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29/06/2026 Singles 01 11 03 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 02 01 02 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 03 03 30 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 06 45 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 05 08 40 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 06 02 05 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 07 05 04 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 08 04 10 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 09 07 02 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 10 18 39 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 11 17 11 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 12 23 72 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 13 21 19 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 14 20 06 05 JANICE STFU Drake 15 14 02 14 EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 16 09 02 09 MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo 17 24 39 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 18 25 03 18 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 19 29 25 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 20 27 20 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 21 10 02 10 BEGGED Olivia Rodrigo 22 13 02 13 MY WAY Olivia Rodrigo 23 12 02 12 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith 24 26 50 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 25 15 02 15 LESS Olivia Rodrigo 26 28 53 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 27 30 48 06 12 TO 12 sombr 28 35 69 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 29 31 38 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 30 16 02 16 U + ME = <3 Olivia Rodrigo 31 34 09 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 32 33 40 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 33 32 37 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 34 37 66 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 35 36 54 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 36 42 11 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 37 43 55 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 38 38 21 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 39 46 15 28 BE HER Ella Langley 40 45 24 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 41 19 02 19 PURPLE Olivia Rodrigo 42 44 11 23 NOBLE F3miii 43 22 02 22 CIGARETTE SMOKE Olivia Rodrigo 44 47 05 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 45 40 31 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 46 41 15 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 47 39 02 39 ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 48 51 07 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 49 48 11 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 50 50 26 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry Bubbling Under 12 (15) AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles *13 (17) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 14 (19) HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 15 (20) BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 16 (18) SHABANG Drake 17 (16) NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 18 (RE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan *19 (RE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz *20 (NE) KINGDOM OF FEAR Cameron Whitcomb Albums 01 01 02 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 39 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 03 09 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 04 04 06 01 ICEMAN Drake 05 NE 01 05 WISDOM WEED & WORDPLAY Chillinit 06 09 11 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 08 14 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 12 53 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 11 80 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 15 96 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 11 16 70 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 13 43 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 18 58 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 14 38 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 17 44 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 19 16 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 17 20 50 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 18 23 105 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 19 NE 01 18 TERRESTRIALS Pond 20 21 03 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 21 24 21 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 26 17 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 23 27 22 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 24 22 03 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 25 29 14 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 26 05 02 05 FLOW STATE Keith Urban 27 28 06 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 30 26 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 29 59 07 16 BROWN Chris Brown 30 31 23 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 31 07 03 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 32 100 13 03 BULLY YE 33 38 44 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 34 06 05 HABIBTI Drake 35 33 06 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 36 39 25 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 37 44 98 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 38 42 52 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 39 41 13 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 40 NE 01 40 PLACEBO RE:CREATED Placebo 41 NE 01 41 MY MESS, MY HEART, MY LIFE. Myles Smith 42 NE 01 42 PT. ROADKNIGHT Leah Senior 43 47 44 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 44 97 19 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 45 45 59 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 48 91 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 51 67 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 48 NE 01 48 DEL GESU Patrick Roberts 49 58 80 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 50 53 41 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran "I Knew It, I Knew You" returns for a second week at #1. I'm sure you can guess what happened here. On streams it's probably sitting just inside the top 10, which opens up exciting possibilities for next week as we could see a 1-11-1-11 chart run. On the other hand, Ariana Grande has so far charted 2-3-5-7, meaning the possibility of her hitting the 5th prime number is imperative on Taylor Swift not doing it instead. Mac Miller does in fact reach the top 20 this time, and there are no debuts this week, I love less work. Olivia Rodrigo holds at #1 for a second week on the album chart. Observers of the chart will notice that Chillinit has swapped out the 'Women' from his very successful 2018 album for 'Wisdom', and as a result scores a 5th top 5 album. Pond return to the chart with their 7th top 50 entry, a band whose success no doubt baffles the 'Did you know Tame Impala is only one guy' crowd. You can track the popularity of Placebo in Australia pretty closely to the release of the film Cruel Intentions, so you may or may not be surprised to learn that their self-titled debut album is the only one that never charted in Australia. It came out 30 years ago as of June, and now gets some re-imbursement as the new re-issue does chart. Myles Smith charts his debut, while Leah Senior (no relation to Junior) also charts for the first time though she's released several albums. Your interesting fact to learn is that she is the woman providing spoken word to King Gizzard's "Murder of the Universe" album. Taking even longer to chart for the first time is Patrick Roberts, violinist.

I have been half expecting to see comments akin to 'oh no, it's having a less strong week, that means it'll be easier to find an increase in the next 2 weeks'

22/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 STUPID SONG Olivia Rodrigo 02 06 04 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 03 02 29 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 15 09 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 05 03 03 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 06 04 44 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 07 NE 01 07 HONEYBEE Olivia Rodrigo 08 05 39 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 09 NE 01 09 MAGGOTS FOR BRAINS Olivia Rodrigo 10 NE 01 10 BEGGED Olivia Rodrigo 11 01 02 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith 13 NE 01 13 MY WAY Olivia Rodrigo 14 NE 01 14 EXPECTATIONS Olivia Rodrigo 15 NE 01 15 LESS Olivia Rodrigo 16 NE 01 16 U + ME = <3 Olivia Rodrigo 17 10 10 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 18 08 38 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 19 NE 01 19 PURPLE Olivia Rodrigo 20 07 05 05 JANICE STFU Drake 21 09 18 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 22 NE 01 22 CIGARETTE SMOKE Olivia Rodrigo 23 11 71 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 24 12 38 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 25 23 02 23 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 26 14 49 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 27 13 19 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 28 18 52 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 29 20 24 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 30 17 47 06 12 TO 12 sombr 31 22 37 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 32 16 36 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 33 19 39 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 34 24 08 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 35 21 68 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 36 26 53 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 37 29 65 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 38 27 20 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 39 NE 01 39 ICONIC BY MISTAKE Le Sserafim, Katseye, Illit 40 46 30 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 41 25 14 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 42 34 10 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 43 32 54 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 44 30 10 23 NOBLE F3miii 45 31 23 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 46 33 14 28 BE HER Ella Langley 47 28 04 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 48 38 10 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 49 37 16 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 50 41 25 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry Bubbling Under 13 (16) ORBITER Noah Kahan *14 (NE) DAI DAI Shakira, Burna Boy 15 (15) AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 16 (9) NATIONAL TREASURES Drake *17 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 18 (14) SHABANG Drake 19 (10) HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 20 (13) BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace Albums 01 NE 01 01 YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE Olivia Rodrigo 02 04 38 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 06 08 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 04 05 05 01 ICEMAN Drake 05 NE 01 05 FLOW STATE Keith Urban 06 NE 01 06 KINGDOM WITHIN Josh Pyke 07 01 02 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 08 07 13 01 ARIRANG BTS 09 08 10 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 10 NE 01 10 RUN IT BACK South Summit 11 09 79 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 10 52 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 13 12 42 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 14 16 37 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 15 95 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 14 69 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 17 13 43 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 17 57 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 18 15 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 20 20 49 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 21 03 02 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 22 02 02 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 23 23 104 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 24 20 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 25 NE 01 25 KICKING MY FEET & SCREAMING Ruel 26 26 16 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 28 21 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 28 27 05 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 29 31 13 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 30 34 25 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 33 22 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 25 03 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 33 29 05 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 34 30 05 05 HABIBTI Drake 35 RE 04 21 VOLUME 2 Angine De Poitrine 36 NE 01 36 STORMY WEATHER Dami Im 37 NE 01 37 DIRTY BLONDE Bebe Rexha 38 38 43 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 39 39 24 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 40 NE 01 40 VOLUME 1 Angine De Poitrine 41 41 12 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 42 44 51 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 43 NE 01 43 EXIT WOUNDS Spacey Jane 44 47 97 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 45 48 58 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 46 08 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 47 42 43 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 48 50 90 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 49 NE 01 49 CAN WE DO IT ALL AGAIN? Sonny Fodera 50 95 02 50 MUTT Leon Thomas Olivia Rodrigo secures her 6th #1 single. We have reached the logical conclusion of 2026 because we have an Olivia top 2 on both charts this week. Australia however does not achieve the isolated podium because Ireland also got O.Rod her 6th #1. Expect a recession for "stupid song" next week but it looks like a solid chance to retain the top spot. With Olivia Rodrigo's entire track list entering within the top 25, I mucked up last week when I said that Mac Miller would climb the chart, because he has instead done one of those 'we all know it's a climb but technically it isn't', and will need to maintain this for another week or so to actually reach the top 20. Otherwise there's another new entry in the top 50 by LE SSERAFIM, KATSEYE & ILLIT, which is a first time in the chart for LE SSERAFIM. Spare a thought for all those trivia players who've gotten by only knowing two K-Pop groups for many years who might need to actually learn some distinctions. Olivia Rodrigo also secures her 3rd #1 album this week. The opposite of Mac Miller's situation is Drake managing to secure another 'we all know it's not a climb but technically it is'. Once a lock for the #1 spot, Keith Urban returns to the chart at #5, and is possibly drafting up a message to Olivia Rodrigo for parking in his spot. He has a somewhat contemporaneous companion next to him this week as Josh Pyke returns with his highest charting album since 2015. I recently learnt that Josh Pyke has become a children's author. A band I often think are Kiwi but are actually from Western Australia, South Summit return to the chart and score their first ever top 10 placer. Ruel very quickly returns to the chart with the sequel to his last album, though in doing so has missed the top 10 for the first time. It's a big week for Angine De Poitrine who now have both of their albums charting together, "Volume 1" entering for the first time. Between them we've got Dami Im's first album in 5 years and Bebe Rexha scoring her second ever top 50 album. Another big name in Western Australia, Spacey Jane sneak into the chart with an EP that wasn't actually released physically, so it's going all on digital sales & streams. Sonny Fodera also sneaks in with his first charting album, and strangely Leon Thomas does as well. I'm not sure what's prompted this big climb after the album's been out for well over a year now.

