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If you want to stretch the rules a bit, "AM" is a top 10 End Of Year album in 2013, exactly 10 years later and "I Wanna Be Yours" makes the End Of Year list for the first time (album makes the top 10 for the second time that year too).

Evidently niche but I was hoping to see Karnivool a bit higher in the first mid-week, guess they won't be adding another country to their charting spreadsheet. Fantastic album though after a long wait. Their last album came out a week before I joined this forum 😅

More than ever, I feel like a big substantial effect will come from people who just search him up and it's his top song currently (especially if many aren't too fussed to pin down non-English song titles to whatever snippet they heard.

I feel like the denigrating 'effect' of having older entries on the chart feels exaggerated because it's an expression that can only be relayed through chart obsessives who are likely to share the feeling. The kinds of people who dig into every new entry immediately, wear it out and then become baffled that the rest of the country aren't already sick of these songs. The same way radio stations tend to stick with establish hits for seemingly unreasonable times, because in the interest of retaining listeners, they provide familiarity. I don't think a quick fix ever really suffices though because it never tackles the root cause of the situation, and you just create a chart where the gaps are bigger and the week by week tussles become less thrilling, because there are just less songs that are eligible. I used to run simulations of charts with specifically planned out chart run formulae (so you could have the parabola, the high debut that declines, the slow burner etc). One of my big takeaways from it is that without an influx of active hits, you get a drudging corpse of activity. Redacting the chart might create new hits, but they're ones that can't possibly compete with the biggies because the chart doesn't have that kind of influence. Whenever I look at the lower end of the UK Chart, I always see a bunch of songs that are only charting because of ACR displacement, and can't fall out because there's nothing to replace them, but they're never cracking the top 40 because they're increasingly far away from the mark. It's a bit like when Glee used to infiltrate the charts, or there was an influx of album tracks. They create statistical activity, but they're not part of the main top 40 conversation (usually) and so that just chugs along with its pre-ordained business.

I'll concede it's probably not set to be his biggest hit or anything, but I think it is worth considering that there are times when the public really just aren't rushing towards new music, for whatever reason. I like comparing fellow new singles (ie less than 3-4 months old) because they don't have the same degree of ironed-on listeners and tend to start from scratch. Kinda like how Djo's "End of Beginning" is doing roughly as well now as it did 2 years ago. It's easier to do that because it has a baseline of around 1.5 million streams every day that it didn't last time around. In the same way Harry Styles has a lot of monthly listeners by happenstance, it's an example of the way older songs (whether of the "Boys Don't Cry" or the "Lush Life" variety) tend to outperform brand new hits with less promotional effort, both in terms of reaching surprisingly high peaks and also not collapsing quite as fast as the moment seems to end. All things considered, I think it's doing fine thus far and the big week 2 decline can just as easily be explained by the natural cooling on early repeat listens, as it is an irregularly high curiosity listen->bounce rate. We already know there's a second wind built into the album release day incoming so we'll see if that rejuvenates it. I'll leave it at that though because my social battery's pretty spent for the day 😌

I absolutely understand how it works. My point is that the initial (new release window) audience reach for anyone is just too small to call it decisive. Long standing hits are the ones made by people who haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe they're not going to because the first burst of listeners aren't giving it the best vibe, but I think it's erroneous to suggest that a song underperforms because of listeners and not non-listeners, especially when it reflects a general audience trend against all new music. The only song released within the last few months even competing with it is Noah Kahan's, and Harry's already overtaken that one on DSPs. I'll admit I have an aversion to the observation of 'it flopped because bad', a tenet only used when it's convenient to our own narrative, but it's way too soon to call it anyway.

I agree but inflated or not, it indicates a lot of potential listeners that haven't even clicked on the new song, which at the very least suggests it's not quite an all-encompassing 'event' single that everyone's moved on from.

Counterpoint: Harry has 63 million monthly listeners on Spotify (up from 52 million just before the song dropped) and the song only has 55 million streams. I'd estimate somewhere around 10-20 million listeners total (it's a 5 plays per listener ratio on last fm), so the problem is that even among people who listen to Harry Styles, most of them have not heard it.

