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+30 Tyler, the Creator (feat. Kali Uchis) - See You Again +29 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +28 Rita Ora - Anywhere +27 St. Vincent - Los Ageless +26 MGMT - Little Dark Age +25 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots +24 Future - Mask Off +23 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot +22 Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 +21 Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) - Rockstar +20 Drake - Passionfruit +19 Kendrick Lamar - Humble. +18 Lorde - Perfect Places +17 Dua Lipa - Be The One +16 Killers - The Man +15 Lorde - Green Light +14 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow +13 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna - Lemon +12 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +11 Jamiroquai - Automaton +10 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +9 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente +8 Paramore - Hard Times +7 London Grammar - Rooting For You +6 French Montana (feat. Swae Lee) - Unforgettable +5 Kesha - Praying +4 BROCKHAMPTON - JUNKY +3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill +2 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still +1 alt-J - 3WW

15/09/2025 Singles 01 01 12 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 06 04 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 02 31 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 04 13 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 05 11 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 03 02 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 07 08 11 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 08 11 09 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 09 09 11 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 10 10 11 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 11 12 25 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 07 14 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 13 17 07 13 12 TO 12 sombr 14 14 11 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 13 02 13 WHEN DID YOU GET SO HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 16 18 24 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 16 11 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 18 22 28 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 19 19 02 19 NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 20 23 02 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 21 30 14 21 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 22 24 12 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 23 25 07 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 24 21 02 21 GO GO JUICE Sabrina Carpenter 25 29 86 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 26 33 15 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 27 15 02 15 MY MAN ON WILLPOWER Sabrina Carpenter 28 40 56 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 29 31 74 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 30 34 09 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 31 26 02 26 GOODBYE Sabrina Carpenter 32 35 10 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 33 39 69 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 34 20 02 20 SUGAR TALKING Sabrina Carpenter 35 36 08 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 36 37 03 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 37 41 47 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 38 45 61 19 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 39 43 47 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 47 10 40 GABRIELA Katseye 41 28 02 28 NEVER GETTING LAID Sabrina Carpenter 42 44 39 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 43 46 70 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 44 38 07 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 45 49 08 45 STRATEGY Twice 46 42 14 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 47 27 02 27 WE ALMOST BROKE UP AGAIN LAST NIGHT Sabrina Carpenter 48 48 56 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 54 41 01 MESSY Lola Young 50 NE 01 50 THE DEAD DANCE Lady Gaga Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 02 12 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 02 01 02 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 01 03 PRISM John Butler 04 NE 01 04 DREAM RIDE G Flip 05 04 03 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 06 20 09 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 07 05 39 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 08 03 03 03 KARMA Stray Kids 09 06 55 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 07 17 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 11 10 29 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 11 69 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 13 13 64 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 14 12 73 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 21 105 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 RE 44 16 SLIPKNOT (25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Slipknot 17 19 69 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 18 NE 01 18 WHO IS THE SKY? David Byrne 19 NE 01 19 DOUBLE INFINITY Big Thief 20 35 26 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 21 18 03 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 22 08 03 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 23 16 08 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 24 22 66 01 BRAT Charli XCX 25 32 14 04 CHARM Clairo 26 26 78 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 27 17 03 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 28 15 38 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 29 28 98 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 30 33 87 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 31 29 18 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 32 24 03 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 33 40 42 04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 1) Teddy Swims 34 25 03 09 LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS John Fogerty 35 30 06 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 36 31 04 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 37 NE 01 37 ALL NIGHT DAYS Rob Thomas 38 36 27 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 39 RE 02 05 PHANTOM ISLAND King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 40 34 11 01 VIRGIN Lorde 41 38 07 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 42 39 50 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 42 39 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 RE 03 05 THE REAL THING - SYMPHONIC CONCERT Russell Morris 45 37 11 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 46 23 07 10 CHERRY BOMB (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Tyler, The Creator 47 44 09 19 F1 THE ALBUM Soundtrack 48 RE 02 08 FLIGHT B741 