My buds across the Tasman beg to differ

15/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU Taylor Swift 02 01 28 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 02 02 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 04 03 43 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 05 04 38 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 06 05 03 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 07 06 04 05 JANICE STFU Drake 08 07 37 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 09 08 17 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 10 10 09 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 11 09 70 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 12 13 37 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 13 11 18 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 14 14 48 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 15 12 08 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 16 16 35 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 17 46 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 18 51 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 19 19 38 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 20 20 23 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 21 28 67 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 21 36 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 23 NE 01 23 CINDERELLA Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign 24 26 07 24 SELF AWARE Temper City 25 15 13 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 26 24 52 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 27 22 19 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 28 33 03 28 BED ON FIRE G Flip 29 29 64 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 23 09 23 NOBLE F3miii 31 25 22 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 32 30 53 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 33 32 13 28 BE HER Ella Langley 34 31 09 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 35 27 04 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 36 34 04 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 37 38 15 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 38 39 09 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 39 NE 01 39 BLOODSTREAM Alyssa Grace 40 36 04 13 SHABANG Drake 41 RE 24 27 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 42 35 14 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 43 40 22 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 44 41 63 02 UNDRESSED sombr 45 42 36 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 46 66 29 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 47 45 05 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 48 NE 01 48 EDGE OF THE EARTH The Beaches 49 44 36 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 50 52 86 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (16) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *18 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro *19 (19) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz 20 (17) DOORS Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 01 01 DINNER PARTY Niall Horan 02 NE 01 02 SANCTUARY Evanescence 03 NE 01 03 DO THAT AGAIN Malcolm Todd 04 02 37 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 01 04 01 ICEMAN Drake 06 04 07 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 07 06 12 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 08 09 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 09 09 78 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 51 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 NE 01 11 WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? Vika & Linda 12 11 41 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 14 42 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 14 12 68 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 15 94 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 17 36 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 17 16 56 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 18 13 14 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 19 NE 01 19 MARGINALIA Rum Jungle 20 19 48 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 21 NE 01 21 STARDUST Freya Skye 22 NE 01 22 8-TRACKS Pink Floyd 23 23 103 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 20 19 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 25 05 02 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 26 26 15 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 25 04 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 27 20 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 21 04 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 30 22 04 05 HABIBTI Drake 31 28 12 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 32 31 105 01 BRAT Charli XCX 33 30 21 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 34 32 24 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 35 RE 03 05 I ONLY TRUST ROCK N ROLL The Living End 36 NE 01 36 MULGA WIRE The Pretty Littles 37 NE 01 37 CRY BABY Vince Staples 38 35 42 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 39 37 23 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 40 24 02 24 THE SECOND ALBUM LEMONADE Aespa 41 45 11 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 42 40 42 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 43 03 02 03 INFERNO Boards of Canada 44 38 50 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 45 NE 01 45 NIGHT BLOOMS Jeff Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra 46 43 07 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 47 41 96 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 50 57 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 49 46 65 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 50 47 89 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone Taylor Swift scores her 14th #1 hit this week. She's done the genius move of releasing it during a slow period as I don't think this was quite the showstopping lock at #1 that she's prone to. With Olivia Rodrigo's album out next week, she could be in for a serious decline week on week, though I expect when Toy Story 5 is released, the song should recover somewhat. Expect a new #1 single next week as I feel pretty confident in saying that "stupid song" is doing enough. The big question on everyone's minds is whether or not Ireland will respond, or will their undying love of Kingfishr break the deadlock and make Australia the only country that has sent all of the likely Olivia Rodrigo songs to #1. The top 20 this week is largely songs that are unmoved if not for Taylor Swift and The Chemical Brothers. Before I had any chance to post outdated lies on my blog, Mac Miller has a new highest charting single. Previously, he got to #27 with "Good News", but now "Cinderella" enters at #23 and should climb again next week. "Cinderella" comes from his album "The Divine Feminine" which notably contains the song "Dang!", which charted higher in Australia than anywhere else in the world. American musician Alyssa Grace only has 3 songs out but debuts a new one in the top 50. She is not to be confused by the Kiwi musician of the same name whose website mentions that she's inspired by Phoebe Bridgers, as does this Alyssa's Spotify profile. We're getting some strange application of the new rules at the moment, where it seems the previously understood rule that it's required to be in the top 30 doesn't count for quite as much. This week Katy Perry returns with "The One That Got Away" (it sure is strange to see this big uptick for Katy Perry's marketing not long after she was accused of SA), while The Beaches get their first ever top 50 hit with "Edge Of The Earth". That same album has the song "Blame Brett" which finished at #101 in the Hottest 100. The Kid LAROI also returns with "GIRLS" though it should theoretically be a few weeks away from being taken off the chart. If you're a believer in the long time tradition of dinner and a show, then I have great news for you, because Niall Horan scores his second #1 album with "Dinner Party", after "The Show" got to #1 in 2023. I thought it was cute. He comes out ahead of Evanescence who score their highest chart position since their first two albums got to #1. I don't know if anyone here reading this watches "The Rehearsal" but the second season had one of the all-time great needle drops with how it utilised "Bring Me To Life" last year. Malcolm Todd has a new album that actually should be on the chart right now, and it smashes his previous best to a new high of #3. This past week, ARIA held its Hall of Fame ceremony, which was actually televised separately from the ARIA Awards for possibly the first time. It's ARIA's 40th anniversary or thereabouts and they made a big show of it by going all out on inductions. They often lately have only put through one artist each year, but there were 6 this year. Pertinent this week were Vika & Linda, who've had a significant career renaissance in the 2020s and return to the chart with a #11 album, while also inducted were other big '90s icons The Living End, and their most recent album returns to the chart this week. Rum Jungle enter at #19 this week, a year after they had a #9 album. UK singer Freya Skye charts for the first time with her debut EP, a bit higher than she charted in her home country, but that's different chart rules for you. Australian band The Pretty Littles have been around for well over a decade and have charted for the first time this week, just ahead of Vince Staples who charts his 5th top 50 album, which I want to listen to because I'm obsessed with "Cotton" at the moment. Jeff Goldblum also gets his first charting album this week. Back in 2019 he read a guest category on Jeopardy! and his clue reading was agonisingly slow.

Might be worth considering the Australian Spotify chart just because the time zones give us a good preview. Of note you have "the cure" up to #2 from #6 (~+40,000 streams), and "stupid song" new at #14 (~140,000 streams). In the past, this has tended to bode well for a #1 debut and you could potentially expect a leapfrog over the incumbent hit. For a recent comparison, Harry Styles' "American Girls" first appeared at #20 on Thursday and shot up to #2 on the Friday with more streams than the current #1 has, ending up at #3 on the official chart, and well ahead of "Aperture" which was slightly ahead of it on the Thursday. It's very early days and we can never truly predict what happens in the ensuing days, but I wouldn't be overly surprised if "stupid song" ends up taking the top spot across the board. (Mind you, Australia's one of the only countries where "the cure" already went to #1 so she might just be more popular here).

08/06/2026 Singles 01 02 27 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 NE 01 02 HATE THAT I MADE YOU LOVE ME Ariana Grande 03 03 42 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 04 37 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 01 02 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 06 05 03 05 JANICE STFU Drake 07 06 36 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 07 16 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 09 08 69 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 12 08 10 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 11 15 17 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 09 07 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 13 14 36 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 14 13 47 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 15 11 12 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 16 16 34 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 20 45 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 19 50 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 19 18 37 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 20 17 22 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 21 22 35 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 22 26 18 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 23 37 08 23 NOBLE F3miii 24 28 51 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 25 23 21 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 26 25 06 25 SELF AWARE Temper City 27 10 03 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 28 24 66 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 29 29 63 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 32 52 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 31 30 08 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 32 34 12 28 BE HER Ella Langley 33 48 02 33 BED ON FIRE G Flip 34 31 03 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 35 33 13 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 36 27 03 13 SHABANG Drake 37 21 03 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 38 42 14 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 39 38 08 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 40 39 21 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 41 40 62 02 UNDRESSED sombr 42 45 35 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 43 46 21 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 44 44 35 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 54 04 45 ORBITER Noah Kahan 46 50 42 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 47 35 03 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 48 53 94 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 36 03 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 50 56 14 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (15) DOORS Noah Kahan *18 (18) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 19 (19) PINKY UP Katseye *20 (RE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz Albums 01 02 03 01 ICEMAN Drake 02 03 36 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 INFERNO Boards of Canada 04 04 06 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE Paul McCartney 06 08 11 01 ARIRANG BTS 07 NE 01 07 EI8HT Shinedown 08 06 08 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 09 09 77 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 11 50 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 12 40 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 14 67 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 13 10 13 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 14 15 41 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 13 93 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 16 20 55 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 18 35 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 18 NE 01 18 SUBURBAN COWGIRL Amber Lawrence 19 19 47 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 21 18 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 16 03 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 22 17 03 05 HABIBTI Drake 23 24 102 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 24 NE 01 24 THE SECOND ALBUM LEMONADE Aespa 25 27 03 25 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 26 26 14 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 25 19 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 28 28 11 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 29 RE 08 03 NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME Mitski 30 31 20 30 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 31 29 104 01 BRAT Charli XCX 32 30 23 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 01 02 01 FLORESCENCE Maisie Peters 34 NE 01 34 SITTING NEXT TO NELLIE Chloe Parche 35 39 41 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 36 NE 01 36 THE MOTH Devin Townsend 37 35 22 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 38 36 49 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 39 34 04 16 BROWN Chris Brown 40 38 41 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 41 41 95 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 NE 01 42 REASON TO BELIEVE Kip Moore 43 33 06 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 44 07 02 07 GOOD ON PAPER aleksiah 45 40 10 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 46 46 64 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 43 88 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 45 10 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 49 37 29 16 BELOVED Giveon 50 42 56 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token Ella Langley returns to #1 for a 3rd week. For the first time in about 9 months, we don't have anyone named Olivia in the top 2. We're going very well with names that end in 'a' though, as Ariana Grande returns to the chart with her latest single at #2. This is the 4th time in her career that she has debuted at #2 with a song that debuted at #1 in America, one of those interesting by-products of America focused marketing that gets about 80% across over here, but in the world of winning on slim margins, means this is a very regular story! It will be interesting to see if the same thing happens next week with Taylor Swift's new single, which is normally a safe enough bet to get across in Australia, but looks a little touch & go so far this week. Malcolm Todd manages to sneak into the top 10 behind the main story. We've also got a big rise for G Flip consolidating the initial hype. The only debut this week is Noah Kahan's "The Orbiter" which is now the highest song on the chart from his album because all the other entries have fallen out now. Drake returns to #1 for a second week with "ICEMAN". You probably don't need me to tell you, but this is very much the kind of return to #1 that means falling, but not having reached back to the peloton yet. I mean look at this chart. Boards of Canada have only charted once before, and now they're all of a sudden getting a huge career high at #3. Paul McCartney gets his highest charting album since 2018 while Shinedown cause a slight missed opportunity that's pretty wild for a band that have never charted higher than #37 before. Australian country singer Amber Lawrence is coming in a little lower than she did last time but still much higher than most of her previous albums. aespa get their first ever charting album, as does Chloe Parché whose accented 'é' is missing on the ARIA Chart. I like her music.

