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+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +3 Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect +2 Gunna - fukumean +1 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -1 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night -2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer -3 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? -4 Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice - Barbie World -5 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson - 0800 HEAVEN Another really strong top 10

See, that's still using weasel words. That's the sort of thing someone would do if actually citing an example would make their point weaker, like a Greatest Hits sticker that says 'featuring X, Y, Z and loads of others', the latter being less recognisable to the point of liability in advertising. By that token, if someone were to say 'oh, c'mon, Logic used that same sample 10 years ago on a mixtape', would anyone care? It's like utilising the mystery of the claim and hoping no one actually takes the time to look it up, to make an argument look better. :D Would be neat if Burt Bacharach could get a posthumous #1 hit though.

Oh, I get why it was booted out, but my query was what threshold is needed to get back onto the chart, as I'd suspect it would've jumped back into the top 25 the week after, but evidently that's not good enough.

Yeah I've always wondered about the specifics. Like, I don't know the full tally, but at least on Spotify, "Something In The Orange" has gained for the past 3 weeks in a row (including during the week Travis Scott unceremoniously booted it). It makes me wonder how high would it have to actually get before they let it back on. Even so, it's just promising the further possibility of more fringe cases where Billboard's recurrency rules just aren't prepared for these lengthy ascents.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +3 Travis Scott - MELTDOWN +2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +1 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana -1 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night -2 Gunna - fukumean -3 Charli XCX - Speed Drive -4 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? -5 Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice - Barbie World

I used to make this mistake for years so I'm glad it's not just me :lol:

+30 Kendrick Lamar – i +29 Flying Lotus (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Never Catch Me +28 Porter Robinson – Sad Machine +27 Katy B – Crying For No Reason +26 Milky Chance – Stolen Dance +25 Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat +24 Lana Del Rey – West Coast +23 HAIM – If I Could Change Your Mind +22 Fetty Wap – Trap Queen +21 First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining +20 Beyoncé – Partition +19 FKA Twigs – Two Weeks +18 Lorde – Team +17 alt–J – Hunger Of The Pine +16 Watermat – Bullit +15 Röyksopp & Robyn – Monument +14 Klingande – Jubel +13 Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants +12 Ariana Grande (feat. The Weeknd) – Love Me Harder +11 Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One +10 Marina & The Diamonds – Froot +9 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill – Gecko (Overdrive) +8 Lilly Wood and The Prick – Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix) +7 alt–J – Every Other Freckle +6 ScHoolboy Q – Break The Bank +5 Duke Dumont (feat. Jax Jones) – I Got U +4 Taylor Swift – Blank Space +3 Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway – Wizard +2 Tinashe (feat. Schoolboy Q) – 2 On +1 Kasabian – eez–eh

+30 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +29 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? +28 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky +27 Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +26 HAIM - Falling +25 London Grammar - Strong +24 Drake (feat. Majid Jordan) - Hold On, We're Going Home +23 Lorde - Buzzcut Season +22 HAIM - The Wire +21 Wolf Alice - Bros +20 Klangkarussell (feat. Will Heard) - Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) +19 Foxes - Youth +18 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Wanz) - Thrift Shop +17 Daft Punk (feat. Julian Casablancas) - Instant Crush +16 Disclosure - You & Me (feat. Eliza Doolittle) +15 HAIM - Don't Save Me +14 Lorde - Royals +13 Le Youth - C O O L +12 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies +11 London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years +10 Little Mix - Move +9 Showtek (feat. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson) - Booyah +8 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me +7 Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier +6 Lorde - Ribs +5 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors +4 James Blake - Overgrown +3 Mariah Carey (feat. Miguel) - #Beautiful +2 Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) - I Love It +1 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) - Can't Hold Us