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 49 50 23 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 50 41 05 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK "Golden" is #1 for a 7th week. We beat the UK to that particular play but otherwise we're following their lead because Olivia Dean has climbed up to #2. She'll have to do a whole lot more of that if she wants to get any higher. Sabrina Carpenter mostly sees varying declines though they're not very big and also "House Tour" manages to climb into the top 20. We've also got the first ever application of the new chart rules forcing a new song into the chart, as Lady Gaga sneaks into the top 50 with "The Dead Dance". This is the second time this year that Lady Gaga has debuted at #50, as "Abracadabra" did the same before climbing 38 places to its #12 peak. It's possible this one will climb also next week but I wouldn't count on it being that drastic. I'm writing this on September 16th, of course, and astute observers will remember that both "The Door" and "greedy" were released on September 15th, 2023 ("greedy" isn't in the top 50 right now but it might be next week). You would think that makes this their last week on the chart, but we're still learning how that works. KPop Demon Hunters returns to the top of the album chart for an 8th week. I made a bad prediction but to be fair it was probably close. The reason I mentioned uncertainty around the new rules is because if you look at this week's chart, you'll see Olivia Rodrigo's "GUTS" in for a 105th week, either an oversight or a confirmation that this is our benchmark going forward. I can approve of this considering that 104 weeks isn't really 2 years, although ARIA have been operating under the belief that 4 months is somewhere between 16 and 17 weeks so it's a little inconsistent if you do the maths. I blame the Smarch weather. Anyway we have debuts and the highest one comes from John Butler. He's often seen with or without his Trio, where the inclusion is usually a significant boon on his chart positions even though he's usually the main guy behind it all. A 'Kevin Parker' album probably wouldn't debut at #1 if you catch my drift. Anyway this is a very funny application of tagging because if you look up the album on Spotify, you'll see 'John Butler, John Butler Trio' as the credited artist, an amusing concession to promotion. Track 1 on the album is called "Going Solo". It's clearly worked though because this is charting significantly higher than any other solo John Butler album in the past. Next up we've got G Flip who hit #1 with their last album, the one that very briefly held the record for most triple j Hottest 100 entries in a single year. Things have changed a lot in 25 years, and so now Slipknot do belong, do exist, and people do give a shit. That's to say that their self-titled album has scored a new peak thanks to the vinyl release, originally peaking at #32. Their last 4 albums have all gone to #1. Unlike his suits, David Byrne is also managing to fit in as he scores his highest ever solo album entry, though I guess the new rules are helping a little in both of these cases. They certainly are for Big Thief, who have matched the #19 peak of their previous album. I can't say the same for Rob Thomas, who's gone from 4 straight top 3 albums to one that's just happy to be here. You'll also see two returning King Gizzard albums this week. This is truly an iceberg meme moment because the band have put their entire catalogue up on Bandcamp under the Radiohead model. They probably wouldn't do much to the chart under the old rules because they're likely falling short, but I just want to highlight that the Australian On Replay Albums chart (which is a top 50) has 28 of their albums this week.

People aren't out there streaming new music on a Saturday, or if they are, it's music that's not new to those who are more likely to do it on a Friday. There were 8 new entries the day before, it'll be okay.

+30 Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Never Ever +29 Car Seat Headrest - Fill In The Blank +28 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +27 Flume (feat. Kai) - Never Be Like You +26 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work +25 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy +24 Bruno Mars - 24k Magic +23 Ariana Grande - Into You +22 Jorja Smith – Blue Lights +21 Childish Gambino - Redbone +20 Rae Sremmurd (feat. Gucci Mane) - Black Beatles +19 Adele - When We Were Young +18 DJ Snake (feat. Bipolar Sunshine) - Middle +17 Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom +16 Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl +15 xx – On Hold +14 Beyoncé - Hold Up +13 Frank Ocean - Pink + White +12 Chainsmokers (feat. ROZES) - Roses +11 Glass Animals - Life Itself +10 Neiked (feat. Dyo) - Sexual +9 Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl +8 Clean Bandit (feat. Louisa Johnson) - Tears +7 Craig David & Big Narstie - When the Bassline Drops +6 Jain - Makeba +5 1975 - Somebody Else +4 Christine And The Queens - Tilted / Christine +3 Porter Robinson & Madeon – Shelter +2 Alan Walker (feat. Iselin) - Sing Me To Sleep +1 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Main reason Spotify do it is because they know they've got the highest numbers. Apple Music would look inadequate against their primary competitor if they put their lower numbers on full display

08/09/2025 Singles 01 01 11 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 30 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 03 NE 01 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 04 03 12 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 04 10 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 12 03 06 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 07 20 13 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 08 05 10 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 07 10 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 10 08 10 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 11 06 08 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 12 09 24 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 13 NE 01 13 WHEN DID YOU GET SO HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 14 10 10 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 NE 01 15 MY MAN ON WILLPOWER Sabrina Carpenter 16 11 10 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 17 15 06 15 12 TO 12 sombr 18 13 23 02 UNDRESSED sombr 19 NE 01 19 NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 20 NE 01 20 SUGAR TALKING Sabrina Carpenter 21 NE 01 21 GO GO JUICE Sabrina Carpenter 22 14 27 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 NE 01 23 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 24 16 11 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 25 19 06 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 26 NE 01 26 GOODBYE Sabrina Carpenter 27 NE 01 27 WE ALMOST BROKE UP AGAIN LAST NIGHT Sabrina Carpenter 28 NE 01 28 NEVER