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+5 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +4 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +3 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +2 Myles Smith - Stargazing +1 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please -1 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -3 Dasha - Austin -4 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -5 Eminem - Houdini

I reckon there's a solid chance that it actually did appear on the Spotify chart back in 2012 when there was just a weekly top 100. I forget exactly when this started, but I was recording the Australian one back from September 2012 and "Drive By" (which wasn't *quite* as big a hit in Aus) was still charting until November.

Think a lot of global charts have lost even more of their local flair this year and are starting to blend together. Continued by-product of TikTok's algorithm wrestling hold as a discovery platform. There have been 3 Australian songs that made the top 50 this year (soon to be 4) here and 2 of them are covers. In New Zealand, the biggest local hit right now is a top 10 hit from 9 months ago that's barely holding top 100 on the Spotify chart at the moment. This monster hit of the past 4 years spent over 200 weeks in the top 50 and just 4 months later is going to leave the top 200. I don't know if anyone's been paying attention to this sort of thing, but I've noticed that a lot of the random stuff that tended to be big UK hits that just didn't make it to the US or Australia tends to find a hard ceiling around the #20ish spot on the UK Chart lately (and that's with ACR helping it out). In terms of local artists, the UK probably has enough international clout to hold their own for quite some time, but they might end up with the same issue Aus/NZ has where it's just so difficult to break new artists without them going global at the same time.

With regard to "Please Please Please", this is why I'm curious about the long term numbers on a lot of these 2024 hits. My hypothesis of late has been less about autoplay and more that for any other reason, people are just getting quicker to hearing new releases. The late discoverer is getting rarer, just like how it is on the album chart. So I need to see how they stack up in lifetime streams compared to hits of the last few years. It's a long way away but if "Beautiful Things" can overtake "Flowers" in streams in a few years, that's a definite sign that the numbers are genuinely way up and it's not just a temporary artificial inflation. But back on "Please Please Please", if I put that into consideration, I don't think it's drop off is super suspicious. It's very commonplace for a lot of songs to jump in and out of TikTok curiosity rapidly, especially if they aren't fully embraced across the board. It'll probably be fine in the coming months but I just think the curiosity factor is waning and it's settling down into a streaming pace that's more sustainable. It sounds a little off kilter for a massive #1 smash hit so maybe the mass appeal isn't *quite* there in the same way as "Espresso" (this isn't shade). The album isn't even out yet either, and that can be another way to sustain streams. "you should see me in a crown" performed a lot better in its post-album release showing on the charts than when it was put out as a single, for instance.

24/06/2024 Singles 01 04 02 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 02 02 10 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 10 02 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 01 03 01 HOUDINI Eminem 05 05 05 05 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 06 06 06 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 07 07 08 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 08 08 22 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 10 13 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 10 14 15 10 AUSTIN Dasha 11 12 06 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 12 09 05 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 13 13 04 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 14 11 04 09 BAND4BAND Central Cee feat. Lil Baby 15 18 31 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 16 09 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 17 15 07 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 18 17 13 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 19 20 35 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 21 10 20 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 21 19 05 07 CHIHIRO Billie Eilish 22 23 13 22 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 23 24 23 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 24 25 43 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 25 29 65 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 26 26 15 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 27 28 13 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 28 22 18 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 29 27 101 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 30 30 09 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 31 32 19 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 32 34 72 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 33 31 05 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 34 35 02 34 CLOSE TO YOU Gracie Abrams 35 36 44 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 36 37 201 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 37 47 25 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 38 78 02 38 THE MAN HE SEES IN ME Luke Combs 39 38 40 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 40 39 32 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 41 41 17 08 SATURN SZA 42 33 05 15 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE Billie Eilish 43 45 64 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 44 44 58 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 45 42 13 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 46 83 02 46 HIGH ROAD Koe Wetzel feat. Jessie Murph 47 43 09 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 48 48 208 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 49 40 05 20 BLUE Billie Eilish 50 52 152 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 01 005 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 02 02 009 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 03 NE 001 03 FATHERS & SONS Luke Combs 04 NE 001 04 USB Fred Again.. 05 03 002 03 BRAT Charli XCX 06 NE 001 06 NEW WORLD DEPRESSION $uicideboy$ 07 05 068 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 08 06 176 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 08 080 01 SOS SZA 10 07 161 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 11 10 061 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 12 NE 001 12 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Dirty Three 13 09 041 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 14 17 010 14 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 15 NE 001 15 REBUILD REPEAT Hockey Dad 16 NE 001 16 HARDSTONE PSYCHO Don Toliver 17 11 252 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 18 13 034 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 14 204 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 12 439 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 21 19 090 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 22 18 345 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 23 15 327 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 16 015 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 25 20 367 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 21 054 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 24 010 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 28 25 315 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 27 011 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 30 26 194 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 31 30 484 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 22 004 04 POST HUMAN: NEX GEN Bring Me The Horizon 33 29 043 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 34 34 180 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 35 28 007 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 36 32 422 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 31 255 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 38 37 021 27 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 39 33 273 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 40 35 106 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 41 38 084 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 42 39 086 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 36 335 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 44 04 002 04 FOREVER Bon Jovi 45 44 296 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 46 41 047 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 47 45 241 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 48 43 307 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 40 136 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 47 087 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Please Please Please" is #1. Like Ken Hinkley's coaching career, it'll probably be there next week but it's looking pretty dicey for the future with the current rate of decline. It's also part of a fascinating group of songs this week. There are 6 new peaks in the top 50 this week and they combine for a total of 9 positions gained. Alongside them is a first time entry for both Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph, and also Luke Combs has a new entry. For the 3rd time in about 8 months, "Iris" re-enters at exactly #50. Unless the chart really slows down in the near future, I can't say the Bubbling Under is returning any time soon. We've amazingly been having 20+ 'new' songs in the top 30 for several weeks. Billie Eilish gets a 4th week at #1. Perhaps she can stay there if Luke Combs couldn't manage it. He also raises the question to see if in the ensuing weeks, the new album will take attention away from his back catalogue and have his 2nd album finally leave the top 50 for a week. Right behind him is Fred again..'s album which never charted before. I have to imagine this is ARIA doing a silly which I haven't caught on a major release in a while. Also in the top 10 is the worst band name in the world. Go away and stop making me type it. In the week that The Dirty Dozen's Donald Sutherland passes on, we've got a debut from Dirty Three. You might know Warren Ellis as a member of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. This is their highest charting album ever. Cannot say the same for Hockey Dad but we still have room left in our heart for them to make the top 20. More consistent is Don Toliver who pulls up into the top 20 for the 3rd time, but at a slight new high.

