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03/07/2023 Singles 01 01 04 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 21 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 29 14 03 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 04 03 13 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 05 04 24 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 06 05 11 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 09 36 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 08 15 13 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 09 06 14 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 10 07 29 01 KILL BILL SZA 11 08 48 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 12 11 43 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 13 10 21 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 14 12 65 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 15 14 50 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 16 13 07 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 17 16 56 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 18 40 222 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 19 17 45 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 20 58 57 01 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 21 31 04 21 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 22 18 16 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 23 20 30 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 24 26 151 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 23 150 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 26 28 24 22 PEOPLE Libianca 27 19 06 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 28 25 238 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 29 24 30 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 30 21 07 17 AREA CODES Kali 31 22 04 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 32 32 14 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 27 05 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 34 NE 01 34 BARBIE WORLD Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua 35 RE 29 03 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 39 11 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 37 35 29 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 38 90 15 01 CARDIGAN Taylor Swift 39 36 51 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 40 75 88 01 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 41 RE 09 41 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift 42 37 94 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 43 RE 03 43 ENCHANTED Taylor Swift 44 38 23 06 SURE THING Miguel 45 93 34 02 LAVENDER HAZE Taylor Swift 46 33 31 23 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 47 41 30 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 48 44 157 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 49 64 11 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 50 42 98 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa Bubbling 15 (16) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 16 (13) CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie 17 (10) ATTENTION Doja Cat 18 (18) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (15) ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 20 (21) WHO TOLD YOU J Hus feat. Drake Albums 01 NE 001 01 A GIFT & A KERS Kerser 02 05 036 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 03 11 201 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 04 NE 001 04 THE GOOD WITCH Maisie Peters 05 09 453 01 1989 Taylor Swift 06 13 294 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 07 04 004 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 08 NE 001 08 SUICIDE AND SUNSHINE Trophy Eyes 09 06 017 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 16 153 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 11 07 125 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 08 029 01 SOS SZA 13 10 058 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 14 12 103 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 15 40 085 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 16 15 014 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 17 50 123 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 18 45 074 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 19 004 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 20 22 276 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 20 264 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 21 388 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 RE 055 04 THE HONEYMOON IS OVER (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) The Cruel Sea 24 23 010 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 25 37 215 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 26 NE 001 26 MINECRAFT VOLUME ONE C418 27 18 030 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 28 26 110 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 29 27 330 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 30 25 035 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 31 NE 001 31 CHEMISTRY Kelly Clarkson 32 28 316 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 33 01 002 01 THE WINDING WAY The Teskey Brothers 34 55 097 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 35 30 129 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 36 NE 001 36 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS Young Thug 37 02 002 02 IN TIMES NEW ROMAN... Queens Of The Stone Age 38 14 004 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 39 NE 001 39 PERFECT WORLD Lastlings 40 35 261 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 41 31 433 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 42 51 006 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 43 33 190 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 44 29 008 01 - Ed Sheeran 45 34 047 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 46 32 185 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 47 36 033 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 48 39 170 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 49 44 222 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 50 41 371 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry "Sprinter" is #1 for a 4th week. Next week is very difficult to call. Dave & Cench continue to lose steam so Morgan Wallen who continues to sell well could take over again. Or maybe there's "Cruel Summer", which briefly got to #1 on Spotify this week, but might not have the legs to maintain for the next 2 days. If like me, you like the song but are fairly jaded by spurious copyright suits (I don't know who instigated it but they sure didn't stop it), then it's a lot easier to root for Olivia Rodrigo, who had a slightly slow start but is climbing up on Spotify day by day which could offset lower numbers elsewhere. Oh but speaking of Taylor Swift, everything is up. Everything. What's not immediately obvious though is that the ARIA Charts have done that thing again. Much like with Adele's "21" hits, the first two singles were able to remain on the survey perennially, but the rest faltered. In this case, all of her entries this week have managed to hang around, but "Style" which had no streaming to back it up through those trying 2015 & 2016 months did not. It should probably be slightly above "Blank Space" this week, which one should hope is high enough for the omission to be noticed and for it to return next week, but you never truly know with these things. I do now know that "Cold Heart" has cheated both a week at #1 and now a week at #50. I have not yet chosen to engage with the week's only debut, I'm sure it's great. "Style" isn't the only song missing, as I suspect Gunna should have snuck onto the New Music chart with "fukumean". It does mean that J Hus sneaks through, with what I believe is his first ever Australian chart entry outside of the Ed Sheeran feature. There are actually only 4 'new' songs in the top 20 this week, and "Fast Car" is only barely still eligible for that, I suspect this is a record for non-Christmas time but it might also be a record overall. In a truly bizarre turn of events, Taylor Swift has been beaten to the top by Kerser. I'm sure you're all familiar with him by now, but just in case, I'll refresh that he's an MC who's been around for over a decade releasing albums fairly regularly and charting high. I most recall back around 2011/2012 when he was feuding with 360 who at the time was much more popular, but it's fair to say that his fairweather fandom has faded faster than Kerser by now. This is Kerser's 8th top 10 album and his first ever to hit the top spot, which also means he's hit every position from #1 to #5. He continues to power along with no label backing or airplay. As for the non-Taylor Swift portion of the top 10, Maisie Peters is charting for the first time, and I must of course note that Trophy Eyes have debuted at #8 for the 3rd time in a row, it's the only chart position they've ever had because they always drop straight out of the top 50 the week after. This week's vinyl lottery winner is The Cruel Sea's classic album "The Honeymoon Is Over", aka the album that has the title track & "Black Stick" which as a not-actually-Gen X Aussie I can confirm are bangers. We've got the always rare instance of a video game soundtrack charting. I think it's the second time ever after Angus & Julia Stone's "Life Is Strange" soundtrack, but this time it's the slightly more notable "Minecraft" soundtrack, which got a vinyl release this week. Volume 2 also appeared on the vinyl chart so it's probably not far off the top 50 either. While Kelly Clarkson is usually prone to a top 10 debut, this #31 debut is still not actually a career low for her because her debut album, while long charting, only got to #33. Thugger lands in the middle of the chart as he tends to do, while Lastlings get in for the first time ever with their 2nd album. As a not-actually-Zoomer Aussie I can confirm they've made many a banger over the years.

