Posted January 6Jan 6 She said 'Hello, you fool, I love you. Come join the new thread, join the new thread'05/01/2026Singles01 01 20 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 13 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift03 03 28 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna04 04 47 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren05 07 29 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe06 06 15 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye07 05 14 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean08 08 23 06 12 TO 12 sombr09 09 30 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean10 11 41 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr11 10 05 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.12 12 13 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift13 13 102 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone14 RE 53 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo15 17 44 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae16 19 90 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey17 18 25 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber18 15 07 15 CHANEL Tyla19 14 13 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean20 20 85 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish21 16 40 02 UNDRESSED sombr22 32 63 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars23 26 63 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams24 35 30 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter25 22 28 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax26 23 27 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast27 43 90 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter28 24 14 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae29 27 72 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars30 30 86 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen31 33 55 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal32 21 09 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace33 25 14 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean34 37 26 27 GABRIELA Katseye35 34 57 01 MESSY Lola Young36 28 07 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid37 41 14 28 DRACULA Tame Impala38 44 22 38 FOLDED Kehlani39 31 14 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean40 36 15 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean41 42 90 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan42 38 27 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast43 39 72 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez44 48 49 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae45 40 27 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast46 46 64 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims47 47 93 01 TOO SWEET Hozier48 59 35 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone49 49 31 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae50 51 27 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters CastBubbling Under11 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid12 (12) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley13 (15) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie14 (13) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift15 (18) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb16 (16) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro17 (17) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter18 (NE) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I19 (20) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae20 (19) WHITE KEYS Dominic FikeAlbums01 01 14 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 02 13 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift03 03 28 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack04 04 18 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter05 05 71 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter06 06 45 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae07 09 89 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift08 07 49 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd09 10 85 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish10 08 54 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator11 13 55 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren12 14 80 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams13 16 33 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen14 12 19 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr15 18 82 01 BRAT Charli XCX16 15 42 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga17 11 06 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande18 19 11 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala19 22 94 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande20 17 16 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran21 31 19 03 KARMA Stray Kids22 20 04 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo23 21 34 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token24 26 27 02 ADDISON Addison Rae25 24 55 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar26 27 12 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender27 35 21 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph28 30 07 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer29 32 19 05 HICKEY Royel Otis30 40 39 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd31 36 19 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model32 NE 01 32 THY WILL BE DONE $uicideBoy$33 34 25 02 SWAG Justin Bieber34 45 66 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone35 49 28 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park36 28 09 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi37 37 19 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey38 50 43 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake39 39 22 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods40 33 30 04 CHARM Clairo41 29 61 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel42 42 27 01 VIRGIN Lorde43 25 09 22 GETTING KILLED Geese44 46 15 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley45 61 73 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris46 48 27 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane47 54 10 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen48 43 09 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine49 56 14 06 VIE Doja Cat50 62 23 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson BooneWelcome to a new year of assorted ramblings!"Man I Need" is #1 for a 7th week. Not only is there no threat to this on the horizon, but we must consider the looming Hottest 100 which I suspect can only help Olivia Dean when it comes down to it. The race for #2 is at least interesting though. I expect Taylor Swift to retain it, but Olivia Dean's second entry is making headway, as is the surprise re-entry for Djo. ARIA's initial briefing of the new rules suggested this was only allowed if a song has gone 10 years without charting, but in our first possible chance to witness it, they've allowed a song that last appeared on the chart about 6 months ago. Ironically, The Police's "Every Breath You Take" which hasn't charted in 40 years and would very likely be in the top 30 is also missing, as is Dave's "Raindance" which has finally propelled itself into the top 50 except it hasn't. I also think The Killers might have reached a new peak for "Mr. Brightside" which would have made it the highest charting song on "Hot Fuss", but I guess they'll have to wait until 2036. If you're one of those people glad to (almost) not have any Christmas songs on the chart because they might be blocking other entries, you might have an actual leg to stand on! On the other hand, if you were looking for gaining top 50 hits that aren't an EsDeeKid single and an Olivia Dean album track, I'm sorry because they're the only songs that hit the top 50 because of it, and there's every chance they might re-enter later and take that away too. Kehlani scores the only new peak across both charts this week.Olivia Dean is also #1 on the album chart for a 5th week. I'd have more to say here if there were debuts by artists who don't have awful, awful names that preclude me from ever wanting to acknowledge them.
January 8Jan 8 So I see those new rules are going well!(Not that I think the Djo song should be excluded, but just interesting that they seem to have already decided to ignore the new rule to allow that back unless I misunderstood)
January 13Jan 13 Author On 08/01/2026 at 11:10, Brer said:So I see those new rules are going well!(Not that I think the Djo song should be excluded, but just interesting that they seem to have already decided to ignore the new rule to allow that back unless I misunderstood)I suspect I'm going to be living on moment-to-moment best guesses based on the newest information. It's possible that the 10 year layoff is optional and to be discarded if something's made the top 30, or alternatively, they're only counting that for subsequent re-entries in an 'everyone gets one' kinda way. Maybe it's all just meaningless and labels can do what they want, because otherwise I have to pretend it's consistent when "Lush Life" isn't charting. Might nearly be top 10.12/01/2026Singles01 01 21 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 14 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift03 03 29 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna04 14 54 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo05 06 16 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye06 04 48 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren07 07 15 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean08 05 30 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe09 08 24 06 12 TO 12 sombr10 09 31 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean11 10 42 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr12 11 06 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.13 12 14 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift14 13 103 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone15 15 45 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae16 19 14 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean17 17 26 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber18 NE 01 18 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems19 21 41 02 UNDRESSED sombr20 16 91 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey21 20 86 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish22 18 08 15 CHANEL Tyla23 23 64 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams24 25 29 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax25 33 15 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean26 22 64 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars27 31 56 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal28 36 08 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid29 30 87 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen30 24 31 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter31 34 27 27 GABRIELA Katseye32 35 58 01 MESSY Lola Young33 27 91 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter34 32 10 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace35 26 28 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast36 44 50 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae37 29 73 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars38 28 15 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae39 39 15 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean40 40 16 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean41 41 91 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan42 38 23 38 FOLDED Kehlani43 43 73 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez44 49 32 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae45 NE 01 45 INTERNET GIRL Katseye46 60 06 46 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley47 37 15 28 DRACULA Tame Impala48 42 28 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast49 48 36 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone50 52 11 50 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia DeanBubbling Under12 (15) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb13 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid14 (13) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie15 (16) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro16 (14) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift17 (NE) ZOO Shakira18 (18) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I19 (17) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter20 (19) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRaeAlbums01 01 15 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 03 29 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack03 02 14 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift04 04 19 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter05 06 46 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae06 05 72 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter07 11 56 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren08 14 20 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr09 13 34 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen10 09 86 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish11 07 90 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift12 36 10 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi13 12 81 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams14 RE 12 04 USB Fred Again..15 16 43 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga16 10 55 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator17 15 83 01 BRAT Charli XCX18 20 17 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran19 19 95 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande20 08 50 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd21 31 20 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model22 27 22 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph23 17 07 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande24 29 20 05 HICKEY Royel Otis25 23 35 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token26 24 28 02 ADDISON Addison Rae27 25 56 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar28 21 20 03 KARMA Stray Kids29 18 12 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala30 77 06 30 THE CRUX Djo31 44 16 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley32 34 67 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone33 33 26 02 SWAG Justin Bieber34 26 13 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender35 32 02 32 THY WILL BE DONE $uicideBoy$36 45 74 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris37 30 40 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd38 52 28 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll39 38 44 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake40 47 11 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen41 61 44 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber42 76 15 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb43 28 08 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer44 46 28 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane45 53 33 02 RUBY Jennie46 71 38 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan47 42 28 01 VIRGIN Lorde48 57 22 48 TYLA Tyla49 64 28 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny50 40 31 04 CHARM Clairo"Man I Need" is #1 for an 8th week. Again, it really could have been one for the record books if it got into gear a little sooner. Still absolutely blitzing the competition, though not with the sort of remarkable/unsustainable figures that suggest a collapse is on the way. Djo is attempting to validate the re-entry with a new peak though he'll have to overcome the reliably stopping all close-comers "The Fate of Ophelia". At the very least, we'll finally have a different song in the top 3 for the first time in 14 weeks. Speaking of new songs, we got them. It's a further feather in the cap of my theory that no attention seems to get paid until something makes the top 20 sometimes. After months of being ignored from the chart, Dave's "Raindance" finally arrives. It's actually only his 4th ever top 50 entry but that includes a #1 hit and another top 10 so he tends to seize his moment when he has it. He should climb further next week. Katseye have the exciting honour of having the first 2026 song on the chart thanks to "Internet Girl", and just behind them is Ella Langley scoring her first top 50 hit, though "you look like you love me" has hung around for so long it may as well have been one. Olivia Dean also re-enters with "I've Seen It". Perhaps she'll end You Am I's reign of obscure stats as "Mr. Milk" is the only song to ever peak at #50 for 3 weeks (because the chart was frozen for 2 weeks). Again I have to report that if you were hoping taking out Christmas music would provide new chart hits, you're now down to just EsDeeKid's "Century" as the only song that charted because of the omissions. Well, in about a month we're gonna see some of those 2024 songs start to retire from the chart, maybe that'll do it.Olivia Dean has the #1 album for a 6th time. Our pattern of the top 3 singles & albums being identical is interrupted as #2 & #3 switch places. Of note this week, Ninajirachi & ROLE MODEL score new peaks, the former thanks to a vinyl release, and the latter just continuing the general momentum of the past 8 months. Djo re-enters the top 50 a little bit higher than he debuted, as does Sam Barber, while Tyla very belatedly makes her first entry here. Yes, that's her album that came out nearly 2 years ago, and it's so old that the deluxe version doesn't even have "CHANEL" on it. She's a beneficiary of the tremendously lowered bar for entry since she released it, so it's a bit of a fake new peak, but she's done it with a couple months left on the ticker. I believe Shaboozey & Lizzy McAlpine are also trying to do the same with their nearing 2 year old albums.
