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I reckon for an artist of her stature it's hard to make that push without a remix because the whole thing has already been pored over track by track. Single pushes months after album release can only do so much so probably makes sense to just stick with a track whose baseline performance is already solid because it's proven to be liked.

29/12/2025 Singles 01 01 19 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 12 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 27 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 46 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 13 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 06 14 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 07 28 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 08 22 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 10 29 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 10 09 04 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 11 11 40 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 12 12 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 13 14 101 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 14 15 12 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 15 22 06 15 CHANEL Tyla 16 13 39 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 17 43 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 16 24 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 19 20 89 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 20 23 84 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 21 31 08 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 22 18 27 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 23 21 26 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 24 24 13 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 25 25 13 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 26 62 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 27 19 71 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 28 54 06 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 29 NE 01 29 IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS Fall Out Boy 30 30 85 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 31 28 13 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 32 29 62 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 33 27 54 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 34 34 56 01 MESSY Lola Young 35 32 29 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 44 14 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 37 37 25 27 GABRIELA Katseye 38 38 26 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 39 40 71 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 40 36 26 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 41 35 13 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 42 45 89 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 43 43 89 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 44 46 21 40 FOLDED Kehlani 45 60 05 45 CENTURY EsDeeKid 46 49 63 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 47 47 92 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 48 39 48 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 49 42 30 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 50 52 09 50 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean Bubbling Under 12 (14) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 13 (11) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 14 (17) DO IT Stray Kids 15 (13) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 16 (19) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 17 (NE) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 18 (20) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 19 (NE) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 20 (16) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae Albums 01 01 13 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 02 12 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 03 03 27 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 06 17 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 08 70 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 06 07 44 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 05 48 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd 08 11 53 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 09 15 88 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 10 12 84 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 11 16 05 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 12 09 18 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 10 54 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 14 17 79 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 15 04 41 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 16 14 32 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 19 15 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 18 20 81 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 21 10 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 20 27 03 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo 21 22 33 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 22 25 93 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 23 33 03 04 KYLIE CHRISTMAS (FULLY WRAPPED) Kylie Minogue 24 18 54 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 25 56 08 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 26 32 26 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 27 24 11 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 28 39 08 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 29 45 60 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 30 34 06 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 31 28 18 03 KARMA Stray Kids 32 36 18 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 37 29 04 CHARM Clairo 34 29 24 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 35 35 20 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 36 31 18 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 37 44 18 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 38 42 07 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 39 55 21 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 40 49 38 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 41 30 34 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 42 51 26 01 VIRGIN Lorde 43 59 08 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 44 93 08 04 THE BIG FIVE-0 Cold Chisel 45 47 65 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 46 53 14 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 47 40 09 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 48 43 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 49 58 27 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 50 46 42 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 6th week. Once again we must ponder if we have solved music with a #9 & #10 switch being the only change in the top 10. It's very much in keeping with what we would have gotten last year if all the Christmas music was omitted, for now the gaps between these songs are too pronounced, and the movement too slight and uniform to change anything. It's possible the general weirdness of New Year's Eve could cause an impact. I'm seeing "No Broke Boys" & "Abracadabra" pretty high up on the first NYE Spotify playlist I found. As far as songs moving up this week, Tyla has jumped into the top 20 now with "CHANEL" and it's a big week for EsDeeKid with all of his songs vaulting, including his simultaneous second & third top 50 hits. In accordance with the new rules, we have just one Christmas song in the chart this week, Fall Out Boy scoring their first lead artist entry in over a decade with their Spotify exclusive. I believe Laufey's "Santa Baby" should also be in the top 50 but it's missing. Speaking of which, It's never been a top 50 threat before, but Dave's "Raindance" is seeing serious second wind at the moment, so if it continues to be left out of the chart now, it'll start to be genuinely noticeable. Olivia Dean also scores another top 50 hit for good measure. I didn't realise it but last week the Bubbling Under chart did a funny thing. If you look at it now you'll see that "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" is the highest new song at the moment, which feels odd doesn't it? You're right to think that, because ARIA have prematurely shafted "The Fate of Ophelia", because it would seem that someone put the wrong date into the database. For the time being it means she gets a revolving door of new entries at the bottom of her allowed ration for the New Music chart, but it also means that should the song stick around for its entire allowed tenure (see you all in late 2027), I suspect it's going to be removed from the chart several weeks early. Given the nature of Taylor Swift streaming cycles, it'll probably depend on if she has another particularly big album that puts "The Life Of A Showgirl" into the ever expanding past region of her discography, just one of the bygone albums. This comment doesn't work very well while "The Tortured Poets Department" climbs into the top 10 but I suspect that's on the back of Christmas sales and not streams. Olivia Dean gets a 4th week at #1 on the album chart. This week the entire top 10 are #1 peaking albums. There are no debuts this week so all we can do is speculate which albums got given out on Christmas. I suspect a lot of excited unwrapping of Cold Chisel and Geese occurred this year, I wonder how much overlap there is in that audience. I feel like Jimmy Barnes & Cameron Winter have a similar approach to singing. That also wraps up this year's charts. I will return to this thread in a week or so when the Year End charts come out, but until then, thanks for reading, I'll see you in the new thread.