GETTING LAID Sabrina Carpenter 29 17 85 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 30 25 13 24 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 31 22 73 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 32 NE 01 32 DON'T WORRY I'LL MAKE YOU WORRY Sabrina Carpenter 33 30 14 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 34 18 08 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 35 32 09 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 36 34 07 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 37 28 02 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 38 21 06 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 39 29 68 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 40 27 55 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 41 35 46 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 42 33 13 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 43 36 46 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 44 38 38 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 45 42 60 19 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 46 39 69 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 47 54 09 44 GABRIELA Katseye 48 49 55 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 48 07 48 STRATEGY Twice 50 43 16 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 NE 01 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 02 01 11 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 04 02 03 KARMA Stray Kids 04 06 02 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 05 07 38 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 06 12 54 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 07 13 16 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 08 02 02 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 09 NE 01 09 AUSTRALIAN MADE The Wolfe Brothers 10 18 28 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 11 19 68 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 12 20 72 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 13 28 63 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 14 NE 01 14 COUNTRY SOUL Hayley Jensen 15 16 37 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 16 23 07 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 17 03 02 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 18 05 02 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 19 41 68 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 20 30 08 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 21 56 104 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 22 51 65 01 BRAT Charli XCX 23 10 06 10 CHERRY BOMB (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Tyler, The Creator 24 29 02 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 25 09 02 09 LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS John Fogerty 26 70 77 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 27 NE 01 27 THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES The Hives 28 60 97 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 74 17 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 30 58 05 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 31 39 03 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 32 RE 13 04 CHARM Clairo 33 72 86 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 34 79 10 01 VIRGIN Lorde 35 RE 25 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 36 RE 26 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 37 RE 10 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 38 RE 06 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 39 RE 49 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 40 RE 41 04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 1) Teddy Swims 41 92 04 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 42 RE 38 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 43 89 05 03 BITE ME Reneé Rapp 44 RE 08 19 F1 THE ALBUM Soundtrack 45 RE 03 04 THE BIG FIVE-0 LIVE Cold Chisel 46 NE 01 46 ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALIFORNIA Belinda Carlisle 47 14 02 14 THE CLEARING Wolf Alice 48 RE 06 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson Boone 49 RE 11 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 50 RE 22 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd Behold, your new standard bearings! As of this week, ARIA have removed everything that is over 2 years old. Not just became a hit 2 years ago, everything. So goodbye, "Breakin' Dishes", "Lose Control" and "Pink Pony Club", while "The Door" is likely heading to an early grave in two weeks. There is a provisional rule that allows exceptions for anything that hasn't charted in 10 years and makes the top 30, though we're yet to really see the specifics of how it plays out. Tyler, The Creator's "Cherry Bomb" re-issue might be the litmus test, as it hangs around for a second week in the top 30. Perhaps fortunate for once that these anniversary releases are often late because the album did chart 10 and a half years ago. Olivia Rodrigo will likely confirm for us a specific 104 week limit next week, but it's also possible we see exceptions in the case of midweek releases, like how "Not Like Us" managed 17 weeks on the New Music Singles Chart, and maybe leap years could come into effect, never doubt automated systems if given the chance to do something silly. On the surface, the biggest change comes with the album chart. Not only has there been an exodus of all the older releases, but a surprise bonus package is the apparent disappearance of all those compilations that were often appearing week on week with no clear attention, and sometimes dubious releases (looking at you, ABBA & Flo Rida). I do not believe that ARIA have actually removed Greatest Hits sets, but it appears they're updating their streaming rules for the second time. According to the new Code of Practice, streams only count to the original album for any track, so it's still possible for these albums to chart, but they'll likely have to do it on just sales mostly. This has likely partially affected Calvin Harris & Benson Boone whose albums I'd expect to have jumped back into the top 50 if they had all their streams counting. The 6th highest selling Australian album this week was a Greatest Hits set by The Bamboos, which is likely just outside the top 50, just on first week sales. ARIA have not actually taken all of the old music out behind the shed, because we have been introduced to new On Replay charts for both the main charts, and the Australian charts. Technically we've had one of these for the Albums Chart for over a decade though it was previously called the Catalogue Albums Chart, the stats from that chart have carried over to this new one. These four charts are all top 50 charts, and I regret to inform you that they are subject to the same selective reporting that the ARIA Charts have always had. It's hard to be certain on all omissions, but I'm pretty confident that Radiohead's "Creep" and "Let Down" are both