Dircadirca

I don't even think it's necessarily true that Hot Hits isn't impactful. Sure, we're a far cry from when it may have dictated the chart to a near 1:1 replica, but it can't all just be measured in terms of an instant boost. If someone hears a song on the playlist and saves it, not only are they likely generating future plays long beyond that song's tenure on the playlist, but they're influencing the algorithm, pushing related songs in front of other related songs because they're listening to them instead of something else. I remember songs like "I Like Me Better" that were aggressively pushed on these playlists for months and months and by the time it was finally taken off, it didn't even collapse completely because that time was spent germinating the seeds of future streams. The 1.4 million people who listened to "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac on Spotify yesterday are largely not thinking about the skateboard TikTok, they might not even be aware of it. But a lot of those same people wouldn't be listening to the song if that TikTok didn't exist, it's the same principle. But also it's intrinsically interesting in terms of label manoeuvres. It might not be the complete package, but it's still part of the pie chart of discovery sources, one of many egg-ready baskets.

26/05/2025 Singles 01 01 15 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 08 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 10 09 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 04 05 12 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 03 31 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 06 04 38 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 07 06 53 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 09 40 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 09 07 31 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 10 08 70 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 11 25 01 MESSY Lola Young 12 12 58 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 15 79 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 14 23 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 16 26 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 13 14 05 NOKIA Drake 17 NE 01 17 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 18 19 54 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 19 17 04 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 20 24 27 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 21 20 17 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 22 21 54 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 23 26 200 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 24 23 32 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 25 18 11 01 ANXIETY Doechii 26 25 40 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 27 38 04 27 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 28 28 58 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 29 27 58 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 30 30 94 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 31 31 45 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 29 34 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 33 35 254 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 34 65 16 21 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 35 33 61 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 36 22 43 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 37 41 53 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 38 32 12 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 39 37 39 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 40 36 13 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 41 42 91 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 42 39 11 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 43 34 22 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 44 44 149 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 45 96 08 45 JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 46 46 04 46 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 47 47 256 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 40 54 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 49 49 52 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 50 63 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (14) AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 14 (10) ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 15 (11) WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 16 (13) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 17 (17) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 18 (20) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 19 (NE) BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas 20 (RE) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter Albums 01 NE 001 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 02 01 002 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 03 RE 002 03 WAS HERE Stand Atlantic 04 04 039 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 03 048 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 06 05 053 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 06 034 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 08 07 013 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 08 224 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 27 155 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 11 09 128 01 SOS SZA 12 11 050 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 RE 009 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 14 14 415 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 24 209 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 16 22 245 16 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 17 02 002 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 18 15 109 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 19 20 102 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 16 053 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 21 26 470 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 22 19 116 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 23 23 375 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 18 062 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 25 29 023 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 26 13 011 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 27 10 016 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 28 NE 001 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 29 21 057 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 30 31 321 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 28 532 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 25 344 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 33 RE 103 01 BROTHERS IN ARMS Dire Straits 34 30 360 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 33 252 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 32 487 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 37 NE 001 37 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST BASEL 2025 Various Artists 38 35 429 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 38 219 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 40 37 132 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 41 36 058 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 42 42 089 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 43 34 026 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 39 363 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 45 40 199 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 48 393 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 47 47 382 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 45 300 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 49 49 041 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 50 129 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA A touch late this week, I've been sick, but better now. 9th week for "Ordinary" and you can lock in a 10th.

It's me, I'm an indie guy! I think "Heads Will Roll" (both versions) has more cultural cache than "Maps" nowadays, encounter it more in the wild. It's like the Whitney Houston situation. "I Will Always Love You" feels like a career defining moment, and for a long time it was the Whitney Houston song (I know it's a cover), but I think situationally now, more people choose to listen to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" because it's more fun, and so now that's arguably her biggest song.

4th now, "do i ever cross your mind", while "would've been you" vaults up quite a bit.

