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Global smash hit vs. just barely charted in 2 countries (won't be long until that 30 million gap swings the other way around). Like charts are interesting but we've got to stop discrediting anything that didn't do the formal dance around in the top 40 for a couple of months.

Feel like it's not fair to compare charts position for position from decades past to now. I won't deny the landscape has shifted to an extent, but how many of those bands that scored top 10 hits in the '90s would really do so under similar circumstances to now? A lot of them would get muscled out by bigger hits having longer tenures, while they themselves have more steady chart points that don't lend themselves to impressive chart peaks. Or rather to sound like a broken record, it can't be understated just how much activity happens below the top 40, below the top 100 these days. I've just now seen that Lord Huron's "The Night We Met" has gone double platinum, despite only a #75 peak. If ACR doesn't exist, maybe it's a #30ish peak? In any case, if you go back to the mid '90s, how many songs peaking in the 30s were going double platinum back then? This is a genuine question because many here know the UK Charts better than I do, but I can't imagine it's many, if any (outside of them also slowly accumulating it now). I think in the age of parasocial media that solo artists are easier to market (and generally cheaper), but if they're generating the same equivalent figures, that's their bottom line and they don't need to be on the chart.

+5 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO +4 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +3 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +2 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -2 Dasha - Austin -3 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -5 Hozier - Too Sweet