(Sorry this went long and rambling. I thought I had a support session today but I didn't, so you're stuck with me at my computer with nothing better to do today). There are several underwhelming answers I can usually trot out to explain this. The simplest explanation is that it's a generally self-fulfilling curse. You quantify hits by chart activity, but the charts have been rigid in exactly how much space they have to give, meaning that one song or artist's pronounced success comes at the cost of another, but not in a way you will feel contented by. For instance, in 2009 for a single week, Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry amassed between them roughly ~1,000,000 sales. A monumental splash of activity that left as quickly as it came, giving that thrill of a big thing while not actually being a great disruption. I haven't checked the numbers exactly so I could be a little off (and we're looking at an arbitrary conversion between formats anyway), but if we look at "Rein Me In", that's a song whose dominance takes about 3-4 months to accumulate those same chart points. When you consider both the frivolity of that 2009 week, and the enormous reach required to amass those streams (if you want to talk about the legitimacy of streaming, that's another topic I don't have time for here), there's no doubt in my mind that it's a bigger overall thing. It probably just doesn't feel like it because we've watched it very slowly crawl up to this point moving on what feels like inertia but ultimately is newly generated streams day by day, week by week, and as a result, feels like a non-event when it just seems to hold the fort every week, more so for anyone who isn't entranced by the song to begin with. In fact, that's probably hurt just by this unassuming presentation, because if the song had instantly debuted at #1, we'd have to immediately consider it an event and treat it with that utmost, but for a lot of people it just seems to be that song that was haplessly stuck in the top 10 for so long dodging ACR and it's hard to shake off that 2025 perception with what it is now. As it is, the song continues to occupy the pinnacle chart real estate while in no way adding to the conversation on big hits going around. I mainly think this is an important way to look at it because I think the micro-level actually is significant, but it can be missed for the trees if you just look at the chart. Basically, you have the consider an entire country (or world) of music fans and what all their individual behaviours look like together. What I suspect you find is that for many people, they're probably listening to a far wider spread of music than ever before. Maybe they're not paying as close attention to it (another topic), but the charts are raw data and that's all we've got. According to my own last.fm, back in 2011 I listened to just under 1,900 songs a total of 17,000 times between them. In 2026, I've listened to over 4,000 songs with only 6,600 plays together (I also listen to New Music Friday in full every week but don't log it, so those numbers are undershooting). When I spread my listening out that widely, it's just going to create a thin sheet of statistical noise that doesn't amount to anything, whereas if I hyper-focused on the same new hits as everyone else, I'd probably be adding to that idyllic chart performance where the songs rise up quickly as we discover them, and fizzle out when we get sick of them. Our attraction to this previously established format means that we disregard anything that goes against it. "Billie Jean" isn't new to me or you, but maybe it is to a lot of kids who grew up in a post-MJ world where most of his songs have never had so much attention put on them to be in focus before, giving no reason for them to be discovered in an endless pool of 'Songs that were important before you were born'. Does "Babydoll" by Dominic Fike feel like a fresh hit that happened this year because it never made the top 40 before? That song had over a billion streams on Spotify beforehand, they just didn't come at the same time, so it's not functionally a big difference to "Billie Jean". Let's say somewhere down the line, "Innerbloom" by RÜFÜS DU SOL becomes a massive chart hit. That song already feels monumentally rinsed to me because it is in every sense but the charts, but maybe what the song represents and its lack of chart credits will make it feel like a fresh discovery to chart watchers, the same way I've watched it happen in the past with songs like "Paper Planes", "Stolen Dance" & "ceilings". If this is all about specifically 2026 songs being in the chart and so none of my examples really count, then I apologise, though I don't think there's ever been a particular window of time when music consumers were strictly concerned with listening to songs that had come out in the current calendar year (though I'll admit I do it to a degree). This is all just to say, anecdotally, when I talk to people who don't follow the charts but like music, I've never at one point come across any particular feeling of there being a missing space where the hits should be. I don't think it's how people look at it in the first place. Hits as we know it are sort of happy accidents that come with the territory of the chart presentation. Could the chart be fixed to better facilitate this? Maybe, but I'm always against the idea of trying too hard to force the triangle through the circle. If there's a problem to be had, it's that I have known people who make the charts their bible and very rarely explored outside of it. Those are always the first to cry foul at the state of the charts because it's actually disrupting their music discovery process, which has become so ingrained with this that they find difficulty connecting with music that hasn't earned its seat at the table by being a top x hit. I don't think the charts were ever there to replace music discovery but I understand it's hard to break out of that habit. I suppose as well, part of the reason why I don't think it's the concern being made out is because the charts have a habit of making us miss the bigger picture, especially if we haven't ever shaken our perceptions of what it all means to not be on the chart. It feels like every week there's a comment (probably by the same handful of users) lamenting how there's so much new music out there and none of it is doing anything. I just want to say that it absolutely is doing something, but the charts are hard to crack. Ravyn Lenae's new song was released 5 days ago and has a million streams on Spotify. That's not enough to be on the charts, but it still means about 200,000 streams a day and I gotta say I'm pretty envious of anyone who can get that many eyes or ears on their work in a short space of time. We just have to get rid of that perception that if you don't crack the Spotify chart on the first day, you're doing 'nothing'. It's demonstrably untrue, and I'd love to welcome you to the world of the music I listen to that gets literal magnitudes less, but still feels important to me (I've probably linked it before, but this blog post of mine last year I think on some level, gets into the significance we can get from music, and it's a bonus if you've never heard of the artist mentioned in it). If the charts are most important for showing the quirked up standout releases that are being promoted around, then they're probably not going to satisfy that to the same degree as in the past. I think they're still fundamentally important for their function of telling me every week what's most popular (although chart tinkering has gotten increasingly in the way of this lately). If the concern is over old songs being brought into SCR and not getting off, I just don't think that's ever been relevant. Mainly because they're a small fraction of it, but because otherwise those songs just are part of people's stories every day, it's just now that the OCC isn't hiding it where it can't be seen. Put "Rein Me In" on ACR and it's no longer the #1 song in the country, but very few people will take it out of rotation just because of that. Ultimately I think the OCC do realise these things and that's why they don't always rush to change the rules to satiate a vague spectre of 'good chart vibes'.