+5 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +2 J Hus - Who Told You +1 Hannah Laing - Good Love -1 Rudimental - Dancing Is Healing -2 Calvin Harris - Miracle -3 Switch Disco & Ella Henderson - REACT -4 Harry Styles - As It Was

It's spent quite a while bubbling under in Australia for the same reason it's charted so long in the UK (a couple minor chart/huge radio hits here). Problem with album charts now is that regardless of how one feels about obvious stream bait 'hit' albums, truth is that a non-charting album can very easily outsell a #1 in the space of a year, so there isn't much good shorthand for knowing what the biggest albums really are.

To be clear, that's a new peak only within the time-frame of charts.spotify, which only goes back to the start of 2017. It got to #7 in 2014 on the weekly Spotify chart, possibly higher on the daily one as well.

I'm just looking at it now, and it's actually still on a similar pace. "Flowers" looks to drop below 1.3M on its 24th week, but "drivers license" kept above that until its 25th week. Suspect "Flowers" could catch up after the fact (Olivia's album was later in the timeline so that helped more), but I think it still stands as an apt comparison for now.

Perhaps but I feel it's a folly to only interpret the chart in terms of week to week positions. Where available the raw numbers tell a much more realistic story. I actually went into this surprised it was as low as it was...no pun intended.

26/06/2023 Singles 01 01 03 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 20 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 03 12 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 04 04 23 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 06 10 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 06 05 13 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 07 08 28 01 KILL BILL SZA 08 09 47 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 11 35 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 10 07 20 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 11 17 42 11 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 12 12 64 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 10 06 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 14 13 49 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 15 14 12 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 16 16 55 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 17 15 44 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 18 19 15 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 19 29 05 19 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 20 21 29 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 21 18 06 17 AREA CODES Kali 22 20 03 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 23 31 149 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 24 22 29 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 25 24 237 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 26 26 150 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 27 23 04 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 28 25 23 22 PEOPLE Libianca 29 52 13 22 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 NE 01 30 ATTENTION Doja Cat 31 28 03 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 32 32 13 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 33 30 23 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 34 27 03 27 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 35 36 28 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 36 34 50 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 37 93 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 38 35 22 06 SURE THING Miguel 39 38 10 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 40 40 221 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 42 29 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 42 44 97 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 43 33 03 33 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 44 46 156 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 47 112 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 46 41 03 41 SELF LOVE Metro Boomin, Coi Leray 47 45 128 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 48 50 58 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 49 53 43 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 50 51 154 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Bubbling 16 (16) SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 17 (20) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 18 (24) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (27) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (23) DIAL DRUNK Noah Kahan Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE WINDING WAY The Teskey Brothers 02 NE 001 02 IN TIMES NEW ROMAN... Queens Of The Stone Age 03 NE 001 03 ANY LESS ANYMORE Travis Collins 04 02 003 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 05 04 035 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 06 06 016 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 07 124 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 08 028 01 SOS SZA 09 10 452 01 1989 Taylor Swift 10 09 057 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 11 14 200 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 12 11 102 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 16 293 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 14 05 003 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 15 12 013 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 16 19 152 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 17 RE 007 17 NEON NIGHTS (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Dannii Minogue 18 17 029 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 19 03 003 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 20 20 263 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 21 18 387 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 23 275 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 22 009 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 24 01 002 01 THE SHOW Niall Horan 25 21 034 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 26 26 109 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 27 24 329 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 25 315 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 29 15 007 01 - Ed Sheeran 30 28 128 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 27 432 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 31 184 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 29 189 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 33 046 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 35 34 260 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 36 38 032 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 37 214 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 40 167 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 36 169 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 46 084 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 42 370 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 45 054 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 43 43 201 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 44 221 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 62 073 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 13 002 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 47 41 244 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 49 255 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 NE 001 49 A GIFT & A CURSE Gunna 50 52 122 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift "Sprinter" is #1 for a 3rd week. It looks reasonably safe for a 4th week, and its descent has been slowing down so it could stick ahead of "Last Night" for a little longer. Last week was Zach Bryan's shock boost to nearly top 10, this week "Calm Down" gets a new peak of #11. In a shock twist, we have an Australian song in the top 20, "Padam Padam" made the Spotify top 50 for a day this week. Doja Cat has the only debut of the week and also is already out of the Spotify top 50, it's another one of those times. The Bubbling Under chart if nothing else, proves that Noah Kahan was on the chart last week. Lewis Capaldi will probably return to the top 50 next week, whereas I think Morgan Wallen's track will be removed from the New Singles chart next week. The Teskey Brothers score their 2nd #1 album. It's no slouch of a week as they best Queens Of The Stone Age, whose last two albums went to #1. Behind them at #3 is local country singer Travis Collins, who scores his 6th top 50 entry and highest ever. The Australian version of Girls Aloud returning to the top 50 is that we have Dannii Minogue back in the top 50, actually scoring a new peak for "Neon Nights" which originally reached #25, and makes it now her highest charting album ever. Gunna also sneaks in with his 4th top 50 album. "fukumean" has just cracked the Spotify top 50 so we'll see how it goes as a rare new song in the chart.

I'd say all things considered, "Flowers" is actually dropping quite fast, it's just that it started off a lot higher than most others! It's been out for just 5 months and it's already only getting about 20% as many streams as at its peak. When you consider that includes people who only just started streaming it, the vast majority of initial listeners have moved on from it.

+5 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +2 J Hus - Who Told You +1 Calvin Harris - Miracle -1 Rudimental - Dancing Is Healing -2 Switch Disco - REACT -3 David Kushner - Daylight -4 Harry Styles - As It Was