14/08/2023 Singles 01 01 04 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 02 02 10 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 03 04 11 03 DANCE THE NIGHT Dua Lipa 04 03 07 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 05 05 06 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 06 07 20 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 07 06 27 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 08 09 06 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 09 10 19 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 10 NE 01 10 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 11 12 10 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 12 15 17 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 13 08 02 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake 14 17 30 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 15 21 56 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 14 04 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 17 13 17 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 18 23 49 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 30 02 19 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future 20 25 42 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 21 26 35 01 KILL BILL SZA 22 24 02 22 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX 23 28 54 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 24 31 27 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 25 33 71 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 26 32 62 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 27 36 19 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 28 41 156 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 29 11 02 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 30 43 157 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 31 35 05 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans 32 38 04 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 33 42 228 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 34 47 60 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 35 45 22 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 36 50 13 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 37 46 36 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 38 53 45 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 39 20 02 20 I KNOW ? Travis Scott 40 39 20 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 41 60 03 41 (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 42 44 36 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 43 54 51 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 44 51 244 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 45 56 62 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 46 55 29 06 SURE THING Miguel 47 57 163 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 70 41 36 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 49 69 119 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 50 59 101 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran Bubbling 18 (18) AND WE Hooligan Hefs 19 (NE) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Post Malone 20 (24) LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs Albums 01 01 002 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 02 03 002 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 03 04 005 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 04 05 042 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 06 459 01 1989 Taylor Swift 06 02 002 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 07 07 207 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 08 08 300 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 09 023 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 NE 001 10 HEY DAWN Fanny Lumsden 11 11 159 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 10 131 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 12 035 01 SOS SZA 14 16 282 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 15 13 064 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 16 14 109 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 17 18 020 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 18 15 116 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 19 17 016 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 20 19 004 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham 21 26 196 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 20 394 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 21 091 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 24 129 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 25 22 270 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 23 036 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 27 25 322 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 27 336 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 29 30 439 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 29 041 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 31 28 135 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 32 33 080 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 33 34 228 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 34 32 053 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 35 31 191 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 36 36 039 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 35 221 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 38 267 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 39 41 176 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 39 377 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 44 142 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 42 43 174 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 43 48 262 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 44 40 010 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 45 45 061 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 46 42 036 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 47 50 106 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 48 47 208 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 49 251 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 37 007 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham Enjoy your world cup final.

I suspect the main key point is that you're far more likely to find someone who just streamed "1989" from top to bottom, than someone who streamed their own temporary custom version of "1989" that has the new version of "Wildest Dreams" in replacement. I frequently forget that was already released!

I'd be surprised if Olivia makes a huge splash with this new song, it doesn't sound overly pop friendly.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +3 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +2 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana +1 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night -1 Gunna - fukumean -2 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? -3 J Hus - Who Told You -4 Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice - Barbie World -5 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson - 0800 HEAVEN pretty solid top 10!

See I want to just say, how are we judging what counts as valid popularity. Oh that song doesn't count because it was on Spotify playlists, but this one does because it was on the radio, or a TikTok meme? Or do we just quote the great Dennis Denuto and say it's just the vibe of the thing? But then I realised of course I basically said all of this in the thread years ago.

