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28/02/2022 Singles 01 01 28 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 03 80 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 03 02 33 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 14 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 05 08 35 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 05 12 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 06 24 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 07 08 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 09 09 23 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 12 31 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 10 19 01 EASY ON ME Adele 12 13 08 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 13 15 22 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 14 16 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 15 31 02 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 16 17 20 16 LOST Frank Ocean 17 18 15 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 16 41 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 19 20 03 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 20 11 02 11 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN Ed Sheeran 21 25 59 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 23 72 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 23 19 08 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 24 26 09 24 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 25 21 46 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 26 22 06 19 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 27 27 03 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 28 24 07 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 29 28 26 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 30 29 40 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 31 30 07 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 32 35 06 32 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi 33 32 05 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 34 34 16 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 35 39 87 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 36 NE 01 36 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 37 33 30 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 38 37 17 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 39 38 21 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 40 36 14 06 OH MY GOD Adele 41 41 43 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 42 42 85 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 43 40 117 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 44 58 30 01 WITHOUT ME Eminem 45 44 22 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 46 60 62 01 LOSE YOURSELF Eminem 47 43 07 40 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast 48 54 04 48 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 49 51 59 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 50 47 37 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat Albums 01 NE 01 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 02 02 09 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda 03 03 40 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 05 35 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 04 14 01 30 Adele 06 07 17 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 10 55 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 09 07 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 09 11 100 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 10 13 49 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 14 318 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 12 12 15 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 15 83 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 14 18 246 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 20 260 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 21 30 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 17 26 363 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 23 25 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 19 22 283 01 1989 Taylor Swift 20 24 115 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 21 16 26 01 DONDA Kanye West 22 NE 01 22 ARE YOU HAUNTED? Methyl Ethel 23 28 152 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 29 86 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 25 30 194 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 17 131 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 27 27 120 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 33 224 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 29 31 02 29 EUPHORIA: SEASON 1 (MUSIC FROM THE TV SERIES) Labrinth 30 32 83 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 34 92 26 2001 Dr. Dre 32 36 206 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 35 23 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 34 25 10 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 35 37 496 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 43 101 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 37 40 221 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 38 294 01 25 Adele 39 06 02 06 THE DREAM alt-J 40 42 301 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 97 27 40 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 42 60 398 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 43 RE 05 02 SONGS OF DISAPPEARANCE Australian Bird Calls 44 47 145 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 45 46 59 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 46 39 75 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 47 08 02 08 EARTHLING Eddie Vedder 48 44 278 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 48 186 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 50 52 76 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull So if I were writing this yesterday like I nearly considered doing, I'd do so with the revelation that I am almost certain that "Heat Waves" would be returning to #1 next week. In those 24 hours we've gotten the huge revelation that ARIA is finally adding YouTube data to the chart, on such a bizarre history making week that calls back to Billboard's 2013 chart when "Harlem Shake" got to #1, except that ARIA actually warned us about it rather than just dropping a chaotic chart with no explanation. What does this mean for the chart though? It's hard to say because accurate, reliable YouTube data for Australia is hard to come by, and I don't really trust the charts I've seen. The only thing I'm certain of is that the Encanto tracks are going to vault up the chart. Notably ARIA's midweeks have "What Else Can I Do?" poised to enter the top 50, which I'd otherwise have expected to be around #100 this week. There is a strong possibility that "We Don't Talk About Bruno" climbs to #1 this week, but I won't really know until the chart comes out. What sources I do see also have "Bad Habits" having bizarrely strong YouTube in spite of everyone having had a solid 8 months to realise that it's one of the ugliest music videos ever. The track also rebounds this week thanks to the Bring Me The Horizon version which oddly only popped into the Spotify chart a week after it came out, which might imply some stability next week and maybe the shock return to #1. Either way, wield your tinfoil hats and begin to speculate if ARIA are intentionally sabotaging "Heat Waves" or if they're really just sick of "Mr. Brightside" and "Dreams". Speaking of ARIA hating on the classics, they once again forgot about Dre, however Eminem does climb into the top 50 with "Without Me" and "Lose Yourself", whose trajectory I can no longer predict but under the old model I think they might have both held in the top 50 next week. In an otherwise pretty dead week, Jack Harlow debuts with "Nail Tech" which will certainly climb next week. Also entering the top 50 is Em Beihold who has finally caught strong headwind on Spotify after being stuck just outside of the top 50 for weeks. On the album chart it is probably not a surprise to see Midnight Oil at #1. They practically invented debuting at #1, as their "Species Deceases" EP in 1985 was the first ever #1 debut on the singles chart in Australia. This would be followed with some international success where they unfortunately get written off as a weird 'you had to be here' moment for US Alternative radio, despite achieving mass reverence in Australia. For the albums chart, this is the band's 6th #1. Half of the Australian entries in the chart this week are from Western Australia this week, as alongside Tame Impala & Spacey Jane, arrives the latest album from baroque art poppers Methyl Ethel, who are probably still wondering why I went out in the pouring rain to get a haircut yesterday. Oh and Maroon 5 hit a new peak this week. It's unclear what YouTube data will do to affect this next week. It is however clear that Gang Of Youths will be debuting at #1, ahead of new albums from Slash, Avril Lavigne, Central Cee & Tears For Fears. 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 Ed Sheeran - The Joker And The Queen +1 Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now -1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -2 Luude - Down Under -3 D-Block Europe - Overseas -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under