02/02/2026 Singles 01 01 24 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 NE 01 02 APERTURE Harry Styles 03 03 19 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 06 18 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 05 02 17 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 06 04 57 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 07 09 33 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 05 32 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 09 11 27 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 07 51 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 11 08 04 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 12 12 34 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 10 03 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 14 13 45 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 15 14 09 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 16 27 32 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 17 17 48 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 22 44 02 UNDRESSED sombr 19 18 17 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 29 19 20 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 21 20 03 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 22 15 17 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 23 24 09 23 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 24 RE 17 24 DANCING2 Keli Holiday 25 19 08 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 26 51 18 26 DRACULA Tame Impala 27 23 29 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 28 25 94 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 29 26 89 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 28 18 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 31 21 11 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 32 35 53 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 33 30 67 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 34 33 59 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 35 36 18 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 36 32 76 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 37 37 35 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 38 34 11 15 CHANEL Tyla 39 53 14 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 40 38 90 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 41 39 67 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 42 44 18 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 43 41 76 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 44 31 03 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 45 49 94 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 46 42 26 38 FOLDED Kehlani 47 46 34 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 48 45 30 27 GABRIELA Katseye 49 47 94 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 50 40 13 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace Bubbling Under 8 (14) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 9 (10) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 10 (9) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 11 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 12 (NE) WHAT YOU SAYING Lil Uzi Vert 13 (16) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 14 (19) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 15 (RE) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 16 (15) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 17 (NE) SAY WHY Zach Bryan 18 (11) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky 19 (RE) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 (18) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe Albums 01 NE 01 01 MEGADETH Megadeth 02 02 18 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 HOW DID I GET HERE? Louis Tomlinson 04 04 32 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 05 06 17 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 07 49 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 NE 01 07 EMPTY HANDS Poppy 08 05 02 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 09 08 75 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 10 13 23 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 09 22 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 12 10 59 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 13 NE 01 13 IF YOU GO THERE, I HOPE YOU FIND IT The Paper Kites 14 NE 01 14 REBEL EsDeeKid 15 14 37 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 18 15 04 USB Fred Again.. 17 16 89 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 18 11 03 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 19 12 03 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 20 03 02 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 21 19 84 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 22 34 19 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 23 17 93 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 24 20 20 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 25 62 31 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 26 21 86 01 BRAT Charli XCX 27 23 25 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 28 25 46 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 29 33 15 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 30 15 02 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 31 27 23 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 32 32 23 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 24 58 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 34 29 98 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 35 22 02 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams 36 72 21 03 BITE ME Renee Rapp 37 30 38 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 38 49 13 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 39 40 31 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 40 31 31 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 41 47 16 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 42 35 70 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 38 09 23 THE CRUX Djo 44 NE 01 44 COWBOY IS A STATE OF MIND Frecko 45 37 59 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 46 01 12 01 IDOLS Yungblud 47 39 77 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 45 04 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 49 43 29 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 50 RE 51 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd "Man I Need" is #1 for an 11th week. Back in 2012, One Direction released their single "Live While We're Young", the lead single to their second album following the massive success of the first one. It did absolutely bonkers. I forget the exact figures, but at a time when the #1 single would tend to move about 20-30,000 units in a week, One Direction managed somewhere north of 60,000. The highest weekly digital sales figure ever, and an amount that's only been surpassed by a small handful of Australian Idol singles and "Candle In The Wind 1997". "Live While We're Young" did not hit #1. It debuted at #2 because its release coincided with an even bigger monster on the charts, PSY's "Gangnam Style", which on its biggest ever week, moved around 70,000 units. A frighteningly unlucky result for One Direction though they would get their #1 hit a few years later. Anyhow, I suspect Harry Styles was gearing up for a #1 debut and I think he probably could have done it under normal circumstances, but didn't account for triple j's Hottest 100 falling on the same week of his release. Having a large swathe of the country's music fans glued to another piece of news immediately after the release can't be good for promotion, and to make matters worse, the winning song that got the biggest boost from the whole thing was Olivia Dean's "Man I Need". It's been 13 years and Harry has learnt nothing. At least he's already got some #1 hits though. The best he can do is play grinch to some other contenders, as RAYE & Olivia Dean's other single would have otherwise scored new peaks this week. As for the rest, as much as I would love to do a full deep dive on the fascinating history behind Playlunch's novelty hit "Keith" which landed at #4 in the Hottest 100, it hasn't quite cracked the top 50. Instead our big arrival comes from the #2 finisher, Keli Holiday's "Dancing2". If you are unsure of who this is, it's a solo singing persona of Adam from Peking Duk. If you're unsure of who they are, they're an electro-pop duo who scored numerous hits in the mid to late 2010s. Their biggest hit "High" actually landed at #2 in triple j's Hottest 100 for 2014, so it's his second time in the runner up position. "Dancing2" could best be described as an electro pop ballad dedicated to Adam's girlfriend Abbie Chatfield. She's a fairly famous influencer who came to the nation's attention years back as a contestant on The Bachelor, who got given a villain edit that made her look pretty dumb from the outset, and I suspect a lot of people are still holding onto this manipulation. Over the past 4-5 months, I have witnessed the mother of all algorithmic boosted smear campaigns as a bunch of people who dislike one or two of these people have been screaming to the rooftops about how it's the worst song ever made and how the industry is trying so hard to make it a thing. Facebook's algorithm keeps feeding any Keli Holiday related posts to these people and they keep signal boosting it beyond belief, all the while convinced in their echo chamber that they're putting it in its place. Since Peking Duk actually performed at the AFLW Grand Final late last year, it even gets thrown in as an excuse for anyone who hates women's sports to be gratified by the association. It's the new Tones And I where the outrage is so hyperbolic it makes anyone who thinks their additional grenades to associate themselves with the crowd look idiotic for thinking they are doing themselves or the explosions any favours. I can't help but think these people have made the song into a bigger hit, and I've never learnt what new music these people think we should be listening to instead. Angry online mobs are always so disorganised. Anyway, the song is now a top 30 hit, so congrats to all of them, tell me more about how people in their early 20s are so ignorant because they aren't intimately familiar with an LCD Soundsystem song that came out when they were wearing diapers and wasn't a hit (because that's not what they do). Also the less interesting Tame Impala song that finished at #3 got a new peak this week. Addison Rae finished at #20 but her rebound feels so isolated that I'm not sure it's fully attributed to this. In other news, "Beautiful Things" has been pushed to pasture and the Bubbling Under chart is very big this week. It's a monumental week on the album chart as Megadeth claim their first ever #1 album. I haven't had the opportunity to check, but with it being over 40 years since their debut came out, we might be looking at the longest ever wait to score a #1 album in Australia. I can't really claim the same spiel about Louis Tomlinson as he's only at #3, but he did score a #2 album when he released within a month of Taylor Swift back in 2022 which is always a silly prospect. Poppy makes a big splash this week with her first ever top 50 album coming in at #7, while local streaming juggernauts The Paper Kites reverse their recent fortune and debut at #13, their second highest ever position. I won't choose to take credit for this but I mentioned last week that EsDeeKid's album was missing from the chart, it isn't anymore! The Kiwi charts do not seem to have gotten the memo though. Spacey Jane & Ocean Alley are two more big performers in the Hottest 100 who see noticeable rebounds on the chart.

literally dozens of people are holding off on listening to it until they've been correctly instructed to do so!

