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12/10/2026 Singles 01 02 45 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 01 02 01 PATIENT ZERO Taylor Swift 03 07 60 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 06 55 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 08 05 04 NICOLE KIDMAN Adéla 06 09 87 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 07 11 26 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 08 13 17 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 09 12 10 07 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 10 14 20 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 11 34 07 11 STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 12 19 54 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 17 14 13 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 14 15 26 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 15 16 24 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 16 18 10 07 LOSER Tame Impala 17 10 53 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 18 20 84 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 19 39 70 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 20 21 63 06 12 TO 12 sombr 21 22 39 17 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 22 24 25 22 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 23 27 22 23 ORBITER Noah Kahan 24 33 15 24 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 25 26 55 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 26 28 35 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 27 25 68 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 28 32 81 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 29 30 54 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 30 31 69 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 31 35 40 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 32 04 02 04 BABYLON Taylor Swift 33 36 30 28 BE HER Ella Langley 34 37 18 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 35 NE 01 35 DRAW YOU OUT Noah Kahan 36 05 02 05 PINK CLOUDING Taylor Swift 37 29 19 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 38 52 53 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 03 02 03 CLEVELAND! Taylor Swift 40 23 05 23 MOVIN' TO THE SUN Hugel, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté 41 41 34 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 42 NE 01 42 STORM Gener8ion, Yung Lean 43 44 12 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 44 42 25 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 45 40 11 01 ANIMAL Katseye 46 61 54 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 47 51 44 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 48 NE 01 48 SOLAR ECLIPSE Drake, Don Toliver 49 56 22 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 50 43 65 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber Bubbling Under *12 (14) BABYDOLL Jamie Miller 13 (12) OH YEAH? Steve Lacy *14 (NE) DANGER DANGER Dom Dolla, Solomun, Skepta *15 (NE) COLD SHOULDER Drake, Don Toliver, Yebba *16 (16) PURE Sienna Spiro 17 (15) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *18 (NE) QUEBEC Drake 19 (11) ASHKE MXRCI, Karan Aujla *20 (NE) BRAND NEW CHANEL$ Slayyyter Albums 01 03 54 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 04 24 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 03 02 17 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 04 RE 49 01 RUBBER SOUL The Beatles 05 01 53 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 06 14 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 07 RE 07 07 HARRY'S REASONS V.Spy V.Spy 08 RE 31 08 A.O. MOD. TV. VERS. V.Spy V.Spy 09 13 26 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 10 83 21 05 HABIBTI Drake 11 16 68 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 12 19 59 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 17 85 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 18 73 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 11 09 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 16 NE 01 16 CARPARKS Old Mervs 17 27 33 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 18 22 05 06 PRIMA Adéla 19 NE 01 19 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS Ella Hooper 20 21 58 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 21 23 10 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 22 25 32 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 23 30 21 10 LONG WAY HOME Stella Lefty 24 24 21 01 ICEMAN Drake 25 31 31 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 26 20 03 10 ANGEL Lizzy McAlpine 27 NE 01 27 AXIS MUNDI Imminence 28 28 06 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 29 NE 01 29 KALEIDOSCOPE Soul Wun 30 36 54 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 31 34 36 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 32 32 29 01 ARIRANG BTS 33 10 02 10 POPSTAR Tinashe 34 NE 01 34 LEGENDARY (THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION) Glenn Shorrock 35 39 41 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 36 35 37 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 37 44 12 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 38 41 65 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 39 42 12 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 40 38 08 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 41 NE 01 41 EVIDENCE Spike F**k 42 29 03 01 PYLON beabadoobee 43 45 38 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 44 47 29 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 45 46 03 14 THAT'S JUST ME Riley Green 46 05 02 05 THE GEM Julia Jacklin 47 55 51 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 48 48 18 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 49 NE 01 49 TOGETHER ALONE LIVE AT THE ULUMBARRA THEATRE Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley 50 40 31 26 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson "Choosin' Texas" returns to #1 for a 16th week. It will very likely not be #1 next week but may still return afterwards. You may be aware that "Patient Zero" is set to hold the #1 spot in the UK thanks to physical sales. As per usual, I have no idea of knowing if the same practice applies to Australia, as we've historically had things a little mucked up, possibly because of time zone consideration, I'm not sure. I'm staring at the failure to get "Opalite" to #1 here. So she might go back to #1 here, but otherwise, it's Olivia Dean's for the taking as she's in Australia at the moment with her Melbourne & Sydney shows wrapped up and she'll be playing in Brisbane in a few hours I think. Ella Langley has lost a bit of momentum lately so I really don't know who might win out after this week either. ADÉLA is making decent progress but still work to be done there. I guess to Olivia Dean's favour, there's evidence of touring bumps to last strongly for an additional week, as noted by Noah Kahan climbing again (though that could be attributed to Taylor Swift falling behind). He also has a new entry this week unrelated to this. Yung Lean gets his first ever ARIA Chart entry this week via "STORM" (both versions combined, I guess). I'm obliged to point out that "Ginseng Strip 2002" probably should have charted but wasn't included in its prime (I don't think it would have made the top 50, but top 100 seems a good shot). Olivia Dean returns to #1 on the album chart for a 14th week. Ahead of the usual suspects, she heads a top 10 that's stuffed with re-issues. I guess chart credentials should make The Beatles be considered a usual suspect, but "Rubber Soul" hasn't appeared on the chart since 2009 when it popped in at #41 for a week. We've then got a double dose of V.Spy V.Spy, the Australian punk band also known as Spy vs. Spy or The Spies. Their heyday is largely before my time in the '80s so I don't know them as well as I probably should, but they're scoring their first and second top 10 albums this week, as their first two albums have been re-issued to new peaks this week. Drake's also got a deluxe version of "HABIBTI" which tragically means that it's the furthest thing from being adjacent to "MAID OF HONOUR". West Australians Old Mervs are striking while the iron is hot by releasing another album only a year after the last, and it's their 3rd to hit the top 50. Just behind them we've got the first ever solo entry for Ella Hooper, famously the singer of Killing Heidi who were just about the biggest Australian band circa turn of the millennium. She's not the only solo entrant this week as we've also got Glenn Shorrock of Little River Band fame and numerous other bands I'm less familiar with.

05/10/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 PATIENT ZERO Taylor Swift 02 01 44 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 NE 01 03 CLEVELAND! Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 BABYLON Taylor Swift 05 NE 01 05 PINK CLOUDING Taylor Swift 06 02 54 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 07 03 59 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 08 04 04 04 NICOLE KIDMAN Adéla 09 05 86 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 14 52 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 11 06 25 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 12 07 09 07 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 13 08 16 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 14 11 19 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 15 09 25 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 16 10 23 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 17 16 13 13 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 18 13 09 07 LOSER Tame Impala 19 12 53 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 20 15 83 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 21 17 62 06 12 TO 12 sombr 22 20 38 17 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 23 27 04 23 MOVIN' TO THE SUN Hugel, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté 24 41 24 24 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 25 19 67 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 26 26 54 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 27 37 21 27 ORBITER Noah Kahan 28 22 34 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 29 21 18 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 30 25 53 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 31 18 68 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 32 23 80 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 33 36 14 27 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 34 33 06 33 STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 35 32 39 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 36 29 29 28 BE HER Ella Langley 37 24 17 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 38 60 52 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 39 28 69 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 40 34 10 01 ANIMAL Katseye 41 30 33 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 42 43 24 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 43 31 64 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 44 38 11 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 45 42 17 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 46 35 17 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 47 40 20 05 JANICE STFU Drake 48 NE 01 48 ASHKE MXRCI, Karan Aujla 49 39 08 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 50 44 32 44 BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas Bubbling Under *13 (RE) LOVE SENSATION (AFTERHOURS MIX) Madonna & Kylie Minogue *14 (NE) BABYDOLL Jamie Miller 15 (13) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *16 (14) PURE Sienna Spiro 17 (RE) HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 18 (17) MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo *19 (15) SAWADIKA Lisa 20 (19) PETAL Ariana Grande Albums 01 23 52 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 02 03 16 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 04 53 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 05 23 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 THE GEM Julia Jacklin 06 07 13 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 07 NE 01 07 TOUGH LOVE Nessa Barrett 08 09 94 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 NE 01 09 STRAY DOGS Nothing But Thieves 10 NE 01 10 POPSTAR Tinashe 11 12 08 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 12 NE 01 12 HAPPINESS ANYTIME Leon Bridges 13 11 25 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 14 NE 01 14 THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME Shannon Noll 15 RE 10 12 MTV UNPLUGGED (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Alice In Chains 16 16 67 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 18 84 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 18 15 72 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 21 58 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 20 10 02 10 ANGEL Lizzy McAlpine 21 20 57 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 22 06 04 06 PRIMA Adéla 23 13 09 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 24 22 20 01 ICEMAN Drake 25 19 31 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 26 NE 01 26 SECOND PLACE SUPERSTAR Banks Arcade 27 46 32 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 28 17 05 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 29 01 02 01 PYLON beabadoobee 30 25 20 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 31 26 30 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 32 28 28 01 ARIRANG BTS 33 02 02 02 BASS PERSUADES Miley 34 27 35 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 35 35 36 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 36 37 53 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 37 NE 01 37 UNSHATTER FILM SOUNDTRACK (LIVE IN SAO PAULO) Linkin Park 38 34 07 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 39 36 40 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 40 45 30 26 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 41 29 64 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 42 38 11 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 43 NE 01 43 THE MEANING OF FLOWERS Agnes Obel 44 40 11 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 45 39 37 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 46 14 02 14 THAT'S JUST ME Riley Green 47 43 28 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 48 41 17 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 49 NE 01 49 LEAVE ON A LIGHT Max McNown 50 44 30 44 SPILLING MY GUTS Alyssa Grace The list of Taylor Swift #1 hits continues to get more unrecognisable to the layperson as it increases to 15 this week. It means that she has the most #1 hits of any artist since The Beatles, but is a long way away from matching them. The new tracks all land in the top 5, but Ella Langley holds the #2 spot this week. I will not say that "Patient Zero" can't get another week at #1 simply because the looming physicals could drop at any week on the Australian chart, but it also might just hold on this week anyway. We've now arrived upon Olivia Dean's Australian tour so it's not impossible for "Man I Need" to get back to #1 but her tour is a whole bunch of distant dates so the concentration might not be strong enough. The promised Noah Kahan climbs happen and get both tracks into the top 30, a bit of a step away from matching the top 20 peaks of "The Great Divide" and "Doors" for now. Perhaps the most interesting thing this week is the arrival of Karan Aujla for his first ever top 50 hit. ARIA have brought back their classic reverse alphabetical crediting which you can also see on "Golden", but it is also a first top 50 hit for MXRCI, and generally a big breakthrough for a Punjabi hit song in the era of YouTube streams counting to the chart. Taylor Swift returns to #1 on the album chart for the first time this year, and bumping up the album's tally to 8 weeks. Leading the debuts this week is Julia Jacklin who scores her 3rd top 10 peak. Reaching the top 10 for the first time is Nessa Barrett, who previously just missed the top 50 with her first two albums and earlier this year, charted an EP in the top 50. Nothing But Thieves are building up a tidy set of peaks as they've now hit #8, #9, #10 & #12 with their last 4 albums. Tinashe hits the top 50 for the first time and even sneaks into the top 10. Leon Bridges has his highest chart appearance in nearly a decade, while original Australian Idol runner up Shannon Noll misses the top 10 for the first time. He's still living up to his original destiny because he has the 2nd highest Australian album this week. Another artist with 'Banks' in their name has dropped as metalcore band Banks Arcade score their first top 50 album.

