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*incoherent grumbles about superior single version being deleted from DSPs* P!nk actually climbed in Australia today but that might be her tour announcement offsetting things

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 SZA - Kill Bill +3 Headie One - Martin's Sofa +2 Miguel - Sure Thing +1 Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' -1 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down -2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero -3 Miley Cyrus - Flowers -4 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -5 Central Cee - LET GO really solid top 10

Yeah interesting shout! I don't think I realised until now that its huge success was exclusive to Australia* so it looks largely glossed over as a lesser hit on the back end of her Greatest Hits, but for me it's definitely one of her most recognisable songs. *Well US success is complicated because country hits weren't properly counted in the '90s and it wasn't until she started deliberately making pop crossover versions that she was properly represented on the Hot 100.

Incumbent P!nk album, still at #1 on week 4. I'd guess "Love Again" would be higher if Hot Hits Australia weren't a little slow to adding it (though Australia in general always feels a couple days behind the pace on new releases). And I guess maybe if ARIA had ACR he could be close to the top 5 :lol:

06/02/2023 Singles 01 01 03 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 02 02 08 01 KILL BILL SZA 03 03 09 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 04 RE 20 04 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 05 04 19 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 06 05 15 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 07 06 17 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 08 17 24 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 09 07 09 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 10 10 15 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 11 08 35 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 12 09 23 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 13 21 30 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 14 NE 01 14 LOVE AGAIN The Kid Laroi 15 11 44 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 14 24 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 17 15 02 15 SURE THING Miguel 18 13 09 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 19 12 07 11 LET GO Central Cee 20 20 22 19 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 21 26 25 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 22 16 29 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 23 18 129 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 24 23 22 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 25 25 13 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 26 19 77 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 27 31 82 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 28 24 35 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 29 27 24 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 30 36 30 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 31 53 03 31 PLAYERS Coi Leray 32 48 40 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 33 30 22 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 34 28 73 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 35 41 35 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 36 29 38 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 37 43 18 21 STAR WALKIN' Lil Nas X 38 33 22 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 39 46 04 39 THE COLOR VIOLET Tory Lanez 40 42 108 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 41 37 84 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 42 35 29 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 43 39 136 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 44 34 21 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 45 44 05 44 HERE WITH ME d4vd 46 49 27 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 47 38 26 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 48 70 14 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 49 100 30 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 50 54 11 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert Albums 01 NE 01 01 GLORIA Sam Smith 02 02 15 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 01 08 01 SOS SZA 04 03 104 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 38 32 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 06 05 37 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 04 243 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 08 09 183 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 09 07 367 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 10 06 09 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 11 10 149 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 13 255 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 13 08 240 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 14 12 89 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 15 11 14 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 16 15 432 01 1989 Taylor Swift 17 14 169 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 16 295 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 18 309 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 17 164 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 21 19 26 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 20 412 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 25 180 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 24 21 66 01 = Ed Sheeran 25 32 132 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 NE 01 26 FRAGMENTS - TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997): THE BOOTLEG SERIES Bob Dylan 27 26 201 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 28 24 32 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 29 23 147 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 30 22 108 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 NE 01 31 DIAMONDS & DANCEFLOORS Ava Max 32 47 479 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 33 28 13 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 34 30 34 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 35 40 79 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 36 35 350 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 NE 01 37 LET'S START HERE. Lil Yachty 38 31 273 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 39 29 84 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 40 34 194 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 33 262 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 42 56 176 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 43 36 224 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 44 61 131 01 F*CK LOVE (OVER YOU) The Kid Laroi 45 44 15 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 46 43 135 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 47 39 212 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 48 41 133 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 49 46 181 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 50 42 270 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa Third week at #1 for "Flowers". When I said that it wasn't slowing down very much last week, that turned out to be the opposite of prescient because the song is tanking streams pretty hard lately. Not hard enough to threaten its position at all, but hey, maybe the End Of Year #1 Single isn't as wrapped up as it might have seemed. triple j's Hottest 100 happened a bit over a week ago and it's once again a great time to be Flume, who tends to have a visible benefit on the ARIA Chart from it on most years. He topped the poll back in 2016 but in what to me feels like the doldrums of playlist engineered charts of the time didn't have a drastic effect. His 2019 runner up "Rushing Back" actually got quite a bit higher and became a top 10 hit. That's happened again this year for "Say Nothing" which is now his 2nd highest charting single ever, behind #1 hit "Never Be Like You" of course. It's also the first Australian song to hit the top 10 in quite a bit of time, as we haven't seen one since "Glimpse Of Us" departed from those ranks about 5 months ago. We'll likely get another next week as The Kid LAROI looks to jump up with "Love Again", this week's highest debut. It's a good week for those particular consonant sounds too as we also have a top 50 debut for Coi Leray, who has never charted before. I don't know who needs to hear this but "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is an absolute classic and worth hearing if it's eluded your life. The MC on the track, Melle Mel, scored a #1 hit here in 2015 with "Downtown". Sam Smith scores a second #1 album, and first to debut at pole position. We are assured chaos as Taylor Swift jumps back ahead of SZA and I couldn't tell you where they're gonna settle next week. If there's one thing to know about me it's that I'm an avid Hottest 100 nerd/historian/collector/whatnot. A funny thing happened this year because in addition to the first two singles polling last year, Spacey Jane picked up another 6 entries this year, all 8 coming from their second album. It was pretty clear to me that it actually was cheaper to just buy the whole album than cherry pick each individual entry. I'm not saying that anyone else did this but Spacey Jane don't quite crack the ARIA top 50 singles chart, and instead vault back into the top 5 of the albums chart. Elsewhere this week, Bob Dylan continues to chart with the Bootleg Series, almost reaching up to the point in time when they started. Ava Max hasn't really had any singles chart success lately outside of "The Motto" but she does manage to chart again with her 2nd album, having previously made the top 10 with her first. We've also got the return for legendary US prog rock act Lil Yachty, charting just 1 spot lower than their only other entry, "Lil Boat" from 2018. There's a climb for Red Hot Chili Peppers and re-entry for Post Malone, as a prelude to further action next week as they're currently touring together.

