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16/10/2023 Singles 01 01 10 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 02 04 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 03 06 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 04 NE 01 04 FIRST PERSON SHOOTER Drake feat. J. Cole 05 05 08 05 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 NE 01 06 IDGAF Drake feat. Yeat 07 09 07 07 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 08 04 29 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 09 NE 01 09 VIRGINIA BEACH Drake 10 06 36 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 11 13 65 11 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 12 08 15 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 13 65 04 12 SLIME YOU OUT Drake feat. SZA 14 10 20 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 15 12 19 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 16 11 28 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 17 NE 01 17 CALLING FOR YOU Drake feat. 21 Savage 18 14 19 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 19 15 58 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 20 32 04 20 WATER Tyla 21 NE 01 21 DAYLIGHT Drake 22 NE 01 22 FEAR OF HEIGHTS Drake 23 22 166 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 24 16 26 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 25 17 39 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 26 NE 01 26 AMEN Drake feat. Teezo Touchdown 27 19 13 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 28 18 15 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 29 24 05 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo 30 64 02 30 MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE Mitski 31 27 170 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 32 20 09 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 33 23 51 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 34 25 63 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 35 NE 01 35 RICH BABY DADDY Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA 36 28 69 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 26 71 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 38 31 26 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 39 30 80 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 40 NE 01 40 MEMBERS ONLY Drake feat. PartyNextDoor 41 07 02 07 3D Jung Kook feat. Jack Harlow 42 37 44 01 KILL BILL SZA 43 33 13 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 44 34 37 21 SNOOZE SZA 45 21 03 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 46 36 172 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 35 165 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 48 29 16 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 49 40 09 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 50 41 03 35 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat Bubbling (none) Albums 01 NE 001 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 02 02 005 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 03 NE 001 03 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT The Screaming Jets 04 03 140 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 NE 001 05 THE REAL THING - SYMPHONIC CONCERT Russell Morris 06 NE 001 06 I LOVE YOU Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers 07 05 051 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 06 032 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 NE 001 09 FACT CHECK - THE 5TH ALBUM NCT 127 10 08 468 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 11 216 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 13 168 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 13 12 118 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 21 007 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 15 17 044 01 SOS SZA 16 14 309 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 17 16 125 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 18 15 291 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 18 011 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 20 20 014 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 21 19 011 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 22 22 025 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 25 073 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 24 23 279 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 24 331 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 10 003 01 TENSION Kylie Minogue 27 27 448 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 26 029 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 29 30 403 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 28 205 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 31 01 002 01 AUTUMN VARIATIONS Ed Sheeran 32 31 050 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 33 NE 001 33 DACY EP Dacy 34 32 183 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 35 29 100 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 36 41 138 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 37 37 048 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 35 045 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 39 38 386 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 40 36 271 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 41 34 345 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 42 40 185 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 43 44 276 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 44 39 144 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 42 045 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 46 NE 001 46 JAVELIN Sufjan Stevens 47 45 062 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 48 46 260 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 49 200 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 50 47 009 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for an 8th week. I was thinking a week ago that it might be close to the end of this reign but then in the past few days it's been brought to my attention that "greedy"'s streams were being suspiciously inflated (to justify higher playlist positions and altogether astroturf it into looking legitimate? Weird how transparent these things can be) so there's not really a strong contender at the moment. Painting the carpet red for Taylor Swift in a few weeks perhaps. Drake has a handful of debuts this week, three of them in the top 50. Much like with Travis Scott recently, this first week of debuts isn't really reflecting the order of things a week later, as "Rich Baby Daddy" is actually the highest track on Spotify at the moment despite its lowly debut. Coinciding with this is Zach Bryan probably finding the worst week to hit 6th or 7th wind with his catalogue, as "Something In The Orange" overtakes several songs to climb up to a new peak of #11, but alas Drake made the mission a little too tough this week. Zach Bryan has receded a bit this week so far but I do think that he should make the top 10 at last next week, which if nothing else, provides an easy to remember answer to the question of 'What is the slowest climb into the top 10', as well as not having it be an anti-climax answer of "Die For You" or something like that. Tyla is also racing towards the top 10 this week, as is our non-Drake debut this week from Mitski. "My Love Mine All Mine" is a country song by the way, stop putting artists into boxes that serve only to stifle creativity. Drake scores his 5th #1 album this week. It breaks a tie with Kanye West to make him outright the rapper with the second most #1's, quite a way behind 1st, but it is worth noting that as of this week, Drake has more top 2 albums than Eminem so he operates on a lot of near misses. It's a big week for Australian artists spanning the generations. The next highest debut comes from The Screaming Jets, who if you're Australian you probably know as the band that made the song "Better", which incidentally is currently being used in a Hungry Jack's ad because someone obviously connected the dots with their slogan. Just a month ago in the lead up to this album release, bass player Paul Woseen died at age 56. At #5 this week is Australian music icon Russell Morris with an orchestral live album named after his debut single and #1 hit "The Real Thing" from 1969. Just behind him is the debut album for Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers who I can attest are more than just pretty good for a girl band. I've done a fact check of my own and can say that this new NCT 127 album is technically their 6th album but it is their 5th Korean album. They hit #3 with their last album a year ago and now have a second top 10. Also debuting in the top 50 this week is the debut EP for brother sister duo DACY, and yet another non-state based Sufjan Stevens album, which is his 3rd top 50 entry.