01/06/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 THE CURE Olivia Rodrigo 02 01 26 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 03 02 41 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 04 03 36 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 05 05 02 05 JANICE STFU Drake 06 07 35 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 07 08 15 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 08 12 68 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 09 23 06 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 10 04 02 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 11 14 11 11 GO The Chemical Brothers 12 21 07 12 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 13 16 46 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 14 17 35 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 15 20 16 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 16 19 33 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 17 26 21 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 18 25 36 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 19 28 49 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 30 44 06 12 TO 12 sombr 21 06 02 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 22 29 34 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 23 27 20 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 24 35 65 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 41 05 25 SELF AWARE Temper City 26 33 17 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 27 13 02 13 SHABANG Drake 28 34 50 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 29 36 62 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 30 37 07 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 31 22 02 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 32 39 51 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 33 40 12 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 34 43 11 28 BE HER Ella Langley 35 11 02 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 36 15 02 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 37 47 07 37 NOBLE F3miii 38 45 07 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 39 48 20 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 40 51 61 02 UNDRESSED sombr 41 18 02 18 PLOT TWIST Drake 42 50 13 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 43 10 02 10 DUST Drake 44 54 34 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 45 52 34 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 46 55 20 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 47 46 05 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 48 NE 01 48 BED ON FIRE G Flip 49 65 84 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 50 59 41 13 YUKON Justin Bieber Bubbling Under *16 (17) ORBITER Noah Kahan 17 (16) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *18 (19) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 19 (18) PINKY UP Katseye 20 (RE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 01 01 FLORESCENCE Maisie Peters 02 01 02 01 ICEMAN Drake 03 04 35 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 02 05 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 05 NE 01 05 LÓTUS Hands Like Houses 06 07 07 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 NE 01 07 GOOD ON PAPER aleksiah 08 12 10 01 ARIRANG BTS 09 09 76 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 08 12 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 11 10 49 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 12 11 39 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 13 14 92 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 14 13 66 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 15 17 40 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 06 02 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 17 05 02 05 HABIBTI Drake 18 16 34 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 19 15 46 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 19 54 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 21 20 17 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 NE 01 22 GIDDY UP / BIG ATTRACTION (10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY) Amyl and the Sniffers 23 NE 01 23 MIDNIGHT MAVERICKS Kingswood 24 21 101 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 22 18 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 26 25 13 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 28 02 27 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 28 24 10 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 29 30 103 01 BRAT Charli XCX 30 29 22 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 32 19 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 03 02 03 REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE Genesis Owusu 33 37 05 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 34 26 03 16 BROWN Chris Brown 35 35 21 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 39 48 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 37 31 28 16 BELOVED Giveon 38 40 40 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 39 46 40 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 40 36 09 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 41 47 94 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 49 55 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 55 87 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 44 38 15 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 45 45 09 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 46 41 63 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 34 02 34 42 DAYS Rose Carleo Band 48 54 37 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 49 58 76 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 50 48 64 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake After a bit of chaos, we've returned to what we know, Olivia at #1. You can make the observation that Australia is competing with Ireland to be Olivia Rodrigo's biggest fan, because they're the two countries where she has 5 #1 singles. It also creates another one of those goofy trivia tidbits where Olivia Rodrigo has a #1 hit that mentions "Just Like Heaven" and it's not "the cure". This was poised to be a pretty unsubstantial week but we were presented with a surprise late twist. Being used on Off Campus has allowed "Bed On Fire" by G Flip to sneak into the top 50 this week, which is a big 🚨 AUSTRALIAN DEBUT KLAXON 🚨. This is their first ever top 50 hit which takes them out of contention from ever beating Weezer's record for the most top 100 hits without a top 50 (they had 5 prior to this). I suspect you'll see a pretty decent climb next week and then we have to see if everyone can latch onto this or if that'll be all the excitement. I have lately been noting that triple j and the Australian music industry aren't really getting any credit for breaking new artists because everyone gets it from TikTok now and shuts out local musicians, this time we have a freakin' receipt because you could've already known about this song by peeping this year's Hottest 100 where it landed at #74, the lowest of 3 G Flip songs. Maisie Peters enters at #1 this week for the first time in her career. She previously entered at #4 in 2023. She hasn't really had a hit single here, but she did get #100 in the 2023 Hottest 100 so there's that. Australian rock band Hands Like Houses return after a peculiar 2025 album that didn't make much of an impact with their new lead singer. Now they're just back to where they've been before and nearly scoring their highest charting album ever at #5. Then we've got a first ever chart appearance for Australian singer aleksiah. It has to be said that this is an incredibly strong performance given it's just a 5 track EP where 4 songs had already been released as singles. I'll admit I'm not sure what it's doing on the album chart because traditionally 5 track EPs have been singles (the one I always think of is the self-titled Art vs. Science EP). Amyl and the Sniffers are here to distract us from the weird photoshoot drama and have packaged their first two EPs which are now charting for the first time. Hard rock turned soft country band Kingswood are back with their first non-independent album in a while and it's their first to chart since 2023.

#99 according to the ARIA report.

It sounds like something Tony might say but I'm pretty sure it's a fake quote.

25/05/2026 Singles 01 01 25 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 02 40 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 35 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 NE 01 04 NATIONAL TREASURES Drake 05 NE 01 05 JANICE STFU Drake 06 NE 01 06 WHISPER MY NAME Drake 07 04 34 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 05 14 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 09 NE 01 09 MAKE THEM CRY Drake 10 NE 01 10 DUST Drake 11 NE 01 11 RAN TO ATLANTA Drake, Molly Santana, Future 12 06 67 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 13 NE 01 13 SHABANG Drake 14 RE 10 14 GO The Chemical Brothers 15 NE 01 15 2 HARD 4 THE RADIO Drake 16 07 45 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 17 10 34 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 18 NE 01 18 PLOT TWIST Drake 19 08 32 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 20 11 15 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 21 17 06 17 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 22 NE 01 22 HIT THE WALL Gracie Abrams 23 09 05 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 24 RE 05 24 WHAT DID I MISS? Drake 25 14 35 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 26 13 20 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 27 12 19 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 28 19 48 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 29 16 33 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 30 15 43 06 12 TO 12 sombr 31 NE 01 31 MAKE THEM PAY Drake 32 NE 01 32 B'S ON THE TABLE Drake, 21 Savage 33 18 16 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 34 20 49 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 35 21 64 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 36 22 61 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 37 25 06 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 38 NE 01 38 BURNING BRIDGES Drake 39 23 50 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 40 24 11 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 41 27 04 27 SELF AWARE Temper City 42 NE 01 42 MAKE THEM KNOW Drake 43 28 10 28 BE HER Ella Langley 44 NE 01 44 MAKE THEM REMEMBER Drake 45 30 06 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 46 26 04 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 47 39 06 39 NOBLE F3miii 48 35 19 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 49 32 105 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 50 29 12 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren Bubbling Under 15 (11) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 16 (13) RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars *17 (NE) ORBITER Noah Kahan 18 (12) PINKY UP Katseye *19 (15) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 20 (16) BE BY YOU Luke Combs Albums 01 NE 01 01 ICEMAN Drake 02 01 04 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 03 NE 01 03 REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE Genesis Owusu 04 02 34 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 05 NE 01 05 HABIBTI Drake 06 NE 01 06 MAID OF HONOUR Drake 07 04 06 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 08 09 11 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 09 05 75 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 10 48 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 06 38 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 07 09 01 ARIRANG BTS 13 13 65 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 91 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 11 45 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 16 12 33 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 17 17 39 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 15 105 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 19 18 53 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 20 16 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 27 100 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 28 17 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 23 36 04 23 WHO'S THE CLOWN? Audrey Hobert 24 22 09 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 25 23 12 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 26 16 02 16 BROWN Chris Brown 27 NE 01 27 IDOLS (COMPLETE) Yungblud 28 NE 01 28 IS THIS HEAVEN? Stella Lefty 29 32 21 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 30 30 102 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 93 27 16 BELOVED Giveon 32 31 18 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 08 02 08 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) Billie Eilish 34 NE 01 34 42 DAYS Rose Carleo Band 35 37 20 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 34 08 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 37 21 04 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 38 58 14 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 39 40 47 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 40 35 39 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 41 60 62 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 42 25 03 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 43 43 02 43 UNFORGETTABLE Simone Waddell 44 NE 01 44 IDOLS II Yungblud 45 67 08 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 46 51 39 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 48 93 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 56 63 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor 49 47 54 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 50 NE 01 50 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST VIENNA 2026 Various Artists Ella Langley is #1 for a 2nd week. She'll face some competition from Olivia as per usual this week, as it looks like "the cure" has shown strong momentum on the weekend and climbed to #1 on Spotify yesterday. We're seeing fruits of the exclusionary rules of the ARIA Chart this week as it allows Drake to chart nearly every song from "ICEMAN" in the top 50, no entries from the other albums sighted, though there's a slight overlap in the track lists if you check the Hip-Hop chart. On the other hand, the exclusionary rules got a little less exclusionary this week as following a missed chance last week, The Chemical Brothers have been allowed to return this week with "Go". Back in 2015, the song was a top 60 hit, so this is its first time in the top 50. This extends Q-Tip's incredible run of not being credited in hit songs, going back to 1990's "Groove Is In The Heart", and he was most recently not seen back when MK & Dom Dolla's "Rhyme Dust" was in the top 50. In case you wanted to know, Ed & Tom had 4 top 50 hits from 1996 to 2005, but the highest they'd ever gotten was when "Hey Boy Hey Girl" reached #25. So "Go" is now their highest charting song ever. Gracie Abrams also returns to the top 50 though in fairness she was also in the top 50 last week. This particular song was not co-written with Audrey Hobert so we've missed another chance for her to be charting next to her brother. Malcolm Todd has even managed to thread the needle and not land next to Aubrey. I had the feeling "Hit The Wall" would climb next week but it absolutely collapsed on Spotify yesterday so I don't know what to think anymore. On the album chart this week, someone who I think could have maybe been called a rapper once upon a time has multiple debuts this week. I'm of course talking about YUNGBLUD, who gives us both part 2 and a complete edition of "IDOLS", which reached #1 on the chart earlier this year. Drake also lands 3 debuts this week including his 6th #1 album. "MAID OF HONOUR" is his lowest charting album since "Take Care". I'm going to double down on what I said last week. On the weekend, there were two footy games being played at the same time, one was a near-top of the table clash between 1st & 3rd, two very serious premiership fancies this year (3rd won), the other was between two former powerhouses on middling to bad form this year but nonetheless very popular teams. That game was notable because the all-time games record was being broken, something the media has been glazing for weeks on end and everyone on the internet who isn't a fan of that particular team (who are in fact also the most loathed team in the comp) made it very clear how sick they were of hearing it. Call it a Goomba fallacy if you must, but when the day arrived, considerably more people chose the hate watch over the love of the game. You can't possibly expect things to get better if you keep choosing to harvest eye & ear periphery to these things you dislike. I'll start to accuse you of going out of your way to get mad, and then there's just no getting out of that spiral. A lot of people who should know better than to get sucked into talking about and listening to Drake just can't help themselves. If you recognise that releasing 3 albums at once is a gimmick for attention, don't give it that. Just move on with your day, or heaven forbid, talk about something else. Me? I was listening to the new Genesis Owusu album, and you should know that it's very good, especially if one of your grievances with Drake is the political affiliations his general apathy seems to make him associate with. He actually manages to get his highest charting album this week, twice now beating out his labelmates who if nothing else, are at least helping fund the promotion of his albums. Stella Lefty charts an album here for the first time, and I nearly said that was the same for Rose Carleo except she actually charted about a decade ago. Since then, the Perth singer made the top 16 on The Voice last year.

