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These things have a habit of looping back around algorithmically. You start to see/hear it more and think about it more in consequence (and then especially notice it the next time around). Unless there's more to it I've missed, look at the UK & Australia's reaction to Miley Cyrus's "Party In The U.S.A." last week. America blasts it because it's the 4th of July, and then two days later, we all start hearing/thinking about the song more and it inexplicably bounces up. More than ever, the chart just reflects what we're hearing, whether or not we're going out of our way to drive it.

06/07/2026 Singles 01 03 31 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 04 46 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 02 03 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 04 05 41 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 07 05 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 06 06 06 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 07 10 40 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 01 04 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 09 11 12 09 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 10 08 11 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 11 12 73 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 12 09 03 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 13 13 20 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 14 17 40 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 14 07 05 JANICE STFU Drake 16 18 04 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 17 20 21 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 18 19 26 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 19 26 54 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 29 39 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 21 24 51 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 22 31 10 22 SELF AWARE Temper City 23 32 41 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 24 27 49 06 12 TO 12 sombr 25 34 67 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 26 28 70 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 27 35 55 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 28 36 12 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 29 37 56 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 30 15 03 14 EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 31 16 03 09 MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo 32 39 16 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 38 22 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 34 40 25 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 35 23 03 12 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith 36 22 03 13 MY WAY Olivia Rodrigo 37 25 03 15 LESS Olivia Rodrigo 38 42 12 23 NOBLE F3miii 39 21 03 10 BEGGED Olivia Rodrigo 40 44 06 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 41 30 03 16 U + ME = <3 Olivia Rodrigo 42 57 07 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 43 46 16 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 44 50 27 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 45 48 08 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 46 NE 01 46 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 47 91 03 47 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 48 51 17 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 49 45 32 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 50 55 08 50 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro Bubbling Under *14 (NE) LOOK AT MY LIFE Gracie Abrams 15 (9) ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 16 (11) FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 17 (15) BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace *18 (20) KINGDOM OF FEAR Cameron Whitcomb *19 (19) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz 20 (18) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan Albums 01 01 03 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 NE 01 02 THE WOW! SIGNAL Muse 03 02 40 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 03 10 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 04 07 01 ICEMAN Drake 06 06 12 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 NE 01 07 DEAR GOD The Pretty Reckless 08 09 81 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 08 54 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 10 07 15 01 ARIRANG BTS 11 NE 01 11 RAGE Kita Alexander 12 12 44 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 13 59 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 10 97 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 11 71 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 16 15 45 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 17 14 39 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 18 16 17 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 19 17 51 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 NE 01 20 ALONE BUT ALL ONE Katie Noonan 21 21 22 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 23 23 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 23 22 18 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 24 28 27 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 25 25 15 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 26 27 07 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 27 20 04 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 28 30 24 28 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 29 29 08 16 BROWN Chris Brown 30 24 04 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 31 26 03 05 FLOW STATE Keith Urban 32 33 45 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 33 38 53 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 34 36 26 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 35 35 07 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 36 37 99 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 34 07 05 HABIBTI Drake 38 51 10 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 39 43 45 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 40 39 14 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 41 NE 01 41 DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 (ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK) Toby Fox 42 63 05 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 43 46 92 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 44 31 04 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 45 45 60 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 NE 01 46 SWAG LIVE FROM COACHELLA (WEEKEND I) Justin Bieber 47 47 68 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 48 NE 01 48 THE GO-JO VARIETY SHOW Go-Jo 49 50 42 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 50 55 40 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb Ella Langley returns for a 4th week at #1. We're so short for fresh hits breaking through that "Man I Need" is back up to #2, doing less than half of what it was doing at #1 for some weeks. I suppose we can't rule out Malcolm Todd sliding to #1 one day just on sheer collapse of everything around him (something similar happened when "Pumped Up Kicks" hit the top spot). Of note this week, sombr is back and I suspect will be ready next week to spring up the chart. Gracie Abrams doesn't quite make it in with her new single, but including "Hit The Wall" just after it on the single has helped that bounce back in instead. Olivia Rodrigo secures a 3rd week at #1. This surpasses the two weeks at #1 managed by "GUTS" but there's quite a way to go to match "SOUR"'s 8 week reign. Coming closest to stopping her this week is the latest album from Muse. It was a little surprising to me when their previous album went to #1 as their hold on the top spot looked to have finally looked gone when "Simulation Theory" only hit #7. My early impression (as someone with a major teenage Muse phase) is that this new one is their best album in quite some time though, maybe that'll be the momentum to get them back to #1 or maybe just pick a better week next time. The Pretty Reckless actually score their first ever top 10 album this week, the curiosity to me is that they weren't doing better when they actually managed a charting single. You could also possibly say something similar about Kita Alexander except that she wasn't releasing albums way back when she first broke out in the mid-2010s. She did release one in 2024 but it didn't make the top 50, so call it a long awaited breakthrough as this artist who reached #51 on the singles chart nearly a decade ago finally has a top 50 album. This has never been a going concern for Katie Noonan I imagine, who scored a #1 album way back in 2002 as part of her band 'george'. This is her first solo chart entry in about a decade, and from what I can tell, might be her first album of original material in nearly two, as she's largely thrived on singing covers of jazz standards and the like. The most peculiar entry this week might just be from Toby Fox though. He picks up his first ever chart entry seemingly just on streams and downloads, and makes DELTARUNE (specifically Ch. 5) I believe just the 3rd video game to ever chart a soundtrack in Australia. The only others I can recall are Minecraft and Life is Strange: True Colors (because it was an Angus & Julia Stone album). I'd love to be all quippy about this because I adore UNDERTALE but I've only ever played the first two chapters of DELTARUNE. Justin Bieber also has a live album and Go-Jo who once represented Australia in Eurovision gets in with his debut album. Disappointingly, Drake's two albums have finally separated on the chart for the first time since debuting.

