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Looking forward to getting a hold of the album because this is ridiculous (the whole album is $3 less than this! :heehee: )

26/06/2022 Singles 01 04 02 01 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 02 01 17 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 03 02 12 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 JIMMY COOKS Drake feat. 21 Savage 05 03 08 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 06 05 11 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 07 08 97 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 08 12 05 08 VEGAS Doja Cat 09 06 09 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 10 07 50 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 11 09 03 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 12 NE 01 12 MASSIVE Drake 13 11 16 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 14 10 05 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 15 NE 01 15 STICKY Drake 16 15 29 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 17 14 52 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 18 13 45 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 19 16 41 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 20 19 08 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 21 30 03 21 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 22 20 39 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 23 NE 01 23 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 24 18 06 10 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Rich 25 23 20 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 26 21 16 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 27 22 05 03 MATILDA Harry Styles 28 26 76 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 29 24 05 04 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT Harry Styles 30 27 89 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 31 40 03 31 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 32 NE 01 32 BREAK MY SOUL Beyonce 33 28 17 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 34 25 32 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 35 35 07 35 HOLD MY HAND Lady Gaga 36 29 48 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 37 33 58 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 38 34 104 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 39 36 40 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 40 43 10 40 2STEP Ed Sheeran 41 31 13 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 42 39 04 38 DIE YOUNG Sleepy Hallow feat. 47aidan 43 51 43 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 44 37 31 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 45 48 61 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 46 32 05 08 DAYLIGHT Harry Styles 47 41 11 41 CLARITY Vance Joy 48 38 36 01 EASY ON ME Adele 49 44 18 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 50 49 08 34 IN THE STARS Benson Boone Albums 01 NE 01 01 SOUL DEEP 30 Jimmy Barnes 02 NE 01 02 HONESTLY, NEVERMIND Drake 03 02 05 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 04 01 02 01 PROOF BTS 05 06 57 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 07 34 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 05 03 02 TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE Post Malone 08 NE 01 08 THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM Chris Cheney 09 08 72 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 11 52 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 11 13 132 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 12 NE 01 12 BRIDGES Calum Scott 13 NE 01 13 LIFE IS YOURS Foals 14 09 100 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 RE 02 15 A LIGHT FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION The Smile 16 03 02 03 IN OUR OWN SWEET TIME Vance Joy 17 15 02 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 18 12 06 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 19 16 117 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 20 17 263 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 18 335 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 23 277 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 23 20 380 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 25 169 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 22 66 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 26 28 400 01 1989 Taylor Swift 27 38 42 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 28 33 137 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 29 35 223 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 24 07 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 31 34 47 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 32 37 103 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 33 31 211 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 34 29 182 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 35 32 32 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 36 36 24 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 37 27 04 11 TOP GUN: MAVERICK Soundtrack 38 19 04 10 I USED TO THINK I COULD FLY Tate McRae 39 39 208 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 40 100 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 41 45 148 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 42 46 241 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 43 42 115 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 44 47 151 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 45 44 192 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 46 48 162 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 47 53 318 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 48 51 31 01 30 Adele 49 49 238 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 50 10 02 10 GOLD RUSH KID George Ezra Joji has quite handily done it and scored his first #1. Mind you we can't go without mentioning that Australia's 1000th #1 single was Baauer's "Harlem Shake" which he had more than a hand in manifesting. However it may be his only week at #1 as the fervour is fading out quickly as radio & playlists seem to be favouring Kate Bush over him, so she might be able to return to #1 next week. Speaking about funny playlist decisions, let's talk about Drake. As you know, the moment his new album dropped, "Falling Back" was giving prime position right away, and as you also might know, that has proven an extremely poor aging decision. But the ARIA Charts always have to find a way to one-up themselves and so despite being the arguable official '''single''' of the album, it has not been allowed to enter the chart, where I suspect it might have snuck a top 10 peak. Not since Tyga's "Taste" has a song this high up on the chart been missing. Instead we get what one might argue are the worthwhile takeaways from the project, namely "Jimmy Cooks", "Sticky" & "Massive". The latter has since replaced "Falling Back" in playlisting and is holding up decently. My theory for what has happened here is that Drake's omissions have a 1:1 match with regards to his digital sales performance. The 3 songs that made the chart are the ones that did enough for a top 100 digital rank (which "Falling Back" was just shy of). This is the same pattern I've noticed with some previous Drake releases and most recently, Post Malone's album. So basically this chart decision has possibly been left in the hands of a very small number of people who still purchase music. Elsewhere, Luke Combs gets his 3rd top 50 hit which looks to climb into the top 20 next week with his album out. Beyonce manages to get a midweek release to debut, which she wasn't able to manage in New Zealand. She should climb into the top 10 next week although doesn't look like it's getting very sticky there. Australia is a very white country. Which is to say that the new #1 this week is a re-packaging of an album from 1991, when Jimmy Barnes did a bunch of R&B and soul covers and sold them to a bunch of people who would otherwise probably not buy albums from those respective artists. In fairness though, this new version's track 1 is a cover of Sam Cooke's "Soothe Me" with a guest appearance by Sam Moore from Sam & Dave. The original version of this album also went to #1 but this counts as a new entry so it's now Jimmy Barnes' 14th #1 album, extending his already distinct record for most #1 albums of any artist. As is tradition every time he has a new album in the chart, I must remind you that yes, this is the Jimmy Barnes who is the cowboy in the clouds screaming 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH' in the funny internet meme. As a result, Drake can't quite nab the #1 spot which is his first time missing out with a studio album since "Views", his first #1. Elsewhere in the top 10 we keep up with the extreme Australian-ness as we have the first solo album of Chris Cheney, from The Living End, who incidentally has collaborated with Jimmy Barnes multiple times. The Living End have thus far released 8 albums and all of them have reached the top 10. Calum Scott however is not able to repeat his trick, just missing the top 10 after his last album went to #5. Foals also continue their slight downward slide, having their first ever top 50 entry being a #1 debut for "Holy Fire" in 2013, this time they arrive at #13 which is a touch lower than the #11 & #10 peaks of their two parts album. As is true Radiohead fashion, The Smile make good with a physical release and score a new peak. Next week one would surely put their money on Luke Combs for the #1 debut, but Spacey Jane & Chris Brown will likely contest just below, with Jack Johnson figuring in somewhere as well.

