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12/02/2024 Singles 01 01 16 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 02 02 13 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 03 09 03 03 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 04 04 21 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 05 03 25 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 05 46 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 08 12 07 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 08 07 34 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 09 10 24 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 10 11 07 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 11 06 27 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 12 15 82 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 13 12 04 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 14 14 23 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 15 19 13 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 16 13 36 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 17 16 21 06 WATER Tyla 18 18 16 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 19 17 53 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 20 20 04 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 21 38 56 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 22 45 02 22 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 23 25 04 23 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 24 22 32 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 25 35 68 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 26 21 18 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 27 27 45 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 28 34 12 15 EXES Tate McRae 29 24 183 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 30 30 08 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 31 39 09 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 32 33 19 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 33 37 04 33 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 34 31 43 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 35 71 02 35 MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 36 28 43 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 37 23 06 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 38 26 37 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 39 32 88 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 40 29 189 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 54 253 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 42 48 29 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 43 40 17 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 44 42 48 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 45 36 29 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 46 49 15 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 47 52 187 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 48 43 12 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 49 50 75 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 50 69 134 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls Bubbling 13 (21) HOME Good Neighbours 14 (20) SELFISH Justin Timberlake 15 (14) THINK U THE S**T (F**T) Ice Spice 16 (12) HISS Megan Thee Stallion 17 (15) FTCU Nicki Minaj 18 (18) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 19 (16) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 20 (NE) SPIN YOU AROUND (1/24) Morgan Wallen Albums 01 01 015 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 02 068 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 08 233 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 04 326 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 05 09 185 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 06 05 042 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 03 157 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 06 049 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 10 035 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 10 15 061 01 SOS SZA 11 14 348 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 12 13 142 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 13 21 155 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 14 11 004 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 15 12 022 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 18 296 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 19 028 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 18 16 236 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 19 17 175 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 20 308 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 28 117 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 22 420 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 26 065 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 24 27 024 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 25 34 031 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 23 067 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 27 24 465 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 403 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 31 062 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 30 30 018 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 31 33 161 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 32 38 288 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 33 40 485 01 1989 Taylor Swift 34 44 046 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 35 NE 001 35 PRELUDE TO ECSTASY The Last Dinner Party 36 60 035 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 37 35 222 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 38 52 106 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 37 277 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 40 36 362 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 41 25 009 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 42 48 009 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 43 46 090 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 44 45 293 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 43 068 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 46 49 247 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 47 47 200 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 54 202 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 39 029 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 50 53 254 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish Nothing drastic to report. Benson Boone is making his way towards the top. He'll probably get to #2 next week. We do finally have an Australian top 10 hit that feels like a legitimate hit (two of the last three spent just 2 weeks in the top 50), thanks to Dom Dolla and that mysterious Clementine Douglas. Also speaking of Australians shockingly getting hits, we've finally got the 2 weeks ago prophesized arrival of Royel Otis, the first bespoke Australian rock band to reach the top 50 since *checks notes* The Wiggles. It's provided a confusing issue for the powers that be that want to support local music, Hot Hits Australia now has both versions of "Murder On The Dancefloor" on its 50 song playlist, which means that if you play it on shuffle there's a very good chance you'll hear both of them in quick succession (admittedly I don't know how the algorithm works, I suspect it could prevent this but it might also not). This is only the second Like A Version to ever make the top 50, the last one was *checks notes* The Wiggles. In any case, this tracking week doesn't include the Hot Hits Aus add so it might actually have some unheard of longevity. btw "Fried Rice" is a banger. Also "Iris" is back again but this time it has an excuse because they're touring here soon/now. Taylor Swift has the entire top 5 again. She did this back in July last year but it's slightly different this time as "1989" has been replaced by "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and it's ahead of "Midnights" and "Lover" this time. She might need to release another album to outdo herself and get the top 6 perhaps. It also helps that there's very little happening this week. I am finally here to say that Maroon 5 compilation has gotten a new peak, getting bizarrely close to the top 10. We've got only one debut this week. It's from The Last Dinner Party, have you heard of them? Wet Leg managed to debut at #1 so I guess I expected a bit better here. Also in an update to the Eminem story from last week, it seems to be mostly stable this week, so it's just set into a new equilibrium for no particular reason. Shouldn't stop it from reaching the year end list but it'll be significantly lower. Once again there aren't any Australian albums in the top 50 but let's celebrate the scraps we do have. For instance, Connie from Sneaky Sound System sings the hook on Kanye West's "Flashing Lights", in addition to starring Margot Robbie, "Barbie" also has The Kid LAROI & Tame Impala on its soundtrack, and most importantly, Billie Eilish sampled Australian traffic crossing sound effects on "bad guy". I think it's still the only production work she's ever done. Keith Urban also has a feature credit on "Fearless (Taylor's Version)". If you can think of any other examples let me know because we may as well cling to what we can.

Honestly it's fairly common depending on your scope and how you define it, but the thing is that it usually is so effective that you'll forget (or never knew) they ever were around and won't recall it so easily. That and it's more prone to happen to people who are more replaceable, not highly influential cultural figures.

Oh heck yes, make this a hit.

I was curious so I looked into his global numbers for a rough idea, it actually changes the top 12 quite a bit (Green is the new tracklist, blue is the original, the dashes being the top two crossed out, which on the original version is out of order because of the two versions of "Save Your Tears" and "Die For You" that both outdo "Starboy") 17,792,844 - Daily streams for the new tracklisting 11,498,387 - Daily streams for the old tracklisting That's a 54% increase for the time being. It'll probably lessen as those two tracks lose traction but on the whole it's a lot more chances for the 'in vogue' Weeknd songs of whatever moment to be on it.

Glad it finally has House of Balloons & High For This on the tracklisting.

Whoops. When I type it up I leave gaps for the re-entries but it's easy to not see it when it's at the bottom, cheers for the heads up.

I used to feel this way myself. Often whenever I went to see a show I'd pretty much stop listening in the immediate aftermath because I literally just heard those songs, but then late last year I saw Alvvays who I liked but didn't know super well and well, I became one of those people. So I get it now.