I'd also add that most new releases in general don't chart but does that make them meaningless failures that aren't worth acknowledging? Absolutely not. Often times it sets up the foundation for future slow burning success that we can't really quantify because it's subtle and compounding. Even if it's not that, who cares? Music releases of any stature can be a great talking point for any number of reasons, and a source of great enthusiasm for many. I've seen enough live shows by bands and artists who have never been close to the charts who still get an uproarious reception because we're all individuals, not a collective mass who only care when the whole country/world does.

I'll contend that there's a very obvious future #1 in "Patient Zero" right now because it's not officially there yet 😄

28/09/2026 Singles 01 01 43 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 53 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 58 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 14 03 04 NICOLE KIDMAN Adéla 05 04 85 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 05 24 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 07 13 08 07 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 08 06 15 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 09 07 24 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 10 11 22 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 11 10 18 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 12 12 52 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 09 08 07 LOSER Tame Impala 14 24 51 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 08 82 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 16 12 13 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 17 15 61 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 25 67 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 19 22 66 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 23 37 17 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 21 18 17 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 22 17 33 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 23 20 79 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 24 19 16 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 25 21 52 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 26 27 53 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 27 47 03 27 MOVIN' TO THE SUN Hugel, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté 28 26 68 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 29 29 28 28 BE HER Ella Langley 30 28 32 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 31 32 63 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 32 30 38 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 33 36 05 33 STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 34 33 09 01 ANIMAL Katseye 35 34 16 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 36 55 13 27 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 37 39 20 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 38 35 10 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 39 31 07 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 40 38 19 05 JANICE STFU Drake 41 58 23 41 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 42 40 16 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 43 37 23 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 44 86 31 44 BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas 45 44 51 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 46 51 37 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 47 41 37 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 48 52 66 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 49 50 101 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 50 45 20 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro Bubbling Under *11 (NE) JOSEPH Falling In Reverse, Corey Taylor, Serj Tankian *12 (14) BASS PERSUADES Miley Cyrus 13 (13) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *14 (15) PURE Sienna Spiro *15 (12) SAWADIKA Lisa 16 (NE) EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 17 (RE) MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo *18 (NE) PARTY Troye Sivan 19 (20) PETAL Ariana Grande *20 (NE) NEW TRICK Rosé Albums 01 NE 01 01 PYLON beabadoobee 02 NE 01 02 BASS PERSUADES Miley 03 01 15 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 04 02 52 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 03 22 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 06 06 03 06 PRIMA Adéla 07 04 12 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 08 NE 01 08 OUT IN OSLO C.O.F.F.I.N. 09 05 93 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 NE 01 10 ANGEL Lizzy McAlpine 11 10 24 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 12 16 07 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 13 09 08 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 14 NE 01 14 THAT'S JUST ME Riley Green 15 12 71 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 11 66 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 08 04 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 18 15 83 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 19 13 30 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 20 18 56 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 21 14 57 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 22 17 19 01 ICEMAN Drake 23 19 51 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 24 NE 01 24 CURSUM PERFICIO Anthrax 25 20 19 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 26 21 29 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 27 23 34 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 28 24 27 01 ARIRANG BTS 29 26 63 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 30 NE 01 30 SONGS IN THE KEY OF WRESTLING Big Noter 31 NE 01 31 DAY AND NIGHT Carly Rae Jepsen 32 NE 01 32 ESTRUS Tove Lo 33 NE 01 33 RIDE LONESOME Beck 34 25 06 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 35 28 35 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 36 29 39 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 37 33 52 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 38 27 10 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 39 32 36 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 40 30 10 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 41 35 16 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 42 RE 02 42 LEGACY Five Finger Death Punch 43 38 27 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 44 55 09 44 SPILLING MY GUTS Alyssa Grace 45 37 29 26 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 46 39 31 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 47 NE 01 47 PROJECT HAIL MARY (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE) Daniel Pemberton 48 41 65 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 49 NE 01 49 MULE Orville Peck 50 46 57 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for a 15th week. It looks like it won't really get a run going on this time though because Taylor Swift appears to be playing the interrupter again. This is the second time she's done it to this particular song because "I Knew It, I Knew You" also knocked it off #1 (nearly a second time when physicals got it back to #1 but Ella was only #3 that week). Adéla has simultaneously scored her first and second top 10 hits, I don't know how you decide which one comes first. Amongst all the mostly steady usuals, HUGEL has a hugel jump, and sombr re-enters with "My Body Isn't Ready" for the 3rd time. The song has only 4 times in its 15 week run not moved more than 10 places. Noah Kahan has a good week that includes "Willing and Able" returning to its old peak, which I presume will be smashed next week as he's been playing in Australia this week. On my way to the AFL Grand Final on Saturday, I walked past the line to his show at Rod Laver Arena that wasn't set to start for about 10 hours and there were already dozens of people there in the pouring rain. That reminds me, I need to update my signature again. Also on the touring front is Calvin Harris who is doing unprecedented numbers for an EDM act and has seen his catalogue flying up on the streaming charts. Most of that isn't seen here but it does provide a bolster to "Blessings" which finally cracks the top 50, having previously peaked at #61 like a year ago. She's been slowly ascending with successive releases, and now this week beabadoobee goes the whole way to get her first ever #1 album. It's also the first time she's ever gotten higher on the chart than when Powfu's "death bed" peaked at #5. This might come as a surprise as she outperforms the more famous star in Miley, but then she's never had two #1 albums in the same decade so perhaps this is just nature doing its regular course. Sydney punk band C.O.F.F.I.N. return with their 6th album, and second to chart. This time they've gotten considerably higher and land at #8. Also improving stocks is Lizzy McAlpine who has never had a top 50 debut before but instead opted for a very belated entry in the top 50 with her previous album after a vinyl re-release (as far as I could tell, "five seconds flat" never got counted on the chart so I have no idea how high it could have charted). Her new album makes the top 10 this week which also surpasses her #19 singles chart peak with "ceilings". I'm listening to the album right now and got tickets yesterday so I'm pretty stoked. US country singer Riley Green has never made the top 50 before but had a very long lasting bubbling hit with "you look like you love me". His latest album gets him his first. Members of the thrash big four Anthrax return with their first entry in a decade which is their second highest charting album ever. There's a peculiar first time entry for BIG NOTER, a rap metal group fronted by rapper Briggs, who you might know from his solo work or A.B. Original. I saw them supporting Karnivool last year when they only had two songs out but it was still a blast. Carly Rae Jepsen scores her 4th top 50 album and it's also her highest charting since 2012's "Kiss". Also getting her second highest charting album this week is Tove Lo who hasn't been sighted on the album chart since 2016. Beck has fared a bit better in the past though amusingly he arrives at the exact same debut as his last album this week. Five Finger Death Punch very slightly improve on their debut position of #46, while Alyssa Grace also returns with a slight new peak (previously reaching #45).