+5 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) +4 Lizzo - About Damn Time +3 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking +2 Cat Burns - Go +1 Harry Styles - As it Was -1 Jack Harlow - First Class -2 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK -3 Ed Sheeran - 2step -4 George Ezra - Green Green Grass -5 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

The timeline is a bit fuzzy in my head but I think he first appeared on the chart in 2018 (like a month or so after the song peaked, alas), and suddenly became Australian a year later in 2019. ("SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK" makes the cut for the 2020 AU Singles End Of Year chart but not 2019, when it didn't have enough time to move units [since ARIA would never go back to fix his omission from the AU Chart for the start of the year]). If memory serves correctly he hasn't yet been nominated for an ARIA Award but "Glimpse Of Us" should be selling enough to get auto-nominated for Song Of The Year (which works similarly to the BRIT Awards one). I seem to recall his Wikipedia page used to say he was Japanese-Australian, which I think at the end of the day is still somewhat true? Brian McFadden & Kimbra used to get nominated for Australian awards simply because they lived here at the time :lol:

20/06/2022 Singles 01 01 17 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 02 02 11 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 03 04 07 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 04 NE 01 04 GLIMPSE OF US Joji 05 03 10 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 06 05 08 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 07 06 49 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 08 08 96 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 07 02 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 10 09 04 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 11 11 15 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 12 17 04 12 VEGAS Doja Cat 13 13 44 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 14 12 51 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 15 14 28 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 16 15 40 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 17 NE 01 17 YET TO COME BTS 18 10 05 10 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Ricch 19 18 07 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 20 20 38 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 21 23 15 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 22 16 04 03 MATILDA Harry Styles 23 24 19 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 24 19 04 04 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT Harry Styles 25 27 31 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 26 28 75 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 27 29 88 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 28 31 16 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 29 32 47 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 30 94 02 30 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 31 35 12 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 32 21 04 08 DAYLIGHT Harry Styles 33 33 57 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 34 45 103 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 43 06 35 HOLD MY HAND Lady Gaga 36 36 39 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 37 26 30 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 38 39 35 01 EASY ON ME Adele 39 38 03 38 DIE YOUNG Sleepy Hallow feat. 347aidan 40 62 02 40 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 41 69 10 41 CLARITY Vance Joy 42 22 03 21 TRUE LOVE Kanye West & XXXTentacion 43 44 09 43 2STEP Ed Sheeran 44 41 17 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 45 34 80 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 46 52 02 46 DON'T BLAME ME Taylor Swift 47 40 08 22 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 48 49 60 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 49 55 07 34 IN THE STARS Benson Boone 50 25 04 06 LITTLE FREAK Harry Styles Albums 01 NE 01 01 PROOF BTS 02 01 04 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 03 NE 01 03 IN OUR OWN SWEET TIME Vance Joy 04 RE 02 04 OMNIUM GATHERUM King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 05 02 02 02 TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE Post Malone 06 05 56 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 07 06 33 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 08 71 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 07 99 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 NE 01 10 GOLD RUSH KID George Ezra 11 09 51 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 12 04 05 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 13 10 131 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 NE 01 14 SCORING THE END OF THE WORLD Motionless in White 15 NE 01 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 16 13 116 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 17 14 262 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 17 244 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 11 03 10 I USED TO THINK I COULD FLY Tate McRae 20 20 379 