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25/05/2026 Singles 01 01 25 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 40 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 35 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 NE 01 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 05 NE 01 05 JANICE STFU Drake 06 NE 01 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 07 04 34 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 05 14 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 09 NE 01 09 MAKE THEM CRY Drake 10 NE 01 10 DUST Drake 11 NE 01 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 12 06 67 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 13 NE 01 13 SHABANG Drake 14 RE 10 14 GO The Chemical Brothers 15 NE 01 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 16 07 45 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 17 10 34 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 18 NE 01 18 PLOT TWIST Drake 19 08 32 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 20 11 15 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 21 17 06 17 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 22 NE 01 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 23 09 05 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 24 RE 05 24 WHAT DID I MISS? Drake 25 14 35 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 26 13 20 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 27 12 19 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 28 19 48 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 29 16 33 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 30 15 43 06 12 TO 12 sombr 31 NE 01 31 MAKE THEM PAY Drake 32 NE 01 32 B'S ON THE TABLE Drake, 21 Savage 33 18 16 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 34 20 49 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 35 21 64 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 36 22 61 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 37 25 06 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 38 NE 01 38 BURNING BRIDGES Drake 39 23 50 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 40 24 11 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 41 27 04 27 SELF AWARE Temper City 42 NE 01 42 MAKE THEM KNOW Drake 43 28 10 28 BE HER Ella Langley 44 NE 01 44 MAKE THEM REMEMBER Drake 45 30 06 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 46 26 04 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 47 39 06 39 NOBLE F3miii 48 35 19 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 49 32 105 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 50 29 12 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren Bubbling Under 15 (11) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 16 (13) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *17 (NE) ORBITER Noah Kahan 18 (12) PINKY UP Katseye *19 (15) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 20 (16) BE BY YOU Luke Combs Albums 01 NE 01 01 ICEMAN Drake 02 01 04 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 03 NE 01 03 REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE Genesis Owusu 04 02 34 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 NE 01 05 HABIBTI Drake 06 NE 01 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 07 04 06 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 08 09 11 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 09 05 75 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 48 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 06 38 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 07 09 01 ARIRANG BTS 13 13 65 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 91 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 11 45 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 16 12 33 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 17 17 39 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 15 105 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 19 18 53 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 20 16 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 27 100 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 28 17 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 23 36 04 23 WHO'S THE CLOWN? Audrey Hobert 24 22 09 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 25 23 12 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 26 16 02 16 BROWN Chris Brown 27 NE 01 27 IDOLS (COMPLETE) Yungblud 28 NE 01 28 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 29 32 21 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 30 30 102 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 93 27 16 BELOVED Giveon 32 31 18 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 08 02 08 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) Billie Eilish 34 NE 01 34 42 DAYS Rose Carleo Band 35 37 20 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 34 08 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 37 21 04 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 38 58 14 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 39 40 47 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 40 35 39 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 41 60 62 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 42 25 03 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 43 43 02 43 UNFORGETTABLE Simone Waddell 44 NE 01 44 IDOLS II Yungblud 45 67 08 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 46 51 39 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 48 93 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 56 63 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor 49 47 54 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 50 NE 01 50 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST VIENNA 2026 Various Artists Ella Langley is #1 for a 2nd week. She'll face some competition from Olivia as per usual this week, as it looks like "the cure" has shown strong momentum on the weekend and climbed to #1 on Spotify yesterday. We're seeing fruits of the exclusionary rules of the ARIA Chart this week as it allows Drake to chart nearly every song from "ICEMAN" in the top 50, no entries from the other albums sighted, though there's a slight overlap in the track lists if you check the Hip-Hop chart. On the other hand, the exclusionary rules got a little less exclusionary this week as following a missed chance last week, The Chemical Brothers have been allowed to return this week with "Go". Back in 2015, the song was a top 60 hit, so this is its first time in the top 50. This extends Q-Tip's incredible run of not being credited in hit songs, going back to 1990's "Groove Is In The Heart", and he was most recently not seen back when MK & Dom Dolla's "Rhyme Dust" was in the top 50. In case you wanted to know, Ed & Tom had 4 top 50 hits from 1996 to 2005, but the highest they'd ever gotten was when "Hey Boy Hey Girl" reached #25. So "Go" is now their highest charting song ever. Gracie Abrams also returns to the top 50 though in fairness she was also in the top 50 last week. This particular song was not co-written with Audrey Hobert so we've missed another chance for her to be charting next to her brother. Malcolm Todd has even managed to thread the needle and not land next to Aubrey. I had the feeling "Hit The Wall" would climb next week but it absolutely collapsed on Spotify yesterday so I don't know what to think anymore. On the album chart this week, someone who I think could have maybe been called a rapper once upon a time has multiple debuts this week. I'm of course talking about YUNGBLUD, who gives us both part 2 and a complete edition of "IDOLS", which reached #1 on the chart earlier this year. Drake also lands 3 debuts this week including his 6th #1 album. "MAID OF HONOUR" is his lowest charting album since "Take Care". I'm going to double down on what I said last week. On the weekend, there were two footy games being played at the same time, one was a near-top of the table clash between 1st & 3rd, two very serious premiership fancies this year (3rd won), the other was between two former powerhouses on middling to bad form this year but nonetheless very popular teams. That game was notable because the all-time games record was being broken, something the media has been glazing for weeks on end and everyone on the internet who isn't a fan of that particular team (who are in fact also the most loathed team in the comp) made it very clear how sick they were of hearing it. Call it a Goomba fallacy if you must, but when the day arrived, considerably more people chose the hate watch over the love of the game. You can't possibly expect things to get better if you keep choosing to harvest eye & ear periphery to these things you dislike. I'll start to accuse you of going out of your way to get mad, and then there's just no getting out of that spiral. A lot of people who should know better than to get sucked into talking about and listening to Drake just can't help themselves. If you recognise that releasing 3 albums at once is a gimmick for attention, don't give it that. Just move on with your day, or heaven forbid, talk about something else. Me? I was listening to the new Genesis Owusu album, and you should know that it's very good, especially if one of your grievances with Drake is the political affiliations his general apathy seems to make him associate with. He actually manages to get his highest charting album this week, twice now beating out his labelmates who if nothing else, are at least helping fund the promotion of his albums. Stella Lefty charts an album here for the first time, and I nearly said that was the same for Rose Carleo except she actually charted about a decade ago. Since then, the Perth singer made the top 16 on The Voice last year.

There's an Australian artist in the top 10 right now! (though yes, I'm aware it's due to an international remix buffing the margins). "Eclipse" got to #13 on the Australian Artist Chart

18/05/2026 Singles 01 03 24 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 01 39 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 02 34 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 05 33 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 05 04 13 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 06 09 66 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 07 06 44 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 08 08 31 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 07 04 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 33 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 14 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 12 18 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 13 19 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 14 14 34 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 17 42 06 12 TO 12 sombr 16 18 32 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 17 24 05 17 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 18 16 15 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 19 15 47 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 19 48 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 21 22 63 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 21 60 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 23 20 49 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 25 10 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 25 26 05 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 26 23 03 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 27 33 03 27 SELF AWARE Temper City 28 30 09 28 BE HER Ella Langley 29 28 11 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 30 40 05 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 31 37 59 02 UNDRESSED sombr 32 34 104 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 33 27 39 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 34 35 32 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 35 32 18 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 36 31 18 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 37 29 15 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 38 36 32 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 47 05 39 NOBLE F3miii 40 42 105 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 41 43 05 19 PINKY UP Katseye 42 50 11 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 43 41 49 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 44 53 33 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 45 61 105 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 46 58 07 45 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 47 51 82 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 48 57 82 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 49 52 91 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 54 91 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 14 (NE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan *15 (NE) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 16 (17) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 17 (15) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen *18 (NE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz 19 (19) SWIM BTS *20 (NE) I KNOW I KNOW Stella Lefty Albums 01 01 03 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 02 33 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF JOY The Jungle Giants 04 03 05 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 05 09 74 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 06 08 37 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 04 08 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 NE 01 08 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) Billie Eilish 09 11 10 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 10 10 47 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 06 44 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 12 14 32 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 13 13 64 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 12 90 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 19 104 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 16 NE 01 16 BROWN Chris Brown 17 16 38 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 18 52 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 VINDICATE Black Veil Brides 20 25 15 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 20 03 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 22 23 08 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 23 26 11 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 24 NE 01 24 CINEMATIC Josh Groban 25 17 02 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 26 NE 01 26 NOBODY'S BABY Kathleen Halloran 27 28 99 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 28 29 16 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 NE 01 29 WILD AT HEART Neil Diamond 30 31 101 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 32 17 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 36 20 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 21 03 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 34 30 07 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 35 33 38 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 36 RE 03 36 WHO'S THE CLOWN? Audrey Hobert 37 40 19 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 38 RE 04 05 EVERYTHING EVERY SINGLE DAY The Rions 39 RE 62 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 40 34 46 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 41 NE 01 41 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND Aldous Harding 42 27 15 27 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 43 NE 01 43 UNFORGETTABLE Simone Waddell 44 07 02 07 FENIAN Kneecap 45 37 18 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 46 NE 01 46 BORN TO KILL Social Distortion 47 49 53 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 43 92 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 49 47 35 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 50 NE 01 50 SUNDAY SLOWDOWN Beddy Rays We have a new #1. No, it didn't come out in 2026, but it's the first time in many, many weeks that it's not by an artist named Olivia. Ella Langley gets the job done and invites a whole new potentially lengthy reign only because new monster hits just don't come along every day now. On the other hand, it looks like she maxed out her potential last week so she'll just have to hang on well enough not to give the spot back to Olivia Dean. There are no new entries this week but it is amusing to note that Myles Smith has come soaring back to the charts, only to be removed next week as the song is now too old, along with "I Had Some Help". Or maybe not, because "Love Me Not" should have exited the chart this week (and does debut on the On Replay chart) but is still here. Noah Kahan is #1 for a 3rd week in a row. His streaming numbers receded considerably this week so it's quite possible that Olivia Dean is ready to overtake him, but in reality I suspect we'll be getting a new entry at #1 next week. I do not have an opinion on that album because I haven't listened to it, but I have some stellar advice to consider. Spot an obvious marketing/talking point gimmick for what it is, ignore it, and actually talk about the good stuff. Seeing a lot of people on the timeline complaining about a rap album (or three), not a lot talking about Genesis Owusu's very good new album. Missing information, no doubt in my mind. Behind the streaming giants, the highest new entry this week is The Jungle Giants. Their last album went to #1. Black Veil Brides have never had a top 10 album but they do enter the top 20 for the 4th time now. Josh Groban has notched up 14 top 50 albums now though this is his first one in 6 years. Melbourne singer-songwriter Kathleen Halloran enters with her debut album, while Neil Diamond, the only musician capable of tormenting viewers both during the footy and during the commercials between the footy has an actually new album. Audrey Hobert belatedly enters the top 50 for the first time, just a handful of spots behind her brother's album which scores a new peak this week and I remind you should not be on the chart because it's too old. Kiwi singer Aldous Harding gets her second top 50 album. Australian jazz singer Simone Waddell has been releasing music for about 30 years now and charts for the first time, but waiting even longer are Social Distortion who are just now getting their first chart entry, 43 years after their debut album was released. Australian punk-surf-rock band Beddy Rays close out the chart with an EP.