19/05/2025 Singles 01 01 14 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 07 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 03 30 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 04 37 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 05 05 11 05 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 07 52 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 06 30 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 08 10 69 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 08 39 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 10 12 08 10 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 11 09 24 01 MESSY Lola Young 12 14 57 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 11 13 05 NOKIA Drake 14 13 22 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 16 78 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 15 25 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 17 31 03 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 18 17 10 01 ANXIETY Doechii 19 19 53 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 20 20 16 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 21 29 53 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 22 18 42 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 23 26 31 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 24 24 26 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 27 39 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 26 33 199 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 27 22 57 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 28 23 57 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 29 49 33 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 30 34 93 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 31 30 44 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 25 11 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 33 32 60 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 34 28 21 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 35 39 253 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 40 12 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 37 37 38 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 38 35 03 35 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 39 41 10 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 40 36 53 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 41 42 52 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 42 44 90 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 43 38 15 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 44 43 148 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 45 21 03 09 WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 46 56 03 46 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 47 45 255 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 46 49 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs 49 48 51 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 50 62 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (13) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 14 (12) AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 15 (RE) EMERGENCE Sleep Token 16 (RE) CARAMEL Sleep Token 17 (18) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 18 (16) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 19 (15) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 20 (17) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey Albums 01 NE 001 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 02 NE 001 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 03 01 047 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 04 02 038 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 03 052 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 06 04 033 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 05 012 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 07 223 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 06 127 01 SOS SZA 10 78 015 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 11 09 049 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 NE 001 12 FANCY THAT PinkPantheress 13 10 010 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 14 11 414 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 14 108 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 16 12 052 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 17 RE 061 01 LISTEN LIKE THIEVES (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) INXS 18 13 061 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 19 17 115 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 20 15 101 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 22 056 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 22 18 244 18 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 23 19 374 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 16 208 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 25 20 343 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 26 23 469 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 27 21 154 03 HOZIER Hozier 28 24 531 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 29 26 022 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 30 29 359 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 30 320 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 32 28 486 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 32 251 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 34 25 025 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 35 34 428 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 36 31 057 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 37 37 131 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 38 218 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 36 362 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 40 33 198 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 62 039 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold CHisel 42 40 088 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 43 51 013 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 44 NE 001 44 SINCERELY, Kali Uchis 45 42 299 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 46 47 227 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 44 381 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 43 392 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 49 46 040 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 55 128 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for an 8th week. Some 10-20 years ago, Australia would often act as a canary in the mineshaft, indicating future hits before they capture larger markets. Now we just follow everyone else. I'm just saying this sentence that comes off as unnecessarily cynical because the short version is that you probably won't see a new #1 here before the UK does as well. On the other hand, sombr is performing just a little bit better here, and he's now got two simultaneous top 10 hits as "back to friends" makes the jump. On the weekend, Melbourne footballer and 2021 Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca will play his 200th game, and also "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls will make 200 weeks in the ARIA top 100. The song was released shortly after Trac's 2nd birthday. "Dreams" is also getting just a little bit closer to the all time record in the top 50. Off the back of some singles I thought to be hilariously bad, Sleep Token score their first ever #1 album this week. They spoil the party for Western Australia. Though for the first time in a year, both of the state's football teams managed to get a win, but their biggest musical export of late in Spacey Jane are unable to score back to back #1 albums. Their previous album managed some of the biggest first week figures of 2022 so I assume they didn't go down without a fight. Elsewhere this week, PinkPantheress cracks the top 50 album chart for the first time at #12. It's also a first time in for Kali Uchis surprisingly.

I think anyone complaining about privilege & nepotism, popular music might just not be for them. It's just a crummy argument to try and validate either the ick or a general dislike of someone's music with a veil of 'objectivity' so you can act superior to the people who were 'fooled' into liking them. Bottom rung discourse. And bringing it up just serves to keep the artist in the conversation, so they'd be better off talking about the music they actually like and spreading those names around.