January 20Jan 20 Author 19/01/2026Singles01 01 22 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 15 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift03 04 55 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo04 03 30 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna05 07 16 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean06 05 17 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye07 06 49 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren08 08 31 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe09 09 25 06 12 TO 12 sombr10 18 02 10 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems11 NE 01 11 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars12 10 32 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean13 11 43 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr14 12 07 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.15 13 15 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift16 16 15 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean17 15 46 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae18 14 104 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone19 NE 01 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs20 17 27 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber21 19 42 02 UNDRESSED sombr22 28 09 22 4 RAWS EsDeeKid23 21 87 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish24 20 92 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey25 25 16 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean26 24 30 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax27 22 09 15 CHANEL Tyla28 23 65 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams29 68 06 29 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro30 46 07 30 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley31 40 17 31 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean32 37 74 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars33 27 57 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal34 39 16 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean35 29 88 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen36 38 16 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae37 31 28 27 GABRIELA Katseye38 26 65 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars39 34 11 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace40 44 33 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae41 42 24 38 FOLDED Kehlani42 36 51 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae43 30 32 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter44 43 74 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez45 33 92 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter46 35 29 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast47 41 92 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan48 52 05 48 THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb49 32 59 01 MESSY Lola Young50 47 16 28 DRACULA Tame ImpalaBubbling Under14 (NE) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan15 (NE) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe16 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid17 (14) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie18 (9) INTERNET GIRL Katseye19 (17) ZOO Shakira20 (NE) STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara LarssonAlbums01 01 16 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 NE 01 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi03 02 30 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack04 NE 01 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan05 03 15 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift06 05 47 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae07 04 20 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter08 06 73 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter09 07 57 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren10 08 21 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr11 09 35 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen12 69 10 04 IDOLS Yungblud13 10 87 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish14 14 13 04 USB Fred Again..15 11 91 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift16 13 82 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams17 NE 01 17 FEEL ALIVE Steph Strings18 15 44 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga19 17 84 01 BRAT Charli XCX20 16 56 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator21 18 18 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran22 22 23 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph23 30 07 23 THE CRUX Djo24 21 21 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model25 19 96 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande26 25 36 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token27 24 21 05 HICKEY Royel Otis28 29 13 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala29 26 29 02 ADDISON Addison Rae30 23 08 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande31 27 57 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar32 31 17 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley33 32 68 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone34 NE 01 34 SECRET LOVE Dry Cleaning35 33 27 02 SWAG Justin Bieber36 34 14 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender37 40 12 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen38 41 45 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber39 36 75 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris40 39 45 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake41 38 29 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll42 37 41 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd43 45 34 02 RUBY Jennie44 28 21 03 KARMA Stray Kids45 49 29 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny46 RE 05 07 FROM THE PYRE The Last Dinner Party47 57 11 22 GETTING KILLED Geese48 42 16 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb49 46 39 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan50 NE 01 50 ALTER BRIDGE Alter Bridge"Man I Need" is #1 for a 9th week. I am once again reporting that nothing is getting close, and even though we saw some notable declines on Spotify yesterday, I'm going to pre-emptively declare that "Man I Need" probably has triple j's Hottest 100 on lock. At a bare minimum it's gonna be top 3 and its closest competition I don't think are troubling the pointy end of the ARIA Chart, so she's got another couple weeks of free equilibrium at this stage. Only a big new entry could stop her I think. Djo has climbed back to his original 2024 peak of #3, giving us the first change in the top 3 in over 3 months, though technically we haven't had a new top 3 hit since Taylor Swift's album dropped. I wouldn't put it past RAYE to have a strong Hottest 100 performance to get her over the line. Maybe not as strong a factor in that (not impossible though), we've got a fast rising Dave and "Raindance" reaching the top 10. It's his 3rd top 10 hit from 4 top 50 entries (the other one is "Clash") which are pretty good innings, while it's also Tems' first ever top 10 hit as "WAIT FOR U" peaked at #12. Arriving just behind Dave is Bruno Mars who might be considered the king of second week climbs. Before "Die With A Smile" and "APT.", he'd never had a top 10 debut in his career, which includes an unfortunate coincidence when "Uptown Funk" debuted at #11 on the same week streaming was added to the charts (it would have been top 10 otherwise). So he's still never done it as a lead artist and has been denied it once more, though in fairness I still must note that "Lush Life" should probably be in the top 10. Pretty good on the debut front though he's never done it in the top 10 either, Luke Combs notches up yet another top 20 hit, instantly matching the peak of his very big hit "Ain't No Love In Oklahoma", though it'll be a tough time matching it for longevity. Our first Australian top 50 entry of 2026 has arrived courtesy of Sonny Fodera, who might be priming to have the biggest Australian hit of 2026 given that he managed it last year with "Somedays" despite a pretty unremarkable chart run on the surface (it peaked at #26 and spent 6 weeks in the top 50). Maybe triple j's Hottest 100 could net us some more soon as Playlunch & Keli Holiday discourse gets a shot in the arm. At the very least I'll have a rant to make if my blog doesn't get to it first. Our discourse is so bad.Olivia Dean makes it 7 weeks at #1 on the album chart. She's entered the world of party spoiling as she blocks The Kid LAROI from the top spot. It is at least a slight improvement on his previous album's peak of #2, and I suppose I should note that he does have a #1 album via "F*CK LOVE", but then that's not a studio album is it? Cake and the eating of it situation right here. Less in contention, Zach Bryan arrives at #4, his 3rd album to make the top 5, though he's never had a #1. YUNGBLUD has been in the country lately and getting a lot of publicity I assume from people who haven't been keeping up with new music but might discovery that this is their guy. Last week Fred again.. had a big re-entry I couldn't really explain, and now that he's at #14 for a second week, I have to conclude that he's had a track list update on the database that's propelling his incidental streams through the roof. I'll confess I hadn't heard of Steph Strings until her debut album appeared on my new album release schedules, but that lack of publicity has not stopped her from entering the top 20. Dry Cleaning chart in the top 50 for the first time ever. The Last Dinner Party also re-enter thanks to their local tour, and Alter Bridge appear incredibly low down the chart given their last album hit the top 10. I am not 100% certain their physicals were all distributed properly otherwise that's just a colossal drop off.
