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16/02/2026 Singles 01 01 26 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 20 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 03 05 53 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 75 04 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 05 03 21 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 06 04 19 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 07 27 19 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 08 06 29 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 09 06 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 08 34 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 11 10 35 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 12 07 59 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 13 11 36 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 14 16 21 14 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 15 14 47 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 16 13 05 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 17 20 05 17 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 18 NE 01 18 HOMEWRECKER sombr 19 17 19 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 12 03 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 21 18 11 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 22 32 20 22 DRACULA Tame Impala 23 21 31 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 24 19 50 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 NE 01 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny 26 23 46 02 UNDRESSED sombr 27 15 02 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 28 24 10 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 29 34 36 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 30 28 20 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 31 25 91 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 22 11 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 33 26 34 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 34 NE 01 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny 35 29 96 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 36 44 96 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 37 58 26 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 38 31 20 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 39 37 78 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 40 30 13 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 41 35 69 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 42 33 55 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 43 36 20 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 44 40 78 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 45 39 37 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 46 38 92 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 47 47 16 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 48 42 61 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 49 48 32 27 GABRIELA Katseye 50 49 96 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter Bubbling Under 7 (7) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 8 (8) CHANEL Tyla *9 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 10 (10) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie *11 (NE) TWO SIX J. Cole *12 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 13 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (11) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *15 (NE) ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay *16 (NE) SAFETY J. Cole *17 (NE) POOR THANG J. Cole 18 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 19 (14) ATM Don Toliver *20 (18) SAY WHY Zach Bryan Albums 01 NE 01 01 IN VERSES Karnivool 02 01 20 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 04 20 33 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 05 03 19 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 02 34 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 07 NE 01 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 08 05 51 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 09 61 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 07 24 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 11 08 77 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 10 25 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 04 02 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 14 13 03 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 15 14 39 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 16 91 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 29 25 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 18 15 22 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 19 44 11 19 THE CRUX Djo 20 68 15 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 21 24 86 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 18 17 04 USB Fred Again.. 23 25 95 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 77 13 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson 25 26 88 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 22 05 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 27 06 16 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 28 23 05 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 29 21 04 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 30 30 48 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 31 45 06 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 32 34 27 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 33 37 31 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 34 35 60 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 35 NE 01 35 NORMAL ISN'T Puscifer 36 12 21 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 37 NE 01 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 38 39 100 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 39 NE 01 39 MENTALIZED Skeleten 40 19 03 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 41 31 04 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 42 41 61 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 43 32 33 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 44 40 40 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 45 NE 01 45 RACER Blusher 46 51 04 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 47 36 17 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 48 42 72 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 49 47 79 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 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.

09/02/2026 Singles 01 01 25 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 04 19 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 03 03 20 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 05 18 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 05 10 52 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 09 28 06 12 TO 12 sombr 07 06 58 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 08 08 33 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 09 11 05 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 07 34 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 11 12 35 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 12 02 02 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 13 13 04 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 14 14 46 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 15 NE 01 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 16 20 20 16 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 17 19 18 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 18 23 10 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 19 17 49 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 21 04 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 21 27 30 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 22 15 10 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 23 18 45 02 UNDRESSED sombr 24 25 09 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 25 29 90 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 26 16 33 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 27 22 18 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 28 30 19 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 29 28 95 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 30 31 12 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 31 35 19 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 32 26 19 26 DRACULA Tame Impala 33 32 54 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 34 47 35 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 35 33 68 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 36 42 19 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 37 36 77 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 38 40 91 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 37 36 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 40 43 77 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 41 44 04 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 42 34 60 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 43 41 68 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 44 45 95 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 45 52 62 01 MESSY Lola Young 46 46 27 38 FOLDED Kehlani 47 39 15 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 48 48 31 27 GABRIELA Katseye 49 49 95 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 50 38 12 15 CHANEL Tyla Bubbling Under 9 (9) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 10 (8) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 11 (10) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 12 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 13 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (NE) ATM Don Toliver 15 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 (13) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 17 (16) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 18 (17) SAY WHY Zach Bryan 19 (19) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 (RE) ANYTHING BUT LOVE Tate McRae Albums 01 02 19 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 04 33 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 05 18 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 05 06 50 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 63 15 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 07 11 23 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 08 09 76 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 12 60 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 24 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 NE 01 11 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 5 Soundtrack 12 22 20 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 13 14 02 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 14 15 38 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 24 21 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 16 17 90 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 NE 01 17 WOUND UP Radium Dolls 18 16 16 04 USB Fred Again.. 19 01 02 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 20 39 32 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 21 08 03 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 22 18 04 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 23 19 04 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 24 21 85 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 23 94 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 26 26 87 01 BRAT Charli XCX 27 36 22 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp 28 03 02 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson 29 31 24 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 30 28 47 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 31 20 03 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 32 25 32 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 33 NE 01 33 GLIMMTERS CONTINUED Velvet Trip 34 27 26 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 35 33 59 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 36 29 16 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 37 49 30 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 38 32 24 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 39 34 99 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 40 37 39 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 41 45 60 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 42 42 71 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 38 14 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 44 43 10 23 THE CRUX Djo 45 48 05 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 46 40 32 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 47 47 78 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 53 32 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 49 41 17 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 50 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.