+5 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +4 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +3 Taylor Swift - Fortnight +2 Central Cee - BAND4BAND +1 Myles Smith - Stargazing -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -3 Dasha - Austin -4 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -5 Eminem - Houdini

Makes me uncomfortable that the last #1 on this chart by a person of colour was like 9 months ago and in that time there have been like 15 #10s by POC +5 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +4 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +3 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +2 Central Cee & Lil Baby - BAND4BAND +1 Myles Smith - Stargazing -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -3 Dasha - Austin -4 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -5 Eminem - Houdini

A higher peak maybe but probably not #1. It's only peaked at #4 on US Streaming Songs (possible #2 or #3 this week? I'm not sure). It's starting to swing back but the last couple of months haven't really been dominated by airplay hits as much as usual.

I think when looking into these momentum shifts, it's more important to look at how much that 7 day rolling change compares to the days before and see if that spikes. So for instance, on Saturday, Friday & Thursday it lost about 600k streams per day, so it was already trending downward. So that's about a 350k shift in one day which might be significant, but there have been songs going from big positive bullets to extreme negative ones in the space of a single day that struck me as more egregious. In saying all of this, I'm still fascinated by "Riptide"'s bizarre behaviour on the Australian chart earlier this month, which to me either reads that Spotify are having trouble correctly calibrating their data, or alternatively that a sizeable chunk of every song's streams are not autonomous.