January 27Jan 27 Author 26/01/2026Singles01 01 23 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 16 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift03 06 18 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye04 03 56 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo05 04 31 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna06 05 17 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean07 07 50 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren08 10 03 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems09 08 32 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe10 11 02 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars11 09 26 06 12 TO 12 sombr12 12 33 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean13 13 44 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr14 14 08 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.15 15 16 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift16 18 105 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone17 17 47 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae18 16 16 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean19 29 07 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro20 71 02 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson21 22 10 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid22 21 43 02 UNDRESSED sombr23 20 28 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber24 30 08 24 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley25 24 93 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey26 23 88 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish27 26 31 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax28 25 17 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean29 31 18 29 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean30 28 66 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams31 19 02 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs32 32 75 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars33 33 58 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal34 27 10 15 CHANEL Tyla35 42 52 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae36 34 17 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean37 40 34 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae38 35 89 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen39 38 66 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars40 39 12 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace41 44 75 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez42 41 25 38 FOLDED Kehlani43 51 02 43 PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan44 36 17 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae45 37 29 27 GABRIELA Katseye46 43 33 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter47 45 93 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter48 46 30 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast49 47 93 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan50 49 60 01 MESSY Lola YoungBubbling Under10 (13) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb11 (NE) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky12 (19) ZOO Shakira13 (16) CENTURY EsDeeKid14 (17) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie15 (NE) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky16 (18) INTERNET GIRL Katseye17 (NE) STOLE YA FLOW A$AP Rocky18 (15) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe19 (RE) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I20 (RE) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor SwiftAlbums01 12 11 01 IDOLS Yungblud02 01 17 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean03 NE 01 03 LOCKET Madison Beer04 03 31 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack05 NE 01 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky06 05 16 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift07 06 48 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae08 08 74 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter09 07 21 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter10 09 58 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren11 04 02 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan12 02 02 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi13 10 22 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr14 11 36 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen15 NE 01 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen16 13 88 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish17 15 92 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift18 14 14 04 USB Fred Again..19 16 83 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams20 21 19 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran21 19 85 01 BRAT Charli XCX22 NE 01 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams23 22 24 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph24 20 57 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator25 18 45 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga26 58 16 26 OLDER Lizzy McAlpine27 24 22 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model28 RE 02 18 WHO IS THE SKY? David Byrne29 25 97 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande30 26 37 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token31 29 30 02 ADDISON Addison Rae32 27 22 05 HICKEY Royel Otis33 28 14 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala34 32 18 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley35 33 69 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone36 NE 01 36 THE DEMISE OF PLANET X Sleaford Mods37 31 58 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar38 23 08 23 THE CRUX Djo39 39 76 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris40 45 30 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny41 38 46 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber42 47 12 22 GETTING KILLED Geese43 35 28 02 SWAG Justin Bieber44 NE 01 44 EASING OUT OF CONTROL DZ Deathrays45 64 03 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress46 30 09 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande47 36 15 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender48 40 46 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake49 52 12 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi50 41 30 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll"Man I Need" is #1 for a 10th week. We arrive at the big question for the week, which is whether or not she can make it to 11 next week. I'll talk more on it next week but suffice to say, Harry Styles may have chosen a bad week to release his new single here. He had a highly impressive first day, the 8th highest Spotify count for any non-Christmas or Taylor Swift songs. He's receded considerably behind the pack in the days since, not helped by Australians being distracted by triple j's Hottest 100, Australia Day and the awful weather. As expected, Olivia Dean did come in at #1 for the Hottest 100 and that's gonna probably lock her for #1 this week, while possibly adding some curiosities to the chart next week. Given there are no Australian songs in the top 50, we could probably use the help. RAYE takes "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!" to #3 this week, which means she's hit this peak position 3 times now, with "Escapism." & "Prada" previously. "Lush Life" continues to not be on the chart so Bruno Mars scores a probably fake top 10 hit. "Beautiful Things" hits 105 weeks on the chart so I believe it will be ousted next week. I forgot to mention Sienna Spiro debuting last week, but now she's into the top 20. Also making that move though from a little further back is PinkPantheress with the remix of "Stateside". I must admit as a massive fan of the original version, I don't like this one anywhere near as much, and it couldn't even pull the song into the Hottest 100 so I have no use for this. We get to witness the funny experience of delayed gratification on the upper UTC parts of the world, because while Zach Bryan's "Plastic Cigarettes" peaked on week 1 in most places, here it actually had a slightly improved second week and gets to climb into the top 50. Always keep these stunted debuts in mind when you find yourself wondering why Australia's charts don't have as many new entries as others do.I don't know what it's like around the rest of the world but the boomers seem to love YUNGBLUD. The token 'I don't listen to new music very often, but this guy gets it' demographic that can be very lucrative for word of mouth. He's managed to belatedly hit #1 with his latest album, which gives him two career #1's to date, his self-titled album managing to debut there back in 2022. Madison Beer fares a little better than her boyfriend did this month and scores her highest charting album by far at #3, previously only getting as high as #36 and also crowning her as the definitive Madison of the album chart (Madison Avenue got to #4). Don't trust anyone who doesn't acknowledged the poorly timed streaming & radio peaks for "Make You Mine" when they mock it for never making the Hot 100, imagine paying dust to an absolute banger because of chart eccentricities. In a similar vein to RAYE, A$AP Rocky also meets his peak position for the 3rd time, as "AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP" and "TESTING" both peaked at #5. Rihanna's last album also peaked at #5 but it would be unfair to pretend that I'm not selling it short with that description. ENHYPEN score their first ever album chart entry with their latest EP that has a lot of tracks per minute. Robbie Williams arrives at a modest #22 while we wait for the physical versions to come through. An album whose physical versions did come through this week was Lizzy McAlpine's re-packaged "Older (and Wiser)" set, which means that after several near misses and hovering around below the chart for nearly 2 years at this point, she's finally gotten her first ever top 50 album. I'm starting to think "Staying" won't be the smash hit of 2026 but you've gotta hand it to a song that with little promotion is just casually getting about 700,000 streams a day on Spotify. A hit without the chart credentials. Sleaford Mods are helped by the new chart rules to score their highest ever peak, they'd only ever had one top 50 album before this. Lastly we have what I believe to be a serious muck up, as the latest album by Brisbane's DZ Deathrays enters at #44. For context, this is a band who usually debut in the top 10, and this week they have a big vinyl & catalogue re-entry for their previous album, "R.I.F.F.". I'm positive that ARIA have attributed all their vinyl sales to the wrong album. They probably should have made the top 30 if not top 20. Mind you, EsDeeKid's album has just been missing from both Australia and NZ's charts and nothing looks to be done about this. What's worse, a missing position or one that's just wrong? There's (dis)advantages to both.
February 2Feb 2 Author 02/02/2026Singles01 01 24 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 NE 01 02 APERTURE Harry Styles03 03 19 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye04 06 18 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean05 02 17 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift06 04 57 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo07 09 33 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe08 05 32 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna09 11 27 06 12 TO 12 sombr10 07 51 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren11 08 04 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems12 12 34 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean13 10 03 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars14 13 45 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr15 14 09 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.16 27 32 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax17 17 48 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae18 22 44 02 UNDRESSED sombr19 18 17 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean20 29 19 20 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean21 20 03 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson22 15 17 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift23 24 09 23 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley24 RE 17 24 DANCING2 Keli Holiday25 19 08 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro26 51 18 26 DRACULA Tame Impala27 23 29 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber28 25 94 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey29 26 89 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish30 28 18 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean31 21 11 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid32 35 53 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae33 30 67 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams34 33 59 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal35 36 18 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean36 32 76 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars37 37 35 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae38 34 11 15 CHANEL Tyla39 53 14 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae40 38 90 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen41 39 67 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars42 44 18 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae43 41 76 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez44 31 03 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs45 49 94 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan46 42 26 38 FOLDED Kehlani47 46 34 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter48 45 30 27 GABRIELA Katseye49 47 94 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter50 40 13 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico AceBubbling Under8 (14) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie9 (10) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb10 (9) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan11 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid12 (NE) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert13 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye14 (19) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I15 (RE) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike16 (15) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky17 (NE) SAY WHY Zach Bryan18 (11) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky19 (RE) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae20 (18) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. LitheAlbums01 NE 01 01 MEGADETH Megadeth02 02 18 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean03 NE 01 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson04 04 32 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack05 06 17 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift06 07 49 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae07 NE 01 07 EMPTY HANDS Poppy08 05 02 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky09 08 75 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter10 13 23 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr11 09 22 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter12 10 59 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren13 NE 01 13 IF YOU GO THERE, I HOPE YOU FIND IT The Paper Kites14 NE 01 14 REBEL EsDeeKid15 14 37 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen16 18 15 04 USB Fred Again..17 16 89 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish18 11 03 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan19 12 03 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi20 03 02 03 LOCKET Madison Beer21 19 84 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams22 34 19 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley23 17 93 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift24 20 20 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran25 62 31 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane26 21 86 01 BRAT Charli XCX27 23 25 