There's an Australian artist in the top 10 right now! (though yes, I'm aware it's due to an international remix buffing the margins). "Eclipse" got to #13 on the Australian Artist Chart

18/05/2026 Singles 01 03 24 01 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 02 01 39 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 02 34 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 05 33 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 05 04 13 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 06 09 66 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 07 06 44 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 08 08 31 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 07 04 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 33 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 14 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 12 18 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 13 19 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 14 14 34 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 17 42 06 12 TO 12 sombr 16 18 32 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 17 24 05 17 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 18 16 15 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 19 15 47 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 19 48 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 21 22 63 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 21 60 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 23 20 49 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 25 10 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 25 26 05 25 BOSTON Stella Lefty 26 23 03 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 27 33 03 27 SELF AWARE Temper City 28 30 09 28 BE HER Ella Langley 29 28 11 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 30 40 05 30 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 31 37 59 02 UNDRESSED sombr 32 34 104 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 33 27 39 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 34 35 32 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 35 32 18 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 36 31 18 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 37 29 15 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 38 36 32 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 47 05 39 NOBLE F3miii 40 42 105 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 41 43 05 19 PINKY UP Katseye 42 50 11 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 43 41 49 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 44 53 33 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 45 61 105 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 46 58 07 45 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 47 51 82 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 48 57 82 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 49 52 91 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 54 91 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 14 (NE) WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan *15 (NE) MATERIAL LOVER Sienna Spiro 16 (17) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 17 (15) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen *18 (NE) LIKE A PRAYER Josh Fawaz 19 (19) SWIM BTS *20 (NE) I KNOW I KNOW Stella Lefty Albums 01 01 03 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 02 33 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF JOY The Jungle Giants 04 03 05 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 05 09 74 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 06 08 37 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 07 04 08 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 NE 01 08 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) Billie Eilish 09 11 10 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 10 10 47 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 06 44 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 12 14 32 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 13 13 64 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 12 90 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 15 19 104 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 16 NE 01 16 BROWN Chris Brown 17 16 38 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 18 18 52 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 VINDICATE Black Veil Brides 20 25 15 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 20 03 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 22 23 08 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 23 26 11 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 24 NE 01 24 CINEMATIC Josh Groban 25 17 02 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 26 NE 01 26 NOBODY'S BABY Kathleen Halloran 27 28 99 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 28 29 16 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 29 NE 01 29 WILD AT HEART Neil Diamond 30 31 101 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 32 17 31 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 32 36 20 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 33 21 03 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 34 30 07 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 35 33 38 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 36 RE 03 36 WHO'S THE CLOWN? Audrey Hobert 37 40 19 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 38 RE 04 05 EVERYTHING EVERY SINGLE DAY The Rions 39 RE 62 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 40 34 46 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 41 NE 01 41 TRAIN ON THE ISLAND Aldous Harding 42 27 15 27 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 43 NE 01 43 UNFORGETTABLE Simone Waddell 44 07 02 07 FENIAN Kneecap 45 37 18 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 46 NE 01 46 BORN TO KILL Social Distortion 47 49 53 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 43 92 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 49 47 35 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 50 NE 01 50 SUNDAY SLOWDOWN Beddy Rays We have a new #1. No, it didn't come out in 2026, but it's the first time in many, many weeks that it's not by an artist named Olivia. Ella Langley gets the job done and invites a whole new potentially lengthy reign only because new monster hits just don't come along every day now. On the other hand, it looks like she maxed out her potential last week so she'll just have to hang on well enough not to give the spot back to Olivia Dean. There are no new entries this week but it is amusing to note that Myles Smith has come soaring back to the charts, only to be removed next week as the song is now too old, along with "I Had Some Help". Or maybe not, because "Love Me Not" should have exited the chart this week (and does debut on the On Replay chart) but is still here. Noah Kahan is #1 for a 3rd week in a row. His streaming numbers receded considerably this week so it's quite possible that Olivia Dean is ready to overtake him, but in reality I suspect we'll be getting a new entry at #1 next week. I do not have an opinion on that album because I haven't listened to it, but I have some stellar advice to consider. Spot an obvious marketing/talking point gimmick for what it is, ignore it, and actually talk about the good stuff. Seeing a lot of people on the timeline complaining about a rap album (or three), not a lot talking about Genesis Owusu's very good new album. Missing information, no doubt in my mind. Behind the streaming giants, the highest new entry this week is The Jungle Giants. Their last album went to #1. Black Veil Brides have never had a top 10 album but they do enter the top 20 for the 4th time now. Josh Groban has notched up 14 top 50 albums now though this is his first one in 6 years. Melbourne singer-songwriter Kathleen Halloran enters with her debut album, while Neil Diamond, the only musician capable of tormenting viewers both during the footy and during the commercials between the footy has an actually new album. Audrey Hobert belatedly enters the top 50 for the first time, just a handful of spots behind her brother's album which scores a new peak this week and I remind you should not be on the chart because it's too old. Kiwi singer Aldous Harding gets her second top 50 album. Australian jazz singer Simone Waddell has been releasing music for about 30 years now and charts for the first time, but waiting even longer are Social Distortion who are just now getting their first chart entry, 43 years after their debut album was released. Australian punk-surf-rock band Beddy Rays close out the chart with an EP.

Nothing Eurovision has remotely made an impact here in years. Was only really for most of the 2010s that you'd get anything. Part of it is time zones in the more tangible sense that the contest airs in the middle of the night so only the real die-hards are going to tune into it. Often times it's not even just a two-day split that squashes things, but because we're beholden to international news cycles recounting the events of yesterday in countries that are half a day behind, it's actually akin to a 3 day split sometimes.

11/05/2026 Singles 01 02 38 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 01 33 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 23 03 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 06 12 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 05 07 32 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 05 43 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 07 04 03 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 08 08 30 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 09 65 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 10 32 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 13 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 13 17 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 12 18 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 14 14 33 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 15 46 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 16 17 14 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 17 18 41 06 12 TO 12 sombr 18 19 31 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 19 21 47 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 20 23 48 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 21 22 59 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 22 25 62 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 16 02 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 24 28 04 24 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 25 33 09 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 26 48 04 26 BOSTON Stella Lefty 27 24 38 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 28 26 10 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 29 20 14 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 30 40 08 30 BE HER Ella Langley 31 32 17 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 32 43 17 32 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 33 73 02 33 SELF AWARE Temper City 34 39 103 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 35 36 31 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 36 38 31 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 37 37 58 02 UNDRESSED sombr 38 29 02 29 DASHBOARD Noah Kahan 39 27 08 27 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 40 51 04 40 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 41 35 48 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 42 46 104 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 43 42 04 19 PINKY UP Katseye 44 30 02 30 END OF AUGUST Noah Kahan 45 31 02 31 AMERICAN CARS Noah Kahan 46 41 02 41 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 47 76 04 47 NOBLE F3miii 48 59 02 48 I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen 49 61 02 49 STAYING STILL Noah Kahan 50 47 10 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars Bubbling Under 17 (18) BE BY YOU Luke Combs *18 (RE) MR. KNOW IT ALL Teddy Swims 19 (19) SWIM BTS *20 (17) POTENTIAL sombr Albums 01 01 02 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 02 32 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 06 04 03 DANDELION Ella Langley 04 07 07 01 ARIRANG BTS 05 NE 01 05 SWEAT Melanie C 06 05 43 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 07 NE 01 07 FENIAN Kneecap 08 08 36 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 73 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 09 46 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 11 11 09 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 12 12 89 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 13 63 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 31 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 RE 02 15 KONNAKOL Zayn 16 15 37 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 17 NE 01 17 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Kacey Musgraves 18 16 51 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 20 103 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 17 02 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 21 03 02 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 22 NE 01 22 WHO YOU ARE Rachael Fahim 23 19 07 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 24 NE 01 24 HENDLE trials 25 21 14 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 26 24 10 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 27 RE 14 27 MIDNIGHT SUN: GIRLS TRIP Zara Larsson 28 28 98 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 29 26 15 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 30 27 06 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 31 30 100 01 BRAT Charli XCX 32 35 16 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 31 37 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 34 32 45 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 35 RE 23 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 36 33 19 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 37 25 17 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 38 23 11 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 39 18 02 18 KEHLANI Kehlani 40 34 18 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 41 48 12 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 42 NE 01 42 THE IDOL COLLECTION Harlan 43 42 91 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 44 04 02 04 HOUSE OF CARDS The Amity Affliction 45 44 17 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 46 40 37 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 47 39 34 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 48 45 60 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 49 46 52 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 50 NE 01 50 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 Soundtrack "Man I Need" returns to #1 for a 21st week. I believe this absurd streak of 6 weeks in a row of Olivia replacing Olivia at #1 is finally coming to a close as Ella Langley looks very in position to get to #1 next week. That's more on her gains than Olivia's losses, so I'm hesitant to say this run is truly over though we're reaching incredibly low numbers at the top. Once again, all the actual movement of the week is left off the chart, as Michael Jackson presumably continues to climb, and I suspect The Chemical Brothers might have slotted into the top 50 with "Go" if let on. There's still a chance that it gets in next week as it gets higher, which would be Ed & Tom's first top 50 hit in over 20 years (and Q-Tip's first in 3 years). If not, I say blame all the people who forced this change on us. Noah Kahan loses a few entries from last week, but also gains one in transit, while F3miii gets a first ever top 50 hit. With big streaming numbers again, Noah Kahan is comfortably #1 again. Melanie C easily has the highest charting solo album of her career as her previous albums never even hit the top 30. Kneecap proved (to me) their commercial viability when they landed a couple of songs in the Hottest 200 this year, and now they have a top 10 album to go along with it. I watched their movie last year, it's pretty fun. A belated vinyl release sees ZAYN return to the chart a bit higher than he was 2 weeks ago. Kacey Musgraves enters in the top 20 after her last album entered in the top 10, but it's still higher than all her previous peaks. Rising local country singer Rachael Fahim charts for the very first time. You might recognise rapper/producer Trials as part of Funkoars or A.B. Original, and this week he charts with his first proper solo album. The latest season of Australian Idol wrapped up last year and Harlan Goode finished in second, so here he is mononymously with his performances from that. I didn't get a chance to mention two weeks back that winner Kesha Oayda also charted a bit higher, understandably not with a mononym. The new Devil Wears Prada soundtrack sneaks into the top 50 which gives it bragging rights over the original film whose soundtrack didn't manage to chart. On the other hand, the real winner is the American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, who previously charted at #44 & #47. Zara Larsson also scores slight new peaks on both charts this week.