missing from this new chart, and the omissions on the Australian charts could be plentiful because we've never seen the chart this far down before. This also means a big revitalisation on all the component charts, though again I'm suspicious of potential omissions. For the record, there has been no specific mention of what will happen with Christmas music or End Of Year charts, although my interpretation of the Code of Practice suggests there won't be any hybrid of the two charts, and we're going to get the funny Billboard Year End experience for those songs that are getting ruled out in the middle of the year. Anyway the biggest piece of news is the tragic death of my extra leading zero on the album chart posts, gone but not forgotten. It is also possible the Bubbling Under chart might never be used again, but I'm gonna wait out to see what happens once the K-Pop Demon Hunters songs all hit 4 months, and maybe there will be loads of Taylor Swift songs on the chart then, so it'll have a triumphant return. -- Now let's talk about the chart itself. "Golden" is #1 for a 6th week. I'm going to cautiously say that it's safe for next week too but I do this with no Spotify data to work with. Olivia Dean hits the top 10 but the big happening of the week is Sabrina Carpenter arriving in the top 50 with her entire album. This is a slight improvement on last year's effort when a couple tracks didn't quite make the cut, and again provisionally, I suspect the majority will stick around for the next week. In case you were wondering, there are approximately 8 songs missing via the new rules, so it's not really changing her chart fortunes this week, with the lowest being at #32. As I correctly predicted last week, "Tears" is the only new arrival in the top 10, while "Manchild" records its first climb ever in its chart run to return to the top 10 (2-2-2-3-7-13-15-17-17-18-19-20-7, if you were wondering). Sabrina Carpenter might be harshing the buzz on potential new entries getting sucked into the top 50 but to be fair, I think only "Dior" is close range of doing it, and I won't be mourning if it gets locked out. Actually the biggest disappointment for me is that I've spent the past several years observing the ins & outs of the ARIA Chart, waiting to see when we might finally have a top 50 chart with no 2010s singles left in it for the first time since that decade started. "All The Stars" was the last hold out, and I believe it would have fallen out on this very week, allowing me to make a mighty celebration that I'd been waiting years to do. What an underwhelming time to introduce these new rules solely on this basis. Sabrina Carpenter scores her second #1 album. This could prove an interesting tussle on next week's album given the distribution of streaming points on these top two albums and a likely sales differential. If I had to guess, I'd think Sabrina gets it next week before KPop Demon Hunters overtakes again the week after, but it's too hard to tell. Last week we had a lot of top 10 debuts and I made a prediction that sombr would actually climb in week 2 because of the power of big single streams. I was correct, but I overlooked the possibility of the usually strong second weeks of Stray Kids, which also seems them to a new peak and ruins my observation of their peak patterns from last week. The first artist to really take advantage of the new rules is The Wolfe Brothers, who score their 5th top 10 album through this. The highest they've ever charted is #6, so they're very clutch about this. Hitting a new career high is Hayley Jensen, charting for the second time, but now at #14. Followers of Australian reality TV from decades ago like myself would be correct in identifying that it is indeed the Hayley Jensen from Season 2 of Australian Idol. Another beneficiary is The Hives, who score their highest charting album since 2002 with an album that is not a Greatest Hits despite what it might look like. Then, just sneaking in is Belinda Carlisle who charts for the first time since 1996!

+30 Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry +29 David Bowie - Blackstar +28 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +27 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +26 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +25 David Bowie - Lazarus +24 Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Type +23 Jamie xx (feat. Popcaan & Young Thug) - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) +22 Weeknd - The Hills +21 Kendrick Lamar - Alright +20 Fetty Wap - Trap Queen +19 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin +18 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July +17 Taylor Swift - Style +16 Disclosure - Magnets (feat. Lorde) +15 Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better +14 Jamie xx & Romy - Loud Places +13 Wolf Alice - Silk +12 Florence & The Machine - What Kind of Man +11 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +10 Chemical Brothers (feat. Q-Tip) - Go +9 CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace +8 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive +7 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +6 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta +5 CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue +4 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +3 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +2 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer +1 Lost Frequencies (feat. Janieck Devy) - Reality This really comes at odds with me not wanting to spoil my own blog, guess I have my ways. Suspect later years will be easier.

There was that one week in 2015 when they just...didn't get all the data. Coincided with some lucky breaks on the UK and NZ charts as a result. (Though the UK one was also when they changed the dates and had a shorter week anyway, so it was strange in its own right)

Just bear in mind that the Kiwi charts have had rules like this for years now, they're a little more strict (18 months is their limit), and they aren't remarkably exciting for it.

It definitely helps a little bit but there's also probably a shared expectation from both artist & listener that contributes more. The artist knows that Track 1 is important, and treats it with due diligence. The listener knows the artist knows this, and gives it greater consideration. In any case, it usually gets quickly evaluated and 'put in its place'. Sometimes quicker than people realise because repeat listeners & cherry pickers are a huge component to the streaming numbers. I always think of Ed Sheeran's 2017 album. Track 1, "Eraser" is a bit left field, and is the least streamed song on that album. No one would've known that going in, but already on the first day of streaming, it's only ranked 9th out of 16 on the album. By the Monday it was rubbing shoulders with the deluxe tracks. That's a remarkably quick assessment that gives some plausible deniability to any future Track 1 that feels like it's coasting.

