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I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I wonder if Spotify's update (I think a couple of months ago) has had a major effect on artists promoting new singles. You used to get an artist's discography of singles/albums listed in chronological order under their top 5/10 by default, putting the newest stuff in the forefront, but now that's stuck behind fiddly tabs with the default being 'Popular releases'. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people who ended up listening to the newest release did so out of convenience and they're now listening to their established material instead. It's a subtle change that takes away some of the former prominence and attention from new singles.

18/04/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 02 01 02 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 03 02 87 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 04 40 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 05 03 42 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 05 35 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 07 06 19 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 08 07 31 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 09 08 21 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 10 10 38 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 14 06 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 12 09 06 08 STARLIGHT Dave 13 11 29 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 13 06 13 BIG ENERGY Latto 15 12 30 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 16 16 48 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 18 66 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 18 15 15 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 19 17 26 01 EASY ON ME Adele 20 19 79 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 21 21 22 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 22 24 07 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 23 23 15 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 24 20 03 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 25 26 53 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 26 56 08 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 27 22 02 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 28 28 10 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 29 29 02 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 30 25 23 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 31 31 04 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 32 30 08 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 33 32 16 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 34 34 94 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 36 33 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 36 37 124 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 37 35 27 16 LOST Frank Ocean 38 33 09 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 39 27 02 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 40 38 11 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 41 42 12 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 42 40 37 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 43 45 92 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 41 14 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 45 44 124 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 46 43 66 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 47 61 03 47 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 48 46 51 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 49 47 261 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 50 54 24 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G Albums 01 NE 01 01 WET LEG Wet Leg 02 02 47 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 01 02 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 04 06 42 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 09 16 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda 06 04 24 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 10 62 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 01 08 MAYBE THERE'S NO HEAVEN Short Stack 09 05 122 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 10 08 03 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 11 12 107 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 RE 27 01 FEAR INOCULUM Tool 13 14 56 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 13 267 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 15 235 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 16 253 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 20 370 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 03 03 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 19 17 22 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 21 14 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 21 19 90 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 22 18 37 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 22 159 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 28 201 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 25 21 01 30 Adele 26 11 405 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 27 NE 01 27 FAMILIA Camila Cabello 28 30 127 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 29 32 90 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 27 290 01 1989 Taylor Swift 31 29 213 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 23 172 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 33 31 93 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 33 32 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 35 35 105 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 36 90 33 36 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 37 34 329 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 38 40 285 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 39 41 503 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 40 62 83 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 41 38 17 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 42 39 138 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 42 228 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 36 04 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 45 47 459 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 46 50 198 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 24 08 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 48 46 193 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 49 48 363 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 50 60 171 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar For the second week in a row we have a #1 debut on the singles chart. I believe the last time this has happened was in 2016 with Katy Perry's "Rise" and Major Lazer's "Cold Water", perhaps these two will have more longevity than the former. The new one though comes from Jack Harlow giving him his first ever #1 single, which interpolates Fergie's #2 hit "Glamorous". He pulls through with an even bigger opening week than Harry but as a caveat is coming with a bigger drop. I expect Jack will hold the #1 spot this week but it's so close that I could see paid/free streaming ratios perhaps swaying the outcome the other way. Harry is actually starting to offset the initial declines and as I write this I've discovered that "As It Was" got more streams yesterday than it did the same day last week, so how about that. This ends up being unlucky for Camila Cabello who is hoisted a #11 peak for now with "Bam Bam". In what can only be considered a funny coincidence, WILLOW climbs into the top 50 this week with one of her older tracks "Wait A Minute!", which actually gave a run for the chart a couple years ago but didn't quite get there. This time around the momentum is running stronger so now we'll wait to see if it gets playlist backing. Earlier this year I noted that Huskii did a very rare feat of debuting at #1 with his debut album having never made the ARIA Chart before that in any capacity, which had not happened since 2009. Not to take anything away from that achievement but it's actually happened again this week with Wet Leg. The group's rise to popularity makes me extremely nostalgic for the late 2000s when these sorts of bands would just pop up out of nowhere and take the spotlight as if they've always been there. It's very rare nowadays that an international group does it but hey it sure worked. "Chaise Longue" did make triple j's Hottest 100 for 2021 at #45 earlier this year too. On the topic of Australian artists gaining fervour with their debut, look no further than Short Stack who debuted at #1 with their debut album in 2009 (gosh that year is coming up a lot). They've been largely absent for a while so this is their first new album since 2015, and it keeps up their record with 4/4 top 10 debuts. Tool return to the chart thanks to a vinyl release of their latest album, while Camila Cabello also debuts a decent bit lower than she's used to. Mind you she still beats Father John Misty who I'm surprised to not even see in the top 50 at all given how well he did in the UK. Jack Harlow returns with his first album to the tune of a slight new peak.