Would also argue that in the greater scheme of things, #200 is still at the top, rather than the bottom. (and a year ago there were like 20 Taylor Swift songs in there, things like that do inflate the thresholds)

12/05/2025 Singles 01 01 13 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 11 06 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 02 29 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 03 36 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 05 12 10 05 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 04 29 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 07 07 51 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 06 38 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 09 08 23 01 MESSY Lola Young 10 05 68 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 10 12 05 NOKIA Drake 12 19 07 12 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 13 14 21 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 14 13 56 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 15 16 24 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 17 77 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 17 15 09 01 ANXIETY Doechii 18 33 41 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 19 20 52 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 20 18 15 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 21 09 02 09 WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 22 22 56 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 23 23 56 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 24 32 25 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 25 10 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 26 26 30 26 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 27 21 38 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 28 27 20 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 29 49 52 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 30 29 43 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 31 55 02 31 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 32 48 59 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 33 24 198 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 34 37 92 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 35 36 02 35 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 36 38 52 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 37 31 37 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 38 28 14 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 39 35 252 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 30 11 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 41 34 09 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 42 40 51 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 43 41 147 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 44 39 89 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 45 47 254 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 43 48 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs 47 50 05 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 48 44 50 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 49 45 32 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 50 42 61 10 AUSTIN Dasha Bubbling Under 13 (11) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 14 (19) MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 15 (15) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 (20) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 17 (17) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 18 (16) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 19 (18) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter 20 (NE) STEVE'S LAVA CHICKEN Jack Black Albums 01 03 046 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 02 02 037 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 04 051 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 06 032 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 05 05 011 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 07 126 01 SOS SZA 07 08 222 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 001 08 GOLDEN WOLF Dope Lemon 09 09 048 01 BRAT Charli XCX 10 10 009 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 11 14 413 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 12 11 051 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 13 12 060 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 14 20 107 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 13 100 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 16 16 207 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 18 114 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 18 21 243 21 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 19 19 373 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 23 342 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 21 17 153 03 HOZIER Hozier 22 15 055 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 23 22 468 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 24 25 530 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 26 024 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 26 33 021 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 27 NE 001 27 PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII - MCMLXXII Pink Floyd 28 29 485 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 27 358 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 30 30 319 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 34 056 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 32 28 250 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 24 197 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 35 427 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 01 002 01 SKELETÁ Ghost 36 39 361 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 37 38 130 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 36 217 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 NE 001 39 AT PEACE Propagandhi 40 32 087 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 41 40 013 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 42 37 298 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 44 391 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 44 41 380 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 31 009 02 RUBY Jennie 46 45 039 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 47 46 226 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 43 080 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 50 353 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 50 49 287 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs "Ordinary" is #1 for a 7th week. If you're looking for a change, either go elsewhere, or convince thousands and thousands of Australians to part with $2 as a bit, decide which is easier for yourself. The big vaulter this week is sombr who has taken himself from one ignominious peak to another, with "undressed" jumping #11 to #2, while "back to friends" nearly reclaims the other one as well. He'll probably notch up the second top 10 next week but he's suffering a brutal conversion rate outside of Spotify at the moment, which is another sign to Alex Warren just clearing the pack right now. Last year Jessie Murph snuck in a first top 50 hit alongside Koe Wetzel on "High Road", but now "Blue Strips" gets her there on her own, and it looks like lasting more than a week at that. Gracie Abrams returns to #1 for a 3rd week. That checks in as first week release, belated physical re-release, and now touring boost. All she's missed out on are the deluxe release boost and the 'everything falling into place to sneak ahead of the competition organically' weeks, although maybe this week counts as that to some extent. Otherwise it's one of those ominous slow weeks where that Maroon 5 compilation that looked resigned to the 20s again has come soaring back to nearly hit the top 10, the new song with LISA hasn't demonstrably impacted the charts here but maybe this is proof that it has. Anyway, DOPE LEMON is the only reason they don't get there this week. It doesn't feel very long ago since I last had to bring him up. Technically that's true, I wrote about Angus & Julia Stone on my blog last week and the feeling of arbitrary success in the streaming era (might be worth a read, I was pretty happy with how this entry turned out), but it has been 18 months since the last DOPE LEMON album. We were on the precipice of something enormous for chart nerding as he debuts at #8. Just a little lower and he'd have a fun little pattern of chart peaks, with two #2 albums and another #9 alongside this. Pink Floyd also debut in the top 30 but if you close your eyes you can almost feel like it was never there when it's gone next week. Long lasting Canadian punk band Propagandhi got their first ever top 50 album here with their last album, and 8 years later they return and do it again.