Sure, that's fine, I don't have a horse in that race, but you're positing Sam Fender and/or his team complaining to the OCC to prevent it from happening. Seems like an attack on character based on speculation, thus, getting mad/smug about the made up version of Sam Fender in your head. Wouldn't have brought it up but you've said the same thing twice in this thread which is entering the realm of misinformation through repeated assertion.

The classic genre of posting: making something up to be mad/smug about it.

29/06/2026 Singles 01 11 03 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 02 01 02 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 03 03 30 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 06 45 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 05 08 40 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 06 02 05 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 07 05 04 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 08 04 10 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 09 07 02 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 10 18 39 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 11 17 11 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 12 23 72 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 13 21 19 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 14 20 06 05 JANICE STFU Drake 15 14 02 14 EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 16 09 02 09 MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo 17 24 39 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 18 25 03 18 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 19 29 25 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 20 27 20 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 21 10 02 10 BEGGED Olivia Rodrigo 22 13 02 13 MY WAY Olivia Rodrigo 23 12 02 12 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith 24 26 50 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 25 15 02 15 LESS Olivia Rodrigo 26 28 53 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 27 30 48 06 12 TO 12 sombr 28 35 69 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 29 31 38 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 30 16 02 16 U + ME = <3 Olivia Rodrigo 31 34 09 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 32 33 40 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 33 32 37 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 34 37 66 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 35 36 54 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 36 42 11 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 37 43 55 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 38 38 21 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 39 46 15 28 BE HER Ella Langley 40 45 24 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 41 19 02 19 PURPLE Olivia Rodrigo 42 44 11 23 NOBLE F3miii 43 22 02 22 CIGARETTE SMOKE Olivia Rodrigo 44 47 05 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 45 40 31 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 46 41 15 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 47 39 02 39 ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 48 51 07 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 49 48 11 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 50 50 26 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry Bubbling Under 12 (15) AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles *13 (17) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 14 (19) HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 15 (20) BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 16 (18) SHABANG Drake 17 (16) NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 18 (RE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan *19 (RE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz *20 (NE) KINGDOM OF FEAR Cameron Whitcomb Albums 01 01 02 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 39 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 03 09 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 04 04 06 01 ICEMAN Drake 05 NE 01 05 WISDOM WEED & WORDPLAY Chillinit 06 09 11 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 08 14 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 12 53 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 11 80 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 15 96 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 11 16 70 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 13 43 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 18 58 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 14 38 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 17 44 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 19 16 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 17 20 50 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 18 23 105 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 19 NE 01 18 TERRESTRIALS Pond 20 21 03 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 21 24 21 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 26 17 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 23 27 22 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 24 22 03 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 25 29 14 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 26 05 02 05 FLOW STATE Keith Urban 27 28 06 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 30 26 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 29 59 07 16 BROWN Chris Brown 30 31 23 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 31 07 03 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 32 100 13 03 BULLY YE 33 38 44 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 34 06 05 HABIBTI Drake 35 33 06 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 36 39 25 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 37 44 98 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 38 42 52 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 39 41 13 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 40 NE 01 40 PLACEBO RE:CREATED Placebo 41 NE 01 41 MY MESS, MY HEART, MY LIFE. Myles Smith 42 NE 01 42 PT. ROADKNIGHT Leah Senior 43 47 44 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 44 97 19 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 45 45 59 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 48 91 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 51 67 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 48 NE 01 48 DEL GESU Patrick Roberts 49 58 80 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 50 53 41 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran "I Knew It, I Knew You" returns for a second week at #1. I'm sure you can guess what happened here. On streams it's probably sitting just inside the top 10, which opens up exciting possibilities for next week as we could see a 1-11-1-11 chart run. On the other hand, Ariana Grande has so far charted 2-3-5-7, meaning the possibility of her hitting the 5th prime number is imperative on Taylor Swift not doing it instead. Mac Miller does in fact reach the top 20 this time, and there are no debuts this week, I love less work. Olivia Rodrigo holds at #1 for a second week on the album chart. Observers of the chart will notice that Chillinit has swapped out the 'Women' from his very successful 2018 album for 'Wisdom', and as a result scores a 5th top 5 album. Pond return to the chart with their 7th top 50 entry, a band whose success no doubt baffles the 'Did you know Tame Impala is only one guy' crowd. You can track the popularity of Placebo in Australia pretty closely to the release of the film Cruel Intentions, so you may or may not be surprised to learn that their self-titled debut album is the only one that never charted in Australia. It came out 30 years ago as of June, and now gets some re-imbursement as the new re-issue does chart. Myles Smith charts his debut, while Leah Senior (no relation to Junior) also charts for the first time though she's released several albums. Your interesting fact to learn is that she is the woman providing spoken word to King Gizzard's "Murder of the Universe" album. Taking even longer to chart for the first time is Patrick Roberts, violinist.