26/01/2026 Singles 01 01 23 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 16 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 06 18 03 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 04 03 56 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 05 04 31 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 06 05 17 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 07 07 50 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 10 03 08 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 09 08 32 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 10 11 02 10 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 11 09 26 06 12 TO 12 sombr 12 12 33 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 13 44 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 14 14 08 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 15 15 16 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 16 18 105 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 17 17 47 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 16 16 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 19 29 07 19 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 20 71 02 20 STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson 21 22 10 21 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 22 21 43 02 UNDRESSED sombr 23 20 28 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 24 30 08 24 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 25 24 93 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 26 23 88 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 27 26 31 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 28 25 17 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 29 31 18 29 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 30 28 66 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 31 19 02 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 32 32 75 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 33 33 58 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 34 27 10 15 CHANEL Tyla 35 42 52 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 36 34 17 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 37 40 34 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 38 35 89 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 39 38 66 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 40 39 12 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 41 44 75 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 42 41 25 38 FOLDED Kehlani 43 51 02 43 PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 44 36 17 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 45 37 29 27 GABRIELA Katseye 46 43 33 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 47 45 93 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 48 46 30 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 49 47 93 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 50 49 60 01 MESSY Lola Young Bubbling Under 10 (13) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 11 (NE) HELICOPTER A$AP Rocky 12 (19) ZOO Shakira 13 (16) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (17) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 15 (NE) STAY HERE 4 LIFE A$AP Rocky 16 (18) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 17 (NE) STOLE YA FLOW A$AP Rocky 18 (15) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe 19 (RE) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 20 (RE) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift Albums 01 12 11 01 IDOLS Yungblud 02 01 17 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 03 NE 01 03 LOCKET Madison Beer 04 03 31 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 05 NE 01 05 DON'T BE DUMB A$AP Rocky 06 05 16 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 07 06 48 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 08 74 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 07 21 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 58 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 11 04 02 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 12 02 02 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 13 10 22 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 14 11 36 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 15 NE 01 15 THE SIN: VANISH Enhypen 16 13 88 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 17 15 92 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 18 14 14 04 USB Fred Again.. 19 16 83 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 20 21 19 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 21 19 85 01 BRAT Charli XCX 22 NE 01 22 BRITPOP Robbie Williams 23 22 24 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 24 20 57 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 25 18 45 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 26 58 16 26 OLDER Lizzy McAlpine 27 24 22 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 28 RE 02 18 WHO IS THE SKY? David Byrne 29 25 97 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 30 26 37 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 31 29 30 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 32 27 22 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 28 14 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 34 32 18 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 35 33 69 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 36 NE 01 36 THE DEMISE OF PLANET X Sleaford Mods 37 31 58 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 38 23 08 23 THE CRUX Djo 39 39 76 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 45 30 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 41 38 46 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber 42 47 12 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 43 35 28 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 44 NE 01 44 EASING OUT OF CONTROL DZ Deathrays 45 64 03 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 46 30 09 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 47 36 15 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 48 40 46 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 49 52 12 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 50 41 30 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll "Man I Need" is #1 for a 10th week. We arrive at the big question for the week, which is whether or not she can make it to 11 next week. I'll talk more on it next week but suffice to say, Harry Styles may have chosen a bad week to release his new single here. He had a highly impressive first day, the 8th highest Spotify count for any non-Christmas or Taylor Swift songs. He's receded considerably behind the pack in the days since, not helped by Australians being distracted by triple j's Hottest 100, Australia Day and the awful weather. As expected, Olivia Dean did come in at #1 for the Hottest 100 and that's gonna probably lock her for #1 this week, while possibly adding some curiosities to the chart next week. Given there are no Australian songs in the top 50, we could probably use the help. RAYE takes "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!" to #3 this week, which means she's hit this peak position 3 times now, with "Escapism." & "Prada" previously. "Lush Life" continues to not be on the chart so Bruno Mars scores a probably fake top 10 hit. "Beautiful Things" hits 105 weeks on the chart so I believe it will be ousted next week. I forgot to mention Sienna Spiro debuting last week, but now she's into the top 20. Also making that move though from a little further back is PinkPantheress with the remix of "Stateside". I must admit as a massive fan of the original version, I don't like this one anywhere near as much, and it couldn't even pull the song into the Hottest 100 so I have no use for this. We get to witness the funny experience of delayed gratification on the upper UTC parts of the world, because while Zach Bryan's "Plastic Cigarettes" peaked on week 1 in most places, here it actually had a slightly improved second week and gets to climb into the top 50. Always keep these stunted debuts in mind when you find yourself wondering why Australia's charts don't have as many new entries as others do. I don't know what it's like around the rest of the world but the boomers seem to love YUNGBLUD. The token 'I don't listen to new music very often, but this guy gets it' demographic that can be very lucrative for word of mouth. He's managed to belatedly hit #1 with his latest album, which gives him two career #1's to date, his self-titled album managing to debut there back in 2022. Madison Beer fares a little better than her boyfriend did this month and scores her highest charting album by far at #3, previously only getting as high as #36 and also crowning her as the definitive Madison of the album chart (Madison Avenue got to #4). Don't trust anyone who doesn't acknowledged the poorly timed streaming & radio peaks for "Make You Mine" when they mock it for never making the Hot 100, imagine paying dust to an absolute banger because of chart eccentricities. In a similar vein to RAYE, A$AP Rocky also meets his peak position for the 3rd time, as "AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP" and "TESTING" both peaked at #5. Rihanna's last album also peaked at #5 but it would be unfair to pretend that I'm not selling it short with that description. ENHYPEN score their first ever album chart entry with their latest EP that has a lot of tracks per minute. Robbie Williams arrives at a modest #22 while we wait for the physical versions to come through. An album whose physical versions did come through this week was Lizzy McAlpine's re-packaged "Older (and Wiser)" set, which means that after several near misses and hovering around below the chart for nearly 2 years at this point, she's finally gotten her first ever top 50 album. I'm starting to think "Staying" won't be the smash hit of 2026 but you've gotta hand it to a song that with little promotion is just casually getting about 700,000 streams a day on Spotify. A hit without the chart credentials. Sleaford Mods are helped by the new chart rules to score their highest ever peak, they'd only ever had one top 50 album before this. Lastly we have what I believe to be a serious muck up, as the latest album by Brisbane's DZ Deathrays enters at #44. For context, this is a band who usually debut in the top 10, and this week they have a big vinyl & catalogue re-entry for their previous album, "R.I.F.F.". I'm positive that ARIA have attributed all their vinyl sales to the wrong album. They probably should have made the top 30 if not top 20. Mind you, EsDeeKid's album has just been missing from both Australia and NZ's charts and nothing looks to be done about this. What's worse, a missing position or one that's just wrong? There's (dis)advantages to both.

I assume whenever sales only is advocated, it's by someone who's unaware of the culture war nonsense that constantly plagues it, otherwise...🤔

If we wanna draw the comparison, "Sign of the Times" was a risky song for the streaming market at the time, and it showed. Never hit the top 5 on Spotify, only spent a week at #1. Its chart run was buoyed by sales. In reality, the song has been a massive streaming hit. Just recently crossed 2 billion on Spotify, his 3rd most. It's just that there are two separate streaming demographics. You've got the people who are tuned into the top 40 and those who aren't, and there's a different scope for what they're into, the latter group evidently love it (or it's very algorithm friendly to them), while it doesn't fit the taste of the former as much. At the end of the day, he's gotten his cake and eaten it because the song was a #1 hit, and it's gone triple platinum. The fact that it only spent 13 weeks in the top 75 no longer feels relevant. I don't know if this is the future "Aperture" is primed for (just listening to it now for the first time), but I reckon if he gets the #1 spot*, that's all that matters for now. (and I took too long to type it up, Joseph's said basically the same thing 😄) *might have something to say about this when I do my Aus charts post though, potential oof

You'd be looking at a #3 peak there.