01/09/2025 Singles 01 01 10 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 29 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 03 03 11 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 04 04 09 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 05 06 09 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 05 07 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 07 07 09 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 08 08 09 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 09 23 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 10 10 09 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 11 12 09 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 12 43 02 12 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 13 11 22 02 UNDRESSED sombr 14 13 26 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 15 17 05 15 12 TO 12 sombr 16 14 10 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 17 18 84 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 18 15 07 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 19 37 05 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 20 19 12 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 21 16 05 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 22 22 72 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 23 20 93 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 24 21 214 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 25 24 12 24 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 26 23 268 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 27 27 54 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 28 NE 01 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 29 28 67 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 25 13 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 31 26 52 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 32 31 08 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 33 29 12 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 34 30 06 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 35 33 45 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 36 32 45 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 37 40 41 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 38 36 37 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 39 39 68 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 35 163 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 41 52 14 12 BLOODLINES Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 42 44 59 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 43 41 15 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 44 42 108 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 45 NE 01 45 BREAKIN' DISHES Rihanna 46 38 44 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House 47 55 18 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 48 54 06 48 STRATEGY Twice 49 47 54 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 46 21 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 01 010 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 02 NE 001 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 03 NE 001 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 04 NE 001 04 KARMA Stray Kids 05 NE 001 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 06 NE 001 06 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 07 03 037 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 08 RE 002 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson 09 NE 001 09 LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS John Fogerty 10 RE 005 10 CHERRY BOMB (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Tyler, The Creator 11 05 048 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 12 06 053 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 07 015 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 NE 001 14 THE CLEARING Wolf Alice 15 08 238 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 35 036 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 17 10 259 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 18 12 027 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 19 04 067 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 14 071 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 RE 014 02 RUBY Jennie 22 15 142 01 SOS SZA 23 27 006 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 24 53 222 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 25 16 546 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 18 072 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 27 17 266 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 22 062 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 29 NE 001 29 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 30 11 007 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 31 19 314 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 32 25 123 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 33 23 429 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 34 24 223 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 35 RE 090 07 SLIGHTLY ODWAY (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Jebediah 36 30 443 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 37 29 009 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 38 26 407 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 39 02 002 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 40 NE 001 40 STRANGE LOVE Bleak Squad 41 33 067 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 42 32 002 32 THE COLLECTION OneRepublic 43 31 374 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 44 37 501 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 45 42 169 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 46 RE 002 36 ATMOSPHERICS Hands Like Houses 47 39 389 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 48 40 484 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 49 41 130 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 50 38 116 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan "Golden" is #1 for a 5th week. I apologise for bad intel last week, I believe the actual ARIA Chart gommage is coming next week. We come very close to having 7 KPop Demon Hunters songs in the top 10, and maybe that's still possible as sombr is crashing pretty hard on Spotify this week...except nah, Sabrina Carpenter's gonna carve up real estate. Maybe not quite as much as you'd expect as she's having a slower showing in Australia as per regular business. Too early to say if it's gonna correct itself by the end of the week or she's genuinely less popular here, but expect only "Tears" and "Manchild" as top 10 locks at this stage. Olivia Dean continues to press on as well and could make the top 10 as well. Also vaulting up is Tyler, The Creator, scoring just his 4th ever top 20 hit this week. Doja Cat arrives at #28 but is still making gains on Spotify currently. Could drop next week due to increased competition, but might not be as DOA as it looks. Also just in case there wasn't enough KPop Demon Hunters in here, TWICE are now in here twice as "Strategy" sneaks in. The always popular Rihanna album cut "Breakin' Dishes" shows up for the first time ever (already Platinum mind you), re-asserting the Reloaded edition of "Good Girl Gone Bad" as one of the most hit-laden albums ever, this is the 9th top 50 hit on that album now. It also presents an interesting situation for ARIA next week as it's one of the 8 songs that are old enough to be removed from the chart in this week's top 50. 5 of these are no-brainers I don't expect to last, the other two include "Pink Pony Club" and "Lose Control", songs that are too old but hadn't quite debuted 2 years ago (I still expect them to go). ARIA's initial clause allowed for a 10 week grace period for songs that make the top 30, so we shall see what they make of Rihanna's newly debuting entry. KPop Demon Hunters is the #1 album for a 7th week. They fend off one of the biggest weeks of new arrives of the year, which doesn't mean much because it's only the top album they need to beat, but there's some definite aura farming when you see off new entries from #2 down to #6. The closest contender is Laufey, perhaps expected as her last album debuted in the top 10 and she's only gotten more popular since then. I now have some interesting trivia for you. Who do you think is the highest charting Icelandic artist in Australia? Jónsi & Emiliana Torrini have actually never made the top 50. KALEO top out in the top 30, while even Sigur Rós have never quite made the top 10. Australia was a particularly big market for Ásgeir a decade ago and he reached the top 10, and your obvious choice of Björk has just been tied by Laufey. The answer is of course Of Monsters and Men, whose debut album was such a hit that it actually climbed to #1 in early 2013. It might just be a matter of time for Laufey to eventually top the charts here, just ask Deftones. I was recently surprised to learn that their classic "White Pony" debuted as high as #2 in Australia, and they were on diminishing returns after that. It was a mighty twist then in 2016 when they scored a #1 album for the first time. The follow up to that album peaked at #3, and that's where they've landed yet again with their latest. If you want to talk about fun chart patterns though, look at Stray Kids, who now have three #2 albums and three #4 albums, with no other top 10 peaks. They've done this all in the space of 3 years. Speaking of artists who've gotten immensely popular in the last 3 years...actually I don't want to talk about Royel Otis. Find out why by reading my next blog post on Friday. They're not the only artist with dodgy vibes in their lyrics though, because sombr is arriving at #6 with an album thriving off streaming numbers, so it's probably the new entry this week that'll hold strongest next week. I'm out of links but it's okay because I made it to the end of the debut chain, now I can just mention that Lainey Wilson has come up trumps with her deluxe re-issue, improving on the #19 debut she had last year to make it to #8. John Fogerty has cranked out the '(John's Version)'s this week to enter in the top 10 with a bunch of songs you're likely very familiar with. Tyler, The Creator doesn't quite see the same slingshot as Lainey Wilson, but he does turn a top 20 album into a top 10 this week, after a much longer wait ("Cherry Bomb" originally debuted at #13). Tyler actually has 4 albums in the top 25 this week. Wolf Alice's last album got them into the top 10 for the first time, and they'd have probably done it again if they could just wait a week to put this one out. Following the legacy of the occasional Indian artist who gets a decent amount of traction in the antipodes, Karan Aujla gets his first ever entry this week. We've also got more re-issues, but this one's nowhere near a new peak because it was already huge on arrival, looking at the debut album from Perth boys Jebediah, perhaps the second most famous band named after minor Simpsons lore (sorry Hockey Dad), with their beloved debut album. If you want to get up to speed, "Leaving Home" and "Harpoon" are two stone cold classics in the much loved realm of '90s Australian alt-rock. Just sneaking into the top 40 is some kind of Bleak Squad. They are in fact a supergroup, comprised of Adalita (of Magic Dirt) fame, as well as members of The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three and Art of Fighting (not to be confused with Art of Sleeping), which is several generations of rock royalty. Lastly, we've got the return of Hands Like Houses' album from earlier this year. What a crazy week, and yet next week is gonna be even crazier (Sabrina Carpenter probably debuts at #1).