19/06/2023 Singles 01 01 02 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 02 19 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 05 11 03 FAST CAR Luke Combs 04 04 22 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 03 12 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 06 06 09 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 09 19 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 08 08 27 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 11 46 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 10 10 05 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 11 12 34 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 12 15 63 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 19 48 13 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 14 07 11 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 15 13 43 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 16 20 54 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 17 18 41 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 17 05 17 AREA CODES Kali 19 16 14 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 20 32 02 20 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 21 21 28 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 22 22 28 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 23 14 03 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 24 39 236 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 25 23 22 22 PEOPLE Libianca 26 28 149 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 27 44 02 27 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 28 24 02 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 29 40 04 29 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 30 26 22 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 31 30 148 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 32 27 12 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 33 38 02 33 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 34 36 49 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 35 29 21 06 SURE THING Miguel 36 34 27 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 37 33 92 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 38 31 09 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 39 25 04 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 40 42 220 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 41 65 02 41 SELF LOVE Metro Boomin, Coi Leray 42 35 28 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 43 37 09 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 44 52 96 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 45 50 127 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 46 46 155 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 45 111 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 48 43 38 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 49 41 21 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 50 48 57 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell Bubbling 17 (NE) TROJAN HORSE Dave, Central Cee 18 (NE) TAKE TWO BTS 19 (NE) UK RAP Dave, Central Cee 20 (18) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE SHOW Niall Horan 02 03 002 02 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 03 02 002 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 04 04 034 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 01 002 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 06 05 015 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 06 123 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 07 027 01 SOS SZA 09 09 056 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 11 451 01 1989 Taylor Swift 11 12 101 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 13 012 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 13 NE 001 13 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 14 14 199 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 10 006 01 - Ed Sheeran 16 18 292 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 17 15 028 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 18 17 386 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 19 151 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 16 262 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 20 008 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 24 274 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 25 328 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 27 314 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 23 108 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 27 30 431 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 29 127 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 29 31 188 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 RE 078 01 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden 31 33 183 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 32 NE 001 32 SIX Extreme 33 32 045 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 34 35 259 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 28 004 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 36 37 168 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 37 34 213 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 36 031 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 22 004 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 40 39 166 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 41 49 243 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 42 41 369 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 42 200 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 40 220 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 43 053 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 47 083 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 55 134 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 48 NE 001 48 CURRENCY//CASTRATION Geld 49 50 254 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 50 45 034 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA The great mystery has been answered, ARIA did not change the clunky comma separation on "Sprinter" on its second week. In any case it looks good for a 3rd week at #1 although it's slipping relatively fast and no, nothing is close to preventing "Last Night" from returning to #1. That said Luke Combs is climbing up, and I now inform you that he's outpeaked Tracy Chapman who has only the 3rd highest charting version of "Fast Car", Tobtok needs to hustle harder. Incredulously, Zach Bryan also got a new peak this week and is pacing to climb some more, in the quest to score the slowest ever climb to become a top 10 hit. All the Spider-Verse stuff is on the way up, and as such, "Self Love" is the only top 50 entry this week. Good movie that, also. Bubbling Under, Dave & Central Cee are unlucky to not score some extra top 50 entries. BTS also debut but I expect all 3 of these entries to tank next week. Niall Horan gets his first ever #1 album, having previously only ever peaked at #2. The Spider-Verse soundtrack reaches a new peak, quite a bit higher than the #11 peak of the first movie, and honestly it's a really impressive second week hold for Stray Kids. Noah Kahan never charted with the original release of his album, but this re-release gets him to #13. You might remember that several years ago he had one of the most Spotify-forced hits of the time with "Hurt Somebody", and also new song "Dial Drunk" is hovering just outside the top 50 on Spotify at the moment (not sure if it's missing from the New Music Chart or it just wasn't high enough). Extreme of "More Than Words" fame chart for the first time in 30 years, I'm unsure if their fanbase is pro-"More Than Words" or more pro all the other stuff that doesn't sound like it. Melbourne band GELD also sneak into the top 50 for their first ever chart appearance, while the highest Australian album this week is the vinyl re-issue of Savage Garden's first album. We're getting awful close to having no Australian albums in the top 50 but I assume The Teskey Brothers will at least do alright next week.

Kind of surprised since it got re-added to Hot Hits Aus recently (a smaller playlist for that matter), and is also still at #9(!) on Today's Top Hits

+5 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best +2 Loreen - Tattoo +1 Calvin Harris - Miracle -1 Rudimental - Dancing Is Healing -2 Switch Disco - REACT -3 David Kushner - Daylight -4 Harry Styles - As It Was -5 usual deal

12/06/2023 Singles 01 NE 01 01 SPRINTER Dave, Central Cee 02 01 18 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 03 03 11 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 04 04 21 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 05 10 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 06 08 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 02 10 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 08 08 26 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 07 18 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 10 11 04 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 11 09 45 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 12 10 33 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 13 14 42 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 14 22 02 14 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 15 15 62 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 13 13 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 17 27 04 17 AREA CODES Kali 18 21 40 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 19 20 47 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 18 53 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 21 17 27 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 22 19 27 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 23 25 21 22 PEOPLE Libianca 24 NE 01 24 POPULAR The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna 25 28 03 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 26 23 21 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 27 24 11 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 28 31 148 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 29 26 20 06 SURE THING Miguel 30 30 147 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 31 33 08 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 32 NE 01 32 AM I DREAMING Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee 33 35 91 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 34 34 26 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 35 37 27 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 36 36 48 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 39 08 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 38 NE 01 38 ANNIHILATE Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne, Offset 39 69 235 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 40 55 03 39 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 41 38 20 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 42 42 219 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 41 37 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 44 NE 01 44 CALLING Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, NAV feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 45 40 110 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 46 45 154 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 32 02 32 AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar 48 49 56 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 49 46 41 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 50 47 126 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Bubbling 18 (12) WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 19 (14) MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 20 (16) NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth Albums 01 NE 001 01 BUT HERE WE ARE Foo Fighters 02 NE 001 02 5-STAR Stray Kids 03 NE 001 03 METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Metro Boomin 04 01 033 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 05 05 014 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 08 122 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 07 026 01 SOS SZA 08 NE 001 08 R.I.F.F. DZ Deathrays 09 10 055 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 10 06 005 01 - Ed Sheeran 11 11 450 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 12 201 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 14 011 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 14 15 198 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 15 19 027 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 16 16 261 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 23 385 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 18 291 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 20 150 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 20 22 007 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 31 032 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 22 09 003 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 23 25 107 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 24 26 273 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 24 327 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 26 NE 001 26 RIPPER '23 Hard-Ons 27 28 313 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 13 003 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 29 27 126 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 30 30 430 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 36 187 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 32 35 044 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 33 29 182 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 34 34 212 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 39 258 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 36 38 030 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 40 167 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 38 21 005 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 39 41 165 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 40 43 219 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 42 368 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 44 199 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 43 46 052 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 44 NE 001 44 BRAIN WORDS RVG 45 51 033 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 46 NE 001 46 LIFE IS BUT A DREAM... Avenged Sevenfold 47 45 082 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 48 47 084 01 = Ed Sheeran 49 49 242 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 50 253 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day I'm busy but just want to note that ARIA erroneously claimed that "Sprinter" is the first UK rap song to hit #1, presumably forgetting about "Body" a couple of years ago. Haven't watched Spider-Verse yet, no spoilers thanks.

Again, that's using the word 'zero' to mean something that isn't zero. I suppose the #201 song right now is also getting zero streams?

Literally the first one I checked lol (there are in fact more than 2 playlists and this has more likes than HHUK)

I feel like it really depends on how you're constructing this hypothetical. Like it's either such a massive infrastructure shift that it completely warps the charts beyond recognition, at which point label priorities would shift completely in terms of what they're promoting and how, which warps it further. Or if you just put it as an addition to that infrastructure, then sales are still so enormous that it'd barely change.

+5 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +4 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best (I'm this close to giving Lewis the +5, what is wrong with the top 10 lately) +3 Loreen - Tattoo +2 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed +1 FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid -1 Calvin Harris - Miracle -2 David Kushner - Daylight -3 Switch Disco - REACT -4 Harry Styles - As It Was Belters Only

We're all going to hold contradictory opinions, it's human. Better to just enjoy the music rather than get wrapped up in a battle of which artist or fanbase holds the superior capitalist morals, twisting yourself in knots to try and 'gotcha' the other side.

As per this week's commentary, ARIA works on a submission system, so there's no guarantee that a song/album will appear on the chart even if it's selling enough (eg, "Riptide" until a few weeks ago). I think but can't prove that ARIA might sometimes manually fix this if they notice an error, usually more common once something's top 20 bound. This is a simple submission form but it always takes a week to go through. In many cases this is a week too late and they don't get to chart at all as a result. So I was facetiously noting the songs that were 'allowed' to chart, because on the very same week, Beyonce was not, though I expected her to appear this week, and she did.

05/06/2023 Singles 01 01 17 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 61 09 02 KARMA Taylor Swift 03 02 10 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 04 03 20 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 05 05 09 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 04 07 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 07 06 17 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 08 07 25 01 KILL BILL SZA 09 08 44 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 10 11 32 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 11 09 03 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 12 RE 07 03 SNOW ON THE BEACH Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey 13 15 12 13 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 14 10 41 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 15 12 61 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 16 NE 01 16 HITS DIFFERENT Taylor Swift 17 13 26 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 18 14 52 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 19 16 26 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 20 19 46 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 21 17 39 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 22 NE 01 22 DANCE THE NIGHT (FROM BARBIE THE ALBUM) Dua Lipa 23 18 20 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 24 21 10 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 25 26 20 22 PEOPLE Libianca 26 24 19 06 SURE THING Miguel 27 30 03 27 AREA CODES Kali 28 20 02 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 29 RE 36 04 THE BEST Tina Turner 30 25 146 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 31 29 147 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 32 NE 01 32 AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar 33 28 07 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 34 32 25 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 35 31 90 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 36 37 47 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 34 26 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 38 33 19 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 39 35 07 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 40 44 109 40 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 41 38 36 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 42 36 218 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 52 13 43 MONEY TREES Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock 44 27 07 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 45 45 153 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 43 40 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 47 41 125 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 48 46 94 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 49 42 55 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 50 40 39 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE Bubbling 13 (10) LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 14 (09) MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 15 (14) PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 16 (15) NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 17 (18) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 18 (19) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 19 (17) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 20 (20) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Albums 01 07 032 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 NE 001 02 WHERE THE LIGHT GOES Matchbox Twenty 03 NE 001 03 THE BARNESTORMERS The Barnestormers 04 NE 001 04 BOY & BEAR Boy & Bear 05 06 013 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 06 04 004 01 - Ed Sheeran 07 05 025 01 SOS SZA 08 09 121 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 02 002 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 10 11 054 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 11 12 449 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 13 200 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 13 01 002 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 14 14 010 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 15 18 197 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 16 19 260 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 17 28 002 17 ALL THE BEST Tina Turner 18 17 290 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 20 026 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 20 23 149 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 15 004 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 22 21 006 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 22 384 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 25 326 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 24 106 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 26 26 272 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 27 125 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 28 29 312 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 29 31 181 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 30 33 429 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 35 031 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 32 NE 001 32 ALMOST HEALED Lil Durk 33 NE 001 33 WHERE ONLY MEMORY CAN FIND YOU Mick Thomas & the Roving Commission 34 30 211 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 37 043 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 36 34 186 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 37 03 002 03 TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN Sleep Token 38 43 009 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 36 257 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 39 166 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 41 38 164 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 42 44 367 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 40 218 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 44 32 198 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 45 41 081 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 46 45 051 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 47 42 083 01 = Ed Sheeran 48 48 119 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 49 47 241 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 50 52 252 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day "Last Night" is #1 for an 8th week, but could this be it? You're probably aware of Dave & Central Cee putting out an EP this week and "Sprinter" is making an Usain Bolt dash for the top spot. Only I don't have enough info to really call the race. You'd think the 115K gap they pushed last night on Spotify would be enough, but Morgan Wallen remains very solid on digital sales. He's also still #1 on Apple although that might be because "Sprinter" is split into two versions there and it's anyone's guess where #4 and #59 combined gets you there. No doubt though it'll be a new chart peak for both of them. Speaking of new peaks, it was almost a race last week except that "Karma" dropped off a cliff during the week and couldn't maintain its strength. So it did enough to pick up #2, a step up from its #9 peak last year (you could say this is the second time that it's been bested by only one non-Taylor Swift song). Taylor Swift also arrives a further two times in the top 20. Debuting behind them is Dua Lipa who I'm pretty sure will climb next week but we don't know yet if it's just algorithm funnies. Certainly Hot Hits Australia is being very kind to the song. Might also be worth noting that Dua Lipa still maintains having been in the top 50 every single week of this decade, and with "Cold Heart" perhaps finally being on the brink of leaving, it's good timing for this arrival. Tina Turner's sole return to the chart this week is "The Best", which is not her highest charting song ("What's Love Got To Do With It" and "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" both hit #1), but it is a song with a certain connection to Australia, due to its use in advertisements for Rugby League. Or so I'm told. I live on the other side of the Barassi Line so I know hardly anything about the NRL. I have perhaps mentioned before that ARIA requires every entry on the chart to be manually submitted and if not done at the start of the tracking week, that can take a week to process. What I'm saying is that Beyonce belatedly arrives after being needlessly omitted last week (actually there's a point to Morgan Wallen's favour next week, we can't be certain Dave & Cench will absolutely chart). At long last, J. Cole's "No Role Modelz" is a top 40 hit, and in similar respects, after just missing the top 50 a few years ago, Kendrick Lamar has finally cracked the top 50 with "Money Trees". "Swimming Pools (Drank)" made the top 100 back in 2013 so this is actually the first ever top 50 entry from "good kid, m.A.A.d city", and I'm fairly sure it's also the only top 50 hit with writing credits for Beach House. Pog to be sure. The abrupt arrival of Taylor Swift's entries effectively replaces some abrupt entries, as Ed Sheeran & Lil Mabu plummet quite hard this week. Kylie Minogue has faired a bit better (relatively), though I couldn't tell you if she's poised to climb back into the top 50 as her streaming gains need to better offset her digital declines. Taylor Swift's deluxe antics naturally return her to the top spot on the album chart, which is unlucky for several artists who in fairness have seen the top spot before. The words Matchbox Twenty might not mean much in the UK, but they've always been a big deal over here. The majority of their albums + "Exile On Main Street" have all hit the top spot, and this new one is only their second to miss out (2002's "More Than You Think You Are" climbed to #3 in 2003, which of course means that Delta Goodrem was in front of them). Earlier this year I just so happened to see an episode of RocKwiz with Jimmy Barnes on it where he revealed the existence of a rockabilly super group with Chris Cheney from The Living End and Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats. They've also got Kevin Shirley & Jools Holland in tow. That arrives this week as The Barnestormers, a pun that Jimmy Barnes has already used before for a 1988 live album which went to #1. On the more relaxed side of Australian rock & roll, we've got Boy & Bear, two time #1 album getters who reverse their fortune to arrive at #4 this week, after their last album only got to #9. My son Lil Durk gets his second top 50 album and first that's a solo project. Also going solo, we've got Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission charting for the first time. Who's that you say? Why Mick Thomas is the frontman for early '90s hit band Weddings, Parties, Anything, I'm sure that settles things.

+5 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +4 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best +3 Loreen - Tattoo +2 Calvin Harris - Miracle +1 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed -1 David Kushner - Daylight -2 Lana Del Rey - Say Yes To Heaven -3 Switch Disco - React -4 Harry Styles - As It Was do not support Belters Only

Highest to my knowledge is "Doja" at #14.

Yeah I was wondering about "Snow On The Beach" just after I made my post, seems likely. Can't think of a case of this happening to a song that was already freefalling so I'm curious how this develops over the next 7 days :heehee:

Think there might be an auto-play booster in play with the "Karma" remix too, haven't had time to check every individual chart but it's gone from plummeting every day globally to a solid 34 place jump today.

I'm not at all an advocator for ACR, but I feel like this discussion has me at odds with what people see the purpose of it to be. Like, is ACR introduced in order to allow fresh tracks to shine higher on the chart, or is that simply a by-product of its purpose to punish older songs? What I mean to say is that a couple of songs running loose and defying the system doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. You've got songs debuting in the top 40/75/100 etc because of the dozens of songs that are on ACR. Those tracks making an accidental loop hole aren't stopping that purpose. Maybe a song peaks at #42 instead of #39, but without ACR it would've peaked at #70 (anyone who's an expert on this stuff feel free to give me a more accurate picture of this!). That's still ACR doing what it's supposed to do, I think. In any case, we're all just seeing the peak of this Harry hysteria. It happened to my country's charts a few months ago, and it sure got out of hand, but the time subsided and it's not really a going concern anymore. This too shall pass.