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Better than all of those other songs though? It made 4 year end charts that I can see: Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada & USA. In every single one of those lists, at least 3/9 of the other songs placed higher (7 of them in Australia). Everywhere you look it's the same chart run, high debut and then sputters out without really stabilising at any point. It couldn't hold in the top 50 for more than 13 weeks anywhere, even in Canada where it was a #1 hit. The main point is that a lot of the time even when it seems certain that songs don't have legs, it doesn't always pan out that way.

Just want to note that it's a fallacy to treat every single (even by major artists) as if they're written specifically to be instant #1 hits, especially if they just don't sound like it. To avoid the negatively associated buzzwords, sometimes they can just be made to show the range & potential of the album in question, and probably helps the bottom line a lot in the long run. Often times also these songs that appear to be coasting or underwhelming just don't fit the vibe of the top 40 but then go on to do really well after the fact. Here's a top 10 from 7 years ago, which song here do you think has the most streams on Spotify nowadays? Answer: it's the one spending its first and only week in the top 10

Just want to note that the song actually had 130,000 listeners on last.fm by the time "Good Luck, Babe!" was released, more than 10% of its current total, which is not too shabby.

16/06/2025 Singles 01 01 18 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 NE 01 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 03 02 11 02 UNDRESSED sombr 04 03 12 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 05 04 15 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 05 02 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 07 06 41 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 08 08 73 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 07 56 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 10 09 43 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 11 10 34 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 12 13 82 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 13 11 34 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 14 14 04 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 15 15 61 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 16 16 28 01 MESSY Lola Young 17 17 29 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 18 18 26 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 21 07 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 20 22 257 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 21 19 203 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 22 12 03 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 23 23 57 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 24 24 30 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 20 17 05 NOKIA Drake 26 30 61 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 27 34 152 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 28 26 97 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 29 27 35 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 30 28 43 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 31 33 48 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 25 20 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 33 32 61 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 34 40 07 34 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 35 31 07 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 36 91 02 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 37 29 57 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 38 44 94 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 39 41 42 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 40 36 64 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 41 NE 01 41 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 42 43 259 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 71 03 43 ONE THING Lola Young 44 47 10 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 45 38 14 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 46 37 16 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 47 50 03 47 SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea 48 39 56 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 49 46 25 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 50 35 14 01 ANXIETY Doechii Bubbling Under 17 (12) CLICHE MGK 18 (NE) NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 (NE) TOUCH ME LIKE A GANGSTER Jessie Murph 20 (15) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 001 01 DEFIANT Jimmy Barnes 02 NE 001 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 03 01 004 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 04 03 042 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 001 05 NEVER ENOUGH Turnstile 06 05 037 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 06 056 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 07 016 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 10 248 09 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 10 09 227 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 08 005 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 12 11 131 01 SOS SZA 13 12 051 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 14 02 396 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 15 15 473 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 16 RE 028 16 THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE My Chemical Romance 17 17 535 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 13 053 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 14 418 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 16 212 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 21 23 005 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 22 18 112 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 27 026 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 24 25 056 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 25 24 378 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 22 158 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 27 30 363 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 28 33 061 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 29 28 119 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 30 20 060 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 31 21 255 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 34 432 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 33 NE 001 33 MORE Pulp 34 26 105 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 35 31 490 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 36 32 348 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 37 29 324 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 38 36 065 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 39 38 135 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 40 37 222 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 41 39 303 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 42 40 366 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 43 47 358 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 44 41 004 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 45 46 092 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 46 35 014 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 49 162 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 48 43 029 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 49 45 202 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 50 50 132 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for a 12th week, thus beating the Bryan Adams record. Well, it's not really a record because a bunch of songs have done more than that, really, Alex is about halfway to Tones and I's record. He'll have to contend with Sabrina Carpenter from here on though, who's keeping him honest at the moment although we've previously seen songs like this completely sputter their momentum on week 3 or so, so it remains to be seen. Fleetwood Mac now do have the record for the longest running top 50 hit, although maybe some purists will suggest it doesn't fully count as part of that tally pre-dates the ARIA Chart itself. We've got some climbers into the chart this week. Addison Rae gets a second top 50 hit, while Remi Wolf gets her first...nah not really it's just Lola Young. Ed Sheeran also debuts with "Sapphire". Back in 2007, Kaiser Chiefs' "Ruby" reached #35 on the Digital Tracks chart but was not eligible for the main chart as I think it didn't have a physical release. I lean towards saying that Ed Sheeran's Gen 3 Pokémon equivalent has probably charted higher. While the Barbenheimer war of Addison Rae & Turnstile was taking place, a third contender inevitably rose to conquer, as he always does. Jimmy Barnes (ahhh, clouds) scores his 16th #1 album, extending his lead as the artist with the most #1 albums. My Chemical Romance just miss out on a Fetty Wap, as "Three Cheers For Sweet Romance" takes a chunk out of its previous #38 peak to a #16 one. What a belter of an album though am I right fellow millennials? If like Tony Soprano, you prefer to only have some Pulp, then you better look away because we've got "More" Pulp instead. This is actually their second highest charting album ever in Australia, only "This Is Hardcore" which got to #15 did better.