19/01/2026 Singles 01 01 22 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 15 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 04 55 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 04 03 30 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 05 07 16 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 05 17 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 06 49 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 08 08 31 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 09 09 25 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 18 02 10 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 11 NE 01 11 I JUST MIGHT Bruno Mars 12 10 32 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 13 11 43 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 14 12 07 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 15 13 15 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 16 16 15 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 17 15 46 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 14 104 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 19 NE 01 19 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM Luke Combs 20 17 27 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 21 19 42 02 UNDRESSED sombr 22 28 09 22 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 23 21 87 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 24 20 92 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 25 25 16 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 24 30 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 27 22 09 15 CHANEL Tyla 28 23 65 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 29 68 06 29 DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 30 46 07 30 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 31 40 17 31 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 32 37 74 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 33 27 57 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 34 39 16 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 35 29 88 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 36 38 16 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 37 31 28 27 GABRIELA Katseye 38 26 65 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 39 34 11 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 40 44 33 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 41 42 24 38 FOLDED Kehlani 42 36 51 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 43 30 32 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 44 43 74 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 45 33 92 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 46 35 29 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 47 41 92 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 48 52 05 48 THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 49 32 59 01 MESSY Lola Young 50 47 16 28 DRACULA Tame Impala Bubbling Under 14 (NE) PLASTIC CIGARETTE Zach Bryan 15 (NE) RATHER BE The Kid Laroi feat. Lithe 16 (13) CENTURY EsDeeKid 17 (14) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 18 (9) INTERNET GIRL Katseye 19 (17) ZOO Shakira 20 (NE) STATESIDE PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson Albums 01 01 16 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 NE 01 02 BEFORE I FORGET The Kid Laroi 03 02 30 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 NE 01 04 WITH HEAVEN ON TOP Zach Bryan 05 03 15 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 06 05 47 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 04 20 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 08 06 73 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 07 57 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 10 08 21 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 11 09 35 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 12 69 10 04 IDOLS Yungblud 13 10 87 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 14 14 13 04 USB Fred Again.. 15 11 91 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 16 13 82 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 17 NE 01 17 FEEL ALIVE Steph Strings 18 15 44 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 19 17 84 01 BRAT Charli XCX 20 16 56 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 21 18 18 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 22 22 23 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 23 30 07 23 THE CRUX Djo 24 21 21 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 25 19 96 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 26 25 36 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 27 24 21 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 28 29 13 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 29 26 29 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 30 23 08 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 31 27 57 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 32 31 17 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 33 32 68 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 34 NE 01 34 SECRET LOVE Dry Cleaning 35 33 27 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 36 34 14 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 37 40 12 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 38 41 45 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber 39 36 75 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 40 39 45 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 41 38 29 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 42 37 41 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 43 45 34 02 RUBY Jennie 44 28 21 03 KARMA Stray Kids 45 49 29 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 46 RE 05 07 FROM THE PYRE The Last Dinner Party 47 57 11 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 48 42 16 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 49 46 39 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan 50 NE 01 50 ALTER BRIDGE Alter Bridge "Man I Need" is #1 for a 9th week. I am once again reporting that nothing is getting close, and even though we saw some notable declines on Spotify yesterday, I'm going to pre-emptively declare that "Man I Need" probably has triple j's Hottest 100 on lock. At a bare minimum it's gonna be top 3 and its closest competition I don't think are troubling the pointy end of the ARIA Chart, so she's got another couple weeks of free equilibrium at this stage. Only a big new entry could stop her I think. Djo has climbed back to his original 2024 peak of #3, giving us the first change in the top 3 in over 3 months, though technically we haven't had a new top 3 hit since Taylor Swift's album dropped. I wouldn't put it past RAYE to have a strong Hottest 100 performance to get her over the line. Maybe not as strong a factor in that (not impossible though), we've got a fast rising Dave and "Raindance" reaching the top 10. It's his 3rd top 10 hit from 4 top 50 entries (the other one is "Clash") which are pretty good innings, while it's also Tems' first ever top 10 hit as "WAIT FOR U" peaked at #12. Arriving just behind Dave is Bruno Mars who might be considered the king of second week climbs. Before "Die With A Smile" and "APT.", he'd never had a top 10 debut in his career, which includes an unfortunate coincidence when "Uptown Funk" debuted at #11 on the same week streaming was added to the charts (it would have been top 10 otherwise). So he's still never done it as a lead artist and has been denied it once more, though in fairness I still must note that "Lush Life" should probably be in the top 10. Pretty good on the debut front though he's never done it in the top 10 either, Luke Combs notches up yet another top 20 hit, instantly matching the peak of his very big hit "Ain't No Love In Oklahoma", though it'll be a tough time matching it for longevity. Our first Australian top 50 entry of 2026 has arrived courtesy of Sonny Fodera, who might be priming to have the biggest Australian hit of 2026 given that he managed it last year with "Somedays" despite a pretty unremarkable chart run on the surface (it peaked at #26 and spent 6 weeks in the top 50). Maybe triple j's Hottest 100 could net us some more soon as Playlunch & Keli Holiday discourse gets a shot in the arm. At the very least I'll have a rant to make if my blog doesn't get to it first. Our discourse is so bad. Olivia Dean makes it 7 weeks at #1 on the album chart. She's entered the world of party spoiling as she blocks The Kid LAROI from the top spot. It is at least a slight improvement on his previous album's peak of #2, and I suppose I should note that he does have a #1 album via "F*CK LOVE", but then that's not a studio album is it? Cake and the eating of it situation right here. Less in contention, Zach Bryan arrives at #4, his 3rd album to make the top 5, though he's never had a #1. YUNGBLUD has been in the country lately and getting a lot of publicity I assume from people who haven't been keeping up with new music but might discovery that this is their guy. Last week Fred again.. had a big re-entry I couldn't really explain, and now that he's at #14 for a second week, I have to conclude that he's had a track list update on the database that's propelling his incidental streams through the roof. I'll confess I hadn't heard of Steph Strings until her debut album appeared on my new album release schedules, but that lack of publicity has not stopped her from entering the top 20. Dry Cleaning chart in the top 50 for the first time ever. The Last Dinner Party also re-enter thanks to their local tour, and Alter Bridge appear incredibly low down the chart given their last album hit the top 10. I am not 100% certain their physicals were all distributed properly otherwise that's just a colossal drop off.