+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 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good +1 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -1 D-Block Europe - Overseas -2 ArrDee & Aitch - War -3 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -4 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

New album is They just don't miss.

With how much Encanto's numbers are slipping it might be #1 next week.

Wild how the OCC can just casually say eww country music in an article. True cultural divide.

21/02/2022 Singles 01 02 27 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 01 32 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 03 04 79 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 03 13 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 05 06 11 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 06 07 23 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 05 07 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 08 08 34 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 09 12 22 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 09 18 01 EASY ON ME Adele 11 RE 02 11 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN Ed Sheeran 12 10 30 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 13 11 07 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 14 13 15 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 15 14 21 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 15 40 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 22 19 17 LOST Frank Ocean 18 18 14 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 19 20 07 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 20 28 02 20 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 21 21 45 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 22 19 05 19 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 23 23 71 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 24 17 06 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 25 26 58 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 26 25 08 25 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 27 16 02 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 28 30 25 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 29 31 39 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 30 27 06 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brain 31 NE 01 31 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 32 24 04 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 33 29 29 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 32 15 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 35 36 05 35 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi 36 34 13 06 OH MY GOD Adele 37 33 16 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 38 35 20 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 39 42 86 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 38 116 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 41 37 42 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 42 45 84 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 43 40 06 40 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast 44 39 21 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 45 44 23 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 46 43 17 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 47 48 36 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 48 46 11 16 I HATE U SZA 49 47 47 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 50 41 06 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd Albums 01 NE 01 01 ANTIHERO Huskii 02 03 08 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack 03 05 39 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 04 13 01 30 Adele 05 09 34 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 NE 01 06 THE DREAM alt-J 07 10 16 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 NE 01 08 EARTHLING Eddie Vedder 09 08 06 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 10 11 54 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 12 99 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 14 14 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 13 13 48 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 21 317 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 15 82 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 16 45 25 01 DONDA Kanye West 17 31 130 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 18 18 245 15 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 NE 01 19 DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOU Big Thief 20 19 259 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 17 29 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 22 22 282 01 1989 Taylor Swift 23 20 24 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 24 24 114 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 25 16 09 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 26 23 362 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 27 119 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 29 151 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 26 85 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 30 193 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 31 NE 01 31 EUPHORIA: SEASON 1 (MUSIC FROM THE TV SERIES) Labrinth 32 28 82 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 34 223 