Nothing Eurovision has remotely made an impact here in years. Was only really for most of the 2010s that you'd get anything. Part of it is time zones in the more tangible sense that the contest airs in the middle of the night so only the real die-hards are going to tune into it. Often times it's not even just a two-day split that squashes things, but because we're beholden to international news cycles recounting the events of yesterday in countries that are half a day behind, it's actually akin to a 3 day split sometimes.

11/05/2026 Singles 01 02 38 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 01 33 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 23 03 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 06 12 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 05 07 32 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 05 43 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 07 04 03 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 08 08 30 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 09 65 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 10 32 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 13 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 13 17 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 12 18 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 14 14 33 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 15 46 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 16 17 14 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 17 18 41 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 19 31 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 19 21 47 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 20 23 48 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 21 22 59 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 22 25 62 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 16 02 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 24 28 04 24 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 25 33 09 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 26 48 04 26 BOSTON Stella Lefty 27 24 38 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 28 26 10 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 29 20 14 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 30 40 08 30 BE HER Ella Langley 31 32 17 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 32 43 17 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 33 73 02 33 SELF AWARE Temper City 34 39 103 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 35 36 31 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 36 38 31 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 37 37 58 02 UNDRESSED sombr 38 29 02 29 DASHBOARD Noah Kahan 39 27 08 27 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 40 51 04 40 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 41 35 48 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 42 46 104 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 43 42 04 19 PINKY UP Katseye 44 30 02 30 END OF AUGUST Noah Kahan 45 31 02 31 AMERICAN CARS Noah Kahan 46 41 02 41 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 47 76 04 47 NOBLE F3miii 48 59 02 48 I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen 49 61 02 49 STAYING STILL Noah Kahan 50 47 10 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (18) BE BY YOU Luke Combs *18 (RE) MR. KNOW IT ALL Teddy Swims 19 (19) SWIM BTS *20 (17) POTENTIAL sombr Albums 01 01 02 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 02 32 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 06 04 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 04 07 07 01 ARIRANG BTS 05 NE 01 05 SWEAT Melanie C 06 05 43 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 07 NE 01 07 FENIAN Kneecap 08 08 36 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 73 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 09 46 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 11 09 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 12 12 89 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 13 63 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 31 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 RE 02 15 KONNAKOL Zayn 16 15 37 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 17 NE 01 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 18 16 51 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 20 103 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 17 02 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 21 03 02 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 22 NE 01 22 WHO YOU ARE Rachael Fahim 23 19 07 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 24 NE 01 24 HENDLE trials 25 21 14 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 26 24 10 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 RE 14 27 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 28 28 98 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 29 26 15 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 30 27 06 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 31 30 100 01 BRAT Charli XCX 32 35 16 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 31 37 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 34 32 45 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 35 RE 23 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 36 33 19 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 37 25 17 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 38 23 11 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 39 18 02 18 KEHLANI Kehlani 40 34 18 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 41 48 12 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 42 NE 01 42 THE IDOL COLLECTION Harlan 43 42 91 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 44 04 02 04 HOUSE OF CARDS The Amity Affliction 45 44 17 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 46 40 37 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 39 34 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 48 45 60 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 49 46 52 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 50 NE 01 50 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 Soundtrack "Man I Need" returns to #1 for a 21st week. I believe this absurd streak of 6 weeks in a row of Olivia replacing Olivia at #1 is finally coming to a close as Ella Langley looks very in position to get to #1 next week. That's more on her gains than Olivia's losses, so I'm hesitant to say this run is truly over though we're reaching incredibly low numbers at the top. Once again, all the actual movement of the week is left off the chart, as Michael Jackson presumably continues to climb, and I suspect The Chemical Brothers might have slotted into the top 50 with "Go" if let on. There's still a chance that it gets in next week as it gets higher, which would be Ed & Tom's first top 50 hit in over 20 years (and Q-Tip's first in 3 years). If not, I say blame all the people who forced this change on us. Noah Kahan loses a few entries from last week, but also gains one in transit, while F3miii gets a first ever top 50 hit. With big streaming numbers again, Noah Kahan is comfortably #1 again. Melanie C easily has the highest charting solo album of her career as her previous albums never even hit the top 30. Kneecap proved (to me) their commercial viability when they landed a couple of songs in the Hottest 200 this year, and now they have a top 10 album to go along with it. I watched their movie last year, it's pretty fun. A belated vinyl release sees ZAYN return to the chart a bit higher than he was 2 weeks ago. Kacey Musgraves enters in the top 20 after her last album entered in the top 10, but it's still higher than all her previous peaks. Rising local country singer Rachael Fahim charts for the very first time. You might recognise rapper/producer Trials as part of Funkoars or A.B. Original, and this week he charts with his first proper solo album. The latest season of Australian Idol wrapped up last year and Harlan Goode finished in second, so here he is mononymously with his performances from that. I didn't get a chance to mention two weeks back that winner Kesha Oayda also charted a bit higher, understandably not with a mononym. The new Devil Wears Prada soundtrack sneaks into the top 50 which gives it bragging rights over the original film whose soundtrack didn't manage to chart. On the other hand, the real winner is the American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, who previously charted at #44 & #47. Zara Larsson also scores slight new peaks on both charts this week.

Can't say I'm buying into arguments that music has gotten worse in 2026. For one, it's the conspiracy theory that takes root every year because some fraction of people have just aged out of it for a number of reasons, but also it feels like a psychological consequence of reinforcing an opinion from the consensus of the charts. It won't feel like new music is as important if there aren't as many peppering the top of the charts as usual (never mind the fact that many more hits just don't function as a sharp beacon of attention anymore), and doubly so if what's getting up the top doesn't suit either your narrative, or that of those around you (I think being surrounded by once optimistic, now dissenting voices is one of the biggest ways to grow cynical of anything). One person's 'omg this hit song just changed the game' is another person's 'what the heck, this isn't music anymore'. Like, for me, the charts felt most important*, crucial, vital in a random period of time that happens to correlate with me spending all day in group chats & forum threads, overly scrutinising every scrap of movement I saw on the iTunes charts, every week tallied up by major hit songs at #1, in the top 10, in the top 50 etc. In reality, digital sales doubled, almost tripled a couple of years later which by all accounts meant that it mattered more, but because I, and everyone else around me, we were all worn down by the dramatics that had come before, because we'd all gotten older and more level-headed about these things, it didn't feel like it mattered as much. I understand the need to want to internally & externally justify an unwanted, but unavoidable feeling, but I spotted that generational cycle of cynicism back when I was a teenager and vowed never to get sucked in by it. *And as for music itself, it was by a wide margin the most important thing in my life in my late high school years. The catch was that I got sucked in by TV & radio countdowns and convinced myself that bands I can guarantee almost no one has ever heard of (and certainly less now), were vitally important. You'd never know this because I wasn't buying music, I wasn't talking about it to anyone (who could I talk to?), but I suspect that there are many such cases that go largely off the grid, and that to me, signifies that music's importance well out-strips the 'damning' metrics.

04/05/2026 Singles 01 03 32 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 02 37 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 08 22 03 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 01 02 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 05 04 42 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 06 06 11 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 07 07 31 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 05 29 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 09 64 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 10 31 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 12 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 14 17 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 13 12 16 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 14 13 32 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 17 45 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 16 NE 01 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 17 16 13 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 18 15 40 06 12 TO 12 sombr 19 19 30 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 20 53 13 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 21 21 46 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 22 20 58 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 23 23 47 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 18 37 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 25 24 61 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 26 22 09 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 27 46 07 27 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 28 28 03 28 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 29 NE 01 29 DASHBOARD Noah Kahan 30 NE 01 30 END OF AUGUST Noah Kahan 31 NE 01 31 AMERICAN CARS Noah Kahan 32 26 16 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 33 29 08 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 34 NE 01 34 DOWNFALL Noah Kahan 35 27 47 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 32 30 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 37 30 57 02 UNDRESSED sombr 38 31 30 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 34 102 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 40 35 07 33 BE HER Ella Langley 41 NE 01 41 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 42 25 03 19 PINKY UP Katseye 43 36 16 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 44 NE 01 44 HAIRCUT Noah Kahan 45 NE 01 45 PAID TIME OFF Noah Kahan 46 38 103 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 47 33 09 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 48 57 03 48 BOSTON Stella Lefty 49 NE 01 49 DENY DENY DENY Noah Kahan 50 39 05 39 SPEED DEMON Justin Bieber Bubbling Under 15 (11) FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks *16 (NE) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen *17 (20) POTENTIAL sombr 18 (14) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 19 (15) SWIM BTS *20 (NE) SELF AWARE Temper City Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 01 31 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 04 NE 01 04 HOUSE OF CARDS The Amity Affliction 05 04 42 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 06 07 03 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 02 06 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 05 35 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 09 08 45 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 10 11 72 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 06 08 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 12 09 88 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 10 62 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 30 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 12 36 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 15 50 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 NE 01 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 18 NE 01 18 KEHLANI Kehlani 19 16 06 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 20 19 102 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 21 20 13 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 NE 01 22 TAKANAKA SUPER LIVE 2025 BLACK SHIP IN L.A. Masayoshi Takanaka 23 44 10 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 24 18 09 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 25 85 16 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 26 24 14 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 27 17 05 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 28 27 97 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 29 NE 01 29 SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS Ruby Fields 30 28 99 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 21 36 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 32 29 44 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 33 33 18 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 34 35 17 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 35 36 15 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 36 32 05 03 BULLY YE 37 03 02 03 TRAGIC MAGIC Matt Corby 38 RE 06 26 EPIC; ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley 39 38 33 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 40 42 36 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 41 NE 01 41 JESUS LOVES A PRIMADONNA Nessa Barrett 42 41 90 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 43 NE 01 43 LIVE FROM THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA, APRIL 26TH, 1975 Pink Floyd 44 40 16 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 45 46 59 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 46 45 51 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 47 54 72 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 48 37 11 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 49 53 83 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 50 52 60 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Rein Me In" earns a 3rd week at #1. I don't know what drives momentum at all anymore, just that it feels like around Friday every week, "Man I Need" just seems to get new momentum out of nowhere. It's enough that I do think it'll go back to #1 again next week. We once again appear to have no new hits on the horizon so it's just a question on if Ella Langley can continue her momentum as she's making some inroads this week and could climb to #2. Once again the new rules make for an uncertain watch. Last week we got the return of "Beauty and a Beat", and only that one despite several Justin Bieber songs being on the table including "Confident" which had never made the top 50 before. Now we have numerous Michael Jackson songs climbing and I just don't know if they'll be brought back onto the chart. "Billie Jean" would be most likely as the highest one, if they're doing it that way, but nonetheless all the actual activity of the chart is being muted out by these changes, dulling & erasing history. Anyway the only thing that really did happen of note this week is that Noah Kahan released an album, and the main thing to spot here is that "Doors" has nearly, but not quite matched the peak of "The Great Divide", so these two incidental peak weeks might dictate future records of what's seen as the more notable song on the charts. "Doors" appears to be holding up reasonably well on its second week so far though. In all of this, STELLA LEFTY also sneaks in for a first ever top 50 hit. Noah Kahan also scores a first ever #1 album this week. I want to say it was a big competitive week but when the album just running on fumes manages to hold at #2, I don't know what to think. It's a big miss for Foo Fighters who previously hadn't missed the top spot at all in the 21st century and scored 9 #1 albums. Just behind them is The Amity Affliction who also once upon a time could be expected to debut at #1, they did it 4 times in a row. This new album is actually their first with new clean vocalist & bassist Jonathan Reeves, from Kingdom of Giants, after Ahren Stringer was fired. This could be exciting to you if you're a fan of philosophical paradoxes and popular music because this line up change makes The Amity Affliction a Ship of Theseus band. Kehlani falls one spot short of matching their highest ever charting album, while the move from independent label to just independent comes hard for Ruby Fields, whose last album went to #1 but this one is in at #29. Nessa Barrett scores her first ever top 50 entry this week.