I think the most interesting thing about this song is that in the age of trending in the other direction, it's a massive smash hit that's inexplicably nearly 5 minutes long. It doesn't qualify in the UK but it's actually a highly interesting #1 hit in Australia because I'm almost certain it topped the charts because of a music poll it didn't even win (I wrote about it on Reddit)

Feel like you're downplaying the success of "One Dance" just because it doesn't pass a 'vibe' check. Maybe there's a certain omnipresence that Ed Sheeran exhibits because he's followed by a more traditional channel of listeners, but the numbers speak for themselves. Both are similarly successful songs, and while I'll concede "Shape Of You" is probably the bigger hit overall, it's not a world of difference. Drake getting more weeks at #1 is just a quirk of the charts (like "Taste" spending longer at #1 than "Espresso"), either by accident or design, his song better utilised its time in the spotlight, which is an increasingly brief blip on their overall time around. These songs have existed for another ~400 weeks since leaving the top spot and they're still being listened to by millions every day. Could be possible that there are testimonials from people who can attest they flocked to Spotify solely because "One Dance"'s unavailability was the final straw, but that would be a marginal bonus at best, and would also force any deniers to accept a credible cultural pull from this otherwise non-descript hit.

I feel like whenever I explain to someone how the UK charts work, it's just this endless series of 'well it works like this except there are exceptions like that and...' and I just know that absolutely no one's taking this in correctly.

Just got back from an advance screening. Had so much fun. Won't spoil anything specific, but lots of fun nods to the earlier movies, and so much playing with your expectations. I think my favourite in the series is either 3 or 5, the former just has the best death sequences bar none and the latter comes close too in addition to the best plot twist they'll ever do, but great Rube Goldberg shenanigans either way.

05/05/2025 Singles 01 01 12 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 06 28 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 02 35 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 04 03 28 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 05 04 67 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 06 05 37 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 07 08 50 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 07 22 01 MESSY Lola Young 09 NE 01 09 WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 10 09 11 05 NOKIA Drake 11 14 05 11 UNDRESSED sombr 12 20 09 12 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 13 10 55 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 14 16 20 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 11 08 01 ANXIETY Doechii 16 12 23 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 17 13 76 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 18 15 14 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 19 24 06 24 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 20 17 51 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 21 19 37 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 22 22 55 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 23 18 55 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 24 25 197 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 25 23 09 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 26 26 29 26 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 27 30 19 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 28 21 13 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 29 27 42 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 30 32 10 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 31 29 36 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 32 31 24 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 33 47 40 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 34 42 08 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 35 28 251 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 NE 01 36 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 37 39 91 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 38 33 51 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 39 38 88 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 40 43 50 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 41 35 146 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 42 37 60 10 AUSTIN Dasha 43 34 47 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA Luke Combs 44 45 49 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 45 41 31 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 46 51 08 35 LIKE JENNIE Jennie 47 40 253 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 44 58 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 49 46 51 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 50 50 04 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran Bubbling Under 13 (NE) BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 14 (NE) DAMOCLES Sleep Token 15 (12) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 16 (14) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 17 (16) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 18 (13) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter 19 (NE) MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 20 (15) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 001 01 SKELETÁ Ghost 02 01 036 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 06 045 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 04 03 050 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 05 02 010 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 06 05 031 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 07 125 01 SOS SZA 08 09 221 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 08 047 01 BRAT Charli XCX 10 04 008 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 11 11 050 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 12 10 059 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 13 17 099 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 14 19 412 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 12 054 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 16 16 206 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 18 152 03 HOZIER Hozier 18 13 113 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 19 14 372 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 21 106 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 30 242 21 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 22 24 467 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 23 20 341 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 24 25 196 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 25 22 529 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 23 023 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 27 26 357 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 28 32 249 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 29 484 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 27 318 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 28 008 02 RUBY Jennie 32 33 086 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 33 35 020 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 34 36 055 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 35 37 426 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 36 39 216 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 37 44 297 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 38 34 129 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 31 360 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 40 40 012 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 41 47 379 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 42 055 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 43 43 079 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 45 390 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 45 46 038 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 46 41 225 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 63 018 47 RESTLESS MIND Sam Barber 48 53 011 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 49 38 286 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 50 48 352 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day "Ordinary" is #1 for a 6th week. I don't see anything challenging it still. Of most note this week, Lorde debuts in the top 10. This is an improvement on "Solar Power" back in 2021 which did not manage it, but not quite the #4 heights of "Green Light". I always find it interesting to note that it debuted on the same week Ed Sheeran's entire album did, but Lorde still had the highest debut that week. I'll probably mention this on my blog when it eventually gets to "Green Light". Charli XCX also gets an old school debut in "party 4 u", from her 2020 album. Gracie Abrams is currently touring in Australia if you were wondering about all her climbs this week. Ghost have been creeping upwards with each successive album and now score their first ever #1. Sam Barber also climbs into the top 50. I don't know if it's because of an increase in listenership over the whole thing because it's one of those biiiig albums, or it just has enough hits to become one of those albums.