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 NE 01 21 DENIM & RHINESTONES Carrie Underwood 22 16 65 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 23 19 276 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 24 12 06 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 25 22 168 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 26 NE 01 26 NEON SOUL O'Shea 27 15 03 11 TOP GUN: MAVERICK Soundtrack 28 18 399 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 21 181 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 30 RE 33 30 CTRL SZA 31 23 210 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 32 26 31 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 33 24 136 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 34 27 46 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 35 29 222 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 36 30 23 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 37 25 102 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 38 28 41 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 39 48 207 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 40 35 99 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 41 76 117 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 42 36 114 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 43 33 25 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 44 32 191 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 45 39 147 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 46 38 240 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 47 37 150 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 48 47 161 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 49 41 237 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 50 46 294 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars Kate Bush is #1 for a 2nd week. She doesn't look like matching the 3 week reign of "Wuthering Heights" however as Joji is coming in hard for next week's chart. He's previously hit the top 50 with "Run" and "Sanctuary" but this instantly becomes his highest chart entry and has a massive lead on Spotify. Fun ARIA moment is that "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK" never quite made the top 100 chart because ARIA weren't counting it initially, and they took even longer to decide that Joji is Australian. Tangentially though it looks like it might finally chart soon. For a more modern (well technically not) ARIA moment, it is quite possible that "Sweater Weather" should be in the top 50 for the first time this week, alas our charts are dumb. What we do get this week is a BTS debut though one that looks to quickly fizzle out. OneRepublic also jolt up the chart because although they've been feeling it since 1966, they only just got put on Hot Hits Australia last week. This is also true of "Sunroof" which enters this week. It took a while for Taylor Swift's "Don't Blame Me" to get acknowledged on the chart but now it's a top 50 hit. BTS score their 3rd #1 album this week. It also sounds nice to phrase it that Vance Joy has his 3rd top 3 album which is what ARIA tweeted although his first two albums debuted at #1. King Gizz's quest to maybe one day get a #1 album continues as a physical release brings "Omnium Gatherum" to a top 5 peak. George Ezra scores his 3rd top 10 album though with his lowest peak yet, though to be fair he hasn't had a major hit this time around ("Anyone For You" got a little bit of airplay though). Motionless In White get a slight new high of #14. Carrie Underwood otherwise is a little far away from her usual #4 peaking fashion. SZA's anniversary re-release of "Ctrl" gets it a slight new peak (it debuted at #40, and reached #39 last year).

Very fond of Beach House & Lizzy McAlpine this year.

You're right. Spotify's own daily charts apply a cap (assumedly 10 plays) vs. Spotify's totals you see on artist pages or on a song/album page which do not. You tend to notice a big disparity with new BTS singles with the chart providing a much lower than advertised amount.

It's a curious statement to say that ACR exists partly because the OCC can't split organic (whatever that means) & playlist streams, when by and large I'd argue playlist streams actually help cycle in way more hits than there'd otherwise be.

10 to 15 years ago maybe but nowadays there isn't a huge divergence from the bigger picture (although last.fm has a big BTS lean relatively speaking). But as an avid follower of last.fm charts back in the day, they were no less prone to stagnation than global charts are now, songs from The xx's debut were charting for years on end, alongside perennials like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and of course "Mr. Brightside". I would take it a different way though, I think last.fm users are more inclined to listen a lot to music, enabling them to run up those numbers more quickly. In any case, the main point of my post was that all things considered, the songs that are getting the more repeat plays are not inherently the really old ones, they just stay so high because *a lot* of people listen to them once or twice a year, compared to the relatively smaller subset of music fans who primarily consume current top 40 hits.