It's *bleep*in good

I suspect I'm going to be living on moment-to-moment best guesses based on the newest information. It's possible that the 10 year layoff is optional and to be discarded if something's made the top 30, or alternatively, they're only counting that for subsequent re-entries in an 'everyone gets one' kinda way. Maybe it's all just meaningless and labels can do what they want, because otherwise I have to pretend it's consistent when "Lush Life" isn't charting. Might nearly be top 10. 12/01/2026 Singles 01 01 21 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 14 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 29 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 14 54 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 05 06 16 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 06 04 48 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 07 07 15 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 08 05 30 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 09 08 24 06 12 TO 12 sombr 10 09 31 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 11 10 42 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 11 06 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 13 12 14 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 14 13 103 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 15 15 45 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 19 14 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 17 17 26 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 18 NE 01 18 RAINDANCE Dave, Tems 19 21 41 02 UNDRESSED sombr 20 16 91 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 21 20 86 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 22 18 08 15 CHANEL Tyla 23 23 64 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 24 25 29 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 25 33 15 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 22 64 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 27 31 56 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 28 36 08 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 29 30 87 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 30 24 31 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 31 34 27 27 GABRIELA Katseye 32 35 58 01 MESSY Lola Young 33 27 91 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 34 32 10 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 35 26 28 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 36 44 50 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 37 29 73 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 38 28 15 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 39 39 15 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 40 40 16 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 41 41 91 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 42 38 23 38 FOLDED Kehlani 43 43 73 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 44 49 32 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 45 NE 01 45 INTERNET GIRL Katseye 46 60 06 46 CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 47 37 15 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 48 42 28 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 49 48 36 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 50 52 11 50 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean Bubbling Under 12 (15) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 13 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid 14 (13) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 15 (16) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 16 (14) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 17 (NE) ZOO Shakira 18 (18) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 19 (17) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 20 (19) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae Albums 01 01 15 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 03 29 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 02 14 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 04 04 19 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 46 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 05 72 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 07 11 56 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 08 14 20 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 09 13 34 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 10 09 86 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 11 07 90 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 12 36 10 12 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 13 12 81 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 14 RE 12 04 USB Fred Again.. 15 16 43 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 16 10 55 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 17 15 83 01 BRAT Charli XCX 18 20 17 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 19 19 95 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 20 08 50 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd 21 31 20 21 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 22 27 22 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 23 17 07 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 24 29 20 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 25 23 35 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 26 24 28 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 27 25 56 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 28 21 20 03 KARMA Stray Kids 29 18 12 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 30 77 06 30 THE CRUX Djo 31 44 16 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 32 34 67 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 33 33 26 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 34 26 13 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 35 32 02 32 THY WILL BE DONE $uicideBoy$ 36 45 74 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 30 40 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 38 52 28 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 39 38 44 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 40 47 11 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 41 61 44 41 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber 42 76 15 38 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 43 28 08 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 44 46 28 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 45 53 33 02 RUBY Jennie 46 71 38 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan 47 42 28 01 VIRGIN Lorde 48 57 22 48 TYLA Tyla 49 64 28 16 DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS Bad Bunny 50 40 31 04 CHARM Clairo "Man I Need" is #1 for an 8th week. Again, it really could have been one for the record books if it got into gear a little sooner. Still absolutely blitzing the competition, though not with the sort of remarkable/unsustainable figures that suggest a collapse is on the way. Djo is attempting to validate the re-entry with a new peak though he'll have to overcome the reliably stopping all close-comers "The Fate of Ophelia". At the very least, we'll finally have a different song in the top 3 for the first time in 14 weeks. Speaking of new songs, we got them. It's a further feather in the cap of my theory that no attention seems to get paid until something makes the top 20 sometimes. After months of being ignored from the chart, Dave's "Raindance" finally arrives. It's actually only his 4th ever top 50 entry but that includes a #1 hit and another top 10 so he tends to seize his moment when he has it. He should climb further next week. Katseye have the exciting honour of having the first 2026 song on the chart thanks to "Internet Girl", and just behind them is Ella Langley scoring her first top 50 hit, though "you look like you love me" has hung around for so long it may as well have been one. Olivia Dean also re-enters with "I've Seen It". Perhaps she'll end You Am I's reign of obscure stats as "Mr. Milk" is the only song to ever peak at #50 for 3 weeks (because the chart was frozen for 2 weeks). Again I have to report that if you were hoping taking out Christmas music would provide new chart hits, you're now down to just EsDeeKid's "Century" as the only song that charted because of the omissions. Well, in about a month we're gonna see some of those 2024 songs start to retire from the chart, maybe that'll do it. Olivia Dean has the #1 album for a 6th time. Our pattern of the top 3 singles & albums being identical is interrupted as #2 & #3 switch places. Of note this week, Ninajirachi & ROLE MODEL score new peaks, the former thanks to a vinyl release, and the latter just continuing the general momentum of the past 8 months. Djo re-enters the top 50 a little bit higher than he debuted, as does Sam Barber, while Tyla very belatedly makes her first entry here. Yes, that's her album that came out nearly 2 years ago, and it's so old that the deluxe version doesn't even have "CHANEL" on it. She's a beneficiary of the tremendously lowered bar for entry since she released it, so it's a bit of a fake new peak, but she's done it with a couple months left on the ticker. I believe Shaboozey & Lizzy McAlpine are also trying to do the same with their nearing 2 year old albums.