I was at the game and it was great. Everyone around me seemed to be really enjoying it. Only just now got a chance to watch the uploaded performance (my phone is full of crappy zoomed in videos from way back in the nosebleeds, lol). Thought it was a very good choice of setlist. Was amused when it was largely spanning a single decade but then she put Padam & Loco-Motion back to back, a multi-generational gap lol. There was more Kylie to be heard in the final quarter of the game though, because there's a Brisbane player who gets On A Night Like This to play every time he kicks a goal, and he had 3 crucial late ones. Gotta give Kylie credit for getting us the win again ☺️

21/09/2026 Singles 01 01 42 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 52 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 57 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 04 84 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 23 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 06 06 14 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 09 23 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 08 11 81 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 09 07 07 07 LOSER Tame Impala 10 08 17 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 11 10 21 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 12 12 51 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 15 07 13 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 14 55 02 14 NICOLE KIDMAN Adéla 15 14 60 06 12 TO 12 sombr 16 13 11 13 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 17 21 32 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 18 16 16 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 19 20 15 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 20 23 78 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 26 51 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 22 22 65 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 23 17 36 17 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 24 29 50 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 25 28 66 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 26 24 67 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 27 18 52 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 28 30 31 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 29 32 27 28 BE HER Ella Langley 30 34 37 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 31 25 06 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 32 37 62 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 33 31 08 01 ANIMAL Katseye 34 33 15 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 35 38 09 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 36 47 04 36 STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 37 36 22 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 38 40 18 05 JANICE STFU Drake 39 46 19 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 40 42 15 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 41 27 36 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 42 48 23 23 NOBLE F3miii 43 19 29 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 44 43 50 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 41 19 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 46 45 96 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 47 50 02 47 MOVIN' TO THE SUN Hugel, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté 48 53 77 02 UNDRESSED sombr 49 39 29 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 50 44 100 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 11 (11) MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr *12 (17) SAWADIKA Lisa 13 (16) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *14 (14) BASS PERSUADES Miley Cyrus *15 (15) PURE Sienna Spiro 16 (NE) EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo *17 (20) ON 2NITE Silva Bumpa 18 (RE) HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 19 (18) SOME OF YOUR LOVE PartyNextDoor 20 (RE) PETAL Ariana Grande Albums 01 02 14 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 03 51 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 07 21 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 04 10 11 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 05 08 92 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 06 06 02 06 PRIMA Adéla 07 NE 01 07 SWIMMING IN JEANS Jack Gray 08 05 03 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 09 04 07 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 10 14 23 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 11 15 65 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 12 18 70 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 11 29 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 14 16 56 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 17 82 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 16 13 06 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 17 21 18 01 ICEMAN Drake 18 22 55 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 19 25 50 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 20 24 18 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 21 28 28 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 22 NE 01 22 DISTANCE IN STATIC Bonobo 23 29 33 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 24 30 26 01 ARIRANG BTS 25 20 05 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 26 36 62 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 27 27 09 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 28 32 34 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 34 38 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 30 33 09 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 31 31 12 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 32 42 35 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 35 51 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 34 37 06 11 TANZNEID Electric Callboy 35 58 15 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 36 RE 03 05 LÓTUS Hands Like Houses 37 26 28 26 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 38 39 26 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 39 64 30 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 40 51 25 28 WORST GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 41 48 64 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 42 NE 01 42 WESTSIDE WHIMSY Jhené Aiko 43 49 56 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 44 54 04 20 THE SIN : BLISS Enhypen 45 44 06 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 46 61 56 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 47 04 05 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS | REPENTED Bring Me The Horizon 48 53 37 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 49 NE 01 49 WHEN THE WATER STILLS Mietta 50 56 48 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for a 14th week. I'm getting on a flight tonight so I'm rushing this out now. Fortunately not much to note this week except that Adéla has a second top 50 and top 20 hit this week. This is obviously because Nicole Kidman is Australian. Olivia Rodrigo notches a 6th week at #1 on the album chart.

I understand that music is a form of escapism for many of us (and I count myself in that) and so having 'real world' consequences injected into it can feel disruptive, but it's important to remember that this is the whole point. In an ideal world, we could all harmoniously retreat into our vices and have a splendid time, but what we've learnt time and time again is that doing so will only numb us to the reality of what's going on. That reality is that many Palestinians are being murdered every day and if that's not confronting to you, it's because we've either built up our own wall, or had it built around us to not disrupt us from being cogs in that idyllic machine to allow people to be complacent and ignore it. Those walls help the more privileged among us to feign ignorance or just generally keep people from being radicalised because it doesn't affect their day to day life. Heck, you might even be put in a position where life is a day to day struggle to get by, and so you'll act and vote in the interests of yourself because empathy isn't high enough on your hierarchy of needs. We need these kinds of disruptions to get people talking and aware of the situation, because these very things happen because there isn't sufficient blowback from the population on people in power to convince them not to do it. For pretty much all of my life there's been some kind of horrific thing going on in and around the Middle East and the worst thing that we can do is see that as just inevitable and out of our control, that's exactly what these people at the helm want you to do. Given the volume of support I'm seeing for Macklemore, this is the perfect opportunity to take Kraft and his cronies to task. Ed Sheeran could even redeem himself if he's willing to better assess the situation, I don't think he actually lacks humility, he's just made the wrong move at this point in time and can potentially learn from it & make amends. We're witnessing what should be a widely unpopular regime get by, because the small minority who want & benefit from it do everything in their power to perpetuate it. We need to encourage those with a platform like Macklemore to use it, otherwise why are we giving them one?

14/09/2026 Singles 01 01 41 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 51 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 56 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 04 83 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 22 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 06 06 13 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 08 06 07 LOSER Tame Impala 08 07 16 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 09 09 22 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 10 10 20 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 11 12 80 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 12 11 50 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 14 10 13 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 14 19 59 06 12 TO 12 sombr 15 42 06 15 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 16 13 15 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 17 26 35 17 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 18 15 51 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 19 38 28 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 20 18 14 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 21 27 31 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 22 24 64 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 23 16 77 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 24 21 66 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 25 29 05 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 26 20 50 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 27 36 35 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 28 23 65 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 29 25 49 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 30 17 30 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 31 22 07 01 ANIMAL Katseye 32 32 26 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 28 14 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 34 30 36 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 35 39 13 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 36 35 21 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 37 34 61 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 38 37 08 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 39 31 28 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 40 33 17 05 JANICE STFU Drake 41 41 18 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 42 40 14 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 43 43 49 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 44 52 99 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 45 46 95 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 46 47 18 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 47 73 03 47 STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 48 49 22 23 NOBLE F3miii 49 69 11 27 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 50 NE 01 50 MOVIN' TO THE SUN Hugel, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté Bubbling Under *13 (NE) NICOLE KIDMAN Adéla *14 (NE) BASS PERSUADES Miley Cyrus *15 (13) PURE Sienna Spiro 16 (15) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *17 (NE) SAWADIKA Lisa 18 (12) SOME OF YOUR LOVE PartyNextDoor 19 (NE) MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo *20 (RE) ON 2NITE Silva Bumpa Albums 01 NE 01 01 KARAOKE BAR Angus & Julia Stone 02 03 13 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 04 50 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 11 06 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 05 01 02 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 06 NE 01 06 PRIMA Adéla 07 08 20 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 08 05 91 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 NE 01 09 BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE President 10 10 10 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 11 14 28 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 12 RE 02 12 LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW Ecca Vandal 13 09 05 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 14 13 22 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 15 16 64 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 16 23 55 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 17 17 81 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 18 22 69 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 AIRBOURNE Airbourne 20 15 04 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 21 25 17 01 ICEMAN Drake 22 20 54 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 23 NE 01 23 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE (LIVE FROM EL COYOTE) Amyl and The Sniffers 24 24 17 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 25 26 49 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 26 RE 27 26 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 27 27 08 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 28 28 27 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 29 31 32 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 30 29 25 01 ARIRANG BTS 31 RE 11 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 32 33 33 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 33 32 08 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 34 36 37 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 35 35 50 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 36 34 61 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 37 58 05 11 TANZNEID Electric Callboy 38 06 02 06 MARROW DEEP Mastodon 39 39 25 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 40 02 09 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 41 RE 03 36 ATMOSPHERICS Hands Like Houses 42 40 34 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 43 RE 03 06 MADE FOR THIS Casey Barnes 44 37 05 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 45 NE 01 45 LOCKED IN Nemzzz 46 42 04 09 SUNSHINE Jungle 47 RE 03 05 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS | REPENTED Bring Me The Horizon 48 43 63 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 49 44 55 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 50 NE 01 50 FROM A DISTANCE 156/Silence "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for a 13th week, cop that "Lose Yourself". It's heading up a very unchanged top 10 with the only question being whether or not "Loser" overtaking "the cure" counts as making the chart fresher or not. There is movement however. Adéla's new album has significantly bolstered her chart positions as "Ain't In LA" jumps up to the top 20. Zara Larsson has also very belatedly jumped into the top 20. I remember hearing that song this time last year and thinking it was a bit old then. For a new entry this week, we've got Ashe getting her second ever top 50 hit, and it's likely to be her highest charter next week. Behind her is HUGEL & co., which is a pertinent time for me to finally remember pointing out that the ARIA Charts banished AI generated music a few weeks ago. The ruling appears to be appropriately vibes based and all we can really say is that Josh Fawaz and his uninspired dance remakes are no longer welcome (not that he ever cracked the top 50). For several weeks now, "Movin' To The Sun" has been missing from all chart tracking and it wasn't clear if it was falling prey to this ruling as well, but it appears to have been let onto the chart for now. ARIA's rulings appear to draw the line at heavy AI assistance, where Josh Fawaz has an AI filtered vocal and also AI programmed drums credited in his meta-data, so there's a point of difference here. It gives Ultra Naté her first new top 50 hit since the late '90s. Angus & Julia Stone score their 3rd #1 album this week, which feels low to me, but they genuinely hadn't gotten to the top since 2014. Adéla scores her first ever albums chart entry, which possibly means that a lot of people just heard "KGB" for the first time. It was only a year ago that President charted for the first time but they're back and now sporting a top 10 finish. Charting for the first time is Ecca Vandal with her second album, which actually got released months ago but only just now got a full physical release. You might know her for featuring on Hilltop Hoods' top 20 hit "Exit Sign" in 2019, which might not necessarily prepare you for her often much louder rock bangers. Speaking of rock bangers, Airbourne are in fact still around, but depending on how you convert chart positions with different rules, might not be doing much better than they did in the UK despite being an Australian band. It could be worse, Natalie Imbruglia didn't even chart. Zara Larsson barely gets a new peak for her album by 1 spot, heading up a surprisingly lofty list of re-entries this week. Nemzzz gets his first ever chart entry in Australia.