If you want to stretch the rules a bit, "AM" is a top 10 End Of Year album in 2013, exactly 10 years later and "I Wanna Be Yours" makes the End Of Year list for the first time (album makes the top 10 for the second time that year too).

Evidently niche but I was hoping to see Karnivool a bit higher in the first mid-week, guess they won't be adding another country to their charting spreadsheet. Fantastic album though after a long wait. Their last album came out a week before I joined this forum 😅

More than ever, I feel like a big substantial effect will come from people who just search him up and it's his top song currently (especially if many aren't too fussed to pin down non-English song titles to whatever snippet they heard.

I feel like the denigrating 'effect' of having older entries on the chart feels exaggerated because it's an expression that can only be relayed through chart obsessives who are likely to share the feeling. The kinds of people who dig into every new entry immediately, wear it out and then become baffled that the rest of the country aren't already sick of these songs. The same way radio stations tend to stick with establish hits for seemingly unreasonable times, because in the interest of retaining listeners, they provide familiarity. I don't think a quick fix ever really suffices though because it never tackles the root cause of the situation, and you just create a chart where the gaps are bigger and the week by week tussles become less thrilling, because there are just less songs that are eligible. I used to run simulations of charts with specifically planned out chart run formulae (so you could have the parabola, the high debut that declines, the slow burner etc). One of my big takeaways from it is that without an influx of active hits, you get a drudging corpse of activity. Redacting the chart might create new hits, but they're ones that can't possibly compete with the biggies because the chart doesn't have that kind of influence. Whenever I look at the lower end of the UK Chart, I always see a bunch of songs that are only charting because of ACR displacement, and can't fall out because there's nothing to replace them, but they're never cracking the top 40 because they're increasingly far away from the mark. It's a bit like when Glee used to infiltrate the charts, or there was an influx of album tracks. They create statistical activity, but they're not part of the main top 40 conversation (usually) and so that just chugs along with its pre-ordained business.

I'll concede it's probably not set to be his biggest hit or anything, but I think it is worth considering that there are times when the public really just aren't rushing towards new music, for whatever reason. I like comparing fellow new singles (ie less than 3-4 months old) because they don't have the same degree of ironed-on listeners and tend to start from scratch. Kinda like how Djo's "End of Beginning" is doing roughly as well now as it did 2 years ago. It's easier to do that because it has a baseline of around 1.5 million streams every day that it didn't last time around. In the same way Harry Styles has a lot of monthly listeners by happenstance, it's an example of the way older songs (whether of the "Boys Don't Cry" or the "Lush Life" variety) tend to outperform brand new hits with less promotional effort, both in terms of reaching surprisingly high peaks and also not collapsing quite as fast as the moment seems to end. All things considered, I think it's doing fine thus far and the big week 2 decline can just as easily be explained by the natural cooling on early repeat listens, as it is an irregularly high curiosity listen->bounce rate. We already know there's a second wind built into the album release day incoming so we'll see if that rejuvenates it. I'll leave it at that though because my social battery's pretty spent for the day 😌