Honestly I feel like a cap would do next to nothing anyway. last.fm has been around for aaaaages and on that, tracks like "Mr. Brightside" and "All I Want For Christmas Is You" are only averaging about 10 lifetime plays per listener*. Given how relatively new most Spotify & Apple accounts are by comparison, I imagine the ratio is lower on there. Even if it were a problem, that's what makes these songs popular. You get complaints about fake 'hits' that get their peaks based on initial intrigue and bomb out when no one likes it, but a cap is suggesting that actually sampling out new music to see if you like it is the only valid means of transaction. But on that basis if it were possible to track, you could argue for removing vinyl sales when people already own the album on another format (which is often the case). *Oh and "As It Was" which came out less than 3 months ago? 20 plays per user.

Yeah I can get behind it if it's a first case of a future standard, but if it's just an isolated incident, it's really dumb and undermines the chart's whole purpose by presenting the misleading/inaccurate statement that Kate Bush climbed from #2 to #1 this coming week. Mind you, ACR also does this on a regular basis.

13/06/2022 Singles 01 02 17 01 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 02 01 10 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 03 04 09 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 04 03 06 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 05 06 07 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 06 07 48 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 07 NE 01 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 08 08 95 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 05 03 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 10 23 04 10 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Ricch 11 10 14 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 12 11 50 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 13 15 43 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 14 13 27 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 15 17 39 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 16 09 03 03 MATILDA Harry Styles 17 84 03 17 VEGAS Doja Cat 18 24 06 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 19 12 03 04 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT Harry Styles 20 25 37 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 21 14 03 08 DAYLIGHT Harry Styles 22 21 02 21 TRUE LOVE Kanye West & XXXTentacion 23 31 14 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 24 26 18 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 25 16 03 06 LITTLE FREAK Harry Styles 26 22 29 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 27 35 30 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 28 33 74 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 29 34 87 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 30 NE 01 30 WASTING ANGELS Post Malone feat. Kid Laroi 31 36 15 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 32 37 46 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 33 38 56 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 34 43 79 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 35 44 11 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 36 42 38 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 37 18 03 10 SATELLITE Harry Styles 38 48 02 38 DIE YOUNG Sleepy Hallow feat. 47aidan 39 41 34 01 EASY ON ME Adele 40 40 07 22 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 41 45 16 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 42 83 30 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 43 47 05 36 HOLD MY HAND Lady Gaga 44 62 08 44 2STEP Ed Sheeran 45 49 102 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 20 04 03 N95 Kendrick Lamar 47 19 03 09 GRAPEJUICE Harry Styles 48 46 41 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 49 53 59 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 50 50 04 05 DIE HARD Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst and Amanda Reifer Albums 01 01 03 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 02 NE 01 02 TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE Post Malone 03 NE 01 03 HEROINE Thornhill 04 06 04 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 05 08 55 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 07 32 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 09 98 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 13 70 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 12 50 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 10 14 130 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 11 10 02 10 I USED TO THINK I COULD FLY Tate McRae 12 15 05 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 13 16 115 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 19 261 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 11 02 11 TOP GUN: MAVERICK Soundtrack 16 21 64 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 18 243 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 23 398 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 22 275 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 26 378 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 17 180 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 22 25 167 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 37 209 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 24 29 135 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 36 101 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 26 31 30 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 33 45 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 28 35 40 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 29 32 221 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 30 22 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 31 24 29 01 30 Adele 32 40 190 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 33 27 24 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 34 20 04 02 DANCE FEVER Florence + The Machine 35 42 98 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 38 113 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 37 45 149 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 38 41 239 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 39 43 146 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 NE 01 40 BIG TIME Angel Olsen 41 46 236 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 03 02 03 DIAMOND STAR HALOS Def Leppard 43 59 144 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 44 47 39 03 TOP GUN Soundtrack 45 52 316 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 50 293 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 47 53 160 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 48 55 206 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 49 60 511 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 48 413 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters We've done it. "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" becomes Kate Bush's 2nd #1 hit, with a 37 gap between doing so and release. I believe this to be a new record. "Unchained Melody" is the only example I can think of that gets close and that's still only a 25 year gap. Otherwise it's Post Malone week I guess as he gets two new top 10 hits this week. There's also another entry for his Kid LAROI collaboration but in the latest edition of confusing/unclear motives, nothing else from the album has impacted, where I'd have expected maybe half a dozen entries in the lower 50, perhaps suggesting a new precedent of not counting album tracks if they miss the top 50. Doja Cat also gets a big boost with "Vegas" which is in part influenced by getting added to Hot Hits Australia although it was vaulting up anyway. Hot Hits Australia actually had a hugely unprecedented changing of the guard last week when they suddenly swapped out about 20% of the whole playlist overnight, including finally removing Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill" after 66 weeks of occupying space. It's also responsible for Ed Sheeran's latest top 50 entry with "2step", which is a very confusing song to follow if you're one of those 'every chart entry corresponds to one most relevant track' folks. To summarise: It debuted below the top 50 last year when the album came out, it re-entered this year when the Lil Baby version came out (which is what ARIA is crediting), radio is primarily playing the Budjerah version which was selling the best but doing nothing on streams until last week's Hot Hits Australia add. So for what it's worth, the Budjerah version is unquestionably driving the most activity out of the single but that's already changed hands twice. Harry Styles holds the top spot for a third week (or 'holds strong at #3' according to the chart news). Post Malone's last two albums debuted at #1 and spent multiple weeks there, so he fell off + L + ratio + maidenless. Thornhill stock on the other hand has never been hotter as they get their first ever top 10 position at #3. Angel Olsen also gets her 3rd top 40 album, slightly lower than previous entries. For those keeping track also, that is a new peak for Maroon 5's Singles Collection.