31/07/2023 Singles 01 02 03 01 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 02 01 09 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 03 03 06 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 04 06 10 04 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 05 04 05 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 06 05 26 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 07 08 19 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 08 NE 01 08 MELTDOWN Travis Scott feat. Drake 09 09 05 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 10 10 18 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 11 NE 01 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 12 11 09 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 13 22 16 13 CHEMICAL Post Malone 14 07 03 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 15 12 16 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 16 NE 01 16 HYAENA Travis Scott 17 13 29 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 18 NE 01 18 THANK GOD Travis Scott 19 NE 01 19 MY EYES Travis Scott 20 NE 01 20 I KNOW ? Travis Scott 21 19 55 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 22 27 02 22 K-POP Travis Scott, Bad Bunny & The Weeknd 23 17 48 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 24 NE 01 24 SPEED DRIVE Charli XCX 25 18 41 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 26 16 34 01 KILL BILL SZA 27 NE 01 27 MODERN JAM Travis Scott feat. Teezo Touchdown 28 20 53 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 29 NE 01 29 TOPIA TWINS Travis Scott feat. Rob49 & 21 Savage 30 NE 01 30 TELEKINESIS Travis Scott feat. SZA & Future 31 21 26 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 32 25 61 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 33 24 70 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 34 NE 01 34 DELRESTO (ECHOES) Travis Scott feat. Beyonce 35 14 04 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans 36 23 18 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 37 NE 01 37 SIRENS Travis Scott 38 15 03 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 39 26 19 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 40 NE 01 40 GOD'S COUNTRY Travis Scott feat. Beyonce 41 28 155 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 42 31 227 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 29 156 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 44 36 35 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 45 32 21 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 46 33 35 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 47 38 59 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 48 NE 01 48 SKITZO Travis Scott feat. Young Thug 49 NE 01 49 CIRCUS MAXIMUS Travis Scott feat. The Weeknd & Swae Lee 50 30 12 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole Bubbling 18 (NE) AND WE Hooligan Hefs 19 (23) (IT GOES LIKE) NANANA Peggy Gou 20 (25) I'M JUST KEN Ryan Gosling Albums 01 NE 001 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 02 NE 001 02 AUSTIN Post Malone 03 01 002 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 04 02 004 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 05 03 041 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 06 04 458 01 1989 Taylor Swift 07 06 206 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 08 08 299 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 05 022 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 07 130 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 11 158 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 12 034 01 SOS SZA 13 13 063 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 14 15 108 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 16 115 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 16 19 281 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 17 015 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 20 019 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 19 09 003 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham 20 22 393 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 21 25 090 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 24 269 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 23 23 035 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 24 33 128 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 25 26 321 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 30 195 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 31 335 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 32 134 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 29 29 040 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 30 34 438 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 36 190 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 32 39 052 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 35 079 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 38 227 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 35 40 220 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 36 43 038 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 21 006 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham 38 42 266 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 39 28 376 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 40 27 009 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 41 44 175 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 42 47 035 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 43 46 173 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 44 45 141 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 45 48 060 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 46 87 009 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 47 49 207 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 48 50 261 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 51 250 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 54 105 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish "What Was I Made For?" climbs to #1. This is Billie Eilish's second #1 hit following the #1 debut of "bad guy" back in 2019. We approach the Barbie singularity as now the soundtrack houses three of the top 4. That appears to be withering but then so are all the surrounding tracks so this could be our standard for a while. I guess though it's peculiar that "Dance The Night" got to #1 on iTunes and Apple recently but is lagging on Spotify, potentially it could leap ahead of the competition. Dua Lipa doesn't have a #1 single outside of that proto-AI Elton John garbage. Also of note with the Barbie stuff, I incorrectly posited that the other tracks on the album weren't being counted, but actually the solution is stranger. With credit to Rush for finding this out, due to the different track IDs on the singles & album, it would appear that those other tracks only arbitrarily got part of their data included. It appears as though Charli XCX has had this fixed but your dreams of Ryan Gosling scoring a top 50 hit have been rudely ripped away from you. Since it samples "Cobra Style", this is just the second time since her '90s teen pop era that Robyn has a writing credit on a top 50 hit. I probably don't need to tell you what the other one is. Travis Scott's data seems to be more accurately accounted and he has many debuts this week, once again the one with Drake on it is the highest, although "TELEKINESIS" and "K-POP" have been sticking the landing a little over time as well. Amidst all of this, "vampire" has dropped 1 place again for a 1-2-3-4-5 chart run in its first 5 weeks which I'm not certain has ever happened before. Bubbling Under, Hooligan Hefs chose a bad week to have a pretty decent debut. I'm not sure he'd be in the top 50 without Travis Scott but it's possible. Peggy has very belatedly gotten the Hot Hits Australia co-sign so I'm expecting her to fully scare the hoes in the top 50 next week. Travis Scott scores his second #1 album, Post Malone scores his second #2 album. Actually because of Travis Scott, Post Malone achieved a rare feat of actually lessening his top 50 entries on the album release week, as "Sunflower" got kicked out and he didn't have any top 50 debuts. But then I wonder about that because "Enough Is Enough" was #42 on Spotify for the week yet doesn't show on any supplementary chart. I guess they finally don't consider Post Malone to be hip-hop, but I guess we'll have to see next week if it was just missing or not.