If there's an issue with the ARIA Chart, it's that the lowered threshold for charting hasn't been matched by an increase in scrutiny on the data being given. Labels seem disinterested in chucking in new entries onto the survey if they aren't doing something out the gate so the chart is just littered with missing songs, and a widened berth that means the songs that are charting just don't move around much anymore. Justin Bieber & Dominic Fike have songs that never made the top 50 before being excluded from the chart because no one cares enough to include them. That Bebe Rexha/Faithless track only just got put on the survey a couple weeks ago, and that's the tip of the iceberg. In general though I just don't think music consumption habits match the funky parabolas or exciting entry based on perceived likeability that they used to, and no amount of chart tinkering will be able to get around that fact. It's all just steps towards making a chart like Aotearoa's Hot Singles chart, which is not an end goal to aspire to, even if you like the idea of 30+ new entries a week.

27/04/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 36 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 01 31 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 10 41 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 05 RE 28 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 06 03 10 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 07 05 30 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 04 21 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 09 07 63 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 06 30 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 12 11 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 08 15 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 09 31 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 14 11 16 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 15 14 39 06 12 TO 12 sombr 16 15 12 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 17 13 44 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 18 23 36 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 19 16 29 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 20 20 57 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 17 45 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 22 21 08 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 23 18 46 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 22 60 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 19 02 19 PINKY UP Katseye 26 24 15 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 27 26 46 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 28 34 02 28 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 29 27 07 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 30 31 56 02 UNDRESSED sombr 31 28 29 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 32 32 29 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 33 30 08 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 34 35 101 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 35 33 06 33 BE HER Ella Langley 36 37 15 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 37 38 44 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 38 39 102 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 RE 04 39 SPEED DEMON Justin Bieber 40 36 20 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 41 48 47 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 42 43 13 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 43 49 02 43 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 44 41 30 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 45 46 04 45 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 46 50 06 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 47 47 88 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 48 45 88 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 49 51 10 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 50 40 05 04 SWIM BTS Bubbling Under 16 (16) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan *17 (18) BOSTON Stella Lefty *18 (15) BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOTS Ella Langley *19 (NE) MR. KNOW IT ALL Teddy Swims *20 (NE) POTENTIAL sombr Albums 01 01 30 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 03 05 01 ARIRANG BTS 03 NE 01 03 TRAGIC MAGIC Matt Corby 04 12 41 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 05 05 34 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 06 06 07 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 07 04 02 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 08 08 44 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 07 87 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 61 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 11 10 71 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 15 35 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 NE 01 13 A MATTER OF TIME: LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Laufey 14 13 29 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 17 49 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 16 05 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 17 14 04 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 18 20 08 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 19 24 101 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 22 12 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 02 35 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 22 NE 01 22 INBRED Ethel Cain 23 NE 01 23 THE CHRONICLES OF A SERIAL IDEALIST Charley 24 25 13 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 25 27 105 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 KONNAKOL Zayn 27 26 96 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 28 29 98 01 BRAT Charli XCX 29 28 43 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 30 NE 01 30 LIVE AT THE HORDERN PAVILION Spacey Jane 31 NE 01 31 THE IDOL COLLECTION Kesha Oayda 32 23 04 03 BULLY YE 33 30 17 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 34 RE 05 26 LIVE AT LA OLYMPIA Jeff Buckley 35 31 16 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 32 14 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 37 RE 10 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 38 33 32 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 39 NE 01 39 EIGHT Hermitude 40 35 15 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 41 39 89 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 37 35 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 43 NE 01 43 NINE INCH NOIZE Nine Inch Nails, Boyz Noize 44 49 09 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 42 50 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 40 58 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 51 25 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 48 44 27 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 49 36 14 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 50 RE 03 31 UP HERE (THE ORCHESTRAL ALBUM) Bluey I'm sick today :(

20/04/2026 Singles 01 02 30 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 01 35 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 09 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 04 20 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 05 05 29 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 06 29 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 62 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 08 14 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 09 10 30 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 10 36 40 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 11 09 15 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 12 12 10 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 13 11 43 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 14 13 38 06 12 TO 12 sombr 15 15 11 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 14 28 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 17 16 44 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 18 17 45 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 NE 01 19 PINKY UP Katseye 20 18 56 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 20 07 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 22 19 59 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 81 35 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 24 21 14 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 25 23 30 23 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 26 35 45 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 27 22 06 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 28 24 28 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 29 26 105 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 30 25 07 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 31 28 55 02 UNDRESSED sombr 32 27 28 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 33 72 05 33 BE HER Ella Langley 34 NE 01 34 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 35 31 100 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 36 30 19 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 37 34 14 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 38 37 43 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 39 33 101 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 29 04 04 SWIM BTS 41 32 29 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 42 46 105 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 43 RE 12 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 44 39 78 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 45 43 87 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 46 53 03 46 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 47 38 87 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 48 41 46 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 49 NE 01 49 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 50 55 05 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan Bubbling Under 14 (8) BE BY YOU Luke Combs *15 (NE) BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOTS Ella Langley 16 (RE) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 17 (10) APERTURE Harry Styles *18 (NE) BOSTON Stella Lefty *19 (NE) LOVING LIFE AGAIN Ella Langley 20 (14) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs Albums 01 01 29 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 43 34 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 03 02 04 01 ARIRANG BTS 04 NE 01 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 05 13 33 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 06 03 06 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 07 11 86 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 05 43 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 07 60 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 09 70 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 NE 01 11 TO BE HONEST Sly Withers 12 54 40 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 13 12 28 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 14 06 03 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 15 14 34 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 10 04 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 17 16 48 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 18 NE 01 18 CRUEL WORLD Holly Humberstone 19 NE 01 19 L.I.V.E. IN SAO PAULO (LIVE IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT) Bring Me The Horizon 20 15 07 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 21 100 08 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 22 18 11 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 23 08 03 03 BULLY YE 24 19 100 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 25 20 12 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 26 22 95 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 27 23 104 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 28 24 42 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 29 25 97 01 BRAT Charli XCX 30 26 16 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 29 15 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 32 32 13 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 27 31 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 34 NE 01 34 KINDA HARD Bilmuri 35 31 14 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 36 38 13 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 37 33 34 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 38 17 02 17 THE WEIGHT OF THE WOODS Dermot Kennedy 39 36 88 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 39 57 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 41 41 69 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 42 42 49 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 88 20 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 44 34 26 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 45 NE 01 45 LOSE YOURSELF Enter Shikari 46 47 81 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 46 36 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 48 21 01 21 VOL. II Angine de Poitrine 49 44 08 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 50 45 70 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar "Rein Me In" returns for a second week at #1. I don't want to type a lot because my spacebar has seen better days. The big news of note is Justin Bieber's catalogue climbing significantly, but for now, none of the old stuff has been allowed on the chart. He's currently being a close contender around the top spot on Spotify with a couple of his songs, but next week is likely Olivia vs. Olivia. "Rein Me In" looks to have fallen back in the race while "Man I Need" is holding the fort. I think Olivia Rodrigo should get the edge with YouTube streams, but subject to change if momentum shifts in the next couple of days. KATSEYE score their highest ever chart peak by debuting in the top 20. The listeners are trending to Ella Langley who scores another simultaneous top 50 entry. Malcolm Todd appears to have made a nonsense of the regulations. This is the very week that his album was supposed to go recurrent, but instead it's still there, and the song "Earrings" has appeared as a new entry on both the singles chart and the New Music chart. Ironically, Don Toliver's song that samples Malcolm Todd is still missing. The new rules do net us some actual new entries via DaBaby and Dexter and the Moonrocks. Tonight's the night, just like any other night, except that 2000s post-grunge is back apparently. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for the 12th week. Laufey's latest album originally debuted at #2, and now with the release of the deluxe version, it's returned to #2. Ella Langley unsurprisingly scores a new career high at #4. It's a slight bit of misfortune for West Aussies Sly Withers, who previously peaked at #10 twice, and now are in at #11. Holly Humberstone charts in the top 50 for the first time.