Also think this is an example of the way ACR makes everything seem old hat quicker than it probably should. There are like 10-15 songs max in the Spotify top 200 older than the Taylor Swift album. Let's put 95% of the chart on ACR and watch as it starts to look a lot like a chart without ACR

It's best to temper expectation with in memorium climbs during Christmas, even if they're Christmas related. We're dealing with monumentally higher numbers than any other time of year and it's very difficult to disrupt the pre-established pecking order through deliberate searches. Even a very large 100K increase is going to look underwhelming when the top song is doing a million a day.

22/12/2025 Singles 01 01 18 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 11 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 26 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 45 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 06 12 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 07 13 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 05 27 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 09 21 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 10 03 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 10 08 28 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 11 11 39 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 12 11 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 13 13 38 02 UNDRESSED sombr 14 14 100 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 15 20 11 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 16 15 23 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 17 17 42 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 19 26 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 19 18 70 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 20 21 88 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 21 16 25 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 22 31 05 22 CHANEL Tyla 23 22 83 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 24 23 12 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 25 24 12 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 25 61 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 27 27 53 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 28 28 12 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 29 30 61 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 30 33 84 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 31 43 07 30 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 32 26 28 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 33 29 23 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 34 34 55 01 MESSY Lola Young 35 40 12 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 36 32 25 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 37 38 24 27 GABRIELA Katseye 38 35 25 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 39 36 47 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 40 48 70 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 41 37 56 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 42 41 29 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 43 45 88 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 44 52 13 41 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 45 42 88 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 46 50 20 40 FOLDED Kehlani 47 46 91 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 48 39 25 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 49 44 62 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 50 53 22 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren Bubbling Under 10 (11) TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 11 (12) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 12 (16) CENTURY EsDeeKid 13 (17) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 14 (18) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 15 (15) WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 16 (13) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 17 (14) DO IT Stray Kids 18 (NE) FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 19 (20) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 20 (NE) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb Albums 01 01 12 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 02 11 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 03 03 26 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 05 40 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 05 RE 47 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd 06 06 16 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 08 43 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 09 69 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 17 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 10 12 53 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 16 52 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 12 14 83 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 13 NE 01 13 TRIPPING OVER TIME Boy & Bear 14 15 31 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 18 87 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 16 13 04 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 17 17 78 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 07 53 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 19 19 14 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 20 20 80 01 BRAT Charli XCX 21 25 09 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 22 26 32 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 23 NE 01 23 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? 21 Savage 24 24 10 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 25 23 92 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 26 NE 01 26 THUNK Jim Moginie & The Family Dog 27 11 02 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo 28 29 17 03 KARMA Stray Kids 29 31 23 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 30 27 33 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 31 28 17 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 32 30 25 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 33 04 02 04 KYLIE CHRISTMAS (FULLY WRAPPED) Kylie Minogue 34 32 05 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 35 33 21 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 36 34 17 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 37 41 28 04 CHARM Clairo 38 35 32 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 39 38 07 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 40 36 08 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 41 37 08 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 42 45 06 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 43 50 25 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 44 40 17 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 45 52 59 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 46 44 41 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 47 47 64 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 NE 01 48 JUNKDRAWERS Benjamin Stewart 49 46 37 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 50 39 13 24 LOVED Parcels "Man I Need" is #1 for a 5th week. We'd be looking at a heck of a run at the top if it didn't spent 2 months getting blocked. In any case, the Spotify Wrapped effect is done, so now we can all enjoy an exciting chart with all that interesting movement that Christmas was robbing from us. Oh. Olivia Dean is #1 for a 3rd week. There's a bit more action here courtesy of a Pink Floyd re-issue, rest in piece to the burning man on the album cover. Boy & Bear also return with their latest album. I got an email from them asking to help them get a #1 album. If you count the Australian artist chart, then they did it! Unfortunately because of these two albums, 21 Savage's plead to Mike Skinner only enters at #23. Then we've got Jim Moginie entering at #26 for his first ever solo entry. He's the guitarist from Midnight Oil. Speaking of solo projects, sneaking in is Slowly Slowly's lead singer Benjamin Stewart.