20/05/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 02 02 03 02 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 03 03 05 03 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 01 05 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 05 09 02 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 06 04 04 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 07 05 17 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 07 08 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 09 06 08 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 10 10 04 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 11 11 26 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 12 30 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 13 14 10 12 AUSTIN Dasha 14 13 04 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 15 08 02 08 EUPHORIA Kendrick Lamar 16 16 10 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 17 15 13 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 18 20 08 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 19 19 04 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 20 17 08 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 21 23 18 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi feat. Joy Oladokun 22 24 38 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 23 21 12 08 SATURN SZA 24 18 04 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 25 27 60 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 26 29 04 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 27 33 08 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 28 34 96 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 29 25 04 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 30 31 14 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 31 22 04 06 MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS Taylor Swift 32 32 35 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 33 36 27 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 34 30 04 03 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 35 28 04 08 FLORIDA!!! Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine 36 38 39 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 37 35 05 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 38 40 67 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 39 NE 01 39 STARGAZING Myles Smith 40 41 04 16 THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED Taylor Swift 41 39 14 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 42 43 05 42 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 43 50 53 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 44 46 197 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 45 26 02 26 FAMILY MATTERS Drake 46 44 04 15 LOML Taylor Swift 47 52 59 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 48 48 67 21 SNOOZE SZA 49 49 35 06 WATER Tyla 50 54 14 20 HOME Good Neighbours Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 01 004 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 BETWEEN THE FIRES Troy Cassar-Daley 03 10 036 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 04 11 156 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 05 NE 001 05 CAPE FORESTIER Angus & Julia Stone 06 03 075 01 SOS SZA 07 04 171 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 05 063 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 09 02 002 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 10 06 056 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 08 247 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 07 010 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 13 09 029 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 14 NE 001 14 YOU WON'T GO BEFORE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO Knocked Loose 15 12 085 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 16 13 199 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 16 322 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 15 340 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 17 049 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 NE 001 20 CAN WE PLASE HAVE FUN Kings Of Leon 21 18 362 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 NE 001 22 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST MALMO 2024 Various Artists 23 21 310 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 22 006 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 25 30 239 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 26 19 005 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 27 23 189 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 28 25 250 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 29 31 038 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 30 42 101 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 31 28 434 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 27 479 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 33 20 268 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 34 32 042 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 35 35 175 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 33 079 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 34 417 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 38 NE 001 38 ONE OF WUN Gunna 39 24 120 13 CTRL SZA 40 38 081 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 41 36 131 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 40 302 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 43 26 007 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 44 43 182 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 45 50 005 45 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 46 47 076 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 47 41 169 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 48 54 082 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 49 46 291 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 45 236 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs In what