 14 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen

42 44 107 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA

43 NE 01 43 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean

44 38 58 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims

45 46 104 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

46 40 20 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran

47 49 53 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez

48 39 38 01 MESSY Lola Young

49 47 39 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar

50 42 06 12 JUMP BlackPink

Bubbling Under

(none this week)

Albums

01 01 009 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack

02 NE 001 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray

03 06 036 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren

04 16 066 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish

05 07 047 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran

06 09 052 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter

07 11 014 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen

08 12 237 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

09 NE 001 09 LEARN THE HARD WAY Jordan Davis

10 13 258 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull

11 10 006 02 SWAG Justin Bieber

12 14 026 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae

13 NE 001 13 STAY RELENTLESS Justice For The Damned

14 29 070 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift

15 19 141 01 SOS SZA

16 17 545 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

17 25 265 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

18 21 071 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park

19 45 313 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

20 NE 001 20 PROMISES Mama Kin Spender

21 RE 034 02 HERATBREAK WEATHER (5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Niall Horan

22 20 061 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams

23 23 428 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

24 22 222 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo

25 24 122 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

26 38 406 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

27 08 005 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator

28 03 002 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK

29 26 008 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims

30 27 442 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

31 30 373 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

32 NE 001 32 THE COLLECTION OneRepublic

33 28 066 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan

34 63 148 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

35 96 035 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator

36 15 003 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods

37 32 500 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

38 33 115 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan

39 35 388 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

40 34 483 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

41 36 129 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

42 37 168 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier

43 40 358 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga

44 39 063 01 BRAT Charli XCX

45 44 232 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna

46 43 368 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day

47 46 172 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley

48 67 095 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift

49 48 102 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo

50 69 531 01 1989 Taylor Swift

"Golden" is #1 for a 4th week. It remains so thoroughly unchallenged that most of the upward movement is from the other KPop Demon Hunters songs that have already been deigned unable to beat it. There are now 6 in the top 10 as "Free" makes it over the line. I didn't mention last week that Tinashe hit a new career high by surpassing the #5 peak of "All My Friends", so I will this week and she's gotten even higher again. Tyler, The Creator continues to wreak havoc on the relevance of a Friday release as he charts a new entry weeks after the fact, and it's on the cusp of surpassing the daily Spotify peak from day 1. Olivia Dean gets the huge boon of a week 1 new entry, as "Man I Need" will no doubt soar next week.

KPop Demon Hunters is now the #1 album for a 6th week. I believe it's the longest running #1 album from an animated film but haven't had time to double check this. Conan Gray has scored his highest ever charting album as he reaches #2. He's had two top 10s before, but only on the lower end. Jordan Davis, the guy who made that song about how you should try just buying a house scores his first ever top 50 album, and lands in the top 10 even. The next debut comes from Mama Kin Spender, which is the duo of Mama Kin and Spender if you can believe it. Spender is also one half of one of my favourite songs no one's ever heard of. OneRepublic enter with another one of those compilations that basically no one is buying, and it's just in time to potentially climb next week as THE GREAT GOMMAGE OF 2025 IS HAPPENING (play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, very good video game) and like half the album chart will be wiped.

01/09/2025

Singles

01 01 10 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna

02 02 29 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren

03 03 11 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe

04 04 09 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

05 06 09 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

06 05 07 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber

07 07 09 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

08 08 09 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

09 09 23 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr

10 10 09 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

11 12 09 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

12 43 02 12 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean

13 11 22 02 UNDRESSED sombr

14 13 26 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae

15 17 05 15 12 TO 12 sombr

16 14 10 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax

17 18 84 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone

18 15 07 13 YUKON Justin Bieber

19 37 05 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator

20 19 12 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter

21 16 05 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan

22 22 72 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey

23 20 93 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims

24 21 214 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls

25 24 12 24 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean

26 23 268 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

27 27 54 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars

28 NE 01 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat

29 28 67 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish

30 25 13 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae

31 26 52 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan

32 31 08 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice

33 29 12 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran

34 30 06 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren

35 33 45 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars

36 32 45 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams

37 40 41 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren

38 36 37 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal

39 39 68 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

40 35 163 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan

41 52 14 12 BLOODLINES Alex Warren, Jelly Roll

42 44 59 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims

43 41 15 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen

44 42 108 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA

45 NE 01 45 BREAKIN' DISHES Rihanna

46 38 44 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House

47 55 18 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone

48 54 06 48 STRATEGY Twice

49 47 54 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez

50 46 21 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran

Bubbling Under

(none this week)