I feel like it's a moot point to do the song & dance about how 'no one's going to remember these songs in x years' because it ignores the often frivolous reasons people do remember songs (eg marketing or otherwise dumb things like TikToks), as well as saying more about a potentially large group of individuals and their active choice to strain themselves from the conversation (by not actively engaging with current hits) while refusing to actually cut themselves from it (by insisting on making these kinds of comments like it's the music's fault itself). It feels more likely to me that someone who doesn't know the song "Man I Need" probably swore off popular music because of a lifestyle change (ironically, getting married is a big one) or a more contentious hit song years prior, rather than Olivia Dean being the tipping point. But also it's incredibly easy to just say these things with little knockback because it'll take years to prove. It sounds witty in the moment, and might well be correct, but I'd sooner imagine someone broadly shaping their ideal reality over the truth, or boastfully declaring themselves to be right, than face any consequence for making a profoundly bad prediction. Also if you look at what the actual most popular songs of 2015 are now, I reckon it's a little different to what we all imagined at the time.

07/09/2026 Singles 01 01 40 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 03 50 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 02 55 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 05 82 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 04 21 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 06 06 12 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 09 15 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 08 08 05 07 LOSER Tame Impala 09 07 21 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 10 10 19 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 11 11 49 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 12 14 79 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 13 12 14 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 14 15 09 14 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 15 25 50 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 16 28 76 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 17 17 29 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 18 19 13 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 19 20 58 06 12 TO 12 sombr 20 18 49 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 21 26 65 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 22 13 06 01 ANIMAL Katseye 23 24 64 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 24 21 63 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 25 23 48 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 26 36 34 26 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 27 22 30 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 28 29 13 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 29 16 04 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 30 34 35 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 31 53 27 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 32 30 25 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 33 16 05 JANICE STFU Drake 34 31 60 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 35 27 20 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 36 50 34 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 37 35 07 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 38 79 27 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 39 41 12 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 40 37 13 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 41 43 17 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 42 47 05 42 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 43 38 48 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 44 40 24 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 45 48 39 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 46 55 94 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 47 44 17 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 48 46 31 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 49 39 21 23 NOBLE F3miii 50 59 75 02 UNDRESSED sombr Bubbling Under 12 (8) SOME OF YOUR LOVE PartyNextDoor *13 (16) PURE Sienna Spiro 14 (15) MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 15 (14) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen *16 (NE) STOP THE WEDDING! Ashe 17 (12) PETAL Ariana Grande *18 (NE) SERENA JOY Olivia Rodrigo *19 (NE) EMERALD EYES Alex Warren *20 (NE) PASSENGER Alex Warren Albums 01 NE 01 01 WILDCHILD Alex Warren 02 RE 08 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 03 02 12 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 04 03 49 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 11 90 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 06 NE 01 06 MARROW DEEP Mastodon 07 NE 01 07 PEACE WHEN I'M DEAD Ocean Sleeper 08 06 19 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 09 04 04 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 10 09 09 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 11 05 05 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 12 NE 01 12 SOULS ON SHOW Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley 13 13 21 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 14 39 27 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 15 07 03 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 16 16 63 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 15 80 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 18 NE 01 18 TATTOOS USED TO COME OFF IN THE POOL Jem Cassar-Daley 19 RE 35 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 20 21 53 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 21 NE 01 21 PURE ECSTASY Beartooth 22 19 68 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 23 24 54 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 24 10 16 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 25 17 16 01 ICEMAN Drake 26 25 48 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 27 23 07 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 28 30 26 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 29 26 24 01 ARIRANG BTS 30 RE 30 15 GOSSIP Paul Kelly & The Messengers 31 32 31 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 32 27 07 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 33 34 32 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 34 36 60 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 35 33 49 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 36 38 36 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 37 35 04 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 38 NE 01 38 THIS MIRROR WEIGHS A TON Interpol 39 41 24 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 40 40 33 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 41 20 02 20 THE SIN : BLISS Enhypen 42 28 03 09 SUNSHINE Jungle 43 45 62 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 44 42 54 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 45 NE 01 45 TIMELESS Prince 46 NE 01 46 PROJECT HAIL MARY: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Soundtrack 47 43 23 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 48 88 28 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 49 55 46 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 50 48 09 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for a 12th week. Olivia Dean still can't make up her mind and it might just swap around next week. Still nothing even coming close to pushing her down though. It's a big week for fairly old songs climbing a lot. "Midnight Sun" gets a new peak and one where I'm now comfortable in saying it didn't need new chart rules to get in. Bruno Mars recently announced a big stadium tour and has big jumps across the board. New entries, what are those? Alex Warren has a very long running #2 album but now he also has a #1 album. We shall see if he falls to the same fate as Benson Boone and has it quickly fall behind its predecessor. It means that Paul Kelly has peaked at #2 for a second time with "Seventy", thanks to a new vinyl issue. Oddly, it also comes alongside a re-issue of Paul Kelly's classic '80s album "Gossip", which is the one that has "Before Too Long" and "Leaps and Bounds" on it. Mastodon return with their 3rd top 10 album and second highest charting to date. I recently finished reading "Moby Dick" so I should probably go back to "Leviathan" and see if it hits different. Not to be confused with Ocean Alley or Ocean Grove, Australian metalcore group Ocean Sleeper chart for the first time with their second album landing right in the top 10. The McClymonts haven't released an album in a while but their most famous member Brooke is back with her husband Adam for the 3rd time, and it's their highest charting album together to date. There's kinda more country music as well, as Troy Cassar-Daley's daughter Jem has released her debut album and charted for the first time, though I must note that she doesn't really make country music herself. American band Beartooth have their 3rd charting album, and highest appearance since 2016. Interpol have also made their way back into the top 50 after their last album missed out.

No one's mentioned it in the video game discussion, but "Trigger" by Major Lazer & Khalid, and "Ludens" by Bring Me The Horizon were specifically released as singles from the soundtrack to "Death Stranding" and just snuck into the chart at #95 & #75 respectively.

"Wait For Me" by Kings of Leon is charting in Ireland, Australia & New Zealand so I assume it must be close to appearing in the UK as well.