can only be described as the most blatant coat-tail riding of recent times not done by Noah Kahan, Post Malone has now scored 2 #1 hits in the space of a month riding on the popularity of the other artist on the song. It's his 5th #1 hit and Morgan Wallen's 2nd but you know it's true. While I've found that the streaming age has shifted the tide a little bit away from headline collaborations to people just kinda wanting to listen to a specific artist, the charts aren't just decided by streaming. I'm reminded of previous instances, where the fragments of sales does enough to turn the result, like "I Don't Care" in 2019, and "Hold Me Closer" in 2022, also big name collaborations. It's possible that "I Had Some Help" will stick the landing a little better than them and maybe even dominate the top spot on streaming alone. In any case, this particular week saw the two combined versions of "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" score the highest ever streaming week in Australian Spotify history, and it gets a #2 peak hold for its troubles. It could still get there next week but the top two are both bleeding out quite a bit and I tend to lean to the incumbent in cases like this. Anyway let's get to the ARIA funnies check up. The Taylor Swift typo is still there, but "Scared To Start" has a new feature credit, so I guess Joy Oladokun has her first ever charting hit here. The irony of it sitting next to "Like That" which still only has two artists credited is not lost on me. In case you were wondering, "Like That" only just got added to Hot Hits Australia so that's why it climbed a little this week. Skrillex is still credited on "HUMBLE." btw. Myles Smith also debuts to the chart, bringing with him the 3rd ever single/EP called "Stargazing" to chart. If you don't include his Major Lazer feature, then technically Travis Scott also debuted to the chart with "STARGAZING" too. No "SICKO MODE" for Myles as far as I can see. Taylor Swift is #1 for a 4th week but what a shocker of a week for her as she only has 1 album in the top 10, that hasn't happened in about a year. It's a good time to highlight a fascinating thing I noticed in the past few weeks. It highlights the importance of an artist's Spotify top 10 list because while you would reasonably assume a new album would drive attention away from her catalogue, it actually didn't. It wasn't until her top 10 updated with almost only tracks from her new album ("Cruel Summer" is still there though) that it caused a near total exodus from the Spotify chart. About 8 different Taylor Swift songs have been missing in action on the Spotify chart since a little bit after the album came out. "Anti-Hero" has gone from being permanently in the top 50 to struggling to stay in the top 200. "Cruel Summer" even shows no signs of returning to the top 10 after previously showing no signs of ever leaving it, presumably because the top 10 playlist as it is just doesn't have enough crowd-pleasers in it. It'll be interesting to see if there's an upswing once things return to regularity. Anyway, the last Australian artist to go to #1 was Troye Sivan. He was nearly followed up by Troy but understandably it'll be a while before most non-superstar artists have a shot at it. The country stalwart has actually never had a #1 album excluding the roughly 1 day when his Adam Harvey collaboration was announced at #1 ahead of Kanye West's "Yeezus", but had to have erroneous sales deducted after the fact, which is the last time that ARIA have changed the album chart after publishing it (I have to remember the singles chart was post-fixed last year when David Kushner disappeared for no reason one week). With that in mind, this is his second #2 album. Olivia Rodrigo announced an Australian tour that doesn't come within 2000 kilometres of me, but it does for most Australians, so both of her albums are back in the top 4. The last Angus & Julia Stone album that wasn't a video game soundtrack debuted at #2, but it had a fair excuse because Foo Fighters had an album out on the same week. This time around there are less excuses because that album was #5 in its second week and that's where this new one debuts. I like "Losing You" quite a bit. Jumping up a bit though this time around is Knocked Loose, who just barely made the top 50 last time, now they're well ensconced at #14. Also this is mostly a terrible week in general for former Hottest 100 winners. Aside from Angus & Julia Stone, both versions of "Somebody That I Used To Know" dropped a bit on the Australian singles chart, Billie Eilish's albums both tanked this week, The Wiggles' rave album which is a real thing dropped a bit as well, but the crowning achievement in all of this is that a new Kings of Leon album debuted at #20. On the other hand, I guess "Riptide" climbed this week, "Not Like Us" made the top 5, and I think Macklemore may have made the top 100 with "HIND'S HALL". On an unrelated note, I am not covering the Eurovision stats this year. Also new year seems to mean new Gunna album where it's anyone's guess where it's gonna land. This one is a bit higher than the last one. Also just want to note in the world of long running albums, this week is the first time "÷" has left the top 50 outside the month of December. Also of great pertinence, Luke Combs' second album sits at #50 this week. It's still the longest running album to have never dropped out once, but perhaps that's coming to an end.

+5 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us +4 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +3 Taylor Swift - Fortnight +2 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -1 Dasha - Austin -2 Post Malone - I Had Some Help -3 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -4 Hozier - Too Sweet -5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

Oh and additional context, "Happier Than Ever" only had 6 songs in the top 50 on Friday, so this is looking like a much bigger impression both in numbers and chart positions.