I absolutely understand how it works. My point is that the initial (new release window) audience reach for anyone is just too small to call it decisive. Long standing hits are the ones made by people who haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe they're not going to because the first burst of listeners aren't giving it the best vibe, but I think it's erroneous to suggest that a song underperforms because of listeners and not non-listeners, especially when it reflects a general audience trend against all new music. The only song released within the last few months even competing with it is Noah Kahan's, and Harry's already overtaken that one on DSPs. I'll admit I have an aversion to the observation of 'it flopped because bad', a tenet only used when it's convenient to our own narrative, but it's way too soon to call it anyway.

I agree but inflated or not, it indicates a lot of potential listeners that haven't even clicked on the new song, which at the very least suggests it's not quite an all-encompassing 'event' single that everyone's moved on from.

Counterpoint: Harry has 63 million monthly listeners on Spotify (up from 52 million just before the song dropped) and the song only has 55 million streams. I'd estimate somewhere around 10-20 million listeners total (it's a 5 plays per listener ratio on last fm), so the problem is that even among people who listen to Harry Styles, most of them have not heard it.

02/02/2026 Singles 01 01 24 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 NE 01 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 03 03 19 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 06 18 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 05 02 17 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 06 04 57 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 07 09 33 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 05 32 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 09 11 27 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 07 51 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 11 08 04 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 12 12 34 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 10 03 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 14 13 45 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 15 14 09 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 16 27 32 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 17 17 48 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 22 44 02 UNDRESSED sombr 19 18 17 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 29 19 20 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 21 20 03 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 22 15 17 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 23 24 09 23 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 24 RE 17 24 DANCING2 Keli Holiday 25 19 08 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 26 51 18 26 DRACULA Tame Impala 27 23 29 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 28 25 94 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 29 26 89 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 28 18 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 31 21 11 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 32 35 53 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 33 30 67 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 34 33 59 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 35 36 18 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 36 32 76 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 37 37 35 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 38 34 11 15 CHANEL Tyla 39 53 14 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 40 38 90 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 41 39 67 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 42 44 18 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 43 41 76 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 44 31 03 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 45 49 94 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 46 42 26 38 FOLDED Kehlani 47 46 34 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 48 45 30 27 GABRIELA Katseye 49 47 94 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 50 40 13 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace Bubbling Under 8 (14) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 9 (10) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 10 (9) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 11 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 12 (NE) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 13 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 14 (19) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 15 (RE) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 (15) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 17 (NE) SAY WHY Zach Bryan 18 (11) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky 19 (RE) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 (18) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe Albums 01 NE 01 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 02 02 18 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson 04 04 32 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 05 06 17 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 07 49 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 NE 01 07 EMPTY HANDS Poppy 08 05 02 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 09 08 75 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 13 23 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 09 22 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 10 59 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 13 NE 01 13 IF YOU GO THERE, I HOPE YOU FIND IT The Paper Kites 14 NE 01 14 REBEL EsDeeKid 15 14 37 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 18 15 04 USB Fred Again.. 17 16 89 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 18 11 03 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 19 12 03 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 20 03 02 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 21 19 84 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 34 19 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 23 17 93 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 20 20 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 25 62 31 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 26 21 86 01 BRAT Charli XCX 27 23 25 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 28 25 46 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 29 33 15 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 30 15 02 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 31 27 23 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 32 32 23 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 24 58 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 34 29 98 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 35 22 02 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams 36 72 21 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp 37 30 38 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 38 49 13 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 39 40 31 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 40 31 31 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 41 47 16 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 42 35 70 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 38 09 23 THE CRUX Djo 44 NE 01 44 COWBOY IS A STATE OF MIND Frecko 45 37 59 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 46 01 12 01 IDOLS Yungblud 47 39 77 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 45 04 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 49 43 29 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 50 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.

literally dozens of people are holding off on listening to it until they've been correctly instructed to do so!