"greedy" lost about a million streams worldwide today by the way 🚩

+5 Fred again.. & Obongjayar - adore u +4 Kenya Grace - Strangers +3 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +2 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +1 Tyla - Water -1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -2 Chase & Status & Bou - Baddadan -3 Jung Kook - *Tate McRae voice* 3D -4 casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada -5 Tate McRae - *Jung Kook voice* greedy

09/10/2023 Singles 01 01 09 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 03 03 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 03 02 05 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 04 04 28 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 05 07 05 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 07 35 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 07 NE 01 07 3D Jung Kook feat. Jack Harlow 08 06 14 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 09 11 06 09 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 10 08 19 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 11 10 27 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 12 09 18 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 13 13 64 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 14 12 18 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 15 14 57 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 16 17 25 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 17 15 38 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 18 21 14 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 19 19 12 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 20 16 08 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 21 31 02 21 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 22 20 165 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 23 25 50 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 24 18 04 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo 25 22 62 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 26 27 70 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 27 36 169 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 68 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 29 23 15 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 30 30 79 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 31 28 25 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 32 40 03 32 WATER Tyla 33 24 12 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 34 26 36 21 SNOOZE SZA 35 32 164 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 36 42 171 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 37 34 43 01 KILL BILL SZA 38 38 12 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 39 44 11 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 40 37 08 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 41 35 02 35 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 42 41 236 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 46 27 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 44 45 53 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 45 49 70 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 46 47 49 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 47 48 37 06 SURE THING Miguel 48 50 143 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 49 43 06 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus 50 57 112 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa Bubbling (none) Albums 01 NE 001 01 AUTUMN VARIATIONS Ed Sheeran 02 02 004 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 03 03 139 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 NE 001 04 A BEAUTIFUL BLUR Lany 05 07 050 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 06 08 031 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 NE 001 07 RAISED LIKE THAT James Johnston 08 06 467 01 1989 Taylor Swift 09 NE 001 09 KIMOSABE Dope Lemon 10 01 002 01 TENSION Kylie Minogue 11 09 215 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 10 117 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 14 167 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 14 18 308 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 15 17 290 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 16 124 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 13 043 01 SOS SZA 18 11 010 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 19 12 010 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 20 15 013 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 21 19 006 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 22 20 024 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 24 278 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 25 330 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 22 072 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 26 21 028 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 27 27 447 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 26 204 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 29 32 099 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 30 28 402 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 30 049 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 32 29 182 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 33 05 002 05 SCARLET Doja Cat 34 33 344 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 41 044 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 36 37 270 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 37 34 047 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 36 385 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 40 143 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 40 42 184 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 41 35 137 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 42 38 044 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 43 NE 001 43 THE WORLD DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING Luca Brasi 44 39 275 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 45 43 061 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 46 46 259 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 45 008 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 48 48 236 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 49 47 199 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 50 44 150 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey Not me discovering a typo I've been copy/pasting for almost 2.5 years at this point "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 7th week. I was surprised to see it bulleted again on Spotify last night so it may have more in it yet. It maintains the top spot on Apple and iTunes (well it's #2 on iTunes right now behind The Voice winner but yeah) while radio has been slow to adopt "greedy", making a bizarre timeline where the one song in the top 3 getting significant airplay at the moment is the rap song. Jung Kook gets his second top 10 hit this year, once again dodging the peak position suggested by the song title, but slightly closer this time I suppose. Also in the top 10, miraculously, are Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves. The party might not end either because Zach Bryan has been getting a significant streaming boon over the past week and I kid you not, "Something In The Orange" would be pretty much a lock for top 10 next week if not for Drake's interruption impending. Drake's belated album release hurts it a lot in Australia where we already struggle hopping onto new releases. It's hard to predict but I'm expecting probably two or three in the top 10, enough to keep Zach Bryan at #11 maybe. Elsewhere, Troye Sivan has a suspicious climb to #21 which will probably noticeably recede next week. Also "Mr. Brightside" and "Cold Heart" both simultaneously join the 100 week club this week, the 8th & 9th songs to do so. "Someone You Loved" will probably fall out of the top 50 this week which gives Glass Animals a chance to catch up, but they might also drop out so who knows. "Heat Waves" has by far the longest unbroken top 50 streak of 148 weeks and counting. Ed Sheeran scores his 7th #1 album which continues his perfect record in that regard. I believe this is just an unmatched record in general as nobody has accomplished this past or present. The only other big streaks I can think of are Silverchair and 5 Seconds of Summer, who both hit #1 with all 5 of their studio albums to date. They also all debuted at #1 which is something Ed Sheeran can't boast with "+". Otherwise this week in the top 10, it's a good week for those who like putting things in all-caps, or a bad week for that cause because ARIA has not acknowledged the all-caps on all 3 cases. In any case, LANY have managed a surprisingly strong debut at #4, having never charted previously. Same goes for James Johnston charting the first time with "RAISED LIKE THAT" (ARIA's website does not have the all-caps format for titles so I know they didn't do it), and lastly there's the more familiar DOPE LEMON with a 3rd top 10 album in addition to the various other ways that Angus Stone has credited himself on previous hit albums. He actually beat Ed Sheeran on vinyl sales this week. The only other debut is a sneak entry for Tassie's finest Luca Brasi. They were previously charting higher and higher and reached the top 10 but this is a bit of a step back.