13/04/2026 Singles 01 02 34 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 01 29 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 08 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 10 19 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 05 04 28 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 05 28 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 61 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 06 13 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 09 08 14 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 09 29 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 11 12 42 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 12 15 09 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 13 11 37 06 12 TO 12 sombr 14 14 27 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 13 10 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 17 43 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 17 16 44 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 18 20 55 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 19 21 58 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 23 06 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 21 22 13 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 22 18 05 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 23 25 29 23 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 24 27 27 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 25 24 06 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 26 30 104 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 27 26 27 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 28 28 54 02 UNDRESSED sombr 29 19 03 04 SWIM BTS 30 29 18 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 31 31 99 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 35 28 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 33 41 100 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 34 34 13 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 35 37 44 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 36 39 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 37 38 42 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 38 48 86 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 39 44 77 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 43 08 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 41 47 45 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 42 53 77 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 43 45 86 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 44 32 02 32 FATHER YE & Travis Scott 45 49 03 45 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 46 52 104 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 47 60 95 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 48 50 19 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 49 39 11 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 50 57 73 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren Bubbling Under 11 (9) ALL THE LOVE YE & Andre Troutman *12 (19) POP DAT THANG DaBaby 13 (11) PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 14 (17) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 15 (16) THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 16 (12) CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY. Raye feat. Hans Zimmer *17 (NE) 2.0 BTS *18 (RE) BE HER Ella Langley *19 (RE) STEADY Bella Kay 20 (14) BODY TO BODY BTS Albums 01 02 28 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 01 03 01 ARIRANG BTS 03 05 05 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 PORCELAIN Peach PRC 05 09 42 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 06 02 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 07 08 59 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 03 02 03 BULLY YE 09 10 69 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 07 03 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 11 13 85 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 11 27 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 13 17 32 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 14 14 33 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 15 06 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 16 18 47 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 NE 01 17 THE WEIGHT OF THE WOODS Dermot Kennedy 18 16 10 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 19 21 99 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 20 11 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 21 NE 01 21 VOL. II Angine de Poitrine 22 24 94 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 23 27 103 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 23 41 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 25 25 96 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 30 15 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 27 32 30 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 28 NE 01 28 DISTRACTED Thundercat 29 35 14 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 30 NE 01 30 EASTER LILY U2 31 36 13 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 32 39 12 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 37 33 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 45 25 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 35 38 06 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 36 41 87 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 04 02 04 HADES Melanie Martinez 38 46 12 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 39 40 56 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 40 26 02 26 ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Central Cee 41 51 68 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 42 47 48 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 54 33 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 44 44 07 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 50 69 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 46 43 35 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 47 56 80 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 55 26 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 49 52 29 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 50 58 57 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 20th week. There was a 7,000 stream swing in its favour on Spotify last week (that's the whole week, not 7 days of 7,000s), so I suspect it has once again been a very close margin, one that you'd think would flip unless something drastic happens in the next couple of days. I'll admit I'm always suspicious of potential splash back from US campaigns when songs are still yet to convincingly peak there. Ella Langley could perhaps push for top 3 next week as her album release is providing a handy buffer, and maybe she just keeps going from there. Otherwise it's a very slow week with most of the activity devoted to exposing the quirks of a chart that eliminates anything over 2 years old, which is that all the old but not that old singles are making up the numbers at the bottom of the chart. "Espresso" and "Carry You Home" are not long for this world, and I half expected "Good Luck, Babe!" to sneak back in for what would be its last week. In what could be considered a classic ARIA Chart moment, Malcolm Todd's song "Earrings" probably did enough to make the top 50 this week, which would have been the last week before it became too old for the chart. I'd have liked to see what ARIA might do in that case though I suspect it would just get 2 months on. My hypothesis that an accurate chart would actually get a similar amount of new entries to this version of it is gaining some fruit. I didn't mention it before but Ella Langley's "weren't for the wind" is another fairly old song that belatedly got added in, likely the only song we're getting inserted into the chart like this is 18 months old. "E85" by Don Toliver has been top 50 on Spotify for 6 weeks and potentially could be his highest charting solo entry if allowed on, also White Noise Radiance just cracked the top 10 for the first time last night. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I click onto the previous page] 11 weeks now. Local singer Peach PRC has entered the Troye Sivan zone by previously reaching #1 with an EP but not being able to do so with an actual album. Troye Sivan escaped this zone in 2023 so there's a light at the end of the tunnel perhaps. Dermot Kennedy isn't really a presence in the charts at all here outside of that one MEDUZA collab, but he has scored a second top 20 album this week. I'll admit I'm very out of the loop on how Canada's Angine de Poitrine have turned up relatively high. Apparently it's the kind of virality that gets everyone to rush to the iTunes store because they've been selling a lot of digital downloads, and just so happen to have a new EP out now to capitalise. Thundercat gets his highest ever charting entry landing just ahead of U2's new EP.

06/04/2026 Singles 01 02 28 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 01 33 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 07 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 07 27 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 05 05 27 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 06 12 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 07 08 60 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 09 13 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 09 11 28 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 10 15 18 10 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 11 13 36 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 10 41 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 13 17 09 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 14 16 26 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 14 08 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 16 18 43 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 17 19 42 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 18 12 04 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 19 04 02 04 SWIM BTS 20 21 54 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 24 57 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 20 12 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 23 23 05 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 24 22 05 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 25 28 28 25 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 26 27 26 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 27 25 26 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 28 30 53 02 UNDRESSED sombr 29 29 17 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 30 33 103 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 31 34 98 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 NE 01 32 FATHER YE & Travis Scott 33 NE 01 33 ALL THE LOVE YE & Andre Troutman 34 38 12 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 35 35 27 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 36 40 38 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 37 36 43 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 38 43 41 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 39 31 10 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 40 32 03 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 41 44 99 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 42 NE 01 42 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY. Raye feat. Hans Zimmer 43 39 07 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 44 45 76 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 45 49 85 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 46 26 02 26 BODY TO BODY BTS 47 52 44 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 48 50 85 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 55 02 49 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 50 51 18 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. Bubbling Under 15 (11) TASTE BACK Harry Styles 16 (13) THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 17 (15) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *18 (NE) KING YE *19 (NE) POP DAT THANG DaBaby 20 (16) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan Albums 01 01 02 01 ARIRANG BTS 02 02 27 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 BULLY YE 04 NE 01 04 HADES Melanie Martinez 05 04 04 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 06 NE 01 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 07 03 02 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 08 06 58 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 07 41 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 10 08 68 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 10 26 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 SEXISTENTIAL Robyn 13 11 84 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 14 12 32 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 09 05 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 16 14 09 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 17 13 31 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 18 15 46 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 CREATURE OF HABIT Courtney Barnett 20 16 10 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 21 19 98 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 22 NE 01 22 HONORA Flea 23 18 40 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 24 20 93 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 21 95 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 NE 01 26 ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Central Cee 27 22 102 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 28 NE 01 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 29 NE 01 29 ADL Yeat 30 28 14 28 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 NE 01 31 UP HERE (THE ORCHESTRAL ALBUM) Bluey 32 26 29 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 33 NE 01 33 WHATEVER'S CLEVER! Charlie Puth 34 NE 01 34 FULL CIRCLE Tom Misch 35 25 13 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 24 12 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 37 29 32 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 38 27 05 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 39 33 11 33 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 40 32 55 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 41 31 86 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 47 22 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 43 36 34 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 44 35 06 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 40 24 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 46 49 11 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 47 37 47 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 69 23 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 49 38 41 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 50 43 68 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar At long last, we have a new #1, Olivia Dean has been replaced by Olivia Dean, and also Sam Fender. I would not necessarily settle into this as the new standard going forward. It's possible that the Easter weekend has pushed us back to the older and more familiar, so after what would have been a very close race to #1 this week, it's very possible that "Man I Need" will just inch back in front next week. We have an Australian song in the top 5. The last time this happened was with The Kid LAROI's "THOUSAND MILES". Potentially proving persistence, Dave is back to #8 after first getting there 10 weeks ago, while Ella Langley has a first ever top 10 hit, and a new top 50 entry to boot. RAYE also has another top 50 entry, Hans Zimmer is a slow clue reader on Jeopardy! and I wish they'd stop getting him for it, someone has to say it. (I occasionally have had, and will continue to have things to say about Ye's back catalogue on my blog this year). BTS hold at #1 for a second week in a row. This isn't the first time they've done this, as "Map of the Soul - 7" also managed two weeks at the top. You'd have to think Olivia Dean could get back next week though. RAYE charts a top 50 album for the first time ever at #6. Robyn is also seeing a new career high this week at #12, though I suspect she did better when she got to #14 with her Röyksopp collaboration when the chart wasn't rife with omissions. Courtney Barnett has made the top 5 four times previously but she misses the top 5 for the first time ever and lands at #19. I don't know if everyone is aware that Flea is half-Australian (he was born in Melbourne), but he's charting for the first time with a solo album. Central Cee got to #2 with his album last year but his EP lands at a more reserved #26. I did not realise Slayyyter had enough fanfare to get even close to charting, but it's a first time for her obviously. As we prepare for Gather Round where every team in the AFL plays in or around Adelaide, Yeat gets his highest charting album ever with "ADL". Bluey is less fond of Aussie rules despite being made at the home of the back to back reigning premiers, but now she's got an orchestra. Charlie Puth is on a bit of a comedown after multiple top 10 albums and Tom Misch charts for the first time.

It's been a long time but I've got pretty much every chart on spreadsheets from over a decade ago. I believe all the ARIA Reports from said era are accessible online though I forget the process now.

It happened with "End of Beginning" as it was being allowed a grace period. Looks like the same is happening for Milky and it'll be removed from the chart in a few weeks, given that it's inherited the old chart run. Worth noting though that despite the low peak, it was a persistent song on the chart. 50-47-57-60-63-70-63-69-68-66-65-57-49-50-60-60-62-62-64-78-93-100 in an era when it wasn't common to last more than a few months.

5 weeks behind. Arguably an asterisk to this because Tones and I lost a week to Mariah Carey, but Olivia Dean didn't, merely because she wasn't allowed on the chart this time around.