17/06/2024 Singles 01 01 02 01 HOUDINI Eminem 02 05 09 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 09 02 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 NE 01 04 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 04 05 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 06 02 05 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 07 04 07 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 08 08 21 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 07 04 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 10 10 12 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 11 09 03 09 BAND4BAND Central Cee feat. Lil Baby 12 15 05 12 STARGAZING Myles Smith 13 12 03 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 14 16 14 12 AUSTIN Dasha 15 11 06 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 16 13 08 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 17 14 12 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 18 18 30 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 19 17 04 07 CHIHIRO Billie Eilish 20 19 34 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 29 09 21 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 22 22 17 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 23 27 12 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 24 26 22 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 25 25 42 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 26 20 14 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 27 31 100 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 28 24 12 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 29 28 64 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 23 08 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 31 21 04 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 32 32 18 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 33 30 04 15 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE Billie Eilish 34 34 71 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 35 NE 01 35 CLOSE TO YOU Gracie Abrams 36 35 43 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 37 53 200 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 38 37 39 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 39 41 31 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 40 33 04 20 BLUE Billie Eilish 41 40 16 08 SATURN SZA 42 36 12 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 43 38 08 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 44 44 57 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 45 46 63 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 46 48 04 39 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 47 59 24 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 48 56 207 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 49 67 173 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 50 43 08 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 01 004 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 02 02 008 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 03 NE 001 03 BRAT Charli XCX 04 NE 001 04 FOREVER Bon Jovi 05 05 067 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 04 175 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 07 160 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 08 06 079 01 SOS SZA 09 08 040 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 10 09 060 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 12 251 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 15 438 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 13 033 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 14 203 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 15 17 326 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 18 014 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 17 24 009 17 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 18 19 344 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 16 089 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 20 20 366 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 21 053 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 10 003 04 POST HUMAN: NEX GEN Bring Me The Horizon 23 NE 001 23 TIMELESS Meghan Trainor 24 22 009 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 25 25 314 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 26 193 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 27 28 010 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 28 23 006 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 29 27 042 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 30 31 483 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 33 254 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 32 29 421 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 34 272 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 34 35 179 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 35 32 105 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 36 38 334 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 37 64 020 27 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 38 36 083 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 40 085 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 40 37 135 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 39 046 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 42 NE 001 42 TIMELESS Kaytranada 43 41 306 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 44 42 295 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 45 46 240 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 46 44 186 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 47 49 086 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 48 43 243 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 49 45 173 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 50 47 380 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran "Houdini" is #1 for a second week. Unlike in the UK, most of Eminem's #1 hits have spent more than a week at #1 here. This is the first time in 20 years that this statement has been true because this song has just tipped the needle back the other way. It probably won't get a 3rd week though because I am fairly confident that "Please Please Please" will get there. Billie Eilish gets another #5 hit from her latest album and Chappell Roan is still climbing if you can believe it. The only other debut this week is a first ever top 50 for Gracie Abrams, rubbing shoulders with a lot of re-entries. "Riptide"'s unexplained streaming quirk of last week and it's back for its 200th week. I believe this weekend we're getting the first ever Northern Academy player to reach 200 games in the AFL, so remember to root for Brisbane's co-captain to take like 15 contested marks & spoils and ruin the dreams of Port Adelaide fans. I may be biased. "Mr. Brightside" missed out on celebrating its 200th week in the top 50 but it's back now. Maybe eventually one of these songs will become the longest charting song in the top 50. Billie Eilish gets a 3rd week at #1. It took 4 weeks for her to finally have the most songs on the Australian Spotify chart although she lost that title again last night. With that sort of momentum shift, you might expect Taylor Swift to overtake her in the future but who's to say. Luke Combs could also debut at #1 although he's never been especially good at frontloading his sales and streams so maybe not. Charli xcx arrives at #3, following the #1 debut of her last album which had slightly less competition so it's hard to say if this is a comedown or not. For Bon Jovi this is business as usual. They also debuted at #4 back in 2009 when they released alongside Robbie Williams & Glee. They've had many #1 albums either side of that but the point is not to expect anything consistent. In hindsight, maybe a #30 peak for Meghan Trainor's last album seems a bit low but I supposed it didn't have any hits on it on release. That tremendous good will and hype lands her next album a bit higher at #23. If you don't read Tom Breihan's column on Stereogum, you should do that. It's up to "All About That Bass" and it's a good one. Lastly KAYTRANADA returns to the top 50 for the first time since his certified banger of an album "99.9%" made it to #21 back in 2016.

If the Brisbane Lions don't win a premiership in the next 10 years it'll be 30 years since the three Lions back-to-back-to-back wins without another one :magic: I know no one cares, I'll see myself out.

It's something I've been trying to pin down all year. Spotify's numbers are always growing but it usually manifests itself in the lower end of the chart, and more often in catalogue streams. Specifically I've been following the Australian stats closely and the number of catalogue songs in the top 200 has been steadily increasing since around 2018...except now in 2024 it's sharply shifted in the other direction. There's something I think to be said about a general influx of new and noteworthy releases which splashes over in general (for instance, I find the charts are at their most stagnant when there aren't big releases, but those catalogue tracks tend to get extra-dislodged when something big comes out). With that in mind, it's hard to say whether or not it's an aberration when you get a big new release if you just keep getting them. Maybe big new releases should be considered the norm now? I do think the auto-play stuff warrants study and analysis too. All things considered, the cycle rate at the top of the chart just doesn't quite feel natural in all my years of watching it, but I need to keep watching it to be sure. Christmas for sure will be an interesting one to document.