I have been half expecting to see comments akin to 'oh no, it's having a less strong week, that means it'll be easier to find an increase in the next 2 weeks'

22/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 02 06 04 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 03 02 29 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 15 09 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 05 03 03 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 06 04 44 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 07 NE 01 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 08 05 39 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 09 NE 01 09 MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo 10 NE 01 10 BEGGED Olivia Rodrigo 11 01 02 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith 13 NE 01 13 MY WAY Olivia Rodrigo 14 NE 01 14 EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 15 NE 01 15 LESS Olivia Rodrigo 16 NE 01 16 U + ME = <3 Olivia Rodrigo 17 10 10 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 18 08 38 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 19 NE 01 19 PURPLE Olivia Rodrigo 20 07 05 05 JANICE STFU Drake 21 09 18 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 22 NE 01 22 CIGARETTE SMOKE Olivia Rodrigo 23 11 71 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 24 12 38 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 25 23 02 23 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 26 14 49 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 27 13 19 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 28 18 52 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 29 20 24 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 30 17 47 06 12 TO 12 sombr 31 22 37 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 32 16 36 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 33 19 39 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 34 24 08 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 35 21 68 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 36 26 53 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 37 29 65 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 38 27 20 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 39 NE 01 39 ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 40 46 30 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 41 25 14 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 42 34 10 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 43 32 54 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 44 30 10 23 NOBLE F3miii 45 31 23 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 46 33 14 28 BE HER Ella Langley 47 28 04 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 48 38 10 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 49 37 16 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 50 41 25 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry Bubbling Under 13 (16) ORBITER Noah Kahan *14 (NE) DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 15 (15) AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 16 (9) NATIONAL TREASURES Drake *17 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 18 (14) SHABANG Drake 19 (10) HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 20 (13) BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace Albums 01 NE 01 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 04 38 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 06 08 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 04 05 05 01 ICEMAN Drake 05 NE 01 05 FLOW STATE Keith Urban 06 NE 01 06 KINGDOM WITHIN Josh Pyke 07 01 02 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 08 07 13 01 ARIRANG BTS 09 08 10 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 10 NE 01 10 RUN IT BACK South Summit 11 09 79 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 10 52 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 13 12 42 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 14 16 37 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 15 95 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 14 69 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 17 13 43 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 17 57 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 18 15 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 20 20 49 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 21 03 02 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 22 02 02 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 23 23 104 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 24 20 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 25 NE 01 25 KICKING MY FEET & SCREAMING Ruel 26 26 16 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 28 21 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 28 27 05 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 29 31 13 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 30 34 25 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 33 22 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 25 03 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 33 29 05 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 34 30 05 05 HABIBTI Drake 35 RE 04 21 VOLUME 2 Angine De Poitrine 36 NE 01 36 STORMY WEATHER Dami Im 37 NE 01 37 DIRTY BLONDE Bebe Rexha 38 38 43 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 39 39 24 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 40 NE 01 40 VOLUME 1 Angine De Poitrine 41 41 12 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 42 44 51 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 43 NE 01 43 EXIT WOUNDS Spacey Jane 44 47 97 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 45 48 58 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 46 08 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 47 42 43 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 48 50 90 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 49 NE 01 49 CAN WE DO IT ALL AGAIN? Sonny Fodera 50 95 02 50 MUTT Leon Thomas Olivia Rodrigo secures her 6th #1 single. We have reached the logical conclusion of 2026 because we have an Olivia top 2 on both charts this week. Australia however does not achieve the isolated podium because Ireland also got O.Rod her 6th #1. Expect a recession for "stupid song" next week but it looks like a solid chance to retain the top spot. With Olivia Rodrigo's entire track list