30/03/2026 Singles 01 01 32 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 27 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 06 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 NE 01 04 SWIM BTS 05 05 26 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 04 11 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 07 08 26 07 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 07 59 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 09 09 12 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 12 40 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 11 10 27 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 12 06 03 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 13 11 35 06 12 TO 12 sombr 14 14 07 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 15 16 17 15 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 16 13 25 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 17 20 08 17 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 18 15 42 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 18 41 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 20 19 11 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 21 21 53 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 22 17 04 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 23 24 04 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 24 25 56 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 27 25 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 26 NE 01 26 BODY TO BODY BTS 27 26 25 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 28 30 27 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 29 28 16 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 30 33 52 02 UNDRESSED sombr 31 22 09 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 32 29 02 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 33 36 102 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 34 40 97 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 35 37 26 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 36 42 42 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 37 23 03 12 TASTE BACK Harry Styles 38 34 11 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 39 55 06 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 40 41 37 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 41 52 02 41 THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 42 35 10 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 43 43 40 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 44 51 98 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 45 48 75 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 46 NE 01 46 HOOLIGAN BTS 47 71 11 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 48 NE 01 48 FYA BTS 49 47 84 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 50 45 84 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez Bubbling Under 16 (13) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan *17 (NE) ACTIN' TOUGH Dean Turnley *18 (NE) CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY. Raye feat. Hans Zimmer *19 (15) STEADY Bella Kay 20 (16) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan Albums 01 NE 01 01 ARIRANG BTS 02 02 26 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 04 01 03 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 05 NE 01 05 ULTRA DUNDEE Bad//Dreems 06 03 57 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 05 40 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 08 06 67 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 04 04 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 10 07 25 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 11 08 83 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 09 31 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 10 30 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 14 11 08 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 15 15 45 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 14 09 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 17 NE 01 17 STEEL TOWN Morgan Evans 18 12 39 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 19 17 97 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 19 92 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 21 18 94 01 BRAT Charli XCX 22 21 101 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 23 20 27 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 24 32 11 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 25 23 12 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 26 24 28 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 27 22 04 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 28 70 13 28 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 29 29 31 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 30 NE 01 30 COLONIAL DRIFT William Crighton 31 36 85 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 32 39 54 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 33 40 10 33 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 34 27 06 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 35 28 05 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 36 38 33 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 37 44 46 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 38 13 40 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 39 31 31 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 40 41 23 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 41 43 66 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 42 33 07 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 43 42 67 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 50 55 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 45 46 78 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 46 55 31 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 47 52 21 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 48 91 05 09 LEARN THE HARD WAY Jordan Davis 49 62 10 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 50 54 24 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender "Man I Need" is #1 for a 19th week. It's always worth reminding that it actually spent 8 weeks at #2 (plus another week where it was merely behind every song on "The Life of a Showgirl"), so it has really done the hard yards to be the longest running #1 hit of all time. It probably won't get there though. We've got a serious contender arriving to stop Olivia Dean and it's Olivia Dean. "Rein Me In" made a big stride towards the top spot and I suspect it was very close. The margin has only slimmed so far this week so it looks like the reign is over, long live "Rein". BTS's new album sees them score their second highest charting single to date ("Dynamite" reached #2). Actually, BTS have nearly all the new entries to themselves this week, aside from Sienna Spiro scoring a second entry she very nearly had last week. It's otherwise a week of Luke Combs getting his singles back in off the back of the album. I once again suspect "Babydoll" could have made the top 10 this week and it just hit a new peak of #4 on Spotify, have to wonder if it's being considered. I don't normally address the Bubbling Under chart but I have to acknowledge this week that we have an actual Australian song there by a new artist in producer Dean Turnley. It's a very rare sight, a song that only charted on Spotify here, seemingly from pre-release hype which saw it immediately enter in the top 60. I'm reminded a little of the instant success of Dom Dolla's "Rhyme Dust" which was similarly paid dust on Spotify promotionally which is why both just kinda collapsed after that. Ironically, the top song on Hot Hits Australia right now is Dom Dolla's uninspired re-working of "Addicted to Bass", so Dean has a career arc to follow potentially. BTS score their 4th #1 album this week. I suspect it was not a particularly close competition. It does have me wondering if Luke Combs has just been releasing too many albums, which is good for overall units but bad for buyer fatigue. It's crazy to me that he's only ever had one #1 album and it was over 6 years ago. We've got new heights though for Bad//Dreems, who last snuck into the top 10 in 2023, but now they've increased that ceiling to a top 5 with their latest album. It's a little funny to me that press releases have to remind us that Morgan Evans is the guy who made "Kiss Somebody" some 9 years ago, which has turned into a 9 digit streaming monster to be fair, and also to be fair, he hasn't released an album since that one. His hit-laden second album actually made the top 5 with good longevity but he's back in the top 20 leagues with this one. Ella Langley's new album hasn't actually come out yet, that's her old one reaching the top 50 for the first time ever this week. Lastly we've got another first time entry from an Australian singer-songwriter I've never heard of in William Crighton, good for him.

23/03/2026 Singles 01 01 31 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 26 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 04 05 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 05 10 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 05 06 25 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 03 02 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 07 07 58 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 15 25 08 DRACULA Tame Impala 09 11 11 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 08 26 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 11 09 34 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 19 39 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 13 14 24 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 14 20 06 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 15 23 41 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 16 26 16 16 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 17 16 03 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 18 18 40 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 19 17 10 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 20 30 07 20 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 21 25 52 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 22 10 08 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 23 12 02 12 TASTE BACK Harry Styles 24 35 03 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 25 32 55 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 26 33 24 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 27 34 24 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 28 36 15 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 29 NE 01 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 30 40 26 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 31 13 02 13 READY, STEADY, GO! Harry Styles 32 21 02 21 COMING UP ROSES Harry Styles 33 39 51 02 UNDRESSED sombr 34 52 10 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 35 37 09 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 36 42 101 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 37 41 25 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 38 24 02 24 POP Harry Styles 39 22 02 22 ARE YOU LISTENING YET? Harry Styles 40 43 96 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 41 44 36 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 42 47 41 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 43 45 39 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 44 29 02 29 DANCE NO MORE Harry Styles 45 49 83 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 46 46 16 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 47 51 83 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 48 48 74 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 49 50 42 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 50 31 02 31 CARLA'S SONG Harry Styles Bubbling Under *11 (NE) THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 12 (10) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 13 (11) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 14 (12) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *15 (13) STEADY Bella Kay 16 (15) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *17 (14) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert *18 (17) BE HER Ella Langley *19 (20) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots *20 (NE) ALL I DID WAS DREAM OF YOU beabadoobee feat. The Marias Albums 01 01 02 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 02 02 25 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 06 56 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 04 03 03 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 05 05 39 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 07 66 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 09 24 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 08 11 82 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 30 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 10 14 29 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 11 13 07 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 12 08 38 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 13 04 39 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 14 15 08 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 15 16 44 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 NE 01 16 INTO OBLIVION Lamb of God 17 19 96 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 18 22 93 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 23 91 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 20 28 26 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 21 26 100 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 22 12 03 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 23 25 11 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 24 17 27 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 25 NE 01 25 MONICA Jack Harlow 26 NE 01 26 THROUGH THE HAZE Beccy Cole 27 24 05 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 28 27 04 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 29 33 30 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 30 21 33 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 31 29 30 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 32 36 10 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 33 34 06 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 34 NE 01 34 A POUND OF FEATHERS The Black Crowes 35 NE 01 35 TRYING TIMES James Blake 36 42 34 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 30 04 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 38 38 32 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 39 39 53 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 40 48 09 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 41 40 22 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 42 49 66 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 43 46 65 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 44 45 45 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 45 63 09 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 46 53 77 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 32 03 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski 48 57 36 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 49 43 04 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney 50 55 54 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for an 18th week. All suggestions I made last week that said it would be on its last legs are for naught as it turned out at the very start of the next tracking week, it completely reversed its momentum, as did Bella Kay, so this week is a write-off, and now it looks most likely that "Rein Me In" will be the next #1. I don't think it'll get there this week, but it's certainly getting closer. I'm trying my hardest to be enthusiastic but for the first time in over 2 years, we have an Australian song in the top 10. Largely thanks to a big climb for the JENNIE remix, Tame Impala's "Dracula" climbs up to #8 this week. If it can last another week in the top 10 (and I think it will), that'll make it the first Australian song to spend multiple weeks in the top 10 in about 4 years. It has been a lean time and we need the rest of the world to tell us it's okay. Last week I was at Fremantle FC's first home game of 2026 and so was Kevin Parker. They actually play a Tame Impala hype anthem at every Freo home game just before the 4th quarter starts, and I don't know how he reacts to it. The funny (to me) thing that happened at the game is that there was a pre-game set up in the stands for Perth rapper Drapht. Australian locals may be familiar with his signature song "Jimmy Recard", and very, very astute listeners will know that he name-checks David Wirrpanda in that song, a former star player for Freo's crosstown rivals. I can confirm that in a sea of purple, he kept that reference in the song and even mimed a drop punt while he rapped it, no one seemed to mind. The absence of a Dominic Fike song in the top 20 this week means that Dominic Fike scores a top 20 hit this week. Noah Kahan has another top 50 entry, one that'll certainly drop this week but should stay in the top 50. Zara Larsson has a big re-entry with "Midnight Sun" that actually gets a new peak, and I suspect if we didn't have songs being excluded from the chart (properly or otherwise), this might be its first actual week in the top 50. Harry Styles secures a second week at #1 on the album chart. I'm guessing he won't get a third because BTS do numbers I believe. Lamb of God enter at #16 which is their first time missing the top 10 in about 20 years. The answer to the question of what to expect for a Jack Harlow album without any crossover hits is one that charts considerably lower than usual. Local country singer Beccy Cole scores her 9th top 50 album, and her first solo entry since 2018. The Black Crowes have her beat in that regard because this is their first album to chart outside of the 1990s. James Blake takes advantage of the new chart rules and reaches the top 50 again after his last two albums fell short. "Loading" and "Life Is Not The Same" are very good songs, I'm not very familiar with the new album.