10/06/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 HOUDINI Eminem 02 03 04 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 03 02 08 02 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 01 06 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 05 04 08 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 06 06 03 06 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 05 03 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 08 07 20 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 17 02 09 BAND4BAND Central Cee feat. Lil Baby 10 09 11 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 11 08 05 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 12 15 02 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 13 11 07 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 14 12 11 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 15 18 04 15 STARGAZING Myles Smith 16 13 13 12 AUSTIN Dasha 17 10 03 07 CHIHIRO Billie Eilish 18 14 29 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 19 16 33 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 21 13 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 21 19 03 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 22 23 16 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 23 22 07 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 24 26 11 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 25 24 41 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 26 25 21 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 27 30 11 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 28 31 63 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 29 36 08 29 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 30 20 03 15 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE Billie Eilish 31 32 99 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 32 34 17 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 33 27 03 20 BLUE Billie Eilish 34 38 70 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 35 42 42 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 36 33 11 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 37 39 38 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 38 35 07 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 39 28 03 18 THE GREATEST Billie Eilish 40 40 15 08 SATURN SZA 41 43 30 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 42 29 03 13 SKINNY Billie Eilish 43 44 07 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 44 50 56 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 45 37 03 22 THE DINER Billie Eilish 46 51 62 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 47 47 17 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 48 46 03 39 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 49 48 07 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 50 60 112 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 02 003 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 02 03 007 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 03 NE 001 03 GRAVITY STAIRS Crowded House 04 06 174 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 07 066 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 10 078 01 SOS SZA 07 09 159 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 08 08 039 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 09 11 059 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 10 04 002 04 POST HUMAN: NEX GEN Bring Me The Horizon 11 NE 001 11 MAYDAY Casey Barnes 12 12 250 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 13 13 032 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 16 202 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 15 27 437 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 18 088 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 17 17 325 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 15 013 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 19 20 343 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 20 22 365 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 21 052 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 29 008 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 23 19 005 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 24 38 008 24 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 25 25 313 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 26 192 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 27 23 041 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 28 28 009 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 29 31 420 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 30 01 002 01 CLANCY Twenty One Pilots 31 34 482 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 32 104 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 33 30 253 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 34 24 271 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 35 33 178 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 35 082 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 36 134 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 75 333 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 39 39 045 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 40 37 084 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 41 41 305 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 43 294 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 40 242 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 44 42 185 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 45 44 172 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 46 46 239 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 47 49 379 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 48 47 079 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 49 48 085 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 50 53 310 01 AM Arctic Monkeys Eminem scores his 9th #1 hit. All I gotta say is that the '"Houdini" is a flop' crowd has been real quite since this chart came out. I dunno if it'll stay at #1. Spotify has seen some really interesting twists when it comes to how an artist's catalogue responds to new music from them. You'd see this stuff occasionally in the past, like The Fray's "Cable Car" getting a second run on the charts after "How To Save A Life" took off, or Kings of Leon & Disturbed's back catalogues getting a run after their big #1 albums in 2008. This year we've seen Taylor Swift's back catalogue get both a boost and an immediate decline in the space of a week with her new album. Sabrina Carpenter's new single has "Espresso" listed as track 2 which has seen it get a bit of a boost (although her other songs have also climbed up since), and maybe that's enough to get back to #1 next week. It's a really messy week so I'm not gonna lock any certain predictions. If Eminem's YouTube is still strong though he might just get another week. Apart from Central Cee & Lil Baby getting a 4th & 2nd top 10 hit respectively, there isn't much else happening this week. We have reached far enough into the Taylor Swift album cycle that one of the tracks incidentally climbed though. The typo is still on ARIA's website, it makes me laugh every week. Billie Eilish returns to #1, meaning that all of her albums have spent at least two weeks at #1. Crowded House choose not the greatest week for their return as they enter at #3 with their 8th album. All their previous studio albums charted at either #1 or #2. It also segues into my crazy discovery that Casey Barnes has released exactly as many albums as Crowded House have. He was on Australian Idol in 2009 but had already released 2 albums by that point. At #11 this is his highest charting album to date. He's not related to Jimmy Barnes I'm pretty sure. We don't often see climbing albums but it's even more unlikely that Chappell Roan has managed to climb into the top 30 of both charts for the first time at the same time. It feels reminiscent of old charts, don't you think?

Thing to keep in mind is that depending on how you define it, there probably just are less artists breaking through in general. Partly because we've been entrenched in the same main format of consumption for a decade. It helps iron on older listeners, rather than alienate them. Most of the most listened to artists on Spotify got famous 8-18 years ago, if not more. Whoever your favourite up and comer is, more people are listening to David Guetta.

Australian artists get a hit in 2024 without an opportunistic cover challenge, difficulty: near impossible (there's Lithe at least)

+5 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +4 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +3 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +2 Central Cee & Lil Baby - BAND4BAND +1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) -1 Myles Smith - Stargazing -2 Dasha - Austin -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -4 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -5 Eminem - Houdini

117 days in total. It's popped up quite a bit in the last few weeks, but only 2 days total in the space of 5 years (Apr '19 to Apr '24), most of those 117 days were prior to 2018.

Bizarre thing I've noticed on the Spotify charts in the past few days. "Riptide" has climbed massively globally, and on pretty much every daily chart. Except in Australia and New Zealand (where it's been top 50 pretty much all year) it's actually plummeted out of nowhere at the same time. Never seen anything like it.