Considering how quickly the narrative last week went from 'it's so over' to 'we're so back', I don't think there's any reason to be super confident on next week's chart based on 1 day of data.

Ah right. I can still lean to understanding where he's coming from because in my limited experience of getting to be the centre of attention like this (and moreover, talking to people who've experienced it more viscerally), it's genuinely taxing on all faculties. I wouldn't be surprised if this chart battle wasn't even on his radar (he's already hit #1 after all), until he just got inundated with vile messages by people who don't know what grass looks like. I do agree that there's some level of responsibility on celebrities to keep their fanbases in check (or at least not stoke the flames), but I'd be surprised if the lion's share of Sabrina's hate messages are coming from ardent Alex Warren stans (not necessarily insinuating the other way either, Twitter's just a cesspit of bad vibes). He's probably not seeing the stuff that gets said about her anyway.

09/06/2025 Singles 01 01 17 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 10 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 03 11 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 04 04 14 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 NE 01 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 06 05 40 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 07 06 55 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 09 72 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 07 42 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 10 10 33 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 11 08 33 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 12 16 02 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 13 11 81 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 13 03 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 15 12 60 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 16 14 27 01 MESSY Lola Young 17 15 28 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 18 17 25 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 21 202 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 20 18 16 05 NOKIA Drake 21 23 06 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 22 35 256 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 23 19 56 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 24 20 29 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 22 19 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 26 26 96 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 27 24 34 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 28 27 42 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 29 29 56 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 30 31 60 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 31 25 06 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 32 28 60 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 33 32 47 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 34 41 151 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 35 30 13 01 ANXIETY Doechii 36 33 63 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 37 43 15 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 38 34 13 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 39 36 55 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 40 51 06 40 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 41 37 41 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 42 38 36 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 43 40 258 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 44 39 93 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 45 46 02 45 CLICHÉ MGK 46 44 24 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 47 54 09 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 48 45 14 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 49 47 54 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 56 02 50 SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Bubbling Under 15 (14) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 16 (NE) ONE THING Lola Young 17 (20) WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 18 (RE) BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas 19 (NE) I GOT BETTER Morgan Wallen 20 (NE) FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae Albums 01 01 003 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 02 34 395 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 03 02 041 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 NE 001 04 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Miley Cyrus 05 05 036 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 03 055 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 06 015 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 04 004 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 09 08 226 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 09 247 09 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 11 10 130 01 SOS SZA 12 07 050 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 13 11 052 01 BRAT Charli XCX 14 12 417 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 18 472 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 16 13 211 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 25 534 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 14 111 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 19 RE 017 19 BLISS RELEASE Cloud Control 20 23 059 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 27 254 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 15 157 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 23 31 004 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 24 21 377 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 17 055 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 26 20 104 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 16 025 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 28 22 118 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 29 24 323 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 32 362 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 30 489 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 29 347 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 33 39 060 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 34 37 431 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 19 013 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 36 26 064 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 37 36 221 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 38 33 134 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 42 302 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 38 365 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 35 003 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 42 48 084 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 43 40 028 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 RE 520 01 1989 Taylor Swift 45 45 201 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 41 091 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 47 55 357 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 48 46 384 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 49 53 161 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 50 47 131 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for an 11th week. That's such an unmemorable number that I can never think of another song that's done it...oh hey, Bryan Adams did that. Sometimes I'm taken by surprise by high debuts but I think at this point he's gonna hold it again next week. Tate McRae debuts at #5 which is her equal highest debut with "greedy" managing the same. I don't think this one will take off to the same extent but the movie comes out in a few weeks and that can always do unpredictable things for soundtrack hits. Fleetwood Mac tie Lewis Capaldi's record for the most weeks in the top 50, and with momentum like this, nothing is gonna stop them from going one better unless ARIA unexpectedly announce a rule change. There's a first time entry for a bunch of artists at once at #50 with "Shake It To The Max (FLY)". This has also subsequently reminded me of the song "Show Me Love", that probably should have been a comfortable top 50 hit (maybe even top 20?) but ARIA haven't been including points for the remix, so it hasn't gotten especially close. Morgan Wallen manages a 3rd straight week at #1. I expect he won't make it again next week because surely we're due, and alongside anything I haven't thought of, we've got a new Jimmy Barnes album incoming and he's pretty good at hitting #1. That's something I thought in my head applied to Miley Cyrus but she seems to be on a once-a-decade basis and she's already had her 2020s one, so she can only get to #4. She's also been overshadowed by the Taylor Swift masters announcement, which notably sees "reputation" climb all the way back to #2. I can't call it a comeback because the album has literally never left the top 100 since it came out. "1989" also comes somewhat close to overtaking the newer version of it, something that I felt was already very slowly pacing its way to happening, but now feels inevitable. It's worth noting that ARIA has a recurrency system for albums that fall out of the top 150 for 8 weeks in a row, so "1989" wasn't extremely far away from this which would've possibly prevented it from returning to the chart (it's still allowed in, but it'd need to be re-submitted to the system). In a big week for new vinyl releases, the winner of the pack is actually the debut album for Cloud Control from 2010, and they're rewarded with a new peak for their efforts. I really wanted to say they've made some chart symmetry with triple j's Hottest 100 but they've fallen 1 place short of the #18 finish that the song "There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight" managed.

Fair enough in general but I think you might be reading too much into an Instagram story with no caption? I don't necessarily disagree in the case of Travis Scott (although I'm not sure I've seen him say anything about it, I don't always keep up with that sort of minutiae), but unless there's TMZ footage of Alex Warren cackling as he sends the all-clear to Warner employees to mass-consume and astroturf his single, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt!

Person I like does something bad: Nah I get where they're coming from, people need to put themselves in their shoes Person I don't like does something good: They're just doing it to make themselves look good, don't fall for it!

Initially the 3rd movie was supposed to end at the fairground with the three main characters surviving but test audiences weren't satisfied so they filmed the train sequence months later (not long before it came out!), they were supposed to also get her and the cop from FD2 on the train but one of the actors was busy so they left them out. No doubt in my mind they absolutely want to kill her off for good in a future film, death doesn't like loose ends etc.

Thought it was pretty good myself.

Yeah, the seasonal thing did come to mind actually, these are the only two countries I can see sufficient stats for that just started winter, but on the other hand, last year the song just rebounded a week later like nothing happened. Either it's a single algorithmic glitch, or it's an algorithmic quirk that's made someone go 'hang on, we need our mandated 80K daily "Riptide" streams' and then it gets 'fixed'.

Hey, remember a year ago when I said "Riptide" was exhibiting a huge boost everywhere but Australia & New Zealand (where it actually dropped a lot)? Would you believe that exactly a year later the same thing has happened?

02/06/2025 Singles 01 01 16 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 09 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 03 10 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 04 04 13 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 06 39 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 06 07 54 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 08 41 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 08 05 32 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 09 10 71 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 09 32 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 11 13 80 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 12 59 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 17 02 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 14 11 26 01 MESSY Lola Young 15 15 27 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 NE 01 16 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 17 14 24 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 18 16 15 05 NOKIA Drake 19 18 55 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 20 20 28 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 21 23 201 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 22 21 18 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 23 19 05 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 24 24 33 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 25 27 05 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 26 30 95 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 27 26 41 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 28 29 59 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 29 22 55 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 30 25 12 01 ANXIETY Doechii 31 28 59 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 32 31 46 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 33 35 62 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 34 42 12 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 35 33 255 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 37 54 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 37 39 40 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 38 32 35 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 39 41 92 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 40 47 257 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 44 150 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 42 34 17 21 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 43 40 14 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 44 43 23 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 45 38 13 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 46 NE 01 46 CLICHÉ MGK 47 49 53 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 48 36 44 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 49 48 55 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 50 52 51 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs Bubbling Under 12 (12) MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 13 (13) AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 14 (11) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 15 (NE) SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) [REMIX] Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea 16 (14) ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 17 (RE) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 18 (16) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 19 (18) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 20 (15) WHAT WAS THAT Lorde Albums 01 01 002 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 02 04 040 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 06 054 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 02 003 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 05 07 035 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 08 014 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 05 049 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 08 09 225 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 16 246 09 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 10 11 129 01 SOS SZA 11 12 051 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 14 416 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 13 15 210 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 18 110 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 10 156 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 16 25 024 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 17 20 054 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 18 21 471 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 19 26 012 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 20 19 103 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 23 376 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 22 22 117 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 23 29 058 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 30 322 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 31 533 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 24 063 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 27 35 253 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 RE 027 05 HYMNS FOR THE NONBELIEVER Kisschasy 29 32 345 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 30 36 488 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 17 003 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 32 34 361 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 33 40 133 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 34 46 394 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 35 28 002 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 36 39 220 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 37 38 430 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 38 44 364 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 39 41 059 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 40 43 027 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 41 42 090 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 42 48 301 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 NE 001 43 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Private Function 44 27 017 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 45 45 200 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 47 383 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 47 50 130 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 48 53 083 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 52 304 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 50 49 042 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris "Ordinary" is #1 for a 10th week, these are "Party Rock Anthem" type numbers. As best I can tell, his lead is actually increasing at the moment, so 11 seems a pretty likely bet. I don't want to make any assumptions beyond that because yesterday's Spotify chart was a little erratic and hints a potential paradigm shift, though not one that could feasibly get through with half a week left to go. Alex Warren also has another debut, giving him 3 simultaneous top 20 entries. I'm going to assume he didn't intentionally ape the subtitle of a very popular film in the box office at the moment, but it would've given him the chance to make the funniest music video. This is Jelly Roll's second appearance in the Australian top 50, following his Eminem collaboration last year. I promised myself on my blog last month that I wasn't going to write anything more about MGK and so he has a debut here, but you'll have to go somewhere else to get your regular dopamine fix from hearing someone say his music is bad and feeling gratified that you already decided that anyway. Morgan Wallen makes it two weeks at #1. I didn't write anything last week but I hadn't realised in that moment that his last album "One Thing At A Time" didn't actually debut at #1, falling short of a fairly incumbent Harry Styles. He did some Australian promo soon after though and the album ended up spending two non-consecutive weeks at #1 later on, so this new one has already matched that. The other very fascinating news this week is the incredulous vaults of Pitbull, who has now gotten his "Greatest Hits" set all the way into the top 10 at #9. Maroon 5 have been trying to do this for like 5 years now and this guy just waltzes in like it's no big deal. He's still seeing streaming gains this week so he might even climb some more, not to mention he has an Australian tour later this year, what an odd result. We've got some extremely Australian millennial nostalgia going on this week as well, as Kisschasy's second album returns to the chart, this week as the highest Australian album which it couldn't manage when it debuted at #5 back in 2007. You might know it as the album that has the song "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night", which I always remember as the song that spent the longest time on the jtv Saturday countdown in its day, with its immortal chorus of 'SOMETIMES, ~incomprehensible words follow~ AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID'. Then lastly we've got another Australian debut from Private Function, the punk band that embody the tag to the fullest with their memorable antics and marketing tactics. Their Wikipedia page is a worthwhile read.

Point of the market decline rule is that in theory, everything is seeing a general decline, so if you're declining less than everything else, you probably would be gaining under usual circumstances. It'd be like for instance if there's a big World Cup game on, and suddenly a large swathe of the population who might otherwise be listening to music for some of those 2 hours are glued to the game, causing a slight dip pretty much across the board. There may be edge cases, a bunch of people who were listening to the new Sleep Token album when it came out probably didn't just listen to the same amount of music the week before or after, so that's a slight market shift that's not massively affecting anything else. I could see the argument then that they shouldn't have it both ways, and so a market increase shouldn't allow for ACR dodging if the individual increase is less than the market, but I think the point of the set up is to try and be certain that the songs are on their way out, and 3 consecutive declines beyond the market is reasonable enough proof to them. Unless there's solid evidence to suggest an increased volume of serial ACR dodgers that are singlehandedly preventing livelier chart activity, I don't think the OCC are going to see any problem with what's going on at the moment. Although maybe I'm wrong to say that given how readily they've jumped the gun on this before.

What I meant to say was that if you got rid of the 3 track rule, there just wouldn't be anywhere near the disruption that might have felt like the inevitable future of the charts at that point. Those 4 albums I mentioned were all released in the space of 2 months. No single album in 2025 so far has matched any of them for just how much streaming real estate they took up. I looked through the year of Spotify charts and only really Central Cee managed more than 5-6 entries at once, he had 8 songs in the Spotify top 50. All of those albums I mentioned had more than that, including a Drake album that was released this year (Kendrick had a good showing late last year, but still less than he had with "DAMN."). I know Taylor Swift is still more than capable of doing this and it's a matter of time, but I don't think anyone in 2017 was suggesting this sort of chart activity was on the way out. If anything it felt like more and more artists were going to be capable of doing it. With that in mind, it feels like the OCC over-reacted to a future they couldn't fully predict. You're right that it still happens a lot on the Billboard Hot 100, but I think America has a more fragmented melting pot of music taste that more easily allows it to happen (or maybe music promotion is just more aggressive, I'm not sure). Enough to even offset the radio airplay factor that stacks the deck against it. That and the Hot 100 is arguably excluding way more songs to reach their #100 than the UK charts, so I'd hesitate to acknowledge it as significantly below the top 50 zone with all the recurrency. I get that a lot of people dislike those weeks on the chart but I've always found them exciting and interesting as a disruption of the humdrum weeks, and a chance for a lot of really interesting stuff to appear on the chart that would never make it through the usual cycle of single promotion on playlists & the radio. Really, I just like the charts not to be tampered with; give us the raw data, not a false image of what the general public is listening to.

I think no matter what system you concoct for this, there are always going to be exceptions that muddy it up on both sides of the fence. Songs like "Heat Waves" & "Levitating" maybe don't come to mind as being hard done by, but probably were worthy of getting a proper showing of their second winds. Or "Something In The Orange" as an example of a hit that probably would have made the top 40(? Correct me if I'm wrong, I see it made #60 on streaming but don't know how many ACR songs it'd be jumping), but is arbitrarily beholden to an earlier stint of its chart run. But then that's the challenge of coming up with the system in 2017 with no idea what the state of music consumption to come was going to be. Even that isolated pocket came after Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Drake & Kendrick Lamar had all overflowed the chart in quick succession, making that seem like the norm to come...except those kinds of streaming performances are no way near as common now in 2025 as I think people would have expected back then. Once the chart starts getting treated like this, the notion that everything is going to retain the same justified rank of represented popularity, just on closer margins, is too crazy a pipe dream to consider, and it's better to treat ACR as just a means to allow more songs onto the chart, which it does. If Alex Warren or Benson Boone go onto ACR right now, their songs will probably still be in the top 40(? Again, not sure, maybe "Beautiful Things" drops to #45 or something), that's not adding any new songs onto the chart, just slightly adding to the rankings of the ones that are already there. I've never liked the idea of ACR as a satisfying send-off to a plaguing hit, because the very nature of it has never been satisfying to me. I want to feel like that song I dislike has actually been shifted out of the collective conscious, not just pushed aside arbitrarily so I can pretend that it's not there until the End Of Year chart confronts me with the truth. I don't like the idea that the only reason ACR exists is because deep down, there's a Facebook boomer brain in everyone that doesn't want to see the new generation's mangled charts and lousy stars take over all the cherished records of the past. There's a line I've seen in a few stories I've read recently, where a 'crooked' game master always feels compelled to provide a chance for their player to win their rigged game, because with no chance for the game master to lose, there's no excitement for them. What's the excitement of a record for sales, weeks in the top 10 or whatever if the OCC is actively making sure they can't get broken? That's boring. I hope Alex Warren does get 17+ weeks at #1, partly so I never have to hear the phrase 'Bryan Adams record' again, and because he'll have had to beat a system that's designed to stop it from ever happening to do so.

I don't even think it's necessarily true that Hot Hits isn't impactful. Sure, we're a far cry from when it may have dictated the chart to a near 1:1 replica, but it can't all just be measured in terms of an instant boost. If someone hears a song on the playlist and saves it, not only are they likely generating future plays long beyond that song's tenure on the playlist, but they're influencing the algorithm, pushing related songs in front of other related songs because they're listening to them instead of something else. I remember songs like "I Like Me Better" that were aggressively pushed on these playlists for months and months and by the time it was finally taken off, it didn't even collapse completely because that time was spent germinating the seeds of future streams. The 1.4 million people who listened to "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac on Spotify yesterday are largely not thinking about the skateboard TikTok, they might not even be aware of it. But a lot of those same people wouldn't be listening to the song if that TikTok didn't exist, it's the same principle. But also it's intrinsically interesting in terms of label manoeuvres. It might not be the complete package, but it's still part of the pie chart of discovery sources, one of many egg-ready baskets.

26/05/2025 Singles 01 01 15 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 08 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 10 09 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 04 05 12 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 03 31 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 06 04 38 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 07 06 53 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 09 40 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 09 07 31 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 10 08 70 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 11 25 01 MESSY Lola Young 12 12 58 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 15 79 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 14 23 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 16 26 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 13 14 05 NOKIA Drake 17 NE 01 17 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 18 19 54 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 19 17 04 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 20 24 27 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 21 20 17 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 22 21 54 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 23 26 200 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 24 23 32 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 25 18 11 01 ANXIETY Doechii 26 25 40 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 27 38 04 27 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 28 28 58 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 29 27 58 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 30 30 94 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 31 31 45 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 29 34 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 33 35 254 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 34 65 16 21 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 35 33 61 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 36 22 43 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 37 41 53 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 38 32 12 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 39 37 39 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 40 36 13 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 41 42 91 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 42 39 11 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 43 34 22 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 44 44 149 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 45 96 08 45 JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 46 46 04 46 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 47 47 256 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 40 54 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 49 49 52 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 50 63 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (14) AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 14 (10) ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 15 (11) WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 16 (13) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 17 (17) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 18 (20) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 19 (NE) BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas 20 (RE) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter Albums 01 NE 001 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 02 01 002 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 03 RE 002 03 WAS HERE Stand Atlantic 04 04 039 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 03 048 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 06 05 053 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 06 034 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 08 07 013 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 08 224 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 27 155 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 11 09 128 01 SOS SZA 12 11 050 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 RE 009 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 14 14 415 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 24 209 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 16 22 245 16 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 17 02 002 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 18 15 109 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 19 20 102 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 16 053 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 21 26 470 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 22 19 116 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 23 23 375 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 18 062 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 25 29 023 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 26 13 011 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 27 10 016 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 28 NE 001 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 29 21 057 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 30 31 321 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 28 532 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 25 344 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 33 RE 103 01 BROTHERS IN ARMS Dire Straits 34 30 360 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 33 252 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 32 487 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 37 NE 001 37 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST BASEL 2025 Various Artists 38 35 429 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 38 219 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 40 37 132 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 41 36 058 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 42 42 089 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 43 34 026 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 39 363 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 45 40 199 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 48 393 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 47 47 382 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 45 300 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 49 49 041 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 50 129 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA A touch late this week, I've been sick, but better now. 9th week for "Ordinary" and you can lock in a 10th.

It's me, I'm an indie guy! I think "Heads Will Roll" (both versions) has more cultural cache than "Maps" nowadays, encounter it more in the wild. It's like the Whitney Houston situation. "I Will Always Love You" feels like a career defining moment, and for a long time it was the Whitney Houston song (I know it's a cover), but I think situationally now, more people choose to listen to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" because it's more fun, and so now that's arguably her biggest song.

4th now, "do i ever cross your mind", while "would've been you" vaults up quite a bit.

19/05/2025 Singles 01 01 14 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 07 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 03 30 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 04 37 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 05 05 11 05 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 07 52 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 06 30 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 08 10 69 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 08 39 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 10 12 08 10 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 11 09 24 01 MESSY Lola Young 12 14 57 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 11 13 05 NOKIA Drake 14 13 22 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 16 78 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 15 25 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 17 31 03 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 18 17 10 01 ANXIETY Doechii 19 19 53 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 20 20 16 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 21 29 53 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 22 18 42 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 23 26 31 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 24 24 26 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 27 39 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 26 33 199 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 27 22 57 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 28 23 57 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 29 49 33 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 30 34 93 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 31 30 44 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 25 11 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 33 32 60 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 34 28 21 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 35 39 253 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 40 12 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 37 37 38 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 38 35 03 35 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 39 41 10 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 40 36 53 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 41 42 52 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 42 44 90 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 43 38 15 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 44 43 148 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 45 21 03 09 WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 46 56 03 46 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 47 45 255 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 46 49 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs 49 48 51 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 50 62 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (13) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 14 (12) AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 15 (RE) EMERGENCE Sleep Token 16 (RE) CARAMEL Sleep Token 17 (18) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 18 (16) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 19 (15) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 (17) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey Albums 01 NE 001 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 02 NE 001 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 03 01 047 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 04 02 038 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 03 052 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 06 04 033 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 05 012 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 07 223 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 06 127 01 SOS SZA 10 78 015 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 11 09 049 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 NE 001 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 13 10 010 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 14 11 414 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 14 108 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 16 12 052 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 17 RE 061 01 LISTEN LIKE THIEVES (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) INXS 18 13 061 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 19 17 115 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 20 15 101 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 22 056 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 22 18 244 18 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 23 19 374 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 16 208 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 25 20 343 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 26 23 469 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 27 21 154 03 HOZIER Hozier 28 24 531 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 29 26 022 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 30 29 359 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 30 320 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 32 28 486 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 32 251 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 34 25 025 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 35 34 428 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 36 31 057 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 37 37 131 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 38 218 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 36 362 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 40 33 198 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 62 039 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold CHisel 42 40 088 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 43 51 013 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 44 NE 001 44 SINCERELY, Kali Uchis 45 42 299 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 46 47 227 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 44 381 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 43 392 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 49 46 040 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 55 128 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for an 8th week. Some 10-20 years ago, Australia would often act as a canary in the mineshaft, indicating future hits before they capture larger markets. Now we just follow everyone else. I'm just saying this sentence that comes off as unnecessarily cynical because the short version is that you probably won't see a new #1 here before the UK does as well. On the other hand, sombr is performing just a little bit better here, and he's now got two simultaneous top 10 hits as "back to friends" makes the jump. On the weekend, Melbourne footballer and 2021 Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca will play his 200th game, and also "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls will make 200 weeks in the ARIA top 100. The song was released shortly after Trac's 2nd birthday. "Dreams" is also getting just a little bit closer to the all time record in the top 50. Off the back of some singles I thought to be hilariously bad, Sleep Token score their first ever #1 album this week. They spoil the party for Western Australia. Though for the first time in a year, both of the state's football teams managed to get a win, but their biggest musical export of late in Spacey Jane are unable to score back to back #1 albums. Their previous album managed some of the biggest first week figures of 2022 so I assume they didn't go down without a fight. Elsewhere this week, PinkPantheress cracks the top 50 album chart for the first time at #12. It's also a first time in for Kali Uchis surprisingly.

I think anyone complaining about privilege & nepotism, popular music might just not be for them. It's just a crummy argument to try and validate either the ick or a general dislike of someone's music with a veil of 'objectivity' so you can act superior to the people who were 'fooled' into liking them. Bottom rung discourse. And bringing it up just serves to keep the artist in the conversation, so they'd be better off talking about the music they actually like and spreading those names around.

Would also argue that in the greater scheme of things, #200 is still at the top, rather than the bottom. (and a year ago there were like 20 Taylor Swift songs in there, things like that do inflate the thresholds)

12/05/2025 Singles 01 01 13 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 11 06 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 02 29 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 03 36 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 05 12 10 05 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 04 29 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 07 07 51 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 06 38 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 09 08 23 01 MESSY Lola Young 10 05 68 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 10 12 05 NOKIA Drake 12 19 07 12 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 13 14 21 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 14 13 56 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 15 16 24 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 17 77 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 17 15 09 01 ANXIETY Doechii 18 33 41 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 19 20 52 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 20 18 15 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 21 09 02 09 WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 22 22 56 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 23 23 56 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 24 32 25 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 25 10 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 26 26 30 26 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 27 21 38 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 28 27 20 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 29 49 52 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 30 29 43 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 31 55 02 31 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 32 48 59 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 33 24 198 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 34 37 92 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 35 36 02 35 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 36 38 52 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 37 31 37 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 38 28 14 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 39 35 252 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 30 11 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 41 34 09 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 42 40 51 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 43 41 147 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 44 39 89 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 45 47 254 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 43 48 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs 47 50 05 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 48 44 50 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 49 45 32 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 50 42 61 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (11) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 14 (19) MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 15 (15) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 (20) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 17 (17) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 18 (16) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 19 (18) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter 20 (NE) STEVE'S LAVA CHICKEN Jack Black Albums 01 03 046 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 02 02 037 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 04 051 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 06 032 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 05 05 011 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 07 126 01 SOS SZA 07 08 222 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 001 08 GOLDEN WOLF Dope Lemon 09 09 048 01 BRAT Charli XCX 10 10 009 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 11 14 413 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 12 11 051 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 13 12 060 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 14 20 107 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 13 100 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 16 16 207 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 18 114 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 18 21 243 21 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 19 19 373 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 23 342 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 21 17 153 03 HOZIER Hozier 22 15 055 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 23 22 468 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 24 25 530 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 26 024 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 26 33 021 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 27 NE 001 27 PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII - MCMLXXII Pink Floyd 28 29 485 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 27 358 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 30 30 319 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 34 056 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 32 28 250 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 24 197 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 35 427 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 01 002 01 SKELETÁ Ghost 36 39 361 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 37 38 130 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 36 217 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 NE 001 39 AT PEACE Propagandhi 40 32 087 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 41 40 013 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 42 37 298 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 44 391 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 44 41 380 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 31 009 02 RUBY Jennie 46 45 039 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 47 46 226 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 43 080 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 50 353 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 50 49 287 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs "Ordinary" is #1 for a 7th week. If you're looking for a change, either go elsewhere, or convince thousands and thousands of Australians to part with $2 as a bit, decide which is easier for yourself. The big vaulter this week is sombr who has taken himself from one ignominious peak to another, with "undressed" jumping #11 to #2, while "back to friends" nearly reclaims the other one as well. He'll probably notch up the second top 10 next week but he's suffering a brutal conversion rate outside of Spotify at the moment, which is another sign to Alex Warren just clearing the pack right now. Last year Jessie Murph snuck in a first top 50 hit alongside Koe Wetzel on "High Road", but now "Blue Strips" gets her there on her own, and it looks like lasting more than a week at that. Gracie Abrams returns to #1 for a 3rd week. That checks in as first week release, belated physical re-release, and now touring boost. All she's missed out on are the deluxe release boost and the 'everything falling into place to sneak ahead of the competition organically' weeks, although maybe this week counts as that to some extent. Otherwise it's one of those ominous slow weeks where that Maroon 5 compilation that looked resigned to the 20s again has come soaring back to nearly hit the top 10, the new song with LISA hasn't demonstrably impacted the charts here but maybe this is proof that it has. Anyway, DOPE LEMON is the only reason they don't get there this week. It doesn't feel very long ago since I last had to bring him up. Technically that's true, I wrote about Angus & Julia Stone on my blog last week and the feeling of arbitrary success in the streaming era (might be worth a read, I was pretty happy with how this entry turned out), but it has been 18 months since the last DOPE LEMON album. We were on the precipice of something enormous for chart nerding as he debuts at #8. Just a little lower and he'd have a fun little pattern of chart peaks, with two #2 albums and another #9 alongside this. Pink Floyd also debut in the top 30 but if you close your eyes you can almost feel like it was never there when it's gone next week. Long lasting Canadian punk band Propagandhi got their first ever top 50 album here with their last album, and 8 years later they return and do it again.