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+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock +2 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year +1 Lizzo - Someday At Christmas -1 Stormzy - Firebabe -2 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -3 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

YOOOOOOOOOOOO :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: So happy though, I've been watching her + this song in particular grow in audience for the last 9 months and it looks like it's finally coming to fruition.

Ah, the classic bootstrap paradox :lol:

+14 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (not really a fair contest but alas) +13 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) +12 Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +11 Dave - Starlight +10 Harry Styles - As It Was +9 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +8 Adele - Easy On Me +7 LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel +6 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy +5 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me +4 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You +3 Wham! - Last Christmas +2 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) +1 GAYLE - abcdefu +0 LadBaby - Food Aid (honestly thought GAYLE had this spot wrapped up all year but this is a degree of lousy I just wasn't prepared for)

Cheers for the cheers y'all! 09/01/2023 Singles 01 13 15 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 02 12 04 02 KILL BILL SZA 03 25 19 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 04 18 11 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 05 23 13 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 24 31 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 07 26 05 07 ESCAPISM. Raye feat. 070 Shake 08 22 11 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 09 34 40 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 10 33 05 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 11 46 20 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 12 44 73 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 13 30 03 13 LET GO Central Cee 14 38 125 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 15 43 26 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 16 58 21 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 17 48 09 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 18 61 78 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 19 54 31 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 20 59 69 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 81 36 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 22 77 117 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 23 57 25 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 24 80 05 24 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 25 69 132 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 26 60 18 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 27 62 18 27 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 28 75 22 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 29 64 80 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 30 85 20 30 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 31 72 20 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 32 79 57 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 33 76 34 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 34 78 130 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 35 90 18 35 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 36 93 21 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 37 RE 161 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 67 22 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 39 100 19 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 40 86 31 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 41 91 104 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 96 25 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 43 71 04 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 44 88 29 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 45 95 17 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 46 RE 18 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 47 RE 14 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 48 99 16 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 49 RE 07 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 50 RE 25 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood Albums 01 01 11 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 03 04 02 SOS SZA 03 05 100 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 04 33 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 05 08 239 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 06 10 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 14 363 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 08 07 236 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 09 13 85 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 10 16 05 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 11 12 408 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 12 31 145 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 18 251 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 20 165 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 26 179 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 16 09 160 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 40 291 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 24 305 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 27 428 01 1989 Taylor Swift 20 25 62 01 = Ed Sheeran 21 29 22 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 42 09 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 23 49 104 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 24 43 197 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 17 541 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 26 19 28 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 27 55 143 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 28 39 220 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 29 44 269 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 30 34 176 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 21 128 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 65 346 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 63 30 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 34 46 80 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 35 67 401 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 36 71 11 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 37 51 51 01 30 Adele 38 30 379 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 39 61 75 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 40 66 259 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 41 92 25 02 SPECIAL Lizzo 42 93 121 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 43 80 266 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 77 177 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 45 83 231 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 23 60 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 15 210 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 48 86 231 16 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 49 33 497 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 50 28 366 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana It's easy to want to say this is the week that everything resets back to normal but I disagree. New Year's Eve lingers strongly on this particular tracking week, to the extent that it probably decided the #1 single this week! I have to believe that "Kill Bill" performed best on six of the seven tracking days, but "Unholy" was among various songs that vaulted strongly on December 31st and that's enough to get it back to #1. "I'm Good (Blue)" was actually back to #1 on Spotify on that day, while Eliza Rose, LF System, "Cold Heart" and "Levitating" among others had significant boosts then. RAYE scores her first ever top 10 single ("You Don't Know Me" got to #12). Between this, "golden hour" and the imminent arrival of "ceilings" to a Spotify chart near you, it's been a good time for songs I like belatedly becoming hits. One to watch next week is "Until I Found You" which is soaring up next week. Tiësto also arrives in the top 50 this week and looks to stick the landing and keep climbing next week. It is a particularly drab time for Australian music as we only have two in the top 50 (and only two compilations in the albums chart!), I have to highlight that the big new hope being plugged on Hot Hits Australia is "You Were Right", a RÜFÜS DU SOL hit from back in 2015 when they were still called RÜFÜS. It's #2 on the playlist for no explainable reason but it's also probably getting pretty close to the ARIA top 50 so maybe it'll work?? "Midnights" keeps racking up weeks at #1, it's now up to 9. SZA is currently stuck at #2 on both charts, and though I strongly suspect it won't be the case next week, I think she has the second most #2's across both charts without a #1 to her name, behind Radiohead's 6 (or if you will, Thom Yorke's 7), SZA has three #2 singles and one #2 album. Otherwise this week's chart can be seen as a preview for the 2023 EOY albums chart, because I believe 47/50 of last year's equivalent chart made the cut, and I think there's a case to be made for basically every album on this week's chart to pull it off too.

Depends on how you spin it. "Certified Lover Boy" still made the Billboard Year End top 10 2 years in a row. "Her Loss" was released on the first week of the new Billboard year so it was literally impossible for it to make the cut for 2022, but I have to imagine it's a strong top 3 contender already for 2023. "Honestly, Nevermind" is an underperformer but it's not exactly made for his usual demographics so it's not surprising. In any case, across those 3 albums, a lot of people were listening to Drake in 2022 which tends to be more viable than having a slightly more successful album every few years. Can't let people forget you if you're never gone for long :lol:

10/10 would block Jacob's murder attempts again.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 The K**ts - F**k The Coalition +2 Stormzy - Firebabe +1 Sidemen - Christmas Drillings -1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 LadBaby - Food Aid

It also made the top 50 in 2019 & 2021 (2020 was an unfavourable tracking week, but was possibly its best performance) and it's been making the Spotify top 100 every year since 2015, so I'd say it's established Christmas canon here.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they're all still in the top 20. Ed Sheeran's Australian tour starts in a couple of months and that might be enough to carry his momentum for the rest of the year.

Here you go Singles 1. Harry Styles - As It Was 2. Glass Animals - Heat Waves 3. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - STAY 4. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 5. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 6. Ed Sheeran - Shivers 7. Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now 8. Jack Harlow - First Class 9. OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 10. Lizzo - About Damn Time 11. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 12. Gayle - ABCDEFU 13. Justin Bieber - Ghost 14. Dua Lipa - Levitating 15. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 16. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby 17. Adele - Easy On Me 18. The Killers - Mr Brightside 19. Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy 20. Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled - Big Energy 21. Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 22. Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends - Enemy 23. Lil Nas X - Thats What I Want 24. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 25. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) 26. Joji - Glimpse Of Us 27. Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) 28. Luude Feat. Colin Hay - Down Under 29. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 30. Nicky Youre & Daze - Sunroof 31. The Kid Laroi - Thousand Miles 32. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 33. Doja Cat - Vegas 34. Doja Cat Feat. SZA - Kiss Me More 35. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 36. Acraze Feat. Cherish - Do It To It 37. Harry Styles - Late Night Talking 38. Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz - We Don't Talk About Bruno 39. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be 40. Frank Ocean - Lost 41. J. Cole - No Role Modelz 42. Doja Cat - Woman 43. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 44. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 45. Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl 46. Camila Cabello Feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam 47. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun 48. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 49. Ed Sheeran - Perfect 50. Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) 51. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 52. Chris Brown - Under The Influence 53. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto 54. Tom Odell - Another Love 55. Future Feat. Drake & Tems - WAIT FOR U 56. Eminem - Without Me 57. Vance Joy - Missing Piece 58. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 59. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 60. Tones and I - Dance Monkey 61. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night 62. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU 63. Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed 64. Drake Feat. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks 65. Central Cee - Doja 66. Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 67. Shouse - Love Tonight 68. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 69. Dave - Starlight 70. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 71. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us 72. Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now 73. NEIKED & Mae Muller Feat. Polo G - Better Days 74. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 75. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady 76. Beyonce - Break My Soul 77. Dean Lewis - Be Alright 78. Beyonce - Cuff It 79. Post Malone - Circles 80. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go 81. Imagine Dragons - Believer 82. Willow - Wait A Minute 83. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. 84. Rosa Linn - SNAP 85. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe 86. The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk - Starboy 87. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 88. Charlie Puth - Light Switch 89. OneRepublic - Counting Stars 90. Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember 91. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 92. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees 93. Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 94. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 95. Luke Combs - The Kind Of Love We Make 96. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing 97. Joel Corry & MNEK - Head & Heart 98. Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version) 99. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 100. Avicii - Wake Me Up Albums 1. Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. Harry Styles - Harry's House 3. The Weeknd - The Highlights 4. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 5. Ed Sheeran - = 6. Doja Cat - Planet Her 7. Harry Styles - Fine Line 8. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 9. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 10. The Weeknd - Dawn FM 11. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 12. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 13. Adele - 30 14. Elton John - Diamonds 15. Soundtrack - Encanto 16. Taylor Swift - 1989 17. Luke Combs - This One's For You 18. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 19. Luke Combs - This One's For You 20. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 21. The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You) 22. Ed Sheeran - ÷ 23. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 24. Justin Bieber - Justice 25. Taylor Swift - Folklore 26. Taylor Swift - Lover 27. Arctic Monkeys - AM 28. Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon 29. The Weeknd - Starboy 30. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 31. Drake - Certified Lover Boy 32. Luke Combs - Growin' Up 33. The Weeknd - After Hours 34. Taylor Swift - Reputation 35. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 36. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 37. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 38. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album 39. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 40. INXS - The Very Best 41. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 42. Daniel Johns - FutureNever 43. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 44. Nirvana - Nevermind 45. Spacey Jane - Here Comes Everybody 46. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits 47. Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires 48. Adele - 25 49. Green Days - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 50. Pitbull - Greatest Hits 51. Eminem - The Eminem Show 52. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection 53. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You 54. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 55. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR 56. Beyonce - RENAISSANCE 57. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding 58. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 59. Taylor Swift - Evermore 60. XXXTentacion - ? 61. BTS - Proof 62. Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 63. Lady Gaga - The Fame 64. XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album 65. Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache 66. Eminem - Curtain Call 2 67. Spacey Jane - Sunlight 68. Little Mix - Between Us 69. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 70. Gang Of Youths - Angel In Realtime. 71. Dr. Dre - 2001 72. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 73. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 74. Tame Impala - Currents 75. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 76. Adele - 21 77. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 78. Ed Sheeran - x 79. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman 80. Drake - Honestly, Nevermind 81. Drake - Scorpion 82. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die 83. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 84. Jack Harlow - Come Home The Kids Miss You 85. Soundtrack - Sing 2 86. Doja Cat - Hot Pink 87. Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss 88. Midnight Oil - Resist 89. Post Malone - Stoney 90. Travis Scott - Astroworld 91. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 92. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits 93. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 94. Kanye West - Donda 95. Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout 96. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 97. SZA - Ctrl 98. Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance 99. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 100. Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender As always, I must clarify that this chart is made by adding up all the sales on each individual week covered in 2022, there are some fiddly things with the December/January cut off but it's not that important. It's mostly just to say that if ARIA were late on catching a song onto the chart, then they will not rectify this for prior weeks. Notably "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood could not catch up in time because half of its points are missing, and "Riptide" by Vance Joy should probably be in the top 50 of this list but ARIA still aren't counting it. So the charts themselves are to blame for there only being 10 Australian songs in this list. It also seems that the previous expectation that the chart could possibly be filled with a solid 90ish new hits for the year will never be reached again, as the main promotional outlets struggle to find much more than 1 new hit a week. Incidentally join me as I count down the top 10 songs that are only here because of Hot Hits Australia's aggressive playlisting: 10. Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make 9. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe 8. WILLOW - Wait A Minute 7. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto 6. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be 5. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees 4. Charlie Puth - Light Switch 3. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night 2. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun 1. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing As for the albums chart, I also must remind you that unlike Billboard and the OCC, ARIA's rule for stream distribution goes down to the label entirely. It is not disclosed anywhere and we outsiders can only speculate the nature of what's going on. As a result, there are plentiful compilations in this list, but not all the compilations you might expect, and sometimes not necessarily the one that makes the most sense. Unless you think that more and more people every year flock to hear Coldplay's live in Argentina album. There's also very little in the way of new music on this list. By my count, there are 18 albums released in 2022, and three of them are compilations that derive their activity from streams of older material. We can't be sure that XXXTENTACION fans are even aware that "Look At Me: The Album" exists. In this context, it makes The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar look pretty good, with their 'underperforming' new albums ending up the 3rd & 4th biggest albums from 2022. Taylor Swift also I suspect just barely overtook Harry Styles at the last moment to take the top spot here with her very recent album. No Christmas music makes the cut though because they just can't accumulate the points fast enough. This makes sense when you consider what the Australian Charts look like next to the UK Charts, and then remember that Australia *doesn't* have ACR.

Hey, what's up, hello. This is the part where I'd say I'm also waiting for the 2022 EOY but I'm actually not. ARIA posted it this morning. I shall complete last year's thread when I get the time. 02/01/2023 Singles 01 01 61 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 07 16 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 03 03 52 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 04 05 21 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 05 08 22 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 14 14 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 07 21 15 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 08 25 12 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 09 27 12 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 10 29 25 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid [30] 11 40 08 11 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 12 02 03 02 KILL BILL SZA 13 04 14 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 14 36 20 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 15 24 13 15 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 16 33 10 16 SNOWMAN Sia 17 46 11 17 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 18 06 10 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 19 49 05 19 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 20 45 06 20 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 21 34 27 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 22 09 10 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 23 10 12 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 24 12 30 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 25 13 18 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 26 11 04 11 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 27 77 04 27 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU) Nat King Cole 28 64 06 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 29 52 05 29 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 30 15 02 15 LET GO Central Cee 31 75 04 31 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 32 80 06 29 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 33 16 04 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 34 17 39 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 35 83 04 26 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 36 85 07 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens 37 87 06 37 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 38 20 124 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 39 NE 01 39 LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys 40 94 07 32 JINGLE BELL ROCK Daryl Hall & John Oates 41 RE 02 41 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 42 RE 06 42 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Eagles 43 19 25 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 44 28 72 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 45 RE 05 45 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 46 22 19 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 47 56 10 34 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly 48 18 08 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 49 NE 01 49 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 50 NE 01 50 DECK THE HALLS Nat King Cole Albums 01 01 10 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 03 101 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 03 02 03 02 SOS SZA 04 04 32 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 05 05 99 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 07 09 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 10 235 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 08 09 238 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 09 15 159 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 10 17 77 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 11 06 10 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 12 13 407 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 13 16 84 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 14 14 362 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 35 209 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 16 12 04 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 17 37 540 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 18 23 250 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 18 27 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 20 24 164 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 31 127 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 50 100 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 23 33 59 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 51 304 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 22 61 01 = Ed Sheeran 26 26 178 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 32 427 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 21 365 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 29 27 21 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 30 36 378 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 31 29 144 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 32 08 10 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 33 49 496 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 34 30 175 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 11 05 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 36 52 173 01 THRILLER Michael Jackson 37 45 167 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 38 19 07 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 39 55 219 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 40 39 290 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 41 44 14 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack 42 28 08 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 43 38 196 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 44 53 268 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 45 64 34 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator 46 54 79 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 47 68 22 08 FLOWER BOY Tyler, The Creator 48 25 447 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 49 40 103 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 62 55 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift It's the big Christmas week, only to be surpassed with next year whose tracking week is more favourable for this sort of thing. Maybe then we'll see a changing of the guard because the big news is that seemingly Brenda Lee's streams have been cleaned up. Every year she gets undercounted because the song's streams are split between two different recordings, but in actuality, she gets higher streaming numbers than Mariah Carey on Spotify when you put them together (though she's a bit behind on Apple). She's also aided by a generally American trend for this year's Christmas affairs, where a lot of the Britons and Paul Kelly lag behind a bit this time, although The Pogues do get a new peak. Nat King Cole is the big winner for getting two new entries in the top 50, as well as anyone who wants a particularly holly jolly Christmas, with Michael Buble & Burl Ives both having massive new peaks for that song. Watch the space next week for a big climb for RAYE & 070 Shake who are #2 combined on Spotify yesterday. Tiesto & Tate McRae have also been highly blessed by the Hot Hits Australia gods, so now are looking at making a big impression next week.

The closest song that's making any significant progress is "As It Was", but at the current rate (which it won't maintain) it'll still take about 2 years to get there. No chart company can convince me that this is actually an R&B song

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +3 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +1 Stormzy - Firebabe -1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

26/12/2022 Singles 01 01 60 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 05 02 02 KILL BILL SZA 03 06 51 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 04 02 13 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 05 11 20 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 06 03 09 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 07 12 15 07 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 08 15 21 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 09 04 09 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 10 07 11 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 11 22 03 11 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 12 08 29 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 13 09 17 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 14 19 13 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 16 10 03 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 17 13 38 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 18 14 07 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 19 17 24 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 20 18 123 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 21 36 14 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 22 20 18 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 23 16 02 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 24 51 12 24 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 25 48 11 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 26 23 16 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 27 57 11 16 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 28 24 71 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 29 61 24 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 30 26 29 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 31 25 19 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 32 28 23 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 33 67 09 17 SNOWMAN Sia 34 64 26 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 35 29 67 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 36 83 19 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 37 32 32 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 38 31 76 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 39 30 20 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 40 77 07 36 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 41 21 08 20 SHIRT SZA 42 40 16 40 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 43 33 18 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 44 35 130 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 74 05 42 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 46 88 10 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 47 39 78 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 48 37 20 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 49 100 04 28 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 50 44 18 44 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold Albums 01 01 09 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 02 02 SOS SZA 03 06 100 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 04 05 31 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 05 07 98 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 09 09 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 07 10 08 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 08 12 09 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 09 11 237 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 10 18 234 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 11 04 04 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 12 08 03 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 13 14 406 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 14 15 361 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 22 158 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 16 16 83 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 17 25 76 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 18 21 26 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 19 29 06 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 20 45 04 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 21 34 364 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 22 23 60 01 = Ed Sheeran 23 20 249 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 27 163 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 64 446 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 26 24 177 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 33 20 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 28 17 07 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 29 31 143 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 30 26 174 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 36 126 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 30 426 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 37 58 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 19 32 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 35 48 208 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 36 42 377 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 37 38 539 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 38 28 195 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 39 35 289 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 40 32 102 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 41 40 26 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 42 RE 02 42 GEE WHIZ, IT'S CHRISTMAS Vika & Linda 43 68 09 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 44 51 13 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack 45 49 166 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 46 61 112 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 47 58 30 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs Du Sol 48 75 49 01 30 Adele 49 56 495 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 50 57 99 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift Christmas weeks are hectic to keep up with so I'll keep this quick. "Escapism." has had its two versions combined this week, so it'll be a top 10 hit next year. "Kill Bill" is also very poised to go to #1 in two weeks with a big Spotify lead.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +2 Stormzy - Firebabe +1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -1 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Wham! - Last Christmas -4 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas -5 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

19/12/2022 Singles 01 03 59 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 01 12 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 03 02 08 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 04 04 08 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 05 NE 01 05 KILL BILL SZA 06 11 50 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 07 07 10 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 08 05 28 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 09 06 16 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 10 08 02 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 11 13 19 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 12 15 14 08 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 13 10 37 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 14 09 06 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 15 17 20 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 16 NE 01 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 17 12 23 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 18 14 122 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 19 21 12 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 20 16 17 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 21 64 07 20 SHIRT SZA 22 29 02 22 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 23 26 15 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 24 19 70 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 25 18 18 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 26 20 28 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 27 NE 01 27 BLIND SZA 28 23 22 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 29 25 66 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 30 22 19 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 31 24 75 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 32 27 31 21 ANOTHER LOVE (TIËSTO REMIX) Tom Odell 33 28 17 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 34 NE 01 34 LOW SZA 35 37 129 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 36 48 13 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 37 32 19 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 38 NE 01 38 SEEK & DESTROY SZA 39 33 77 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 40 42 15 40 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 41 NE 01 41 LOVE LANGUAGE SZA 42 35 28 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 43 31 33 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 44 54 17 44 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 45 36 18 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 46 34 54 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 47 NE 01 47 SPECIAL SZA 48 58 10 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 49 40 114 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 50 NE 01 50 USED SZA feat. Don Toliver Albums 01 02 08 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 SOS SZA 03 03 02 03 AUSTRALIAN FROG CALLS Songs of Disappearance 04 04 03 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 05 06 30 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 06 08 99 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 07 07 97 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 05 02 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 09 09 08 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 10 13 07 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 10 236 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 12 01 08 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 13 NE 01 13 COTERIE Coterie 14 11 405 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 15 14 360 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 15 82 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 17 12 06 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 18 33 233 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 19 22 31 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 20 17 248 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 16 25 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 22 32 157 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 23 20 59 01 = Ed Sheeran 24 21 176 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 25 36 75 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 26 34 173 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 27 19 162 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 24 194 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 23 05 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 30 27 425 01 1989 Taylor Swift 31 18 142 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 32 25 101 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 33 28 19 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 34 47 363 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 35 31 288 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 36 37 125 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 37 38 57 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 52 538 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 39 44 720 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 40 53 25 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 41 40 140 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 42 35 376 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 43 43 302 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 44 39 77 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 45 30 03 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 46 45 266 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 47 42 27 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 48 78 207 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 49 63 165 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 50 51 206 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar In what must have been an extremely close battle, Mariah Carey gets to #1 for the 5th year in a row. It's also her 5th week at #1 as she has previously only spent a week at #1 each year, but looks to manage 3 this year. This comes with a caveat in that I'm almost certain she should've been #1 for 2 weeks last year but as ARIA notes in their code of practice, Thursday streams from certain DSPs are estimated...perhaps not very well in these seasonal times. I was mistakenly under the impression that the two versions of "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" were finally combined on Spotify but then I spotted them both charting alongside each other, which had Brenda slightly higher than Mariah on Spotify recently, while still a long way away on Apple. I'm not saying Brenda Lee should be #1 but I do think she's still being undercounted. Anyway otherwise this is SZA's week. She's making a decent claim for the #1 spot if she can maintain her hold in a few weeks, for now she's at #5. Anyway if you want a reason to get really mad at the clunky process of songs being included in the ARIA Chart, look at how RAYE & 070 Shake are #22 this week. This week's New Music chart had a fresh debut for "Escapism - Sped Up Version" which means that it's roughly around the top 100, but also wasn't being tracked at all last week. My interpretation on this is that whoever is handling the song's promotion over here noticed that the version was gaining traction a couple of weeks ago, and so they submitted it for consideration by ARIA. This process has to be done before the tracking week starts so it essentially can take 2 weeks. ARIA seemingly just accepted it as an invitation to include it separately which is probably the result of RAYE being on an independent label that didn't fully grasp the due process that major labels are used to. ARIA tends to screw over independent artists the most which is why Tyga's "Taste" and BENEE's "Soaked" among others never charted here. We'll see if this changes over the coming weeks I suppose (since otherwise the song would be in the top 10) but it is worth noting that in the download era, we'd sometimes see stuff like this, where remixes of big hit songs charted separately to the original, often at the same time. This basically never happens now so it's hard to think of it being intentional. Incidentally reaching the top 50 this week is "Until I Found You", which has been hovering around for months but is buoyed by the sudden burst in popularity of the Em Beihold version. Funnily enough, ARIA has been crediting this version for the entire time it's been charting, but now it is the one that's getting the lion's share of the streams. Sadly it seems Australian Frog Calls weren't able to hold on enough to even climb this week. SZA also misses out on the top spot but is charting higher than ever before on the album chart. The only other entry this week is the self-titled album of Coterie, a band that both Australia and New Zealand claim as their own, but it's only in New Zealand that they have managed to actually have crossover hits, because people over there actually know how to promote local product without just waiting for them to take off on TikTok by accident.

I guess I just assumed they already counted? A good thing though, I don't think making the chart more interesting should be a reason to exclude data.

12/12/2022 Singles 01 02 11 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 02 01 07 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 03 11 58 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 04 03 07 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 05 07 27 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 06 04 15 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 07 05 09 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 08 NE 01 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin', The Weeknd & 21 Savage 09 06 05 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 10 09 36 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 30 49 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 12 08 22 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 13 47 18 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 14 12 121 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 15 56 13 08 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 16 10 16 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 17 52 19 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 18 13 17 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 19 20 69 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 20 18 27 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 21 68 11 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 22 15 18 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 23 16 21 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 24 23 74 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 25 22 65 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 26 14 14 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 27 21 30 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 28 17 16 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 29 NE 01 29 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 30 NE 01 30 SUPERHERO (HEROES & VILLAINS) Metro Boomin', Future & Chris Brown 31 35 32 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 32 26 18 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 33 31 76 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 34 38 53 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 35 29 27 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 36 24 17 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 37 33 128 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 38 25 13 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 39 19 07 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 40 32 113 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 41 34 22 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 42 43 14 42 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 43 NE 01 43 NIAGARA FALLS (FOOT OR 2) Metro Boomin', Travis Scott & 21 Savage 44 41 100 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 45 28 21 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 46 61 116 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 47 40 22 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 48 RE 12 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 49 45 11 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 50 42 14 42 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa Albums 01 RE 07 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 02 02 07 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 NE 01 03 AUSTRALIAN FROG CALLS Songs of Disappearance 04 01 02 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 05 NE 01 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 06 03 29 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 04 96 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 36 98 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 09 09 07 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 10 08 235 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 11 27 404 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 12 05 05 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 13 06 06 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 14 12 359 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 13 81 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 16 34 24 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 17 23 247 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 18 20 141 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 19 26 161 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 14 58 01 = Ed Sheeran 21 21 175 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 40 30 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 23 07 04 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 24 19 193 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 47 100 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 26 NE 01 26 INDIGO RM 27 25 424 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 11 18 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 29 NE 01 29 INLAND Adalita 30 10 02 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 31 29 287 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 32 28 156 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 17 232 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 34 22 172 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 24 375 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 36 68 74 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 37 15 124 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 38 18 56 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 43 76 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 40 44 139 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 31 05 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 42 46 26 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 43 42 301 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 44 33 71 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 45 30 265 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 46 86 28 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 47 49 362 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 48 41 342 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 49 51 254 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 50 52 216 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen Sam Smith can perhaps lament the potential to have one of the longest reigning #1's ever as "Unholy" returns to #1 on its 11th week, its 5th week at the top. On the other hand, "Unholy"'s hold on the top is tenuous, as we could see Mariah Carey returning to #1 next week, and I must note that SZA has quickly vaulted to #1 on Spotify which could prove her a contender if she keeps this momentum up. Then again we could just see something similar to Metro Boomin from this week, who came within an inch of the top spot on Spotify, but has now receded a little bit and manages a #8 debut. This is his first credited top 10 entry and also narrowly The Weeknd's highest chart entry for this year. On the Christmas front, I have always been suspicious that the stats for Brenda Lee were not completely accurate, which was remedied last year but maybe even more so this year as she's providing a serious challenge to Michael Buble for the bronze medal, something that could well translate on the ARIA Chart with the 02/01/2023 tracking week. She's actually really close to Wham! on Spotify but miles behind on Apple so that's probably not going to change any time soon. Metro Boomin has various debuts scattered across the chart which has amusingly (for me) resulted in some strange 3 track rule dodging on ARIA's New Music Singles chart where he has 4 entries there. Also it's taken a month and a half but everyone's finally realised how good "Escapism." is. RAYE has had multiple top 50 hits since 2016 attached to numerous EDM bros but this is of course her first outing at the front of the crediting list. It's also technically 070 Shake's first entry as she wasn't credited on her 2018 Kid Cudi collaboration "Ghost Town". I'm also raising a suspicious eye-brow over this chart position as I suspect it's not getting the streams from the Sped Up version counted (currently #4 combined on Spotify), but with how messy Christmas charts are and how rapidly the song was vaulting up, I'm not going to stake full confidence in this just yet. "Dreams" is still always just hovering around just below the top 50 but Christine McVie's passing sees it boosted back into the top 50 for the first time in a few months. Last year Paul Kelly debuted at #2 with his Christmas album. This is perhaps understandable as it was released on the same week as Adele's "30". Paul has the last laugh perhaps though as the album was just re-issued and returns to a new peak of #1. It's his 4th #1 album. Despite being an Australian icon for longer than I've been alive, he's only started racking up #1's since 2017. Speaking of Australian icons, you might also remember last year seeing a high charting album of Australian Bird Calls. They didn't quite get to #1 but maybe we'll have better luck this time around as Australian Frog Calls debuts at #3, with ARIA's midweeks suggesting they could climb up next week. Similarly to last year, the proceeds of this album go towards frog research & conservation. Metro Boomin has the most streamed album of the week and lands a debut at #5, not a personal peak for him as his 21 Savage collaboration in 2020 got to #4. Lower down we have debuts for BTS's RM, and a third top 30 solo peak for Adalita, best known as the frontwoman for Magic Dirt. RÜFÜS DU SOL's recent tour brings them back into the top 50 and I will also note if it ever feels like albums never leave the chart sometimes, that Ed Sheeran's "÷" is at a new lowest ever position this week.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex +3 Stormzy - Hide & Seek +2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +1 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -1 Anne-Marie & Aitch - PSYCHO -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Wham! - Last Christmas -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

It's in "Wednesday"!

Beach House did make the Indie Singles chart for the first time last week.

+5 Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 Stormzy - Hide & Seek +2 Clavish - Rocket Science +1 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy -1 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero -2 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -3 Anne-Marie & Aitch - Psycho -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

05/12/2022 Singles 01 01 06 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 02 02 10 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 03 04 06 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 04 05 14 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 05 06 08 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 03 04 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 07 07 26 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 08 08 21 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 09 09 35 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 10 10 15 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 11 50 57 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 12 13 120 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 13 11 16 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 14 14 13 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 15 15 17 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 16 17 20 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 17 16 15 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 18 18 26 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 19 12 06 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 20 19 68 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 21 21 29 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 22 26 64 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 23 23 73 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 24 22 16 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 25 27 12 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 26 28 17 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 27 20 05 05 LIFT ME UP Rihanna 28 32 20 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 29 34 26 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 30 RE 48 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 31 37 75 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 32 30 112 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 33 41 127 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 35 21 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 35 40 31 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 36 24 06 05 MIDNIGHT RAIN Taylor Swift 37 29 14 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 38 44 52 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 39 70 03 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 40 42 21 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood 41 48 99 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 49 13 42 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 43 46 13 43 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 44 25 06 07 BEJEWELED Taylor Swift 45 45 10 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 46 43 14 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 47 RE 17 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 48 51 22 09 MOCKINGBIRD Eminem 49 31 06 04 MAROON Taylor Swift 50 39 04 09 CIRCO LOCO Drake & 21 Savage Albums 01 NE 01 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 02 01 06 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 09 28 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 06 95 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 04 04 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 06 11 05 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 08 03 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 08 13 234 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 09 16 06 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 10 NE 01 10 CARRY ME (60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION) The Seekers 11 21 17 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 12 12 358 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 15 80 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 14 02 57 01 = Ed Sheeran 15 27 123 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 16 03 02 03 GET ROLLIN' Nickelback 17 25 231 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 18 30 55 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 20 192 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 20 14 140 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 21 24 174 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 22 26 171 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 23 19 246 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 28 374 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 25 17 423 01 1989 Taylor Swift 26 22 160 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 39 403 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 32 155 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 29 23 286 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 29 264 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 31 07 04 04 THE HARDEST LOVE Dean Lewis 32 18 169 01 THRILLER Michael Jackson 33 34 70 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 31 23 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 35 NE 01 35 LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL The Smith Street Band 36 80 97 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 37 RE 26 01 WISH The Cure 38 84 10 01 REVOLVER The Beatles 39 RE 02 28 MEANJIN Thelma Plum 40 61 29 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 41 33 341 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 35 300 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 43 43 75 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 44 42 138 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 45 62 204 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 46 36 25 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 47 38 99 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 05 02 05 DIVISIVE Disturbed 49 64 361 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 50 49 536 01 THE VERY BEST INXS Taylor Swift gets a 6th week at #1 but not on the chart I expected. I have to assume that "Anti-Hero" is improving on Apple because Spotify suggests traction in the opposite way. Hard to say what'll happen next week because "Unholy" is only very slowly growing the gap. I don't know if I have anything interesting to note about Christmas music at the moment except that they are a little bit higher than before. Lil Uzi Vert is the latest winner of the strange hip-hop pick for Hot Hits Australia that they'll probably dump in less than a month, but for now he has his 3rd top 40 hit. There's also a notable return for Eminem's "Mockingbird". It's another week and it's another Jimmy Barnes #1 album. He now has 15 which if you go beyond the tenure of the ARIA Charts, is more than The Beatles ever had. I don't have much else to say this week but The Seekers have a new compilation in the top 10, The Smith Street Band have a stilted format release and thus misleading peak for their new album, while The Cure & Thelma Plum have vinyl rebounds, and Kendrick Lamar returns with his Australian tour going on at the moment.

Mine too if memory serves correctly!