31/08/2026 Singles 01 02 39 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 03 54 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 04 49 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 06 20 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 05 05 81 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 08 11 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 10 20 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 08 07 04 07 LOSER Tame Impala 09 09 14 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 10 12 18 10 SELF AWARE Temper City 11 14 48 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 12 11 13 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 13 01 05 01 ANIMAL Katseye 14 15 78 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 15 30 08 15 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 16 13 03 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 17 16 28 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 18 17 48 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 19 20 12 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 20 19 57 06 12 TO 12 sombr 21 25 62 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 22 18 29 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 23 21 47 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 24 23 63 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 25 22 49 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 26 24 64 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 27 28 19 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 28 27 75 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 29 26 12 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 30 33 24 28 BE HER Ella Langley 31 34 59 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 32 NE 01 32 SOME OF YOUR LOVE PartyNextDoor 33 31 15 05 JANICE STFU Drake 34 29 34 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 35 35 06 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 36 38 33 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 37 36 12 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 38 44 47 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 37 20 23 NOBLE F3miii 40 40 23 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 41 39 11 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 42 32 04 05 PETAL Ariana Grande 43 42 16 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 44 43 16 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 45 45 33 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 46 41 30 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 47 46 04 46 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 48 60 38 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 49 53 48 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 50 58 33 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 14 (14) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen 15 (15) MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr *16 (16) PURE Sienna Spiro 17 (17) HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 18 (18) FREAKED OUT Fat Papi, prodshushy *19 (19) ON 2NITE Silva Bumpa *20 (20) WAY TOO SELF AWARE Ian Asher Albums 01 NE 01 01 DMA'S DMA'S 02 02 11 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 04 48 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 03 03 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 05 05 04 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 06 07 18 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 07 01 02 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 08 NE 01 08 BLACKPRINT Miss Kannina 09 08 08 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 10 29 15 10 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 11 10 89 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 NE 01 12 MODERN RITUALS Vera Blue 13 12 20 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 14 NE 01 14 GROWING PAINS Nerve 15 14 79 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 16 17 62 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 15 15 01 ICEMAN Drake 18 20 105 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 19 19 67 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 NE 01 20 THE SIN : BLISS Enhypen 21 22 52 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 22 RE 02 05 LÓTUS Hands Like Houses 23 16 06 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 24 21 53 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 25 25 47 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 26 28 23 01 ARIRANG BTS 27 27 06 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 28 09 02 09 SUNSHINE Jungle 29 NE 01 29 MORE THAN WE EVER IMAGINED (LIVE IN MEXICO CITY) Twenty One Pilots 30 30 25 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 31 NE 01 31 DIRT ROAD GOLD Crooked Colours 32 32 30 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 33 34 48 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 34 33 31 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 35 24 03 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 36 31 59 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 37 NE 01 37 HAZEL EYES Sam Smith 38 37 35 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 39 44 26 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 40 41 32 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 41 45 23 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 42 36 53 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 43 38 22 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 44 NE 01 44 THRASHER Brandon Flowers 45 47 61 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 46 RE 03 13 DJANDJAY Baker Boy 47 40 05 01 MUSIC, FASHION, FILM Charli XCX 48 39 08 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 49 74 14 23 WHO'S THE CLOWN? Audrey Hobert 50 NE 01 50 WEEZER Weezer "Choosin' Texas" is back to #1 for an 11th week. On the topic of broken runs, "Earrings" has now had 4 different stints at its peak of #7 for a total of 5 weeks. SIENNA SPIRO has a new highest charting single as "Great Expectation" gets into that tricky top 15 benchmark. It's worth noting that many new peaks this week might be a little questionable as there are no Dolly Parton entries this week, where I suspect she might have snuck two entries into the top 10. We won't know until next week if this is a matter of not lodging the matter soon enough or if she's just going to be ignored on this one. PartyNextDoor gets his first ever solo top 50 hit after 8 previous ones that were likely utilising another artist's star power. DMA'S get their first ever #1 album. Perhaps they were due for this after their last two peaked at #2 but sometimes you miss your shot and that's it. There's also a new entry in the top 10 for Miss Kannina, with ARIA's Facebook comment section reminding us all that some horribly racist people are still very comfortable airing their opinions. Vera Blue returns to the top 50 with her 3rd album after her 2nd album oddly missed out. Local rapper Nerve has his first ever chart entry this week, while Enhypen have their second in the space of about 6 months. In a serious 'two nickels' situation, we've now got two artists in the chart that have made hype anthems for Fremantle FC, as in addition to Tame Impala (though he's really struggling on the album chart despite two major hits), it's the first time ever for Crooked Colours charting, an artist I first heard of over a decade ago. Sam Smith falls well short of the usual top 3 peaks for their discography, while behind Hazel Eyes is a third charting solo album for Brandon Flowers, and a 5th charting "Weezer" album by Weezer. Yes, their debut album never actually charted.

24/08/2026 Singles 01 13 04 01 ANIMAL Katseye 02 01 38 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 03 53 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 02 48 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 04 80 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 06 08 19 06 BOSTON Stella Lefty 07 11 03 07 LOSER Tame Impala 08 06 10 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 09 09 13 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 10 07 19 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 11 05 12 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 12 12 17 12 SELF AWARE Temper City 13 25 02 13 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 14 14 47 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 15 77 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 16 27 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 17 18 47 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 18 19 28 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 19 22 56 06 12 TO 12 sombr 20 17 11 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 21 20 46 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 22 29 48 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 23 21 62 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 24 31 63 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 25 24 61 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 26 26 11 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 27 23 74 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 28 28 18 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 29 30 33 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 30 34 07 30 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 31 33 14 05 JANICE STFU Drake 32 10 03 05 PETAL Ariana Grande 33 32 23 28 BE HER Ella Langley 34 27 58 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 35 36 05 35 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 36 35 11 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 37 42 19 23 NOBLE F3miii 38 43 32 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 39 38 10 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 40 39 22 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 41 40 29 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 42 41 15 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 43 45 15 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 44 48 46 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 44 32 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 46 55 03 46 AIN'T IN LA Adéla 47 47 04 33 BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen 48 55 08 27 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 49 49 73 02 UNDRESSED sombr 50 66 88 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal Bubbling Under *16 (NE) PURE Sienna Spiro 17 (18) HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 18 (RE) FREAKED OUT Fat Papi, prodshushy *19 (NE) ON 2NITE Silva Bumpa *20 (NE) WAY TOO SELF AWARE Ian Asher Albums 01 NE 01 01 LOST WEEKEND Phoebe Bridgers 02 01 10 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 03 02 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 04 05 47 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 02 03 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 06 NE 01 06 PARADISE Peking Duk 07 08 17 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 08 09 07 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 09 NE 01 09 SUNSHINE Jungle 10 10 88 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 NE 01 11 THE KISS AND THE ABYSS Kate Miller-Heidke 12 13 19 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 13 NE 01 13 ONE ASSASSINATION UNDER GOD - CHAPTER 2 Marilyn Manson 14 14 78 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 15 14 01 ICEMAN Drake 16 12 05 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 17 16 61 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 18 NE 01 18 10CHARLIE Phil Jamieson 19 19 66 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 18 104 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 21 21 52 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 22 20 51 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 23 NE 01 23 BLOODHORSE! Grace Cummings 24 04 02 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 25 23 46 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 ALIEN METAL King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 27 17 05 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 28 22 22 01 ARIRANG BTS 29 24 14 21 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 30 25 24 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 31 27 58 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 32 30 29 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 33 28 30 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 34 29 47 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 35 NE 01 35 HARD-ONS / JERRY A Hard-Ons, Jerry A 36 07 52 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 37 33 34 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 38 32 21 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 39 31 07 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 40 26 04 01 MUSIC, FASHION, FILM Charli XCX 41 36 31 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 42 NE 01 42 THE USER'S GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN The Script 43 NE 01 43 THE FOREST TO THE SEA Sunday Lemonade 44 35 25 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 45 37 22 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 46 RE 55 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 47 39 60 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 48 06 02 06 MADE FOR THIS Casey Barnes 49 11 02 11 TANZNEID Electric Callboy 50 NE 01 50 IN PURPLE Ocean Alley The ARIA Charts throw us a curveball this week, KATSEYE are #1 with "Animal". This probably warrants some asterisks or specifications. I don't believe "Animal" is actually the most popular song this past week. I believe the collective streams for the group's new "WILD" EP have been collated together under one total and "Animal" has taken the honours as either the previous or current highest standing (I wouldn't have been surprised if "Hootie Frutti" debuted ahead of it though). Though ARIA have on occasion renamed chart entries to the EPs to reflect this (Lorde's "The Love Club EP" being a noteworthy example), they have not so it's going to leave a confusing legacy. Personally I'm just disappointed we've missed out on a funny chart situation where we've had a "WILD" EP go to #1 on both charts, as Troye Sivan managed it with his also all-caps "WILD" EP about a decade ago. It's a strange outcome that probably doesn't affect anything unless Ella Langley starts accumulating some record breaking numbers and we have to look back on this novelty week affecting her legacy. "Man I Need" continues to shorten the gap very slowly, never count it out. Tame Impala also scores a second top 10 hit (although The Wiggles' cover of "Elephant" also hit the top 10) with "Loser". Fremantle also lost again on the weekend although they have the excuse for now that it was a dead rubber. They've got a week off so there's time for a more auspicious Tame Impala song to take over. Might I recommend "Desire Be Desire Go"? Adéla missed her opportunity to hit the ARIA top 50 when it was the ARIANA top 50 and then didn't get in the week after, but she gets her lucky break with "Ain't In LA" this week. Katy Perry got taken off the chart as is tradition and was replaced by one of the oldest possible songs in the process, which is also tradition. It is interesting to note that Mac Miller's "Cinderella" remains on the chart after 11 weeks, suggesting that ARIA have a contingency ruling for songs that never charted before and will possibly let them thrive for the full 105 weeks. Ravyn Lenae continues to flirt this rule every week with "Love Me Not", a song I was well aware of over 2 years ago at this point. Phoebe Bridgers scores her first ever #1 album this week. She previously got to #12 with her last album, and also got to #3 as part of boygenius. If you think you've been waiting a long time for a new Phoebe Bridgers album, then let me introduce you to Peking Duk who have been dropping singles of note since around 2013, some of which became very big chart hits. The idea of a Peking Duk album was an always distant myth, but sure enough it arrives and lands at #6, just shy of their highest ever ARIA Chart position. It's also a little bit lower than Keli Holiday's album earlier this year, and it certainly is very interesting that the thousands upon thousands of people who had thoughts and feelings about that one have been very silent about this one, almost as if they were slaves to the algorithm. Jungle just narrowly get a new high on the album chart having previously gotten to #10 with the album that has "Keep Moving" on it, what a banger. They're just ahead of long standing quirky singer Kate Miller-Heidke who charts an 8th album to date. Speaking of notable Aussies, we've got Phil Jamieson with a solo album in the top 20. His first solo album just narrowly missed the top 50 so this is a new height for him in this context. You might better know him as the always fascinating frontman of Grinspoon. Recently he's been in the news because he's had a serious back issue that's caused him to cancel shows. Charting for the first time is Grace Cummings, who's been around for several albums now, but this is the first one that's been on my radar, some good singles! There's a new King Gizzard album and you never know where they're gonna turn up until the chart comes out. Australian punk band The Hard-Ons have returned for the second time this year with a collaborative release, this time with punk legend Jerry A from Poison Idea. The Script are falling a tad short of past performances, while Ocean Alley sneak in with a belated entry for one of their earlier EPs, which got a physical release recently.