03/06/2024 Singles 01 01 05 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 02 03 07 02 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 03 02 03 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 04 04 07 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 05 05 02 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 06 09 02 06 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 08 19 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 06 04 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 09 11 10 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 10 07 02 07 CHIHIRO Billie Eilish 11 10 06 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 12 12 10 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 13 16 12 12 AUSTIN Dasha 14 17 28 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 15 NE 01 15 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 16 19 32 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 17 NE 01 17 BAND4BAND Central Cee feat. Lil Baby 18 25 03 18 STARGAZING Myles Smith 19 14 02 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 20 15 02 15 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE Billie Eilish 21 24 12 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 22 21 06 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 23 26 15 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 24 27 40 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 25 28 20 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 26 32 10 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 27 20 02 20 BLUE Billie Eilish 28 18 02 18 THE GREATEST Billie Eilish 29 13 02 13 SKINNY Billie Eilish 30 34 10 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 31 29 62 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 32 33 98 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 33 30 10 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 34 37 16 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 35 31 06 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 36 42 07 36 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 37 22 02 22 THE DINER Billie Eilish 38 44 69 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 39 38 37 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 40 35 14 08 SATURN SZA 41 48 199 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 42 43 41 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 43 41 29 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 44 36 06 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 45 23 02 23 BITTERSUITE Billie Eilish 46 39 02 39 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 47 50 16 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 48 46 06 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 49 49 07 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 50 52 55 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 NE 001 01 CLANCY Twenty One Pilots 02 01 002 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 03 02 006 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 04 NE 001 04 POST HUMAN: NEX GEN Bring Me The Horizon 05 RE 091 01 WALKING UNDER STARS (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hilltop Hoods 06 05 173 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 07 065 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 08 03 038 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 09 04 158 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 10 06 077 01 SOS SZA 11 09 058 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 12 10 249 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 13 11 031 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 NE 001 14 MODEL Wallows 15 12 012 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 16 15 201 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 17 324 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 18 087 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 19 13 004 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 20 19 342 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 21 21 051 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 20 364 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 25 040 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 24 22 270 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 23 312 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 28 191 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 27 29 436 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 24 008 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 29 26 007 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 30 31 252 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 31 33 419 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 32 27 103 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 33 35 177 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 34 30 481 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 35 38 081 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 36 37 133 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 39 083 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 38 41 007 38 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 39 34 044 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 40 32 241 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 41 40 304 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 47 184 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 43 46 293 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 44 43 171 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 45 36 148 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 42 238 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 47 49 078 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 48 52 084 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 49 45 378 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 50 NE 001 50 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG PERSON RM "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" is #1 for a 2nd week. I am once again putting my hands in the air with regards to future chart weeks because there's just not enough info around to solve the puzzle (especially when the week hasn't finished). I think any of the top 4 this week could potentially be #1 next week, but realistically I probably have to side with precedent, which is that iTunes downloads are OP. My suspicion is that Eminem's Foster The People-inspired new tune could get to #1, something he hasn't done on the singles chart since 2013's "The Monster". But yeah, it's a real mess of close numbers all over the place this week and something's gotta be #1. I take another L because Billie Eilish didn't actually climb with "LUNCH" but "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" does sneak up behind it, and should overtake it next week. Zach Bryan & Central Cee both score debuts in the top 20 that should climb again next week. I'd love to see the Venn Diagram on that, not because I think they share no listeners in common, but because in general I always want to know how many people are listening to everything in the top 50 by rule. I genuinely have no idea what it would look like. Something tangential I did want to point out is that I was talking about last.fm listener counts recently and a friend observed that "LUNCH" has nearly as many listeners as "all the good girls go to hell". This is despite the 5 year gap in which people may have just stopped using their accounts. I think it's something to consider when talking about autoplay, and perhaps worth looking into over the long run to see if playcounts are being inflated to a similar extent or if the powers that be have done an excellent job of making sure everyone hears the big songs at least once. I also just want to share some observed housekeeping that I'm a couple of weeks late on. ARIA has a bunch of subsidiary charts on their website. I check them religiously because sometimes it can be your only insight into stuff that's bubbling below the surface. A few years ago they started a chart just for Australian hip-hop & R&B, striking while there was quite a bit of action to be seen on it. I always thought there was a silly fallacy in this because ARIA were so notoriously bad at actually recording all the Sydney drill hits that were getting traction. It was more of a Kid LAROI chart anyway, even as his music has slowly changed into not really resembling the aforementioned genres. "STAY" has spent a lot of time at #1 on this chart which at least has a silver lining because it's so clearly synth pop like "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd is, that you can choose to read into this that ARIA are reminding you that The Kid LAROI is not actually white. I just need to make that reminder because I used to catch that comment occasionally and it's a horribly offensive thing to say if you know anything about Australia's stolen generation. Anyway I got side-tracked but basically the chart has lulled into not much of anything in recent months. Just the same Hilltop Hoods & Kid LAROI songs hanging around, and a bunch of songs stuck on the lower rungs that look ready to go but have nothing to replace them. As a Perth local, I was always repping Drapht's 2008 classic "Jimmy Recard" which seemed to slowly creep up the chart over time. It can't anymore though because a few weeks ago ARIA just completely bombed a good chunk of the chart. The bottom half pretty much all gone and replaced by stuff that was considerably lower the week before. It suggests to me that it's one of ARIA's semi-regular survey clean ups that don't seem to be as regular as I thought they were supposed to be. It also means that with greater gaps separating what's been put in that chart that after this initial buzz hit, the chart's gonna be slower than ever before. At least us triple j millennials can enjoy seeing Seth Sentry's early EP on the chart, which feels like it was overlooked in the cull. For the past 6 months, the top of the album chart has been dominated by huge stars with huge streaming numbers, potentially completing the streaming transition where topping the chart instantly requires millions of fans instead of thousands. For the first time this year we have a slight reprieve as twenty one pilots have put on the ol' Wiggum charm and gotten to #1 largely from sales. They haven't touched the top 50 singles chart since 2016 but have scored two #1 albums since. Even more efficient at topping the album chart usually is Bring Me The Horizon, although their digital only release means that they only land at #4 for now. Once again we have just 1 Australian album in the top 50 and it's fairly old. How old is it? Well, this is the album with "Cosby Sweater" on it, released just months before the Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations came out, making sure that he was getting namedropped alongside Bobby Fischer all summer long. I was listening to Djo's "End of Beginning" quite a bit back in 2022 (also hot tip is that "Figure You Out" is a good one) but it wasn't until this year that everyone started pointing out that he was on Stranger Things. I had no idea! I say all this because Wallows is to me always just the band fronted by the star of 13 Reasons Why, and you know it's him because he only has one facial expression. Anyway, they've made the top 50 for the first time. RM gets his 3rd top 50 album, but the first two were called "Indigo" and "mono.", this one sadly does not rhyme.