28/04/2025 Singles 01 01 11 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 03 34 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 03 02 27 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 04 06 66 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 05 04 36 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 06 05 27 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 07 08 21 01 MESSY Lola Young 08 09 49 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 09 07 10 05 NOKIA Drake 10 12 54 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 11 11 07 01 ANXIETY Doechii 12 10 22 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 13 15 75 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 25 04 14 UNDRESSED sombr 15 13 13 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 16 14 19 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 17 16 50 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 18 17 54 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 19 18 36 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 20 22 08 20 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 21 24 12 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 22 23 54 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 23 19 08 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 24 32 05 24 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 25 30 196 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 26 27 28 26 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 27 26 41 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 28 35 250 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 29 21 35 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 30 31 18 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 31 29 23 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 32 40 09 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 33 28 50 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 34 36 46 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 35 43 145 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 36 44 246 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 37 37 59 10 AUSTIN Dasha 38 39 87 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 39 34 90 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 40 48 252 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 33 30 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 42 50 07 42 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 43 42 49 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 44 38 57 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 45 51 48 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 46 41 50 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 47 49 39 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 48 54 79 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 49 53 47 24 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Luke Combs 50 20 03 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran Bubbling Under 11 (15) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 12 (16) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 (10) BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter 14 (12) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 15 (NE) I AIN'T COMIN' BACK Morgan Wallen 16 (14) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 17 (11) TWILIGHT ZONE Ariana Grande 18 (17) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 19 (NE) HEADPHONES ON Addison Rae 20 (18) THE GIVER Chappell Roan Albums 01 02 035 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 03 009 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 03 05 049 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 06 007 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 05 07 030 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 09 044 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 07 08 124 01 SOS SZA 08 12 046 01 BRAT Charli XCX 09 10 220 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 11 058 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 11 13 049 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 12 20 053 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 13 21 112 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 14 16 371 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 15 NE 001 15 DO WHAT YA WANNA Beddy Rays 16 14 205 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 23 098 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 22 151 03 HOZIER Hozier 19 15 411 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 17 340 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 21 19 105 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 27 528 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 18 022 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 24 25 466 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 25 26 195 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 26 28 356 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 27 24 317 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 28 32 007 02 RUBY Jennie 29 29 483 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 30 241 27 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 31 44 359 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 32 35 248 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 31 085 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 34 40 128 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 35 34 019 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 36 36 054 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 37 38 425 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 38 49 285 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 39 41 215 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 40 37 011 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 41 57 224 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 46 054 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 43 39 078 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 42 296 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 45 45 389 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 46 47 037 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 47 43 378 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 48 55 351 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 49 51 130 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 50 59 135 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for a 5th week. May as well notch in that 6th week already while you're at it. Previously on the ARIA Chart during sede vacante (ie no current Pope) our #1 hits have been "Beautiful Soul" by Jesse McCartney, "Harlem Shake" by Baauer & "Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk. The aforementioned promise of "Pink Pony Club" climbing to #2 has come through, which means that 11 of the top 12 now have reached the top 2, talk about sharing. sombr might be looking at changing that as "undressed" climbs very rapidly and should reach the top 10 next week. After 6 months on the chart, "Bad Dreams" reaches a new peak of #26, and is ahead of "The Door" for the first time ever I think. There are no actual debuts this week, if there were, we might have witnessed a bizarre plummet out of the chart for Ed Sheeran from #20, in case you needed more evidence that the Spotify chart screw up has really faceplanted that song's progress. It still hasn't made it back into the Spotify top 50. Sabrina Carpenter makes it 13 weeks at #1 on the album chart. Last time she was at #1 I noted that she had 6 concurrent Spotify top 200 songs doing the legwork. That is still true, although "Juno" has dropped out a couple of times now, a mere drop of irrelevance all things considered as most of her songs are climbing again. She benefits from the fact that very few artists release new music on Easter. I don't think that also still applies to ANZAC Day which was on Friday (Australian lesson: It's April 25th every year). One band that didn't take this hint was Beddy Rays who enter in the top 20. Back in 2022 they entered in the top 10 and I suspect I fascinated you by telling you that their name is a spoonerism on Reddy Bay. I may or may not have said they're pretty good but I'll take the time to say that now. If I'm exceptionally bored next week I might regale you with a history on #1 hits that coincide with Australian Federal Elections, as we've got one of those on the weekend.