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 34 84 91 26 2001 Dr. Dre 35 25 22 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 36 32 205 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 37 38 495 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 38 33 293 01 25 Adele 39 54 74 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 40 36 220 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 NE 01 41 LUCIFER ON THE SOFA Spoon 42 39 300 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 83 100 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 44 50 277 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 45 46 164 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 46 41 58 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 40 144 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 48 44 185 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 49 47 174 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 50 42 355 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi Remember about a year ago when "Mood" got to #1 a few weeks after it generally peaked and it basically coasted on that for 3 solid months with worse and worse figures at #1? This basically happened 5-6 months ago again this year and with the exception of Mariah Carey's stint at #1 and I guess "STAY"'s return to #1 a few weeks back. At this point the Spotify numbers are so low that I can pretty safely declare this the weakest #1 week since maybe 2008. Can't say for sure if this will happen again next week because "Cold Heart" had a random sales boost earlier this week, but I sure do miss the good old days when not liking a song meant you could at least enjoy watching it descend back down the chart after a few months. On an unrelated note, "Heat Waves" got back to #1 on Spotify yesterday. If its sales weren't so low it might be able to challenge for #1 officially but I think it's gonna still be a few hundred short. Australia still hates new music but we did get some entries this week. Ed Sheeran doesn't quite hit the top 10 with "The Joker And The Queen" and is probably going to start slipping down the chart fairly quickly though sales are strong. In a true twist, Tate McRae is seeming to take more than 2 weeks to peak so we might actually have a New Hit on our hands here. Speaking of which, I now have a chance to do the best kind of elitism to say I was ahead of the curve on a Disney Channel influencer as one of the at least dozens of people into "Remember Me" back in 2020. Now Dove Cameron has her first charting entry here with "Boyfriend" which also looks to be climbing though it might be too edgy for Australian radio so I'm not sure how much higher it'll go. The Encanto soundtrack continues to live not quite its best life as the new holder of the Future Nostalgia award for Just Let Me Have One Week FFS. This week's culprit is an unlikely source, or at least one who's never had a chance to prove their chart mettle before. Sydney rapper Huskii (not to be confused with Melbourne folk rock band Husky) reaches the top spot with his debut album. This is especially curious given that the album chart is usually dominated by either singles chart stars or long established fanbases. In fact the last artist to debut at #1 on the album chart without a single chart entry beforehand requires you to go back 6 months to when Luke Hemmings did it. But that's a boring technicality so if we really want to make it count, we have to go all the way back to 2009 when Susan Boyle's debut album entered at #1, also a week before she first entered the singles chart with "I Dreamed A Dream" and "Wild Horses". Debuting behind him is alt-J who score their 4th top 10 album though the continue their downward trend ever since reaching #2 with "This Is All Yours". Eddie Vedder scores his 2nd solo top 10 album this week, some 11 years after he did so with "Ukelele Songs". This week's quite long acclaimed album to chart is from Big Thief who chart for the first time, don't forget to buy and/or stream Beach House's new album. The Euphoria soundtrack has been flooding the streaming chart to the point that it almost feels suspiciously low this week but maybe next week will catch it up, nonetheless it hits the top 50 this week. Lastly to use the funny /r/indieheads joke, Spoon manage to prove that they are C O N S I S T E N T as for the 3rd time they chart between #41 & #50. Though they reached a career high of #21 with their last album so who's to say? This week's edition of :hithead: ARIA Be Wilin :hithead: Dr. Dre re-enters the top 50 with "2001", and perhaps he could have also done so on the singles chart with "Still D.R.E.", but nope, none of his tracks are being tracked by the machine so there's nothing going there. Eminem's tracks are though and "Without Me" + "Lose Yourself" are attempting to return to the top 50 next week as I suspect they were already close this week. Speaking of Eminem, "Curtain Call" does in fact top the Catalogue Albums Chart this week, despite speculation from me that ARIA do not want to see that chart topped by residual streams of a catalogue. It is possibly because I put a word in that Maroon 5's set has returned to said chart, so never say that I let my personal biases get in the way of my desires for an accurate chart. Also Juice WRLD does chart this week with "Cigarettes", now that it's no longer high enough to make the top 50.