16/03/2026 Singles 01 01 30 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 25 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 04 07 04 04 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 05 03 09 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 06 04 24 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 05 57 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 06 25 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 09 12 33 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 38 07 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 11 10 10 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 12 NE 01 12 TASTE BACK Harry Styles 13 NE 01 13 READY, STEADY, GO! Harry Styles 14 11 23 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 17 24 15 DRACULA Tame Impala 16 13 02 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 17 08 09 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 18 15 39 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 19 14 38 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 09 05 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 21 NE 01 21 COMING UP ROSES Harry Styles 22 NE 01 22 ARE YOU LISTENING YET? Harry Styles 23 16 40 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 NE 01 24 POP Harry Styles 25 19 51 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 26 21 15 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 27 NE 01 27 THE WAITING GAME Harry Styles 28 NE 01 28 SEASON 2 WEIGHT LOSS Harry Styles 29 NE 01 29 DANCE NO MORE Harry Styles 30 28 06 28 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 31 NE 01 31 CARLA'S SONG Harry Styles 32 24 54 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 33 22 23 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 34 23 23 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 35 20 02 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 36 25 14 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 37 18 08 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 38 NE 01 38 PAINT BY NUMBERS Harry Styles 39 26 50 02 UNDRESSED sombr 40 27 25 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 41 29 24 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 42 32 100 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 43 33 95 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 44 31 35 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 45 36 38 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 46 35 15 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 47 37 40 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 48 39 73 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 49 45 82 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 46 41 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae Bubbling Under 10 (10) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 11 (11) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 12 (13) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *13 (NE) STEADY Bella Kay *14 (14) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 15 (18) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 16 (7) DEADLINE BlackPink *17 (17) BE HER Ella Langley *18 (NE) GOD WAS SHOWING OFF Bruno Mars *19 (NE) ADDICTED TO BASS Dom Dolla, Puretone *20 (16) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots Albums 01 NE 01 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 02 01 24 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 02 02 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 04 44 38 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 05 07 38 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 09 55 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 11 65 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 08 05 37 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 09 10 23 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 10 13 29 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 12 81 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 04 02 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 13 15 06 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 14 14 28 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 15 16 07 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 16 18 43 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 08 26 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 18 NE 01 18 HELP(2) Various Artists 19 20 95 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 NE 01 20 ALBINI SESSIONS (BENEFIT FOR LETTERS CHARITY) Fugazi 21 32 32 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 22 24 92 01 BRAT Charli XCX 23 25 90 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 21 04 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 25 06 10 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 26 26 99 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 27 23 03 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 28 46 25 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 29 82 29 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 30 22 03 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 31 NE 01 31 ANYWHERE BUT HERE Bully Hay 32 03 02 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski 33 33 29 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 27 05 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 35 NE 01 35 BEAUTIFUL MACHINE Sam Buckingham 36 30 09 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 37 39 104 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 38 40 31 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 39 37 52 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 40 31 21 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 41 36 05 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 42 49 33 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 43 35 03 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney 44 72 15 19 THE CRUX Djo 45 45 44 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 43 64 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 47 34 03 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley 48 50 08 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 49 55 65 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 50 41 08 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky "Man I Need" is #1 for a 17th week. It's also up to 30 weeks on the chart so this muckery won't go on much longer. In all seriousness though, the challenge has finally arrived. Bella Kay has unseated her on the Spotify chart, the first major domino to fall usually. She'll be hoping to get to #2 on this week's chart, and then if momentum continues like this, it's not out the question that we'll get our first new #1 of the year. In 2022, Harry Styles commanded 8 songs in the top 10 when his album came out. This time around he just narrowly manages 2 out of 10. This feels like a bit of a slump, and to be fair it is, but it's interesting to look back at that particular time in 2022, where sales figures weren't especially impressive. If "American Girls" had done as much as "Late Night Talking" did on debut, it still wouldn't have been #1, for instance. Harry Styles is doing what he can to slightly obfuscate the fact that we might genuinely get an Australian song in the top 10 next week. The global algorithm or something has latched onto the JENNIE remix of "Dracula", and by my maths, it's sitting at #7 combined on Spotify right now. The top end is being made weaker also by the fact that we possibly have 3 simultaneous top 20 hits omitted currently. "End of Beginning" has done its time, "Lush Life" has done nothing, but now Dominic Fike's "Babydoll", a song that charted below the top 50 years ago has now asserted itself. I don't know if anyone would disagree with ARIA bending the rules on this one because at the moment we're actually losing a unique top 50 hit through the new rules, and given the lay of the land right now, not even gaining anything to compensate it. Harry Styles scores his 4th #1 album this week, which means he's had as many solo #1's as he had with One Direction. Linkin Park's current Australian tour vaults them back into the top 5, while Laufey's future tour sends her back up. We've got two charity albums nearly next to each other in the top 20 this week, as the HELP(2) set enters at #18 and Fugazi are new at #20. This is the first time Fugazi have ever charted in Australia. A name that's new to me is Tasmanian singer Bully Hay who charts for the first time this week, same goes for Sam Buckingham from Byron Bay.

09/03/2026 Singles 01 01 29 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 24 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 11 08 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 04 03 23 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 05 04 56 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 05 24 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 20 03 07 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 08 14 08 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 09 06 04 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 10 08 09 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 11 07 22 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 12 09 32 06 12 TO 12 sombr 13 NE 01 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 14 10 37 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 15 13 38 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 16 12 39 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 17 21 23 17 DRACULA Tame Impala 18 16 07 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 19 15 50 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 20 NE 01 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 21 18 14 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 22 17 22 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 23 19 22 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 24 22 53 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 23 13 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 26 24 49 02 UNDRESSED sombr 27 27 24 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 28 47 05 28 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 29 25 23 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 30 NE 01 30 DEADLINE BlackPink 31 26 34 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 32 32 99 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 33 33 94 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 34 46 04 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny 35 28 14 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 36 29 37 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 37 31 39 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 38 37 06 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 39 39 72 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 43 81 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 41 38 08 38 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 42 34 03 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 43 36 95 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 44 30 05 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 45 45 81 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 46 44 40 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 47 35 16 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 48 40 23 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 49 73 04 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny 50 49 58 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae Bubbling Under *12 (9) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX 13 (11) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *14 (13) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 15 (NE) CHA CHA CHA Bruno Mars 16 (10) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots *17 (14) BE HER Ella Langley 18 (15) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *19 (RE) SAY WHY Zach Bryan *20 (20) RAIN FISHER Albums 01 02 23 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 NE 01 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 03 NE 01 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski 04 NE 01 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 05 10 36 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 06 39 09 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 07 04 37 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 08 09 25 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 09 08 54 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 07 22 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 11 11 64 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 14 80 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 12 28 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 14 15 27 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 15 19 05 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 16 17 06 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 17 NE 01 17 LOVESICK SENTIMENTAL Pacific Avenue 18 21 42 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 01 02 01 LUCK... OR SOMETHING Hilary Duff 20 24 94 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 21 18 03 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 22 13 02 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 23 05 02 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 24 29 91 01 BRAT Charli XCX 25 27 89 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 26 30 98 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 27 25 04 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 28 NE 01 28 THE WARNING Telenova 29 NE 01 29 THE GREAT SATAN Rob Zombie 30 41 08 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 31 37 20 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 32 65 31 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 33 31 28 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 26 02 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley 35 20 02 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney 36 38 04 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 37 40 51 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 38 22 03 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz 39 42 103 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 40 43 30 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 41 28 07 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 42 36 04 01 IN VERSES Karnivool 43 45 63 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 44 66 37 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 45 47 43 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 23 24 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 47 44 08 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 48 NE 01 48 REDD KROSS/HARD-ONS Redd Kross, Hard-Ons 49 50 32 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 52 07 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd "Man I Need" is #1 for a 16th week. Spotify is a few days behind but it doesn't take Quasimodo to predict that 7 more days won't change things here. The remix of "Stateside" has vaulted into the top 10 up to #3. This matches "Never Forget You" as Zara Larsson's highest ever charting single. Also vaulting into the top 10 is Bella Kay, while Bruno Mars returns and scores a new peak with "I Just Might". He's also got another not quite top 10 debut in "Risk It All" but I don't think this will add to the tally of second week top 10 hits. Once again, a new Alex Warren single arrives that is unable to match up to "Ordinary", which has been doing some prime trolling if you only look at Spotify charts, where it's struggling to hang around in the top 20, but is apparently the most popular song on YouTube still. Possibly thanks to the tour announcement, "Dracula" climbs to a new peak of #17, matching the 2020 peak of "The Less I Know The Better". Another K-Pop EP has hit the charts, this time it's BLACKPINK. The EP's big single "JUMP" got to #12 last year. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] a 10th week now. She holds off numerous arrivals. The first of which is Bruno Mars, who despite very strong long term performance usually, has only had the one #1 album with "Unorthodox Jukebox". There's no need to get mad as **** for Mitski this week as she has a new highest ever chart position in Australia with her new album entering at #3. Actually I want to say this is her highest peak in any country, but the streaming cope Scotland charts still get made for some reason. Gorillaz have been making the top 5 with every album since "Demon Days", with just "Plastic Beach" getting to #1. PinkPantheress sees a new top 10 peak thanks to a vinyl release. Pacific Avenue take their second album into the top 20, a far cry from when they got to #3. If you want to check out a more interesting local band, Telenova are making the top 30 again with their second album, just a little bit down from the first one.