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph28 25 46 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga29 33 15 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala30 15 02 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen31 27 23 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model32 32 23 05 HICKEY Royel Otis33 24 58 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator34 29 98 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande35 22 02 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams36 72 21 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp37 30 38 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token38 49 13 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi39 40 31 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny40 31 31 02 ADDISON Addison Rae41 47 16 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender42 35 70 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone43 38 09 23 THE CRUX Djo44 NE 01 44 COWBOY IS A STATE OF MIND Frecko45 37 59 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar46 01 12 01 IDOLS Yungblud47 39 77 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris48 45 04 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress49 43 29 02 SWAG Justin Bieber50 RE 51 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd"Man I Need" is #1 for an 11th week. Back in 2012, One Direction released their single "Live While We're Young", the lead single to their second album following the massive success of the first one. It did absolutely bonkers. I forget the exact figures, but at a time when the #1 single would tend to move about 20-30,000 units in a week, One Direction managed somewhere north of 60,000. The highest weekly digital sales figure ever, and an amount that's only been surpassed by a small handful of Australian Idol singles and "Candle In The Wind 1997". "Live While We're Young" did not hit #1. It debuted at #2 because its release coincided with an even bigger monster on the charts, PSY's "Gangnam Style", which on its biggest ever week, moved around 70,000 units. A frighteningly unlucky result for One Direction though they would get their #1 hit a few years later. Anyhow, I suspect Harry Styles was gearing up for a #1 debut and I think he probably could have done it under normal circumstances, but didn't account for triple j's Hottest 100 falling on the same week of his release. Having a large swathe of the country's music fans glued to another piece of news immediately after the release can't be good for promotion, and to make matters worse, the winning song that got the biggest boost from the whole thing was Olivia Dean's "Man I Need". It's been 13 years and Harry has learnt nothing. At least he's already got some #1 hits though. The best he can do is play grinch to some other contenders, as RAYE & Olivia Dean's other single would have otherwise scored new peaks this week. As for the rest, as much as I would love to do a full deep dive on the fascinating history behind Playlunch's novelty hit "Keith" which landed at #4 in the Hottest 100, it hasn't quite cracked the top 50. Instead our big arrival comes from the #2 finisher, Keli Holiday's "Dancing2". If you are unsure of who this is, it's a solo singing persona of Adam from Peking Duk. If you're unsure of who they are, they're an electro-pop duo who scored numerous hits in the mid to late 2010s. Their biggest hit "High" actually landed at #2 in triple j's Hottest 100 for 2014, so it's his second time in the runner up position. "Dancing2" could best be described as an electro pop ballad dedicated to Adam's girlfriend Abbie Chatfield. She's a fairly famous influencer who came to the nation's attention years back as a contestant on The Bachelor, who got given a villain edit that made her look pretty dumb from the outset, and I suspect a lot of people are still holding onto this manipulation. Over the past 4-5 months, I have witnessed the mother of all algorithmic boosted smear campaigns as a bunch of people who dislike one or two of these people have been screaming to the rooftops about how it's the worst song ever made and how the industry is trying so hard to make it a thing. Facebook's algorithm keeps feeding any Keli Holiday related posts to these people and they keep signal boosting it beyond belief, all the while convinced in their echo chamber that they're putting it in its place. Since Peking Duk actually performed at the AFLW Grand Final late last year, it even gets thrown in as an excuse for anyone who hates women's sports to be gratified by the association. It's the new Tones And I where the outrage is so hyperbolic it makes anyone who thinks their additional grenades to associate themselves with the crowd look idiotic for thinking they are doing themselves or the explosions any favours. I can't help but think these people have made the song into a bigger hit, and I've never learnt what new music these people think we should be listening to instead. Angry online mobs are always so disorganised. Anyway, the song is now a top 30 hit, so congrats to all of them, tell me more about how people in their early 20s are so ignorant because they aren't intimately familiar with an LCD Soundsystem song that came out when they were wearing diapers and wasn't a hit (because that's not what they do). Also the less interesting Tame Impala song that finished at #3 got a new peak this week. Addison Rae finished at #20 but her rebound feels so isolated that I'm not sure it's fully attributed to this. In other news, "Beautiful Things" has been pushed to pasture and the Bubbling Under chart is very big this week.It's a monumental week on the album chart as Megadeth claim their first ever #1 album. I haven't had the opportunity to check, but with it being over 40 years since their debut came out, we might be looking at the longest ever wait to score a #1 album in Australia. I can't really claim the same spiel about Louis Tomlinson as he's only at #3, but he did score a #2 album when he released within a month of Taylor Swift back in 2022 which is always a silly prospect. Poppy makes a big splash this week with her first ever top 50 album coming in at #7, while local streaming juggernauts The Paper Kites reverse their recent fortune and debut at #13, their second highest ever position. I won't choose to take credit for this but I mentioned last week that EsDeeKid's album was missing from the chart, it isn't anymore! The Kiwi charts do not seem to have gotten the memo though. Spacey Jane & Ocean Alley are two more big performers in the Hottest 100 who see noticeable rebounds on the chart.
February 7Feb 7 Songs added to radio this week:• Koe Wetzel – "Time Goes On" (Columbia)• Keenan Te – "Bones" (ACTS)• Myles Smith & Niall Horan – "Drive Safe" (Sony UK)• ISHAN – "Hearing You" (ISHAN)• Chanel Loren – "Growing Pains" (Sony AUS)• A.R.T – "Over Now" (IKON Music)• Megan Moroney – "Cloud 9" (Sony Music)• Calvin Harris & Kasabian – "Release the Pressure" (Sony UK)• Waylon Wyatt – "In Loving Melody" (Music Soup/Darkroom Records)• Dylan Wright – "Those Nights" (Sony AUS)Songs of the week:• sombr – "homewrecker" (WMG)• ZAYN – "Die For You" (UMG)• Mitski – "I'll Change For You" (Dead Oceans)• Olivia Coggan – "lend me your heart" (Olivia Coggan)• D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb – "Confession" (TMRW Music)https://www.aumreport.com/Singles-To-Radio!.html Edited February 7Feb 7 by Juan Carlos
February 10Feb 10 Author 09/02/2026Singles01 01 25 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 04 19 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean03 03 20 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye04 05 18 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift05 10 52 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren06 09 28 06 12 TO 12 sombr07 06 58 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo08 08 33 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna09 11 05 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems10 07 34 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe11 12 35 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean12 02 02 02 APERTURE Harry Styles13 13 04 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars14 14 46 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr15 NE 01 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan16 20 20 16 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean17 19 18 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean18 23 10 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley19 17 49 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae20 21 04 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson21 27 30 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber22 15 10 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.23 18 45 02 UNDRESSED sombr24 25 09 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro25 29 90 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish26 16 33 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax27 22 18 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift28 30 19 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean29 28 95 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey30 31 12 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid31 35 19 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean32 26 19 26 DRACULA Tame Impala33 32 54 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae34 47 35 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter35 33 68 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams36 42 19 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae37 36 77 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars38 40 91 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen39 37 36 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae40 43 77 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez41 44 04 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs42 34 60 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal43 41 68 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars44 45 95 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan45 52 62 01 MESSY Lola Young46 46 27 38 FOLDED Kehlani47 39 15 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae48 48 31 27 GABRIELA Katseye49 49 95 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter50 38 12 15 CHANEL TylaBubbling Under9 (9) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb10 (8) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie11 (10) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan12 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert13 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid14 (NE) ATM Don Toliver15 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike16 (13) INTERNET GIRL Katseye17 (16) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky18 (17) SAY WHY Zach Bryan19 (19) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae20 (RE) ANYTHING BUT LOVE Tate McRaeAlbums01 02 19 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 04 33 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack03 05 18 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift04 NE 01 04 OCTANE Don Toliver05 06 50 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae06 63 15 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen07 11 23 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter08 09 76 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter09 12 60 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren10 10 24 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr11 NE 01 11 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 5 Soundtrack12 22 20 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley13 14 02 13 REBEL EsDeeKid14 15 38 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen15 24 21 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran16 17 90 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish17 NE 01 17 WOUND UP Radium Dolls18 16 16 04 USB Fred Again..19 01 02 01 MEGADETH Megadeth20 39 32 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny21 08 03 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky22 18 04 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan23 19 04 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi24 21 85 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams25 23 94 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift26 26 87 01 BRAT Charli XCX27 36 22 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp28 03 02 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson29 31 24 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model30 28 47 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga31 20 03 03 LOCKET Madison Beer32 25 32 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane33 NE 01 33 GLIMMTERS CONTINUED Velvet Trip34 27 26 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph35 33 59 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator36 29 16 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala37 49 30 02 SWAG Justin Bieber38 32 24 05 HICKEY Royel Otis39 34 99 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande40 37 39 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token41 45 60 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar42 42 71 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone43 38 14 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi44 43 10 23 THE CRUX Djo45 48 05 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress46 40 32 02 ADDISON Addison Rae47 47 78 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris48 53 32 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll49 41 17 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender50 52 48 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake"Man I Need" is #1 for a 12th week. The international social media machine rears its head again as we're proven to care considerably more about the GRAMMYs than the ARIA Awards or really anything happening in our own country even though there's no shot as many people actually saw them. It's given Olivia Dean another monster jolt and we'll have to wait for not next week but the week after that to see if she's ready to settle up top. For now she's pretty unbothered at the top to the extent that her closest competition is her own song, "So Easy" now hitting #2 for the first time. 'Where the hell is RAYE's #2 peak?', we ask for another week. Otherwise it's a relatively quiet week with just a new entry for Noah Kahan. Once again he has an extremely Spotify heavy audience and I'm not sure if the rest of the market will respond. If Olivia Dean hadn't won a GRAMMY, it would have been possible that "Rein Me In" would have a stat line of 20 20 20 20 and I am very disappointed to have missed this. I call this the Mumford & Sons record because "Little Lion Man" did this at #16. #16 is where "Rein Me In" has climbed, so they've tried to emulate Mumford & Sons but done it incorrectly, for shame.Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] an 8th week now. We're gonna have to see how many first week buyers from 2013 come back for a new album in 2026 to see if she can be toppled next week. Bad Bunny is probably also close to outpacing her now but I suspect he's too far behind to make the ground. Don Toliver pulls up at #4, his first time in the top 10 after three top 20 albums. I'd say it's the effect of having a sort of viral hit of late but it feels wrong to pretend that "No Pole" is as popular (or good) as "No Idea" or "After Party". Lily Allen's physical release (and tour announcement) sends her back to #6 which is exactly where she peaked last year. The new Stranger Things soundtrack arrives at #11, just a little behind the #8 peak the last one managed. As is often the case, EsDeeKid's arbitrary chart allowance means that he scores a rare 2nd week new peak. Next we have a punk band from Brisbane who did get all of their sales counted, as Radium Dolls score their first ever chart entry. I'll also admit to never having knowingly listened to Sydney's Velvet Trip but they're also charting for the first time.