Honestly I feel like ARIA kind of had the right idea with this. Keep the proper chart accurate* and don't fiddle with it, and just make a second bonus chart that exclusively highlights new releases, so you can get a true reflection of consumption as well as a means to highlight newer stuff *HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I can't say that with a straight face

+5 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) +4 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking +3 Lizzo - About Damn Time +2 Harry Styles - As It Was +1 Harry Styles - Music For A Sushi Restaurant -1 Cat Burns - Go -2 Jack Harlow - First Class -3 Tion Wayne - IFTK -4 Ed Sheeran - 2step -5 Fireboy DML - Peru

+5 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking +4 Lizzo - About Damn Time +3 Harry Styles - As It Was +2 Harry Styles - Music For A Sushi Restaurant +1 Cat Burns - Go -1 Jack Harlow - First Class -2 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -3 Tion Wayne - IFTK -4 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN -5 Fireboy DML - Peru

^ Cheers all. Feeling better this week. 06/06/2022 Singles 01 01 09 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 RE 12 02 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush 03 07 05 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 04 05 08 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 05 02 02 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 06 20 06 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 07 18 47 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 08 16 94 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 09 03 02 03 MATILDA Harry Styles 10 17 13 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 11 21 49 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 12 04 02 04 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT Harry Styles 13 22 26 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 14 08 02 08 DAYLIGHT Harry Styles 15 23 42 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 16 06 02 06 LITTLE FREAK Harry Styles 17 24 38 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 18 10 02 10 SATELLITE Harry Styles 19 09 02 09 GRAPEJUICE Harry Styles 20 19 03 03 N95 Kendrick Lamar 21 NE 01 21 TRUE LOVE Kanye West & XXXTentacion 22 28 28 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 23 26 03 23 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Ricch 24 25 05 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 25 30 36 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 26 36 17 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 27 11 02 11 CINEMA Harry Styles 28 13 02 13 LOVE OF MY LIFE Harry Styles 29 14 02 14 KEEP DRIVING Harry Styles 30 12 02 12 DAYDREAMING Harry Styles 31 29 13 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 32 NE 01 32 POTION Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa & Young Thug 33 31 73 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 34 34 86 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 35 35 29 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 36 33 14 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 37 32 45 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 38 37 55 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 39 15 02 15 BOYFRIENDS Harry Styles 40 39 06 22 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 41 40 33 01 EASY ON ME Adele 42 41 37 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 43 62 78 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus 44 38 10 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 45 42 13 26 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 46 47 40 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 47 84 04 36 HOLD MY HAND Lady Gaga 48 NE 01 48 DIE YOUNG Sleepy Hallow feat. 347aidan 49 45 101 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 50 27 03 05 DIE HARD Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst and Amanda Reifer Albums 01 01 02 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 02 NE 01 02 WEIRDER & WEIRDER Ball Park Music 03 NE 01 03 DIAMOND STAR HALOS Def Leppard 04 14 06 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 05 NE 01 05 C'MON YOU KNOW Liam Gallagher 06 02 03 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 07 11 31 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 05 54 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 09 12 97 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 NE 01 10 I USED TO THINK I COULD FLY Tate McRae 11 NE 01 11 TOP GUN: MAVERICK (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE) Lady Gaga, OneRepublic & Hans Zimmer 12 08 49 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 13 06 69 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 14 04 129 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 10 04 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 16 13 114 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 17 09 179 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 18 16 242 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 15 260 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 07 03 02 DANCE FEVER Florence + The Machine 21 19 63 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 22 18 274 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 23 17 397 01 1989 Taylor Swift 24 24 28 01 30 Adele 25 21 166 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 26 20 377 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 33 23 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 28 03 02 03 PALACES Flume 29 25 134 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 22 21 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 31 32 29 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 32 27 220 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 23 44 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 72 228 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 35 28 39 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 36 29 100 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 37 30 208 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 38 31 112 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 39 336 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 40 37 189 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 41 26 238 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 42 35 97 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 43 38 145 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 44 34 178 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 45 45 148 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 46 41 235 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 47 RE 33 03 TOP GUN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) Soundtrack 48 47 412 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 49 RE 02 40 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Tom Cardy 50 43 292 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars Harry Styles logs a 7th week at #1 and since there are no major new releases on the horizon, that doesn't look to-nah just kidding I think Kate Bush is gonna go #1 next week. Already a good omen that she turned up a little bit higher than I expected this week, but she's comfortably leading on iTunes & Spotify all week so far. She previously had a #1 hit with "Wuthering Heights", and "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" reached #6 in 1985. Amidst all the expected rebounds via displacing Harry Styles songs, you'd easily