+5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Cat Burns - Go +2 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam +1 Aitch - Baby -1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -2 Luude - Down Under -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML - Peru

+5 Dave - Starlight +4 Cat Burns - Go +3 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby +2 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW +1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -1 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -2 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -3 Luude - Down Under -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

11/04/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 01 86 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 03 02 41 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 03 39 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 05 04 34 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 06 05 18 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 06 30 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 07 20 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 09 08 05 08 STARLIGHT Dave 10 12 37 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 11 28 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 12 10 29 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 13 35 05 13 BIG ENERGY Latto 14 16 05 14 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 15 09 14 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 16 20 47 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 14 25 01 EASY ON ME Adele 18 15 65 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 19 19 78 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 18 02 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 21 17 21 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 22 NE 01 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 23 13 14 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 24 22 06 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 25 21 22 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 26 24 52 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 27 NE 01 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 28 27 09 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 29 NE 01 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 30 25 07 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 31 26 03 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 32 23 15 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 33 30 08 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 34 33 93 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 29 26 16 LOST Frank Ocean 36 31 32 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 37 32 123 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 34 10 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 39 28 09 28 EVERLONG Foo Fighters 40 43 36 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 37 13 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 42 40 11 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 43 62 65 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 44 73 123 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 45 45 91 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 50 50 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 47 46 260 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 48 48 22 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 49 36 04 24 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 50 41 06 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat Albums 01 NE 01 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 02 05 46 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 02 02 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 04 03 23 01 = Ed Sheeran 05 16 121 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 08 41 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 07 NE 01 07 TILT Confidence Man 08 01 02 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 09 07 15 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 10 09 61 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 04 404 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 12 14 106 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 13 266 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 15 55 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 15 17 234 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 18 252 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 19 21 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 18 20 36 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 19 21 89 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 20 24 369 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 25 13 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 22 23 158 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 93 171 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 24 42 07 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 25 22 20 01 30 Adele 26 NE 01 26 IMMUTABLE Meshuggah 27 34 289 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 28 200 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 36 212 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 35 126 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 31 26 92 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 32 30 89 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 32 31 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 34 37 328 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 35 33 104 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 36 27 03 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 37 45 02 37 BRIDGERTON: SEASON 2 Soundtrack 38 41 16 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 39 39 137 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 43 284 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 41 49 502 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 40 227 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 47 300 01 25 Adele 44 65 76 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 45 46 138 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 56 192 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 47 55 458 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 48 57 362 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 49 51 181 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 50 60 197 01 AM Arctic Monkeys For the past 4 months, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" was the most recent song to hit #1 for the first time, and since then we've just had a cavalcade of returns to the top. Harry Styles gets his 2nd #1 (or 3rd if you want to count "Drag Me Down") with "As It Was", which is also the 2nd time he's knocked off a long running #1. Once again it looks like he'll probably be replaced within a week as Jack Harlow has taken his huge opening week and surpassed it, with "First Class" scoring comfortably the highest ever Spotify debut ever in Australia. We have some more new entries this week too, with Shawn Mendes fairing better than he has been lately with "When You're Gone", although it's already not certain if he's staying stable with it. Lil Tjay also debuts with a song that Hot Hits Australia are not interested in acknowledging (59 weeks of "The Thrill" btw). He'll probably drop off pretty fast. Not yet certain for Dean Lewis who is doing better than his 2021 material by entering the top 40 but is also already seeing some shaky streaming performance. Red Hot Chili Peppers have their 7th #1 album, I am bereft of interesting things to say about it. Also in the top 10 this week is Confidence Man who've jumped up quite a bit from their first album. That's swapping with Meshuggah who get their 3rd top 50 album but it's quite a way down from when they reached the top 10 in 2016.

Not quite as immediate but I think "Old Town Road" and the entire career of Lil Nas X is worth consideration in that regard.

Yeah, compared to other countries in the Anglosphere, American rappers tend to always do a bit worse in the UK, this includes every Jack Harlow song to date

+5 Dave - Starlight +4 Mimi Webb - House On Fire +3 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW +2 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good +1 Cat Burns - Go -1 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby -2 Luude - Down Under -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

Just finished Elden Ring. Had a rocky start but once I got into a good stride with it, it was an excellent time spent. Probably my favourite FromSoftware game of the 5 I've played.