February 17Feb 17 Author 16/02/2026Singles01 01 26 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 20 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean03 05 53 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren04 75 04 04 DTMF Bad Bunny05 03 21 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye06 04 19 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift07 27 19 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift08 06 29 06 12 TO 12 sombr09 09 06 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems10 08 34 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna11 10 35 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe12 07 59 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo13 11 36 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean14 16 21 14 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean15 14 47 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr16 13 05 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars17 20 05 17 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson18 NE 01 18 HOMEWRECKER sombr19 17 19 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean20 12 03 02 APERTURE Harry Styles21 18 11 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley22 32 20 22 DRACULA Tame Impala23 21 31 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber24 19 50 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae25 NE 01 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny26 23 46 02 UNDRESSED sombr27 15 02 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan28 24 10 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro29 34 36 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter30 28 20 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean31 25 91 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish32 22 11 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.33 26 34 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax34 NE 01 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny35 29 96 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey36 44 96 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan37 58 26 13 YUKON Justin Bieber38 31 20 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean39 37 78 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars40 30 13 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid41 35 69 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams42 33 55 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae43 36 20 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae44 40 78 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez45 39 37 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae46 38 92 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen47 47 16 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae48 42 61 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal49 48 32 27 GABRIELA Katseye50 49 96 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina CarpenterBubbling Under7 (7) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs8 (8) CHANEL Tyla*9 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert10 (10) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie*11 (NE) TWO SIX J. Cole*12 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike13 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid14 (11) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan*15 (NE) ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay*16 (NE) SAFETY J. Cole*17 (NE) POOR THANG J. Cole18 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye19 (14) ATM Don Toliver*20 (18) SAY WHY Zach BryanAlbums01 NE 01 01 IN VERSES Karnivool02 01 20 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean03 NE 01 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji04 20 33 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny05 03 19 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift06 02 34 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack07 NE 01 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole08 05 51 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae09 09 61 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren10 07 24 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter11 08 77 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter12 10 25 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr13 04 02 04 OCTANE Don Toliver14 13 03 13 REBEL EsDeeKid15 14 39 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen16 16 91 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish17 29 25 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model18 15 22 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran19 44 11 19 THE CRUX Djo20 68 15 20 GETTING KILLED Geese21 24 86 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams22 18 17 04 USB Fred Again..23 25 95 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift24 77 13 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson25 26 88 01 BRAT Charli XCX26 22 05 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan27 06 16 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen28 23 05 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi29 21 04 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky30 30 48 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga31 45 06 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress32 34 27 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph33 37 31 02 SWAG Justin Bieber34 35 60 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator35 NE 01 35 NORMAL ISN'T Puscifer36 12 21 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley37 NE 01 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd38 39 100 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande39 NE 01 39 MENTALIZED Skeleten40 19 03 01 MEGADETH Megadeth41 31 04 03 LOCKET Madison Beer42 41 61 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar43 32 33 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane44 40 40 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token45 NE 01 45 RACER Blusher46 51 04 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen47 36 17 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala48 42 72 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone49 47 79 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris50 38 25 05 HICKEY Royel Otis"Man I Need" is #1 for a 13th week. For the most part, this is not a novelty chart where we create fake #1 hits because we were sick of the old ones. Of course, "Man I Need" gained an extra week at #1 because of the Christmas shenanigans, but otherwise, we're in for the long haul. We see no halt in momentum, we see no contenders on the horizon, we embrace our Gold FM future. Showing the power of social media and TikTok in the 2020s, an event that I can't imagine a significant portion of young Australians actually watched (look I watched it, but I don't think I count) has resulted in a massive boon for Bad Bunny, scoring both his first solo top 50 entries, and his highest ever entry as "DtMF" leads the pack at #4. It previously came close to entering the top 50 a year ago. I'm going to also point out that "Titi Me Pregunto" was not included on the On Replay chart last week, so I'm not sure whether to expect it on the chart next week even though it passes all the requirements. At the same time, "Opalite" rushes back into the top 10 thanks to the video release. As far as I can tell, it's had no physical sales added to it, so we'll see if Australia is also subject to chicanery in the coming weeks, but they'd have to sell a ludicrous number of them over here to pull off the great steal. This is my way of saying that you should be incredibly suspicious if it becomes a #1 single in the future, returning to #2 probably wouldn't require suspension of disbelief. sombr debuts in the top 20 and is making fast moves to ruin the peak of the also still trying to climb "12 to 12". The JENNIE remix of "Dracula" also aids that to a slightly improved new peak. If it matters to you, it's still not outpeaking "The Less I Know The Better".I've decided to add a new contextualising feature for the Bubbling Under chart, an asterisk to indicate songs that haven't actually reached the top 50 before. There's probably a better way to present it but that's just what I came up with on the moment, as something that transfers easily from my Notepad file to here. Hopefully I just haven't forgotten which songs made the top 50 and which ones didn't. It's also an alarmingly big listing this week, with only 6 'new' singles in the top 50 this week. "Raindance" is one of those too which will be removed next week I believe. Perhaps Luke Combs or Bella Kay can swing the dial the other way though.On the album chart, Karnivool score their second #1 album to date. I've been writing these entries here since around the start of 2015, which means there's been no need for me to ever mention Karnivool. Their last album was released in 2013, and it also scored them their first #1 (previously they debuted at #2 releasing on the same week as The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D."). Karnivool are a progressive metal band from Perth who are often compared to Tool, and that was before they both decided to take 13 years to release a new album. They have added notoriety because their lead singer Ian Kenny also fronts the Perth alt rock band Birds of Tokyo who achieved significant mainstream success in the 2010s including multi-platinum singles (one of which got to #3 on the charts) and also have two #1 singles. I've been pretty obsessed with both bands since I was in high school (and I didn't even live in Western Australia). When I had to make an IT project developing an info-portal about dinosaurs, I took it upon myself to include a hidden easter egg game where your mouse cursor gets chased by a dinosaur while the opening riff to Karnivool's cover of Gotye's "The Only Way" plays in the background. Probably one of the greatest things I ever did. I've since seen both bands live and I heartily recommend Karnivool to anyone who wants to hear incredibly delicately composed rock music that can be both intense and beautiful. The new album's got my tick of approval for sure. Also going on this week, Joji's new album enters at #3, just like his last one did, though the one before that went to #1. Once again he's performing better in Australia than elsewhere, so ARIA labelling him as an Australian artist must have some sort of sway in the public consciousness. Bad Bunny also climbs to a new peak of #4 on the album chart, just not from quite as steep a starting point. J. Cole enters at #7 which might feel fittingly like a fall-off, but in truth despite feeling like he's been unstoppably popular for ages, he's only ever had one #1 album in Australia, constantly at odds with his tendency to release at inopportune times for this market. ROLE MODEL climbs into the top 20 this week, which coincides with his Laneway appearance, and it looks like it'll be accompanied by his first top 50 single next week. Also benefitting from Laneway is Geese, who climb into the top 20 for the first time. PinkPantheress was also another draw card here, while Chappell Roan was headlining but doesn't have a new enough album to show for it. Djo was actually at Laneway last year, and just benefits from a physical release of his deluxe edition. I mentioned Tool earlier and funnily enough, we have the return of the Maynard side-project Puscifer, scoring their first top 50 entry since 2007, back when the only song of theirs I know was on the radio, can I get a hell yeah? I also want to highlight the new entry for Melbourne band Blusher, because it strangely bears the name of their prior EP, on the same week they released a similarly named album actually called "rager". I've got no idea.