2025 End Of Year Charts Singles 1. (NE) Alex Warren - Ordinary 2. (NE) Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna - Golden 3. (58) Rosé, Bruno Mars - APT. 4. (92) Gracie Abrams - That's So True 5. (31) Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 6. (6) Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather 7. (1) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8. (NE) Lola Young - Messy 9. (2) Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 10. (NE) Chrystal - The Days - NOTION Remix 11. (NE) Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 12. (NE) Sombr - Back To Friends 13. (NE) Kendrick Lamar - Luther 14. (NE) sombr - Undressed 15. (NE) Olivia Dean - Man I Need 16. (7) Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 17. (NE) Disco Lines, Tinashe - No Broke Boys 18. (13) Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 19. (3) Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 20. (NE) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 21. (NE) Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 22. (NE) Tate McRae - Sports car 23. (28) Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 24. (5) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 25. (23) Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 26. (NE) Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 27. (NE) Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 28. (NE) Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop 29. (NE) Alex Warren - Carry You Home 30. (8) Hozier - Too Sweet 31. (NE) The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - Timeless 32. (27) Myles Smith - Stargazing 33. (70) Billie Eilish - Wildflower 34. (NE) Justin Bieber - Daisies 35. (NE) Drake - Nokia 36. (NE) Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Your Idol 37. (NE) Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna - Indigo 38. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 39. (37) Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 40. (86) Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry 41. (42) Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 42. (NE) Teddy Swims - The Door 43. (NE) Luke Combs - Ain't No Love In Oklahoma 44. (36) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 45. (74) Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All The Stars 46. (NE) Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters - How It's Done 47. (12) Dasha - Austin 48. (NE) Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap 49. (NE) Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other 50. (NE) Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast - What It Sounds Like 51. (NE) BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose - Kisses 52. (NE) sombr - 12 to 12 53. (14) Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please 54. (NE) Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching 55. (33) Benson Boone - Slow It Down 56. (NE) Tate McRae - Revolving Door 57. (NE) Leon Thomas - Mutt 58. (15) Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange 59. (11) Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 60. (NE) Kendrick Lamar - TV Off 61. (NE) The Marias - No One Noticed 62. (NE) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D. & Jazzy - Somedays 63. (NE) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 64. (NE) Doechii - Anxiety 65. (34) The Killers - Mr Brightside 66. (NE) Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem 67. (NE) Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Free 68. (24) Vance Joy - Riptide 69. (4) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 70. (68) Luke Combs - Where The Wild Things Are 71. (26) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 72. (NE) Shaboozey - Good News 73. (100) Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish - Guess 74. (NE) Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi 75. (NE) Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Takedown 76. (NE) Doechii - Denial Is A River 77. (NE) Alex Warren - Burning Down 78. (NE) Taylor Swift - Opalite 79. (NE) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 80. (NE) Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 81. (54) Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 82. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem 83. (NE) Morgan Wallen - What I Want 84. (30) Luke Combs - Fast Car 85. (NE) Ed Sheeran - Azizam 86. (NE) Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 87. (NE) Tate McRae - It's ok I'm ok 88. (78) Coldplay - Yellow 89. (16) Tate McRae - Greedy 90. (NE) Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody 91. (NE) Royel Otis - Linger (SiriusXM Session) 92. (NE) Billie Eilish - Chihiro 93. (29) Cyril - Stumblin' In 94. (57) Hozier - Take Me To Church 95. (72) Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 96. (NE) Kane Brown & Marshmello - Miles On It 97. (9) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 98. (RE) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 99. (NE) Alex Warren, Jelly Roll - Bloodline 100. (10) Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby Albums 1. (NE) Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 2. (NE) Soundtrack - KPop Demon Hunters (From The Netflix Film) 3. (3) Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 4. (2) Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 5. (NE) Tate McRae - So Close To What 6. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 7. (20) Gracie Abrams - The Secret Of Us 8. (NE) Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid 9. (NE) Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 10. (6) SZA - SOS 11. (85) Ed Sheeran - +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 12. (NE) Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem 13. (18) Charli XCX - BRAT 14. (4) The Weeknd - The Highlights 15. (1) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 16. (NE) Kendrick Lamar - GNX 17. (14) Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 18. (NE) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 19. (NE) Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia 20. (21) Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 21. (16) Luke Combs - This One's For You 22. (NE) The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow 23. (46) Pitbull - Greatest Hits 24. (19) Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 25. (12) Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 26. (13) Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 27. (74) Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia 28. (8) Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 29. (24) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 30. (51) Hozier - Hozier (10th Anniversary Edition) 31. (17) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 32. (27) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 33. (34) Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 34. (35) Arctic Monkeys - AM 35. (33) Linkin Park - Papercuts 36. (NE) PartyNextDoor, Drake - $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 37. (11) Taylor Swift - Folklore 38. (NE) sombr - I Barely Know Her 39. (NE) Justin Bieber - SWAG 40. (5) Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 41. (23) Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 42. (9) Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 43. (15) Taylor Swift - Reputation 44. (49) Tate McRae - Think Later 45. (NE) Calvin Harris - 96 Months 46. (NE) Ed Sheeran - Play 47. (7) Taylor Swift - Lover 48. (43) Ed Sheeran - ÷ 49. (NE) Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande - Wicked: The Soundtrack 50. (30) Kanye West - Graduation 51. (62) Post Malone - F-1 Trillion 52. (71) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 53. (60) Lady Gaga - The Fame 54. (36) Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get 55. (48) Rihanna - Good Girls Gone Bad 56. (26) Elton John - Diamonds 57. (66) Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 58. (NE) Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness 59. (44) Cold Chisel - 50 Years - The Best Of 60. (NE) Jennie - Ruby 61. (NE) Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) 62. (NE) Lorde - Virgin 63. (40) Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 64. (32) Foo Fighters - The Essential 65. (10) Taylor Swift - Midnights 66. (69) Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 67. (25) The Weeknd - Starboy 68. (NE) Spacey Jane - If That Makes Sense 69. (NE) Rosé - Rosie 70. (22) Travis Scott - Utopia 71. (NE) Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal 72. (65) ABBA - Studio Albums 73. (38) Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album 74. (NE) Sam Barber - Restless Mind 75. (58) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (5th Anniversary Edition) 76. (59) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 77. (NE) Hilltop Hoods - Fall From The Light 78. (NE) Flo Rida - Now Playing 79. (64) Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE 80. (75) Tyler, The Creator - Igor 81. (47) Travis Scott - Astroworld 82. (NE) Playboi Carti - Music 83. (55) Luke Combs - Gettin' Old 84. (RE) Jeff Buckley - Grace 85. (56) Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 86. (NE) Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons 87. (81) INXS - The Very Best 88. (41) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 89. (NE) Drake - Take Care 90. (77) Nirvana - Nevermind 91. (78) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 92. (67) The Kid Laroi - The First Time 93. (NE) Clairo - Charm 94. (RE) Drake - Views 95. (RE) Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (10th Anniversary Edition) 96. (NE) Stray Kids - KARMA 97. (NE) Addison Rae - Addison 98. (NE) Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken 99. (80) Linkin Park - Meteora 100. (93) Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism Highlighted in red are Australian artists and/or artists who recently lost a court case against anonymous Redditors. Depending on your perspective, this is either the most meaningless EOY list, or the last one that has even a semblance of meaning. Based on my scientific study of just looking at it and hashing out vibes, I would say that the expected result has happened. We've got an EOY chart that just adheres to each weekly chart as they were seen, so there are still old entries here, but they're missing the last third of their data and are slightly languishing for it. Only not too much because that would require there being ample new hits to take their place and we didn't really get that at the end of the year. It serves as a great reality check for the end of the year, especially on the album chart, where for instance, Laufey's #2 peaking album from 4-5 months ago that's generally stayed within the top 50 since release is unable to crack the list. If you're somehow able to compare the chart runs of "Kids" by MGMT in 2008 (which made the list) and "Gabriela" by KATSEYE (which did not), you might find it elucidating. The luck is transferred though. Look at The Marias, making it all the way up to #61 with their song that never cracked the top 50 (but would have if the rules were around sooner). We've also got a first ever appearance for Drake's "Take Care", which might not have made the list if the rules stayed in place. It will probably be remarked upon in the future that Taylor Swift has taken the top album spot easily for the 4th time in a row with 4 different albums. The way 2026 is going, she may need another new one to do it again. It is perhaps fitting that in this dying gasp of the old chart rules that we get an appearance from a Flo Rida album that doesn't even exist on streaming services and barely exists at all. At the very least, I may have to change up my formatting a little next year because I expect overlaps to be a little rarer. That's 2027 Dirca's problem though.