+5 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +4 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +3 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +2 Central Cee & Lil Baby - BAND4BAND +1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) -1 Myles Smith - Stargazing -2 Dasha - Austin -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -4 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things pretty solid top 10 imo!

27/05/2024 Singles 01 02 04 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 02 01 02 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 03 03 06 03 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 04 06 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 01 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 06 05 03 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 07 NE 01 07 CHIHIRO Billie Eilish 08 07 18 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 NE 01 09 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 10 06 05 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 11 08 09 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 12 09 09 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 13 NE 01 13 SKINNY Billie Eilish 14 NE 01 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 15 NE 01 15 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE Billie Eilish 16 13 11 12 AUSTIN Dasha 17 11 27 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 18 NE 01 18 THE GREATEST Billie Eilish 19 12 31 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 NE 01 20 BLUE Billie Eilish 21 10 05 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 22 NE 01 22 THE DINER Billie Eilish 23 NE 01 23 BITTERSUITE Billie Eilish 24 16 11 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 25 39 02 25 STARGAZING Myles Smith 26 17 14 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 27 22 39 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 28 21 19 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 29 25 61 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 20 09 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 31 14 05 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 32 18 09 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 33 28 97 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 34 27 09 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 35 23 13 08 SATURN SZA 36 19 05 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 37 30 15 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 38 32 36 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 39 NE 01 39 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 40 15 03 08 EUPHORIA Kendrick Lamar 41 33 28 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 42 42 06 42 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 43 36 40 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 44 38 68 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 45 24 05 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 46 29 05 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 47 26 05 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 48 44 198 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 49 37 06 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 50 41 15 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 NE 001 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 02 01 005 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 03 03 037 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 04 04 157 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 05 07 172 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 06 076 01 SOS SZA 07 08 064 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 08 RE 010 08 STONEAGE ROMEOS - 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Hoodoo Gurus 09 10 057 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 10 11 248 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 11 13 030 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 12 12 011 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 13 09 003 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 14 NE 001 14 ORGY OF THE DAMNED Slash 15 16 200 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 16 NE 001 16 ROOM UNDER THE STAIRS Zayn 17 17 323 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 15 086 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 19 18 341 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 20 21 363 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 19 050 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 33 269 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 23 311 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 24 007 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 25 29 039 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 26 26 006 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 27 30 102 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 28 27 190 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 29 31 435 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 32 480 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 28 251 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 32 25 240 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 33 37 418 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 34 34 043 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 35 35 176 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 52 147 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 37 41 132 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 36 080 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 40 082 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 40 42 303 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 41 45 006 41 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 42 50 237 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 43 47 170 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 44 39 121 13 CTRL SZA 45 53 377 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 46 49 292 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 44 183 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 48 54 308 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 49 46 077 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 50 NE 001 50 LIVES OUTGROWN Beth Gibbons "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" reaches the top spot. The circumstances surprise me a little but there might be a lesson here in that if you see something debut on the Thursday Spotify chart due to morning streams, they absolutely count to the following week's charts. In the case of "I Had Some Help", that's a pretty significant number. It also segues nicely into Billie Eilish who is perhaps also subject to this expectation adjustment. Her entire album debuts in the top 23, quite an improvement from her previous outing, with 3 entries in the top 10. "LUNCH" might seem a little low at #5 but it should improve next week. She's also joined by a new soundtrack entry from Luke Combs. I'd say this is about all of note this week but I have to point out that Joy Oladokun has been taken back off "Scared To Start" so that's mildly amusing. Also I staked the claim at the start of the year that "Prada" would outlast "Escapism." in the top 50. After looking dangerous in recent weeks, it has managed to do it. Billie Eilish debuts at #1 for a third time, but you knew that, since all her previous albums are on the chart this week with their peaks on full display. Also yay Australia, because we have a new peak for Hoodoo Gurus. We're far enough into the year that their debut album actually was released 40 years ago as this anniversary release pulls it into the top 10 for the first time ever, having peaked at #29 back in the day. Also this week we've got Slash on a bit of a comedown from typically landing in the top 4, and then we've got ZAYN who actually did chart higher with his last album, "Nobody Is Listening" got to #10 here. Lastly sneaking in for the first time is Beth Gibbons. Noted fan/understander of her Kendrick Lamar collab, Drake, is nowhere to be seen in the top 50 this week, curious.