February 18Feb 18 Songs added to radio this week:• Luke Combs – "Be By You" (Columbia Nashville)• Erin LeCount – "Don't You See Me Trying" (Gold As Gold)• Ella Langley – "Be Her" (Sony UK)• Laura Hill – "Boulevard" (MGM)• Meghan Trainor – "Get In Girl" (Epic)• Morgan Evans – "Steel Town" (Virgin Music Group)• Jelly Roll – "Thorns" (UMG)• Baby Rose & Leon Thomas – "Friends Again" (Secretly Canadian)• John Summit & LAVINA – "SHADOWS" (Virgin Music Group)• Frost Children & Ninajirachi – "Sisters" (Virgin Music Group)Songs of the week:• Charli xcx – "Alway Everywhere" (WMG)• Six60 – "Endlessly" (UMG)• Danny L Harle & Dua Lipa – "I'll Change For You" (XL Recordings)• MUNA – "Dancing on the Wall" (Saddest Factory)• Max Jackson – "Red Dirt ROCKNROLL" (ABC Country)https://www.aumreport.com/Singles-To-Radio!.html
February 20Feb 20 Author On 18/02/2026 at 10:32, Juan Carlos said:Songs added to radio this week:• Luke Combs – "Be By You" (Columbia Nashville)• Erin LeCount – "Don't You See Me Trying" (Gold As Gold)• Ella Langley – "Be Her" (Sony UK)• Laura Hill – "Boulevard" (MGM)• Meghan Trainor – "Get In Girl" (Epic)• Morgan Evans – "Steel Town" (Virgin Music Group)• Jelly Roll – "Thorns" (UMG)• Baby Rose & Leon Thomas – "Friends Again" (Secretly Canadian)• John Summit & LAVINA – "SHADOWS" (Virgin Music Group)• Frost Children & Ninajirachi – "Sisters" (Virgin Music Group)Songs of the week:• Charli xcx – "Alway Everywhere" (WMG)• Six60 – "Endlessly" (UMG)• Danny L Harle & Dua Lipa – "I'll Change For You" (XL Recordings)• MUNA – "Dancing on the Wall" (Saddest Factory)• Max Jackson – "Red Dirt ROCKNROLL" (ABC Country)https://www.aumreport.com/Singles-To-Radio!.htmlJust a heads up because I'm not 100% sure where he gets it from, but that particular website shouldn't necessarily be trusted as a source. Since at least around 2009, they've had their own 'Hot 100' airplay chart that copies the publicly available top 40, but is some mixture of guesswork & fan fiction below that. Just this week on the real chart, Guy Sebastian's new song popped in at #32 from just outside of the top 40, but he obviously missed it because it's a top 100 debut on the Hot 100. I've spoken to the guy who runs the website before and he's very strange and/or deluded.
February 20Feb 20 2 hours ago, Dircadirca said:Just a heads up because I'm not 100% sure where he gets it from, but that particular website shouldn't necessarily be trusted as a source. Thank you for the information. I was also thinking it was a little bit bizarre where they do get all of this, but if it's taken into consideration what you mentioned (especially the Guy Sebastian example), the best is to stop posting about it until there's a concrete and valid information as a source to contrast what they say.
February 20Feb 20 Author I'm guessing they either get it from another website, or just take a crack at it from looking at new releases. I feel like I've seen stats like it in the past, actually Rush runs several last fm accounts for some Australian radio stations so there'd be ways to scan it from there.
February 25Feb 25 Author 23/02/2026Singles01 01 27 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 21 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean03 03 54 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren04 05 22 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye05 07 20 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift06 14 22 06 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean07 06 20 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift08 18 02 08 HOMEWRECKER sombr09 09 07 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems10 04 05 04 DTMF Bad Bunny11 08 30 06 12 TO 12 sombr12 10 35 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna13 11 36 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe14 13 37 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean15 12 60 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo16 15 48 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr17 17 06 17 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson18 16 06 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars19 19 20 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean20 21 12 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley21 24 51 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae22 28 11 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro23 22 21 22 DRACULA Tame Impala24 23 32 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber25 26 47 02 UNDRESSED sombr26 25 02 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny27 20 04 02 APERTURE Harry Styles28 30 21 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean29 31 92 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish30 27 03 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan31 33 35 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax32 32 12 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.33 NE 01 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs34 29 37 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter35 35 97 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey36 36 97 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan37 39 79 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars38 38 21 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean39 52 06 39 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson40 41 70 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams41 34 02 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny42 NE 01 42 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay43 40 14 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid44 44 79 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez45 54 14 45 SALLY, WHEN THE WINE RUNS OUT Role Model46 43 21 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae47 75 37 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran48 42 56 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae49 57 17 49 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean50 37 27 13 YUKON Justin BieberBubbling Under8 (7) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs*9 (NE) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX*10 (12) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike11 (10) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie*12 (9) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert13 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid14 (14) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan*15 (NE) BE HER Ella Langley*16 (11) TWO SIX J. Cole*17 (NE) ICEMAN FREESTYLE Central Cee*18 (NE) ALWAYS EVERYWHERE Charli XCX19 (18) INTERNET GIRL Katseye*20 (NE) RAIN FISHERAlbums01 02 21 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 18 23 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran03 NE 01 03 CAPITAL FICTION Keli Holiday04 NE 01 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX05 04 34 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny06 06 35 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack07 05 20 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift08 08 52 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae09 01 02 01 IN VERSES Karnivool10 10 25 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter11 12 26 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr12 09 62 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren13 11 78 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter14 NE 01 14 TENSION TOUR//LIVE 2025 Kylie Minogue15 13 03 04 OCTANE Don Toliver16 14 04 13 REBEL EsDeeKid17 07 02 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole18 15 40 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen19 NE 01 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz20 16 92 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish21 17 26 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model22 22 18 04 USB Fred Again..23 03 02 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji24 21 87 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams25 23 96 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift26 25 89 01 BRAT Charli XCX27 NE 01 27 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW Six6028 57 34 01 VIRGIN Lorde29 20 16 20 GETTING KILLED Geese30 26 06 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan31 30 49 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga32 28 06 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi33 62 16 16 BELOVED Giveon34 29 05 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky35 24 14 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson36 32 28 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph37 31 07 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress38 34 61 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator39 38 101 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande40 27 17 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen41 36 22 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley42 33 32 02 SWAG Justin Bieber43 44 41 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token44 37 02 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd45 42 62 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar46 47 18 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala47 50 26 05 HICKEY Royel Otis48 43 34 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane49 80 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris50 NE 01 50 THE TERRORS OF COMFORT Kisschasy"Man I Need" is #1 for a 14th week. I'll be honest I'm not paying a whole lot of attention at the moment because I'm just waiting for anything new to happen. The problem with anticipating an uprising is that all we're getting is more Olivia Dean parking behind Olivia Dean. "Rein Me In" is now a top 10 hit and may move into the top 3 next week to absolutely reinforce it. sombr also moves fast to score a 4th top 10 hit and should climb again. There's a climb for "Opalite" that suggests to me that the physical singles came in, as the song dropped quite a bit on streaming. We've got new entries from Luke Combs & Bella Kay like I predicted last week. Ed Sheeran also returns with "Sapphire" as he's been playing stadiums lately. Speaking of playing stadiums, we're seeing more confirmation that the new rules are just heightening the range for the rules to not work. I suspect Bad Bunny had a top 30 hit on his hands with "Titi Me Pregunto", a song that's never charted before in Australia, but it hasn't had the seal of approval, I assume whoever's watching this just lost it in a sea of other Bad Bunny songs. It makes for an awful loss of a fun chart stat, as "I've Seen It" re-enters at #49, instead of #50, which would have been the 3rd time it peaked at #50. We've also got very belated arrivals for Zara Larsson & ROLE MODEL. There was a photo going around online at Laneway where ROLE MODEL had The Wiggles doing the role of Sally during the performance, and the photo was taken ~50 metres away at the Geese show. Just unbelievable proximity of these artists.Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] an 9th week now. Ed Sheeran has a big bounce back to #2 from his tour, moving ahead of a new arrival for Keli Holiday. Since Peking Duk have never released an album (though I'm not sure how high they would've charted), this is the highest he's ever charted. The great thing is that unlike last time I spoke about him, my blog post ranting about the discourse is now live (you have to scroll down to #337). The Charli XCX film soundtrack (not to be confused with the Charli XCX film) arrives at #4. Kylie Minogue has yet another live album on the chart, it's a little lower than her last one from when she was touring "Golden" (not that one). I remember I was out at the footy when she was playing in Perth because there was an Indigenous All-Stars game on, the dichotomy of Australian culture. Brent Faiyaz debuts in the top 20 for the second time. The ultimate moment of Aotearoa culture arrives in the middle of the chart as Six60's new album lands next to a boosted Lorde album. Six60 have had a top 10 album before in Australia oddly enough, though I've not really seen them get much attention here ever outside of one minor hit with DRAX Project. Another essential Australian band of the mid-2000s arrives with a long awaited new album, just on the complete opposite side of the chart this time. I suppose Kisschasy weren't exactly a big album band, but they had the hits. The biggest of which is "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night" which is so 2007 that it debuted in the top 10 ahead of a Fall Out Boy song with a shorter title. This is their first new album in 17 years, basically half my life ago.