Can't say I'm buying into arguments that music has gotten worse in 2026. For one, it's the conspiracy theory that takes root every year because some fraction of people have just aged out of it for a number of reasons, but also it feels like a psychological consequence of reinforcing an opinion from the consensus of the charts. It won't feel like new music is as important if there aren't as many peppering the top of the charts as usual (never mind the fact that many more hits just don't function as a sharp beacon of attention anymore), and doubly so if what's getting up the top doesn't suit either your narrative, or that of those around you (I think being surrounded by once optimistic, now dissenting voices is one of the biggest ways to grow cynical of anything). One person's 'omg this hit song just changed the game' is another person's 'what the heck, this isn't music anymore'. Like, for me, the charts felt most important*, crucial, vital in a random period of time that happens to correlate with me spending all day in group chats & forum threads, overly scrutinising every scrap of movement I saw on the iTunes charts, every week tallied up by major hit songs at #1, in the top 10, in the top 50 etc. In reality, digital sales doubled, almost tripled a couple of years later which by all accounts meant that it mattered more, but because I, and everyone else around me, we were all worn down by the dramatics that had come before, because we'd all gotten older and more level-headed about these things, it didn't feel like it mattered as much. I understand the need to want to internally & externally justify an unwanted, but unavoidable feeling, but I spotted that generational cycle of cynicism back when I was a teenager and vowed never to get sucked in by it. *And as for music itself, it was by a wide margin the most important thing in my life in my late high school years. The catch was that I got sucked in by TV & radio countdowns and convinced myself that bands I can guarantee almost no one has ever heard of (and certainly less now), were vitally important. You'd never know this because I wasn't buying music, I wasn't talking about it to anyone (who could I talk to?), but I suspect that there are many such cases that go largely off the grid, and that to me, signifies that music's importance well out-strips the 'damning' metrics.

04/05/2026 Singles 01 03 32 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 02 37 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 08 22 03 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 04 01 02 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 05 04 42 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 06 06 11 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 07 07 31 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 05 29 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 09 09 64 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 10 31 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 11 12 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 14 17 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 13 12 16 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 14 13 32 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 15 17 45 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 16 NE 01 16 DOORS Noah Kahan 17 16 13 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 18 15 40 06 12 TO 12 sombr 19 19 30 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 20 53 13 15 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 21 21 46 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 22 20 58 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 23 23 47 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 18 37 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 25 24 61 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 26 22 09 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 27 46 07 27 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 28 28 03 28 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 29 NE 01 29 DASHBOARD Noah Kahan 30 NE 01 30 END OF AUGUST Noah Kahan 31 NE 01 31 AMERICAN CARS Noah Kahan 32 26 16 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 33 29 08 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 34 NE 01 34 DOWNFALL Noah Kahan 35 27 47 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 32 30 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 37 30 57 02 UNDRESSED sombr 38 31 30 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 39 34 102 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 40 35 07 33 BE HER Ella Langley 41 NE 01 41 WILLING AND ABLE Noah Kahan 42 25 03 19 PINKY UP Katseye 43 36 16 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 44 NE 01 44 HAIRCUT Noah Kahan 45 NE 01 45 PAID TIME OFF Noah Kahan 46 38 103 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 47 33 09 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 48 57 03 48 BOSTON Stella Lefty 49 NE 01 49 DENY DENY DENY Noah Kahan 50 39 05 39 SPEED DEMON Justin Bieber Bubbling Under 15 (11) FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks *16 (NE) I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen *17 (20) POTENTIAL sombr 18 (14) BE BY YOU Luke Combs 19 (15) SWIM BTS *20 (NE) SELF AWARE Temper City Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 02 01 31 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 YOUR FAVORITE TOY Foo Fighters 04 NE 01 04 HOUSE OF CARDS The Amity Affliction 05 04 42 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 06 07 03 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 07 02 06 01 ARIRANG BTS 08 05 35 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 09 08 45 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 10 11 72 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 06 08 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 12 09 88 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 13 10 62 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 14 14 30 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 12 36 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 15 50 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 NE 01 17 MICHAEL: SONGS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Michael Jackson 18 NE 01 18 KEHLANI Kehlani 19 16 06 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 20 19 102 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 21 20 13 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 22 NE 01 22 TAKANAKA SUPER LIVE 2025 BLACK SHIP IN L.A. Masayoshi Takanaka 23 44 10 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 24 18 09 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 25 85 16 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 26 24 14 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 27 17 05 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 28 27 97 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 29 NE 01 29 SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS Ruby Fields 30 28 99 01 BRAT Charli XCX 31 21 36 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 32 29 44 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 33 33 18 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 34 35 17 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 35 36 15 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 36 32 05 03 BULLY YE 37 03 02 03 TRAGIC MAGIC Matt Corby 38 RE 06 26 EPIC; ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Elvis Presley 39 38 33 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 40 42 36 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 41 NE 01 41 JESUS LOVES A PRIMADONNA Nessa Barrett 42 41 90 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 43 NE 01 43 LIVE FROM THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA, APRIL 26TH, 1975 Pink Floyd 44 40 16 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 45 46 59 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 46 45 51 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 47 54 72 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 48 37 11 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 49 53 83 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 50 52 60 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Rein Me In" earns a 3rd week at #1. I don't know what drives momentum at all anymore, just that it feels like around Friday every week, "Man I Need" just seems to get new momentum out of nowhere. It's enough that I do think it'll go back to #1 again next week. We once again appear to have no new hits on the horizon so it's just a question on if Ella Langley can continue her momentum as she's making some inroads this week and could climb to #2. Once again the new rules make for an uncertain watch. Last week we got the return of "Beauty and a Beat", and only that one despite several Justin Bieber songs being on the table including "Confident" which had never made the top 50 before. Now we have numerous Michael Jackson songs climbing and I just don't know if they'll be brought back onto the chart. "Billie Jean" would be most likely as the highest one, if they're doing it that way, but nonetheless all the actual activity of the chart is being muted out by these changes, dulling & erasing history. Anyway the only thing that really did happen of note this week is that Noah Kahan released an album, and the main thing to spot here is that "Doors" has nearly, but not quite matched the peak of "The Great Divide", so these two incidental peak weeks might dictate future records of what's seen as the more notable song on the charts. "Doors" appears to be holding up reasonably well on its second week so far though. In all of this, STELLA LEFTY also sneaks in for a first ever top 50 hit. Noah Kahan also scores a first ever #1 album this week. I want to say it was a big competitive week but when the album just running on fumes manages to hold at #2, I don't know what to think. It's a big miss for Foo Fighters who previously hadn't missed the top spot at all in the 21st century and scored 9 #1 albums. Just behind them is The Amity Affliction who also once upon a time could be expected to debut at #1, they did it 4 times in a row. This new album is actually their first with new clean vocalist & bassist Jonathan Reeves, from Kingdom of Giants, after Ahren Stringer was fired. This could be exciting to you if you're a fan of philosophical paradoxes and popular music because this line up change makes The Amity Affliction a Ship of Theseus band. Kehlani falls one spot short of matching their highest ever charting album, while the move from independent label to just independent comes hard for Ruby Fields, whose last album went to #1 but this one is in at #29. Nessa Barrett scores her first ever top 50 entry this week.