+5 Fred again.. & Obongjayar - adore u +4 Kenya Grace - Strangers +3 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +2 Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? +1 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect -1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -2 Chase & Status & Bou - Baddadan -3 casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada -4 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -5 Tate McRae - greedy strong top 10!

Feel like we just had this discussion last time Drake put out a single. But well, it was 11pm in Aotearoa when the album came out which means that the majority of the streams it got for today's chart line up with the time frame that the UK missed. Over there Drake has 12 in the top 50, so I'd say that's a pretty notable listening window.

+40 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +39 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +38 Rina Sawayama - XS +37 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +36 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +35 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +34 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +33 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? +32 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +31 Rita Ora - Anywhere +30 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +29 Metric - Doomscroller +28 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +27 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +26 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky +25 HAIM - Falling +24 RAYE (feat. 070 Shake) - Escapism. +23 Dua Lipa - Be The One +22 Weeknd - After Hours +21 Lorde - Green Light +20 Taylor Swift – Style +19 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +18 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +17 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +16 xx – On Hold +15 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone +14 Galantis - Runaway (U & I) +13 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) - Rather Be +12 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +11 Ariana Grande – Into You +10 Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl +9 Hozier - Take Me To Church +8 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +7 Lilly Wood and The Prick - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) +6 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) – Starboy +5 Zhu – Faded +4 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +3 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) - Can't Hold Us +2 Ghost - Mary On A Cross +1 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (sorry if there's a double post in this, the forum's been super laggy all night as I've tried to submit and I've tried more than once)

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Fred again.. & Obongjaray - adore u +3 Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? +2 Kenya Grace - Strangers +1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -1 casso - Prada -2 Drake - Slime You Out -3 Tate McRae - greedy -4 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -5 Olivia Rodrigo - get him back!