Placebo - Special K is another one that was ineligible in the UK due to its irregular two CD single release I believe.

Lorde's an artist that I think could potentially come back into play through a heightened reputation that defies her actual chart history (a la Hozier). She's got a lot of popular songs that never really got their flowers at a specific point, and "Royals" is only her 5th most popular song right now so it's not casting a shadow over her discography.

Lizzy taking a break between album cycles to go act on Broadway and then NO, NEW VIRAL SONG(S)*, GET PROMOTING *"Pushing It Down and Praying" has jumped up a lot lately too

Not to pile on more, but do think in general it's a folly to only stick to the subsidiary chart that best presents the narrative. Last week the song was #5 on the official streaming chart but only #14 on Spotify's weekly chart, that to me suggests a differential that warrants using better observation for tracking this. Spotify's a pretty good shorthand and it gives us numbers, but it's not the whole story.

Early hits have a habit of contradicting the charts' lay of the land, steadily accumulating without necessarily being in the spotlight. If you take a big hit from its time (like a "One Kiss" or a "Lucid Dreams") and took away all of their sales from when they're in the top 40, you'd still end up with a massive hit*. So in many countries, "lovely" is just that actualised. Although I'd be remiss to not point out that in Australia & Aotearoa, it was a massive top 5 hit that spent roughly a year in the top 50, so I'm speaking outside of my own perspective where it's just obviously a popular hit song. *My favourite example of this, "Uptown Funk" was demonstrably huge in Australia when it came out, the first song to ever spend an entire calendar year in the top 50. When it finally left the top 50 for good, it was 9 times Platinum. It's now 22 times Platinum, meaning that not only has it sold more outside of the chart than in it, but it'd still be one of the biggest hits of all time if it was starting from scratch in 2016.

