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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.

Enjoying this match. England absolutely will be kicking themselves with all the missed opportunities. Makes me feel less certain of the result even if Australia are definitely in control for now.

To play devil's advocate, is the notion of songs getting sabotaged by Christmas even really true? I think we get a little side-tracked by the positions and don't look at the numbers, which I can bet is what the labels are doing. I see a pretty meagre dip that pales in comparison to what comes after in January when less people are listening to music anyway, if anything that's the thing that would be more pressing (I'm using this example because it's late enough in the year that I don't think Spotify Wrapped or any associated end of year festivities would be propelling this song, which might push it down some chart positions, but won't necessarily take many streams away from it) If there is a problem, it's not with Christmas, but just the end of the year, because I think we'd like to stop and smell the roses for a while and not perpetually feel obligated to cycle our music playlists 52 weeks a year for eternity. I love that things calm down a bit in December, and it lets me look back on the year that was, which again is more statistical noise that makes it feel like nothing's happening than Christmas. I welcome everyone to check out the ARIA Charts in a few weeks time where (I believe) there will be no Wham!, no Mariah, (maybe Laufey instead?), and look at how all the movement will be not just stagnant, but actively negative because all the kinda old songs will temporarily leap ahead of the newer ones. But then I guess I don't know what the general aim is. Do we want chart movement just cuz? Do we want to hear new music we like, except we're not content with it unless everyone else is also listening to it? Or is it just this petty annoyance that these weird exception cases that shouldn't count are ruining all kinds of interesting chart records without even trying? It sounds all well and good to want chart movement, but as someone whose interest in charts is predicated on letting accurate data do its thing (it's why we care more about the Official Chart than any 'fake' charts, right?), I find it hard to join the chart movement, movement.

01/12/2025 Singles 01 01 15 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 08 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 23 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 05 09 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 05 04 42 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 07 10 06 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 06 24 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 09 25 09 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 09 08 08 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 10 NE 01 10 DO IT Stray Kids 11 10 18 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 11 36 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 13 22 09 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 14 12 22 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 15 14 20 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 16 15 97 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 17 13 08 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 18 16 35 02 UNDRESSED sombr 19 NE 01 19 NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 26 09 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 21 17 39 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 21 85 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 23 20 23 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 24 23 80 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 25 36 09 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 26 19 22 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 27 24 22 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 28 31 67 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 29 30 21 27 GABRIELA Katseye 30 29 25 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 31 NE 01 31 ANYTHING BUT LOVE Tate McRae 32 25 26 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 33 28 09 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 34 34 58 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 35 27 22 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 36 45 44 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 37 18 08 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 38 37 50 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 39 39 81 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 52 04 40 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 41 50 10 41 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 42 42 58 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 43 35 13 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 44 49 59 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 45 40 17 40 FOLDED Kehlani 46 NE 01 46 TRYING ON SHOES Tate McRae 47 57 09 41 LADY LADY Olivia Dean 48 33 08 06 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 49 32 08 04 FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 50 44 52 01 MESSY Lola Young Bubbling Under 14 (12) WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 15 (NE) FOR GOOD Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 16 (11) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 17 (15) CHANEL Tyla 18 (14) DANCING2 Keli Holiday 19 (17) CENTURY EsDeeKid 20 (NE) NO GOOD DEED Cynthia Erivo Albums 01 NE 01 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 02 04 09 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 03 08 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 SO MUCH FOR SECOND CHANCES SoSo 05 05 23 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 07 40 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 06 13 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 08 08 66 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 09 50 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 14 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 12 80 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 12 11 28 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 14 49 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 14 NE 01 14 ONCE I WAS WILD The Smith Street Band 15 30 30 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 16 NE 01 16 AFTERGLOW Midnight Til Morning 17 16 75 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 01 02 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 19 18 11 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 20 NE 01 20 ANTHOLOGY 4 The Beatles 21 20 84 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 22 NE 01 22 DEAR FRIEND Swim 23 13 05 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 24 26 37 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 25 24 18 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 26 46 14 03 KARMA Stray Kids 27 23 06 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 28 22 98 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 29 29 89 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 30 21 77 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 47 05 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 32 NE 01 32 ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION The Beatles 33 17 03 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 34 33 07 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 35 31 14 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 36 37 20 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 37 32 14 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 38 35 29 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 39 44 09 06 VIE Doja Cat 40 38 50 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 41 27 03 15 LUX Rosalía 42 19 02 19 FINALLY OVER IT Summer Walker 43 28 22 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 44 39 09 03 INHALE / EXHALE Rüfüs Du Sol 45 NE 01 45 BLINK (AND YOU'LL MISS IT) Lennon Wells 46 34 04 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 47 40 61 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 41 10 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 49 51 06 02 CARTOON DARKNESS Amyl And The Sniffers 50 42 22 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll "Man I Need" is #1 for a second week. Probably on the way down now, but so is everything else, so it's a wide chasm. Of most note this week is the massive arrival of Stray Kids, who score their first top 50 hit in style. The big physical sales they're known for are utilised with their "Do It" EP and send it soaring into the top 10. I don't think it'll last long, but Stray Kids have had a habit of maintaining better than you'd expect on the album chart, so anyone's guess where they are next week. Tate McRae also deluxes her way all over the chart, though you'd be forgiven for not noticing it on the album chart. EsDeeKid also scores his first ever top 50 hit in Australia, "Phantom" leading a growing pack of entries for him. The Wicked: For Good soundtrack hits #1. I don't even need to tell you how the first one went because there it is on the chart still, it peaked at #3. If the name didn't tip you off, SoSo, call themselves an 'aggressively average' pop punk band, possibly going for the Lewis Capaldi marketing. To a non-hellish extent, it's worked as they arrive in the top 5. Eventual main characters of my blog (they'll pop up like 5 or 6 times), The Smith Street Band score their 9th top 50 album this week. I didn't mention before but Stray Kids are partially Australian, and the same is true of Midnight Til Morning, who enter for the first time this week.