I find typically with rebounds like this, songs that amass big daily figures prior tend to stick the landing a little slower, in part because their streaming equilibrium is probably already close to the chart, and perhaps in part because they're proven to be streaming gold and likely to go into regular rotation. "Still D.R.E." has over 800 million plays on Spotify so it's one of the biggest songs of the '90s period.

+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 Luude - Overkill +1 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -1 Belters Only feat. [CENSORED BY NEW YORK TIMES FOR BEING TOO DIFFICULT IN WORDLE] - Make Me Feel Good -2 D-Block Europe - Overseas -3 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Surface Pressure -4 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

14/02/2022 Singles 01 01 31 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 26 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 12 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 04 04 78 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 06 06 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 06 05 10 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 07 22 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 08 33 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 09 12 17 01 EASY ON ME Adele 10 09 29 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 10 06 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 12 13 21 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 13 11 14 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 14 15 20 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 15 14 39 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 16 NE 01 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 17 17 05 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 18 19 13 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 19 21 04 19 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 20 18 06 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 21 16 44 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 22 33 18 22 LOST Frank Ocean 23 23 70 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 24 20 03 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 25 25 07 25 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 26 28 57 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 27 24 05 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 28 NE 01 28 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 29 22 28 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 30 27 24 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 31 26 38 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 32 30 14 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 33 31 15 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 34 35 12 06 OH MY GOD Adele 35 29 19 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 36 52 04 36 TO THE MOON Jnr. Choi 37 39 41 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 38 42 115 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 39 34 20 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 40 44 05 40 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast 41 32 05 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd 42 43 85 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 37 16 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 44 41 22 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 45 47 83 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 40 10 16 I HATE U SZA 47 36 46 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 48 46 35 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 49 45 34 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 50 38 57 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo Albums 01 NE 01 01 REQUIEM Korn 02 RE 04 02 SONGS OF DISAPPEARANCE Australian Bird Calls 03 02 07 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack 04 03 12 01 30 Adele 05 04 38 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 NE 01 01 ANTS FROM UP THERE Black Country, New Road 07 NE 01 07 LAUREL HELL Mitski 08 01 05 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 09 05 33 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 10 06 15 01 = Ed Sheeran 11 07 53 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 10 98 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 11 47 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 08 13 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 15 12 81 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 16 09 08 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 17 13 28 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 18 15 244 15 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 16 258 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 17 23 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 21 19 316 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 22 18 281 01 1989 Taylor Swift 23 25 361 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 14 113 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 25 20 21 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 26 23 84 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 22 118 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 29 81 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 30 150 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 27 192 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 31 26 129 