If anyone wants an early preview, Billie Eilish has 5 songs in the Australian Spotify chart today (ie 00:00->10:00am streams). "LUNCH" is the highest at #17 and 182K streams. Usually in these situations, the songs will increase roughly 3-4x in streams on Friday, which puts her roughly in the top 3 (which is no knock because the top 2 right now are breaking records). (also by comparison, "bad guy" debuted at #50, quadrupled on the Friday and that set it up for an easy ARIA #1 debut, remarkable top end action the chart's getting lately).

Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Sigur Ros - () :heehee:

13/05/2024 Singles 01 02 04 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 02 33 02 02 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 03 03 04 03 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 01 03 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 05 04 16 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 06 05 07 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 07 07 07 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 08 NE 01 08 EUPHORIA Kendrick Lamar 09 NE 01 09 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 10 06 03 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 11 11 25 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 10 29 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 13 08 03 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 14 19 09 12 AUSTIN Dasha 15 18 12 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 16 20 09 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 17 39 07 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 18 09 03 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 19 12 03 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 20 26 07 20 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 21 21 11 08 SATURN SZA 22 13 03 06 MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS Taylor Swift 23 24 17 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 24 28 37 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 25 17 03 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 FAMILY MATTERS Drake 27 29 59 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 28 15 03 08 FLORIDA!!! Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine 29 16 03 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 30 14 03 03 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 31 31 13 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 32 23 34 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 33 44 07 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 34 37 95 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 35 30 04 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 36 34 26 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 37 41 03 37 PUSH UPS Drake 38 35 38 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 39 36 13 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 40 46 66 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 41 22 03 16 THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED Taylor Swift 42 NE 01 42 MEET THE GRAHAMS Kendrick Lamar 43 47 04 43 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 44 25 03 15 LOML Taylor Swift 45 60 04 21 ILLUSION Dua Lipa 46 45 196 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 47 27 03 14 FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER Taylor Swift 48 51 66 21 SNOOZE SZA 49 52 34 06 WATER Tyla 50 57 52 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen Bubbling Under Nothing this week! (note: given the way I report this, this actually means an influx of fresh hits, not the opposite) Albums 01 01 003 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 RADICAL OPTIMISM Dua Lipa 03 02 074 01 SOS SZA 04 05 170 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 07 062 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 10 055 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 07 08 009 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 08 11 246 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 09 09 028 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 10 14 035 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 11 16 155 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 12 12 084 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 13 15 198 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 14 NE 001 14 REASONABLE WOMAN Sia 15 20 339 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 18 321 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 17 048 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 24 361 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 19 004 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 20 33 267 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 21 27 309 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 25 005 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 23 31 188 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 24 13 119 13 CTRL SZA 25 30 249 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 26 21 006 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 27 35 478 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 32 433 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 96 013 01 VULTURES 1 Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 30 58 238 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 31 34 037 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 32 28 041 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 37 078 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 34 39 416 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 38 174 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 42 130 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 53 145 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 38 26 080 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 39 23 003 02 DARK MATTER Pearl Jam 40 41 301 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 41 36 168 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 42 51 100 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 43 61 181 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 44 44 375 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 45 40 235 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 46 48 290 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 47 075 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 48 89 263 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 49 76 280 06 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 50 50 004 50 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan Remember back in 2019 when "Senorita" just barely snuck a week at #1 in-between the collective 37 weeks at #1 for "Old Town Road" and "Dance Monkey"? Anyway "Espresso" is #1 this week. I am not suggesting that its immediate predecessor and successor are quite that big, or maybe I am. "Fortnight" has by a fairly wide margin the largest weekly Spotify total ever in Australia (yes, that includes Christmas songs), whoever follows it up will probably be pulling up the second highest ever total figures in the last 6 or so years. I just don't know exactly what that will be. "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" has been leading comfortably on Spotify on every day except for Friday, but "I Had Some Help" has been extremely dominant on Apple & iTunes...where there isn't enough data to be fully certain of how dominant it is. To complicate further, the two songs have been extremely chaotic in their high stream getting that it's very possible tonight will re-calibrate the situation again. I am not going to make any declaration on this because I really can't call the race. Another reason that it's hard to call is that I still don't really know what ARIA does with Thursday streaming data, it's never really been elaborated on. This is relevant for this week's chart because Kendrick Lamar has two top 10 debuts and we just don't know the reality of it. If you've read the US/UK/NZ charts already, then you might have noticed the sweeping effect of time zones, crucial to "Not Like Us" with its release on Sunday when comparing it to "euphoria" which had a full week. That's also worth noting for last week, as "euphoria" was completely missing from the survey because ARIA rarely add unexpected late releases like that record to the survey, unless they're really high probably. "Like That" also rebounds. I thought it was funny when I heard part of the instrumental playing over the footy broadcast last week, and it's made more funny by the fact that the 3 clubs who are tied with the most (16) premierships are actually all doing well this year, so any one of them could become the big me...well, probably not Essendon. Taylor Swift is #1 for a 3rd week in a row. Dua Lipa debuts at #2. She's never debuted at #1 because it took "Future Nostalgia" 3 weeks to get to #1, but then it proved not to be a fluke because it returned to #1 in 2021 and again in 2022. I am not one of those people who will criticise an artist for not playing the game by tricking people who don't know the album exists into contributing chart points to it. If we get a deluxe version that has "Dance The Night" and "Cold Heart" on it I will rescind this statement, but for now it's based. I should also report that The Weeknd cancelled his already postponed Australian tour so "The Highlights"'s path to #1 has been stalled considerably, even though it totally looks like it could get there if Taylor Swift stops putting out albums for a bit. Speaking of being based, I would think that you are super cool if you decide to donate money to an autism-related charity that isn't Autism Speaks. It always bears reminding that a lot of people who probably don't think of themselves as ableist are probably prone to mocking people who display neurodivergent behaviour. Maybe don't see someone who is harmlessly being themselves as something to mock for being 'cringe', or someone who needs to be put in their place by the reply mob. We just want to be ourselves. On an unrelated note, Sia's new album debuts just outside the top 10. It's been quite a while but her last regular studio album "This Is Acting" did debut at #1. Chappell Roan has decided to deride my silly observation from last week by neither rising, nor falling. Because of how ARIA used to freeze the chart over the Christmas period, the record for weeks peaking at #50 was set in 1995 by You Am I's single "Mr. Milk", something I always assumed would be unbeatable but I suppose the current streaming age makes it a little more possible, although still very difficult in a consecutive sense.