05/02/2024 Singles 01 02 15 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 02 01 12 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 03 05 24 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 04 03 20 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 05 06 45 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 06 10 26 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 07 07 33 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 08 09 11 08 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 09 18 02 09 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 08 23 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 11 44 06 11 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 12 04 03 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 13 16 35 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 14 13 22 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 15 11 81 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 12 20 06 WATER Tyla 17 14 52 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 18 15 15 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 19 17 12 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 20 22 03 20 REDRUM 21 Savage 21 20 17 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 22 24 31 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 23 25 05 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 24 19 182 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 31 03 25 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 26 21 36 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 27 23 44 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 28 40 42 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 29 30 188 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 30 41 07 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 31 35 42 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 32 26 87 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 33 39 18 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 34 33 11 15 EXES Tate McRae 35 36 67 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 36 56 28 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 37 49 03 37 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 38 29 55 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 39 28 08 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 40 32 16 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 41 RE 16 32 RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 42 34 47 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 43 27 11 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 44 42 19 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 45 NE 01 45 PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT YG Marley 46 48 17 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 47 51 35 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 48 53 28 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 49 43 14 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 50 38 74 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez Bubbling 12 (NE) HISS Megan Thee Stallion 13 (NE) MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR - TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION Royel Otis 14 (NE) THINK U THE S**T (F**T) Ice Spice 15 (14) FTCU Nicki Minaj 16 (18) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 17 (13) HOMESICK Noah Kahan & Sam Fender 18 (20) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 19 (22) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 20 (NE) SELFISH Justin Timberlake Albums 01 01 014 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 04 067 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 05 156 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 09 325 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 05 03 041 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 06 08 048 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 NE 001 07 WALL OF EYES The Smile 08 10 232 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 09 11 184 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 10 06 034 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 11 07 003 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 12 13 021 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 13 14 141 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 12 347 12 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 19 060 01 SOS SZA 16 20 235 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 17 16 174 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 18 17 295 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 027 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 20 15 307 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 25 154 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 22 23 419 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 24 066 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 24 26 464 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 21 008 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 26 30 064 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 27 27 023 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 28 37 116 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 28 402 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 30 31 017 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 31 35 061 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 32 52 025 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 33 33 160 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 34 29 030 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 35 36 221 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 38 361 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 37 42 276 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 38 34 287 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 39 39 028 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 40 43 484 01 1989 Taylor Swift 41 NE 001 41 YELLOW MELLOW Ocean Alley 42 RE 006 01 DRUMMER G Flip 43 46 067 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 44 45 045 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 45 44 292 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 40 089 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 47 47 199 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 41 008 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 49 48 246 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 59 597 01 THE VERY BEST INXS With triple j's Hottest 100 in effect, a lot of 2023 releases have vaulted back up the chart to varying extents. At the top of the pile of all things is actually "Prada" which finally gets to #3 after many near misses, matching the peak of "Escapism.", but looking likely to surpass its longevity in the top 50. The actual #1 song was "Paint The Town Red" which has a relative rebound although not much to write home about, which I find is a common situation when the winning song is one that's a highly overexposed pop hit by a non-Australian artist. We also nearly saw the miracle of an Australian in the top 10, not in the Hottest 100, that's a given, but Dom Dolla nearly translated his #3 finish for "Saving Up" into a top 10 placement this week. He could still hang around of course. Reminder that the only Australian top 10 hits last year where two from The Kid LAROI that only sat there for a single week each. Unrelated to all of this is the arrival of YG Marley for a first time entry that looks to keep climbing next week. Evidently with the Bubbling Under chart, it's another instance of all those big talked about singles in America not actually getting far here. As promised last week, Royel Otis arrive with their mid-week release of their Sophie Ellis-Bextor cover, the timing of which is completely coincidental. It'll be eligible for next year's Hottest 100. The timing is also bad but they should still manage to make the ARIA top 50 next week. Also yes that is how ARIA wrote the Ice Spice title on the website, they really thought of the children with this one. We're several weeks away from Taylor Swift being in the country which of course warrants a bigger boost in sales than most artists receive period, brace yourself for the end of the month. It comes from what could be considered a minutely notable chart happening as perhaps for the first time ever, something Radiohead related was the best selling album in Australia. We can't add to the 6 Radiohead #2 albums + 1 Thom Yorke #2 album, but The Smile do chart quite a bit higher than they did with the first album, probably owing to the more unified format release timing. Anyway that's the only new album on the chart this week. As another funny Hottest 100 coincidence, this year was the first time since 2017 that Ocean Alley weren't in the Hottest 100, on account of not releasing anything last year, but this week they chart for the first time with their first album, before they were famous, and coincidentally they're one spot ahead of G Flip who just broke the record for most Hottest 100 entries in a single year, ending the 19 years of Wolfmother supremacy and 1 year of Spacey Jane supremacy. The other mildly interesting thing on the chart this week that I just discovered from typing this out is that Eminem's "Curtain Call 2", which has never left the top 50 before and was #32 last week has suddenly collapsed with no explanation. It's still on the Hip-Hop album chart so it's not gone but it's had a very dubious descent this week, that I'll have to remind myself to eye out next week.

29/01/2024 Singles 01 01 11 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 03 14 02 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 03 04 19 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 04 02 02 02 YES, AND? Ariana Grande 05 05 23 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 06 44 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 12 32 03 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR Sophie Ellis-Bextor 08 07 22 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 11 10 09 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 10 08 25 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 11 10 80 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 12 09 19 06 WATER Tyla 13 13 21 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 14 14 51 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 15 18 14 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 16 16 34 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 17 15 11 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 18 NE 01 18 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 19 17 181 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 20 21 16 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 21 22 35 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 22 23 02 22 REDRUM 21 Savage 23 19 43 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 24 20 30 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 25 53 04 25 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 26 26 86 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 27 29 10 27 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 28 28 07 28 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 29 30 54 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 30 24 187 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 31 60 02 31 NEVER LOSE ME Flo Milli 32 25 15 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 33 33 10 15 EXES Tate McRae 34 27 46 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 35 32 41 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 36 36 66 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 37 44 251 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 38 35 73 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 39 39 17 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 40 38 41 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 41 43 06 41 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 42 40 18 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 43 31 13 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 44 77 05 44 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 45 41 185 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 48 37 46 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 47 58 14 45 DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan 48 46 16 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 49 99 02 49 SCARED TO START MIchael Marcagi 50 47 95 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles Bubbling 13 (NE) HOMESICK Noah Kahan, Sam Fender 14 (12) FTCU Nicki Minaj 15 (16) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 16 (09) NEE-NAH 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin 17 (NE) SKIN AND BONES David Kushner 18 (13) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 19 (NE) CRUEL SUMMER G Flip 20 (18) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown Albums 01 02 013 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 SAVIORS Green Day 03 06 040 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 04 03 066 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 04 155 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 10 033 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 07 01 002 01 AMERICAN DREAM 21 Savage 08 05 047 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 08 324 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 10 07 231 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 11 09 183 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 12 346 12 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 13 11 020 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 14 13 140 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 15 17 306 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 19 173 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 17 15 294 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 20 026 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 19 18 059 01 SOS SZA 20 14 234 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 21 16 007 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 22 NE 001 22 NECK DEEP Neck Deep 23 21 418 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 23 065 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 25 24 153 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 26 29 463 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 25 022 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 28 26 401 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 22 029 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 30 27 063 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 31 28 016 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 32 34 077 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 36 159 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 34 38 286 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 35 33 060 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 36 37 220 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 37 31 115 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 41 360 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 30 027 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 40 42 088 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 41 32 007 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 42 40 275 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 43 35 483 01 1989 Taylor Swift 44 39 291 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 43 044 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 46 44 066 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 47 45 198 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 50 245 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 49 46 276 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 50 48 200 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa Gonna be brief-ish because I'm a little under the weather. "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 10th week. This might be its final week at #1, it's hard to tell at this stage because I don't know how big its YouTube/Apple leads are. In any case, I'm going to stop directly referencing the song that's poised to overtake it because in addition to finding it a bit cringe in general, it now reminds me of one of the most miserable day (and a half)s of my life. 2 years ago Benson Boone scored his first top 40 hit, this week he gets his second and it's instantly his highest as well. Sabrina Carpenter is a little more expedited in this process and maybe this one's actually legit! ("nonsense" actually has had very strong longevity but otherwise its only week in the top 50 (all the way up at #22!) was dubious. Flo Milli scores her first top 50 hit. It previously had Lil Yachty credited but this week he's been taken off of it, a very rare un-crediting from ARIA. Michael Marcagi is also charting for the first time, while we can continue to think up think-pieces on the state of Australian popular music. Last year Dom Dolla was one of only 4 Australian artists to score a new top 50 hit, and for that matter, the only one who hadn't charted before. This week he gets a second with "Saving Up", with an uncredited Clementine Douglas on vocals (she also sang on his 2022 single "Miracle Maker" which is a monumental banger). We had the biggest plot twist of the year when "Saving Up" landed a spot ahead of "Rhyme Dust" in the Hottest 100 on the weekend, and now it looks to easily outpeak it next week, it's up to #10 on Spotify tonight. That being said, there's a hint to future curiosity for Australian entries lower down. From the Bubbling Under section, we've got an arrival for G Flip, who's charted below the top 50 a few times in the late 2010s. If you didn't already assume it, then yes, that's a Like a Version cover of "Cruel Summer", the Taylor Swift one, not Bananarama. G Flip actually broke the record for the most entries in a single Hottest 100 on the weekend, with 7 entries, and one has to expect this cover will figure well next year. However it's also wanting to be shown up as local band Royel Otis are charting even higher with their cover of "Murder On The Dancefloor". It got a mid-week release on Spotify so don't expect much from it here, but if it maintains its streaming performance, we could be in for a very uncharacteristic chart entry. Both of these are odd however as the only Like a Versions to chart before, did so on the back of Hottest 100 performances, it's very rare for the digital release to have immediate impact like this. Taylor Swift is back at #1 for a 12th week. She keeps Green Day at bay giving them now as many #2 albums as #1 (3), and yes, "...Father Of All" is one of the latter. For the two weeks I wasn't writing this, I didn't get a chance to point out that Maroon 5's compilation which had been somewhat underperforming last year has now seen a boon with a new peak two weeks in a row, I think because a couple of Maroon 5 songs have had a jump in streaming (I did see "Moves Like Jagger" and "Maps" both pop into the Spotify top 200). Anyway I still have another long runner to report because CCR's compilation has seen a new peak this week. They've also had a big boost on streaming lately, often having three songs in the Spotify top 100. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" might even be close to the top 50 in general but isn't being reported. Neck Deep score the only other debut this week which is the 2nd highest of their 4 top 50 albums. It's such a brief week you might not notice that Troye Sivan dropped out (which I attribute to "One Of Your Girls" collapsing on streaming) meaning that for possibly the first time ever, there are no Australians in the top 50. I expect Troye & G Flip will probably climb back in next week at least. Oh this wasn't brief at all, I guess I was aching to say things again.

+5 Water +4 Houdini +3 DNA +2 Murder On The Dancefloor +1 Lovin On Me -1 Lose Control -2 Prada -3 Cruel Summer -4 greedy -5 Stick Season

Yep, this is key. Just had a look at this past week on Spotify vs. the equivalent week 2 years ago. #10 has barely changed (like 0.2% growth) while #200 2 years ago was doing 360K vs. 480K now (33% growth)*. Spotify's growth is galvanising catalogue/left of centre streams, rather than the top 40. *Also to note that this was on a week that The Weeknd & Gunna both arrived with 10+ debuts each, so #200 would ordinarily have been even lower.

It's crazy that Fat Dog made 3 of the best songs of 2023 despite only releasing 1 song.

+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year +2 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas +1 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me -1 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -2 Wham! - Last Christmas -3 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me -4 Noah Kahan - Stick Season -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ---- +5 Tyla - Water +4 Drake - Rich Baby Daddy +3 Dua Lipa - Houdini +2 Billy Gillies - DNA (Loving You) +1 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor -1 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me -2 casso - Prada -3 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -4 Tate McRae - greedy -5 Noah Kahan - Stick Season

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A pleasant surprise, the lists dropped before I go on holiday. Singles 1. (NE) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 2. (NE) Morgan Wallen - Last Night 3. (NE) SZA - Kill Bill 4. (43) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 5. (NE) PinkPantheress - Boy's a liar 6. (NE) The Weeknd - Die For You 7. (66) Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 8. (NE) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 9. (01) Harry Styles - As It Was 10. (NE) Raye Feat. 070 Shake - Escapism. 11. (09) OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 12. (NE) Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 13. (NE) Luke Combs - Fast Car 14. (NE) Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 15. (NE) Dave, Central Cee - Sprinter 16. (NE) Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' 17. (NE) Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold - Until I Found You 18. (02) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 19. (NE) David Kushner - Daylight 20. (19) Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy 21. (NE) Miguel - Sure Thing 22. (95) Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make 23. (25) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) 24. (06) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 25. (NE) Tiësto & Tate McRae - 10:35 26. (NE) Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 27. (NE) Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 28. (04) Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 29. (18) The Killers - Mr. Brightside 30. (48) Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 31. (NE) Coi Leray - Players 32. (15) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 33. (35) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 34. (NE) Fifty Fifty Feat. Sabrina Carpenter - The Beginning: Cupid 35. (54) Tom Odell - Another Love 36. (03) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 37. (05) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 38. (NE) Meghan Trainor - Made You Look 39. (NE) Taylor Swift - Karma 40. (NE) Post Malone - Chemical 41. (NE) Morgan Wallen - You Proof 42. (51) Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 43. (NE) SZA - Snooze 44. (41) J. Cole - No Role Modelz 45. (NE) The Weeknd Feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 46. (NE) Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - Miss You 47. (14) Dua Lipa - Levitating 48. (NE) Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 49. (NE) Tate McRae - Greedy 50. (30) Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof 51. (93) Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 52. (RE) Vance Joy - Riptide 53. (24) Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 54. (NE) George Ezra - Green Green Grass 55. (29) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 56. (58) Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 57. (NE) JVKE - golden hour 58. (86) The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk - Starboy 59. (RE) Taylor Swift - Blank Space 60. (NE) Libianca - People 61. (NE) Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe - Prada 62. (NE) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 63. (49) Ed Sheeran - Perfect 64. (NE) Tory Lanez - The Color Violet 65. (50) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) 66. (NE) Luke Combs - Beautiful Crazy 67. (71) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us 68. (NE) Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye 69. (83) Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. 70. (NE) Foo Fighters - Everlong 71. (RE) Coldplay - Viva La Vida 72. (27) Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) 73. (NE) Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed 74. (78) Beyonce - Cuff It 75. (NE) The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather 76. (44) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 77. (NE) Gunna - F*kumean 78. (NE) Central Cee - Let Go 79. (NE) Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 80. (NE) Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua - Barbie World 81. (RE) Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 82. (NE) Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex 83. (52) Chris Brown - Under The Influence 84. (89) OneRepublic - Counting Stars 85. (RE) Hozier - Take Me To Church 86. (87) Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 87. (79) Post Malone - Circles 88. (NE) Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze 89. (NE) Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock - Money Trees 90. (40) Frank Ocean - Lost 91. (56) Eminem - Without Me 92. (NE) Lizzy McAlpine - ceilings 93. (NE) Kenya Grace - Strangers 94. (74) Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 95. (64) Drake Feat. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks 96. (91) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 97. (NE) Morgan Wallen - Wasted on You 98. (10) Lizzo - About Damn Time 99. (RE) Eminem - Mockingbird 100. (RE) Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness Albums 1. (NE) Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 2. (01) Taylor Swift - Midnights 3. (03) The Weeknd - The Highlights 4. (NE) Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 5. (NE) SZA - SOS 6. (02) Harry Styles - Harry's House 7. (NE) Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 8. (26) Taylor Swift - Lover 9. (16) Taylor Swift - 1989 10. (29) The Weeknd - Starboy 11. (34) Taylor Swift - Reputation 12. (25) Taylor Swift - Folklore 13. (14) Elton John - Diamonds 14. (19) Luke Combs - This One's For You 15. (04) Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 16. (NE) P!nk - Trustfall 17. (NE) Luke Combs - Gettin' Old 18. (NE) Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 19. (09) Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 20. (12) Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 21. (NE) Foo Fighters - The Essential 22. (NE) Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 23. (22) Ed Sheeran - ÷ 24. (17) Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get 25. (07) Harry Styles - Fine Line 26. (20) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 27. (NE) Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 28. (NE) Ed Sheeran - - 29. (23) Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 30. (38) Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album 31. (27) Arctic Monkeys - AM 32. (33) The Weeknd - After Hours 33. (66) Eminem - Curtain Call 2 34. (NE) Travis Scott - Utopia 35. (08) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 36. (59) Taylor Swift - Evermore 37. (NE) Soundtrack - Barbie The Album 38. (36) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 39. (05) Ed Sheeran - = 40. (11) Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 41. (39) Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 42. (49) Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 43. (35) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 44. (64) XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album. 45. (91) Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 46. (47) Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires 47. (NE) ABBA - Studio Albums 48. (RE) Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 49. (51) Eminem - The Eminem Show 50. (50) Pitbull - Greatest Hits 51. (18) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 52. (43) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 53. (32) Luke Combs - Growin' Up 54. (28) Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon 55. (06) Doja Cat - Planet Her 56. (48) Adele - 25 57. (RE) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 58. (40) INXS - The Very Best 59. (63) Lady Gaga - The Fame 60. (75) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 61. (RE) Kanye West - Graduation 62. (76) Adele - 21 63. (72) Kendrick Lamar - Damn. 64. (37) Harry Styles - Harry Styles 65. (69) Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 66. (41) Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 67. (52) Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection 68. (31) Drake - Certified Lover Boy 69. (NE) Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 70. (44) Nirvana - Nevermind 71. (57) Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding 72. (62) Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me 73. (78) Ed Sheeran - X 74. (97) SZA - Ctrl 75. (NE) Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation 76. (74) Tame Impala - Currents 77. (77) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 78. (58) Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 79. (10) The Weeknd - Dawn FM 80. (NE) Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 81. (87) Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss 82. (55) Tyler, The Creator - Igor 83. (89) Post Malone - Stoney 84. (NE) Metro Boomin - Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse 85. (RE) Linkin Park - Meteora 86. (54) Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 87. (45) Spacey Jane - Here Comes Everybody 88. (71) Dr. Dre - 2001 89. (90) Travis Scott - Astroworld 90. (81) Drake - Scorpion 91. (NE) Nicki Minaj - Queen Radio 92. (NE) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 93. (24) Justin Bieber - Justice 94. (21) The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You) 95. (RE) Rihanna - Anti 96. (NE) Drake - For All The Dogs 97. (NE) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary) 98. (56) Beyonce - Renaissance 99. (NE) Metallica - 72 Seasons 100. (NE) Post Malone - Austin Dropouts: xx (13) Adele - 30 xx (15) Soundtrack - Encanto xx (30) Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers xx (42) Daniel Johns - FutureNever xx (46) Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits xx (60) XXXTentacion - ? xx (61) BTS - Proof xx (65) Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache xx (67) Spacey Jane - Sunlight xx (68) Little Mix - Between Us xx (70) Gang Of Youths - Angel In Realtime. xx (73) Lil Nas X - Montero xx (79) Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman xx (82) Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die xx (83) Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project xx (84) Jack Harlow - Come Home The Kids Miss You xx (85) Soundtrack - Sing 2 xx (86) Doja Cat - Hot Pink xx (88) Midnight Oil - Resist xx (92) Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits xx (93) Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew xx (94) Kanye West - Donda xx (95) Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout xx (96) Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost xx (98) Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance xx (99) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black xx (100) Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender Decided to add a couple of new features. Firstly I included 2022 positions to contextualise everything, I find it the most interesting thing to do especially as so many songs/albums turn up year after year. I also included dropouts for the albums list because there aren't actually *that* many of them. I didn't do it for the singles chart but I will note that this year is a first time miss for long time runners "Dance Monkey", "Shallow", "Head & Heart" & "Be Alright", as well as "Say You Won't Let Go" post-revival (it missed the 2018 & 2019 lists but hit everything else 2016-2022). The highest song on last year's list to miss out is "Where Are You Now" which was #7. Also all credits appear as they do on the website, typos are mine. In case you were wondering, it appears that ARIA have cut it off by including up to the 01/01/2024 chart. Thanks to Rush for helping me deduce this. If they had included an additional week on the chart, it is likely that "About Damn Time" would have been pushed out to make way for "Lover". Anyway, it would take a fairly incredulous cut off to prevent "Flowers" from being overtaken this year. "Last Night" has proven more enduring for now but it had no hope in catching up in time, akin to the LMFAO/Gotye battle of 2011. There is some arbitrary data as you might have guessed. "Riptide"'s fairly impressive finish comes despite it missing the first 4 months of the year, as far as I can tell getting 0 sales for all of those weeks. On the other side, "Miss You" had a mysterious tracking error a few months ago and has received severely diminished streaming data counted ever since, which has probably shoved it down about 10 spots if I were to guess. As I noted last year, "Sweater Weather" also had an incomplete tracking year last year, so even though it's not charting as high as it was then, it has managed to make the list this time. On a similar note, yes, "Everlong" and "Money Trees" have never made the list before, while the most spectacular entry is probably Morgan Wallen's "Wasted On You". This song has *never* even appeared on the ARIA website until now (which is why it's missing artwork on the list :lol: ) and is now by far the lowest charting song to ever make the EOY, it peaked at #78. Dean Lewis has the newest Australian anything to make either of these lists with his 2022 single "How Do I Say Goodbye". The next highest Australian song was "You Shook Me All Night Long" which hasn't made the top 100 all year. "Perfect" has now made the list 7 years in a row ("Shape Of You" missed 2020's list), but so far in 2024 it's off to a slow start so it might not make it again. Way too early to call though. A lot of people will bemoan the state of the album chart. You might think Taylor Swift is only so high because of frantic streaming fans, but hold the phone bozo, because on the vinyl end of year chart she has the entire top 4 to herself. For the second year in a row, her late year release manages to catch up to the encumbent success that had a whole year to build up a lead. This time that encumbent is herself. The fickle stream assignment gods cause Foo Fighters to swap out their album, and similarly you should wave goodbye to Coldplay's live album because it won't be here next year I suspect. There are only 4 Australian albums this time around and they're all down on last year. The highest new Australian album was from Kylie Minogue, though I'm not sure if she was particularly close. We might have some new blood next year as Troye Sivan's still doing well, while the Michael Gudinski album that includes passive streams from "Riptide" and "The A Team" etc may just hang around as well. Suffice to say though that this is what happens when most Australian albums only chart for a single week. Also I marked Pink Floyd as a new entry just because I couldn't find certain proof they'd made the ARIA list before (half a year charting in 1993 couldn't do it) since ARIA doesn't go back to the 1970s, where I'm sure they did make it.

Regarding Ariana's Spotify listeners, she's been bleeding about half a million every day for obvious reasons (I do find it fascinating that there are a not insignificant number of people who listen to certain Christmas songs in late November and then not again for the rest of the year :lol: ) and will probably lose another 5-10 million come January 25th, which would keep her safely within the top 10 even if she wasn't about to re-gain a lot of listeners soon. The real point of curiosity though is that her biggest songs right now are just the perfunctory Weeknd remixes and whether that's inflating her numbers or if the success of those is an indicator of public interest.

I'm wondering if "Never Be Like You" could poke its head in. There's a Saltburn edit going around and it's tripled its plays on last.fm over the past week, currently #73 on Aus Spotify.

08/01/2024 Singles 01 07 08 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 15 16 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 21 22 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 04 24 41 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 25 20 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 26 11 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 07 28 16 06 WATER Tyla 08 30 19 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 09 35 48 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 10 36 77 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 11 44 18 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 12 67 32 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 13 63 08 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 14 46 40 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 15 58 31 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 16 60 51 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 17 64 12 17 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 18 68 70 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 78 184 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 20 62 27 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 21 57 45 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 22 56 178 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 23 66 13 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 24 74 83 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 25 70 07 25 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 26 80 30 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 27 71 10 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 28 79 63 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 29 75 38 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 30 94 125 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 31 96 92 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 32 82 182 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 33 86 38 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 93 04 34 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 35 85 15 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 36 84 07 15 EXES Tate McRae 37 81 07 36 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 38 100 177 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 39 RE 25 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 40 RE 68 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 41 98 155 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 RE 21 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 43 RE 14 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 44 RE 212 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 45 92 81 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 46 RE 248 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 47 RE 73 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 48 RE 264 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 49 RE 55 01 KILL BILL SZA 50 RE 108 06 PARTY IN THE U.S.A. Miley Cyrus Bubbling 09 (13) MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 10 (12) FTCU Nicki Minaj 11 (17) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 12 (15) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 13 (18) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 14 (16) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 15 (21) IDGAF Drake feat. Yeat 16 (20) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae 17 (28) STANDING NEXT TO YOU Jung Kook 18 (24) TOO MUCH The Kid Laroi, Jung Kook, Central Cee 19 (NE) ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES Chris Brown 20 (25) NOW THAT WE DON'T TALK (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift Albums 01 01 010 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 06 152 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 063 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 12 044 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 05 04 228 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 06 13 037 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 07 180 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 10 321 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 08 017 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 10 14 004 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 11 17 291 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 12 05 026 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 16 137 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 21 130 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 19 056 01 SOS SZA 16 28 303 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 33 343 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 15 062 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 19 26 004 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 20 20 023 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 32 057 21 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 22 24 460 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 09 150 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 24 22 023 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 25 31 415 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 18 112 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 43 398 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 28 46 013 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 29 37 019 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 30 50 060 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 31 53 030 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 38 272 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 33 39 217 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 36 041 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 35 29 085 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 36 41 283 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 37 47 074 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 44 480 01 1989 Taylor Swift 39 58 057 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 40 48 357 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 41 65 063 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 42 57 156 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 43 25 030 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 44 56 195 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 42 012 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 46 45 288 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 51 021 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 48 79 173 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 63 197 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 50 62 004 50 TROLLS BAND TOGETHER Soundtrack "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 7th week. It's getting towards prestigious territory without any close contenders, maybe a new debut could unsettle things? In case you were wondering about the intricasies of the chart that are lost to Christmas, let it be known that the entire top 11 is in the same order they were last week. It does mean that "Stick Season" is in the top 10 for the first time after being stuck outside for quite a few weeks. Speaking of new peaks, a perennial 2000s classic has finally gotten a new peak this week, I'm of course talking about "Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits" which is 1 spot higher than it reached in 2009. Oh and "Mr. Brightside" is in the top 20 for the first time. It might even hang around in a similar spot next week. We just barely get a new entry on this week through Fred again.. since he only barely missed the top 50 first week around. It's now Baby Keem's highest charting entry, amazing brother. An interesting note I forgot to put on last week's chart was that it was the first time this decade that Dua Lipa wasn't in the top 50, having been there continuously ever since "Don't Start Now" came out. She's back with a vengeance this week, as are the dueling partners of "Heat Waves" and "Someone You Loved", still with a 3 week gap in top 50 weeks between them. I also neglected to mention that "Heat Waves" went one week shy of being the first, possibly only ever song to go 3 consecutive years in the top 50. Some might say 156 weeks *is* 3 years but I disagree fervently with that. Also notably we've got the return of "Party In The U.S.A.", which has been a Spotify perennial for many years now but this is its first time back in the top 50 since 2010. It's fascinating how relatively modest its deficit is behind what will almost certainly be crowned as the biggest hit of 2023. Speaking of which, I very much hope ARIA post the end of year lists soon. Last year was on a Wednesday morning following the last included chart week so fingers crossed. "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is #1 for a 10th week in a row, making it Taylor Swift's longest reigning album ever. I saw a Facebook post recently making fun of Scooter Braun for owning Taylor Swift's masters that are now worthless. This joke would work better if all of her back catalogue hadn't pretty much universally increased in activity in the past few years (the original version is charting higher now than it was back in mid-2018 when this dispute arose). Could be something to keep an eye out for in the future, although she'll also be in Australia soon and you better believe there'll be a lot more data to pore through. I already used the only other particularly interesting thing on the album chart this week for a joke in the last paragraph, but oh the "Trolls Band Together" soundtrack has managed to sneak in now. Anyway, if I don't see you in the 2023 thread to finish that off, this'll be the last of these posts I do for a couple weeks as I'll be on holiday. If all goes okay, Rush will take the reins for those weeks, and probably be either less snarky or a different brand of snark. 5,000 posts, woo :party2:

+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +3 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +2 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas +1 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me -1 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Wham! - Last Christmas -4 Noah Kahan - Stick Season -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Hello, are you ready to go? We're gonna lose control, so let's go, let's go. I am contractually obligated by my obsessive compulsiveness to mention that I will eventually post the 2023 EOY charts but they will go in the 2023 thread. I do not know if none or some or all of next week's chart will be included in the calculations. 01/01/2024 Singles 01 02 66 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 05 21 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 03 04 57 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 04 10 26 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 05 07 27 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 16 19 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 07 01 07 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 08 22 16 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 09 19 17 09 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 10 18 19 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 11 26 14 11 SNOWMAN Sia 12 46 16 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 13 43 10 13 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 14 30 31 14 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 15 03 15 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 16 56 27 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 17 64 10 11 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 18 69 22 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 19 63 13 17 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 20 70 08 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 21 06 21 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 22 84 07 22 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 23 94 06 23 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 24 09 40 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 25 08 19 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 26 15 10 11 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 RE 07 27 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 28 11 15 06 WATER Tyla 29 RE 03 29 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 30 12 18 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 31 RE 07 31 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 32 RE 02 32 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS The Fontaine Sisters & Perry Como 33 RE 08 33 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 34 RE 07 34 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Eagles 35 14 47 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 36 13 76 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 37 NE 01 37 JINGLE BELLS Frank Sinatra 38 RE 03 38 SANTA, CAN'T YOU HEAR ME Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande 39 RE 05 26 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 40 RE 02 39 LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys 41 RE 06 19 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 42 RE 06 42 BLUE CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley 43 RE 02 43 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 44 17 17 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 45 NE 01 45 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG Cher 46 21 39 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 47 RE 03 47 LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS Jonas Brothers 48 RE 08 24 JINGLE BELLS Michael Buble feat. The Puppini Sisters 49 RE 02 49 CHRISTMAS TREE FARM Taylor Swift 50 RE 08 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens Bubbling 04 (07) HOUDINI Dua Lipa 05 (05) LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 06 (06) RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 07 (33) WINTER WONDERLAND Laufey 08 (04) IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 09 (08) EXES Tate McRae 10 (09) AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 11 (11) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 12 (14) FTCU Nicki Minaj 13 (10) MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 14 (13) GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 15 (12) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 16 (17) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 17 (15) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 18 (16) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 19 (NE) ENTRAPRENEUR Central Cee 20 (18) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae Albums 01 01 009 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 04 106 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 03 03 062 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 06 227 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 05 09 025 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 06 05 151 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 12 179 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 08 08 016 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 09 20 149 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 10 14 320 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 11 32 082 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 12 11 043 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 10 036 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 07 003 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 15 13 061 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 16 18 136 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 23 290 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 21 111 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 17 055 01 SOS SZA 20 19 022 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 22 129 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 25 022 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 23 64 006 23 THE SINGLES: ECHOES FROM THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham! 24 33 459 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 24 029 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 26 16 003 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 27 48 007 02 ROCK-STAR Stray Kids 28 26 302 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 31 084 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 30 27 010 01 HACKNEY DIAMONDS The Rolling Stones 31 28 414 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 42 056 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 33 29 342 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 34 39 100 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 35 51 149 02 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50TH ANNIVERSARY) Pink Floyd 36 36 040 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 37 34 018 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 38 53 271 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUDNTRACK) Queen 39 44 216 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 40 88 005 40 CHRISTMAS Cher 41 40 282 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 50 011 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 43 46 397 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 37 479 01 1989 Taylor Swift 45 30 287 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 38 012 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 47 41 073 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 48 54 356 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 49 57 211 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 50 43 059 02 GRADUATION Kanye West I didn't realise when I was making last week's post that it'd be the last one for that thread, on account of this chart being dated ahead to January 1st. This also means that it's the 10th thread like this I've started and I've been doing this for 9 years, throwing back to a wildly different time when "1989" by Taylor Swift was at #1. It took some getting, but "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has secured its 8th week at #1. As with last year, Brenda Lee overtook Wham! on the last week, as her second version seems to really galvanise in those last few days. In fact we have the exact same top 6 as last year. Something of note though is the big boost for Perry Como this year, making the top 50 for the first time, which has really eaten into the Michael Buble hegemony. He only barely stayed ahead of Ariana Grande on Spotify this week, so if this trend continues, we could see a shift. The first actual change is Andy Williams moving from #8 to #7 on the list of Christmas songs, but Jack Harlow holds a stronger fort than SZA last year (whose "Kill Bill" at #12 was the highest non-Christmas song) so he can't get a new peak. On the other hand, Kelly Clarkson has made a big move to hit the top 10 for the first time. This is her newest song to reach the top 10 as her last one was "Mr. Know It All", which I must remind for non-Australian readers, is her only ARIA #1 hit, as she got a big boost performing it at the NRL Grand Final at the time. This is actually the song that dethroned "Somebody That I Used To Know". If you ever bemoan the increasing US influence on Christmas canon, then give a hand to Australia because there's not a single Australian song in this top 50 that isn't by someone who offensively depicted neurodivergent people on film. Sia nearly had a second top 50 entry actually. Apart from Perry Como, the big winner this year is Dean Martin, who used to battle Frank Sinatra for allowing the most snow, but has soared ahead this year. Sinatra does however have a first time entry for his version of "Jingle Bells", overtaking Michael Buble's version. Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers, Elvis Presley & Taylor Swift also score first time top 50 entrants, as does Cher with the only new one. Cher's last top 50 entry was in 2001. Big losers this week in the top 50 include Shakin' Stevens & Jose Feliciano who have seriously underperformed compared to last year. Oh and annual reminder that for some reason, "Do They Know It's Christmas" is using the chart run stats for 2014. I check every year to see if ARIA will ever change this, but they didn't this time. The only 'new' songs in the top 50 this week are Jack Harlow, Tate McRae & Cher, so the Bubbling Under chart really may as well be a glimpse into that super thrilling Christmas-free chart that so many people demand to be inevitably bored by. Fascinating stuff. It does probably mean that Laufey has had her first charting single in Australia though. On the album chart, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" has now matched the 9 week reign of "1989". The recent Wham! compilation gets a slight new peak and Cher debuts with her Christmas album. Not much else going on but Christ we've barely got 1 Australian album in the top 50, and only because it has 3 hit singles. Those end of year charts are gonna look grim.

Me when someone asks what Shaggy does on "It Wasn't Me"

+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +2 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock +1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -1 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Wham! - Last Christmas -4 Noah Kahan - Stick Season -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas +2 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me +1 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me -1 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -2 Tate McRae - greedy -3 Wham! - Last Christmas -4 Noah Kahan - Stick Season -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

25/12/2023 Singles 01 01 06 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 03 65 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 03 02 14 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 04 05 56 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 05 09 20 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 06 04 20 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 07 14 26 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 08 08 18 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 09 07 39 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 10 15 25 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 11 11 14 06 WATER Tyla 12 10 17 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 13 06 75 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 14 12 46 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 15 13 09 11 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 16 32 18 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 17 16 16 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 18 36 18 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 19 37 16 15 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 20 19 25 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 21 20 38 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 22 40 15 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 23 18 41 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 24 29 29 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 25 23 176 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 26 43 13 16 SNOWMAN Sia 27 21 08 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 28 24 49 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 29 26 10 19 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 30 57 30 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 31 22 11 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 32 27 06 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 33 17 05 15 EXES Tate McRae 34 34 30 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 35 28 36 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 36 52 05 36 SURROUND SOUND JID feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate 37 30 13 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 38 31 61 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 39 67 05 39 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 40 33 36 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 41 25 29 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 42 35 68 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 43 70 09 20 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 44 38 81 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 45 42 182 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 71 15 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 47 39 12 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 48 49 79 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 49 41 15 41 HEY DRIVER Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty 50 50 72 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd Bubbling 11 (14) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 12 (13) CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 13 (16) GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 14 (NE) FTCU Nicki Minaj 15 (19) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 16 (17) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 17 (18) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 18 (15) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae 19 (21) NOW THAT WE DON'T TALK (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 20 (20) BLEED The Kid Laroi Albums 01 01 008 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 RE 050 02 HUNGRY GHOST Violent Soho 03 04 061 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 08 105 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 05 05 150 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 11 226 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 07 03 002 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 08 07 015 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 09 14 024 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 10 06 035 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 12 042 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 12 09 178 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 13 10 060 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 14 13 319 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 15 RE 041 10 FLYING COLOURS Bliss N Eso 16 02 002 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 17 15 054 01 SOS SZA 18 17 135 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 19 19 021 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 20 25 148 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 21 16 110 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 18 128 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 23 22 289 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 21 028 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 25 23 021 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 26 24 301 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 45 009 01 HACKNEY DIAMONDS The Rolling Stones 28 26 413 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 27 341 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 36 286 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 29 083 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 32 40 081 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 33 33 458 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 20 017 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 35 56 009 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 36 34 039 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 37 37 478 01 1989 Taylor Swift 38 32 011 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 39 30 099 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 40 35 281 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 41 38 072 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 42 42 055 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 43 41 058 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 43 215 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 45 31 002 31 REBEL DIAMONDS The Killers 46 39 396 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 47 50 161 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 48 48 006 02 ROCK-STAR Stray Kids 49 47 028 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 50 46 010 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan "Lovin On Me" is #1 for a 6th week. It won't be next week, but Jack Harlow knows what it's like to interrupt the reign of a long running smash hit so now he gets to be on the other side of it. Naturally I expect Mariah Carey to be #1 although it is worth noting that she's never actually had the most streamed song on Spotify, the moment she finally got to #1 was also the moment that Brenda Lee's second version asserted her in front, but I suspect performance on other platforms will seal it. An interesting fact I discovered last night is that last year on Christmas Eve was actually the first time "All I Want For Christmas Is You" hit #1 on iTunes, and while historically the song has been completely muscled out of the chart in the two days following it, it took until around midnight after Boxing Day before she was finally unseated on iTunes. I'm writing this on the evening of the 27th of December and she's still #7. Unlike in the UK I expect the fall off to be so drastic that there'll be no remnants left on the following chart. I also warn of a potential shitshow next week because you better believe that the unreliable vetting process that allows for debuts applies to Christmas music. Coldplay have been screwed out of a chart position for "Christmas Lights" so many times now. If Spotify is to be treated as gospel, we could see top 50 debuts next week for Perry Como, Cher & Jonas Brothers, everyone's faves. There's also a non-Christmas portion of the chart this week as JID scores his second ever top 50 hit. I certainly remember listening to his album about a year ago and seeing that it made sense "Surround Sound" was the most popular song on it but I was eternally distracted due to how well I know the sample via "Ms. Fat Booty". Pains me to say that I have another "Doin' Time" here where I just can't assess it on the same level as everyone else. "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is #1 for an 8th week, that's just one less than the original version. In any case it means that Taylor Swift does what she does best which is stop local artists from getting the spotlight. I will duly spend much more of this column talking about Violent Soho. I think this is justified though because there isn't nearly enough writing about Australian music, and certainly not enough about late 2000s/early 2010s Australian music. Like I can't believe an absolute banger like "Cop Pop" by The Cops only has 23K streams on Spotify, but I digress. Violent Soho are a band that have been around since I was still in school, but they really made a name for themselves in 2013 with this album. It wasn't an instant hit despite debuting in the top 10, it was off the chart 2 weeks later, but it had a secret weapon in the single "Covered In Chrome". Tapping into the primal appeal of the phrase 'hell f**k yeah' and then having a chorus that consists of just the word 'yeah' 15 times in a row, it's become their signature song. They had their victory lap with their next two albums which both went to #1, and now thanks to the vinyl re-release, "Hungry Ghost" has a new peak of #2. The new version has some previously unreleased tracks (I'm quite fond of "Home Haircut" at the moment) but doesn't remedy the injustice of excluding "Tinderbox" and "Neighbour Neighbour" from the tracklist, two great but stranded singles they put out about a year before it in 2012. But it's not the only seminal album of my upbringing to get a re-release this week as we've also got a decent re-entry for Bliss N Eso. You could call "Flying Colours" their big breakout album ("Day Of The Dog" is before my time so I don't really have a good feel for its success. Wikipedia calls it the first Australian hip-hop album to debut in the top 50 but I feel like 1200 Techniques are getting shafted here, while it's also a feat completely swamped a month later when Hilltop Hoods debuted at #1), it's one that has a lot of songs I know well. To this day the phrase 'happy in my hoody on a Friday' lives rent free in my head on a weekly basis. Also to show my age of musical knowledge, "Eye Of The Storm" was one of the first songs I ever knew that flagrantly sampled a recent song I also knew, this being Angus & Julia Stone's "Paper Aeroplane". I'm more favourable to the sampling nowadays. Also "The Sea Is Rising" and "Woodstock 2008" are such bangers I didn't appreciate at the time. Now I sit and wait until I am presented an opportunity to rant endlessly about the significance of Midnight Juggernauts or theredsunband. Oh and this is only the second time Ed Sheeran's "÷" has left the top 50, in case you were wondering.

"Sprinter" only just overtook "Loading" on YouTube views 2 days ago.

18/12/2023 Singles 01 01 05 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 02 03 13 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 02 64 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 04 04 19 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 05 06 55 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 06 10 74 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 07 05 38 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 08 07 17 04 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 09 08 19 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 10 11 16 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 11 12 13 06 WATER Tyla 12 09 45 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 13 14 08 11 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 14 18 25 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 15 15 24 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 16 17 15 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 17 32 04 15 EXES Tate McRae 18 19 40 09 CONFIDENCE Ocean Alley 19 23 24 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 20 20 37 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 21 21 07 01 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR'S VERSION) [FROM THE VAULT] Taylor Swift 22 26 10 11 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 23 36 175 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 24 22 48 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 25 28 28 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 26 34 09 19 LIL BOO THANG Paul Russell 27 24 05 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 28 29 35 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 29 46 28 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 30 31 12 14 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 31 27 60 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 32 16 17 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 33 25 35 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 30 29 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 35 33 67 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 36 47 17 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 37 49 15 15 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 38 41 80 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 39 35 11 19 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 40 42 14 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 41 RE 14 41 HEY DRIVER Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty 42 43 181 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 57 12 16 SNOWMAN Sia 44 13 02 13 YOU'RE LOSING ME (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 45 38 179 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 37 53 01 KILL BILL SZA 47 40 06 29 CAN'T CATCH ME NOW Olivia Rodrigo 48 39 89 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 49 44 78 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 50 51 71 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd Bubbling 14 (NE) LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 15 (NE) RUN FOR THE HILLS Tate McRae 16 (14) GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 17 (15) ONE OF YOUR GIRLS Troye Sivan 18 (16) WILD ONES Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll 19 (19) SAVING UP Dom Dolla 20 (13) BLEED The Kid Laroi Albums 01 01 007 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 03 NE 001 03 PINK FRIDAY 2 Nicki Minaj 04 02 060 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 04 149 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 03 034 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 10 014 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 08 05 104 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 09 06 177 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 10 09 059 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 08 225 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 07 041 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 11 318 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 14 15 023 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 15 14 053 01 SOS SZA 16 22 109 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 17 18 134 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 18 16 127 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 19 13 020 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 20 30 016 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 21 12 027 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 22 23 288 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 23 21 020 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 24 17 300 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 27 147 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 26 19 412 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 25 340 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 NE 001 28 EXTENSION (THE EXTENDED MIXES) Kylie Minogue 29 26 082 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 30 47 098 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 31 NE 001 31 REBEL DIAMONDS The Killers 32 24 010 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 33 28 457 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 32 038 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 35 31 280 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 36 37 285 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 37 36 477 01 1989 Taylor Swift 38 29 071 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 39 41 395 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 40 42 080 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 41 35 057 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 42 46 054 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 43 38 214 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 44 33 054 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 45 53 008 01 HACKNEY DIAMONDS The Rolling Stones 46 44 009 01 SOMETHING TO GIVE EACH OTHER Troye Sivan 47 34 027 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 48 39 005 02 ROCK-STAR Stray Kids 49 43 354 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 50 56 160 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey It's a sleepy time for me so I'm not gonna harp on too much. "Lovin' On Me" is #1 for a 5th week. Typically Christmas music has been overperforming based on Spotify so it's possible Mariah Carey could get there next week. Also I am slightly suspicious of Bobby Helms dropping so dramatically this week. Also also "Something In The Orange" got a new peak this week and "Hey Driver" hit the top 50 for the first time. Zach Bryan was in the country and all that.