entering within the top 25, I mucked up last week when I said that Mac Miller would climb the chart, because he has instead done one of those 'we all know it's a climb but technically it isn't', and will need to maintain this for another week or so to actually reach the top 20. Otherwise there's another new entry in the top 50 by LE SSERAFIM, KATSEYE & ILLIT, which is a first time in the chart for LE SSERAFIM. Spare a thought for all those trivia players who've gotten by only knowing two K-Pop groups for many years who might need to actually learn some distinctions. Olivia Rodrigo also secures her 3rd #1 album this week. The opposite of Mac Miller's situation is Drake managing to secure another 'we all know it's not a climb but technically it is'. Once a lock for the #1 spot, Keith Urban returns to the chart at #5, and is possibly drafting up a message to Olivia Rodrigo for parking in his spot. He has a somewhat contemporaneous companion next to him this week as Josh Pyke returns with his highest charting album since 2015. I recently learnt that Josh Pyke has become a children's author. A band I often think are Kiwi but are actually from Western Australia, South Summit return to the chart and score their first ever top 10 placer. Ruel very quickly returns to the chart with the sequel to his last album, though in doing so has missed the top 10 for the first time. It's a big week for Angine De Poitrine who now have both of their albums charting together, "Volume 1" entering for the first time. Between them we've got Dami Im's first album in 5 years and Bebe Rexha scoring her second ever top 50 album. Another big name in Western Australia, Spacey Jane sneak into the chart with an EP that wasn't actually released physically, so it's going all on digital sales & streams. Sonny Fodera also sneaks in with his first charting album, and strangely Leon Thomas does as well. I'm not sure what's prompted this big climb after the album's been out for well over a year now.

My buds across the Tasman beg to differ

15/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 02 01 28 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 02 02 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 04 03 43 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 05 04 38 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 06 05 03 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 07 06 04 05 JANICE STFU Drake 08 07 37 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 09 08 17 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 10 10 09 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 11 09 70 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 12 13 37 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 11 18 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 14 14 48 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 15 12 08 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 16 16 35 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 17 46 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 18 51 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 19 19 38 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 20 20 23 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 21 28 67 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 21 36 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 23 NE 01 23 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 24 26 07 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 25 15 13 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 26 24 52 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 27 22 19 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 28 33 03 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 29 29 64 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 23 09 23 NOBLE F3miii 31 25 22 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 32 30 53 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 33 32 13 28 BE HER Ella Langley 34 31 09 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 35 27 04 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 36 34 04 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 37 38 15 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 38 39 09 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 39 NE 01 39 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 40 36 04 13 SHABANG Drake 41 RE 24 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 42 35 14 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 43 40 22 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 44 41 63 02 UNDRESSED sombr 45 42 36 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 46 66 29 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 47 45 05 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 48 NE 01 48 EDGE OF THE EARTH The Beaches 49 44 36 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 50 52 86 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (16) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *18 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro *19 (19) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz 20 (17) DOORS Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 01 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 02 NE 01 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 03 NE 01 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 04 02 37 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 01 04 01 ICEMAN Drake 06 04 07 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 07 06 12 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 08 09 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 09 09 78 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 51 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 NE 01 11 WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? Vika & Linda 12 11 41 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 14 42 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 14 12 68 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 15 94 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 17 36 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 17 16 56 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 18 13 14 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 19 NE 01 19 MARGINALIA Rum Jungle 20 19 48 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 21 NE 01 21 STARDUST Freya Skye 22 NE 01 22 8-TRACKS Pink Floyd 23 23 103 