26/01/2026 Singles 01 01 23 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 16 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 06 18 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 03 56 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 05 04 31 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 06 05 17 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 50 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 10 03 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 09 08 32 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 10 11 02 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 11 09 26 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 12 33 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 13 44 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 14 14 08 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 15 15 16 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 16 18 105 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 17 17 47 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 16 16 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 19 29 07 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 20 71 02 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 21 22 10 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 22 21 43 02 UNDRESSED sombr 23 20 28 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 24 30 08 24 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 25 24 93 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 26 23 88 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 27 26 31 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 28 25 17 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 29 31 18 29 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 30 28 66 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 31 19 02 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 32 32 75 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 33 33 58 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 34 27 10 15 CHANEL Tyla 35 42 52 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 36 34 17 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 37 40 34 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 38 35 89 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 38 66 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 40 39 12 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 41 44 75 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 42 41 25 38 FOLDED Kehlani 43 51 02 43 PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 44 36 17 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 45 37 29 27 GABRIELA Katseye 46 43 33 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 47 45 93 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 48 46 30 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 49 47 93 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 50 49 60 01 MESSY Lola Young Bubbling Under 10 (13) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 11 (NE) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky 12 (19) ZOO Shakira 13 (16) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (17) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 15 (NE) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 16 (18) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 17 (NE) STOLE YA FLOW A$AP Rocky 18 (15) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe 19 (RE) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 20 (RE) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift Albums 01 12 11 01 IDOLS Yungblud 02 01 17 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 04 03 31 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 05 NE 01 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 06 05 16 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 07 06 48 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 08 74 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 07 21 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 58 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 04 02 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 12 02 02 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 13 10 22 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 14 11 36 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 NE 01 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 16 13 88 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 15 92 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 18 14 14 04 USB Fred Again.. 19 16 83 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 20 21 19 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 21 19 85 01 BRAT Charli XCX 22 NE 01 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams 23 22 24 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 24 20 57 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 25 18 45 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 26 58 16 26 OLDER Lizzy McAlpine 27 24 22 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 28 RE 02 18 WHO IS THE SKY? David Byrne 29 25 97 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 30 26 37 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 31 29 30 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 32 27 22 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 28 14 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 34 32 18 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 35 33 69 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 36 NE 01 36 THE DEMISE OF PLANET X Sleaford Mods 37 31 58 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 38 23 08 23 THE CRUX Djo 39 39 76 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 45 30 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 41 38 46 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber 42 47 12 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 43 35 28 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 44 NE 01 44 EASING OUT OF CONTROL DZ Deathrays 45 64 03 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 46 30 09 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 47 36 15 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 48 40 46 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 49 52 12 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 50 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.

I assume whenever sales only is advocated, it's by someone who's unaware of the culture war nonsense that constantly plagues it, otherwise...🤔

If we wanna draw the comparison, "Sign of the Times" was a risky song for the streaming market at the time, and it showed. Never hit the top 5 on Spotify, only spent a week at #1. Its chart run was buoyed by sales. In reality, the song has been a massive streaming hit. Just recently crossed 2 billion on Spotify, his 3rd most. It's just that there are two separate streaming demographics. You've got the people who are tuned into the top 40 and those who aren't, and there's a different scope for what they're into, the latter group evidently love it (or it's very algorithm friendly to them), while it doesn't fit the taste of the former as much. At the end of the day, he's gotten his cake and eaten it because the song was a #1 hit, and it's gone triple platinum. The fact that it only spent 13 weeks in the top 75 no longer feels relevant. I don't know if this is the future "Aperture" is primed for (just listening to it now for the first time), but I reckon if he gets the #1 spot*, that's all that matters for now. (and I took too long to type it up, Joseph's said basically the same thing 😄) *might have something to say about this when I do my Aus charts post though, potential oof