If there's an issue with the ARIA Chart, it's that the lowered threshold for charting hasn't been matched by an increase in scrutiny on the data being given. Labels seem disinterested in chucking in new entries onto the survey if they aren't doing something out the gate so the chart is just littered with missing songs, and a widened berth that means the songs that are charting just don't move around much anymore. Justin Bieber & Dominic Fike have songs that never made the top 50 before being excluded from the chart because no one cares enough to include them. That Bebe Rexha/Faithless track only just got put on the survey a couple weeks ago, and that's the tip of the iceberg. In general though I just don't think music consumption habits match the funky parabolas or exciting entry based on perceived likeability that they used to, and no amount of chart tinkering will be able to get around that fact. It's all just steps towards making a chart like Aotearoa's Hot Singles chart, which is not an end goal to aspire to, even if you like the idea of 30+ new entries a week.

27/04/2026 Singles 01 NE 01 01 DROP DEAD Olivia Rodrigo 02 02 36 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 01 31 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 04 10 41 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 05 RE 28 05 BEAUTY AND A BEAT Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj 06 03 10 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 07 05 30 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 08 04 21 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 09 07 63 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 10 06 30 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 11 12 11 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 12 08 15 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 13 09 31 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 14 11 16 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 15 14 39 06 12 TO 12 sombr 16 15 12 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 17 13 44 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 18 23 36 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 19 16 29 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 20 20 57 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 17 45 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 22 21 08 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 23 18 46 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 22 60 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 25 19 02 19 PINKY UP Katseye 26 24 15 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 27 26 46 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 28 34 02 28 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 29 27 07 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 30 31 56 02 UNDRESSED sombr 31 28 29 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 32 32 29 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 33 30 08 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 34 35 101 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 35 33 06 33 BE HER Ella Langley 36 37 15 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 37 38 44 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 38 39 102 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 RE 04 39 SPEED DEMON Justin Bieber 40 36 20 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 41 48 47 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 42 43 13 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 43 49 02 43 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 44 41 30 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 45 46 04 45 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 46 50 06 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 47 47 88 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 48 45 88 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 49 51 10 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 50 40 05 04 SWIM BTS Bubbling Under 16 (16) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan *17 (18) BOSTON Stella Lefty *18 (15) BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOTS Ella Langley *19 (NE) MR. KNOW IT ALL Teddy Swims *20 (NE) POTENTIAL sombr Albums 01 01 30 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 03 05 01 ARIRANG BTS 03 NE 01 03 TRAGIC MAGIC Matt Corby 04 12 41 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 05 05 34 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 06 06 07 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 07 04 02 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 08 08 44 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 07 87 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 61 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 11 10 71 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 15 35 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 NE 01 13 A MATTER OF TIME: LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Laufey 14 13 29 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 15 17 49 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 16 05 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 17 14 04 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 18 20 08 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 19 24 101 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 22 12 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 21 02 35 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 22 NE 01 22 INBRED Ethel Cain 23 NE 01 23 THE CHRONICLES OF A SERIAL IDEALIST Charley 24 25 13 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 25 27 105 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 KONNAKOL Zayn 27 26 96 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 28 29 98 01 BRAT Charli XCX 29 28 43 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 30 NE 01 30 LIVE AT THE HORDERN PAVILION Spacey Jane 31 NE 01 31 THE IDOL COLLECTION Kesha Oayda 32 23 04 03 BULLY YE 33 30 17 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 34 RE 05 26 LIVE AT LA OLYMPIA Jeff Buckley 35 31 16 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 32 14 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 37 RE 10 02 100 TIMES AROUND THE SUN Guy Sebastian 38 33 32 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 39 NE 01 39 EIGHT Hermitude 40 35 15 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 41 39 89 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 37 35 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 43 NE 01 43 NINE INCH NOIZE Nine Inch Nails, Boyz Noize 44 49 09 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 42 50 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 46 40 58 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 51 25 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 48 44 27 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 49 36 14 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 50 RE 03 31 UP HERE (THE ORCHESTRAL ALBUM) Bluey I'm sick today :(

20/04/2026 Singles 01 02 30 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 01 35 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 09 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 04 20 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 05 05 29 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 06 29 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 62 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 08 14 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 09 10 30 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 10 36 40 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 11 09 15 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 12 12 10 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 13 11 43 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 14 13 38 06 12 TO 12 sombr 15 15 11 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 14 28 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 17 16 44 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 18 17 45 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 NE 01 19 PINKY UP Katseye 20 18 56 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 20 07 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 22 19 59 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 81 35 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 24 21 14 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 25 23 30 23 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 26 35 45 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 27 22 06 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 28 24 28 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 29 26 105 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 30 25 07 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 31 28 55 02 UNDRESSED sombr 32 27 28 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 33 72 05 33 BE HER Ella Langley 34 NE 01 34 EARRINGS Malcolm Todd 35 31 100 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 36 30 19 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 37 34 14 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 38 37 43 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 39 33 101 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 40 29 04 04 SWIM BTS 41 32 29 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 42 46 105 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 43 RE 12 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 44 39 78 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 45 43 87 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 46 53 03 46 POP DAT THANG DaBaby 47 38 87 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 48 41 46 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 49 NE 01 49 FREAKIN' OUT Dexter and The Moonrocks 50 55 05 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan Bubbling Under 14 (8) BE BY YOU Luke Combs *15 (NE) BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOTS Ella Langley 16 (RE) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan 17 (10) APERTURE Harry Styles *18 (NE) BOSTON Stella Lefty *19 (NE) LOVING LIFE AGAIN Ella Langley 20 (14) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs Albums 01 01 29 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 43 34 02 A MATTER OF TIME: THE FINAL HOUR Laufey 03 02 04 01 ARIRANG BTS 04 NE 01 04 DANDELION Ella Langley 05 13 33 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 06 03 06 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 07 11 86 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 05 43 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 09 07 60 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 09 70 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 NE 01 11 TO BE HONEST Sly Withers 12 54 40 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 13 12 28 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 14 06 03 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 15 14 34 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 16 10 04 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 17 16 48 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 18 NE 01 18 CRUEL WORLD Holly Humberstone 19 NE 01 19 L.I.V.E. IN SAO PAULO (LIVE IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT) Bring Me The Horizon 20 15 07 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 21 100 08 13 CA$INO Baby Keem 22 18 11 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 23 08 03 03 BULLY YE 24 19 100 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 25 20 12 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 26 22 95 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 27 23 104 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 28 24 42 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 29 25 97 01 BRAT Charli XCX 30 26 16 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 29 15 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 32 32 13 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 27 31 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 34 NE 01 34 KINDA HARD Bilmuri 35 31 14 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 36 38 13 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 37 33 34 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 38 17 02 17 THE WEIGHT OF THE WOODS Dermot Kennedy 39 36 88 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 39 57 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 41 41 69 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 42 42 49 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 88 20 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 44 34 26 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 45 NE 01 45 LOSE YOURSELF Enter Shikari 46 47 81 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 47 46 36 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 48 21 01 21 VOL. II Angine de Poitrine 49 44 08 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 50 45 70 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar "Rein Me In" returns for a second week at #1. I don't want to type a lot because my spacebar has seen better days. The big news of note is Justin Bieber's catalogue climbing significantly, but for now, none of the old stuff has been allowed on the chart. He's currently being a close contender around the top spot on Spotify with a couple of his songs, but next week is likely Olivia vs. Olivia. "Rein Me In" looks to have fallen back in the race while "Man I Need" is holding the fort. I think Olivia Rodrigo should get the edge with YouTube streams, but subject to change if momentum shifts in the next couple of days. KATSEYE score their highest ever chart peak by debuting in the top 20. The listeners are trending to Ella Langley who scores another simultaneous top 50 entry. Malcolm Todd appears to have made a nonsense of the regulations. This is the very week that his album was supposed to go recurrent, but instead it's still there, and the song "Earrings" has appeared as a new entry on both the singles chart and the New Music chart. Ironically, Don Toliver's song that samples Malcolm Todd is still missing. The new rules do net us some actual new entries via DaBaby and Dexter and the Moonrocks. Tonight's the night, just like any other night, except that 2000s post-grunge is back apparently. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for the 12th week. Laufey's latest album originally debuted at #2, and now with the release of the deluxe version, it's returned to #2. Ella Langley unsurprisingly scores a new career high at #4. It's a slight bit of misfortune for West Aussies Sly Withers, who previously peaked at #10 twice, and now are in at #11. Holly Humberstone charts in the top 50 for the first time.