You'll have to forgive me, I'm not sure what you're talking about here? Is it just a matter of the occasional unexplained reset, or is there more?

I'd say it 'works' if the purpose is to give emerging hits a leg up, turning an otherwise #110 hit into a #40 hit and so on. Quirky edge cases don't necessarily stop the bigger picture. Maybe though it creates a chart environment where we might feel compelled to say so-and-so is overdue ACR, unwittingly creating villains of the chart. Not a big fan of the implementation (would be nice to have some clarity on the OCC website about what is/isn't on ACR on a given week, dropouts too, why not?)*, but I do think it does what it sets out to do. *Obviously do appreciate this as a resource when the chart gets posted here

24/11/2025 Singles 01 02 14 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 01 07 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 22 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 41 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 07 08 05 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 05 23 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 07 09 09 07 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 08 06 07 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 09 12 24 09 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 10 10 17 06 12 TO 12 sombr 11 11 35 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 13 21 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 13 25 07 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 14 15 19 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 15 19 96 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 16 16 34 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 17 38 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 14 07 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 19 18 21 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 20 22 22 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 21 20 84 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 22 23 08 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 23 29 79 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 24 21 21 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 25 26 25 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 26 31 08 26 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 27 24 21 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 28 34 08 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 29 30 24 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 30 35 20 27 GABRIELA Katseye 31 36 66 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 32 27 07 04 FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 33 28 07 06 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 34 39 57 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 35 33 12 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 36 51 08 36 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 37 50 49 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 38 32 07 09 WI$H LI$T Taylor Swift 39 44 80 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 41 16 40 FOLDED Kehlani 41 37 21 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 42 40 57 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 43 38 21 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 44 48 51 01 MESSY Lola Young 45 47 43 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 46 53 84 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 47 54 02 47 TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 48 43 12 13 WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 49 56 58 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 50 71 09 50 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean Bubbling Under 13 (NE) FEAR NF 14 (RE) DANCING2 Keli Holiday 15 (NE) CHANEL Tyla 16 (18) HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 17 (NE) CENTURY EsDeeKid 18 (NE) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 19 (NE) WGFT Gunna feat. Burna Boy 20 (NE) WHO I WAS NF, mgk Albums 01 NE 01 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 02 RE 62 01 FOR THE WORKING CLASS MAN (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Jimmy Barnes 03 01 07 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 04 04 08 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 03 22 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 06 12 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 11 39 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 08 65 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 07 49 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 05 13 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 12 27 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 12 13 79 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 13 10 04 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 14 14 48 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 15 NE 01 15 THE DOLLOP & THE WALLOP: THE BEST OF You Am I 16 16 74 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 17 02 02 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 18 19 10 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 19 NE 01 19 FINALLY OVER IT Summer Walker 20 23 83 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 22 76 01 BRAT Charli XCX 22 21 97 