Was curious about this and looked into it. It does seem like that sort of mass music video watching peaked around 2018, just in the space of that year 13 different music videos hit 1 billion views. In 2022, not including "Baby Shark", the most viewed music video is one T-Series uploaded over a decade ago that's raking in a lot of views over time (esp. as India's YouTube presence continues to grow). But that video 'only' got 700 million views. The next highest is "Tití Me Preguntó" which might be closer to a billion if it had been out all year but still only gets a little over 600 million views in 2022. I wonder if it's just a case of music being usurped by other forms of media like TV/film which continue to get relatively easier to engage with while music is the same as always. I'd say it's people switching to audio platforms to listen to music but I'm not sure Apple/Spotify are showing significant growth lately?

I dunno about everyone else, but I had auto-play turned back on for me a couple months ago without warning which is probably contributing to this. (I still don't want to assume without proof that this is deliberate rather than just a broken quirk in an algorithm. Hanlon's razor and whatnot).

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 SZA - Kill Bill +3 Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' +2 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +1 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero -1 Miley Cyrus - Flowers -2 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

30/01/2023 Singles 01 01 02 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 02 02 07 01 KILL BILL SZA 03 03 08 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 04 04 18 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 05 05 14 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 06 06 16 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 07 07 08 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 08 09 34 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 09 08 22 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 10 10 14 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 11 11 43 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 12 12 06 11 LET GO Central Cee 13 22 08 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 14 16 23 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 15 NE 01 15 SURE THING Miguel 16 18 28 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 17 23 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 18 13 128 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 19 15 76 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 20 19 21 19 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 21 21 29 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 22 NE 01 22 NONSENSE Sabrina Carpenter 23 14 21 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 24 20 34 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 25 23 12 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 26 24 24 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 27 28 23 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 28 27 72 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 29 26 37 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 30 30 21 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 31 25 81 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 32 45 03 32 RUMBLE Skrillex, Fred again… and Flowdan 33 32 21 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 34 40 20 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 35 34 28 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 36 36 29 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 29 83 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 38 39 25 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 39 31 135 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 44 60 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 41 42 34 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 42 41 107 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 38 17 21 STAR WALKIN' Lil Nas X 44 51 04 44 HERE WITH ME d4vd 45 43 18 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 46 52 03 46 THE COLOR VIOLET Tory Lanez 47 35 120 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 48 46 39 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 49 49 26 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 50 33 25 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown Albums 01 02 07 01 SOS SZA 02 01 14 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 04 103 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 05 242 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 05 07 36 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 06 09 08 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 07 08 366 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 08 06 239 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 09 11 182 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 10 14 148 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 10 13 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 12 12 88 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 13 13 254 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 16 168 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 22 431 01 1989 Taylor Swift 16 15 294 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 17 163 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 18 308 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 21 25 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 20 19 411 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 23 65 01 = Ed Sheeran 22 25 107 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 23 28 146 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 24 26 31 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 25 20 179 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 26 27 200 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 27 NE 01 27 RUSH! Maneskin 28 32 12 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 29 41 83 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 30 37 33 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 31 24 272 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 32 34 131 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 36 261 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 34 46 193 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 38 349 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 40 223 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 37 29 544 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 38 42 31 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 39 31 211 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 40 33 78 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 35 132 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 42 44 269 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 47 134 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 44 43 14 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 45 59 234 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 48 180 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 47 64 478 02 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 39 55 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 49 45 404 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 50 60 95 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber Not much to note at the top of the chart, there's only one position swap in the top 10. "Flowers" is not slowing down very much so there's no competition in sight. Well, there was a competition recently, namely triple j's Hottest 100 which despite feeling like the Spacey Jane and Fred again.. show, looks to be most beneficial here for Flume and Eliza Rose next week. "Say Nothing" originally peaked and debuted at #16 but looks to vault back into the top 50, perhaps into the top 5 next week. It could also help for one last roll of the dice for Luude to hit the top 50 with "Big City Life" because I kid you not, the last Australian song to enter the top 50 was Joji's "Die For You" back in early November. Anyway, Tiesto's Hottest 200 entry "10:35" vaults up into the top 15, behind a new arrival of Miguel's "Sure Thing" which apparently moved zero units last week, crazy. There's a quite high debut for Sabrina Carpenter which is her first top 50 entry although she did make the top 100 about 2 years ago with that song about gaslighting a literal child whom lives rent free in her head. Anyway "Nonsense" might be out of the top 50 next week, I'm sure you're aware of that chestnut. d4vd scores his 2nd top 50 hit and Tory Lanez gets his 3rd (1st as a lead artist). I forgot to mention last week that "Save Your Tears" became the 6th song to reach 100 weeks in the top 50. "Levitating" is looking like it might tap out before overtaking "Someone You Loved" or "Blinding Lights", which means "Heat Waves" is right on its tail going nowhere (although it has dropped quite a bit in recent weeks, we surely have to expect the annual climb to #1 in March). So much for record breaking Taylor Swift as SZA has managed to surpass her this week and score her first ever #1 album. Otherwise the album chart is in another one of its auto-pilot weeks, with the exception of Måneskin scoring an album chart debut. Next week looks like Sam Smith's for the taking, but expect a big rebound for Spacey Jane, and maybe HARDY or Ava Max can figure somewhere, the midweeks haven't come out yet so I'm just taking a punt at this.

Jacob may have set a new world record but he's very humble and might delete the video on discord so I have to cross-post it here just to be sure OtOlThfRfO0

Yeah, seems it's the same for other Australians. I've also noticed @chartdata has been a little less prompt on Spotify updates in the last few days (usually their tweets let me know it's been updated). Not sure where they're based in though.