Global smash hit vs. just barely charted in 2 countries (won't be long until that 30 million gap swings the other way around). Like charts are interesting but we've got to stop discrediting anything that didn't do the formal dance around in the top 40 for a couple of months.

Feel like it's not fair to compare charts position for position from decades past to now. I won't deny the landscape has shifted to an extent, but how many of those bands that scored top 10 hits in the '90s would really do so under similar circumstances to now? A lot of them would get muscled out by bigger hits having longer tenures, while they themselves have more steady chart points that don't lend themselves to impressive chart peaks. Or rather to sound like a broken record, it can't be understated just how much activity happens below the top 40, below the top 100 these days. I've just now seen that Lord Huron's "The Night We Met" has gone double platinum, despite only a #75 peak. If ACR doesn't exist, maybe it's a #30ish peak? In any case, if you go back to the mid '90s, how many songs peaking in the 30s were going double platinum back then? This is a genuine question because many here know the UK Charts better than I do, but I can't imagine it's many, if any (outside of them also slowly accumulating it now). I think in the age of parasocial media that solo artists are easier to market (and generally cheaper), but if they're generating the same equivalent figures, that's their bottom line and they don't need to be on the chart.

+5 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO +4 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +3 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +2 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -2 Dasha - Austin -3 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -5 Hozier - Too Sweet