It's a well that I seem to tap every six months. I wouldn't entirely call it proof because it's just a smaller specific subset of listeners, and the greater picture can reveal unusual results, but I am inclined to think last fm users are more active and on the pulse listeners than average (as well as receiving less new users per capita than streaming services), so the whole story would probably be one of less repeat plays, and more delayed discovery, to amplify the point. I suspect that there is maybe enough data given by Spotify in its daily play counts and monthly listener stats to discover some interesting info (eg. the different monthly listeners spike a new Taylor Swift album generates for her and the lucky artists who get to be featured on it), but I'm probably not the one to do it. 😄 For an update a year and a half later, "Mr. Brightside" is up to 13.5 scrobbles per listener (up from 12), while "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" is up to 25 scrobbles per listener (up from 15). Also roughly a third of listeners to the Billie track only first recorded it in the past year. I wish I could say what it is for The Killers but the Wayback Machine is down as I'm writing this. Let's pick some new song ratios to look at! 21 - Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 17 - KATSEYE - Gabriela 16 - sombr - back to friends 10 - Alex Warren - Ordinary 10 - Alex Warren - Eternity 10 - EsDeeKid - Century 10 - sombr - 12 to 12 9 - RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 8 - Olivia Dean - Man I Need 8 - Tyla - CHANEL 7.5 - Dave - Raindance 7 - Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) Not sure it correlates to much of anything! "Mood" by 24kGoldn is also just languishing ahead of the peloton at 10.5, a smash hit from 5 years ago!

I think in all seriousness if you want to talk about a paradigm shift through playlists for Christmas music, is there really an 'organic' way for it to happen? We're all talking about arbitrary (to us) songs benefitting over the original favourites. How did those songs get there in the first place? Probably radio stations decided to play them. For all we know, the current state of affairs should've always been what it was like but those older songs weren't given the proper chance. Now it's been going so long that there are young listeners who've only known the Bobby Helms revival era, and so forth. I agree there should be better regulations for local content quotas on playlists, but I don't think we can safely say these songs aren't genuinely popular just because they didn't have the correct rite of passage. I didn't know "Feliz Navidad" when I was a kid. I know it now, think it's great and will willingly listen to it. I'm sure there are many such cases. Just having a bit of fun! Christmas discourse in both senses of that phrase can get oddly heated lmao.

Can't believe the Australification of the charts. Kylie Minogue at #1, "Snowman" becoming an annual top 40 staple. Before you know it, all the disappointed cricket fans are gonna fly back after a month in Australia and start celebrating Gravy Day on the 21st of December next year😔

Haven't been able to watch as much as the first two tests (day games are not made for WA night owls 😅) but England looked a lot more threatening in this one. That missed catch on 99 for Head is a huge what-if that could've completely changed momentum. Also was thinking back to 2005 and thought they might be able to hold out and squeeze for a draw.

So under the radar that his label still haven't gotten around to putting in on the ARIA survey, so it's still not charting in Australia.