"illusions" by Shanae (formerly has also released music as MADAM3EMPRESS). She seems to just reset her socials constantly but isn't well-known enough to generate any real uproar about deleting the song. There's still a live version on YouTube but the studio recording is just R&B perfection for me.

I've never really understood the plutocratic perspective for the charts, unless it's just a front for an opinion to improve the charts that just means 'make it so more stuff I like charts better' that misses the point of the charts' purpose to report and time capsule what is popular. I don't have a problem with sales being included in general. I do think many years of chart results being skewed by the knowing fact that it buffs the margins so much more easily (it is way easier for me to pay $2 for something than to stream it 100 times), it's the sort of thing you'd think needs to be at least nerfed a little but I guess the chart companies love a headline and attention. Feel like I've been quoting this one video for years now but I've actually seen a label head say that even they feel like they're cheating when the push a pre-order on multiple formats solely to get a top 10 debut that crashes to dust in week 2. Like they know that they're not anywhere near as popular as their chart position peers, but the system allows them to do it. If I do have a problem with anything, it's that I'm really not a fan of the normalised trend of multiple versions or really anything that's put out there to be owned & traded rather than actually played. Not out of elitism (people can do what they want with their property) but because it's the sort of thing that preys on neurodivergent people, or anyone with obsessive-compulsive disorder. As someone who falls under that spectrum myself (mostly manifested in the way I play some video games, but it's okay)*, I see these really expensive physical products shipped out and think that there are gonna be a lot of people who feel the intrinsic need to own all of them, and not all of those people are going to be so wealthy that it's excusable. It's preying on vulnerable people in the same way pokies do, and I don't think enough people are talking about it. To be relevant to the charts, I do think Taylor Swift is a pretty bad example to use for this sort of argument though. In the long run, no one is selling as much physical product as she is at least in recent years. But then some weeks back I saw people calling the Australian vinyl charts rigged because there's no way that she was selling as well as she is. A lot of people just can't cope with the fact that she's magnitudes more popular than their favourite artist right now. *Actually also I do buy all the music I listen to. I think it's kind of a rip off but then my 3rd favourite song of 2022 disappeared completely off the internet for no clear reason and I guess I'm glad I'm one of the few people who can still hear it.