Singles 01 01 85 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 02 40 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 38 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 33 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 06 17 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 06 05 29 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 07 19 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 08 08 04 08 STARLIGHT DAVE 09 09 13 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 10 10 28 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 12 27 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 12 11 36 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 13 14 13 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 14 13 24 01 EASY ON ME Adele 15 15 64 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 16 04 16 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 17 17 20 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 NE 01 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 19 18 77 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 20 46 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 21 19 21 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 22 21 05 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 23 22 14 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 24 23 51 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 25 27 06 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 26 40 02 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 27 31 08 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 28 RE 08 28 EVERLONG Foo Fighters 29 28 25 16 LOST Frank Ocean 30 25 07 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 31 26 31 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 32 33 122 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 35 92 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 32 09 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 35 65 04 35 BIG ENERGY Latto 36 24 03 24 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 37 36 12 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 38 38 02 38 MAYBE Machine Gun Kelly & Bring Me the Horizon 39 NE 01 39 CHAOTIC Tate McRae 40 41 10 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 41 34 05 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat 42 30 04 22 SOMETHING IN THE WAY Nirvana 43 45 35 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 44 29 08 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 45 42 90 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 47 259 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 47 39 13 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 48 43 21 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 49 37 06 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 50 56 49 50 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Albums 01 NE 01 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 02 NE 01 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 03 02 22 01 = Ed Sheeran 04 38 403 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 05 04 45 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 NE 01 06 JAN JUC MOON Xavier Rudd 07 03 14 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 08 05 40 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 09 06 60 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 01 10 NEVER LET ME GO Placebo 11 NE 01 11 RUNNING WITH THE HURRICANE Camp Cope 12 NE 01 12 MELT MY EYEZ SEE YOUR FUTURE Denzel Curry 13 08 265 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 09 105 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 10 54 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 16 19 120 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 13 323 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 15 251 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 12 20 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 24 35 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 18 88 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 22 14 19 01 30 Adele 23 25 157 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 16 368 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 22 12 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 26 26 91 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 20 02 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 28 33 199 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 01 02 01 CRASH Charli XCX 30 31 88 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 NE 01 31 WARM CHRIS Aldous Harding 32 28 30 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 33 32 103 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 34 29 288 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 27 125 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 30 211 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 37 34 327 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 38 42 405 01 X Ed Sheeran 39 40 136 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 41 226 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 39 15 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 42 75 06 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 43 45 283 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 47 150 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 45 NE 01 45 BRIDGERTON: SEASON 2 Soundtrack 46 53 137 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 47 44 299 01 25 Adele 48 50 210 02 ? XXXTentacion 49 60 501 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 51 306 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry "Heat Waves" reaches 11 weeks at #1 which only 18 songs have done now. It'll have a hard time making it 12 weeks as it were, since just half a week's tracking has pretty much guaranteed Harry Styles a week at #1 by a huge margin. It remains to be seen how long he maintains it but I'd be surprised if he were down so soon. Otherwise the top 10 is fairly stagnant this week. Dave has managed the first 2022 song to spent two weeks in the top 10 but in actually deranged Spotify Australia moments, they've shoved "Starlight" to the very bottom of the Hot Hits playlist, implying that they're ready to dump it soon while still promoting fresh new singles like "Heat Waves", "Kiss Me More", "BED", and of course we're about to hit week 58 of Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill" which is still not being acknowledged on the ARIA Chart. Speaking of not being acknowledged by ARIA, last week that was the case for the cover of "Tom's Diner" which arrives in the top 20, further sating Australia's fascination for dogshit covers. The DNA remix of Suzanne Vega's original reached #8 back in the day. I think it goes without saying that Australia loves Foo Fighters. They were just in the country in fact and now with the passing of Taylor Hawkins they score a big new peak for "Everlong" (which he didn't actually play on), originally a #45 debut and peaker back in 1997. We now tragically have 3 different Dr. Luke songs in the top 50. Tate McRae scores a big debut for "chaotic" though it looks to be dropping quickly out of the chart next week. Most peculiar this week is the arrival of J. Cole's "No Role Modelz", which has spent much of the last year within the top 100 slowly crawling up the chart, last week catching a big break by jumping into the Spotify top 50. It is so barely in the ARIA top 50 that I can actually acknowledge that the real reason it got over the line this week is because of the song's multiple references to Will Smith & The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. It's a bit touch & go at the moment so I can't say it's hugely likely to stay in the top 50 next week. Machine Gun Kelly gets his first #1 in Australia this week. 2020's "Tickets To My Downfall" debuted and peaked at #2 behind Joji. This time around though he bests the otherwise sure bet of Michael Buble, who admittedly has not hit #1 since 2013 and all his albums since then have reached #2. Xavier Rudd scores his 7th top 10 album, 4 of which have peaked at #6. Placebo score their 4th top 10 album, having gotten there with every album since "Meds", which is their highest charter at #4. After a reasonable (though not quite Placebo-lengthed) gap, Camp Cope return with their 3rd album which doesn't quite hit the top 10 like its predecessor, an album I commend very highly though I haven't listened to this new one yet. Denzel Curry is right behind them at #12 which is his highest chart position to date. Aldous Harding also scores her first top 50 album here.