I agree, I was looking into it earlier this year and tweeted a graph I made, showing that not only are more older songs breaking into the list, but also the lion's share of Spotify era hits are just getting stuck in the same late 2010s period, a time frame which the present is drifting further and further away from. @1621160710763069440 In the time since I made that, "ROCKSTAR" (2020), "Despacito" (2017) and "Sugar" (2014) have been replaced by "Die For You" (2016), "Just The Way You Are" (2010) and "Don't Stop Me Now" (1975). A lot of the older songs in the list have also moved up about 10 spots. "Flowers" will be lucky to sneak through in December but even that's starting to drop off a fair amount. Newer songs just have less audience reach and more often fall off the wheel.

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +3 Higurashi When They Cry Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana +2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +1 Gunna - f*kumean -1 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? -2 J Hus - Who Told You -3 Hannah Laing - Good Love -4 Jung Kook - Seven -5 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson - 0800 HEAVEN

31/07/2023 Singles 01 01 08 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 08 02 02 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? Billie Eilish 03 23 05 03 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 04 03 04 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 05 04 25 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 06 27 09 06 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 07 02 02 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 08 05 18 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 09 07 04 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 10 06 17 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 11 11 08 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 12 09 15 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 13 10 28 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 14 26 03 14 SUPER SHY New Jeans 15 12 02 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 16 15 33 01 KILL BILL SZA 17 14 47 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 13 40 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 19 19 54 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 22 52 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 21 24 25 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 22 17 15 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 23 18 17 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 24 21 69 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 25 25 60 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 26 16 18 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 27 NE 01 27 K-POP Travis Scott, Bad Bunny & The Weeknd 28 31 154 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 29 33 155 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 30 30 11 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 31 29 226 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 32 28 20 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 33 34 34 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 34 NE 01 34 ETA NewJeans 35 36 242 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 36 37 34 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 37 32 49 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 38 39 58 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 39 35 43 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 40 NE 01 40 COOL WITH YOU NewJeans 41 41 23 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 42 20 03 05 I CAN SEE YOU (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 43 38 61 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 44 44 10 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 45 96 04 45 DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan 46 43 27 06 SURE THING Miguel 47 46 102 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 48 40 99 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 49 47 161 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 50 45 133 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Bubbling 20 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi Albums 01 NE 001 01 BARBIE THE ALBUM Soundtrack 02 01 003 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 03 03 040 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 06 457 01 1989 Taylor Swift 05 05 021 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 04 205 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 07 08 129 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 07 298 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 09 RE 002 09 GREATEST HITS John Farnham 10 NE 001 10 THE BALLAD OF DARREN Blur 11 10 157 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 09 033 01 SOS SZA 13 11 062 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 14 NE 001 14 BLOOD RED Busby Marou 15 13 107 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 16 12 114 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 17 14 014 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 NE 001 18 RIVERS RUN RED Ian Moss 19 16 280 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 15 018 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 21 RE 005 02 FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) John Farnham 22 18 392 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 21 034 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 24 20 268 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 19 089 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 22 320 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 27 17 008 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 28 40 375 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 