13/04/2026 Singles 01 02 34 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 01 29 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 03 03 08 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 10 19 04 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 05 04 28 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 06 05 28 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 61 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 06 13 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 09 08 14 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 10 09 29 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 11 12 42 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 12 15 09 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 13 11 37 06 12 TO 12 sombr 14 14 27 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 13 10 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 17 43 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 17 16 44 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 18 20 55 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 19 21 58 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 20 23 06 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 21 22 13 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 22 18 05 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 23 25 29 23 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 24 27 27 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 25 24 06 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 26 30 104 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 27 26 27 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 28 28 54 02 UNDRESSED sombr 29 19 03 04 SWIM BTS 30 29 18 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 31 31 99 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 35 28 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 33 41 100 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 34 34 13 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 35 37 44 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 36 39 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 37 38 42 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 38 48 86 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 39 44 77 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 40 43 08 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 41 47 45 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 42 53 77 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 43 45 86 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 44 32 02 32 FATHER YE & Travis Scott 45 49 03 45 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 46 52 104 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 47 60 95 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 48 50 19 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 49 39 11 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 50 57 73 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren Bubbling Under 11 (9) ALL THE LOVE YE & Andre Troutman *12 (19) POP DAT THANG DaBaby 13 (11) PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 14 (17) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 15 (16) THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 16 (12) CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY. Raye feat. Hans Zimmer *17 (NE) 2.0 BTS *18 (RE) BE HER Ella Langley *19 (RE) STEADY Bella Kay 20 (14) BODY TO BODY BTS Albums 01 02 28 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 01 03 01 ARIRANG BTS 03 05 05 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 PORCELAIN Peach PRC 05 09 42 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 06 02 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 07 08 59 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 03 02 03 BULLY YE 09 10 69 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 07 03 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 11 13 85 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 12 11 27 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 13 17 32 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 14 14 33 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 15 06 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 16 18 47 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 NE 01 17 THE WEIGHT OF THE WOODS Dermot Kennedy 18 16 10 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 19 21 99 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 20 20 11 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 21 NE 01 21 VOL. II Angine de Poitrine 22 24 94 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 23 27 103 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 23 41 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 25 25 96 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 30 15 26 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 27 32 30 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 28 NE 01 28 DISTRACTED Thundercat 29 35 14 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 30 NE 01 30 EASTER LILY U2 31 36 13 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 32 39 12 32 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 33 37 33 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 34 45 25 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 35 38 06 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 36 41 87 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 04 02 04 HADES Melanie Martinez 38 46 12 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 39 40 56 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 40 26 02 26 ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Central Cee 41 51 68 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 42 47 48 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 43 54 33 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 44 44 07 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 50 69 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 46 43 35 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 47 56 80 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 55 26 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 49 52 29 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 50 58 57 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 20th week. There was a 7,000 stream swing in its favour on Spotify last week (that's the whole week, not 7 days of 7,000s), so I suspect it has once again been a very close margin, one that you'd think would flip unless something drastic happens in the next couple of days. I'll admit I'm always suspicious of potential splash back from US campaigns when songs are still yet to convincingly peak there. Ella Langley could perhaps push for top 3 next week as her album release is providing a handy buffer, and maybe she just keeps going from there. Otherwise it's a very slow week with most of the activity devoted to exposing the quirks of a chart that eliminates anything over 2 years old, which is that all the old but not that old singles are making up the numbers at the bottom of the chart. "Espresso" and "Carry You Home" are not long for this world, and I half expected "Good Luck, Babe!" to sneak back in for what would be its last week. In what could be considered a classic ARIA Chart moment, Malcolm Todd's song "Earrings" probably did enough to make the top 50 this week, which would have been the last week before it became too old for the chart. I'd have liked to see what ARIA might do in that case though I suspect it would just get 2 months on. My hypothesis that an accurate chart would actually get a similar amount of new entries to this version of it is gaining some fruit. I didn't mention it before but Ella Langley's "weren't for the wind" is another fairly old song that belatedly got added in, likely the only song we're getting inserted into the chart like this is 18 months old. "E85" by Don Toliver has been top 50 on Spotify for 6 weeks and potentially could be his highest charting solo entry if allowed on, also White Noise Radiance just cracked the top 10 for the first time last night. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for [I click onto the previous page] 11 weeks now. Local singer Peach PRC has entered the Troye Sivan zone by previously reaching #1 with an EP but not being able to do so with an actual album. Troye Sivan escaped this zone in 2023 so there's a light at the end of the tunnel perhaps. Dermot Kennedy isn't really a presence in the charts at all here outside of that one MEDUZA collab, but he has scored a second top 20 album this week. I'll admit I'm very out of the loop on how Canada's Angine de Poitrine have turned up relatively high. Apparently it's the kind of virality that gets everyone to rush to the iTunes store because they've been selling a lot of digital downloads, and just so happen to have a new EP out now to capitalise. Thundercat gets his highest ever charting entry landing just ahead of U2's new EP.

06/04/2026 Singles 01 02 28 01 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 02 01 33 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 07 03 ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT Bella Kay 04 07 27 04 DRACULA Tame Impala 05 05 27 02 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 06 12 03 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 07 08 60 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 09 13 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 09 11 28 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 10 15 18 10 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 11 13 36 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 10 41 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 13 17 09 13 WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 14 16 26 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 15 14 08 06 HOMEWRECKER sombr 16 18 43 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 17 19 42 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 18 12 04 03 AMERICAN GIRLS Harry Styles 19 04 02 04 SWIM BTS 20 21 54 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 24 57 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 22 20 12 08 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 23 23 05 20 FEVER DREAM Alex Warren 24 22 05 13 RISK IT ALL Bruno Mars 25 28 28 25 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Milky x Mallgrab 26 27 26 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 27 25 26 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 28 30 53 02 UNDRESSED sombr 29 29 17 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 30 33 103 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 31 34 98 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 32 NE 01 32 FATHER YE & Travis Scott 33 NE 01 33 ALL THE LOVE YE & Andre Troutman 34 38 12 34 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 35 35 27 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 36 40 38 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 37 36 43 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 38 43 41 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 39 31 10 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 40 32 03 29 PORCH LIGHT Noah Kahan 41 44 99 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 42 NE 01 42 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY. Raye feat. Hans Zimmer 43 39 07 33 BE BY YOU Luke Combs 44 45 76 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 45 49 85 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 46 26 02 26 BODY TO BODY BTS 47 52 44 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 48 50 85 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 49 55 02 49 WEREN'T FOR THE WIND Ella Langley 50 51 18 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. Bubbling Under 15 (11) TASTE BACK Harry Styles 16 (13) THE VISITOR Sienna Spiro 17 (15) SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs *18 (NE) KING YE *19 (NE) POP DAT THANG DaBaby 20 (16) THE GREAT DIVIDE Noah Kahan Albums 01 01 02 01 ARIRANG BTS 02 02 27 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 BULLY YE 04 NE 01 04 HADES Melanie Martinez 05 04 04 01 KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY. Harry Styles 06 NE 01 06 THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Raye 07 03 02 03 THE WAY I AM Luke Combs 08 06 58 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 07 41 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 10 08 68 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 10 26 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 SEXISTENTIAL Robyn 13 11 84 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 14 12 32 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 09 05 02 THE ROMANTIC Bruno Mars 16 14 09 04 OCTANE Don Toliver 17 13 31 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 18 15 46 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 19 NE 01 19 CREATURE OF HABIT Courtney Barnett 20 16 10 13 REBEL EsDeeKid 21 19 98 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 22 NE 01 22 HONORA Flea 23 18 40 04 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 24 20 93 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 25 21 95 01 BRAT Charli XCX 26 NE 01 26 ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Central Cee 27 22 102 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 28 NE 01 28 WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Slayyyter 29 NE 01 29 ADL Yeat 30 28 14 28 HUNGOVER Ella Langley 31 NE 01 31 UP HERE (THE ORCHESTRAL ALBUM) Bluey 32 26 29 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 33 NE 01 33 WHATEVER'S CLEVER! Charlie Puth 34 NE 01 34 FULL CIRCLE Tom Misch 35 25 13 06 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 36 24 12 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 37 29 32 17 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 38 27 05 04 THE MOUNTAIN Gorillaz 39 33 11 33 SWEET BOY Malcolm Todd 40 32 55 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 41 31 86 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 47 22 20 GETTING KILLED Geese 43 36 34 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 44 35 06 05 PRIZEFIGHTER Mumford & Sons 45 40 24 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 46 49 11 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 47 37 47 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 48 69 23 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 49 38 41 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 50 43 68 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar At long last, we have a new #1, Olivia Dean has been replaced by Olivia Dean, and also Sam Fender. I would not necessarily settle into this as the new standard going forward. It's possible that the Easter weekend has pushed us back to the older and more familiar, so after what would have been a very close race to #1 this week, it's very possible that "Man I Need" will just inch back in front next week. We have an Australian song in the top 5. The last time this happened was with The Kid LAROI's "THOUSAND MILES". Potentially proving persistence, Dave is back to #8 after first getting there 10 weeks ago, while Ella Langley has a first ever top 10 hit, and a new top 50 entry to boot. RAYE also has another top 50 entry, Hans Zimmer is a slow clue reader on Jeopardy! and I wish they'd stop getting him for it, someone has to say it. (I occasionally have had, and will continue to have things to say about Ye's back catalogue on my blog this year). BTS hold at #1 for a second week in a row. This isn't the first time they've done this, as "Map of the Soul - 7" also managed two weeks at the top. You'd have to think Olivia Dean could get back next week though. RAYE charts a top 50 album for the first time ever at #6. Robyn is also seeing a new career high this week at #12, though I suspect she did better when she got to #14 with her Röyksopp collaboration when the chart wasn't rife with omissions. Courtney Barnett has made the top 5 four times previously but she misses the top 5 for the first time ever and lands at #19. I don't know if everyone is aware that Flea is half-Australian (he was born in Melbourne), but he's charting for the first time with a solo album. Central Cee got to #2 with his album last year but his EP lands at a more reserved #26. I did not realise Slayyyter had enough fanfare to get even close to charting, but it's a first time for her obviously. As we prepare for Gather Round where every team in the AFL plays in or around Adelaide, Yeat gets his highest charting album ever with "ADL". Bluey is less fond of Aussie rules despite being made at the home of the back to back reigning premiers, but now she's got an orchestra. Charlie Puth is on a bit of a comedown after multiple top 10 albums and Tom Misch charts for the first time.

It's been a long time but I've got pretty much every chart on spreadsheets from over a decade ago. I believe all the ARIA Reports from said era are accessible online though I forget the process now.

It happened with "End of Beginning" as it was being allowed a grace period. Looks like the same is happening for Milky and it'll be removed from the chart in a few weeks, given that it's inherited the old chart run. Worth noting though that despite the low peak, it was a persistent song on the chart. 50-47-57-60-63-70-63-69-68-66-65-57-49-50-60-60-62-62-64-78-93-100 in an era when it wasn't common to last more than a few months.