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+5 Dove Cameron - Boyfriend +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Aitch - Baby +2 Cat Burns - Go +1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -1 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go -2 Luude - Who Can It Be Now -3 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -4 D-Block Europe - Overseas -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru not really anything objectionable

28/03/2022 Singles 01 01 84 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 04 39 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 02 37 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 03 32 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 07 28 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 05 16 03 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 06 18 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 08 11 03 08 STARLIGHT Dave 09 08 12 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 10 09 27 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 10 35 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 12 13 26 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 13 14 23 01 EASY ON ME Adele 14 12 12 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 15 15 63 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 18 03 16 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 17 17 19 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 19 76 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 19 16 20 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 20 21 45 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 21 23 04 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 22 24 13 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 23 25 50 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 24 27 02 24 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 25 20 06 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 26 28 30 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 27 29 05 27 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 28 26 24 16 LOST Frank Ocean 29 40 07 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 30 22 03 22 SOMETHING IN THE WAY Nirvana 31 33 07 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 32 31 08 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 33 37 121 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 34 04 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat 35 36 91 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 36 35 11 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 37 32 05 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 38 NE 01 38 MAYBE Machine Gun Kelly & Bring Me the Horizon 39 30 12 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 40 NE 01 40 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 41 39 09 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 42 41 89 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 43 42 20 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 44 51 26 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 45 43 34 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 49 12 46 INFINITY Jaymes Young 47 56 258 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 48 48 34 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 49 46 21 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 50 47 36 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse Albums 01 NE 01 01 CRASH Charli XCX 02 08 21 01 = Ed Sheeran 03 04 13 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 04 05 44 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 06 39 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 09 59 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 NE 01 07 CITY OF ANGELS Vanessa Amorosi 08 17 264 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 09 11 104 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 10 13 53 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 RE 12 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD 12 18 19 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 15 322 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 14 10 18 01 30 Adele 15 14 250 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 21 367 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 NE 01 17 TO FIND HAPPINESS Josh Pyke 18 20 87 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 19 19 119 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 20 NE 01 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 21 01 02 01 REWIGGLED The Wiggles 22 16 11 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 23 55 79 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 24 22 34 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 25 24 156 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 26 26 90 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 25 124 02 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 29 29 02 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 29 27 287 02 1989 Taylor Swift 30 28 210 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 31 30 87 02 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 97 102 02 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 33 31 198 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 34 32 326 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 35 12 04 01 ANGEL IN REALTIME Gang of Youths 36 02 02 02 WHO CARES? Rex Orange County 37 03 02 03 IMPERA Ghost 38 23 402 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 39 34 14 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 40 33 135 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 41 35 225 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 65 404 01 X Ed Sheeran 43 41 228 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 44 40 298 01 25 Adele 45 39 282 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 46 38 27 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 47 51 149 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 48 44 63 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 49 43 190 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 50 45 209 02 ? XXXTentacion "Heat Waves" enters the relatively rare air of a double digit reign, which I believe only 25 songs have done so (or 24 if you choose to disregard "Cold Heart"'s fake week at #1). Perhaps the most peculiar thing to note this week is that it's spent 60 weeks in the top 10, obviously a record, but this is split between two separate 30 week consecutive runs. Next week it'll have 20 more weeks in the top 10 than its nearest rival, and it'll also very likely still be #1 because there is still no competition. Ed Sheeran is still getting dividends from the Bring Me The Horizon version of "Bad Habits" but also his Australian tour went on sale recently which has pushed everything of his that isn't "The Joker And The Queen" back up. In fact "Bad Habits" is 3 weeks away from matching "Dance Monkey" as the 2nd longest running top 10 hit. The only notable competition going around is Dave who is still gaining ground on Spotify and might be able to sneak a top 5 peak as everything around him weakens further. As of now, "Starlight" is the 3rd song released in 2022 to make the top 10, and next week it should be the first to spend 2 weeks there, and likely the highest charter, as it's currently tied with "Fingers Crossed" at #8. "Ghost" is also trying very hard to get into the top 10 and might be able to finally do that soon even though it's dropping down, the top 10 is just so weak right now. Elley Duhé reaches #27 to match her peak with "Happy Now". Bring Me The Horizon kind of have two songs in the top 50 this week as "maybe" gets in, which is seeing some decent stability with the release of Machine Gun Kelly's album. More peculiar for me is the return of Joel Fletcher to the chart, and the first time in the top 50 for Brothers. Joel Fletcher had a bunch of hits in the early 2010s as a big proponent of the brief commercial boom of the Melbourne bounce scene. Most notably he got to #2 with his rendition of Savage's "Swing" in 2014. He's teamed up this time with Brothers, who are a hip-hop duo from Brisbane. If you remember Hooligan Hefs' hit "SEND IT!" from last year, this track has a fair bit on common with that, so don't be surprised if Australian radio refuses to get on board with another Australian song that's actually charting. Likely owing to a slow week, Charli XCX scores her first ever #1 album. She's only previously gotten into the top 10 once with "Charli" and only even made the top 50 twice before so this is relatively out of character, and only "Good Ones" briefly has charted over here. She fends off a return to #1 for Ed Sheeran, with the next highest debut coming from Vanessa Amorosi, who hasn't hit the top 10 in about a decade. You could say she's somewhat contemporaneous with Josh Pyke who also debuts this week, and certainly not of ArrDee who charts with his mixtape. Next week expect a competitive chart with the arrival of Michael Buble, Machine Gun Kelly, Xavier Rudd, Camp Cope, and perhaps Foo Fighters' Greatest Hits will make a big vault.