21/04/2025 Singles 01 01 10 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 26 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 03 03 33 03 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 04 09 35 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 04 26 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 06 08 65 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 07 05 09 05 NOKIA Drake 08 06 20 01 MESSY Lola Young 09 07 48 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 10 12 21 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 11 10 06 01 ANXIETY Doechii 12 14 53 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 13 11 12 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 14 13 18 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 15 15 74 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 17 49 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 17 18 53 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 18 16 35 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 19 19 07 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 20 30 02 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 21 24 34 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 22 25 07 22 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 23 20 53 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 24 52 11 12 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga 25 26 03 25 UNDRESSED sombr 26 32 40 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 27 31 27 27 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 28 23 49 01 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 29 22 22 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 30 27 195 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 31 28 17 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 32 39 04 32 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 33 35 29 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 34 29 89 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 35 37 249 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 41 45 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 37 45 58 10 AUSTIN Dasha 38 47 56 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 39 40 86 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 40 34 08 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 41 43 49 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 42 38 48 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 43 48 144 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 44 42 245 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 45 44 09 22 BUSY WOMAN Sabrina Carpenter 46 21 03 16 TWILIGHT ZONE Ariana Grande 47 33 05 22 DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 48 49 251 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 49 46 38 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 50 59 06 50 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone Bubbling Under 14 (20) SHOW ME LOVE WizTheMc, bees & honey 15 (18) LIKE JENNIE Jennie 16 (16) I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 17 (17) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 18 (14) THE GIVER Chappell Roan 19 (RE) DREAMIN Dom Dolla feat. Daya 20 (19) I KNOW LOVE Tate McRae feat. The Kid Laroi Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE MOON (THE LIGHT SIDE) Bliss n Eso 02 02 034 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 008 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 04 NE 001 04 SABLE, FABLE Bon Iver 05 07 048 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 06 14 006 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 07 08 029 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 08 09 123 01 SOS SZA 09 11 043 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 10 10 219 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 06 057 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 12 17 045 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 12 048 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 14 13 204 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 15 19 410 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 16 370 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 17 60 339 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 18 18 021 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 19 24 104 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 20 27 052 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 21 111 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 22 20 150 03 HOZIER Hozier 23 23 097 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 24 15 316 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 30 465 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 26 29 194 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 27 38 527 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 33 355 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 29 36 482 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 37 240 27 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 31 39 084 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 32 35 006 02 RUBY Jennie 33 25 004 05 I SAID I LOVE YOU FIRST Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco 34 32 018 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 35 40 247 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 42 053 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 37 46 010 29 ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL Doechii 38 48 424 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 54 077 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 40 44 127 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 41 45 214 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 42 55 295 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 43 377 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 52 358 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 45 50 388 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 46 61 053 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 47 47 036 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 48 41 009 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 49 56 284 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 50 NE 001 50 THE IDOL COLLECTION Marshall Hamburger "Ordinary" is #1 for a 4th. Nope, still no competition. Look at all those 3's for "Pink Pony Club", wouldn't it be a shame if multiple of them were shifted away next week? It's more likely than you think that it could climb up to #2. We're provided an interesting look into the world of FOMO and how it compares to not missing out, where the associated boosts from Coachella aren't not especially different to the kinds you'd get if there actually was a festival like that here that people in this country went to. Lady Gaga makes the most obvious gains from it, including "The Fame" coming back from the dead. I wonder if the streams for "Bad Romance" are counting to it, which is funny because "The Fame Monster" originally charted separately (and actually hit #1). Benson Boone's been coasting in and around the top 10 for a really long time without actually having a new entry to his name in like a year, but he does that this week. In what feels like standing up to a vague challenge I made on my blog months ago, Bliss n Eso score their 4th #1 album this week. They were off the #1 Christmas release with their previous album "The Sun", probably because they released on the same week as Kanye West's "DONDA"...the album that has the song "Moon" on it. We have that accompanying "The Moon" album this time around so they're back at #1 for the first time since 2017. Bon Iver's adventures in putting somewhat similar phrases on either side of a comma for album titles finds new inspiriation with rhyming words. It works out a bit better than last time as they're up to #4 this time, having never had a #1 album but hitting #2 twice. If you managed to scroll all the way to the bottom, hi, but also then you'll see a debut at #50 for our latest Australian Idol winner. You might find yourself asking 'Is this high? Is this low?' From a series that used to commandeer the charts to the point that the best selling single of the entire 2000s was Guy Sebastian's winning song, and the second place song was Anthony Callea's not-winning song, maybe it's fallen on hard times. On the other hand, I believe Marshall Hamburger is the first winner since the 2020s revival (which is in its 3rd season) to actually make the chart, so this is a huge win for the burger bros out there. I don't watch the show, ostensibly because Kyle Sandilands is involved but more likely because it's not a venture that lends itself to investment, so I don't know if they've been making jokes about his amusing surname. I don't consider myself above the show in general, as you'd expect from someone who lists an 11th place finisher in Australian Idol from 2008 on my left-side profile.

Suspect "bad guy" and "lovely" have it beaten in most places for now, but it's en route to changing that in the coming years.

If an artist isn't obsessed with the charts, then they're 'so stupid!' for not strategising with the charts, can't win.

Just came to the thread to give the vooooooooooooote to Poland, but honestly some underrated bangers here.

Reckon the best barometer for him is when the album comes out. "You Proof" and "Wasted On You" went from non-entities in Australia in 2022 to Year End hits in 2023 (the former is triple platinum and that might be outdated). Album before that was already huge so it's not just down to the profile boost. I think he just drops too many loosies to keep up with. Already been 7 in the last 9 months.

Granted, it's not a large part of their audience, but I'm amused that they still haven't figured out how to make their countdown timer work properly outside of UK timezones