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 20 19 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 25 05 02 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 26 26 15 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 25 04 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 27 20 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 21 04 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 30 22 04 05 HABIBTI Drake 31 28 12 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 32 31 105 01 BRAT Charli XCX 33 30 21 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 34 32 24 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 35 RE 03 05 I ONLY TRUST ROCK N ROLL The Living End 36 NE 01 36 MULGA WIRE The Pretty Littles 37 NE 01 37 CRY BABY Vince Staples 38 35 42 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 39 37 23 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 40 24 02 24 THE SECOND ALBUM LEMONADE Aespa 41 45 11 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 42 40 42 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 43 03 02 03 INFERNO Boards of Canada 44 38 50 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 45 NE 01 45 NIGHT BLOOMS Jeff Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra 46 43 07 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 47 41 96 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 50 57 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 49 46 65 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 50 47 89 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone Taylor Swift scores her 14th #1 hit this week. She's done the genius move of releasing it during a slow period as I don't think this was quite the showstopping lock at #1 that she's prone to. With Olivia Rodrigo's album out next week, she could be in for a serious decline week on week, though I expect when Toy Story 5 is released, the song should recover somewhat. Expect a new #1 single next week as I feel pretty confident in saying that "stupid song" is doing enough. The big question on everyone's minds is whether or not Ireland will respond, or will their undying love of Kingfishr break the deadlock and make Australia the only country that has sent all of the likely Olivia Rodrigo songs to #1. The top 20 this week is largely songs that are unmoved if not for Taylor Swift and The Chemical Brothers. Before I had any chance to post outdated lies on my blog, Mac Miller has a new highest charting single. Previously, he got to #27 with "Good News", but now "Cinderella" enters at #23 and should climb again next week. "Cinderella" comes from his album "The Divine Feminine" which notably contains the song "Dang!", which charted higher in Australia than anywhere else in the world. American musician Alyssa Grace only has 3 songs out but debuts a new one in the top 50. She is not to be confused by the Kiwi musician of the same name whose website mentions that she's inspired by Phoebe Bridgers, as does this Alyssa's Spotify profile. We're getting some strange application of the new rules at the moment, where it seems the previously understood rule that it's required to be in the top 30 doesn't count for quite as much. This week Katy Perry returns with "The One That Got Away" (it sure is strange to see this big uptick for Katy Perry's marketing not long after she was accused of SA), while The Beaches get their first ever top 50 hit with "Edge Of The Earth". That same album has the song "Blame Brett" which finished at #101 in the Hottest 100. The Kid LAROI also returns with "GIRLS" though it should theoretically be a few weeks away from being taken off the chart. If you're a believer in the long time tradition of dinner and a show, then I have great news for you, because Niall Horan scores his second #1 album with "Dinner Party", after "The Show" got to #1 in 2023. I thought it was cute. He comes out ahead of Evanescence who score their highest chart position since their first two albums got to #1. I don't know if anyone here reading this watches "The Rehearsal" but the second season had one of the all-time great needle drops with how it utilised "Bring Me To Life" last year. Malcolm Todd has a new album that actually should be on the chart right now, and it smashes his previous best to a new high of #3. This past week, ARIA held its Hall of Fame ceremony, which was actually televised separately from the ARIA Awards for possibly the first time. It's ARIA's 40th anniversary or thereabouts and they made a big show of it by going all out on inductions. They often lately have only put through one artist each year, but there were 6 this year. Pertinent this week were Vika & Linda, who've had a significant career renaissance in the 2020s and return to the chart with a #11 album, while also inducted were other big '90s icons The Living End, and their most recent album returns to the chart this week. Rum Jungle enter at #19 this week, a year after they had a #9 album. UK singer Freya Skye charts for the first time with her debut EP, a bit higher than she charted in her home country, but that's different chart rules for you. Australian band The Pretty Littles have been around for well over a decade and have charted for the first time this week, just ahead of Vince Staples who charts his 5th top 50 album, which I want to listen to because I'm obsessed with "Cotton" at the moment. Jeff Goldblum also gets his first charting album this week. Back in 2019 he read a guest category on Jeopardy! and his clue reading was agonisingly slow.

Might be worth considering the Australian Spotify chart just because the time zones give us a good preview. Of note you have "the cure" up to #2 from #6 (~+40,000 streams), and "stupid song" new at #14 (~140,000 streams). In the past, this has tended to bode well for a #1 debut and you could potentially expect a leapfrog over the incumbent hit. For a recent comparison, Harry Styles' "American Girls" first appeared at #20 on Thursday and shot up to #2 on the Friday with more streams than the current #1 has, ending up at #3 on the official chart, and well ahead of "Aperture" which was slightly ahead of it on the Thursday. It's very early days and we can never truly predict what happens in the ensuing days, but I wouldn't be overly surprised if "stupid song" ends up taking the top spot across the board. (Mind you, Australia's one of the only countries where "the cure" already went to #1 so she might just be more popular here).