If the purpose is to represent true popularity, then a stream cap would be counter-intuitive. A song that compels people to listen to it hundreds of times each certainly must have something going for it that a song people dip out on after 3 plays doesn't, and should proportionately be represented as thus. If we're really in the interest of representing true popularity, then you should not count streams until someone's streamed something twice, the first is just a sampler usually after all*. I think in general though, tinkering with chart rules in order to restore a preferred state of affairs is inherently biased which I think charts should attempt to avoid making apparent. Not to mention all you'll get is a slight quick fix before settling on a similarly dull equilibrium and you'll need a quick fix on that. *I am not genuinely advocating for this Also btw last.fm has been tracking plays of it for nearly 2 decades and the average user who has listened to "Mr. Brightside" (the most recorded song on the platform) has only listened to it 11 times on average, I think it's underestimated how much of a long running song's stream comes from the fact that it has a much wider audience than current top 40 hits who may only listen to the song a few times a year if that. I think any reasonable listener cap would have a barely noticeable effect outside of BTS fans, who I don't think deserve to be vilified for their passionate fanfare.

Spotify does seem to be a fan of the comma separation which admittedly works for their platform, it's all always been marketing anyhow. Of course, you won't see that catching on in conversation because there's no good way to say it. I've always found the distinction to be nebulous anyway, one song's feat. could be a show stealing moment, another could be an artist just saying hi. Insert something about DJ Khaled here. Then you get all those messy cases like Bebe Rexha initially having her name not on "Hey Mama" because it made for too much clutter or that twit over here who still refuses to credit the singer so he can be sole auteur of his clout chasing cover of "Dreams". And that's to say nothing of the swathes of chart historians who use these technicalities to discredit contributions like 'oh they haven't had an actual hit, only features'. If they're on the song, they're on the song, simple.

+5 Dave - Starlight +4 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +3 Mimi Web - House On Fire +2 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good +1 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -1 Luude - Down Under -2 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -3 D-Block Europe - Overseas -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Double-edged sword of ACR is that while it takes twice as many streams to get high up, it also means that the songs need to lose twice as many streams to fall at the usual pace.

20/03/2022 Singles 01 01 83 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 02 36 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 03 03 31 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 04 38 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 06 15 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 06 05 17 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 07 07 27 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 08 11 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 09 10 26 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 09 34 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 35 02 11 STARLIGHT Dave 12 12 11 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 13 13 25 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 11 22 01 EASY ON ME Adele 15 14 62 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 15 19 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 17 16 18 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 19 02 18 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 19 18 75 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 17 05 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 21 20 44 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 22 54 02 22 SOMETHING IN THE WAY Nirvana 23 27 03 23 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 24 25 12 24 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 25 24 49 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 26 23 23 16 LOST Frank Ocean 27 NE 01 27 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 28 28 29 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 29 31 04 29 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 30 22 11 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 31 33 07 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 32 26 04 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 33 32 06 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 34 29 03 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat 35 30 10 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 36 36 90 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 37 38 120 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 21 03 21 I'M TIRED Labrinth feat. Zendaya 39 34 08 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 40 37 06 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 41 44 88 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 42 19 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 43 45 33 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 44 43 10 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 45 41 43 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 46 47 20 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 