She said 'Hello, you fool, I love you. Come join the new thread, join the new thread' 05/01/2026 Singles 01 01 20 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 13 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 28 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 47 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 07 29 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 06 06 15 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 05 14 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 08 08 23 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 09 30 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 10 11 41 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 11 10 05 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 12 12 13 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 13 13 102 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 14 RE 53 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 15 17 44 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 19 90 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 17 18 25 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 18 15 07 15 CHANEL Tyla 19 14 13 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 20 20 85 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 21 16 40 02 UNDRESSED sombr 22 32 63 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 23 26 63 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 24 35 30 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 25 22 28 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 26 23 27 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 27 43 90 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 28 24 14 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 29 27 72 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 30 30 86 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 31 33 55 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 32 21 09 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 33 25 14 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 34 37 26 27 GABRIELA Katseye 35 34 57 01 MESSY Lola Young 36 28 07 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 37 41 14 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 38 44 22 38 FOLDED Kehlani 39 31 14 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 40 36 15 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 41 42 90 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 42 38 27 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 43 39 72 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 44 48 49 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 45 40 27 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 46 46 64 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 47 47 93 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 48 59 35 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 49 49 31 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 50 51 27 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast Bubbling Under 11 (11) CENTURY EsDeeKid 12 (12) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 13 (15) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 14 (13) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 15 (18) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 16 (16) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 17 (17) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 18 (NE) GONE GONE GONE David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I 19 (20) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae 20 (19) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike Albums 01 01 14 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 02 13 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 03 03 28 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 04 18 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 05 71 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 06 06 45 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 09 89 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 08 07 49 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd 09 10 85 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 10 08 54 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 11 13 55 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 12 14 80 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 13 16 33 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 12 19 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 15 18 82 01 BRAT Charli XCX 16 15 42 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 17 11 06 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 18 19 11 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 19 22 94 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 20 17 16 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 21 31 19 03 KARMA Stray Kids 22 20 04 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo 23 21 34 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 24 26 27 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 25 24 55 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 26 27 12 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 27 35 21 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 28 30 07 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 29 32 19 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 30 40 39 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 31 36 19 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 32 NE 01 32 THY WILL BE DONE $uicideBoy$ 33 34 25 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 34 45 66 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 35 49 28 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 36 28 09 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 37 37 19 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 38 50 43 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 39 39 22 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 40 33 30 04 CHARM Clairo 41 29 61 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 42 42 27 01 VIRGIN Lorde 43 25 09 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 44 46 15 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 45 61 73 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 46 48 27 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 47 54 10 06 WEST END GIRL Lily Allen 48 43 09 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 49 56 14 06 VIE Doja Cat 50 62 23 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson Boone Welcome to a new year of assorted ramblings! "Man I Need" is #1 for a 7th week. Not only is there no threat to this on the horizon, but we must consider the looming Hottest 100 which I suspect can only help Olivia Dean when it comes down to it. The race for #2 is at least interesting though. I expect Taylor Swift to retain it, but Olivia Dean's second entry is making headway, as is the surprise re-entry for Djo. ARIA's initial briefing of the new rules suggested this was only allowed if a song has gone 10 years without charting, but in our first possible chance to witness it, they've allowed a song that last appeared on the chart about 6 months ago. Ironically, The Police's "Every Breath You Take" which hasn't charted in 40 years and would very likely be in the top 30 is also missing, as is Dave's "Raindance" which has finally propelled itself into the top 50 except it hasn't. I also think The Killers might have reached a new peak for "Mr. Brightside" which would have made it the highest charting song on "Hot Fuss", but I guess they'll have to wait until 2036. If you're one of those people glad to (almost) not have any Christmas songs on the chart because they might be blocking other entries, you might have an actual leg to stand on! On the other hand, if you were looking for gaining top 50 hits that aren't an EsDeeKid single and an Olivia Dean album track, I'm sorry because they're the only songs that hit the top 50 because of it, and there's every chance they might re-enter later and take that away too. Kehlani scores the only new peak across both charts this week. Olivia Dean is also #1 on the album chart for a 5th week. I'd have more to say here if there were debuts by artists who don't have awful, awful names that preclude me from ever wanting to acknowledge them.

I feel the same can be said of both of them, right from the first innings at Perth, Starc just immediately demoralises England from the first over, and almost singlehandedly gets them all out in half a day's play. Then in Brisbane, England could be looking a bit better but he gets another 6 wickets in the first innings (3 ducks on his own) and when the middle order for Australia starts to slide and make England look a chance, he pulls out a cheeky 77 run effort from 9th to sink the morale once more. I'll admit though I'm not sure how these things usually go, but do dead rubbers figure as strongly when thinking about this? I know for instance in the AFL Grand Final last year, there was a player who dominated in the last quarter (when the game was already decided) and only got 1 vote out of a possible 15 for best on ground. One of the voters later said on a podcast that they put more focus on performance when the game's in the balance.

Definitely on the podium but I reckon Starc did it all to wrap it up in the first two tests

Thing is that it was already climbing before that, and has maintained its momentum well over a week later. (Bamonte wasn't in the band until a decade after that song came out anyway)

My assumption is that they're just going to take the data directly from the published charts, so every chart point counts until you're kicked off. Can't see them retroactively applying the rules to the earlier charts unless they already had it developed in-house all year.