miss that The Kid LAROI is getting a significant boost with all of his tracks as he was touring here at the time. The highest debut of the week is for Kanye West & XXXTENTACION, which bears reminding that the song Ye did with The Game earlier this year should've been a top 50 hit but wasn't counted. Calvin Harris also arrives which means that Dua Lipa replaces "Dua Lipa", although the song doesn't seem to be catching on yet. "Hold My Hand" returns to the top 50 thanks to the movie, and is even charting on Spotify now. Sleepy Hallow scores his 2nd top 50 hit. Harry Styles holds the #1 spot. Historically incumbent international stars are very good at stopping Australian artists from getting to #1, and that's true again. Ball Park Music's latest album becomes their 3rd to peak at #2, I believe 2014's "Puddinghead" missed the #1 spot by a very slim margin. Further we have Def Leppard scoring their highest chart position in over 30 years. Liam Gallagher scores his 3rd top 10 album and highest position yet at #5, while all things considered, #10 is a solid showing for Tate McRae. Tom Cardy's comedy rock album from last year returns with thanks to vinyl sales.

100:1 might not be the best choice for a ratio, but I think in general the all-time list is fine, because unlike accumulating chart positions it's very practical (most of the time) for the classics to keep accumulating streams as well. In the long run a lot of big streaming hits that don't hold up to time end up slipping back behind the oldies that they were easily sailing past in their prime.

30/05/2022 Singles 01 01 08 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 NE 01 02 LATE NIGHT TALKING Harry Styles 03 NE 01 03 MATILDA Harry Styles 04 NE 01 04 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT Harry Styles 05 02 07 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 06 NE 01 06 LITTLE FREAK Harry Styles 07 04 04 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 08 NE 01 08 DAYLIGHT Harry Styles 09 NE 01 09 GRAPEJUICE Harry Styles 10 NE 01 10 SATELLITE Harry Styles 11 NE 01 11 CINEMA Harry Styles 12 NE 01 12 DAYDREAMING Harry Styles 13 NE 01 13 LOVE OF MY LIFE Harry Styles 14 NE 01 14 KEEP DRIVING Harry Styles 15 NE 01 15 BOYFRIENDS Harry Styles 16 06 93 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 17 08 12 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 18 10 46 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 19 03 02 03 N95 Kendrick Lamar 20 09 05 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 21 12 48 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 22 13 25 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 23 14 41 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 24 15 37 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 25 18 04 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 26 27 02 26 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Rich 27 05 02 05 DIE HARD Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst and Amanda Reifer 28 23 27 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 29 25 12 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 30 24 35 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 31 29 72 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 32 26 44 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 33 28 13 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 34 32 85 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 35 38 28 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 36 33 16 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 37 39 54 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 38 35 09 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 39 37 05 22 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 40 34 32 01 EASY ON ME Adele 41 36 36 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 42 41 14 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 43 42 12 08 STARLIGHT Dave 44 51 130 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 45 45 100 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 31 03 13 DUA LIPA Jack Harlow 47 49 39 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 48 50 57 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 49 79 16 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 50 40 04 34 IN THE STARS Benson Boone Albums 01 NE 01 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 02 01 02 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 03 NE 01 03 PALACES Flume 04 07 128 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 05 04 53 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 09 68 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 02 02 02 DANCE FEVER Florence + The Machine 08 10 48 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 09 14 178 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 10 03 03 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 11 12 30 01 = Ed Sheeran 12 20 96 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 13 13 113 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 08 05 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 15 17 259 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 16 241 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 17 18 396 01 1989 Taylor Swift 18 23 273 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 21 62 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 20 24 376 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 22 165 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 19 20 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 23 25 43 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 24 15 27 01 30 Adele 25 26 133 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 26 39 237 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 29 219 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 28 38 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 29 32 99 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 31 207 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 31 30 111 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 32 33 28 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 33 27 22 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 34 34 177 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 35 40 96 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 RE 02 36 LOOK ME IN THE EYES Bella Taylor Smith 37 37 188 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 36 144 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 39 42 335 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 40 43 158 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 45 234 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 50 307 01 25 Adele 43 49 291 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 55 314 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 52 147 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 46 51 72 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 53 411 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 48 54 66 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 49 56 145 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 50 57 89 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull Gonna be honest, I'm feeling pretty miserable today so I don't have it in me here. If you could kindly leave your 'I don't approve of album tracks/Harry Styles' takes at the door, I would be very grateful because I really don't need to hear the same complaints again and again. Feel free to send good vibes though, I need it.

I'm guessing whatever kworb pulls it from isn't working and so to substitute it, it's just ordering them all based on how recently they were last in the top 100, so everything slowly slips down in uniform fashion.

+5 Kendrick Lamar - N95 +4 Lizzo - About Damn Time +3 Harry Styles - As It Was +2 Dave - Starlight +1 Kendrick Lamar - Die Hard -1 Cat Burns - Go -2 Jack Harlow - First Class -3 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby -4 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

+5 Lizzo - About Damn Time +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Harry Styles - As It Was +2 Future - WAIT FOR U +1 Cat Burns - go -1 Jack Harlow - First Class -2 Aitch - Baby -3 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -4 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -5 Fireboy DML - Peru Pretty solid top 10!

Can't believe all those Directioners who supported them on X Factor 12 years ago are nearly teenagers, time flies! :heehee:

I mean to be fair, I think "Fine Line" being a monster success is a big contributing factor to this out the gate explosion. Follow ups like this cash in the cheque for higher chart positions all the time but that doesn't make them more popular. Time will tell in the long run. (I'm not hating on the new album, only just now listening to it!)

Yeah Labor have not really shown any sign that they're less buddy buddy with the mining industry than the LNP, but an optimistic read of the election result is a pretty sizeable swing to The Greens + Independents, the former are looking like getting 3 seats in the House of Reps after never getting more than 1, which at least to me indicates the populace does care about climate issues more than previously assumed.

23/05/2022 Singles 01 01 07 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 02 06 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 03 NE 01 03 N95 Kendrick Lamar 04 03 03 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 05 NE 01 05 DIE HARD Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst and Amanda Reifer 06 04 92 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 NE 01 07 UNITED IN GRIEF Kendrick Lamar 08 06 11 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 09 05 04 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 10 07 45 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 11 NE 01 11 FATHER TIME Kendrick Lamar feat. Sampha 12 10 47 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 13 09 24 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 14 08 40 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 15 11 36 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 16 NE 01 16 RICH SPIRIT Kendrick Lamar 17 NE 01 17 WORLDWIDE STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 18 12 03 12 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 19 NE 01 19 WE CRY TOGETHER Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige 20 NE 01 20 COUNT ME OUT Kendrick Lamar 21 NE 01 21 SILENT HILL Kendrick Lamar and Kodak Black 22 NE 01 22 PURPLE HEARTS Kendrick Lamar with Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah 23 14 26 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 24 16 34 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 25 18 11 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 26 15 43 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 27 NE 01 27 COOPED UP Post Malone feat. Roddy Rich 28 21 12 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 29 20 71 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 30 NE 01 30 SAVIOR Kendrick Lamar feat. Baby Keem & Sam Dew 31 13 02 13 DUA LIPA Jack Harlow 32 24 84 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 33 29 15 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 34 19 31 01 EASY ON ME Adele 35 26 08 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 36 27 35 07 THATS WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 37 22 04 22 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 38 30 27 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 39 28 53 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 40 34 03 34 IN THE STARS Benson Boone 41 32 13 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 42 25 11 08 STARLIGHT Dave 43 NE 01 43 MR. MORALE Kendrick Lamar and Tanna Leone 44 NE 01 44 CROWN Kendrick Lamar 45 39 99 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 35 07 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 47 17 02 17 CHURCHILL DOWNS Jack Harlow feat. Drake 48 NE 01 48 AUNTIE DIARIES Kendrick Lamar 49 42 38 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 50 48 56 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Albums 01 NE 01 01 MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar 02 NE 01 02 DANCE FEVER Florence + The Machine 03 02 02 02 COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU Jack Harlow 04 03 52 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 12 66 01 DRINKING FROM THE SUN Hilltop Hoods 06 NE 01 06 BUTTERFLY BLUE Mallrat 07 05 127 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 08 01 04 01 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 09 07 67 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 08 47 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 11 NE 01 11 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST TURIN 2022 Various Artists 12 06 29 01 = Ed Sheeran 13 14 112 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 23 177 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 15 04 26 01 30 Adele 16 16 240 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 17 18 258 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 20 395 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 13 19 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 20 24 95 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 21 21 61 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 22 25 164 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 22 272 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 24 19 375 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 28 42 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 26 26 132 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 15 21 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 28 31 37 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 29 30 218 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 37 110 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 31 29 206 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 32 33 98 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 33 32 27 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 40 176 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 35 NE 01 35 DROPOUT BOOGIE The Black Keys 36 38 143 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 37 35 187 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 309 04 01 CRASH Charli XCX 39 46 236 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 40 34 95 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 41 NE 01 41 A LIGHT FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION The Smile 42 42 334 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 43 36 157 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 44 17 03 01 I NEVER LIKED YOU Future 45 45 233 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 46 NE 01 46 LISTEN TO THE WATER Luke Steele 47 49 203 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 48 62 135 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 49 44 290 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 50 39 306 01 25 Adele Harry Styles logs a 5th week at #1. I am more than just fairly confident that he's got the #1 spot locked up next week, I am less confident on how many other nearby positions he should hold. This is more due to ARIA shenanigans than his own prowess. What we're witnessing currently is the biggest chart dominance of an album ever so it's just a question on how ARIA will respond. If the chart is accurate, he should have 8 spots in the top 10, and much of #11 & #15 ("Heat Waves" might sneak in but not sure yet). We're right to question odd behaviour too because you have to jump through some hoops to piece together this week's chart. Kendrick Lamar has 14 debuts this week. I know what you're thinking, "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers" has 18 tracks though! In terms of the top 50 this is nearly on point though I would argue "Rich (Interlude)" probably made the cut. It's an interlude though so fine (even though interludes have charted before). Additionally we have "Savior (Interlude)", "Mother I Sober" and "Mirror". I do not believe any of these did enough to make the top 50, but beyond that as per the hip-hop chart, they also weren't included, which is a pretty heinous crime on taste. Nonetheless we can speculate if "We Cry Together" is one of the least radio friendly songs to ever make the top 50. Also since Drake album tracks have had a troubled past with the charts here, this is Sampha's first ever chart entry. You're also probably aware by now that Amanda Reifer is from Cover Drive, it was 10 years ago in 2012 that Cover Drive scored a top 10 hit with "Turn Up The Love", Blxst has not charted before only because "Chosen" wasn't counted here. Oh also there's a Post Malone song or something. Kendrick scores his 2nd #1 album despite his typical digital only handicap. Actually though it's been so long that not only can you encapsulate BROCKHAMPTON's entire career between "DAMN." and "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers", but "DAMN." was released before ARIA started counting streams. I'm not 100% certain it would've overcome Ed Sheeran with streaming data but it may have been closer. "To Pimp A Butterfly" did hit #1 I think from just digital sales but I can't 100% recall when we got the CDs here. Anyway yet again we see Florence + The Machine fall short of the hip-hop superstar major release, as she debuts at #2, just like she did in 2018 releasing against Drake's "Scorpion". Also debuting in the top 10 is Mallrat with her debut album, although she has charted in the top 20 with an EP before. I watched Eurovision this year and I do not have any interesting anecdotes or observations but the soundtrack lands at #11. Lower down I'm not certain what's going on with distribution or w/e but The Black Keys have turned up quite low at #35, as well as The Smile just below them. I much more readily accept the low top 50 arrival of a solo album from Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and that other band. Also get f'ed Scomo lmao.