Albums

01 01 010 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack

02 NE 001 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey

03 NE 001 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones

04 NE 001 04 KARMA Stray Kids

05 NE 001 05 HICKEY Royel Otis

06 NE 001 06 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr

07 03 037 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren

08 RE 002 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson

09 NE 001 09 LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS John Fogerty

10 RE 005 10 CHERRY BOMB (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Tyler, The Creator

11 05 048 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran

12 06 053 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter

13 07 015 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen

14 NE 001 14 THE CLEARING Wolf Alice

15 08 238 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd

16 35 036 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator

17 10 259 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull

18 12 027 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae

19 04 067 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish

20 14 071 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift

21 RE 014 02 RUBY Jennie

22 15 142 01 SOS SZA

23 27 006 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator

24 53 222 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator

25 16 546 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac

26 18 072 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park

27 17 266 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift

28 22 062 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams

29 NE 001 29 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky

30 11 007 02 SWAG Justin Bieber

31 19 314 01 LOVER Taylor Swift

32 25 123 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone

33 23 429 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5

34 24 223 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo

35 RE 090 07 SLIGHTLY ODWAY (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Jebediah

36 30 443 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran

37 29 009 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims

38 26 407 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift

39 02 002 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray

40 NE 001 40 STRANGE LOVE Bleak Squad

41 33 067 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan

42 32 002 32 THE COLLECTION OneRepublic

43 31 374 01 AM Arctic Monkeys

44 37 501 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem

45 42 169 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier

46 RE 002 36 ATMOSPHERICS Hands Like Houses

47 39 389 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs

48 40 484 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry

49 41 130 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen

50 38 116 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan

"Golden" is #1 for a 5th week. I apologise for bad intel last week, I believe the actual ARIA Chart gommage is coming next week. We come very close to having 7 KPop Demon Hunters songs in the top 10, and maybe that's still possible as sombr is crashing pretty hard on Spotify this week...except nah, Sabrina Carpenter's gonna carve up real estate. Maybe not quite as much as you'd expect as she's having a slower showing in Australia as per regular business. Too early to say if it's gonna correct itself by the end of the week or she's genuinely less popular here, but expect only "Tears" and "Manchild" as top 10 locks at this stage. Olivia Dean continues to press on as well and could make the top 10 as well. Also vaulting up is Tyler, The Creator, scoring just his 4th ever top 20 hit this week. Doja Cat arrives at #28 but is still making gains on Spotify currently. Could drop next week due to increased competition, but might not be as DOA as it looks. Also just in case there wasn't enough KPop Demon Hunters in here, TWICE are now in here twice as "Strategy" sneaks in. The always popular Rihanna album cut "Breakin' Dishes" shows up for the first time ever (already Platinum mind you), re-asserting the Reloaded edition of "Good Girl Gone Bad" as one of the most hit-laden albums ever, this is the 9th top 50 hit on that album now. It also presents an interesting situation for ARIA next week as it's one of the 8 songs that are old enough to be removed from the chart in this week's top 50. 5 of these are no-brainers I don't expect to last, the other two include "Pink Pony Club" and "Lose Control", songs that are too old but hadn't quite debuted 2 years ago (I still expect them to go). ARIA's initial clause allowed for a 10 week grace period for songs that make the top 30, so we shall see what they make of Rihanna's newly debuting entry.

KPop Demon Hunters is the #1 album for a 7th week. They fend off one of the biggest weeks of new arrives of the year, which doesn't mean much because it's only the top album they need to beat, but there's some definite aura farming when you see off new entries from #2 down to #6. The closest contender is Laufey, perhaps expected as her last album debuted in the top 10 and she's only gotten more popular since then. I now have some interesting trivia for you. Who do you think is the highest charting Icelandic artist in Australia? Jónsi & Emiliana Torrini have actually never made the top 50. KALEO top out in the top 30, while even Sigur Rós have never quite made the top 10. Australia was a particularly big market for Ásgeir a decade ago and he reached the top 10, and your obvious choice of Björk has just been tied by Laufey. The answer is of course Of Monsters and Men, whose debut album was such a hit that it actually climbed to #1 in early 2013. It might just be a matter of time for Laufey to eventually top the charts here, just ask Deftones. I was recently surprised to learn that their classic "White Pony" debuted as high as #2 in Australia, and they were on diminishing returns after that. It was a mighty twist then in 2016 when they scored a #1 album for the first time. The follow up to that album peaked at #3, and that's where they've landed yet again with their latest. If you want to talk about fun chart patterns though, look at Stray Kids, who now have three #2 albums and three #4 albums, with no other top 10 peaks. They've done this all in the space of 3 years. Speaking of artists who've gotten immensely popular in the last 3 years...actually I don't want to talk about Royel Otis. Find out why by reading my next blog post on Friday. They're not the only artist with dodgy vibes in their lyrics though, because sombr is arriving at #6 with an album thriving off streaming numbers, so it's probably the new entry this week that'll hold strongest next week. I'm out of links but it's okay because I made it to the end of the debut chain, now I can just mention that Lainey Wilson has come up trumps with her deluxe re-issue, improving on the #19 debut she had last year to make it to #8. John Fogerty has cranked out the '(John's Version)'s this week to enter in the top 10 with a bunch of songs you're likely very familiar with. Tyler, The Creator doesn't quite see the same slingshot as Lainey Wilson, but he does turn a top 20 album into a top 10 this week, after a much longer wait ("Cherry Bomb" originally debuted at #13). Tyler actually has 4 albums in the top 25 this week. Wolf Alice's last album got them into the top 10 for the first time, and they'd have probably done it again if they could just wait a week to put this one out. Following the legacy of the occasional Indian artist who gets a decent amount of traction in the antipodes, Karan Aujla gets his first ever entry this week. We've also got more re-issues, but this one's nowhere near a new peak because it was already huge on arrival, looking at the debut album from Perth boys Jebediah, perhaps the second most famous band named after minor Simpsons lore (sorry Hockey Dad), with their beloved debut album. If you want to get up to speed, "Leaving Home" and "Harpoon" are two stone cold classics in the much loved realm of '90s Australian alt-rock. Just sneaking into the top 40 is some kind of Bleak Squad. They are in fact a supergroup, comprised of Adalita (of Magic Dirt) fame, as well as members of The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three and Art of Fighting (not to be confused with Art of Sleeping), which is several generations of rock royalty. Lastly, we've got the return of Hands Like Houses' album from earlier this year. What a crazy week, and yet next week is gonna be even crazier (Sabrina Carpenter probably debuts at #1).