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 23 18 05 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 24 35 17 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 25 NE 01 25 GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE Don West 26 24 36 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 27 15 02 15 LUX Rosalía 28 30 21 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 29 26 88 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 30 40 29 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 31 28 13 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 32 27 13 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 33 45 06 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 34 20 03 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 35 29 28 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 36 NE 01 36 ALL THAT WE KNOW Mini Skirt 37 36 19 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 38 37 49 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 39 47 08 03 INHALE / EXHALE Rüfüs Du Sol 40 46 60 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 41 44 09 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 42 39 21 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 43 48 13 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 44 52 08 06 VIE Doja Cat 45 54 24 04 CHARM Clairo 46 41 13 03 KARMA Stray Kids 47 34 04 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 48 49 37 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 49 42 04 16 SON OF SPERGY Daniel Caesar 50 NE 01 50 VOYEUR Alessi Rose It's finally happened, Summer Walker is over it. Also, "Man I Need" has climbed to #1 some 2 months after first hitting #2. This is probably pretty expected at this point. I want to highlight the other quirk on the opposite end of the chart. The combination of Olivia Dean being in the country and being the zeitgeist, as well as Sam Fender being in the country, and we have to acknowledge the disappearance of one track of note from DSPs a week ago means that "Rein Me In" is able to sneak into the top 50. The sheer amount of things needed in its favour just shows how foreign the concept of Sam Fender having a top 50 single in Australia is. I am reminded of another UK act whose 2nd album houses their most famous hit which was unlucky not to reach the top 50, and then their 3rd album getting a very late top 50 hit. Yes, Sam Fender is the new Kaiser Chiefs. 5 Seconds Of Summer score their 6th #1 album, it's just what they do. They get in ahead of a re-issue from Jimmy Barnes, the album that has his most famous solo song on it, Australia's unofficial national anthem "Working Class Man". The ARIA Awards happened last week, though you won't see much happening on the charts from it because it's not nearly as publicised as it once was, and also it happens on a Wednesday night. Something to take away from it is that You Am I were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, now there's a fantastic band. They were the first Australian band to have 3 consecutive #1 debuts on the album chart. You might have heard of them if you've ever looked at the Wikipedia article for "Cathy's Clown" where it asks you if you might possibly have been looking for the You Am I song of the same name. Some 20 odd years ago, they released a compilation called the Cream & The Crock, and now they've expanded it with The Dollop & The Wallop. It includes some of their newer singles and a couple of older ones that weren't on the original collection. Check them out if you get the chance, I envy the possibility to listen to "Berlin Chair" for the first time ever.

It does seem like in the pursuit of information, there's a game of telephone where any valid information gets mixed in with bad faith interpretations that exaggerate the truth because somewhere in the chain is someone who wants it to be true. In this case, not because they like the idea of an AI record, but the opposite, and so they want to smear every facet of the two together to associate a record they don't like with an unpopular buzz word. I always see people saying things that aren't true to justify disliking someone (because there aren't enough true reasons I guess?) and it's hard to tell if they know it's false or not. It's a big credibility blow to anyone I see parroting this stuff without regard. Similarly, I thought the very rapid rise around the world was unusual, but it didn't feel suspect to me. The climbs were always pretty uniform across different countries in a manner that's difficult to fake. I don't claim to know how the TikTok machine spins its wheels and how an unknown producer can make it there, but that kind of virality has existed since the early days of YouTube and before that. Things can spread very quickly, and this song's hook got stuck in my head very quickly too. Not a fan of deep fake voice impersonation filters if that's what it is, but maybe this can all be a blueprint for the way this is all treated in the future. It's very annoying to have to consider that someone can have a social media page and only be sure they're a real person because their posts date back to more than a year ago. It's the sheer 'name is mud' aspect that makes me think AI is gonna have a hard time getting past the 'tricking people into listening to it' angle after the current novelty has passed. I await the bubble burst.