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 32 28 204 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 31 292 01 25 Adele 34 34 222 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 35 NE 01 35 NEW RITUALS Bodyjar 36 36 219 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 24 247 01 BAT OUT OF HELL Meat Loaf 38 33 494 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 39 38 299 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 40 39 143 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 41 57 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 47 354 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 43 45 396 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 44 48 184 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 45 35 24 01 DONDA Kanye West 46 50 163 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 47 46 173 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 48 57 81 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 49 32 16 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 50 42 276 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars "STAY" becomes the 2nd song ever to reach 17 weeks at #1. It's starting to look like the last week for it as it's running on increasingly slim margins which means probably one of the cringe options from the current top 3 will take over. "The Joker And The Queen" almost certainly won't factor into this conversation as it's really struggling on streaming, though it might sneak top 10 with good sales. Also yes, "Heat Waves" is getting close to returning to #1, almost a year after it first got there. We actually have debuts of note this week though. Leading the pack is the new Flume track, which debuts slightly higher than "Rushing Back", making it his highest debut since "Say It" in 2016. Also of note is that he brought on MAY-A for this song, who previously made the top 50 with her EP last year, and tragically landed at #101 in triple j's Hottest 100 last month with "Time I Love To Waste". Admittedly it does put her as the latest in the long list of Australian women whose best success comes when they feature on either a male producer or a male rapper's song. Maybe Sony will get her, her own crossover hit eventually. Elsewhere, Tate McRae is releasing new music, which is something Billie Eilish did last year, so obviously she's copying her. It'll probably turn into a hit when radio gets on board with it, something I have never said about a Billie Eilish song. We have a belated debut for Jnr. Choi, a song with the worst artwork ever, which also sounds like the musical equivalent of an NFT. Bruno Mars did enter the top 100 last year for a little while with "Talking To The Moon". You might have noticed that there is not a new entry for Juice WRLD's "Cigarettes", if you're a regular reader you probably know why. On the album chart, Korn score their 3rd #1 album, both the previous two being back in their heyday when they were regularly scoring crossover hits and making strange bedfellows with Backstreet Boys & *NSYNC on Total Request Live. Sadly their residence at the top keeps Australian Bird Calls from getting there, which had a new physical release last week, scoring a new peak. An oft-discussed thing with regards to the Australian music scene is how triple j has a monopoly over much of the popular alternative scene. It's to the point where local festival line ups are often exclusively populated by bands & artists who get played on the station, and anyone else is kind of flat out of luck getting promoted here. You could also translate it the opposite way though, where if it were more feasible to have international festival line ups in the 2020s, there might be bands & artists getting picked up by triple j in response to this. For instance, the first time they started regularly playing Drake was in early 2015 around when he announced his first ever Australian shows, suffice to say probably not a coincidence. So I go on this tangent because we have two top 10 debuts from artists you might think would be right at home on triple j in yesteryear, but they seem to be missing the boat on these ones. So despite the relative lack of support ("Working For The Knife" got pretty good airplay on digital sister station Double J), Black Country, New Road & Mitski both chart for the first time, debuting in the top 10. I suspect that unless Mitski somehow gets a top 50 hit, the station won't realise how much the TikTok kids love her. Speaking of triple j, 2 decades ago, Bodyjar were huge on the station, and this week they score their first top 50 album entry in 8 years. Another curiosity this week I want to shed light on is about that perennial Maroon 5 compilation. I forgot to mention that it got a new peak last week, but what happened this week is that it disappeared from ARIA's Catalogue Albums Chart. In a peculiar coincidence or probably not, this is the week that the set would have finally climbed to #1, having overtaken Ed Sheeran's "÷". It remains to be seen if this is a temporary blip, or ARIA editorialising. We have a pretty good comparison point because Eminem's "Curtain Call" could potentially go to #1 on the Catalogue Chart for the first time itself soon, though I'd be quite surprised if ARIA removed that. If this spills over the the actual album chart, don't say I didn't warn you. Next week we have new albums from Eddie Vedder, alt-J, Huskii, Slash and Big Thief to potentially make an impact.