26 039 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 30 28 194 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 31 25 334 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 32 30 133 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 33 27 127 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 34 29 437 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 35 23 078 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 36 33 189 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 37 RE 005 01 STACK IS THE NEW BLACK Short Stack 38 36 226 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 39 32 051 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 40 31 219 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 RE 115 01 WHISPERING JACK John Farnham 42 37 265 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 43 38 037 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 42 174 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 45 45 140 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 46 39 172 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 47 44 034 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 48 43 059 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 49 48 206 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 50 49 260 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day "Sprinter" is #1 for a 7th week. As noted last week, this makes it the longest reigning #1 hit that hasn't made the airplay chart (circa 2008-present is the data I have, but I'd be surprised if there were a bigger example prior to that anyhow). It might just be the last week at #1 however as the Barbie bump is fully in swing. Billie Eilish is up to #2 this week, with "What Was I Made For?" temporarily appearing to be her 2nd #2 hit, but might get upgraded to being her 2nd #1 hit. It's really hard to call based on the data I've seen. She's lagging behind the other two Barbie tracks on Apple, which both vault into the top 10, but also has a bigger bullet on Spotify presently so you'd have to favour the relatively incumbent right? Anyway it all makes the chart aesthetically pleasing because "vampire" has dropped 1 position every week and "Seven" is now #7. Also I'm seeing the movie tomorrow so don't spoil it, but honestly ARIA have been nice enough to not spoil it too because the one-week lag on new entries appears to have struck again, and no other Barbie songs from the album released this past week have made an appearance anywhere. That's apt for this coming week too, as Travis Scott debuts "K-POP", which you would think is set to be joined by a dozen or so more entries next week, but when "ASTROWORLD" debuted, only "SICKO MODE", "STARGAZING" and already released "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" made it on week one. The rest of the album had to wait an extra week for inclusion. Who knows what will happen this time? Speaking of K-Pop, NewJeans get a bunch of entries from their new EP which is too short to actually appear on the album chart. In fact it's so short that they may have made ARIA Chart history, with "Get Up" potentially being the shortest ever ARIA top 100 entry ever (I suspect it's moved enough units, but again, you never know if that counts here). Spotify marks it as 0:36 although I'd argue that it feels like it finishes at the 0:34 mark. In any case, it's at least a second shorter than Ariana Grande's "raindrops (an angel cried)" the current record holder. Pumping us up for Post Malone's new album, we've got Noah Kahan lucky to score his second top 50 hit. I feel like he's cribbing a bit from Kim Churchill's playbook on this one so I dunno, maybe you'll like him if you like that. Perhaps a dawning of a new age. For the first time since Covid-19, we have a theatrically released film soundtrack at #1 on the charts. No but really keep wearing a mask for your sake and everyone else's. We're scant on Australians at #1 here so maybe we can choose to count this. Anyway if you recall a couple months ago, there was a documentary about John Farnham. I believe this week it aired on TV and the result was fairly substantial. I'm also being thoroughly gaslit because I can't exactly work out what "Greatest Hits" in particular is charting in the top 10. The artwork is very familiar to me and seems to date to a compilation from 2009 except that there was a Farnham compilation that charted in 2009 and it's not that. I'm guessing I used to see the artwork on the iTunes chart a lot. In any case though, it's also certified 5xPlatinum which I'm finding difficult to accept with how little chart history it seems to have. My only conclusion is that Sony is up to some shit as per usual. To note also among his re-entries is his 1986 album "Whispering Jack", the 3rd highest selling album of all time in this country, behind Meat Loaf & Shania Twain. Absolutely nothing is close to changing those standings as of yet. Blur score just their 3rd ever top 10 album. Their highest peak came with previous album "The Magic Whip", which did what this album couldn't do and outsold Taylor Swift's "1989", which was also in the top 10 at the time. Not to be confused with extremely '90s gaming mascots, Busby Marou score their 5th top 50 album, though with a bit of a comedown as they'd made the top 5 three times in a row with even a #1 album to boot. I simply assumed that Ian Moss's new album was a re-release because the title sounded familiar, but no, Mossy's got a new album, making the top 20 just like his self-titled did 5 years ago. The re-release we do get, and one I'm absolutely certain is from 2009, is Short Stack's debut album "Stack Is The New Black". Truly it wasn't just a phase. Next week I would expect Travis Scott to debut at the top, but then I could just as easily see it being Barbie or Post Malone, hard to call.