47 61 35 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 48 46 33 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 49 48 11 48 INFINITY Jaymes Young 50 39 09 32 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi Albums 01 NE 01 01 REWIGGLED The Wiggles 02 NE 01 02 WHO CARES? Rex Orange County 03 NE 01 03 IMPERA Ghost 04 01 12 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 05 02 43 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 05 38 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 07 NE 01 07 CHARIOT OF THE GODS Hoodoo Gurus 08 07 20 01 = Ed Sheeran 09 06 58 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 08 17 01 30 Adele 11 09 103 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 04 03 01 ANGEL IN REALTIME Gang of Youths 13 11 52 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 16 249 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 14 321 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 13 10 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 17 17 263 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 12 18 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 19 118 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 20 18 86 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 21 20 366 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 22 33 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 10 401 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 24 21 155 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 26 123 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 26 23 89 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 28 286 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 31 209 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 27 28 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 30 24 86 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 30 197 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 32 33 325 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 33 32 134 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 34 45 13 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 35 34 224 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 36 15 04 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 37 29 05 29 EUPHORIA: SEASON 1 (MUSIC FROM THE TV SERIES) Labrinth 38 35 26 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 39 42 281 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 40 39 297 01 25 Adele 41 41 227 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 42 53 178 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 43 38 189 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 44 46 62 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 40 208 02 ? XXXTentacion 46 47 304 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 47 54 135 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 48 37 194 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 49 36 29 01 DONDA Kanye West 50 49 79 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 9 weeks at #1 for "Heat Waves". If you thought maybe this week competition would emerge then you'd be sorely mistaken. Actually it's still extending its lead over its closest competitors. It's possible "Bad Habits" will return to #2 given how they're dipping. Thus far this year we've had 2 songs released in 2022 to reach the top 10, both for a single week. Dave will be hoping to make it 3 as "Starlight" vaults to easily be his highest charter ever, and should at least next week move up some more. Maybe Justin Bieber can still get there with "Ghost", but as is, he's spent 21 weeks between #11 & #20, the most of any non-top 10 hit. Imagine Dragons themselves are closing in on 2nd place in that regard with "Enemy". Nirvana have historically had two top 5 hits, and their other top 50 entries all peaked between #21 & #25. That does not change this week with "Something In The Way" wedging nicely in at #22. It enters just ahead of Megan & Dua who should climb next week though I'm not sure how much of their current traction is being leveraged by playlisting (I'm not certain there's ever been a moment in the past 28 months that Dua Lipa hasn't been on HHA/TTH) but maybe they can pull a "Bam Bam" and stick around, something has to. Though it should also be said that with Jnr Choi just barely holding onto a top 50 spot this week while being at #8 on HHA and #31 on TTH, playlisting isn't everything. By the way we're close to 56 weeks on the playlist for "The Thrill" which ARIA still isn't counting. A month after scoring their first ever top 10 single, The Wiggles score their first ever #1 album. If this is possibly making you be cynical about promotional efforts of The Wiggles, you probably need to log off. This particular album features the band doing a series of diverse covers of the likes of Fatboy Slim, Dropkick Murphys, AC/DC, Rihanna & The Chats, while also it features a disc of local artists doing covers of Wiggles classics, fulfilling a long held desire of all of us to hear DZ Deathrays cover "Hot Potato", and such. In the process, they hold off Rex Orange County from scoring his first ever #1, "Who Cares?" is his highest charting and 2nd top 10 album, maybe the next one will be the ticket. Also seeing new heights is Ghost who also score their 2nd top 10 album and highest charter at #3. '80s/'90s icons Hoodoo Gurus score their highest charting album in nearly 30 years. There's not much else to note except that the perennially bubbling Coldplay live album which serves as a proto Greatest Hits in the stream equivalent albums era has returned for only its 4th ever week in the top 50.