March 4Mar 4 Author 02/03/2026Singles01 01 28 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 06 23 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean03 02 22 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean04 03 55 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren05 04 23 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye06 08 03 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr07 07 21 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift08 09 08 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems09 11 31 06 12 TO 12 sombr10 12 36 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna11 17 07 11 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson12 14 38 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean13 13 37 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe14 18 07 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars15 16 49 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr16 10 06 04 DTMF Bad Bunny17 05 21 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift18 20 13 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley19 19 21 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean20 42 02 20 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay21 23 22 21 DRACULA Tame Impala22 21 52 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae23 22 12 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro24 25 48 02 UNDRESSED sombr25 28 22 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean26 24 33 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber27 RE 23 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab28 32 13 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.29 31 36 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax30 30 04 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan31 34 38 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter32 35 98 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey33 29 93 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish34 33 02 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs35 43 15 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid36 51 94 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen37 27 05 02 APERTURE Harry Styles38 39 07 38 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson39 40 71 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams40 38 22 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean41 49 18 41 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean42 47 38 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran43 37 80 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars44 53 39 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae45 44 80 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez46 26 03 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny47 65 04 47 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike48 46 22 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae49 48 57 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae50 36 98 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell RoanBubbling Under*9 (9) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX10 (NE) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots11 (8) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs12 (11) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie*13 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert*14 (15) BE HER Ella Langley15 (14) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan*16 (NE) WHITE FEATHER HAWK TAIL DEER HUNTER Lana Del Rey*17 (18) ALWAYS EVERYWHERE Charli XCX*18 (NE) GOOD FLIRTS Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd*19 (16) TWO SIX J. Cole*20 (20) RAIN FISHERAlbums01 NE 01 01 LUCK... OR SOMETHING Hilary Duff02 01 22 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean03 NE 01 03 ROCKHAMPTON HANGOVER Tom Busby04 06 36 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack05 NE 01 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons06 NE 01 06 IT'S MY PARTY Meg Mac07 07 21 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift08 08 53 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae09 02 24 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran10 05 35 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny11 12 63 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren12 11 27 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr13 NE 01 13 CA$INO Baby Keem14 13 79 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter15 10 26 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter16 28 35 01 VIRGIN Lorde17 16 05 13 REBEL EsDeeKid18 04 02 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX19 15 04 04 OCTANE Don Toliver20 NE 01 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney21 18 41 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen22 19 02 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz23 41 23 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley24 20 93 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish25 17 03 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole26 NE 01 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley27 24 88 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams28 34 06 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky29 26 90 01 BRAT Charli XCX30 25 97 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift31 21 27 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model32 98 16 01 IDOLS Yungblud33 35 15 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson34 57 17 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi35 NE 01 35 I GUESS IT WAS NOWHERE Above, Below36 09 03 01 IN VERSES Karnivool37 46 19 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala38 23 03 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji39 37 08 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress40 31 50 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga41 30 07 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan42 39 102 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande43 36 29 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph44 32 07 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi45 38 62 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator46 NE 01 46 GOODBYE (IF YOU CALL THAT GONE) MAY-A47 43 42 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token48 29 17 20 GETTING KILLED Geese49 51 74 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone50 49 31 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris"Man I Need" is #1 for a 15th week. Once again, do not expect anything to change because the lead is enormous and only being remotely threatened by other Olivia Dean songs that are not gonna have the sauce to dethrone the king. "Rein Me In" has managed to sneak a week at #2 now. There's a fast rise for the version of "Stateside" I do not enjoy as much as the original, but it's probably just fighting to be another #2 hit. sombr climbs again so now he has 4 top 50 hits that have all peaked between #2 & #6, very efficient. Bella Kay is rising fast and may reach the top 10 next week. The big event of the week is the On Replay chart activating the sub rule, despite that rule being abolished for this upcoming footy season. I was led to believe that old charting entries get a 10 week grace period, but Djo's "End of Beginning" is gone after 8 weeks. This happens on the very same week we get a new one, as Milky returned to the top 50 with "Just The Way You Are", thanks to the Mallgrab remix which is helping it back up. This is actually a new peak for the song, which despite a decently lengthy run, only got as high as #47 back in 2002. Dominic Fike also belatedly enters the top 50 with "White Keys", a song that was already voted into triple j's Hottest 100 months ago.Hilary Duff scores her first ever #1 album this week. I'm admittedly a little out of my depth on this one as despite growing up with her being a very recognisable figure on TV, most of her music career is a bit of a blind spot to me, suppose I'll have to do some research in the future. She's previously had three top 10 hits, getting as high as #3. I have roughly similar experience with Tom Busby, of Busby Marou fame. They're a duo that had one somewhat popular song on the radio 15 years ago but have largely diverted from that system and had a massive career since, including a #1 album in 2017. This is Tom's first solo album, and he's taking names on the folk circuit by debuting ahead of Mumford & Sons. This is a slight reverse of fortunes for them as they've managed to improve on their last album which gave them their lowest ever debut at #7. Next we've got Meg Mac entering the top 10 for the 4th time, though her last album entered at #1. We once again must consider the way the rules have changed because Baby Keem does improve on his only other top 50 appearance by 8 spots at #13, but he probably would've had a top 20 album back in 2021 under the new system too. Megan Moroney charts for the first time here at #20, and sir a second Elvis soundtrack has hit the chart. We've got back to back from the Australian metal scene as Above, Below get their first ever entry and they're just ahead of Karnivool, while the great timing of this post is that a MAY-A song just popped up on my shuffle playlist as I'm typing this up. Her first album sneaks her into the top 50, getting us to a pretty solid 10 Australian entries in the top 50 this week.