17/08/2026 Singles 01 01 37 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 04 47 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 52 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 07 79 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 02 11 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 06 06 09 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 09 18 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 08 11 18 08 BOSTON Stella Lefty 09 10 12 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 10 05 02 05 PETAL Ariana Grande 11 RE 02 11 LOSER Tame Impala 12 15 16 12 SELF AWARE Temper City 13 08 03 08 ANIMAL Katseye 14 14 46 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 25 76 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 17 26 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 17 18 10 17 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 18 16 46 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 19 24 27 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 20 21 45 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 21 30 61 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 22 31 55 06 12 TO 12 sombr 23 28 73 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 24 27 60 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 25 NE 01 25 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 26 23 10 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 27 26 57 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 28 29 17 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 29 33 47 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 30 32 32 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 31 37 62 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 32 38 22 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 34 13 05 JANICE STFU Drake 34 45 06 34 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 35 36 10 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 36 44 04 36 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 37 46 33 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 38 13 09 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 39 41 21 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 40 42 28 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 41 49 14 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 42 50 18 23 NOBLE F3miii 43 53 31 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 44 54 31 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 45 52 14 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 46 56 104 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 47 51 03 33 BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen 48 62 45 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 49 57 72 02 UNDRESSED sombr 50 67 36 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro Bubbling Under 15 (17) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 16 (19) MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 17 (16) AIN'T IN LA Adela 18 (NE) HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo *19 (NE) LOVE SENSATION (AFTERHOURS MIX) Madonna & Kylie Minogue 20 (NE) LIKE I DO Ariana Grande Albums 01 02 09 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 01 02 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 03 NE 01 03 THIS & THAT Stray Kids 04 NE 01 04 CHUCK TIMELY & THE HOURGLASS Role Model 05 03 46 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 06 NE 01 06 MADE FOR THIS Casey Barnes 07 04 51 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 08 05 16 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 09 07 06 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 10 08 87 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 NE 01 11 TANZNEID Electric Callboy 12 06 04 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 13 09 18 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 14 11 77 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 10 13 01 ICEMAN Drake 16 14 60 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 34 04 17 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 18 16 103 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 19 15 65 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 18 50 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 21 19 51 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 22 17 21 01 ARIRANG BTS 23 20 45 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 24 24 13 21 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 25 23 23 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 26 12 03 01 MUSIC, FASHION, FILM Charli XCX 27 22 57 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 28 26 29 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 41 46 29 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 30 25 28 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 31 21 06 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 32 40 20 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 33 30 33 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 34 NE 01 34 WAITING FOR THE DAY (ARTIST SESSIONS) Bachelor Girl 35 36 24 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 36 38 30 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 37 35 21 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 38 39 105 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 39 37 59 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 40 NE 01 40 EVEN IN ARCADIA (INSTRUMENTAL) Sleep Token 41 NE 01 41 LOVE SONGS Don Walker 42 27 05 02 FOREIGN TONGUES The Rolling Stones 43 28 03 10 REALITY AWAITS The Strokes 44 NE 01 44 BAD THINGS FEEL GOOD* Rowena Wise 45 49 52 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 46 42 32 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 47 NE 01 47 MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS Chris Cobb 48 54 66 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 49 NE 01 49 THERAPY AT THE CLUB Flo 50 43 24 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for a 10th week. It's pretty lazily doing what it needs to do at this point. "Rein Me In" has taken back the runner up spot so it's hard to say how close this is now. After weeks at #11, "Boston" finally cracks the top 10. We've also got an Australian hit song again, with Tame Impala's "Loser" entering at #11. This is potentially a cursed song, because it was released on the same weekend that Kevin Parker's beloved Fremantle Dockers got eliminated from finals last year, and they also logged only their 3rd ever loss of the year immediately after the song started climbing the charts again. They're very well positioned to get their first ever AFL premiership but if they lose it, I blame "Loser", which will probably climb into the top 10 next week. Steve Lacy is also benefitting from Spider-Man and gets his second ever top 50 hit. Olivia Rodrigo returns to #1 for a 5th week. As much as I'd like to dive into a peculiar set of debuts, I'm still going through it and don't have it in me. Rowena Wise is a good artist I've been listening to more lately that you've likely not heard of.

I'll be honest yeah, it's hard for me to really be certain what the data is like, just going off extrapolations of data & hunches myself! What we'd want to do with it probably is largely affected by what we want to see on the chart, which is admittedly why I'm always quick to discourage a lot of rash ideas because I feel like based on what's been suggested, the end result probably makes the chart worse for that person! A bit like when we all might just conveniently overlook favourable playlisting/algorithms boosting our favourites, the naked reality would expose that truth in a way that can't be ignored. Or otherwise my strong feeling is still that it doesn't really move the needle in many distinct ways. Life if the OCC put in a streaming cap vs. life if they didn't, and it's the same picture both times. In many senses this all comes down to a debate on whether or not we think new music deserves a leg up purely for the fact that it's new, and how willing we are to suspend disbelief for it on the chart. Like, I feel like Spotify's trending charts capture this kind of fast pace/no lingering nature, but do any of us want to treat it like the real thing? Probably not because it's just too confusing, hard to understand, and doesn't correlate with our realistic expectations of what should be charting where. It leaves the only paths as chaos for the sake of chaos, or objective blandness (which I'll admit is interesting in its own way but that's just me). A matter of whether there is merit to tinkering with the chart to replicate its form of the past, or to leave it to continue to climb to new extremes for better or worse.

I feel like that sort of thing would turn it more to farce, which prevents it from being particularly interesting. Like sure, it is interesting what got to #1 in Canada before Billboard took over the chart in 2007, but is a chart that's telling me "Blue Orchid" by The White Stripes was more popular than "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey very useful?

I feel like the separation of 'active' and 'passive' streams as many people swing it is just one of those things that sounds great on the outside, but the more you think about it, the more it collapses in terms of the realistic benefits or outcomes. Same going for limiting people to 1 listen or anything like that. I don't think there's any tangible evidence that it'll actually resemble the working, exciting chart people expect, it'd just collapse the numbers unilaterally. If this does anything on the whole, it's that it makes it a lot easier to create unnatural chart runs, either via those first day curiosity streams being massively bolstered, or just anyone who wants to fudge the numbers via nefarious methods now having a lower bar for entry. Maybe I'm wrong but is this how some people use Spotify? They just look up every specific song they want to listen to one by one and add to queue? Of course they're gonna be massively outnumbered by the people who just set it and go. I don't even think that's necessarily a problem either. As I type this, I'm currently listening to a playlist I put together and just put on shuffle. By some definitions this is the valid path, but to others, it's a passive heresy and I couldn't possibly enjoy these songs as much as the steady right click/left clicker (I love these songs). I will note however just for a point of interest. A few weeks ago, lastfm had its connection with Spotify recalibrate. All you have to do is go to your account's connection page and put it back up, but the consequence of this is that every artist's daily scrobbles have plummeted to about 20-30% of what it was before (PSA if you haven't checked your account in a while, you probably stopped scrobbling!). I don't think any artist has escaped this, but K-Pop artists seem to have fared a little better than most, so make of that what you will. All those massive hit songs you've loved in the last decade that defined your moment were inevitably being powered by those supposedly passive listeners to a likely similar extent. I don't believe the OCC ever feels the need to comment on this because it's just one of those 'missing the big picture' ideas that aren't worth the bother refuting, because reaching out like that only makes more threads of bother come up, now that it's clear you can badger this out of them.