Find me multiple posts from multiple users from more than 5 days ago that say the song is absolutely going to debut at #1 in the UK and you can have all the gardening implements you want. Heck, the first page of this thread has people in denial that it'll even cross over. Morgan Wallen consistently has been debuting super high on US Spotify* with pretty much any standalone single he puts out since at least 2020, dropping like 50-60% streams within a few days to a week and soaking up consistent streams in the months and years that follow. The only thing that's different this time is that his name isn't first on the record, and the numbers are a lot higher. *I am aware it's a different country but pretty much every country's Spotify charts behave in a similar way just with different benchmarks for particular artists, genres etc.

+5 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us +4 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +3 Taylor Swift - Fortnight +2 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +1 Dasha - Austin -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -2 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -3 Teddy Swims - Lose Control -4 Hozier - Too Sweet -5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

Mildly interesting segment of that period is that "Blank Space" very nearly became the first sales #1 to miss the top spot due to streaming...if not for Union J outselling it and both succumbing to "Thinking Out Loud" actually having a streaming presence on the same week.

06/05/2024 Singles 01 01 02 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 02 17 03 02 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 03 34 03 03 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 04 12 15 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 05 13 06 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 06 05 02 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 07 11 06 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 08 02 02 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 09 04 02 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 10 21 28 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 11 22 24 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 09 02 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 13 06 02 06 MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS Taylor Swift 14 03 02 03 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 08 02 08 FLORIDA!!! Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine 16 07 02 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 17 10 02 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 18 24 11 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 19 32 08 12 AUSTIN Dasha 20 27 08 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 21 36 10 08 SATURN SZA 22 16 02 16 THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED Taylor Swift 23 35 33 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 24 42 16 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 25 15 02 15 LOML Taylor Swift 26 50 06 26 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 27 14 02 14 FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER Taylor Swift 28 43 36 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 29 38 58 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 39 03 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 31 45 12 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 32 18 02 18 THE ALCHEMY Taylor Swift 33 NE 01 33 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 34 47 25 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 35 48 37 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 36 41 12 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 37 54 94 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 38 19 02 19 I CAN FIX HIM (NO REALLY I CAN) Taylor Swift 39 52 06 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 40 20 02 20 CLARA BOW Taylor Swift 41 44 02 44 PUSH UPS Drake 42 26 02 26 SO HIGH SCHOOL Taylor Swift 43 23 02 23 IMGONNAGETYOUBACK Taylor Swift 44 56 06 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 45 60 195 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 46 57 65 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 47 65 03 47 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 48 25 02 25 THE BLACK DOG Taylor Swift 49 58 09 28 HELL N BACK Bakar 50 31 02 31 THE PROPHECY Taylor Swift Bubbling Under 20 (19) HOME Good Neighbours Albums 01 01 002 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 02 03 073 01 SOS SZA 03 NE 001 03 NONETHELESS Pet Shop Boys 04 NE 001 04 BOY Luke Hemmings 05 07 169 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 RE 003 06 BEWITCHED Laufey 07 12 061 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 08 08 008 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 09 05 027 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 10 10 054 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 06 245 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 09 083 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 13 13 118 13 CTRL SZA 14 14 034 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 11 197 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 16 16 154 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 20 047 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 19 320 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 17 003 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 20 15 338 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 21 04 005 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 22 RE 029 02 FLESH AND WOOD Jimmy Barnes 23 02 002 02 DARK MATTER Pearl Jam 24 23 360 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 22 004 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 26 29 079 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 27 26 308 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 27 040 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 29 NE 001 29 CAUGHT IN A REVERIE The Dreggs 30 30 248 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 31 28 187 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 32 31 432 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 42 266 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 34 33 036 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 35 24 477 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 36 18 167 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 37 34 077 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 38 173 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 37 415 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 40 40 234 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 41 39 300 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 21 129 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 43 44 190 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 44 43 374 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 45 25 043 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 36 006 02 WE DON'T TRUST YOU Future, Metro Boomin 47 46 074 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 48 48 289 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 49 058 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 50 57 003 50 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan "Fortnight" has been #1 for 2 weeks, I think there's a word for that. It looks likely to not get any further. If there is still a suspicious uptick in Sabrina Carpenter streams, they'll have lasted long enough to secure her the #1 I suspect. Anyhow, the 'Taylor Swift has been taking the exposure away from other artists' crowd has been real quiet this week, as Shaboozey also vaults up to #3 this week. He looks likely to not be alone too, as Tommy Richman may well have taken over from the lead singer of DMA'S as music's most famous baseball cap wearing Tommy, and looks to make a big splash next week. Kendrick Lamar will also probably make some noise, with "euphoria" working out the best for the tracking week I'd wager. Anyway, arguably the only artist who was denied a top 50 entry last week because of Taylor Swift is Chappell Roan, but she's gotten there this week, this must be why everyone conveniently shut up this week and definitely not because of Facebook algorithms. You will not be surprised to know that Taylor Swift is also still #1 on the album chart. I hazard a guess to say that she's the only artist to have 4 multi-week #1 albums in a single calendar year but I've been wrong before. Surely she's the first to have gotten it done by May though. Anyway there's other stuff happening, like Pet Shop Boys adding to their collection of funny album titles that all have one word in the title. "Nonetheless" reaches #3 which is their highest chart position since "Bilingual" back in 1996, which was kinda the end of their imperial era on the singles chart but then they had another top 30 hit in 2006, not that 2006 charts have much merit on ARIA. Just behind them is a new album from Luke Hemmings, the 5SOS guy with some pretty solid solo stuff. His last album actually debuted at #1. Then a little lower down is the return of Laufey, who briefly hit the top 50 with her vinyl release, but now the expanded edition of the album (by sheer chance, "Goddess" is on my shuffle playlist as I type this), rockets her considerably higher into the top 10 for the first time. Jimmy Barnes also returns with a fake 30 year anniversary of "Flesh and Wood" (it actually dropped in 1993), not to be confused with "Flesh and Blood", which was a #1 album for him in 2021. Australian band with funny name The Dreggs have been putting out singles since like 2017 but just now have a debut album that lands them in the top 50, your move Peking Duk. Also in what can only be described as amusingly apropos, we have a rare climber into the top 50, and just like the singles chart, it's Chappell Roan. Most albums only get to see the fall but I guess we'll eventually see a rise and fall, curious.