March 11Mar 11 Author 09/03/2026Singles01 01 29 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 24 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean03 11 08 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson04 03 23 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean05 04 56 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren06 05 24 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye07 20 03 07 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay08 14 08 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars09 06 04 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr10 08 09 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems11 07 22 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift12 09 32 06 12 TO 12 sombr13 NE 01 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars14 10 37 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna15 13 38 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe16 12 39 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean17 21 23 17 DRACULA Tame Impala18 16 07 04 DTMF Bad Bunny19 15 50 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr20 NE 01 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren21 18 14 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley22 17 22 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift23 19 22 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean24 22 53 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae25 23 13 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro26 24 49 02 UNDRESSED sombr27 27 24 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab28 47 05 28 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike29 25 23 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean30 NE 01 30 DEADLINE BlackPink31 26 34 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber32 32 99 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey33 33 94 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish34 46 04 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny35 28 14 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.36 29 37 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax37 31 39 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter38 37 06 02 APERTURE Harry Styles39 39 72 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams40 43 81 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars41 38 08 38 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson42 34 03 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs43 36 95 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen44 30 05 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan45 45 81 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez46 44 40 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae47 35 16 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid48 40 23 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean49 73 04 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny50 49 58 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRaeBubbling Under*12 (9) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX13 (11) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs*14 (13) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert15 (NE) CHA CHA CHA Bruno Mars16 (10) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots*17 (14) BE HER Ella Langley18 (15) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan*19 (RE) SAY WHY Zach Bryan*20 (20) RAIN FISHERAlbums01 02 23 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean02 NE 01 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars03 NE 01 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski04 NE 01 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz05 10 36 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny06 39 09 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress07 04 37 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack08 09 25 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran09 08 54 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae10 07 22 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift11 11 64 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren12 14 80 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter13 12 28 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr14 15 27 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter15 19 05 04 OCTANE Don Toliver16 17 06 13 REBEL EsDeeKid17 NE 01 17 LOVESICK SENTIMENTAL Pacific Avenue18 21 42 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen19 01 02 01 LUCK... OR SOMETHING Hilary Duff20 24 94 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish21 18 03 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX22 13 02 13 CA$INO Baby Keem23 05 02 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons24 29 91 01 BRAT Charli XCX25 27 89 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams26 30 98 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift27 25 04 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole28 NE 01 28 THE WARNING Telenova29 NE 01 29 THE GREAT SATAN Rob Zombie30 41 08 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan31 37 20 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala32 65 31 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods33 31 28 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model34 26 02 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley35 20 02 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney36 38 04 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji37 40 51 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga38 22 03 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz39 42 103 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande40 43 30 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph41 28 07 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky42 36 04 01 IN VERSES Karnivool43 45 63 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator44 66 37 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park45 47 43 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token46 23 24 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley47 44 08 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi48 NE 01 48 REDD KROSS/HARD-ONS Redd Kross, Hard-Ons49 50 32 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris50 52 07 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd"Man I Need" is #1 for a 16th week. Spotify is a few days behind but it doesn't take Quasimodo to predict that 7 more days won't change things here. The remix of "Stateside" has vaulted into the top 10 up to #3. This matches "Never Forget You" as Zara Larsson's highest ever charting single. Also vaulting into the top 10 is Bella Kay, while Bruno Mars returns and scores a new peak with "I Just Might". He's also got another not quite top 10 debut in "Risk It All" but I don't think this will add to the tally of second week top 10 hits. Once again, a new Alex Warren single arrives that is unable to match up to "Ordinary", which has been doing some prime trolling if you only look at Spotify charts, where it's struggling to hang around in the top 20, but is apparently the most popular song on YouTube still. Possibly thanks to the tour announcement, "Dracula" climbs to a new peak of #17, matching the 2020 peak of "The Less I Know The Better". Another K-Pop EP has hit the charts, this time it's BLACKPINK. The EP's big single "JUMP" got to #12 last year.Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] a 10th week now. She holds off numerous arrivals. The first of which is Bruno Mars, who despite very strong long term performance usually, has only had the one #1 album with "Unorthodox Jukebox". There's no need to get mad as **** for Mitski this week as she has a new highest ever chart position in Australia with her new album entering at #3. Actually I want to say this is her highest peak in any country, but the streaming cope Scotland charts still get made for some reason. Gorillaz have been making the top 5 with every album since "Demon Days", with just "Plastic Beach" getting to #1. PinkPantheress sees a new top 10 peak thanks to a vinyl release. Pacific Avenue take their second album into the top 20, a far cry from when they got to #3. If you want to check out a more interesting local band, Telenova are making the top 30 again with their second album, just a little bit down from the first one.
March 12Mar 12 So happy for 'Dracula', and I forgot all about TLIKTB charting that high in 2020 (thanks, Triple J impact!).(FYI you still have a #20 peak for 'iloveitiloveitiloveit')
March 14Mar 14 I'm honestly surprised at how well Man I need is doing. I do really love the song so I'm not going to say something cliched like "does it deserve that many weeks at no1". It's fabulous and that's all that counts. I wonder if Sam/Olivia duet will ever get to no1.
March 18Mar 18 Author 16/03/2026Singles01 01 30 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean02 02 25 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean03 NE 01 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles04 07 04 04 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay05 03 09 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson06 04 24 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean07 05 57 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren08 06 25 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye09 12 33 06 12 TO 12 sombr10 38 07 02 APERTURE Harry Styles11 10 10 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems12 NE 01 12 TASTE BACK Harry Styles13 NE 01 13 READY, STEADY, GO! Harry Styles14 11 23 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift15 17 24 15 DRACULA Tame Impala16 13 02 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars17 08 09 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars18 15 39 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe19 14 38 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna20 09 05 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr21 NE 01 21 COMING UP ROSES Harry Styles22 NE 01 22 ARE YOU LISTENING YET? Harry Styles23 16 40 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean24 NE 01 24 POP Harry Styles25 19 51 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr26 21 15 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley27 NE 01 27 THE WAITING GAME Harry Styles28 NE 01 28 SEASON 2 WEIGHT LOSS Harry Styles29 NE 01 29 DANCE NO MORE Harry Styles30 28 06 28 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike31 NE 01 31 CARLA'S SONG Harry Styles32 24 54 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae33 22 23 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift34 23 23 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean35 20 02 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren36 25 14 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro37 18 08 04 DTMF Bad Bunny38 NE 01 38 PAINT BY NUMBERS Harry Styles39 26 50 02 UNDRESSED sombr40 27 25 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab41 29 24 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean42 32 100 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey43 33 95 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish44 31 35 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber45 36 38 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax46 35 15 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN.47 37 40 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter48 39 73 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams49 45 82 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez50 46 41 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRaeBubbling Under10 (10) BE BY YOU Luke Combs11 (11) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan12 (13) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs*13 (NE) STEADY Bella Kay*14 (14) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert15 (18) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan16 (7) DEADLINE BlackPink*17 (17) BE HER Ella Langley*18 (NE) GOD WAS SHOWING OFF Bruno Mars*19 (NE) ADDICTED TO BASS Dom Dolla, Puretone*20 (16) DRAG PATH Twenty One PilotsAlbums01 NE 01 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles02 01 24 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean03 02 02 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars04 44 38 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park05 07 38 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack06 09 55 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae07 11 65 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren08 05 37 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny09 10 23 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift10 13 29 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr11 12 81 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter12 04 02 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz13 15 06 04 OCTANE Don Toliver14 14 28 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter15 16 07 13 REBEL EsDeeKid16 18 43 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen17 08 26 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran18 NE 01 18 HELP(2) Various Artists19 20 95 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish20 NE 01 20 ALBINI SESSIONS (BENEFIT FOR LETTERS CHARITY) Fugazi21 32 32 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods22 24 92 01 BRAT Charli XCX23 25 90 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams24 21 04 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX25 06 10 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress26 26 99 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift27 23 03 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons28 46 25 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley29 82 29 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey30 22 03 13 CA$INO Baby Keem31 NE 01 31 ANYWHERE BUT HERE Bully Hay32 03 02 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski33 33 29 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model34 27 05 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole35 NE 01 35 BEAUTIFUL MACHINE Sam Buckingham36 30 09 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan37 39 104 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande38 40 31 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph39 37 52 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga40 31 21 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala41 36 05 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji42 49 33 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris43 35 03 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney44 72 15 19 THE CRUX Djo45 45 44 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token46 43 64 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator47 34 03 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley48 50 08 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd49 55 65 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar50 41 08 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky"Man I Need" is #1 for a 17th week. It's also up to 30 weeks on the chart so this muckery won't go on much longer. In all seriousness though, the challenge has finally arrived. Bella Kay has unseated her on the Spotify chart, the first major domino to fall usually. She'll be hoping to get to #2 on this week's chart, and then if momentum continues like this, it's not out the question that we'll get our first new #1 of the year. In 2022, Harry Styles commanded 8 songs in the top 10 when his album came out. This time around he just narrowly manages 2 out of 10. This feels like a bit of a slump, and to be fair it is, but it's interesting to look back at that particular time in 2022, where sales figures weren't especially impressive. If "American Girls" had done as much as "Late Night Talking" did on debut, it still wouldn't have been #1, for instance. Harry Styles is doing what he can to slightly obfuscate the fact that we might genuinely get an Australian song in the top 10 next week. The global algorithm or something has latched onto the JENNIE remix of "Dracula", and by my maths, it's sitting at #7 combined on Spotify right now. The top end is being made weaker also by the fact that we possibly have 3 simultaneous top 20 hits omitted currently. "End of Beginning" has done its time, "Lush Life" has done nothing, but now Dominic Fike's "Babydoll", a song that charted below the top 50 years ago has now asserted itself. I don't know if anyone would disagree with ARIA bending the rules on this one because at the moment we're actually losing a unique top 50 hit through the new rules, and given the lay of the land right now, not even gaining anything to compensate it.Harry Styles scores his 4th #1 album this week, which means he's had as many solo #1's as he had with One Direction. Linkin Park's current Australian tour vaults them back into the top 5, while Laufey's future tour sends her back up. We've got two charity albums nearly next to each other in the top 20 this week, as the HELP(2) set enters at #18 and Fugazi are new at #20. This is the first time Fugazi have ever charted in Australia. A name that's new to me is Tasmanian singer Bully Hay who charts for the first time this week, same goes for Sam Buckingham from Byron Bay.
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