Now what will I do with my Sunday?! Outstanding for Travis Head.

Gonna be at Day 3...would like them to ease up on the wickets tomorrow to allow that to happen 😅

17/11/2025 Singles 01 01 06 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 02 02 13 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 21 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 06 40 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 22 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 06 04 06 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 07 07 07 07 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 08 NE 01 08 I RUN Haven 09 10 08 09 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 10 08 16 06 12 TO 12 sombr 11 11 34 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 12 23 10 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 09 20 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 14 13 06 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 15 15 18 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 16 16 33 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 19 37 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 14 20 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 19 17 95 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 20 21 83 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 21 18 20 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 22 24 21 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 23 23 07 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 24 22 20 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 25 28 06 25 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 26 26 24 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 27 20 06 04 FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 28 25 06 06 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 29 27 78 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 29 23 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 31 41 07 31 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 32 31 06 09 WI$H LI$T Taylor Swift 33 30 11 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 34 37 07 34 DRACULA Tame Impala 35 33 19 27 GABRIELA Katseye 36 34 65 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 37 36 20 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 38 35 20 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 39 45 56 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 43 56 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 41 42 15 41 FOLDED Kehlani 42 32 06 05 WOOD Taylor Swift 43 40 11 13 WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 44 46 79 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 45 44 06 11 RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP Taylor Swift 46 38 06 08 ACTUALLY ROMANTIC Taylor Swift 47 49 42 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 48 52 50 01 MESSY Lola Young 49 39 06 07 CANCELLED! Taylor Swift 50 54 48 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal Bubbling Under 14 (13) SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 15 (NE) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 16 (NE) DESIRE Olly Alexander, Ian Asher 17 (14) PUSSY PALACE Lily Allen 18 (16) HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 19 (NE) PAST WON'T LEAVE MY BED Joji 20 (NE) SHE WILL Hooligan Hefs with Day1 Albums 01 01 06 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 03 02 21 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 03 07 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 13 12 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 06 06 11 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 09 48 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 08 10 64 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 NE 01 09 GLORY Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers 10 08 03 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 11 11 38 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 14 26 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 16 78 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 14 05 47 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 15 NE 01 15 LUX Rosalía 16 18 73 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 17 24 02 17 EGO DEATH AT A BACHELORETTE PARTY Hayley Williams 18 17 04 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 19 19 09 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 20 04 02 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 21 23 96 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 22 20 75 01 BRAT Charli XCX 23 21 82 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 26 35 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 25 NE 01 25 PATIENCE WINS James Blundell 26 29 87 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 27 33 12 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 28 28 12 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 29 31 27 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 30 35 20 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 31 NE 01 31 LOVE AND FORTUNE Stella Donnelly 32 NE 01 32 I REALLY LIKE BEER Cosmic Psychos 33 NE 01 33 WINGS Paul McCartney & Wings 34 22 03 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 35 39 16 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 36 34 18 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 37 38 48 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 38 NE 01 38 GIANT FOX PINEAPPLE TREE Icecream Hands 39 30 20 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 40 53 28 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 41 46 12 03 KARMA Stray Kids 42 27 03 16 SON OF SPERGY Daniel Caesar 43 07 76 01 TEA & SYMPATHY [ 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ] Bernard Fanning 44 37 08 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 