25/08/2025 Singles 01 01 09 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 28 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 03 04 10 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 04 05 08 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 05 03 06 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 06 06 08 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 07 07 08 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 08 09 08 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 08 22 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 10 14 08 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 11 11 21 02 UNDRESSED sombr 12 16 08 12 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 13 12 25 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 14 15 09 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 15 13 06 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 16 10 04 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 17 24 04 17 12 TO 12 sombr 18 17 83 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 19 18 11 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 20 19 92 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 21 20 213 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 22 22 71 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 23 21 267 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 24 45 11 24 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 25 23 12 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 26 27 51 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 27 28 53 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 28 29 66 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 29 26 11 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 30 25 05 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 31 33 07 31 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 32 32 44 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 33 31 44 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 34 30 04 16 WHICH ONE Drake, Central Cee 35 34 162 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 36 35 36 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 37 62 04 37 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 38 37 43 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House 39 36 67 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 43 40 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 41 41 14 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 42 44 107 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 43 NE 01 43 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 44 38 58 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 45 46 104 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 46 40 20 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 47 49 53 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 48 39 38 01 MESSY Lola Young 49 47 39 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 50 42 06 12 JUMP BlackPink Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 01 009 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 02 NE 001 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 03 06 036 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 04 16 066 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 05 07 047 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 09 052 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 07 11 014 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 08 12 237 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 NE 001 09 LEARN THE HARD WAY Jordan Davis 10 13 258 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 11 10 006 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 12 14 026 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 13 NE 001 13 STAY RELENTLESS Justice For The Damned 14 29 070 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 19 141 01 SOS SZA 16 17 545 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 25 265 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 18 21 071 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 19 45 313 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 20 NE 001 20 PROMISES Mama Kin Spender 21 RE 034 02 HERATBREAK WEATHER (5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Niall Horan 22 20 061 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 23 23 428 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 22 222 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 25 24 122 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 26 38 406 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 08 005 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 28 03 002 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 29 26 008 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 30 27 442 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 31 30 373 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 32 NE 001 32 THE COLLECTION OneRepublic 33 28 066 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 34 63 148 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 35 96 035 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 36 15 003 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 37 32 500 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 38 33 115 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 39 35 388 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 40 34 483 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 36 129 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 42 37 168 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 43 40 358 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 44 39 063 01 BRAT Charli XCX 45 44 232 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 46 43 368 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 47 46 172 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 48 67 095 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 48 102 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 50 69 531 01 1989 Taylor Swift "Golden" is #1 for a 4th week. It remains so thoroughly unchallenged that most of the upward movement is from the other KPop Demon Hunters songs that have already been deigned unable to beat it. There are now 6 in the top 10 as "Free" makes it over the line. I didn't mention last week that Tinashe hit a new career high by surpassing the #5 peak of "All My Friends", so I will this week and she's gotten even higher again. Tyler, The Creator continues to wreak havoc on the relevance of a Friday release as he charts a new entry weeks after the fact, and it's on the cusp of surpassing the daily Spotify peak from day 1. Olivia Dean gets the huge boon of a week 1 new entry, as "Man I Need" will no doubt soar next week. KPop Demon Hunters is now the #1 album for a 6th week. I believe it's the longest running #1 album from an animated film but haven't had time to double check this. Conan Gray has scored his highest ever charting album as he reaches #2. He's had two top 10s before, but only on the lower end. Jordan Davis, the guy who made that song about how you should try just buying a house scores his first ever top 50 album, and lands in the top 10 even. The next debut comes from Mama Kin Spender, which is the duo of Mama Kin and Spender if you can believe it. Spender is also one half of one of my favourite songs no one's ever heard of. OneRepublic enter with another one of those compilations that basically no one is buying, and it's just in time to potentially climb next week as THE GREAT GOMMAGE OF 2025 IS HAPPENING (play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, very good video game) and like half the album chart will be wiped.