08/06/2026 Singles 01 02 27 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 NE 01 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 03 03 42 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 04 37 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 01 02 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 06 05 03 05 JANICE STFU Drake 07 06 36 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 07 16 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 09 08 69 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 12 08 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 11 15 17 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 09 07 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 13 14 36 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 14 13 47 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 15 11 12 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 16 16 34 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 20 45 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 19 50 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 19 18 37 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 20 17 22 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 21 22 35 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 22 26 18 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 23 37 08 23 NOBLE F3miii 24 28 51 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 25 23 21 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 26 25 06 25 SELF AWARE Temper City 27 10 03 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 28 24 66 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 29 29 63 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 32 52 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 31 30 08 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 32 34 12 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 48 02 33 BED ON FIRE G Flip 34 31 03 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 35 33 13 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 36 27 03 13 SHABANG Drake 37 21 03 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 38 42 14 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 39 38 08 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 40 39 21 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 41 40 62 02 UNDRESSED sombr 42 45 35 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 43 46 21 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 44 44 35 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 54 04 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 46 50 42 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 47 35 03 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 48 53 94 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 36 03 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 50 56 14 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (15) DOORS Noah Kahan *18 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 19 (19) PINKY UP Katseye *20 (RE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz Albums 01 02 03 01 ICEMAN Drake 02 03 36 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 INFERNO Boards of Canada 04 04 06 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 06 08 11 01 ARIRANG BTS 07 NE 01 07 EI8HT Shinedown 08 06 08 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 09 09 77 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 11 50 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 12 40 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 14 67 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 13 10 13 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 14 15 41 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 13 93 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 20 55 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 18 35 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 18 NE 01 18 SUBURBAN COWGIRL Amber Lawrence 19 19 47 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 21 18 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 16 03 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 22 17 03 05 HABIBTI Drake 23 24 102 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 NE 01 24 THE SECOND ALBUM LEMONADE Aespa 25 27 03 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 26 26 14 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 25 19 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 28 28 11 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 29 RE 08 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski 30 31 20 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 31 29 104 01 BRAT Charli XCX 32 30 23 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 01 02 01 FLORESCENCE Maisie Peters 34 NE 01 34 SITTING NEXT TO NELLIE Chloe Parche 35 39 41 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 36 NE 01 36 THE MOTH Devin Townsend 37 35 22 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 38 36 49 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 39 34 04 16 BROWN Chris Brown 40 38 41 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 41 41 95 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 NE 01 42 REASON TO BELIEVE Kip Moore 43 33 06 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 44 07 02 07 GOOD ON PAPER aleksiah 45 40 10 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 46 46 64 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 43 88 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 45 10 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 49 37 29 16 BELOVED Giveon 50 42 56 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token Ella Langley returns to #1 for a 3rd week. For the first time in about 9 months, we don't have anyone named Olivia in the top 2. We're going very well with names that end in 'a' though, as Ariana Grande returns to the chart with her latest single at #2. This is the 4th time in her career that she has debuted at #2 with a song that debuted at #1 in America, one of those interesting by-products of America focused marketing that gets about 80% across over here, but in the world of winning on slim margins, means this is a very regular story! It will be interesting to see if the same thing happens next week with Taylor Swift's new single, which is normally a safe enough bet to get across in Australia, but looks a little touch & go so far this week. Malcolm Todd manages to sneak into the top 10 behind the main story. We've also got a big rise for G Flip consolidating the initial hype. The only debut this week is Noah Kahan's "The Orbiter" which is now the highest song on the chart from his album because all the other entries have fallen out now. Drake returns to #1 for a second week with "ICEMAN". You probably don't need me to tell you, but this is very much the kind of return to #1 that means falling, but not having reached back to the peloton yet. I mean look at this chart. Boards of Canada have only charted once before, and now they're all of a sudden getting a huge career high at #3. Paul McCartney gets his highest charting album since 2018 while Shinedown cause a slight missed opportunity that's pretty wild for a band that have never charted higher than #37 before. Australian country singer Amber Lawrence is coming in a little lower than she did last time but still much higher than most of her previous albums. aespa get their first ever charting album, as does Chloe Parché whose accented 'é' is missing on the ARIA Chart. I like her music.