45 47 05 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 46 42 59 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 RE 07 03 INHALE / EXHALE Rüfüs Du Sol 48 41 12 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 49 45 36 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 50 NE 01 50 GOOSENECK PARTY Wade Forster "The Fate of Ophelia" is #1 for a 6th week. This is feeling even more incredulous than last week, so unless you believe in the magic wizardry of the select few seemingly being always able to pull the necessary sales out of their pockets and testing the limits of plausible deniability...this surely has to be the last week. Olivia Dean is probably in Australia right now because she's going to be at the ARIA Awards tomorrow and doing a single show in Sydney on Thursday. She's asserted the role of the artist who is taking up all of the precious Fleetwood Mac & Teddy Swims real estate as she's now got 8 songs in the Spotify top 50, just gains across the board. No need to jump the gun though, because she's taken it slowly enough to secure the chart classic with a full run of 07s for "So Easy (To Fall In Love)". It was very early in my chart watching life that I witnessed Mumford & Sons and "Little Lion Man" land the incredulous 16 16 16 16, and I've been starved for something of that scale ever since, even with streaming providing a new avenue for these kinds of slow crawls, it just hasn't been matched. The other thing I should probably address is Haven. It was the first game released by The Game Bakers after the breakout success of Furi, which as many would know is the video game that I hold dozens and dozens of speedrunning world records in...oh wait this should say HAVEN.. You're probably familiar with the story, but for future scholars, let it be known that you are all very handsome and loved for your tireless efforts, and also let it be known that "I Run" vaulted up to a cosy #3 on the Spotify chart by the end of last week. No one yet knows how far it could have gone, because 2 days later it stopped being available to stream and looks likely to join luminaries like Francesca's "Way of the World", Nirvana's "About A Girl (Acoustic)", and triple j's "Christmas Number 1" as singles that have debuted in the top 10 and disappeared from the top 50 the week after. There is one note that I just want to add to this whole story: If you, like me, are an enjoyer of perusing the internet, potentially gathering information that you trust to be correct, you've got to return the favour. Don't go around presenting unsubstantiated information just because you heard it from someone else, or worse, you want it to be true to propel your point of view, so you delude yourself and others into believing it. I've heard no shortage of discussion around this HAVEN. track, about how it's Al generated. This could mean many different things. Sometimes it's just a vocal filter being used, when it's not specified it tends to imply the whole thing was generated from scratch, and I've even seen suggestion that HAVEN. himself does not exist. I'm not here to make a statement on what the truth is, because I don't know! Perhaps it'll come to light in the wash, but presenting vague telephoned statements provides nothing but noise surrounding the truth. It's why 13 years ago after a final inquest ruled her not guilty, you'll still find people who think that Lindy Chamberlain was involved in foul play back in 1980 when she said a dingo ate her baby. The reason I say this, is that if you truly despise the thought of a future world of Al music, don't give it power. There's too much performative over-reaction to what it's doing so far (I guess because clicks), but this is playing entirely into the Al tech bro's hand. What better coup than to prove that they were able to slip into instant virality and score a monster hit, only banished on a technicality. Consider the implication of your words, and don't make people waste time correcting you, fruitless to the impact they've already had, like a Community Note or appended tweet a day later. The damage is already done, and it'll only diminish your own credibility. Taylor Swift is #1 for a 6th week on the album chart. I think she's primed to be upended because the streaming margins are starting to get challenged by KPop Demon Hunters and Olivia Dean, and failing that, I think 5 Seconds Of Summer have historically been very good at scoring #1 albums. It hadn't even crossed my mind until I saw how far ahead they were in the UK midweeks and I figure Australia still has some love. On the other hand, if the Taylor Swift campaign couldn't move aside for an Australian legend like Paul Kelly, then maybe the same thing will happen next week. I should always note that despite being a pretty notable figure since the 1980s, Paul Kelly didn't get his first #1 album until the late 2010s, and he notched up 3 in quick succession. I've made a shocking revelation this week that enough people are invested in the sombr experience to buy vinyl and send the album back into the top 5. Also making a big splash this week is Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. Their debut album landed in the top 10 a couple of years ago and netted them a Best New Artist ARIA Award. I'll likely have some good words to say about them on my blog at some point in the next 46 weeks. Rosalía makes the top 50 for the first time ever and leaves plenty of space on the tarmac. A big name in the early '90s, James Blundell once had a #2 single in Australia. He's now charting for the first time since 1995, living up to the album title. West Australian icon Stella Donnelly returns with her 3rd album and 3rd to make the top 50. Cosmic Psychos have released a few more albums than that but are also charting for the 3rd time. They had a beer coloured vinyl variant for this one.