Amusingly I think that listener archetype very much does exist, and they've already moved on from that month old single (or at least, it's out of power rotation)

18/08/2025 Singles 01 01 08 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 03 27 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 03 02 05 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 04 07 09 04 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 06 07 05 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 05 07 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 07 08 07 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 08 09 21 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 09 10 07 09 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 10 04 03 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 11 11 20 02 UNDRESSED sombr 12 12 24 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 13 20 05 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 14 14 07 13 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 13 08 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 16 15 07 15 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 17 19 82 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 18 17 10 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 19 18 91 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 20 25 212 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 21 21 266 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 22 30 70 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 23 27 11 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 24 23 03 23 12 TO 12 sombr 25 16 04 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 26 24 10 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 27 28 50 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 28 26 52 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 29 29 65 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 22 03 16 WHICH ONE Drake, Central Cee 31 31 43 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 32 33 43 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 33 41 06 33 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 34 35 161 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 35 34 35 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 36 36 66 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 37 32 42 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House 38 43 57 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 39 42 37 01 MESSY Lola Young 40 40 19 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 41 46 13 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 42 38 05 12 JUMP BlackPink 43 50 39 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 44 37 106 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 45 44 10 42 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 46 45 103 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 47 39 38 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 48 47 16 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 49 48 52 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 49 268 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 02 008 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 02 NE 001 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 03 NE 001 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 04 NE 001 04 THE BIG FIVE-0 LIVE Cold Chisel 05 NE 001 05 WILLOUGHBY TUCKER, I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Ethel Cain 06 04 035 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 05 046 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 08 14 004 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 09 07 051 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 06 005 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 11 08 013 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 12 09 236 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 10 257 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 14 15 025 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 01 002 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 16 13 065 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 16 544 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 NE 001 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 19 12 140 01 SOS SZA 20 18 060 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 21 25 070 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 22 20 221 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 23 19 427 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 17 121 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 25 23 264 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 26 007 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 27 22 441 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 24 065 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 29 40 069 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 30 34 372 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 NE 001 31 METAL FORTH Babymetal 32 30 499 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 29 114 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 34 28 482 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 36 387 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 36 35 128 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 37 31 167 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 38 48 405 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 39 33 062 01 BRAT Charli XCX 40 38 357 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 41 03 002 03 BITE ME Reneé Rapp 42 NE 001 42 GOD DOES LIKE UGLY JID 43 39 367 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 44 41 231 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 45 52 312 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 46 46 171 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 47 NE 001 47 MOTEL DU CAP Good Charlotte 48 43 101 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 49 32 007 01 VIRGIN Lorde 50 54 674 01 THE VERY BEST INXS "Golden" is #1 for a 3rd week. I'm constantly thinking that the KPop Demon Hunters Honmoon will have been achieved and it'll start declining, but I'm constantly wrong, as the soundtrack hits continue to worm themselves up into the tightest possible upper bounds of the chart. Of interest this week, the two Saja Boys entries have swapped ranks, so while their historic final peaks may have the final say in what was the biggest, it does reflect an arbitrary scenario that says more about their competition than anything else. Perhaps it'll have to be TWICE as our barometer for momentum given theirs is most easy to observe. Something that also helps is that we have achieved what I believe to be a never-been-seen level of equilibrium. This week's top 10, top 30, and unbelievably top 50 are all unchanged from last week, meaning that it's never been easier for me to type up the chart. It's a moment of silliness I'm going to appreciate before the incoming chart rules in 2 weeks time turn any wacky chart instances into something slightly less earned. If we're being honest, it'll probably increase the chance of this happening again. KPop Demon Hunters returns to post a 5th week at #1 on the album chart. If you thought the singles chart was boring, then I hope you appreciate an album chart with 8 new entries this week. The first of those is from Guy Sebastian, who is not actually quite as old as the album title might make you believe. I've often felt like Sony are hesitant to release new albums from their big tickets when they don't have a hit attached to them, which might be why it's taken 5 years for a new album. Maybe they'll appreciate that he's still debuting as high as he would when he was scoring chart topping hits, as this is his 12th top 10 album, and the 5th to land in the top 2. mgk continues to run on the goodwill he earnt some years ago to debut in the top 3 for the 3rd time in a row, now he's gotten a #1, #2 & #3. Fresh from being voted as having made two of the top 10 best Australian songs of all time ("Flame Trees" & "Khe Sanh", look them up, classics), Cold Chisel have yet another chance for everyone to buy these same songs again as their live album for last year's tour enters at #4. Fresh from some more dumb internet discourse, Ethel Cain is entering at #5 for the second time in 4 months, this time with an actual new album. Next we have an actual first time charter from Ninajirachi. Not to be confused with her label boss Nina Las Vegas, it's been nearly a decade since she popped up as a finalist in triple j's Unearthed High competition, and her eclectic and curious debut album arrives in the top 20. I'm now learning that BABYMETAL's 2023 release is not considered in-house to be a studio album, which might explain why it got lost in the shuffle and didn't chart here, but it does allow the puns to relish, and also mean that they've only charted in Australia with their albums whose names start with 'Metal'. Or maybe the real difference is that it was released when they were in-between major label signings. I dunno, I just like the music. JID does an Ethel Cain in that he peaks at #42 for the second time in a row. There's still enough of a Good Charlotte following in Australia to get them to sneak into the top 50. Maybe that seems surprising, but maybe it's more strange that they had a #1 album two cycles ago. I heard one of their new songs when I was getting an Uber from the airport a few weeks ago, that's my anecdote.