10/08/2026 Singles 01 01 36 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 06 10 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 03 02 51 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 03 46 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 NE 01 05 PETAL Ariana Grande 06 05 08 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 07 04 78 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 08 02 08 ANIMAL Katseye 09 07 17 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 10 09 11 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 11 11 17 11 BOSTON Stella Lefty 12 NE 01 12 KISS ME Ariana Grande 13 10 08 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 14 13 45 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 15 15 15 SELF AWARE Temper City 16 12 45 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 17 14 25 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 18 29 09 18 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 19 NE 01 19 OH WELL Ariana Grande 20 NE 01 20 STAY Ariana Grande 21 18 44 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 22 NE 01 22 LIKE I DO Ariana Grande 23 23 09 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 24 17 26 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 25 19 75 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 26 24 56 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 27 20 59 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 28 26 72 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 29 16 16 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 30 31 60 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 31 21 54 06 12 TO 12 sombr 32 25 31 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 33 22 46 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 34 27 12 05 JANICE STFU Drake 35 NE 01 35 BIG FEELINGS Ariana Grande 36 28 09 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 37 30 61 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 38 43 21 28 BE HER Ella Langley 39 NE 01 39 FREAK Ariana Grande 40 NE 01 40 NEVER GET OVER ME Ariana Grande 41 34 20 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 42 32 27 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 43 NE 01 43 BAD THING (BUNNY HOP) Ariana Grande 44 44 03 44 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 45 39 05 39 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 46 36 32 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 47 NE 01 47 WARNING SIGNS (INTERLUDE) Ariana Grande 48 NE 01 48 NOWHERE, NOBODY Ariana Grande 49 41 13 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 50 35 17 23 NOBLE F3miii Bubbling Under 14 (10) BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen 15 (11) ORBITER Noah Kahan 16 (NE) AIN'T IN LA Adela 17 (16) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 18 (14) FREAKED OUT Fat Papi, prodshushy 19 (RE) MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 20 (19) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 01 01 PETAL Ariana Grande 02 03 08 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 05 45 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 06 50 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 05 07 15 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 06 04 03 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 07 08 05 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 08 09 86 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 13 17 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 10 12 12 01 ICEMAN Drake 11 15 76 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 01 02 01 MUSIC, FASHION, FILM Charli XCX 13 NE 01 13 I THOUGHT THE ALTITUDE WOULD MAKE IT WORTH THE VIEW Dice 14 16 59 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 15 17 64 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 19 102 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 17 21 20 01 ARIRANG BTS 18 18 49 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 19 20 50 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 20 23 44 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 21 24 05 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 22 25 56 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 23 26 22 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 24 27 12 21 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 25 29 27 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 26 31 28 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 27 22 04 02 FOREIGN TONGUES The Rolling Stones 28 10 02 10 REALITY AWAITS The Strokes 29 NE 01 29 PAREIDOLIA Erin LeCount 30 32 32 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 NE 01 31 PICTURES OF YOU Buffalo Traffic Jam 32 02 02 02 SOFT POP Amy Shark 33 NE 01 33 AHHCADE PNAU 34 34 03 19 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 35 35 20 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 36 33 23 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 37 44 58 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 38 37 29 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 39 40 104 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 69 19 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 41 41 45 37 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 42 43 31 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 43 11 23 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 44 38 04 12 MY RECKLESS ABANDON Bella Kay 45 50 02 45 SPILLING MY GUTS Alyssa Grace 46 NE 01 46 LEGACY Five Finger Death Punch 47 49 09 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 48 28 02 28 A*POP Tyla 49 46 51 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 50 36 03 05 DECADES Motionless In White "Choosin' Texas" is #1 is #1 for a 9th week. I don't really have much to add right now because I'm going through some irl grieving, but I'll note it's a good week for Ariana Grande who lands her entire album in the top 50, and I'm being forced to acknowledge we have a 15 15 15 15 this week. The all-time best of these still goes back to the first one I ever witnessed, "Little Lion Man" going 16 16 16 16. Ariana Grande scores her 6th #1 album this week. West Australian band DICE score a new high and have the highest Australian album this week.

03/08/2026 Singles 01 01 35 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 50 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 45 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 04 77 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 07 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 06 06 09 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 07 07 16 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 08 NE 01 08 ANIMAL Katseye 09 08 10 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 10 12 07 10 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 11 11 16 11 BOSTON Stella Lefty 12 09 44 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 13 13 44 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 14 10 24 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 15 19 14 15 SELF AWARE Temper City 16 14 15 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 17 17 25 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 18 15 43 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 19 21 74 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 16 58 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 21 25 53 06 12 TO 12 sombr 22 26 45 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 23 20 08 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 24 18 55 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 25 23 30 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 26 27 71 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 27 24 11 05 JANICE STFU Drake 28 22 08 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 29 30 08 29 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 30 29 60 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 31 31 59 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 32 33 26 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 33 NE 01 33 BEEN BY NOW Morgan Wallen 34 36 19 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 35 38 16 23 NOBLE F3miii 36 39 31 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 37 35 12 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 38 37 29 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 39 48 04 39 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 40 34 07 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 41 47 12 41 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 42 45 29 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 43 41 20 28 BE HER Ella Langley 44 50 02 44 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers 45 55 29 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 46 40 10 40 KINGDOM OF FEAR Cameron Whitcomb 47 54 70 02 UNDRESSED sombr 48 43 10 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 49 42 02 42 FREAKED OUT Fat Papi, prodshushy 50 49 102 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez Bubbling Under 15 (8) HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 16 (17) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan *17 (NE) LESS THAN A LOVER Jennie *18 (NE) CAMERA Charli XCX 19 (19) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen 20 (18) ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit Albums 01 NE 01 01 MUSIC, FASHION, FILM Charli XCX 02 NE 01 02 SOFT POP Amy Shark 03 02 07 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 04 01 02 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 05 03 44 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 06 39 49 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 07 04 14 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 08 06 04 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 09 09 85 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 NE 01 10 REALITY AWAITS The Strokes 11 RE 22 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 12 08 11 01 ICEMAN Drake 13 11 16 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 14 NE 01 14 GENTLEMAN Budjerah 15 14 75 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 16 13 58 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 17 15 63 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 18 17 48 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 19 16 101 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 20 20 49 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 21 18 19 01 ARIRANG BTS 22 07 03 02 FOREIGN TONGUES The Rolling Stones 23 21 43 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 24 10 04 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 25 24 55 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 26 25 21 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 27 27 11 21 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 NE 01 28 A*POP Tyla 29 31 26 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 30 NE 01 30 LITTLE MISS TWAIN Shania Twain 31 30 27 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 32 32 31 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 34 22 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 34 19 02 19 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 35 33 19 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 36 05 02 05 DECADES Motionless In White 37 36 28 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 38 12 03 12 MY RECKLESS ABANDON Bella Kay 39 NE 01 39 JINX Waterparks 40 40 103 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 41 37 44 37 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 42 NE 01 42 TALLY Body Type 43 42 30 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 44 41 57 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 45 35 04 02 03 HEATED RIVALRY Soundtrack 46 44 50 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 45 96 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 46 05 02 THE WOW! SIGNAL Muse 49 43 08 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 50 NE 01 50 SPILLING MY GUTS Alyssa Grace "Choosin' Texas" is #1 for an 8th week. We're in full chill mode at the moment as the top songs aren't really making big moves one way or the other. There should be an influx of activity thanks to Ariana Grande's new album, but I suspect she won't be challenging the top spot. Behind a top 7 that hasn't changed, KATSEYE have scored their first ever top 10 hit with "Animal". It's hard to say if it's sticking the landing yet but it hasn't had the typical second week collapse, so it might stick around in the top 10. What is making the top 10 this week is "Dai Dai" which with a Spotify peak of #26 (currently #45) is giving me major flashbacks to when "She Wolf" was always far higher on the chart than on iTunes. It's Burna Boy's first ever top 10 hit too. The only other new arrival this week is from Morgan Wallen, who manages to land right next to his recent collaborator Ella Langley, with his new single. This one isn't sticking the landing, it looks like. Charli XCX scores her 3rd #1 album this week. None of the singles have made any real chart impact over here though "Camera" does enter the Bubbling Under chart this week. She lands just ahead of Amy Shark who also has 3 #1 albums, and roughly that many houses. She's recently made her acting debut alongside Russell Crowe, as we all expected. Laufey is touring the country currently and vaults back into the top 10. She has an interesting itinerary where she's going Melbourne->Brisbane->Sydney despite Sydney being located geographically in the middle of those two (I should also note that she did play Perth & Adelaide too, not everyone does this). The Strokes previous album was the first one to ever miss the top 10 but they're back on the rebound with their latest. I read "Meet Me In The Bathroom" recently so now I know too much about the things that Julian & Albert do on tour (Fab seems cool though). Local singer Budjerah has his first ever chart appearance with his album this week. About 5 years ago he turned up on a remix of an Ed Sheeran song that allowed commercial radio to play it and count to their local quotas. Tyla has her second charting album (this year even) and a new high for her. For once I can't say it's because of the new rules. Shania Twain falls a fair bit short of her usual top 10 prospects, while Waterparks & Body Type chart for the first time. Body Type are a cool band from Sydney I think. Alyssa Grace also sneaks through with her first album chart appearance as her single continues to climb.