02/03/2026 Singles 01 01 28 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 06 23 02 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 02 22 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 04 03 55 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 04 23 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 06 08 03 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 07 07 21 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 08 09 08 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 09 11 31 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 12 36 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 11 17 07 11 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 12 14 38 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 13 37 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 14 18 07 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 15 16 49 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 16 10 06 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 17 05 21 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 18 20 13 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 19 19 21 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 42 02 20 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 21 23 22 21 DRACULA Tame Impala 22 21 52 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 22 12 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 24 25 48 02 UNDRESSED sombr 25 28 22 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 24 33 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 27 RE 23 27 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 28 32 13 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 29 31 36 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 30 30 04 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 31 34 38 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 32 35 98 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 33 29 93 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 34 33 02 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 35 43 15 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 36 51 94 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 37 27 05 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 38 39 07 38 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 39 40 71 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 38 22 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 41 49 18 41 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean 42 47 38 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 43 37 80 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 44 53 39 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 45 44 80 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 46 26 03 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny 47 65 04 47 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 48 46 22 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 49 48 57 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 50 36 98 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan Bubbling Under *9 (9) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX 10 (NE) DRAG PATH Twenty One Pilots 11 (8) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 12 (11) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie *13 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert *14 (15) BE HER Ella Langley 15 (14) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *16 (NE) WHITE FEATHER HAWK TAIL DEER HUNTER Lana Del Rey *17 (18) ALWAYS EVERYWHERE Charli XCX *18 (NE) GOOD FLIRTS Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar & Momo Boyd *19 (16) TWO SIX J. Cole *20 (20) RAIN FISHER Albums 01 NE 01 01 LUCK... OR SOMETHING Hilary Duff 02 01 22 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 ROCKHAMPTON HANGOVER Tom Busby 04 06 36 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 05 NE 01 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 06 NE 01 06 IT'S MY PARTY Meg Mac 07 07 21 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 08 08 53 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 02 24 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 10 05 35 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 11 12 63 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 11 27 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 NE 01 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 14 13 79 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 10 26 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 16 28 35 01 VIRGIN Lorde 17 16 05 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 18 04 02 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 19 15 04 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 20 NE 01 20 CLOUD 9 Megan Moroney 21 18 41 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 22 19 02 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz 23 41 23 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 24 20 93 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 25 17 03 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 26 NE 01 26 EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley 27 24 88 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 28 34 06 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 29 26 90 01 BRAT Charli XCX 30 25 97 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 31 21 27 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 32 98 16 01 IDOLS Yungblud 33 35 15 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson 34 57 17 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 35 NE 01 35 I GUESS IT WAS NOWHERE Above, Below 36 09 03 01 IN VERSES Karnivool 37 46 19 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 38 23 03 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 39 37 08 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 40 31 50 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 41 30 07 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 42 39 102 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 43 36 29 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 44 32 07 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 45 38 62 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 46 NE 01 46 GOODBYE (IF YOU CALL THAT GONE) MAY-A 47 43 42 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 29 17 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 49 51 74 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 50 49 31 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris "Man I Need" is #1 for a 15th week. Once again, do not expect anything to change because the lead is enormous and only being remotely threatened by other Olivia Dean songs that are not gonna have the sauce to dethrone the king. "Rein Me In" has managed to sneak a week at #2 now. There's a fast rise for the version of "Stateside" I do not enjoy as much as the original, but it's probably just fighting to be another #2 hit. sombr climbs again so now he has 4 top 50 hits that have all peaked between #2 & #6, very efficient. Bella Kay is rising fast and may reach the top 10 next week. The big event of the week is the On Replay chart activating the sub rule, despite that rule being abolished for this upcoming footy season. I was led to believe that old charting entries get a 10 week grace period, but Djo's "End of Beginning" is gone after 8 weeks. This happens on the very same week we get a new one, as Milky returned to the top 50 with "Just The Way You Are", thanks to the Mallgrab remix which is helping it back up. This is actually a new peak for the song, which despite a decently lengthy run, only got as high as #47 back in 2002. Dominic Fike also belatedly enters the top 50 with "White Keys", a song that was already voted into triple j's Hottest 100 months ago. Hilary Duff scores her first ever #1 album this week. I'm admittedly a little out of my depth on this one as despite growing up with her being a very recognisable figure on TV, most of her music career is a bit of a blind spot to me, suppose I'll have to do some research in the future. She's previously had three top 10 hits, getting as high as #3. I have roughly similar experience with Tom Busby, of Busby Marou fame. They're a duo that had one somewhat popular song on the radio 15 years ago but have largely diverted from that system and had a massive career since, including a #1 album in 2017. This is Tom's first solo album, and he's taking names on the folk circuit by debuting ahead of Mumford & Sons. This is a slight reverse of fortunes for them as they've managed to improve on their last album which gave them their lowest ever debut at #7. Next we've got Meg Mac entering the top 10 for the 4th time, though her last album entered at #1. We once again must consider the way the rules have changed because Baby Keem does improve on his only other top 50 appearance by 8 spots at #13, but he probably would've had a top 20 album back in 2021 under the new system too. Megan Moroney charts for the first time here at #20, and sir a second Elvis soundtrack has hit the chart. We've got back to back from the Australian metal scene as Above, Below get their first ever entry and they're just ahead of Karnivool, while the great timing of this post is that a MAY-A song just popped up on my shuffle playlist as I'm typing this up. Her first album sneaks her into the top 50, getting us to a pretty solid 10 Australian entries in the top 50 this week.

23/02/2026 Singles 01 01 27 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 21 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 03 03 54 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 05 22 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 05 07 20 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 06 14 22 06 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 07 06 20 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 08 18 02 08 HOMEWRECKER sombr 09 09 07 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 04 05 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 11 08 30 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 10 35 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 13 11 36 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 14 13 37 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 15 12 60 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 16 15 48 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 17 17 06 17 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 18 16 06 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 19 19 20 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 21 12 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 21 24 51 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 28 11 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 23 22 21 22 DRACULA Tame Impala 24 23 32 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 25 26 47 02 UNDRESSED sombr 26 25 02 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny 27 20 04 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 28 30 21 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 29 31 92 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 27 03 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 31 33 35 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 32 32 12 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 33 NE 01 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 34 29 37 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 35 35 97 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 36 36 97 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 37 39 79 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 38 38 21 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 39 52 06 39 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 40 41 70 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 41 34 02 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny 42 NE 01 42 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 43 40 14 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 44 44 79 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 45 54 14 45 SALLY, WHEN THE WINE RUNS OUT Role Model 46 43 21 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 47 75 37 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 48 42 56 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 49 57 17 49 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean 50 37 27 13 YUKON Justin Bieber Bubbling Under 8 (7) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *9 (NE) CHAINS OF LOVE Charli XCX *10 (12) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 11 (10) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie *12 (9) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 13 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (14) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *15 (NE) BE HER Ella Langley *16 (11) TWO SIX J. Cole *17 (NE) ICEMAN FREESTYLE Central Cee *18 (NE) ALWAYS EVERYWHERE Charli XCX 19 (18) INTERNET GIRL Katseye *20 (NE) RAIN FISHER Albums 01 02 21 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 18 23 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 03 NE 01 03 CAPITAL FICTION Keli Holiday 04 NE 01 04 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Charli XCX 05 04 34 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 06 06 35 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 07 05 20 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 08 08 52 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 01 02 01 IN VERSES Karnivool 10 10 25 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 11 12 26 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 12 09 62 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 13 11 78 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 14 NE 01 14 TENSION TOUR//LIVE 2025 Kylie Minogue 15 13 03 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 16 14 04 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 17 07 02 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 18 15 40 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 ICON Brent Faiyaz 20 16 92 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 21 17 26 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 22 22 18 04 USB Fred Again.. 23 03 02 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 24 21 87 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 23 96 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 26 25 89 01 BRAT Charli XCX 27 NE 01 27 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW Six60 28 57 34 01 VIRGIN Lorde 29 20 16 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 30 26 06 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 31 30 49 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 32 28 06 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 33 62 16 16 BELOVED Giveon 34 29 05 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 35 24 14 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson 36 32 28 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 37 31 07 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 38 34 61 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 39 38 101 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 40 27 17 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 41 36 22 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 42 33 32 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 43 44 41 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 44 37 02 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 45 42 62 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 46 47 18 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 47 50 26 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 48 43 34 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 49 80 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 NE 01 50 THE TERRORS OF COMFORT Kisschasy "Man I Need" is #1 for a 14th week. I'll be honest I'm not paying a whole lot of attention at the moment because I'm just waiting for anything new to happen. The problem with anticipating an uprising is that all we're getting is more Olivia Dean parking behind Olivia Dean. "Rein Me In" is now a top 10 hit and may move into the top 3 next week to absolutely reinforce it. sombr also moves fast to score a 4th top 10 hit and should climb again. There's a climb for "Opalite" that suggests to me that the physical singles came in, as the song dropped quite a bit on streaming. We've got new entries from Luke Combs & Bella Kay like I predicted last week. Ed Sheeran also returns with "Sapphire" as he's been playing stadiums lately. Speaking of playing stadiums, we're seeing more confirmation that the new rules are just heightening the range for the rules to not work. I suspect Bad Bunny had a top 30 hit on his hands with "Titi Me Pregunto", a song that's never charted before in Australia, but it hasn't had the seal of approval, I assume whoever's watching this just lost it in a sea of other Bad Bunny songs. It makes for an awful loss of a fun chart stat, as "I've Seen It" re-enters at #49, instead of #50, which would have been the 3rd time it peaked at #50. We've also got very belated arrivals for Zara Larsson & ROLE MODEL. There was a photo going around online at Laneway where ROLE MODEL had The Wiggles doing the role of Sally during the performance, and the photo was taken ~50 metres away at the Geese show. Just unbelievable proximity of these artists. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] an 9th week now. Ed Sheeran has a big bounce back to #2 from his tour, moving ahead of a new arrival for Keli Holiday. Since Peking Duk have never released an album (though I'm not sure how high they would've charted), this is the highest he's ever charted. The great thing is that unlike last time I spoke about him, my blog post ranting about the discourse is now live (you have to scroll down to #337). The Charli XCX film soundtrack (not to be confused with the Charli XCX film) arrives at #4. Kylie Minogue has yet another live album on the chart, it's a little lower than her last one from when she was touring "Golden" (not that one). I remember I was out at the footy when she was playing in Perth because there was an Indigenous All-Stars game on, the dichotomy of Australian culture. Brent Faiyaz debuts in the top 20 for the second time. The ultimate moment of Aotearoa culture arrives in the middle of the chart as Six60's new album lands next to a boosted Lorde album. Six60 have had a top 10 album before in Australia oddly enough, though I've not really seen them get much attention here ever outside of one minor hit with DRAX Project. Another essential Australian band of the mid-2000s arrives with a long awaited new album, just on the complete opposite side of the chart this time. I suppose Kisschasy weren't exactly a big album band, but they had the hits. The biggest of which is "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night" which is so 2007 that it debuted in the top 10 ahead of a Fall Out Boy song with a shorter title. This is their first new album in 17 years, basically half my life ago.

I'm guessing they either get it from another website, or just take a crack at it from looking at new releases. I feel like I've seen stats like it in the past, actually Rush runs several last fm accounts for some Australian radio stations so there'd be ways to scan it from there.

Just a heads up because I'm not 100% sure where he gets it from, but that particular website shouldn't necessarily be trusted as a source. Since at least around 2009, they've had their own 'Hot 100' airplay chart that copies the publicly available top 40, but is some mixture of guesswork & fan fiction below that. Just this week on the real chart, Guy Sebastian's new song popped in at #32 from just outside of the top 40, but he obviously missed it because it's a top 100 debut on the Hot 100. I've spoken to the guy who runs the website before and he's very strange and/or deluded.