There's also just in general a lot of music that gets heard by a lot of people that doesn't get close to making the chart. It's not the fault of the public, nor is it a failure of the chart, it's just that in this age of easy access, people are listening to a wider range of music & sounds than ever before. When you coalesce all those plays together, you create a small collection of songs that consistently outperform everything else, but it's a mistake to say that this proves music listeners are more ignorant than ever before.

+5 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +4 Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal +3 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure +2 Mimi Webb - House On Fire +1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -1 Luude - Be Good Johnny -2 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -3 D-Block Europe - Overseas -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under

Must be the Sydney shout out doing it :heehee:

Though it's obviously just not quite as big a deal here, I feel like the margins have been so slim that Spotify not including 'Bruno' on major playlists was genuinely the margin that kept it off #1, hard to say if YouTube data could've gotten there at peak. With Avril I feel like Australia's album pure sales market has tended to be a little healthier than NZ's so a lot of albums that just poke ahead of the cavalcade of streaming hits here get lost in the shuffle in NZ. Like the gap between top 10 and not charting has never been smaller 14/03/2022 Singles 01 01 82 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 02 35 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 03 04 30 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 03 37 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 05 16 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 06 06 14 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 08 26 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 07 10 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 09 10 33 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 10 09 25 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 11 21 01 EASY ON ME Adele 12 12 10 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 13 13 24 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 15 61 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 15 14 18 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 16 16 17 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 17 17 04 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 18 20 74 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 19 NE 01 19 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 20 21 43 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 21 88 02 21 I'M TIRED Labrinth feat. Zendaya 22 19 10 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 23 18 22 16 LOST Frank Ocean 24 25 48 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 25 24 11 24 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 26 22 03 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 27 64 02 27 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 28 26 28 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 29 62 02 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat 30 29 09 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 31 51 03 31 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 32 23 05 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 33 36 06 33 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 34 39 07 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 35 NE 01 35 STARLIGHT Dave 36 31 89 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 37 28 05 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 38 33 119 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 39 32 08 32 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi 40 27 08 19 PUSHIN' P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 41 30 42 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 42 35 18 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 43 34 09 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 44 38 87 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 45 37 32 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 42 32 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 47 43 19 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 48 65 10 48 INFINITY Jaymes Young 49 47 24 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 50 41 09 40 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast Albums 01 04 11 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 02 05 42 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 NE 01 03 TOTAL CONTROL Missy Higgins 04 01 02 01 ANGEL IN REALTIME Gang of Youths 05 09 37 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 12 57 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 10 19 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 11 16 01 30 Adele 09 14 102 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 10 32 400 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 11 16 51 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 15 17 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 13 09 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 14 18 320 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 08 03 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 16 20 248 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 21 262 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 19 85 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 19 28 117 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 20 22 365 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 24 154 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 23 32 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 25 88 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 24 30 85 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 NE 01 25 WAR TO END ALL WARS Sabaton 26 31 122 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 27 27 27 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 28 26 285 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 29 04 29 EUPHORIA: SEASON 1 (MUSIC FROM THE TV SERIES) Labrinth 30 34 196 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 31 33 208 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 35 133 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 33 70 324 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 34 38 223 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 35 37 25 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 36 36 28 01 DONDA Kanye West 37 62 193 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 38 47 188 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 39 42 296 01 25 Adele 40 41 207 02 ? XXXTentacion 41 39 226 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 42 43 280 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 40 147 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 44 06 02 06 23 Central Cee 45 45 12 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 46 49 61 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 46 303 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 48 44 94 26 2001 Dr. Dre 49 48 78 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 50 02 03 02 4 Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators Glass Animals lodge an 8th week at #1. They continue to extend their lead on Spotify and their challengers continue to not exist, so they're pretty cozy for a 9th week. We do have a busy week of entries this week, Camila Cabello leading the pack with "Bam Bam" which is off to a pretty good start and hasn't dropped back yet. Labrinth & Zendaya replace their entry from last week with a new one from the most recent season of Euphoria, though it doesn't look like sticking around at the moment. We have another classic Powers That Be moment on the ARIA Chart where radio and Spotify have both massively lapped up "Following The Sun", the SUPER-Hi track from 2020 which is simultaneously top 10 on radio and debuted at #1 on Hot Hits Australia out of nowhere. It's a pretty good track too but if you're wondering why Australia randomly decided to get into it, there's your answer. Just below it we are faced with deciding who is more gross & unpleasant, Tyga or Dr. Luke. Moving on, Elley Duhe has her first lead artist entry, having previously made the top 30 alongside Zedd on "Happy Now". As someone who bought this song 2 years ago and long since established a crackpot theory that it was ghostwritten by my favourite singer, this is all very strange but you do you TikTok. Dave has charted twice before in Australia, always with assistance from a more established artist (Ed Sheeran, Stormzy), but this time he breaks out on his own and it looks like he's gonna make a big move as "Starlight" is #5 on Spotify right now(!). Lastly Elley Duhe does not even have the oldest debut because Jaymes Young has finally broken through with "Infinity" which has been stuck just outside the top 50 for weeks. Things will get even older next week as Nirvana look set to chart for the first time in a long time with "Something In The Way", challenging Megan & Dua for the top debut. Things have finally happened on the album chart as the Encanto soundtrack gets to #1. Over the weekend we had a flood relief concert with numerous big names in Australian music. Among those were Missy Higgins who had just released a mini-album inspired by the TV Series "Total Control", the title track is also a cover of The Motels' top 10 hit. Missy has now had 3 #3 albums to go with her 3 #1s. Also entering this week is Sabaton, whose last album made the top 10 but here they make do with #25. Next week should have entries from The Wiggles, Rex Orange County, Ghost & the Hoodoo Gurus, something for everyone.

+5 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +4 Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal +3 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure +2 Mimi Webb - House On Fire +1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -1 Luude - Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive -2 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -3 D-Block Europe - Overseas -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under

Might have helped it a touch but the track has already popped into the top 200 a few times lately (most recently Feb 26th) so it's probably just dipping in and out. It only gained a couple hundred plays in Australia relative to recent performance, where it's been a top 200 mainstay for a few weeks.