I worry Joe never answered 😭

Strongly agree of course and I think in this sense it's always worth analysing it from the opposite end of the equation. Like, sure, gone are those hallmarks of a hugely dominant #1 single that everyone knows (not necessarily the case in the first place, but hear, hear), but what were those hallmarks? Hearing the song in the shops? On the radio? Close associates talking about it? It poses the question of whether those signifiers really exist for any modern popular song nowadays and suggests that something must be most encapsulating that in the present day even if the degree is very small. Or alternatively, we have to consider that these factors correlate to a successful hit, but they're not actually the components that made the chart sales happen. Once upon a time it was people buying CD singles, now it's people listening to the song privately. Unless you stalk the CD section at the shops, both of these are largely invisible actions. Someone can very actively listen to the current #1 single in their own home without it making a ripple, and that doesn't make it any less valid. Like I just don't buy the 'this song has been #1 for months on end and no one's heard of it' angle. That just tells me those people have largely cut themselves out of the conversation, which is very easy to do. I'd spend long periods of time not listening to top 40 radio and being oblivious to these hit songs I had no reason to ever hear in my teens (and only hear them afterwards because I became a chart nerd). Not that I was ever buying singles around that time ever, but it just meant the conversation was happening without me, and that's fine. It'd be disingenuous to act like the charts have to go through one's own purview to be validated, only to make it very clear from the outset that it's not even something someone wants to go along with. Like skipping out on watching a sport for a decade and suddenly being confused at why the biggest names are ones you've never heard of. Being baffled that Sinner & Zverev are higher ranked than Djokovic when I don't even know what they look like. (Also the longer you spend outside the top 40 environment, the harder it's gonna be to get back into it. It's specifically pushed forward by the people whose very taste it has shaped).

27/07/2026 Singles 01 01 34 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 49 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 44 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 06 76 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 04 06 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 06 05 08 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 07 08 15 07 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 08 07 09 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 09 09 43 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 10 12 23 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 11 11 15 11 BOSTON Stella Lefty 12 67 06 12 DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 13 13 43 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 14 10 14 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 15 14 42 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 16 16 57 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 17 17 24 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 18 23 54 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 19 15 13 15 SELF AWARE Temper City 20 20 07 16 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 21 24 73 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 18 07 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 23 22 29 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 24 21 10 05 JANICE STFU Drake 25 19 52 06 12 TO 12 sombr 26 25 44 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 27 26 70 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 28 69 10 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 29 28 59 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 30 36 07 30 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 31 29 58 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 32 55 04 32 LOOK AT MY LIFE Gracie Abrams 33 30 25 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 34 27 06 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 35 35 11 35 ORBITER Noah Kahan 36 32 18 32 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 37 34 28 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 38 33 15 23 NOBLE F3miii 39 39 30 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 40 47 09 40 KINGDOM OF FEAR Cameron Whitcomb 41 40 19 28 BE HER Ella Langley 42 NE 01 42 FREAKED OUT Fat Papi, prodshushy 43 37 09 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 44 31 04 27 MY BODY ISN'T READY Sombr 45 38 28 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 46 NE 01 46 GOOD REASON Gracie Abrams 47 42 11 42 MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 48 41 03 41 GREAT EXPECTATION Sienna Spiro 49 54 101 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 NE 01 50 BROKEN WINDOW SERENADE Whiskey Myers Bubbling Under 17 (17) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 18 (16) ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 19 (RE) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen 20 (20) DOORS Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 01 01 DAUGHTER FROM HELL Gracie Abrams 02 01 06 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 03 04 43 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 07 13 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 DECADES Motionless In White 06 08 03 03 VISITOR Sienna Spiro 07 02 02 02 FOREIGN TONGUES The Rolling Stones 08 10 10 01 ICEMAN Drake 09 12 84 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 06 03 01 CONFESSIONS II Madonna 11 14 15 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 12 38 02 12 MY RECKLESS ABANDON Bella Kay 13 13 57 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 14 16 74 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 18 62 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 15 100 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 17 19 47 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 18 22 18 01 ARIRANG BTS 19 NE 01 19 OH YEAH? Steve Lacy 20 21 48 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 21 20 42 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 22 11 15 10 DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS My Chemical Romance 23 NE 01 23 MOOD RING Holly Hebe 24 25 54 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 25 24 20 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 26 NE 01 26 MOUNT ZERO Swapmeet 27 26 10 21 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 NE 01 28 A STRANGER TO YOU Loathe 29 32 37 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 30 30 26 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 31 28 25 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 32 31 30 24 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 35 18 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 34 34 21 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 35 33 03 02 03 HEATED RIVALRY Soundtrack 36 37 27 27 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 37 46 43 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 38 23 02 23 THE REAL ME Future 39 43 48 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 40 39 102 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 41 44 56 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 42 42 29 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 43 40 07 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 44 45 49 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 45 47 95 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 46 41 04 02 THE WOW! SIGNAL Muse 47 53 63 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 57 71 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 49 51 10 05 HABIBTI Drake 50 52 10 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake "Choosin Texas" is #1 for a 7th week. I had a dream today that a new Taylor Swift album arrived and flooded the top 10 but still couldn't unseat Ella. This probably would not eventuate as I feel like we're reaching the tipping point when any new rising hit will quickly storm for lack of competition. Case in point, that new KATSEYE single is rapidly climbing the Spotify chart, now up to #6 without a potential Monday boost to account for. Maybe that's one to watch. Something looks like it'll be forced out of the top 10 though because Stella Lefty & Shakira are making serious pushes. "Dai Dai" is now Shakira's highest charting song since 2007's "Beautiful Liar". Previously, Gracie Abrams helped stop her own song from reaching the top 50 by blocking it with one of her own. Fret not as she's more than made the gap this time and has both "Look At My Life" and "Good Reason" reaching the top 50 for the first time. It what appears to be a good week for labels keeping up with what's going on, Fat Papi & Whiskey Myers score their first ever chart entries with songs that don't appear to have been on the survey before but certainly could have. I'll also note Whiskey Myers because that song is well over a decade old now, so it'll be interesting to see what happens with it in 10 weeks time if it's still charting then. Unlike "Earrings", it does appear on the On Replay chart, so it'll probably be business as usual. Gracie Abrams scores her second #1 album this week. Her last one managed 3 weeks at the top which will be a tall order to replicate. Metalcore band Motionless In White, who notably come from the same town that the US version of The Office is set in, score their first ever top 10 album this week, having made the top 50 with 4 of their albums previously. Bella Kay previously debuted seemingly just via streams last week, this week she has a considerable boost. Steve Lacy doesn't have a big hit single in tow this time around (I'm really enjoying "the feeling" though), but manages another top 20 album a little below his previous one. We've also got some Australian upstarts I've also only heard of for the first time this year and been enjoying. Holly Hebe for catchy indie pop vibes and Swapmeet for catchy indie rock vibes. The UK can have their own metal bands as well, and Loathe chart for the first time this week, much higher than their home country but that might just be chart rules in play. For the 9th time out of 10, I'm pleased to report that Drake's two albums are next to each other, going from both just barely being out of the top 50 to barely being in it.

I'll just put forward that the charts, the #1 single, whether it matters or not is entirely up to you. By all accounts it's just frivolous record keeping that can serve as a time capsule for future generations, though it's been clear for a long time that those future generations are more than happy to pick & choose both within and out those bounds. Some of the smartest people I know have no interest in music past the neoclassicism era, while another set of the smartest people I know get deeply invested in all the works of Olivia Rodrigo. If you have the time and desire to entertain yourself then it can be with whatever you want it to be, to whatever degree you want. Maybe you're interested in what year has the most #100 debuts, or which artist has the most songs that have spent at least 10 weeks on the chart, or even just the airplay chart, the world's your oyster. The only thing is that we tend to be very self-serving about this, which is where the conflict arrives. To say 'It doesn't matter anymore' is code for 'I've lost interest', and that means they've either found a new distraction, or the aspects they tended to enjoy no longer serve them. There isn't a single moment when the charts became obsolete, but if someone new you don't like stole your record away, you can bet you're gonna count backwards to find a viable moment to discredit them. I do the same thing too. Last year there was a footy stat that I was deeply invested in, purely because one of my favourite players was leading it by a country mile. This year they missed some games and aren't playing as well, so they're not leading the stat, and I've convinced myself it doesn't matter as much. Now my fixation is seeing if my team can get themselves off the bottom rung of the average tackles leaderboard of the season, because that's just the thing I find interesting right now. If someone tells me they're interested in the charts, more so than I am, I'm not going to get all uppity at them for finding something interesting just because 'It used to be better' or 'It used to matter'. Let them enjoy it. In the past week I've gotten up early to watch a women's football practice game that I've seen all of 3 people talk about, I broke one of my old uncontested world records in a niche category for a niche video game 3 times in the space of an hour, and I've continued to spend hours working on my music blog that only a handful of my friends actively read. I'm having a great time. Finding something to be invested in is a lot more fun than lamenting that no one cares.