15/12/2025 Singles 01 01 17 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 10 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 25 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 44 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 07 26 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 06 06 11 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 05 12 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 08 08 27 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 09 10 20 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 09 02 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 11 12 38 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 11 10 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 13 16 37 02 UNDRESSED sombr 14 13 99 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 15 15 22 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 16 14 24 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 17 19 41 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 26 69 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 19 20 25 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 20 17 10 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 21 21 87 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 22 23 82 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 23 18 11 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 24 22 11 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 25 36 60 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 26 29 27 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 27 37 52 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 28 25 11 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 29 95 22 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 30 39 60 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 31 40 04 31 CHANEL Tyla 32 27 24 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 33 35 83 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 34 43 54 01 MESSY Lola Young 35 28 24 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 36 41 46 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 37 55 55 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 38 31 23 27 GABRIELA Katseye 39 34 24 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 40 33 11 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 41 32 28 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 42 48 87 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 43 30 06 30 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 44 45 61 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 45 46 87 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 46 50 90 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 47 44 15 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 48 57 69 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 73 77 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 50 47 19 40 FOLDED Kehlani Bubbling Under 12 (13) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 13 (11) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 14 (9) DO IT Stray Kids 15 (17) WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 16 (15) CENTURY EsDeeKid 17 (16) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 18 (20) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 19 (NE) THE DEAD DANCE Lady Gaga 20 (RE) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro Albums 01 02 11 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 01 10 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 03 03 25 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 NE 01 04 KYLIE CHRISTMAS (FULLY WRAPPED) Kylie Minogue 05 17 39 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 06 04 15 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 21 52 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 08 05 42 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 07 68 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 16 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 NE 01 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo 12 08 52 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 13 06 03 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 14 11 82 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 15 12 30 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 10 51 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 17 15 77 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 16 86 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 19 13 13 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 20 24 79 01 BRAT Charli XCX 21 26 100 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 22 NE 01 22 LIVE GOD Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 23 25 91 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 24 46 09 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 25 22 08 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 26 31 31 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 27 19 32 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 28 29 16 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 29 30 16 03 KARMA Stray Kids 30 36 24 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 31 39 22 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 32 27 04 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 33 37 20 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 34 33 16 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 35 57 31 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 36 55 07 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 37 34 07 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 38 85 06 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 39 54 12 24 LOVED Parcels 40 47 16 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 41 44 27 04 CHARM Clairo 42 NE 01 42 GHOST WORLD Alison Wonderland 43 43 12 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 44 50 40 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 45 41 05 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 46 53 36 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 47 45 63 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 48 24 01 VIRGIN Lorde 49 32 11 06 VIE Doja Cat 50 64 24 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane "Man I Need" is #1 for a 4th week. There's absolutely no competition so you can lock it in for next week as well. That would perhaps be considered the Christmas chart and in case you're wondering, "Man I Need" would certainly be #1 no matter what. Mariah Carey usually (though not always) climbed to #1 the week after, and I suspect if allowed on the chart, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" would be fighting a close battle for #2, and probably losing it. I was alerted to an curiosity that the top 3 singles & albums are the same artists in the same order, which might not have ever happened before. Otherwise, we're looking at the Spotify Wrapped chart this week, discovering what songs everyone listened to in January and February, and then forgot about. Only we've been reading these charts since at least that far back, so we already know what everyone was listening to then. "That's So True", "The Days - NOTION Remix" and "APT." are among the greatest gainers this week. Kendrick Lamar & Lady Gaga are also probably benefitting from this, but they've also been in Australia in this time frame so that's the other big thing. An amusing side effect of this is that "The Dead Dance" has finally reached the New Music chart for the first time, despite previously reaching the ARIA top 50 on release. The only new peak this week is for Tyla's "CHANEL", as most new songs are having a rough week. If you want my rough estimate, I think there should be about 6-7 Christmas songs in the top 50 this week. Ayy he said the thing, but genuinely that's what I think. I've already told you what happened on the album chart, but I will say that Olivia Dean has returned to #1 for the first time since debuting there. Potentially she's setting a pecking order with streaming though I suspect Taylor Swift's pure sales might contest her for a while yet. The two albums have 8 and 3 songs respectively in the Spotify top 200, but 7 and 12 songs respectively in the Apple Music top 200. Kylie Minogue's expanded Christmas album debuts at #4. The original version was a perennial re-charter that peaked at #7. Olivia Rodrigo keeps her charting discography covered in 1's, as she adds two more of them with her Glastonbury set. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds had a #47 charting live album back in 1993, and now they've gotten just a bit higher with another one at #22. Pepperidge Farm remembers when Alison Wonderland was more popular than Ninajirachi. Now she's got a guest spot on the new Alison Wonderland album, but it ends up debuting lower than "I Love My Computer" is this week.

I'll be honest, I don't even know if Amazon is a big wheel for the charts over here. It's not something I've ever felt the need to keep track of. Everything can always be largely explained through Spotify, Apple & YouTube. If such a radical force does exist, we won't see it until the last Christmas chart, because as it stands, there'd probably be only 6 or maybe 7 Christmas songs in the ARIA top 50 under normal circumstances this week. Takes a while to kick into gear.

Can I interest you in 0 debuts and 4 re-entries, where the newest one has spent roughly as many weeks in the top 50 than all 4 of the songs that dropped out combined? The demon of Christmas is no longer keeping us from what we all really want.

The people are loving it, the exciting new hits of December can finally thrive (for the purposes of online communication, this is sarcasm)

08/12/2025 Singles 01 01 16 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 09 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 24 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 05 43 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 06 11 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 06 04 10 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 25 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 08 26 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 09 NE 01 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 10 11 19 06 12 TO 12 sombr 11 09 09 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 12 12 37 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 13 16 98 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 14 14 23 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 15 21 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 16 18 36 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 17 09 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 18 13 10 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 19 21 40 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 23 24 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 21 22 86 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 22 20 10 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 23 24 81 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 24 10 02 10 DO IT Stray Kids 25 25 10 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 26 28 68 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 27 26 23 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 28 27 23 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 29 30 26 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 30 40 05 30 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 31 29 22 27 GABRIELA Katseye 32 32 27 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 33 33 10 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 34 35 23 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 35 39 82 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 36 34 59 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 37 38 51 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 38 19 02 19 NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 39 42 59 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 40 66 03 40 CHANEL Tyla 41 36 45 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 42 37 09 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 43 50 53 01 MESSY Lola Young 44 43 14 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 45 44 60 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 46 51 86 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 47 45 18 40 FOLDED Kehlani 48 51 86 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 49 41 11 41 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 50 53 89 01 TOO SWEET Hozier Bubbling Under 15 (19) CENTURY EsDeeKid 16 (16) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 17 (14) WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 18 (18) DANCING2 Keli Holiday 19 (10) ANYTHING BUT LOVE Tate McRae 20 (NE) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley Albums 01 03 09 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 02 02 10 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 05 24 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 07 14 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 41 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 01 02 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 07 08 67 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 09 51 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 10 15 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 10 13 50 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 11 11 81 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 12 12 29 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 19 12 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 14 NE 01 14 MOONRISE Pierce Brothers 15 17 76 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 16 21 85 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 17 24 38 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 18 NE 01 18 SCRIPTS OF FATE Jemma Siles 19 15 31 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 20 NE 01 20 BEDTIME STORIES - THE UNTOLD CHAPTER Madonna 21 40 51 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 22 27 07 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 23 NE 01 23 GODSPEED These New South Whales 24 30 78 01 BRAT Charli XCX 25 29 90 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 26 28 99 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 27 18 03 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 28 NE 01 28 SEARCHING FOR YOU IN THE DARKNESS Dellacoma 29 37 15 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 30 26 15 03 KARMA Stray Kids 31 38 30 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 32 39 10 06 VIE Doja Cat 33 35 15 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 34 23 06 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 35 RE 10 11 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 36 43 23 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 37 25 19 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 38 NE 01 38 YOU'RE MISSING THE BEST PART Chris Lanzon 39 36 21 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 40 46 05 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 41 33 04 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 42 20 02 20 ANTHOLOGY 4 The Beatles 43 48 11 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 44 53 26 04 CHARM Clairo 45 47 62 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 46 34 08 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 47 51 15 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 48 55 23 01 VIRGIN Lorde 49 81 57 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 50 52 39 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 3rd week. Don't expect that to change this year. It's abundantly clear that there will be no Christmas shenanigans on this watch, unless some new blood comes along, but it probably won't contend for the top spot. Our no Christmas policy has brought in that chart salvation that everyone has wanted I believe, 3 re-entries from 3 of the oldest possible hits that are still able to appear on the chart. Well we do also get Tyla getting a 3rd ever top 50 hit. We've missed out on the funny run of 08-out-out-09 with the return of "I Run" being marked as a new entry, but we get some other comedy as it seems like the "Golden" state of just chucking all the names in reverse alphabetical order has been enacted again. Congrats Kaitlyn Aragon on the lead artist hit.