You can sort kworb's daily totals (load warning? It's a very large list), it's alphabetised in a messy way but the info's there. "Dance Monkey" is 2nd with 81 days, then there's "rockstar" (77), "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (76), "God's Plan" (75) and "One Kiss" (73)

Noticed this yesterday, I think because I'm 8 hours ahead the website just reads my clock and calculates based on that, suggesting that I get a rather early scoop for the new charts :lol:

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire +4 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +3 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana +2 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +1 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam -1 J Hus - Who Told You -2 D-Block Europe - Pakistan -3 Hannah Laing - Good Love -4 Taylor Swift - I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) -5 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson - 0800 HEAVEN (not wretchedly bad or anything but the bottom end of my vote has collapsed out lately)

Morgan Wallen did a really stupid thing on camera 30 months ago but I think branding him as a lifetime racist is a bit much. At the very least he's never leant into it as a reactionary (Jason Aldean on the other hand...), I know it breeds cynicism but I do genuinely think he's learnt from it and it's not useful to permanently ostracise folk like that.

24/07/2023 Singles 01 01 07 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 NE 01 02 SEVEN Jung Kook feat. Latto 03 02 03 01 VAMPIRE Olivia Rodrigo 04 03 24 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 05 04 17 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 06 06 16 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 07 15 03 07 F*KUMEAN Gunna 08 NE 01 08 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE BARBIE) Billie Eilish 09 09 14 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 10 08 27 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 11 13 07 11 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 12 NE 01 12 RUSH Troye Sivan 13 12 39 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 14 19 46 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 15 20 32 01 KILL BILL SZA 16 18 17 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 17 24 14 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 18 16 16 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 19 25 53 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 05 02 05 I CAN SEE YOU (TAYLOR'S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift 21 23 68 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 22 21 51 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 23 42 04 23 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 24 28 24 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 25 29 59 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 26 27 02 27 SUPER SHY New Jeans 27 40 08 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 28 35 19 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 29 34 225 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 30 37 10 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 31 46 153 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 32 39 48 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 33 41 154 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 34 44 33 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 35 31 42 08 STYLE Taylor Swift 36 45 241 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 37 47 33 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 38 36 60 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 39 52 57 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 40 57 98 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 41 51 22 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 42 55 27 22 PEOPLE Libianca 43 58 26 06 SURE THING Miguel 44 49 09 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 45 72 132 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 46 61 101 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 47 62 160 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 54 17 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 49 07 02 07 ENCHANTED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 66 116 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Bubbling 17 (19) AREA CODES Kali 18 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 19 (NE) OVERDRIVE Post Malone 20 (21) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey Albums 01 01 002 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 LOVE SAVES Tina Arena 03 03 039 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 04 204 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 05 07 020 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 06 456 01 1989 Taylor Swift 07 05 297 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 08 08 128 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 10 032 01 SOS SZA 10 09 156 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 11 12 061 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 12 15 113 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 13 17 106 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 16 013 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 20 017 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 16 19 279 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 13 007 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 18 22 391 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 11 088 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 21 267 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 21 23 033 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 22 27 319 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 18 077 