Dang I'm jealous, my Spotify chart still hasn't updated for the past 3 days now, have had to rely on kworb. If anyone can send me the CSV or extensive screenshot of the Australian top 200 for today I'd be highly grateful (it's a pretty significant chart watching day). Edit: Bjork has me covered, don't feel the need to send me anything :D

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 SZA - Kill Bill +3 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +1 Bugzy Malone & TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere -1 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -2 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

#101 in the Hottest 100 and now this, Dave really taking the L's today.

shades of Life Is Good, the most viewed YouTube video of 2020 source: kworb Also what a twist of fate now I can't find the new charts :lol: apart from the in-app top 50 playlists, the main 200 isn't updated.

I feel like Marcus Mumford, First Aid Kit, Gang Of Youths etc should be disqualified on principle, though v funny to see the latter described as such :heehee:

I remember first lurking on the forum on the night "Get Lucky" debuted at #2 so I think Rudimental were #1 with "Waiting All Night". Always feel it gets a bit messy with chart dates vs. what is #1 on that particular day vs. what is selling on that particular day, but luckily for me my actual join date is completely unambiguous because it was in the middle of this 3 week reign IcrbM1l_BoI

I just can't work out why any music fan would treat arbitrary tastes and preferences like it's a hard-coded competition to boast about, and that the competition is against children.

Arctic Monkeys have been in the country recently! Might couple up with backlogged copies being shipped I guess.

23/01/2023 Singles 01 NE 01 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 02 01 06 01 KILL BILL SZA 03 04 07 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 04 02 17 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 05 03 13 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 06 05 15 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 07 09 07 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 08 06 21 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 09 07 33 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 10 08 13 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 11 10 42 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 12 11 05 11 LET GO Central Cee 13 13 127 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 16 20 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 15 18 75 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 16 12 22 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 17 15 22 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 18 19 27 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 19 21 20 19 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 20 20 33 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 21 14 28 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 22 22 07 22 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 23 17 11 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 24 24 23 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 25 25 80 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 26 26 36 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 27 23 71 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 28 27 22 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 29 28 82 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 30 39 20 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 31 30 134 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 32 29 20 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 33 32 24 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 34 37 27 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 35 33 119 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 36 40 28 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 41 06 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 38 46 16 21 STAR WALKIN' Lil Nas X 39 31 24 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 40 43 19 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 41 42 106 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 38 33 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 43 48 17 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 44 34 59 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 45 35 02 35 RUMBLE Skrillex, Fred again… and Flowdan 46 36 38 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 47 47 21 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 48 NE 01 48 VIBE Taeyang & Jimin 49 49 25 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 50 50 122 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Albums 01 01 13 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 06 02 SOS SZA 03 46 13 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 04 03 102 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 05 241 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 04 238 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 07 06 35 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 07 365 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 09 08 07 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 10 10 12 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 09 181 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 11 87 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 13 12 253 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 13 147 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 15 293 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 14 167 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 21 162 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 17 307 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 16 410 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 20 18 178 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 21 19 24 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 20 430 01 1989 Taylor Swift 23 24 64 01 = Ed Sheeran 24 31 271 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 25 23 106 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 26 29 30 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 27 25 199 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 28 26 145 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 29 34 543 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 30 NE 01 30 STEEL ON STEEL Duncan Toombs 31 62 210 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 32 22 11 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 33 30 77 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 27 130 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 35 60 131 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 36 35 260 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 37 28 32 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 38 33 348 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 48 54 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 40 32 222 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Soundtrack by Queen 41 37 82 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 42 41 30 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 43 39 13 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 44 40 268 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 47 403 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 46 42 192 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 47 44 133 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 48 43 179 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 55 368 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 50 53 62 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift Miley Cyrus finally achieves a long sought milestone of having charted higher as a lead artist than her brother as "Flowers" gets to #1 easily. ARIA are reporting that this is her first #1 hit but it's not true as they themselves went out of their way to credit her on The Kid LAROI's "WITHOUT YOU" on the week it hit #1 (and every week since). Incidentally this big new entry renewing extra interest in her catalogue makes it one of the few weeks that's justified as it's certainly responsible for "WITHOUT YOU" returning to the top 20 Australian tracks chart. In case you were wondering, "Flowers" has the 3rd highest daily Spotify total for a song not associated with Christmas. The highest of these still belongs to "drivers license" which happened around the auspicious time of triple j's Hottest 100 where Glass Animals were somewhat unlucky to have their strongest week stuck behind a monster, though they would eventually get to #1 in the long run. What I'm saying is that this is probably not a going concern for Miley Cyrus but it's interesting that no matter what happens on the weekend, we have to accept that we're not getting an absolute game-changer unless people really get Stephen Sansick of "Flowers" in the next few days. I'm also labouring this point because thanks to ARIA's scrutiny and lack thereof, there isn't much else to talk about this week. Hotel Ugly are still missing from the chart, Vance Joy is still missing (although he's lost a decent amount of steam on Spotify so it's not as egregious now), and Miguel is still missing. Today's midweeks at least ensure "Sure Thing" is debuting next week, what a terrible system. We do have a debut for Taeyang & Jimin, which is surely a beneficiary of YouTube being included in the chart, which if nothing else has expanded K-Pop's prospects in the past 10 months as the song never even touched the Spotify top 200. To update the pitiful state of Australian music support, Hot Hits Australia just updated today and only 8 out of 50 songs are 'Australian', which includes the generous inclusion of "Love Lost" and "Sway My Way". At this point you have to wonder if "LET GO" is so high on the list because Passenger used to live in Australia. At this point you might wonder what the last album to spent the 11 weeks at #1 "Midnights" has managed. The answer is of course "÷" which managed 27 weeks at #1, so it'll be a while before it's worth updating progress on that front. Arctic Monkeys come within spitting distance of a new peak for their latest album which is interesting because "AM" actually sold more vinyl this week than "The Car", and certainly got more streams. There's only one debut this week and it's a first time entry for Australian country singer Duncan Toombs. Next week's midweeks only note a potential debut for Måneskin, who have never charted on the album chart before, or indeed at all outside of those two songs.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 SZA - Kill Bill +3 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +1 Bugzy Malone x TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere -1 Tom Odell - Another Love -2 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

Oh I should clarify that "You Were Right" is already a hit, it got to #22 and is 6 times platinum. I think maybe it's the 2nd highest certified Australian dance hit only behind "Never Be Like You"(!) (and "Innerbloom" is doing alright at triple platinum) 16/01/2023 Singles 01 02 05 01 KILL BILL SZA 02 01 16 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 03 04 12 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 04 07 06 04 ESCAPISM. Raye feat. 070 Shake 05 05 14 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 03 20 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 07 06 32 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 08 08 12 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 09 10 06 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 10 09 41 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 13 04 11 LET GO Central Cee 12 30 21 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 13 14 126 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 15 27 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 15 11 21 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 16 26 19 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 17 17 10 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 18 12 74 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 19 23 26 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 19 32 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 21 27 19 21 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 22 24 06 22 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 23 20 70 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 24 16 22 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 25 18 79 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 26 33 35 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 27 31 21 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 28 29 81 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 29 35 19 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 30 25 133 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 31 28 23 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 32 38 23 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 33 22 118 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 34 32 58 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 35 NE 01 35 RUMBLE Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan 36 21 37 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 37 42 26 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 38 40 32 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 39 46 19 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 40 44 30 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 41 43 05 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 42 41 105 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 45 18 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 44 49 08 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 45 36 22 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 46 47 15 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 47 39 20 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 48 48 17 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 49 51 23 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 50 34 131 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Albums 01 01 12 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 05 02 SOS SZA 03 03 101 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 08 237 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 05 05 240 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 04 34 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 07 364 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 08 10 06 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 09 15 180 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 10 06 11 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 09 86 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 12 13 252 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 13 12 146 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 14 166 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 17 292 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 11 409 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 18 306 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 30 177 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 19 21 23 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 20 19 429 01 1989 Taylor Swift 21 16 161 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 22 22 10 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 23 23 105 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 24 20 63 01 = Ed Sheeran 25 24 198 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 26 27 144 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 27 31 129 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 33 31 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 29 26 29 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 30 39 76 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 31 29 270 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 32 28 221 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 33 32 347 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 34 25 542 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 35 40 260 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 36 37 52 01 30 Adele 37 34 81 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 38 61 169 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 39 36 12 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 40 43 267 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 52 29 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 42 55 191 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 43 44 178 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 48 232 16 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 45 45 232 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 54 12 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 47 35 402 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 48 62 53 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 49 42 122 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 50 57 322 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars The US & UK are having other ideas but in Australia SZA gets her first ever #1 single with "Kill Bill". She sets a new bar for low pure sales at #1 since radio is largely not getting on board (although triple j just added the track this week), but given that I've scarcely ever seen the song in the iTunes top 100, I hesitate to think it's even sold 50 copies yet, which is pretty unprecedented and also not a diss. Anyway we'll get a new #1 next week because "Flowers" has more than twice as many streams on Spotify currently so Miley Cyrus will probably be getting her first solo #1, ruining a trivia question I wrote last year in the process. Despite this, RAYE should be able to climb to #3 next week as the sped up version has gotten a huge boost in the past week. Stephen Sanchez climbs a lot but also fell a lot on Spotify in the past week which might drop him a few spots on the chart and not at all give hint to this bizarre trajectory through these weekly snapshots. Our first new hit song of 2023 comes from Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan. It's the first time Fred again.. has been credited as a performer on a chart entry, though obviously he has produced multiple #1 hits in the past. In classic ARIA dealings, there is no Miguel or Hotel Ugly on the chart. Next week they're both threatening the top 20 but ARIA's midweeks released today don't mention either of them so who knows. Also "Riptide" by Vance Joy is higher on Spotify than it has been in about 7 years (it got to #17 the other day), while also still being nestled in the top 20 on Apple so like what even is this week's chart. "Midnights" is #1 for a 10th week, which overtakes "1989" as Taylor Swift's longest reigning #1 to date. With seemingly nothing to stop her next week, 11 looks likely. "AM" reaches its equal highest point outside of its debut week, and has also now been in the top 10 for 4 weeks in a row, which is its longest continuous span ever (actually it's only spent 10 weeks ever in the top 10 despite the longevity). Arctic Monkeys are in the country at the moment and so is Elton John who might leap ahead next week, I've often spotted "Diamonds" at #1 on iTunes albums lately.

The ARIA Awards are going through a similar thing. They changed the gendered awards to Best Solo Artist 2 years ago, with the upgraded 10 nominations, but so far they've only had 7/20 of those slots for women, 0/20 for non-binary artists and both winners have been men (at the very least both are Indigenous Australians, which is itself an issue of inclusiveness). Feels like both populism & critical appraisal both tend to naturally slide to an unchecked male bias that rears its ugly head in every time they have to show their working.

They did 3,184,112 (down from 3,942,235) yesterday in Spain No I don't know why it doesn't work for everyone else, a geographic thing? lol

I have it, here's the notable stuff (I think) 3 (NE) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 23 (NE) Fredo - Dave Flow 37 (54) Libianca - People 42 (NE) Mimi Webb - Red Flags 43 (70) Popcaan (feat Drake) - We Caa Done 60 (65) LonelyEve - The Hills X Creepin X the Color Violet 70 (NE) Clavish - No Difference 72 (178) Bizarrap, Shakira - Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 89 (98) Coi Leray - Players 92 (97) Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense 109 (136) Jengi - Bel Mercy 110 (NE) Sam Smith (feat Koffee & Jessie Reyez) - Gimme 117 (187) Clavish - Traumatised 145 (NE) Paramore - C'est Comme Ça 185 (NE) Sub Focus, Dimension - Ready To Fly Also continuing the aberration, "Until I Found You" has gone 17-22-65-72-85 now in the past 4 days