16/02/2026 Singles 01 01 26 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 20 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 03 05 53 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 75 04 04 DTMF Bad Bunny 05 03 21 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 06 04 19 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 07 27 19 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 08 06 29 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 09 06 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 08 34 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 11 10 35 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 12 07 59 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 13 11 36 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 14 16 21 14 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 15 14 47 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 16 13 05 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 17 20 05 17 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 18 NE 01 18 HOMEWRECKER sombr 19 17 19 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 12 03 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 21 18 11 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 22 32 20 22 DRACULA Tame Impala 23 21 31 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 24 19 50 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 NE 01 25 NUEVAYOL Bad Bunny 26 23 46 02 UNDRESSED sombr 27 15 02 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 28 24 10 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 29 34 36 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 30 28 20 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 31 25 91 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 22 11 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 33 26 34 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 34 NE 01 34 BAILE INOLVIDABLE Bad Bunny 35 29 96 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 36 44 96 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 37 58 26 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 38 31 20 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 39 37 78 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 40 30 13 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 41 35 69 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 42 33 55 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 43 36 20 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 44 40 78 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 45 39 37 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 46 38 92 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 47 47 16 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 48 42 61 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 49 48 32 27 GABRIELA Katseye 50 49 96 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter Bubbling Under 7 (7) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 8 (8) CHANEL Tyla *9 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 10 (10) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie *11 (NE) TWO SIX J. Cole *12 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 13 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (11) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan *15 (NE) ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay *16 (NE) SAFETY J. Cole *17 (NE) POOR THANG J. Cole 18 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 19 (14) ATM Don Toliver *20 (18) SAY WHY Zach Bryan Albums 01 NE 01 01 IN VERSES Karnivool 02 01 20 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 PISS IN THE WIND Joji 04 20 33 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 05 03 19 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 02 34 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 07 NE 01 07 THE FALL-OFF J. Cole 08 05 51 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 09 61 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 07 24 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 11 08 77 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 10 25 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 04 02 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 14 13 03 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 15 14 39 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 16 91 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 29 25 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 18 15 22 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 19 44 11 19 THE CRUX Djo 20 68 15 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 21 24 86 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 18 17 04 USB Fred Again.. 23 25 95 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 77 13 08 WHIRLWIND (DELUXE) Lainey Wilson 25 26 88 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 22 05 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 27 06 16 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 28 23 05 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 29 21 04 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 30 30 48 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 31 45 06 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 32 34 27 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 33 37 31 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 34 35 60 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 35 NE 01 35 NORMAL ISN'T Puscifer 36 12 21 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 37 NE 01 37 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 38 39 100 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 39 NE 01 39 MENTALIZED Skeleten 40 19 03 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 41 31 04 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 42 41 61 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 43 32 33 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 44 40 40 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 45 NE 01 45 RACER Blusher 46 51 04 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 47 36 17 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 48 42 72 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 49 47 79 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 38 25 05 HICKEY Royel Otis "Man I Need" is #1 for a 13th week. For the most part, this is not a novelty chart where we create fake #1 hits because we were sick of the old ones. Of course, "Man I Need" gained an extra week at #1 because of the Christmas shenanigans, but otherwise, we're in for the long haul. We see no halt in momentum, we see no contenders on the horizon, we embrace our Gold FM future. Showing the power of social media and TikTok in the 2020s, an event that I can't imagine a significant portion of young Australians actually watched (look I watched it, but I don't think I count) has resulted in a massive boon for Bad Bunny, scoring both his first solo top 50 entries, and his highest ever entry as "DtMF" leads the pack at #4. It previously came close to entering the top 50 a year ago. I'm going to also point out that "Titi Me Pregunto" was not included on the On Replay chart last week, so I'm not sure whether to expect it on the chart next week even though it passes all the requirements. At the same time, "Opalite" rushes back into the top 10 thanks to the video release. As far as I can tell, it's had no physical sales added to it, so we'll see if Australia is also subject to chicanery in the coming weeks, but they'd have to sell a ludicrous number of them over here to pull off the great steal. This is my way of saying that you should be incredibly suspicious if it becomes a #1 single in the future, returning to #2 probably wouldn't require suspension of disbelief. sombr debuts in the top 20 and is making fast moves to ruin the peak of the also still trying to climb "12 to 12". The JENNIE remix of "Dracula" also aids that to a slightly improved new peak. If it matters to you, it's still not outpeaking "The Less I Know The Better". I've decided to add a new contextualising feature for the Bubbling Under chart, an asterisk to indicate songs that haven't actually reached the top 50 before. There's probably a better way to present it but that's just what I came up with on the moment, as something that transfers easily from my Notepad file to here. Hopefully I just haven't forgotten which songs made the top 50 and which ones didn't. It's also an alarmingly big listing this week, with only 6 'new' singles in the top 50 this week. "Raindance" is one of those too which will be removed next week I believe. Perhaps Luke Combs or Bella Kay can swing the dial the other way though. On the album chart, Karnivool score their second #1 album to date. I've been writing these entries here since around the start of 2015, which means there's been no need for me to ever mention Karnivool. Their last album was released in 2013, and it also scored them their first #1 (previously they debuted at #2 releasing on the same week as The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D."). Karnivool are a progressive metal band from Perth who are often compared to Tool, and that was before they both decided to take 13 years to release a new album. They have added notoriety because their lead singer Ian Kenny also fronts the Perth alt rock band Birds of Tokyo who achieved significant mainstream success in the 2010s including multi-platinum singles (one of which got to #3 on the charts) and also have two #1 singles. I've been pretty obsessed with both bands since I was in high school (and I didn't even live in Western Australia). When I had to make an IT project developing an info-portal about dinosaurs, I took it upon myself to include a hidden easter egg game where your mouse cursor gets chased by a dinosaur while the opening riff to Karnivool's cover of Gotye's "The Only Way" plays in the background. Probably one of the greatest things I ever did. I've since seen both bands live and I heartily recommend Karnivool to anyone who wants to hear incredibly delicately composed rock music that can be both intense and beautiful. The new album's got my tick of approval for sure. Also going on this week, Joji's new album enters at #3, just like his last one did, though the one before that went to #1. Once again he's performing better in Australia than elsewhere, so ARIA labelling him as an Australian artist must have some sort of sway in the public consciousness. Bad Bunny also climbs to a new peak of #4 on the album chart, just not from quite as steep a starting point. J. Cole enters at #7 which might feel fittingly like a fall-off, but in truth despite feeling like he's been unstoppably popular for ages, he's only ever had one #1 album in Australia, constantly at odds with his tendency to release at inopportune times for this market. ROLE MODEL climbs into the top 20 this week, which coincides with his Laneway appearance, and it looks like it'll be accompanied by his first top 50 single next week. Also benefitting from Laneway is Geese, who climb into the top 20 for the first time. PinkPantheress was also another draw card here, while Chappell Roan was headlining but doesn't have a new enough album to show for it. Djo was actually at Laneway last year, and just benefits from a physical release of his deluxe edition. I mentioned Tool earlier and funnily enough, we have the return of the Maynard side-project Puscifer, scoring their first top 50 entry since 2007, back when the only song of theirs I know was on the radio, can I get a hell yeah? I also want to highlight the new entry for Melbourne band Blusher, because it strangely bears the name of their prior EP, on the same week they released a similarly named album actually called "rager". I've got no idea.

09/02/2026 Singles 01 01 25 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 04 19 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 03 03 20 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 05 18 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 05 10 52 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 09 28 06 12 TO 12 sombr 07 06 58 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 08 08 33 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 09 11 05 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 07 34 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 11 12 35 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 12 02 02 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 13 13 04 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 14 14 46 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 15 NE 01 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 16 20 20 16 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 17 19 18 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 18 23 10 18 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 19 17 49 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 21 04 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 21 27 30 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 22 15 10 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 23 18 45 02 UNDRESSED sombr 24 25 09 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 25 29 90 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 26 16 33 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 27 22 18 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 28 30 19 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 29 28 95 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 30 31 12 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 31 35 19 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 32 26 19 26 DRACULA Tame Impala 33 32 54 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 34 47 35 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 35 33 68 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 36 42 19 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 37 36 77 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 38 40 91 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 37 36 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 40 43 77 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 41 44 04 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 42 34 60 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 43 41 68 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 44 45 95 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 45 52 62 01 MESSY Lola Young 46 46 27 38 FOLDED Kehlani 47 39 15 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 48 48 31 27 GABRIELA Katseye 49 49 95 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 50 38 12 15 CHANEL Tyla Bubbling Under 9 (9) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 10 (8) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 11 (10) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 12 (12) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 13 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (NE) ATM Don Toliver 15 (15) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 (13) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 17 (16) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 18 (17) SAY WHY Zach Bryan 19 (19) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 (RE) ANYTHING BUT LOVE Tate McRae Albums 01 02 19 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 04 33 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 05 18 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 05 06 50 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 63 15 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 07 11 23 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 08 09 76 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 12 60 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 24 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 NE 01 11 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 5 Soundtrack 12 22 20 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 13 14 02 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 14 15 38 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 24 21 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 16 17 90 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 NE 01 17 WOUND UP Radium Dolls 18 16 16 04 USB Fred Again.. 19 01 02 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 20 39 32 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 21 08 03 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 22 18 04 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 23 19 04 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 24 21 85 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 23 94 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 26 26 87 01 BRAT Charli XCX 27 36 22 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp 28 03 02 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson 29 31 24 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 30 28 47 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 31 20 03 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 32 25 32 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 33 NE 01 33 GLIMMTERS CONTINUED Velvet Trip 34 27 26 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 35 33 59 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 36 29 16 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 37 49 30 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 38 32 24 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 39 34 99 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 40 37 39 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 41 45 60 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 42 42 71 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 38 14 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 44 43 10 23 THE CRUX Djo 45 48 05 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 46 40 32 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 47 47 78 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 53 32 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 49 41 17 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 50 52 48 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 12th week. The international social media machine rears its head again as we're proven to care considerably more about the GRAMMYs than the ARIA Awards or really anything happening in our own country even though there's no shot as many people actually saw them. It's given Olivia Dean another monster jolt and we'll have to wait for not next week but the week after that to see if she's ready to settle up top. For now she's pretty unbothered at the top to the extent that her closest competition is her own song, "So Easy" now hitting #2 for the first time. 'Where the hell is RAYE's #2 peak?', we ask for another week. Otherwise it's a relatively quiet week with just a new entry for Noah Kahan. Once again he has an extremely Spotify heavy audience and I'm not sure if the rest of the market will respond. If Olivia Dean hadn't won a GRAMMY, it would have been possible that "Rein Me In" would have a stat line of 20 20 20 20 and I am very disappointed to have missed this. I call this the Mumford & Sons record because "Little Lion Man" did this at #16. #16 is where "Rein Me In" has climbed, so they've tried to emulate Mumford & Sons but done it incorrectly, for shame. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I scroll back up a bit] an 8th week now. We're gonna have to see how many first week buyers from 2013 come back for a new album in 2026 to see if she can be toppled next week. Bad Bunny is probably also close to outpacing her now but I suspect he's too far behind to make the ground. Don Toliver pulls up at #4, his first time in the top 10 after three top 20 albums. I'd say it's the effect of having a sort of viral hit of late but it feels wrong to pretend that "No Pole" is as popular (or good) as "No Idea" or "After Party". Lily Allen's physical release (and tour announcement) sends her back to #6 which is exactly where she peaked last year. The new Stranger Things soundtrack arrives at #11, just a little behind the #8 peak the last one managed. As is often the case, EsDeeKid's arbitrary chart allowance means that he scores a rare 2nd week new peak. Next we have a punk band from Brisbane who did get all of their sales counted, as Radium Dolls score their first ever chart entry. I'll also admit to never having knowingly listened to Sydney's Velvet Trip but they're also charting for the first time.