I reckon for an artist of her stature it's hard to make that push without a remix because the whole thing has already been pored over track by track. Single pushes months after album release can only do so much so probably makes sense to just stick with a track whose baseline performance is already solid because it's proven to be liked.

29/12/2025 Singles 01 01 19 01 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 02 02 12 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 03 03 27 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 04 46 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 05 05 13 04 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 06 06 14 05 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Raye 07 07 28 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 08 22 06 12 TO 12 sombr 09 10 29 08 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 10 09 04 09 I RUN Kaitlin Aragon, HVN. 11 11 40 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 12 12 12 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 13 14 101 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 14 15 12 13 A COUPLE MINUTES Olivia Dean 15 22 06 15 CHANEL Tyla 16 13 39 02 UNDRESSED sombr 17 17 43 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 18 16 24 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 19 20 89 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 20 23 84 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 21 31 08 21 PHANTOM EsDeeKid & Rico Ace 22 18 27 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 23 21 26 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 24 24 13 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 25 25 13 20 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 26 26 62 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 27 19 71 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 28 54 06 28 4 RAWS EsDeeKid 29 NE 01 29 IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS Fall Out Boy 30 30 85 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 31 28 13 25 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 32 29 62 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 33 27 54 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 34 34 56 01 MESSY Lola Young 35 32 29 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 36 44 14 36 REIN ME IN Sam Fender, Olivia Dean 37 37 25 27 GABRIELA Katseye 38 38 26 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 39 40 71 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 40 36 26 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 41 35 13 28 DRACULA Tame Impala 42 45 89 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 43 43 89 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 44 46 21 40 FOLDED Kehlani 45 60 05 45 CENTURY EsDeeKid 46 49 63 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 47 47 92 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 48 39 48 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 49 42 30 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 50 52 09 50 I'VE SEEN IT Olivia Dean Bubbling Under 12 (14) CHOOSIN' TEXAS Ella Langley 13 (11) ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 14 (17) DO IT Stray Kids 15 (13) TALK OF THE TOWN Fred again.., Sammy Virji, Reggie 16 (19) DIE ON THIS HILL Sienna Spiro 17 (NE) THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 18 (20) THINK ABOUT US Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Poppy Baskcomb 19 (NE) WHITE KEYS Dominic Fike 20 (16) NOBODY'S GIRL Tate McRae Albums 01 01 13 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 02 12 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 03 03 27 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 06 17 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 08 70 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 06 07 44 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 07 05 48 01 WISH YOU WERE HERE (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Pink Floyd 08 11 53 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 09 15 88 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 10 12 84 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 11 16 05 01 WICKED: FOR GOOD Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 12 09 18 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 13 10 54 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 14 17 79 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 15 04 41 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 16 14 32 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 19 15 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 18 20 81 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 21 10 02 DEADBEAT Tame Impala 20 27 03 11 LIVE FROM GLASTONBURY (A BBC RECORDING) Olivia Rodrigo 21 22 33 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 22 25 93 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 23 33 03 04 KYLIE CHRISTMAS (FULLY WRAPPED) Kylie Minogue 24 18 54 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 25 56 08 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 26 32 26 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 27 24 11 17 PEOPLE WATCHING Sam Fender 28 39 08 18 I LOVE MY COMPUTER Ninajirachi 29 45 60 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 30 34 06 01 EVERYONE'S A STAR! 5 Seconds of Summer 31 28 18 03 KARMA Stray Kids 32 36 18 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 33 37 29 04 CHARM Clairo 34 29 24 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 35 35 20 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 36 31 18 27 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 37 44 18 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 38 42 07 02 SEVENTY Paul Kelly 39 55 21 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 40 49 38 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 41 30 34 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 42 51 26 01 VIRGIN Lorde 43 59 08 04 EVERYBODY SCREAM Florence + the Machine 44 93 08 04 THE BIG FIVE-0 Cold Chisel 45 47 65 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 46 53 14 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 47 40 09 07 THE BOY WHO PLAYED THE HARP Dave 48 43 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 49 58 27 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 50 46 42 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake "Man I Need" is #1 for a 6th week. Once again we must ponder if we have solved music with a #9 & #10 switch being the only change in the top 10. It's very much in keeping with what we would have gotten last year if all the Christmas music was omitted, for now the gaps between these songs are too pronounced, and the movement too slight and uniform to change anything. It's possible the general weirdness of New Year's Eve could cause an impact. I'm seeing "No Broke Boys" & "Abracadabra" pretty high up on the first NYE Spotify playlist I found. As far as songs moving up this week, Tyla has jumped into the top 20 now with "CHANEL" and it's a big week for EsDeeKid with all of his songs vaulting, including his simultaneous second & third top 50 hits. In accordance with the new rules, we have just one Christmas song in the chart this week, Fall Out Boy scoring their first lead artist entry in over a decade with their Spotify exclusive. I believe Laufey's "Santa Baby" should also be in the top 50 but it's missing. Speaking of which, It's never been a top 50 threat before, but Dave's "Raindance" is seeing serious second wind at the moment, so if it continues to be left out of the chart now, it'll start to be genuinely noticeable. Olivia Dean also scores another top 50 hit for good measure. I didn't realise it but last week the Bubbling Under chart did a funny thing. If you look at it now you'll see that "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" is the highest new song at the moment, which feels odd doesn't it? You're right to think that, because ARIA have prematurely shafted "The Fate of Ophelia", because it would seem that someone put the wrong date into the database. For the time being it means she gets a revolving door of new entries at the bottom of her allowed ration for the New Music chart, but it also means that should the song stick around for its entire allowed tenure (see you all in late 2027), I suspect it's going to be removed from the chart several weeks early. Given the nature of Taylor Swift streaming cycles, it'll probably depend on if she has another particularly big album that puts "The Life Of A Showgirl" into the ever expanding past region of her discography, just one of the bygone albums. This comment doesn't work very well while "The Tortured Poets Department" climbs into the top 10 but I suspect that's on the back of Christmas sales and not streams. Olivia Dean gets a 4th week at #1 on the album chart. This week the entire top 10 are #1 peaking albums. There are no debuts this week so all we can do is speculate which albums got given out on Christmas. I suspect a lot of excited unwrapping of Cold Chisel and Geese occurred this year, I wonder how much overlap there is in that audience. I feel like Jimmy Barnes & Cameron Winter have a similar approach to singing. That also wraps up this year's charts. I will return to this thread in a week or so when the Year End charts come out, but until then, thanks for reading, I'll see you in the new thread.