02/10/2023 Singles 01 01 08 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 06 04 02 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 03 05 02 03 GREEDY Tate McRae 04 03 27 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 08 06 05 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 06 02 13 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 07 04 34 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 08 07 18 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 09 09 17 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 10 10 26 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 11 11 05 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 12 15 17 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 13 16 63 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 14 17 56 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 15 18 37 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 16 13 07 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 17 22 24 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 18 14 03 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo 19 19 11 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 20 24 164 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 21 20 13 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 22 23 61 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 23 25 14 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 24 31 11 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 25 26 49 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 26 21 35 21 SNOOZE SZA 27 27 69 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 28 29 24 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 29 28 67 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 30 34 78 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 31 NE 01 31 GOT ME STARTED Troye Sivan 32 33 163 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 33 12 02 12 SLIME YOU OUT Drake feat. SZA 34 32 42 01 KILL BILL SZA 35 NE 01 35 AGORA HILLS Doja Cat 36 36 168 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 35 07 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 38 39 11 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 39 44 34 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 40 75 02 40 WATER Tyla 41 47 235 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 42 40 170 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 37 05 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus 44 41 10 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 45 46 52 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 46 45 26 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 47 49 48 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 48 50 36 06 SURE THING Miguel 49 52 69 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 50 43 142 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Bubbling (none) Albums 01 NE 001 01 TENSION Kylie Minogue 02 01 003 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 03 02 138 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 NE 001 04 CELLOPHANE Holy Holy 05 NE 001 05 SCARLET Doja Cat 06 03 466 01 1989 Taylor Swift 07 07 049 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 06 030 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 11 214 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 10 08 116 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 11 05 009 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 12 12 009 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 13 14 042 01 SOS SZA 14 19 166 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 15 18 012 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 16 10 123 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 17 15 289 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 17 307 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 16 005 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 20 22 023 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 20 027 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 22 21 071 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 23 NE 001 23 ANGEL FACE Stephen Sanchez 24 24 277 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 23 329 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 25 203 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 27 446 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 28 401 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 26 181 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 30 29 048 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 31 NE 001 31 GODLIKE Thy Art Is Murder 32 31 098 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 33 34 343 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 34 30 046 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 35 43 136 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 36 40 384 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 36 269 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 38 33 043 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 39 38 274 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 35 142 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 41 39 043 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 42 37 183 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 43 41 060 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 44 45 149 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 45 46 007 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 46 49 258 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 44 198 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 48 48 235 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 49 42 009 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 50 50 215 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 6th week. Even more so than last week, it's showing some serious cracks with a sharp decline of late, reducing it to merely still ahead by a lot. Lucky to sneak up in this particular week is Kenya Grace which serves an interesting curiosity as I think it might just be the highest charting drum & bass song ever in Australia? The best I can think of otherwise is "Feel The Love" by Rudimental which got to #3. I say it's lucky because "greedy" is really making a move and should at the very least reach #2 next week. Zach Bryan is stuck at #11 for a 4th week in a row but has a decent shot at overtaking a few songs ahead of it so this might be his chance. As silly as the notion is, "Something In The Orange" is once again not out of the count to keep climbing. Getting the top debut for this week is Troye Sivan. You may well know that "Got Me Started" samples "Shooting Stars" but do you know the storied history of that song? Personally I first heard of Bag Raiders around 2007/2008 with some singles that got a little airplay, until "Shooting Stars" really blew up in 2009, hovering around the ARIA top 100 and landing in the top 20 for triple j's Hottest 100. This cult favourite became a top 50 hit in 2013 after it was used in a performance on Australia's Got Talent (I must note that chart entries like that are so rare over here). A few years later it became an internet meme as you probably know, and last year Flume had an audio-visual spectacular when he covered it for Like A Version. His last Like A Version was of Ghost Town DJ's "My Boo" so he sure knows how to pick internet memes that are also massive bangers. Doja Cat gets a debut from her new album, which if memory serves me correctly didn't happen immediately with "Planet Her". We've also got Tyla getting their first entry with "Water". Kylie Minogue scores her 8th #1 album. These are far from guaranteed for her as she only scored her first in 2000 and has been blocked to the top spot several times. She has however now gotten there with her last 4 studio albums. Speaking of inconsistent, Holy Holy albums tend to land all over the place, but for the second time in a row they've scored a career high at #4. Doja Cat lands a little short of her #3 debut from her last album, but that one also didn't peak on entry so who can say for sure? I don't want to be one of those people who prematurely calls everything a flop and never acknowledges how many times I ended up being wrong. I will freely say to the world that I didn't think "STAY" sounded like a hit when it first dropped, so yeah. Stephen Sanchez scores his first album chart entry while Thy Art Is Murder are up to 6. Next week we see if Kylie Minogue or Olivia Rodrigo can maintain their standing enough to threaten Ed Sheeran's #1 album streak.

I'd say similarly, as much as it seems like lazy coasting/the eventual direction of streaming numbers as a whole, The Weeknd is largely #1 for albums on the back of a bumper streaming year. Globally he's been #1 on monthly listeners pretty much all year, and pulling numbers well above the previous all time high, including with a renewed hit that just so happens to be on that album. The album will probably recede back in the ensuing years.

5 years later, Furi has overtaken TF2 on steam but also they're both demolished by Tetris 99 which came out a year after this post and I now have 2000 hours in it and counting.