11/08/2025 Singles 01 01 07 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 04 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 03 03 26 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 NE 02 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan 05 04 06 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 05 06 05 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 07 06 08 06 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 07 06 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 08 20 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 10 12 06 10 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 11 11 19 02 UNDRESSED sombr 12 09 23 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 13 10 07 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 14 13 06 13 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 15 06 15 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 16 14 03 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 17 17 09 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 18 20 90 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 19 19 81 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 20 24 04 19 YUKON Justin Bieber 21 21 265 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 22 16 02 16 WHICH ONE Drake, Central Cee 23 59 02 23 12 TO 12 sombr 24 23 09 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 25 25 211 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 26 27 51 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 27 18 10 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 28 29 49 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 29 26 64 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 30 69 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 31 32 42 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 32 22 41 08 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House 33 35 42 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 34 34 34 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 35 42 160 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 36 38 65 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 37 36 105 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 38 33 04 12 JUMP BlackPink 39 40 37 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 40 41 18 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 41 54 05 41 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 42 44 36 01 MESSY Lola Young 43 47 56 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 44 50 09 42 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 45 51 102 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 46 43 12 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 47 53 15 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 48 52 51 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 56 267 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 50 48 38 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 NE 001 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 02 01 007 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 NE 001 03 BITE ME Reneé Rapp 04 03 034 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 05 06 045 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 02 004 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 07 09 050 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 07 012 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 09 11 235 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 13 256 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 11 NE 001 11 ANGEL OF THE APOCALYPSE Darcie Haven 12 08 139 01 SOS SZA 13 14 064 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 14 05 003 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 15 15 024 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 16 16 543 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 17 120 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 25 059 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 19 20 426 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 23 220 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 21 NE 001 21 THY KINGDOM COME $uicideboy$ 22 22 440 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 23 28 263 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 41 064 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 25 26 069 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 26 27 006 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 27 NE 001 27 ALL THAT'S IN MY HEAD The Vanns 28 29 481 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 33 113 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 30 30 498 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 38 166 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 32 18 006 01 VIRGIN Lorde 33 31 061 01 BRAT Charli XCX 34 32 371 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 40 127 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 36 34 386 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 37 NE 001 37 BELIEVE Swanee 38 37 356 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 39 47 366 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 40 39 068 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 41 42 230 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 42 24 003 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 43 53 100 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 44 45 332 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 49 143 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 46 54 170 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 47 35 013 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 43 404 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 49 48 012 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 50 21 004 03 JACKBOYS 2 JackBoys & Travis Scott "Golden" is #1 for a second week. You'll have to forgive me, I've already written about 3,000 words for my blog today so I'm a bit worn out on finding things to say about the charts. It's a much less exciting week this time anyway. Chappell Roan arrives at #4 with "The Subway", making it her first ever top 10 debut. It may hold on in the top 10 next week but it is largely succumbing to the unstoppable force of KPop Demon Hunters. That soundtrack now has 5 simultaneous top 10 entries as "How It's Done" joins the crew this week. Furthermore, the TWICE version of "Takedown" does manage to make the top 50 this week, meaning the soundtrack now holds 8 spots in the top 50 and has me wondering what album has singlehandedly managed the most weeks in the top 50 on the singles chart with all its tracks together. I suspect the 275 weeks shared between the two big hits on "After Hours" makes for a difficult competition. We'd need all of these tracks hanging around well into 2026 to match that. sombr has been in a perpetual battle for weeks now between his top two tracks, and now a 3rd enters the fold. KPop Demon Hunters continues to climb on all fronts, but faces its toughest challenge yet, and loses. The inevitable return to the top for Hilltop Hoods. It's actually been over 6 years since their last studio album but they haven't missed a step and score their 7th consecutive #1 album that has new songs on it. I put forward that confusing condition because they reached #11 in 2007 with "The Hard Road Restrung", but then in 2016 did manage a #1 album with their double restrung album that notably features new track "1955" which is one of their biggest hits ever. Otherwise this week it's a huge boon for Renee Rapp who's gone from barely making the top 50 in 2023 to #3 this week. Arriving for the first time ever in stylish fashion is local singer Darcie Haven, with her 6 track EP. $uicideboy$ is still a terrible band name. Another local band returns this week with The Vanns who previously made the top 10, this time landing at #27, we wait to see who is the last notable artist whose chart peaks are worsened by not waiting for the new rules next month. At the same time we've got a monumental throwback who probably doesn't mind too much. For the first time in over 40 years, Swanee is back in the top 50. If you don't know who that is, he's the brother of Jimmy Barnes and a cult figure in Australian rock history. His biggest success came in the late '80s when he became the new lead singer of The Party Boys and scored a #1 hit with their cover of "He's Gonna Step On You Again", getting to that song a few years before the Happy Mondays did.