+5 Taylor Swift - Fortnight (I guess?) +4 Taylor Swift - Down Bad +3 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso +2 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) +1 Dasha - Austin -1 Teddy Swims - Lose Control -2 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -3 Hozier - Too Sweet -4 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart -5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

Not mutually exclusive to be fair.

+5 Beyonce - TEXAS HOLD 'EM +4 Taylor Swift - Down Bad +3 Taylor Swift - Fortnight +2 Dasha - Austin +1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -1 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -2 Teddy Swims - Lose Control -3 Hozier - Too Sweet -4 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department -5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

29/04/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 02 NE 01 02 DOWN BAD Taylor Swift 03 NE 01 03 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 SO LONG, LONDON Taylor Swift 05 NE 01 05 I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART Taylor Swift 06 NE 01 06 MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS Taylor Swift 07 NE 01 07 BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM Taylor Swift 08 NE 01 08 FLORIDA!!! Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine 09 NE 01 09 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE LITTLE OLD ME? Taylor Swift 10 NE 01 10 GUILTY AS SIN? Taylor Swift 11 01 05 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 12 02 14 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 13 03 05 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 14 NE 01 14 FRESH OUT THE SUMMER Taylor Swift 15 NE 01 15 LOML Taylor Swift 16 NE 01 16 THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED Taylor Swift 17 07 02 07 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 18 NE 01 18 THE ALCHEMY Taylor Swift 19 NE 01 19 I CAN FIX HIM (NO REALLY I CAN) Taylor Swift 20 NE 01 20 CLARA BOW Taylor Swift 21 04 27 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 06 23 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 23 NE 01 23 IMGONNAGETYOUBACK Taylor Swift 24 05 10 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 25 NE 01 25 THE BLACK DOG Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 SO HIGH SCHOOL Taylor Swift 27 08 07 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 28 NE 01 28 THANK YOU AIMEE Taylor Swift 29 NE 01 29 THE ALBATROSS Taylor Swift 30 NE 01 30 HOW DID IT END? Taylor Swift 31 NE 01 31 THE PROPHECY Taylor Swift 32 12 07 12 AUSTIN Dasha 33 NE 01 33 CHLOE OR SAM OR SOPHIA OR MARCUS Taylor Swift 34 64 02 34 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 35 10 32 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 36 19 09 08 SATURN SZA 37 NE 01 37 I HATE IT HERE Taylor Swift 38 09 57 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 39 26 02 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 40 NE 01 40 I LOOK IN PEOPLE'S WINDOWS Taylor Swift 41 11 11 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 42 14 15 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 43 13 35 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 44 NE 01 44 PUSH UPS Drake 45 15 11 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 46 NE 01 46 PETER Taylor Swift 47 16 24 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 48 18 36 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 49 NE 01 49 CASSANDRA Taylor Swift 50 32 05 32 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor Bubbling Under 16 (08) LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 17 (14) SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 18 (18) WHATEVER SHE WANTS Bryson Tiller 19 (11) HOME Good Neighbours 20 (10) ILLUSION Dua Lipa Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 DARK MATTER Pearl Jam 03 02 072 01 SOS SZA 04 09 004 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 05 03 026 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 06 01 244 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 07 04 168 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 05 007 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 09 06 082 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 10 13 053 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 08 196 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 12 11 060 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 26 117 13 CTRL SZA 14 12 033 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 10 337 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 16 16 153 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 07 002 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 18 18 166 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 19 17 319 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 14 046 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 20 128 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 21 003 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 23 19 359 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 33 476 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 29 042 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 22 307 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 27 32 039 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 28 25 186 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 29 27 078 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 30 24 247 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 31 28 431 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 NE 001 32 BEST OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Bruce Springsteen 33 31 035 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 34 34 076 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 35 37 117 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 36 23 005 02 WE DON'T TRUST YOU Future, Metro Boomin 37 36 414 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 38 35 172 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 41 299 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 40 40 233 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 41 NE 001 41 THE BOXER Mark Seymour & The Undertow 42 39 265 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 43 46 373 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 44 43 189 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 45 RE 152 02 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (50TH ANNIVERSARY) Pink Floyd 46 44 073 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 47 60 389 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 48 47 288 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 51 057 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 50 49 304 01 AM Arctic Monkeys This is my semi-regular reminder that any suggestion that ARIA should change the rules of the chart needs more time to cook in the oven. Actually I spent the better part of a weekend cordially arguing with someone about it. They were never rude but they did just perpetually come up with objectively incorrect observations and allegations that the charts are rigged. The day that the conscientious objectors manage to successfully strip the crackpot conspiracists and the irrationally mads from their ranks might be the day I consider their perspectives measured. Taylor Swift has a 12th #1 hit, and now music fans can join in the hardcore gamers in asking the question 'is "Fortnight" overrated?'. The record has been broken a few times of late, at least once by Taylor Swift but for the first time ever, one artist has the entire top 10 to themselves, so it can't really get broken anymore. Well, maybe if someone can do it with no features, it'd look a bit more aesthetic, especially if there wasn't a typo in it. Also there are other debuts this week. Shaboozey is making a seriously quick impression that implies a strong standing when there are less Taylor Swift songs in the way. Drake maybe less so but unlike in the US, he's actually managed to outchart "Like That" for the week so it's something. Taylor Swift scores a 13th #1 album, ironically ARIA forgot to put the 13 in her Twitter handle when they tagged her this week. This is evidently not a great choice of week for Pearl Jam to put out their new album, but that's actually kind of par the course for them. You'd think they'd never stop getting #1 albums here but their last was in 2013. Their previous album was released against 5 Seconds of Summer and Dua Lipa, so peaked at #3. SZA's Australian tour gets "Ctrl" up to a new peak of #13 this week. Our only Australian rep this week on the album chart is a new album for Mark Seymour. You might know him from Hunters & Collectors, who have a catalogue of well-regarded and remembered pub rock songs from the '80s & '90s. I last saw Mark Seymour perform at the AFL Grand Final last year, don't ask me what happened that day.

+5 Beyonce - TEXAS HOLD 'EM +4 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) +3 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things +2 Dasha - Austin +1 Teddy Swims - Lose Control -1 Perrie - Forget About Us -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -3 Dua Lipa - Illusion -4 Hozier - Too Sweet -5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