25/09/2023 Singles 01 01 07 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 02 12 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 03 04 26 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 04 05 33 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 05 NE 01 05 GREEDY Tate McRae 06 30 03 06 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 07 08 17 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 08 15 05 08 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 09 07 16 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 10 09 25 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 11 11 04 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 12 NE 01 12 SLIME YOU OUT Drake feat. SZA 13 03 06 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 14 06 02 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo 15 12 16 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 16 16 62 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 24 55 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 19 36 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 19 14 10 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 20 17 12 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 21 62 34 21 SNOOZE SZA 22 20 23 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 23 23 60 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 24 31 163 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 27 13 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 26 29 48 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 27 37 68 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 28 35 66 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 29 34 23 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 30 10 02 10 ALL-AMERICAN B**CH Olivia Rodrigo 31 36 10 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 32 38 41 01 KILL BILL SZA 33 45 162 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 34 41 77 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 35 33 06 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 36 43 167 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 32 04 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus 38 13 02 13 THE GRUDGE Olivia Rodrigo 39 40 10 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 40 51 169 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 46 09 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 42 44 42 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 43 42 141 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 44 48 33 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 45 47 25 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 46 53 51 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 47 50 234 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 48 60 28 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 49 52 47 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 50 55 35 06 SURE THING Miguel Bubbling 20 (20) SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX Albums 01 01 002 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 137 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 09 465 01 1989 Taylor Swift 04 NE 001 04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 1) Teddy Swims 05 03 008 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 06 06 029 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 07 048 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 04 115 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 09 NE 001 09 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY Thirty Seconds to Mars 10 08 122 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 11 13 213 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 10 008 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 13 NE 001 13 THE LAND IS INHOSPITABLE AND SO ARE WE Mitski 14 15 041 01 SOS SZA 15 14 288 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 16 05 004 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 17 12 306 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 11 011 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 16 165 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 17 026 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 21 20 070 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 22 19 022 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 23 328 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 22 276 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 21 202 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 26 18 180 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 27 26 445 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 24 400 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 27 047 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 30 32 045 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 31 36 097 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 32 NE 001 32 BOY MEETS WORLD Sleepy Hallow 33 28 042 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 34 29 342 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 31 141 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 34 268 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 37 38 182 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 38 30 273 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 39 35 042 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 40 43 383 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 37 059 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 42 33 008 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 43 44 135 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 44 40 197 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 45 45 148 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 46 41 006 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 47 NE 001 47 AUSTRALIA TOPS C.O.F.F.I.N 48 42 234 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 49 48 257 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 50 214 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 5th week. In a shocking twist, it's actually getting less streams this coming week than last week. It's also miles ahead of the competition still, but the cracks are showing I guess. Poised for this is possibly Kenya Grace who has vaulted into the top 10 this week. Not to go unmentioned also is Tate McRae, who instantly scores her highest ever chart position. Not to be confused with Craig McRae who in the world of Australian sportsball is coaching Collingwood to potentially score their record-tying 16th AFL Grand Final win, where he's up against the Brisbane Lions who he himself played for 20 years ago when they annihilated Collingwood in the 2003 Grand Final. We all pray that happens again. RAYE scores her 2nd top 10 hit which is also a first for casso & D-Block Europe. Drake's slow start means that he misses out on a top 10 berth with "Slime You Out" which might not last more than three weeks in the top 50 at this rate. SZA's fortunes are better for "Snooze" which scores a big new peak of #21, SZA costing herself a top 20 peak. In case you were wondering about the race to be the biggest hit of the decade, then you should know that "Heat Waves" is winning that by a lot presently, and has this week at least temporarily overtaken its nearest competition, "As It Was". One has to wonder if a song released after 2023 even has a chance to contend in this race, "Last Night" might be the last song with any chance. Also here's a fun fact, "Mr. Brightside" has the record for the most top 50 re-entries of all time. It already had that before it re-entered this week, but now Mariah Carey won't even match it in December, and in all honestly, will probably just contribute to adding another one to The Killers' tally in 2024. "Mr. Brightside" will also probably become the 7th song to make 100 weeks in the top 50 in two weeks (or 6th if you don't count Fleetwood Mac's pre-ARIA weeks), although "Cold Heart" is just sitting on the cusp of the chart with 99 weeks in so you never know. Olivia Rodrigo scores a second week at #1. For comparison, "SOUR" managed 8 weeks at #1 so she's got some work to do there. In case you're wondering, this is the 8th week at #2 for "The Highlights". Enough people have made it past the 'I'm okay with listening to an artist named Teddy Swims' door to get Teddy Swims his first ever top 50 appearance, with a #4 debut at that. Similarly, enough people have made it past the 'I'm okay with listening to music made by Jared Leto in current year' door to give Thirty Seconds To Mars their 3rd ever top 10 album. Their more popular albums are actually the ones that didn't reach the top 10. Mitski only charted for the first time last year. She's fallen a little short of that benchmark this time with her latest album missing the top 10 but on the other hand she's made the Spotify chart for the first time ever in this past week, I await to see if ARIA are actually counting "My Love Mine All Mine". Sleepy Hallow converts a pretty consistent run of streaming hits to land a top 40 album debut. Australian group C.O.F.F.I.N. are not actually from Coffin Bay, or even South Australia. Actually the name stands for Children Of Finland, Fighting In Norway, the more you know. This is their first ever chart appearance anyway.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Fred again.. & Obongjayar - adore u +3 Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? +2 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -1 casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada -2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -3 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -4 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire -5 Olivia Rodrigo - get him back!

+25 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay +24 Metric - Doomscroller +23 Drake - Passionfruit +22 Weeknd - After Hours +21 Drake (feat. Majid Jordan) - Hold On, We're Going Home +20 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +19 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License +18 Lorde - Team +17 Rihanna – Kiss It Better +16 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) – WAP +15 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +14 Olivia Rodrigo - Déjà Vu +13 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be +12 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +11 Lorde - Perfect Places +10 Lana Del Rey - The Greatest +9 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +8 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit +7 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +6 Mark Ronson (feat. Lykke Li) - Late Night Feelings +5 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive +4 Ghost - Mary On A Cross +3 Hozier - Take Me To Church +2 Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) - I Love It +1 Taylor Swift - Blank Space

+25 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +24 Rina Sawayama - XS +23 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +22 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +21 Kendrick Lamar - Humble. +20 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +19 Drake - Nice For What +18 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +17 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +16 HAIM - Falling +15 London Grammar - Strong +14 HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind +13 Lana Del Rey - West Coast +12 Weeknd - The Hills +11 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +10 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +9 xx – On Hold +8 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone +7 MUNA - What I Want +6 Lizzo - Juice +5 Rihanna (feat. Drake) – Work +4 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself +3 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive) +2 Little Mix - Move +1 Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex

18/09/2023 Singles 01 01 06 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 07 11 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 03 24 05 03 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 04 02 25 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 05 03 32 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 06 NE 01 06 GET HIM BACK! Olivia Rodrigo 07 05 15 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 08 04 16 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 09 06 24 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 10 NE 01 10 ALL-AMERICAN B**CH Olivia Rodrigo 11 11 03 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 12 08 15 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 13 NE 01 13 THE GRUDGE Olivia Rodrigo 14 09 09 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 15 18 04 15 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 16 12 61 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 13 11 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 18 NE 01 18 MAKING THE BED Olivia Rodrigo 19 14 35 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 20 16 22 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 21 NE 01 21 LOGICAL Olivia Rodrigo 22 NE 01 22 BALLAD OF A HOMESCHOOLED GIRL Olivia Rodrigo 23 10 59 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 24 19 54 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 25 NE 01 25 LACY Olivia Rodrigo 26 NE 01 26 LOVE IS EMBARRASSING Olivia Rodrigo 27 15 12 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 28 NE 01 28 PRETTY ISN'T PRETTY Olivia Rodrigo 29 22 47 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 30 44 02 30 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 31 28 162 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 32 20 03 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus 33 17 05 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 34 25 22 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 35 23 65 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 36 21 09 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 37 27 67 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 38 30 40 01 KILL BILL SZA 39 NE 01 39 TEENAGE DREAM Olivia Rodrigo 40 26 09 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 41 32 76 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 42 29 140 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 41 166 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 31 41 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 45 35 161 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 46 37 08 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 47 34 24 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 48 36 32 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 49 33 115 02 STARBOY The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk 50 38 233 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi Bubbling 19 (NE) SLOW DANCING V 20 (21) SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX Albums 01 NE 001 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 136 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 03 007 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 04 04 114 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 05 05 003 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 06 09 028 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 06 047 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 18 121 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 09 08 464 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 07 007 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 11 10 010 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 12 11 305 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 13 12 212 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 14 13 287 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 15 16 040 01 SOS SZA 16 14 164 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 17 025 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 18 15 179 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 19 22 021 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 20 20 069 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 21 19 201 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 23 275 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 23 26 327 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 25 399 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 25 01 002 01 FATALISM Polaris 26 27 444 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 28 046 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 28 34 041 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 29 33 341 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 30 39 272 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 35 140 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 32 37 044 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 33 30 007 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 34 41 267 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 35 46 041 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 36 31 096 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 38 058 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 43 181 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 39 24 072 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 40 44 196 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 41 29 005 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 42 42 233 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 43 45 382 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 36 134 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 45 40 147 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 46 RE 034 04 EASY Grinspoon 47 RE 056 02 NEW DETENTION Grinspoon 48 50 256 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 51 226 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 54 213 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 4th week. I once again note that there is nothing remotely close and you'd have to think her album coming out soon will only aid that. On the other hand, we are getting some fresh hits moving on up. As I write this, Kenya Grace & Tate McRae are both in the top 5 on Spotify. Drake also got up to #2 this week and probably has a top 10 debut in sight despite the slow start. casso could hit the top 10 too, and Zach Bryan is still moving up though maybe not fast enough to do the same yet, a real changing of the guard moment. As for this week's chart, Olivia Rodrigo shoved the guard aside for a moment as she does. Back in 2021 she didn't debut her entire album because for some reason "favorite crime" took a few weeks to be included. Not the case this week, however just like with the release of "SOUR", Olivia is unable to shift "Someone You Loved" out of the top 50, which continues to not actually extend its lead as the longest charting top 50 hit ("Heat Waves" is #2 on that list) but is making that number bigger and closing in on the 3 year mark (152 this week). With only 5 tracks still in the top 50 on Spotify at the moment, it doesn't look like the longevity will come through quite as much this time. Olivia's influx does however give us a Bubbling Under chart again. V's big sales weren't quite enough to get into the top 50. "The Highlights" misses out again under fairly understandable circumstances. It's probably getting closer to the Taylor Swift pack though so it won't really be able to contend again until the tour actually starts. It serves as an interesting time for me to note something I discovered about the album chart recently. According to ARIA's own code of practice, the way streaming allocation actually works is that they can and do get appended to multiple albums, but the default rule is that they will go to only the first and last albums which include the track. This explains my Post Malone confusion earlier this year, where only "Hollywood's Bleeding" seemed to suffer from the arrival of "The Diamond Collection". This is no doubt because "Into The Spider-Verse"'s soundtrack came out first, so "Hollywood's Bleeding" is the unlucky middle child of the 3 albums that "Sunflower" is now on. No doubt the Michael Gudinski album will suffer if Ed Sheeran or Vance Joy ever put "The A Team" or "Riptide" onto another album. Evidently though they play a little loose with this rule because Creedence Clearwater Revival's compilation does not satisfy these rules. Nevertheless, that's why "Starboy" manages to chart so high alongside "The Highlights". Anyway Olivia Rodrigo has a 2nd #1 album as you might have guessed. She has the only debuts across both charts this week which must be particularly rare. We do have some re-entries as Grinspoon put out their 2nd and 3rd albums on vinyl. For Australians, these are the albums that have "Ready 1" and "Chemical Heart" on them respectively. For non-Australians I will just highlight that Grinspoon have an amazing even palindromic chart history with their 7 album peaks. In order they go #8, #4, #2, #4, #2, #4, #8. The first four of these are platinum selling.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Fred again.. & Obongjayar - adore u +3 Chase & Status & Bou - Baddadan +2 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +1 casso - Prada -1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -2 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -3 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -4 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire -5 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

That just means that it had the same time-frame in both countries, but the US one was a time when people are 1. More awake and 2. More likely to hear that a new single dropped.

I think it's hard to say with the US because for large parts of the country, if you do shift the threshold over to UK time, you're only losing the late hours of the night, when I imagine streams for new music/top 40 and the like are not especially high, so it could easily be counterbalanced off by the sheer general drop off on day 2. It's worth noting too that often when Spotify updates its charts, it's still not yet midnight in Hawaii. I'd be very curious to know if there's a confirmed answer though.

Late to seeing this, but I'm pretty sure that Australia's Spotify days cut off around midnight UK time (10am in the eastern states). My recollection was when XXXTENTACION died, the news broke in the morning but that was enough to impact the prior day's streams. Similarly we occasionally get new albums impacting on the Thursday chart even with midnight releases here, and Christmas Eve's numbers are about on par with Christmas Day.

+30 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay +29 Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Pt. 5 +28 Metric - Doomscroller +27 Ethel Cain - American Teenager +26 RAYE (feat. 070 Shake) - Escapism. +25 Dom Dolla (feat. Clementine Douglas) - Miracle Maker +24 Fred again.. - Jungle +23 Paramore - This Is Why +22 bbno$ (feat. Rich Brian) - Edamame +21 MUNA - What I Want +20 Metric - False Dichotomy +19 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be +18 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself +17 Florence + the Machine - King +16 Billie Eilish - The 30th +15 Beyoncé - Cuff It +14 Ellie Goulding (feat. Big Sean) - Easy Lover +13 Fred Again.., Romy & HAAi - Lights Out +12 Florence + the Machine - My Love +11 Lizzo - About Damn Time +10 Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Oh, Lover +9 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit +8 Beyoncé - Break My Soul +7 Caroline Polachek - Billions +6 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) +5 Gorillaz (feat. Bootie Brown & Tame Impala) - New Gold +4 Joji - Glimpse Of Us +3 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf +2 Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze +1 MUNA - Home by Now

+30 CHVRCHES (feat. Robert Smith) - How Not to Drown +29 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +28 Little Simz - Introvert +27 Halsey - I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God +26 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License +25 Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker +24 Olivia Rodrigo - Déjà Vu +23 BROCKHAMPTON (feat. Danny Brown) - BUZZCUT +22 Magdalena Bay - You Lose! +21 Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open +20 Lil Nas X - Sun Goes Down +19 Shygirl - Cleo +18 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +17 Wet Leg - Chaise Longue +16 Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U +15 Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Ok +14 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About +13 SZA - Good Days +12 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) +11 Billie Eilish - Billie Bossa Nova +10 Mabel - Let Them Know +9 Willow (feat. Travis Barker) - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l +8 Fred again.. (feat. The Blessed Madonna) - Marea (We've Lost Dancing) +7 Sam Fender - Spit of You +6 Måneskin - Zitii E Buoni +5 Weeknd - Take My Breath +4 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good

11/09/2023 Singles 01 01 05 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 02 02 24 02 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 03 03 31 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 04 05 15 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 05 04 14 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 06 06 23 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 07 07 10 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 08 09 14 08 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 09 08 08 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 10 10 58 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 11 19 02 11 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 12 12 60 12 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 13 11 10 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 14 17 34 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 15 14 11 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 16 16 21 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 17 15 04 14 RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND Oliver Anthony Music 18 31 03 18 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 19 18 53 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 20 13 02 13 USED TO BE YOUNG Miley Cyrus 21 35 08 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 22 23 46 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 23 21 64 17 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 24 22 04 10 BAD IDEA RIGHT? Olivia Rodrigo 25 25 21 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 26 20 08 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 27 29 66 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 28 24 161 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 29 27 139 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 30 28 39 01 KILL BILL SZA 31 30 40 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 32 32 75 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 33 34 114 02 STARBOY The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk 34 33 23 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 35 37 160 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 36 39 31 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 37 40 07 32 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 38 41 232 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 39 26 02 26 SINGLE SOON Selena Gomez 40 38 45 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 41 36 165 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 46 167 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 44 196 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 44 NE 01 44 STRANGERS Kenya Grace 45 42 49 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 46 NE 01 46 TENSION Kylie Minogue 47 43 06 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future 48 49 69 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 49 50 06 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX 50 51 33 06 SURE THING Miguel Bubbling Actually nothing this week Albums 01 NE 001 01 FATALISM Polaris 02 03 135 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 03 07 006 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 04 04 113 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 05 02 002 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 06 06 046 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 07 05 006 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 08 08 463 01 1989 Taylor Swift 09 10 027 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 13 009 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 11 09 304 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 12 12 211 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 13 11 286 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 16 163 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 15 17 178 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 16 18 039 01 SOS SZA 17 14 024 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 18 21 120 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 19 20 200 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 22 068 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 21 NE 001 21 EVERYTHING IS ALIVE Slowdive 22 23 020 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 24 274 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 25 071 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 25 27 398 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 28 326 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 27 29 443 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 31 045 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 29 46 004 18 EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack 30 26 006 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 31 30 095 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 32 NE 001 32 BACK TO THE WATER BELOW Royal Blood 33 34 340 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 34 33 040 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 35 35 139 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 32 133 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 37 37 043 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 40 057 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 39 44 271 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 53 146 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 41 50 266 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 39 232 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 43 42 180 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 44 41 195 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 45 48 381 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 47 040 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 47 45 004 01 DRUMMER G Flip 48 38 116 01 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd 49 43 084 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 51 255 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen "Paint The Town Red" is #1 for a 3rd week. It's not remotely close and nothing looks like challenging it so strap in. Zach Bryan scores a new career high with "I Remember Everything" moving up to #11. He may not be out of the count for either of his hits hitting the top 10 in the future but Olivia Rodrigo's album is going to put that on hold for now at least. The only other song making serious moves right now is "Prada" although that's also starting to slow down its ascent, so it'll need second wind. We've got two debuts this week, firstly a first time appearance for Kenya Grace, while Kylie Minogue scores a second top 50 hit this year. For those of you keeping track, this is now the 5th Australian song to reach the ARIA top 50 this year. All 5 of these have charted in the UK so we truly are a very individual country. These two debuts help actually clear out the Bubbling Under section for I think the first time since I started writing it up here. In fact we have 21 'new' songs in the top 50 this week. That'll get a shot in the arm next week because Olivia Rodrigo can only add one more song from her album to it but will probably push about 4 of these songs out in the process. On the album chart we've another Australian #1! Sydney metalcore band Polaris score their first ever chart topper with their 3rd album. It comes at a troubling time for the band as guitarist Ryan Siew passed away a few months ago during the lead up to this album. If you think that might be why they hit #1, it's worth noting that they've been on an upward trajectory with every release, and had a #3 debut with their last album. The Weeknd will have to maybe hope he can catch an easy week during or after his Australian tour, but given that's near the end of the year you'd have to think there's a major album that'll be doing numbers around then. Incredibly, Slowdive score their first ever top 50 album this week. Royal Blood also return but at a far cry from the top 5 peaks of their first 3 albums.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +3 Gunna - fukumean +2 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red +1 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night -1 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -2 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire -3 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -4 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? -5 Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice - Barbie World -=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +3 Gunna - fukumean +2 Chase & Status & Bou - Baddadan +1 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red -1 casso, RAYE & D-Block Europe - Prada -2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -3 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire -4 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -5 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

+30 Rina Sawayama - XS +29 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience +28 Troye Sivan - Take Yourself Home +27 Little Simz - Might Bang Might Not +26 Weeknd - After Hours +25 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto +24 Charli XCX - Forever +23 Kali Uchis - Telepatía +22 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +21 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +20 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) – WAP +19 Elley Duhé - Middle of the Night +18 Sam Smith – Diamonds +17 Celeste - Stop This Flame +16 Christine And The Queens - People I've Been Sad +15 Hayley Williams - Over Yet +14 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure +13 Romy - Lifetime +12 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +11 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +10 Bad Bunny & Jhayco - DÁKITI +9 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am +8 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. BABYMETAL) - Kingslayer +7 Roddy Ricch - The Box +6 Lady Gaga - 911 +5 Megan Thee Stallion - Savage (Original / Beyoncé Remix) +4 London Grammar - Baby It's You +3 Troye Sivan - Easy +2 Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind +1 Pendulum - Nothing For Free