(Sorry this went long and rambling. I thought I had a support session today but I didn't, so you're stuck with me at my computer with nothing better to do today). There are several underwhelming answers I can usually trot out to explain this. The simplest explanation is that it's a generally self-fulfilling curse. You quantify hits by chart activity, but the charts have been rigid in exactly how much space they have to give, meaning that one song or artist's pronounced success comes at the cost of another, but not in a way you will feel contented by. For instance, in 2009 for a single week, Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry amassed between them roughly ~1,000,000 sales. A monumental splash of activity that left as quickly as it came, giving that thrill of a big thing while not actually being a great disruption. I haven't checked the numbers exactly so I could be a little off (and we're looking at an arbitrary conversion between formats anyway), but if we look at "Rein Me In", that's a song whose dominance takes about 3-4 months to accumulate those same chart points. When you consider both the frivolity of that 2009 week, and the enormous reach required to amass those streams (if you want to talk about the legitimacy of streaming, that's another topic I don't have time for here), there's no doubt in my mind that it's a bigger overall thing. It probably just doesn't feel like it because we've watched it very slowly crawl up to this point moving on what feels like inertia but ultimately is newly generated streams day by day, week by week, and as a result, feels like a non-event when it just seems to hold the fort every week, more so for anyone who isn't entranced by the song to begin with. In fact, that's probably hurt just by this unassuming presentation, because if the song had instantly debuted at #1, we'd have to immediately consider it an event and treat it with that utmost, but for a lot of people it just seems to be that song that was haplessly stuck in the top 10 for so long dodging ACR and it's hard to shake off that 2025 perception with what it is now. As it is, the song continues to occupy the pinnacle chart real estate while in no way adding to the conversation on big hits going around. I mainly think this is an important way to look at it because I think the micro-level actually is significant, but it can be missed for the trees if you just look at the chart. Basically, you have the consider an entire country (or world) of music fans and what all their individual behaviours look like together. What I suspect you find is that for many people, they're probably listening to a far wider spread of music than ever before. Maybe they're not paying as close attention to it (another topic), but the charts are raw data and that's all we've got. According to my own last.fm, back in 2011 I listened to just under 1,900 songs a total of 17,000 times between them. In 2026, I've listened to over 4,000 songs with only 6,600 plays together (I also listen to New Music Friday in full every week but don't log it, so those numbers are undershooting). When I spread my listening out that widely, it's just going to create a thin sheet of statistical noise that doesn't amount to anything, whereas if I hyper-focused on the same new hits as everyone else, I'd probably be adding to that idyllic chart performance where the songs rise up quickly as we discover them, and fizzle out when we get sick of them. Our attraction to this previously established format means that we disregard anything that goes against it. "Billie Jean" isn't new to me or you, but maybe it is to a lot of kids who grew up in a post-MJ world where most of his songs have never had so much attention put on them to be in focus before, giving no reason for them to be discovered in an endless pool of 'Songs that were important before you were born'. Does "Babydoll" by Dominic Fike feel like a fresh hit that happened this year because it never made the top 40 before? That song had over a billion streams on Spotify beforehand, they just didn't come at the same time, so it's not functionally a big difference to "Billie Jean". Let's say somewhere down the line, "Innerbloom" by RÜFÜS DU SOL becomes a massive chart hit. That song already feels monumentally rinsed to me because it is in every sense but the charts, but maybe what the song represents and its lack of chart credits will make it feel like a fresh discovery to chart watchers, the same way I've watched it happen in the past with songs like "Paper Planes", "Stolen Dance" & "ceilings". If this is all about specifically 2026 songs being in the chart and so none of my examples really count, then I apologise, though I don't think there's ever been a particular window of time when music consumers were strictly concerned with listening to songs that had come out in the current calendar year (though I'll admit I do it to a degree). This is all just to say, anecdotally, when I talk to people who don't follow the charts but like music, I've never at one point come across any particular feeling of there being a missing space where the hits should be. I don't think it's how people look at it in the first place. Hits as we know it are sort of happy accidents that come with the territory of the chart presentation. Could the chart be fixed to better facilitate this? Maybe, but I'm always against the idea of trying too hard to force the triangle through the circle. If there's a problem to be had, it's that I have known people who make the charts their bible and very rarely explored outside of it. Those are always the first to cry foul at the state of the charts because it's actually disrupting their music discovery process, which has become so ingrained with this that they find difficulty connecting with music that hasn't earned its seat at the table by being a top x hit. I don't think the charts were ever there to replace music discovery but I understand it's hard to break out of that habit. I suppose as well, part of the reason why I don't think it's the concern being made out is because the charts have a habit of making us miss the bigger picture, especially if we haven't ever shaken our perceptions of what it all means to not be on the chart. It feels like every week there's a comment (probably by the same handful of users) lamenting how there's so much new music out there and none of it is doing anything. I just want to say that it absolutely is doing something, but the charts are hard to crack. Ravyn Lenae's new song was released 5 days ago and has a million streams on Spotify. That's not enough to be on the charts, but it still means about 200,000 streams a day and I gotta say I'm pretty envious of anyone who can get that many eyes or ears on their work in a short space of time. We just have to get rid of that perception that if you don't crack the Spotify chart on the first day, you're doing 'nothing'. It's demonstrably untrue, and I'd love to welcome you to the world of the music I listen to that gets literal magnitudes less, but still feels important to me (I've probably linked it before, but this blog post of mine last year I think on some level, gets into the significance we can get from music, and it's a bonus if you've never heard of the artist mentioned in it). If the charts are most important for showing the quirked up standout releases that are being promoted around, then they're probably not going to satisfy that to the same degree as in the past. I think they're still fundamentally important for their function of telling me every week what's most popular (although chart tinkering has gotten increasingly in the way of this lately). If the concern is over old songs being brought into SCR and not getting off, I just don't think that's ever been relevant. Mainly because they're a small fraction of it, but because otherwise those songs just are part of people's stories every day, it's just now that the OCC isn't hiding it where it can't be seen. Put "Rein Me In" on ACR and it's no longer the #1 song in the country, but very few people will take it out of rotation just because of that. Ultimately I think the OCC do realise these things and that's why they don't always rush to change the rules to satiate a vague spectre of 'good chart vibes'.

01/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 02 01 26 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 02 41 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 03 36 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 05 02 05 JANICE STFU Drake 06 07 35 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 07 08 15 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 08 12 68 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 09 23 06 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 10 04 02 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 11 14 11 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 12 21 07 12 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 13 16 46 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 14 17 35 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 20 16 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 16 19 33 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 26 21 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 18 25 36 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 19 28 49 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 30 44 06 12 TO 12 sombr 21 06 02 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 22 29 34 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 23 27 20 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 24 35 65 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 41 05 25 SELF AWARE Temper City 26 33 17 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 27 13 02 13 SHABANG Drake 28 34 50 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 29 36 62 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 37 07 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 31 22 02 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 32 39 51 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 33 40 12 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 34 43 11 28 BE HER Ella Langley 35 11 02 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 36 15 02 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 37 47 07 37 NOBLE F3miii 38 45 07 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 39 48 20 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 40 51 61 02 UNDRESSED sombr 41 18 02 18 PLOT TWIST Drake 42 50 13 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 43 10 02 10 DUST Drake 44 54 34 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 52 34 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 46 55 20 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 47 46 05 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 48 NE 01 48 BED ON FIRE G Flip 49 65 84 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 50 59 41 13 YUKON Justin Bieber Bubbling Under *16 (17) ORBITER Noah Kahan 17 (16) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *18 (19) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 19 (18) PINKY UP Katseye 20 (RE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 01 01 FLORESCENCE Maisie Peters 02 01 02 01 ICEMAN Drake 03 04 35 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 02 05 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 LÓTUS Hands Like Houses 06 07 07 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 NE 01 07 GOOD ON PAPER aleksiah 08 12 10 01 ARIRANG BTS 09 09 76 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 08 12 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 11 10 49 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 12 11 39 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 14 92 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 14 13 66 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 17 40 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 06 02 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 17 05 02 05 HABIBTI Drake 18 16 34 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 19 15 46 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 19 54 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 21 20 17 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 NE 01 22 GIDDY UP / BIG ATTRACTION (10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY) Amyl and the Sniffers 23 NE 01 23 MIDNIGHT MAVERICKS Kingswood 24 21 101 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 22 18 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 26 25 13 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 28 02 27 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 24 10 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 29 30 103 01 BRAT Charli XCX 30 29 22 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 32 19 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 03 02 03 REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE Genesis Owusu 33 37 05 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 34 26 03 16 BROWN Chris Brown 35 35 21 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 39 48 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 37 31 28 16 BELOVED Giveon 38 40 40 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 39 46 40 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 40 36 09 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 41 47 94 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 49 55 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 55 87 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 44 38 15 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 45 45 09 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 46 41 63 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 34 02 34 42 DAYS Rose Carleo Band 48 54 37 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 49 58 76 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 50 48 64 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake After a bit of chaos, we've returned to what we know, Olivia at #1. You can make the observation that Australia is competing with Ireland to be Olivia Rodrigo's biggest fan, because they're the two countries where she has 5 #1 singles. It also creates another one of those goofy trivia tidbits where Olivia Rodrigo has a #1 hit that mentions "Just Like Heaven" and it's not "the cure". This was poised to be a pretty unsubstantial week but we were presented with a surprise late twist. Being used on Off Campus has allowed "Bed On Fire" by G Flip to sneak into the top 50 this week, which is a big 🚨 AUSTRALIAN DEBUT KLAXON 🚨. This is their first ever top 50 hit which takes them out of contention from ever beating Weezer's record for the most top 100 hits without a top 50 (they had 5 prior to this). I suspect you'll see a pretty decent climb next week and then we have to see if everyone can latch onto this or if that'll be all the excitement. I have lately been noting that triple j and the Australian music industry aren't really getting any credit for breaking new artists because everyone gets it from TikTok now and shuts out local musicians, this time we have a freakin' receipt because you could've already known about this song by peeping this year's Hottest 100 where it landed at #74, the lowest of 3 G Flip songs. Maisie Peters enters at #1 this week for the first time in her career. She previously entered at #4 in 2023. She hasn't really had a hit single here, but she did get #100 in the 2023 Hottest 100 so there's that. Australian rock band Hands Like Houses return after a peculiar 2025 album that didn't make much of an impact with their new lead singer. Now they're just back to where they've been before and nearly scoring their highest charting album ever at #5. Then we've got a first ever chart appearance for Australian singer aleksiah. It has to be said that this is an incredibly strong performance given it's just a 5 track EP where 4 songs had already been released as singles. I'll admit I'm not sure what it's doing on the album chart because traditionally 5 track EPs have been singles (the one I always think of is the self-titled Art vs. Science EP). Amyl and the Sniffers are here to distract us from the weird photoshoot drama and have packaged their first two EPs which are now charting for the first time. Hard rock turned soft country band Kingswood are back with their first non-independent album in a while and it's their first to chart since 2023.

#99 according to the ARIA report.

It sounds like something Tony might say but I'm pretty sure it's a fake quote.