20/05/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 02 02 03 02 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 03 03 05 03 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 01 05 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 05 09 02 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 06 04 04 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 07 05 17 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 07 08 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 09 06 08 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 10 10 04 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 11 11 26 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 12 30 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 13 14 10 12 AUSTIN Dasha 14 13 04 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 15 08 02 08 EUPHORIA Kendrick Lamar 16 16 10 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 17 15 13 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 18 20 08 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 19 19 04 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 20 17 08 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 21 23 18 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi feat. Joy Oladokun 22 24 38 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 23 21 12 08 SATURN SZA 24 18 04 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 25 27 60 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 26 29 04 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 27 33 08 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 28 34 96 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 29 25 04 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 30 31 14 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 31 22 04 06 MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS Taylor Swift 32 32 35 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 33 36 27 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 34 30 04 03 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 35 28 04 08 FLORIDA!!! Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine 36 38 39 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 37 35 05 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 38 40 67 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 39 NE 01 39 STARGAZING Myles Smith 40 41 04 16 THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED Taylor Swift 41 39 14 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 42 43 05 42 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 43 50 53 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 44 46 197 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 45 26 02 26 FAMILY MATTERS Drake 46 44 04 15 LOML Taylor Swift 47 52 59 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 48 48 67 21 SNOOZE SZA 49 49 35 06 WATER Tyla 50 54 14 20 HOME Good Neighbours Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 01 004 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 BETWEEN THE FIRES Troy Cassar-Daley 03 10 036 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 04 11 156 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 05 NE 001 05 CAPE FORESTIER Angus & Julia Stone 06 03 075 01 SOS SZA 07 04 171 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 05 063 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 02 002 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 10 06 056 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 08 247 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 07 010 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 13 09 029 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 NE 001 14 YOU WON'T GO BEFORE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO Knocked Loose 15 12 085 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 16 13 199 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 16 322 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 15 340 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 17 049 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 NE 001 20 CAN WE PLASE HAVE FUN Kings Of Leon 21 18 362 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 NE 001 22 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST MALMO 2024 Various Artists 23 21 310 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 22 006 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 25 30 239 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 26 19 005 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 27 23 189 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 28 25 250 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 29 31 038 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 30 42 101 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 31 28 434 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 27 479 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 33 20 268 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 34 32 042 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 35 35 175 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 33 079 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 34 417 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 38 NE 001 38 ONE OF WUN Gunna 39 24 120 13 CTRL SZA 40 38 081 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 41 36 131 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 40 302 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 43 26 007 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 44 43 182 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 45 50 005 45 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 46 47 076 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 47 41 169 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 48 54 082 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 49 46 291 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 45 236 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs In what can only be described as the most blatant coat-tail riding of recent times not done by Noah Kahan, Post Malone has now scored 2 #1 hits in the space of a month riding on the popularity of the other artist on the song. It's his 5th #1 hit and Morgan Wallen's 2nd but you know it's true. While I've found that the streaming age has shifted the tide a little bit away from headline collaborations to people just kinda wanting to listen to a specific artist, the charts aren't just decided by streaming. I'm reminded of previous instances, where the fragments of sales does enough to turn the result, like "I Don't Care" in 2019, and "Hold Me Closer" in 2022, also big name collaborations. It's possible that "I Had Some Help" will stick the landing a little better than them and maybe even dominate the top spot on streaming alone. In any case, this particular week saw the two combined versions of "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" score the highest ever streaming week in Australian Spotify history, and it gets a #2 peak hold for its troubles. It could still get there next week but the top two are both bleeding out quite a bit and I tend to lean to the incumbent in cases like this. Anyway let's get to the ARIA funnies check up. The Taylor Swift typo is still there, but "Scared To Start" has a new feature credit, so I guess Joy Oladokun has her first ever charting hit here. The irony of it sitting next to "Like That" which still only has two artists credited is not lost on me. In case you were wondering, "Like That" only just got added to Hot Hits Australia so that's why it climbed a little this week. Skrillex is still credited on "HUMBLE." btw. Myles Smith also debuts to the chart, bringing with him the 3rd ever single/EP called "Stargazing" to chart. If you don't include his Major Lazer feature, then technically Travis Scott also debuted to the chart with "STARGAZING" too. No "SICKO MODE" for Myles as far as I can see. Taylor Swift is #1 for a 4th week but what a shocker of a week for her as she only has 1 album in the top 10, that hasn't happened in about a year. It's a good time to highlight a fascinating thing I noticed in the past few weeks. It highlights the importance of an artist's Spotify top 10 list because while you would reasonably assume a new album would drive attention away from her catalogue, it actually didn't. It wasn't until her top 10 updated with almost only tracks from her new album ("Cruel Summer" is still there though) that it caused a near total exodus from the Spotify chart. About 8 different Taylor Swift songs have been missing in action on the Spotify chart since a little bit after the album came out. "Anti-Hero" has gone from being permanently in the top 50 to struggling to stay in the top 200. "Cruel Summer" even shows no signs of returning to the top 10 after previously showing no signs of ever leaving it, presumably because the top 10 playlist as it is just doesn't have enough crowd-pleasers in it. It'll be interesting to see if there's an upswing once things return to regularity. Anyway, the last Australian artist to go to #1 was Troye Sivan. He was nearly followed up by Troy but understandably it'll be a while before most non-superstar artists have a shot at it. The country stalwart has actually never had a #1 album excluding the roughly 1 day when his Adam Harvey collaboration was announced at #1 ahead of Kanye West's "Yeezus", but had to have erroneous sales deducted after the fact, which is the last time that ARIA have changed the album chart after publishing it (I have to remember the singles chart was post-fixed last year when David Kushner disappeared for no reason one week). With that in mind, this is his second #2 album. Olivia Rodrigo announced an Australian tour that doesn't come within 2000 kilometres of me, but it does for most Australians, so both of her albums are back in the top 4. The last Angus & Julia Stone album that wasn't a video game soundtrack debuted at #2, but it had a fair excuse because Foo Fighters had an album out on the same week. This time around there are less excuses because that album was #5 in its second week and that's where this new one debuts. I like "Losing You" quite a bit. Jumping up a bit though this time around is Knocked Loose, who just barely made the top 50 last time, now they're well ensconced at #14. Also this is mostly a terrible week in general for former Hottest 100 winners. Aside from Angus & Julia Stone, both versions of "Somebody That I Used To Know" dropped a bit on the Australian singles chart, Billie Eilish's albums both tanked this week, The Wiggles' rave album which is a real thing dropped a bit as well, but the crowning achievement in all of this is that a new Kings of Leon album debuted at #20. On the other hand, I guess "Riptide" climbed this week, "Not Like Us" made the top 5, and I think Macklemore may have made the top 100 with "HIND'S HALL". On an unrelated note, I am not covering the Eurovision stats this year. Also new year seems to mean new Gunna album where it's anyone's guess where it's gonna land. This one is a bit higher than the last one. Also just want to note in the world of long running albums, this week is the first time "÷" has left the top 50 outside the month of December. Also of great pertinence, Luke Combs' second album sits at #50 this week. It's still the longest running album to have never dropped out once, but perhaps that's coming to an end.