07/03/2022 Singles 01 02 81 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 03 34 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 03 05 36 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 01 29 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 04 15 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 06 06 13 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 08 09 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 08 07 25 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 09 09 24 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 10 32 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 11 20 01 EASY ON ME Adele 12 12 09 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 13 13 23 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 14 17 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 15 21 60 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 17 16 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 17 15 03 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 18 16 21 16 LOST Frank Ocean 19 23 09 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 20 22 73 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 21 18 42 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 22 36 02 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 23 19 04 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 24 24 10 24 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 25 25 47 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 26 29 27 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 27 26 07 19 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 28 27 04 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 29 28 08 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 30 30 41 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 31 35 88 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 32 32 07 32 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi 33 43 118 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 31 08 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 35 34 17 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 36 48 05 36 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 37 37 31 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 38 42 86 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 33 06 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 40 20 03 11 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift 41 47 08 40 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast 42 44 31 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 43 38 18 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 44 40 15 06 OH MY GOD Adele 45 41 44 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 46 39 22 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 47 45 23 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 48 49 60 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 49 58 03 49 ALL FOR US Labrinth 50 50 38 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat Albums 01 NE 01 01 ANGEL IN REALTIME Gang of Youths 02 RE 02 02 4 Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators 03 NE 01 03 LOVE SUX Avril Lavigne 04 02 10 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack 05 03 41 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 NE 01 06 23 Central Cee 07 NE 01 07 THE TIPPING POINT Tears for Fears 08 01 02 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 09 04 36 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 10 06 18 01 = Ed Sheeran 11 05 15 01 30 Adele 12 07 56 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 08 08 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 14 09 101 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 12 16 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 16 10 50 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 NE 01 17 LIGHT IT UP Casey Barnes 18 11 319 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 19 13 84 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 20 14 247 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 15 261 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 22 17 364 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 16 31 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 24 23 153 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 24 87 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 26 19 284 01 1989 Taylor Swift 27 18 26 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 28 20 116 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 29 29 03 29 EUPHORIA: SEASON 1 (MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES) Labrinth 30 30 84 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 27 121 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 32 42 399 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 33 32 207 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 34 25 195 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 35 26 132 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 21 27 01 DONDA Kanye West 37 33 24 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 38 37 222 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 28 225 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 40 44 146 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 56 206 02 ? XXXTentacion 42 38 295 01 25 Adele 43 48 279 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 31 93 26 2001 Dr. Dre 45 34 11 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 46 40 302 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 47 49 187 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 50 77 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 45 60 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 54 71 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West As of this week's chart, ARIA is including YouTube data. On a casual glance you might question if anything has changed, and I think it's a little difficult to fully determine how much it's affecting things just because this particular week seems like a lot of what would otherwise benefit was trending downward. Notably the Encanto stuff which would've likely all dropped a bit this week but instead has a climb so minor that you might attribute it to general stability randomness. Most of the beneficiaries otherwise seem to be the biggest of the biggest, the tracks that have a billion or so views on YouTube. You know, the songs that people clearly like on their own and don't need to be prodded to listen to them. The Weeknd is a big beneficiary in the top 50. It was also probably the difference that pushed Ed Sheeran to #3 this week with "Bad Habits". Oh and anyway the main story this week is that for the 2nd time this year we've had a song return to #1 roughly a year after getting there. But if you find the whole Christmas thing boring and predictable then surely you'd agree that this is a really funny and/or bizarre circumstance. Perhaps every March we'll be calling for "Heat Waves" to return to #1 going forward. This is also an interesting week to note the variance that the top of the chart provides, which chart runs alone don't demonstrate. For instance, in February last year "Heat Waves" was doing nearly 2.5 million streams on Spotify, and was #2 on ARIA. Right now it's barely staying above 1 million, doing lower numbers than the week last year that it dropped to #11. The Winter Olympics were on recently and I feel bizarrely inclined to mention that Australia's (not to mention the entire Southern Hemisphere) first ever gold medal at the event was in 2002, when speed-skater Stephen Bradbury was an unlikely finalist, qualifying for the semi-finals after a disqualification allowed him to take a faster skater's place. His strategy in the semi-finals & finals was to hang back and hope his faster opponents crashed. This indeed happened twice and now he's a national hero. Arguably Glass Animals are too, now that Dave has an ass tattoo of Australia. Meanwhile there's just one top 50 entry this week and despite being a 2.5 year old song, it replaces a 19.5 year old song so it makes the chart remarkably fresher on average. That being Labrinth getting in with "All For Us", mostly thanks to the Zendaya version. Awkwardly Labrinth should probably have another top 50 entry with "Mount Everest". I was really hoping with the addition of YouTube data, ARIA might audit their chart a bit better this week and add some of those missing tracks, but no, this outdated chart practice that disproportionately affects music made by people of colour seems to continue. If you live in Australia, you will not be surprised that Gang Of Youths are debuting at #1 (well kind of, ARIA's Chart suggests that they climbed up from #399 last week). This is the 2nd time they've done so, and it's fair to say that ever since the release of that last album, they've heralded the crown as the local band that everyone creams over the most. Not to mention that much like Tame Impala in 2015, I've certainly noticed a lot more international attention for them as well. Just behind them is a debut for Slash which I mistakenly predicted a few weeks ago not realising that the physical release was not yet due, so Slash missed the top 50 running on just digital sales, but now lands at a #2 position that almost certainly would not have been boosted if the digital sales came through now. Seemingly peaking quite some time ago, Avril Lavigne bucks the trend and scores her highest charting album in a decade getting to #3. She's now scored 7 for 7 on top 10 albums. Central Cee enters that rare legion of British rappers with top 10 albums alongside people like Dave & KSI, while Tears For Fears have finally sown those seeds of love, scoring their highest ever charting album that is not titled "Songs From The Big Chair" and does not include such eternal bangers as "Shout", "Head Over Heels" and the other one. Local country or thereabouts singer Casey Barnes narrowly misses matching his highest chart peak, landing 1 spot behind. He bares no relation to local legend Jimmy Barnes. I am also uncertain if YouTube is impacting the album chart though given the very minor effect on the singles chart, I can't imagine there'd be much to see here either. Next week should see new entries for Missy Higgins, Sabaton & Marillion. ARIA's midweek headline mentions Encanto but not the article itself so I suspect maybe this is its chance to finally hit #1.