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 NE 001 24 MIRROR Lauren Spencer-Smith 25 28 333 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 26 29 038 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 27 24 126 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 28 32 193 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 29 33 436 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 31 132 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 30 218 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 32 36 050 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 34 188 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 34 NE 001 34 THE FEELING OF FALLING UPWARDS (LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL) 5 Seconds Of Summer 35 NE 001 35 FEARLESS IN LOVE Voyager 36 42 225 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 37 40 264 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 38 39 036 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 46 171 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 37 374 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 NE 001 41 222 Lil Tjay 42 41 173 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 43 47 058 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 44 38 033 22 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 45 51 139 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 46 49 248 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 48 011 01 - Ed Sheeran 48 45 205 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 52 259 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 50 53 039 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Sprinter" is #1 for a 6th week. To my knowledge, it hasn't really gotten much of any airplay on any commercial radio stations (triple j have it in rotation but that's it). The last time this happened with a long running #1 hit was DaBaby's "ROCKSTAR", which also managed 6 weeks at #1. Since Dave & Cench are very likely to maintain this position, we're on the precipice of an unprecedented decoupling of radio & pop music. We'll see yet if that also applies to this week's #2 entry for Jung Kook. I have to imagine it was a close race particularly given "Seven"'s quite good streaming performance all things considered. It's receding now but not as much as you might expect. BTS previously got as high as #2 with "Dynamite" and this is comfortably the highest of any solo member on the singles chart. That's not the only action we've got in the top 10 either. Billie Eilish scores the first top 10 hit from the "Barbie" soundtrack, a list that I expect will grow next week, but I couldn't confidently say the order will remain given how much it's fluctuated this week. Billie Eilish is actually #2 on Spotify and Apple right now but was quite behind "Barbie World" and "Dance The Night" at the start of the week. Gunna scores his first ever solo top 10 and is getting oddly close to matching the peak of "Lemonade" which hit #5 back in 2020. Not quite included in this top 10 fold is Troye Sivan. "Rush" is now his 7th top 10 hit but the only time he ever made the top 10 was when his first ever entry "Happy Little Pill" had sales of his "Trxye" EP combined into it and it briefly shot up to #10. I'm sure the Aus music industry is glad to get a new hit with no tangible effort, I'm sure it's not an excuse to get complacent again, ha. Anyway now I will dedicate a portion of this write-up for all of the songs that had their chance at top 50 success hampered by all of Taylor Swift's album tracks last week: Anyway Taylor Swift is #1 again on the album chart. Given that "Speak Now" is not exactly one of her most enduring albums on the average week, I have to wonder how long it'll spend high up on the chart after the streaming recedes. There are only two tracks from it left in the Spotify top 200. Anyway she gets another chance to stop more Australian artists from reaching the top. For the 3rd time in a row, Tina Arena is blocked by a massively popular international star (the last two were Elvis Presley & Ed Sheeran) and debuts at #2. She previously had two #2 albums in the '90s and it's also making me realise that basically everyone I've watched appear on RocKwiz recently has had an album to promote on the pipeline. I'm coloured impressed that Lauren Spencer-Smith has converted her occasional TikTok virality into a respectable album chart debut. 5 Seconds Of Summer debut with a live album that came out digitally 3 months ago. You might remember Voyager as that band that represented Australia in Eurovision (for possibly the last time?) this year. I'll say in truth I'd not heard of them before that, but they land their first chart entry this week. ARIA actually did tweet at the time after Eurovision that their entry "Promise" made the top 50 Australian artist singles chart, and it makes me wonder if it was the only Eurovision track that was actually added to the survey that week. Lil Tjay gets his 2nd top 50 album, a bit of a far cry from his first but I suppose that one had a big hit on it.

Reckon #12 looks pretty likely :thinking:

Yeah, that's the point I was making. Probably an extra 15 million from all those weeks which makes it a close second. (Also on YouTube it's 40 million ahead of "Obsessed With You"). Well actually though the main point I wanted to make is that obviously Cench can get a solo non-sample hit, it just so happens to be these stipulations put on his latest releases of note. It's a self-fulfilling process because it used to just be 'he needs to have a sample' before "Sprinter" came out, now he needs to have a collaborator yada yada goal posts.

Last I checked "Loading" is still his most streamed song on YouTube, and pretty close on UK Spotify stats (I suppose "Obsessed With You" is slightly ahead), and I checked 2 minutes ago.