22/04/2024 Singles 01 02 04 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 02 01 13 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 03 03 04 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 04 06 26 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 05 05 09 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 06 04 22 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 07 NE 01 07 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 08 07 06 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 09 09 56 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 10 10 31 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 11 08 10 02 TEXAS HOLD 'EM Beyonce 12 13 06 12 AUSTIN Dasha 13 14 34 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 14 12 14 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 15 16 10 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 16 15 23 01 LOVIN ON ME Jack Harlow 17 11 04 08 LIKE THAT Future, Metro Boomin 18 17 35 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 19 19 08 08 SATURN SZA 20 18 92 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 21 NE 01 21 ILLUSION Dua Lipa 22 22 63 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 23 20 11 20 HOME Good Neighbours 24 23 31 06 WATER Tyla 25 21 10 05 CARNIVAL Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign 26 NE 01 26 TELL UR GIRLFRIEND Lay Bankz 27 27 193 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 28 RE 07 28 HELL N BACK Bakar 29 24 04 24 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 30 37 03 30 IF U THINK I'M PRETTY Artemas 31 36 16 23 FEATHER Sabrina Carpenter 32 33 04 32 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 33 30 17 10 SAVING UP Dom Dolla 34 25 19 13 LEAVEMEALONE Fred again.. & Baby Keem 35 39 49 35 THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 36 26 09 12 TRAINING SEASON Dua Lipa 37 31 26 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 38 35 78 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 39 38 55 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 40 34 37 01 PAINT THE TOWN RED Doja Cat 41 43 18 30 ONE OF THE GIRLS The Weeknd 42 29 03 29 MAGNETIC Illit 43 40 23 07 HOUDINI Dua Lipa 44 50 63 21 SNOOZE SZA 45 41 66 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 46 32 04 16 OBSESSED Olivia Rodrigo 47 46 98 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 48 44 07 31 WHATEVER SHE WANTS Bryson Tiller 49 48 06 48 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Luke Combs 50 52 197 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Bubbling Under 19 (18) REDRUM 21 Savage 20 (13) II MOST WANTED Beyonce, Miley Cyrus Albums 01 04 243 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 02 13 071 01 SOS SZA 03 05 025 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 04 08 167 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 03 006 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 06 09 081 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 07 NE 001 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 08 07 195 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 09 01 003 01 COWBOY CARTER Beyonce 10 12 336 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 11 15 059 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 12 11 032 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 13 16 052 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 22 045 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 15 NE 001 15 WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU Future & Metro Boomin 16 18 152 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 23 318 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 21 165 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 19 25 358 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 26 127 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 21 17 002 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 22 27 306 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 23 24 004 02 WE DON'T TRUST YOU Future, Metro Boomin 24 31 246 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 25 30 185 16 CHRONICLE: THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 26 47 116 22 CTRL SZA 27 29 077 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 28 32 430 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 28 041 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 30 02 002 02 MIGHT DELETE LATER J. Cole 31 36 034 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 32 33 038 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 35 475 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 34 075 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 35 39 171 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 38 413 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 37 116 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 NE 001 38 OIKS Jebediah 39 41 264 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 40 42 232 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 41 43 298 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 42 78 012 27 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 43 51 188 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 44 45 072 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin 45 RE 005 16 11:11 Chris Brown 46 46 372 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 47 48 287 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 NE 001 48 ONE DEEP RIVER Mark Knopfler 49 54 303 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 50 50 078 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA A bit unwell this week so don't have much to say. Shout out to Jebediah though.

I haven't checked previous years, but isn't it totally normal that older songs get kicked out early on in the year? They get by on steady performance (but also generally a strong January when there isn't much new stuff around) and can't keep up with songs that have a few months in the spotlight. As time goes by, those upstarts fall back down, while their newer equivalents can't catch up to the much higher bar that's being set. Like I think a lot of the stuff that's being kicked out at the moment is just gonna creep back in eventually. (In saying all of this, I have noticed that the Australian Spotify chart this year has had way more current music than I've seen in the 12 months previous. Guessing the UK might be similar).

If you click on 'PkStreams' here it should eventually sort daily peaks. Highest non-Taylor Swift is "Girls Want Girls" on 6.1M

I feel like last.fm is a pretty good barometer for this sort of thing given that it's largely unfiltered. Just picked a random track on the album ("Who's Afraid of Little Old Me") and it's got an average of 2.1 streams per listener right now. By comparison, I looked at "Won't Tell" from the new Pearl Jam album that just came out and that has a ratio of 1.6 streams per listener. I'd need to check back in on this in a week though, it's worth noting that for a more contemporary comparison, Benson Boone's album tracks from 2 weeks ago have a higher ratio (3.9ish) but they've obviously had more time to accumulate that. Also just hijacking to say that I do think overall plays is a more worthwhile metric of popularity than listeners. You can compare the global weekly artist charts to the monthly ranks on Spotify and it really highlights which artists are scraping by with a finger in every pie, and which ones actually have people invested.

Must have been pretty close since she was #100 on the mid-weeks and the eventual chart generally flatters streaming-only releases to an extent. Was surprised she made the top 100 in Australia (not far behind The Black Keys & Vampire Weekend who both had CDs/Vinyl), which might have been buffed by the tour announcement on the same week, but hey, second biggest market behind Ireland. Perth show one day I hope :unsure: