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+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.

It's not the problem with curated playlists, if anything it's user-generated ones, they're the ones that are much less likely to ever remove songs. Really what you're seeing here is an inevitable equilibrium. If you collate everyone's listening habits, there'll be a lot of erratic movement in all sorts of directions, but on the whole it'll feel like a sluggish mass. People aren't necessarily boring, it's just that we define boring through this collected top of the chart that makes up a smaller and smaller percentage of all streams. (also why should the chart care how someone comes across a song? A stream is a stream. The album chart doesn't exclude birthday/christmas presents that are assumed to not actually be wanted/listened to, nor should the single chart exclude streams that are assumed to not actually be wanted)

29/05/2023 Singles 01 01 16 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 09 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 03 19 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 04 06 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 05 07 08 05 FAST CAR Luke Combs 06 05 16 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 07 06 24 01 KILL BILL SZA 08 08 43 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 23 02 09 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 10 10 40 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 11 09 31 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 12 11 60 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 13 15 25 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 14 13 51 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 15 18 11 15 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 16 14 25 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 17 16 38 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 18 17 19 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 19 19 45 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 NE 01 20 SAY YES TO HEAVEN Lana Del Rey 21 12 09 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 22 21 02 21 MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 23 31 02 23 LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 24 20 18 06 SURE THING Miguel 25 34 145 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 26 22 19 22 PEOPLE Libianca 27 33 06 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 28 27 06 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 29 30 146 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 30 52 02 30 AREA CODES Kali 31 25 89 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 32 29 24 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 33 24 18 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 34 26 25 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 35 28 06 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 36 35 217 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 37 36 46 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 38 32 35 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 39 NE 01 39 PADAM PADAM Kylie Minogue 40 37 38 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 41 41 124 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 39 54 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 43 38 39 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 44 43 108 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 45 44 152 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 45 93 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 47 47 20 46 SNOOZE SZA 48 40 06 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 49 42 100 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 50 NE 01 50 MOURNING Post Malone Bubbling 17 (13) STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 18 (22) BABY DON'T HURT ME David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray 19 (19) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (18) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla Albums 01 NE 001 01 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT Lewis Capaldi 02 NE 001 02 JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE (MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) Soundtrack 03 NE 001 03 TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN Sleep Token 04 01 003 01 - Ed Sheeran 05 10 024 01 SOS SZA 06 04 012 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 07 03 031 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 08 NE 001 08 LAST OF YOUR KIND The Vanns 09 05 120 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 001 10 HOO HA! Bad//Dreems 11 08 053 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 12 11 448 01 1989 Taylor Swift 13 13 199 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 12 009 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 15 09 003 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 16 NE 001 16 BEST OF Pete Murray 17 17 289 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 16 196 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 19 18 259 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 19 025 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 21 21 005 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 23 383 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 22 148 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 28 105 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 25 24 325 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 26 26 271 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 30 124 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 28 NE 001 28 ALL THE BEST Tina Turner 29 31 311 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 30 34 210 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 31 32 180 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 32 29 197 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 33 35 428 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 38 185 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 35 42 030 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 36 37 256 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 37 43 042 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 38 41 163 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 39 44 165 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 40 39 217 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 40 080 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 42 36 082 01 = Ed Sheeran 43 RE 008 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 45 366 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 47 050 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 NE 001 46 DRASTIC SYMPHONIES Def Leppard 47 51 240 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 48 46 118 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 49 48 092 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 50 15 002 15 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LIVERPOOL 2023 Various "Last Night" is #1 for a 7th week. It is dropping, but not as fast as anything near it so its lead is getting incredulously larger, while simultaneously our country is not interested in discovering anything new to take over. Of note this week, J. Cole has his first ever top 10 hit, guesting on "All My Life". Lana Del Rey has been allowed to debut on the chart, as has Kylie Minogue and Post Malone. Why yes that is an unusual way to phrase that but of course I must note that Beyonce was not given such liberty. Kali also jumps into the top 50 for the first time. Tragically the original Ludacris & Nate Dogg track never quite did. Also Lewis Capaldi makes history again as "Someone You Loved" is again the equal longest running top 50 hit. I am using top 100 weeks here, but on top 50 weeks, it equals "Blinding Lights" on 136, and with them both gaining 1 per week, it makes it quite difficult for "Heat Waves" to catch up which is 7 weeks behind. Lewis will be in the country again in July so any suspicion that the song is starting to drop off is irrelevant, we're never getting rid of it. That being said with a busy week of new entries, the Bubbling Under chart is slim on giving us new information. After all this time though, "Baby Don't Hurt Me" has gotten the playlist treatment (and quite high up too) which is rocketing it up, not to the extent that it's threatening the top 50 yet but give it time. For the first time ever, Lewis Capaldi is #1 in Australia. In fact the #4 peak of "Someone You Loved" was the highest he'd ever charted before. One may be skeptical of the album's futures though, given that it debuted at #9 on the Spotify album chart, with the previous album not far behind at #15, so it might not even be his most streamed album on Spotify next week. It also means we miss out on a philosophical debate as to whether or not a soundtrack album counts to John Farnham's hefty tally of #1 albums, given his name is in the title but not the artist credit. We've got a rare sighting of a metal band formed in the last 10 years, with Sleep Token getting their first chart appearance all the way up at #3. Also charting for the first time is Australian band The Vanns with their second album. They are otherwise most famous for doing a cover of Bon Iver's "Hey, Ma". Bad//Dreems have charted a bunch of times before but score their first ever top 10 this week. Lower down we have a Best Of from Pete Murray, who you can read as Dean Lewis for millennials, and also Tina Turner, who I suspect could chart higher next week given the timing of things for this week, but I'm not really sure how all the streaming data gets divvied out, I never am. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has taken a break from working with Elvis to hang out with Def Leppard, and that results in a top 50 charter. I also must of course note more ARIA silliness, as Kanye West's "Graduation" has appeared out of nowhere for the first time since 2007. I suspect it wouldn't have been in the top 50 previously and only climbs in now because "Flashing Lights" and "I Wonder" have been popping off in streams lately and probably some other tracks are too, to an extent. I still think "Graduation" is Kanye West's worst album until "JESUS IS KING" came out so I do not endorse this increasing zoomer narrative that it's actually his masterpiece.

Yeah I know, great song. Just couldn't resist :lol:

This checks out, you're the LAST member I'd assume to be into sleep music :basil:

+5 Libianca - People +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 The Krown Jewels - Scrap The Monarchy +2 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best +1 FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid -1 Calvin Harris - Miracle -2 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed -3 David Kushner - Daylight -4 Switch Disco - REACT -5 Harry Styles - As It Was -=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +5 Karrija - Cha Cha Cha +4 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +3 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best +2 Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song +1 Loreen - Tattoo -1 Calvin Harris - Miracle -2 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed -3 David Kushner - Daylight -4 Switch Disco - REACT -5 Alessandra - Queen Of Kings

I think Celine gets played during the credits but also possibly the song is sprinkled in the movie as a leitmotif. I will say though as I've been watching a lot more films than I used to in the past few years, it's been an interesting point of observation. A lot of the time, you'll get those big soundtrack hits and they just play during the credits, or pretty early on, but then on the flipside, you can get films that liberally put the song in all over the film, like "Sunflower" in "Spider-Verse", "Danger Zone" in "Top Gun", or "The Sound of Silence" in "The Graduate".

I assume "I Ain't Worried" doesn't count for some vague reason? (also need a moratorium on calling anything a flop honestly, but at least not before the first week is even over)

If you're in need for an Australian music icon who isn't...that, I just learnt that Chris Bailey from The Saints passed away. (I'm) Stranded, This Perfect Day, Know Your Product etc, all iconic tracks.

Technically, yes. Would she also have to practically double the highest one week sales of the past 4 years to do so? Also yes.

Where'd you get that from? I could see her getting a reasonable placing in the top 40 but sales would have to be quite unprecedented in this decade to go to #1. Maybe a journo got hold of midweek data that heavily skews sales?

22/05/2023 Singles 01 01 15 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 02 02 08 02 THE BEGINNING: CUPID Fifty Fifty 03 03 18 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 04 06 05 04 DAYLIGHT David Kushner 05 05 15 02 BOY'S A LIAR PinkPantheress 06 04 23 01 KILL BILL SZA 07 08 07 07 FAST CAR Luke Combs 08 09 42 03 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 09 10 30 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 10 11 39 08 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 11 13 59 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 12 07 08 06 EYES CLOSED Ed Sheeran 13 18 50 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 14 14 24 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 15 15 24 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 16 12 37 12 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 17 16 18 07 PLAYERS Coi Leray 18 17 10 16 MIRACLE Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 19 19 44 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 20 17 06 SURE THING Miguel 21 NE 01 21 MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT Lil Mabu 22 28 18 22 PEOPLE Libianca 23 NE 01 23 ALL MY LIFE Lil Durk feat. J. Cole 24 25 17 19 GREEN GREEN GRASS George Ezra 25 22 88 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 26 23 24 13 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 27 21 05 14 CHEMICAL Post Malone 28 31 05 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 29 26 23 20 YOU PROOF Morgan Wallen 30 27 145 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 31 NE 01 31 LIFE GOES ON Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs 32 30 34 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 33 44 05 23 WISH YOU THE BEST Lewis Capaldi 34 33 144 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 35 34 216 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 36 36 45 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 35 37 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 38 32 38 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 39 38 53 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 40 29 05 28 NEVER FELT SO ALONE Labrinth 41 43 123 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 40 99 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 43 49 107 43 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 44 46 151 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 45 92 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 46 42 13 19 CEILINGS Lizzy McAlpine 47 57 19 46 SNOOZE SZA 48 52 149 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 49 41 05 41 STRAIGHT AND NARROW Sam Barber 50 72 85 02 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay Bubbling 14 (NE) AREA CODES Kali 15 (08) CURTAINS Ed Sheeran 16 (14) SEARCH & RESCUE Drake 17 (10) DOUBLE FANTASY The Weeknd, Featuring Future 18 (15) RHYME DUST MK & Dom Dolla 19 (16) THINKIN' BOUT ME Morgan Wallen 20 (17) TRUSTFALL P!nk Albums 01 01 002 01 - Ed Sheeran 02 NE 001 02 NOT WITHOUT MY GHOSTS The Amity Affliction 03 04 030 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 04 02 011 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 05 06 119 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 NE 001 06 MY LIFE IS A SYMPHONY Kate Ceberano 07 NE 001 07 LIVE AT THE OLD LION, ADELAIDE 1982 Midnight Oil 08 09 052 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 09 23 002 09 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3: AWESOME MIX VOL. 3 Soundtrack 10 08 023 01 SOS SZA 11 11 447 01 1989 Taylor Swift 12 10 008 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 13 12 198 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 14 RE 059 01 RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Daft Punk 15 NE 001 15 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LIVERPOOL 2023 Various 16 13 195 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 17 14 288 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 18 15 258 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 024 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 20 NE 001 20 THE ALBUM Jonas Brothers 21 20 004 16 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 21 147 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 24 382 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 17 324 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 NE 001 25 RELIGIOUSLY. THE ALBUM. Bailey Zimmerman 26 27 270 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 NE 001 27 WAKE UP & IT'S OVER Lovejoy 28 26 104 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 29 45 196 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 30 25 123 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 31 28 310 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 32 33 179 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 33 22 013 01 TRUSTFALL P!nk 34 31 209 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 35 35 427 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 36 19 081 01 = Ed Sheeran 37 42 255 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 38 34 184 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 39 41 216 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 40 37 079 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 41 40 162 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 42 38 029 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 36 041 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 44 39 164 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 45 43 365 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 47 117 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 44 049 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 48 30 091 01 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift 49 32 005 01 72 SEASONS Metallica 50 51 030 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Last Night" is #1 for a 6th week. Any declines it ever shows on the streaming chart is matched by anything near it, so I can't see the current crop unsettling it unless we get one of those screwy remixes or something. David Kushner does manage a new peak and could keep climbing given there's nothing else to do the same. Mind you our top two debuts should continue to climb but I suspect they don't have that full cross-market popularity to go far enough. Lil Mabu charts for the first time and Lil Durk has his first ever lead artist entry. Featured J. Cole actually re-climbs to the #43 peak of "No Role Modelz", but maybe it is a spiritual new peak because "Riptide" is on the chart now and wasn't when it peaked last year. Maybe he'll just get a new peak next week anyway. Speaking of songs not being included, the debut for Ed Sheeran this week strongly suggests that at least some of his album tracks weren't included last week. Given that sequence of events, it lines up well for Luke Combs being credited on "Life Goes On". Last week Coldplay announced a second show in Perth, and despite my frequent assertion that nobody actually lives here, it's enough of a reason for "Viva la vida" to re-enter the top 50 for the first time since 2009 (I believe this was also when Coldplay were touring Australia). I don't think it would've quite gotten there, but to my knowledge, ARIA is not counting "Yellow" which achieved similarly high streaming numbers this week. Just missing the top 50 this week is Kali, who almost certainly will get there next week. Ed Sheeran does what he couldn't do in 2021 and achieves a second week at #1 with his album. In the process we're prevented another Australian #1 album from The Amity Affliction. They had a string of #1's in the 2010s but don't quite have that same reliable fanbase to do it anymore. They do still lead the pack of Australian entries in the top 10 though, with Kate Ceberano and Midnight Oil also entering. I don't have Midnight Oil's chart history on hand but this is Kate's 8th top 10 album. Guardians of the Galaxy indeed do make a big climb this week, I don't know if "Dog Days Are Over" is being counted on the chart, but it might be in the top 100 if so. Daft Punk return with a re-issue, while this year's ESC album appears lower than last year, but higher than the year before that. It's a big week for The Album in the middle of the chart, in addition to Morgan Wallen at #30, we've got a new The Album from Jonas Brothers, and a new The Album from Bailey Zimmerman. Next week I imagine is Lewis Capaldi's to take although he's not exactly lighting up the streaming chart. He'll make history either way.