'Popularity' is a nebulous concept that can swing various ways depending on what weighting you put where, but I find this very easy to believe and accept to be honest.

+5 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast +4 Digga D & Still Brickin' - Pump 101 (weird to hear something that sounds like this in the top 10) +3 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure +2 Adele - Easy On Me +1 Lost Frequencies - Where Do We Go Now? -1 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed -2 D-Block Europe - Overseas -3 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -4 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

07/02/2022 Singles 01 01 30 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 25 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 11 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 04 04 77 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 12 09 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 06 11 05 06 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 07 07 21 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 08 32 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 09 05 28 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 10 13 05 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 11 06 13 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 12 14 16 01 EASY ON ME Adele 13 18 20 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 14 09 38 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 15 17 19 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 15 43 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 17 19 04 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 18 21 05 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 19 20 12 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 20 24 02 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 21 36 03 21 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 22 16 27 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 26 69 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 24 23 04 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 25 31 06 25 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 26 25 37 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 27 30 23 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 28 32 56 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 29 22 18 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 30 33 13 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 31 35 14 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 32 27 04 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd 33 41 17 32 LOST Frank Ocean 34 37 19 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 35 43 11 06 OH MY GOD Adele 36 29 45 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 37 38 15 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 38 28 56 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 39 39 40 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 40 45 09 16 I HATE U SZA 41 44 21 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 42 42 114 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 43 46 84 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 44 51 04 44 THE FAMILY MADRIGAL Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Meredix & the Encanto Cast 45 47 33 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 46 40 34 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 47 48 82 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 48 10 02 10 ELEPHANT (LIKE A VERSION) The Wiggles 49 49 29 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 50 54 61 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi Albums 01 04 04 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 02 02 06 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda 03 03 11 01 30 Adele 04 05 37 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 06 32 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 07 14 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 08 52 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 11 12 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 09 09 07 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 10 10 97 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 12 46 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 13 80 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 13 14 27 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 14 18 112 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 17 243 15 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 19 257 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 17 20 22 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 18 16 280 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 23 315 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 20 15 20 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 21 NE 01 21 SANCHO The Whitlams 22 21 117 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 23 26 83 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 24 01 246 01 BAT OUT OF HELL Meat Loaf 25 29 360 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 26 24 128 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 27 25 191 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 28 27 203 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 29 31 80 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 28 149 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 30 291 01 25 Adele 32 22 15 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 33 32 493 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 40 221 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 35 34 23 01 DONDA Kanye West 36 38 218 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 37 35 03 17 THE VERY BEST OF: THREE DECADES OF HITS Lee Kernaghan 38 48 298 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 45 142 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 40 36 72 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 41 44 56 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 42 275 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 55 202 02 ? XXXTentacion 44 46 319 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 45 50 395 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 46 43 172 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 47 39 353 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 48 52 183 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 49 49 12 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 50 47 162 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles "STAY" becomes the 2nd song ever to reach 16 weeks at #1. It just needs to make 8 more weeks at #1 to start making new waves, who knows? It may be able to hold onto #1 for another week with a lack of competition. I think "We Don't Talk About Bruno" could potentially climb to #1 but at the moment its lack of Spotify playlists are severely holding it back. Lost Frequencies takes advantage of margins to make a seemingly big jump into the top 5, while Luude reaches the top 10. Both are challenging Glass Animals to end their 52 week reign at #1 on the Dance chart. Speaking of Glass Animals, this week marks their 53rd week in the top 10, which is the first time a song has ever spent a year in the top 10, though thanks to Ed Sheeran's "Visiting Hours", it's not consecutive. We also now get a 3rd Encanto track in the top 50. On the other hand, Encanto still hasn't hit the top spot because The Weeknd has come in clutch with CD sales for "Dawn FM". It's otherwise another dreadfully quiet week with only 1 new entry, this coming from The Whitlams, who oddly enough got the majority of their points from digital sales. For those who were curious, The Whitlams are a piano rock & such band who were especially popular in the late '90s & early '00s. They took their name from former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who actually announced one of the band's ARIA Award wins, as well as their #1 placing in the 1997 triple j Hottest 100 with "No Aphrodisiac". That's for sure their signature song despite never actually reaching the ARIA top 50. Next week should be a little more busy with new albums from Korn, Mitski & Black Country, New Road, something for everyone.

Song is perfect.

Unless the internet is playing an elaborate prank, Zendaya's always (or rather, has for years) been on the track.

Most of the album is pretty embarrassing ("Your Love" is a jam at least) that it makes "Heat Waves" look pretty good by comparison.

+5 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +4 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure +3 Adele - Easy On Me +2 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed +1 D-Block Europe - Overseas -1 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -2 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) -3 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -4 SwitchOTR - Coming For You -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

31/01/2022 Singles 01 03 29 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 01 24 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 02 10 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 04 04 76 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 11 27 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 08 12 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 07 05 20 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 06 31 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 09 16 37 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 10 NE 01 10 ELEPHANT (TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION) The Wiggles 11 10 04 10 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 12 09 08 09 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 13 14 04 13 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 14 07 15 01 EASY ON ME Adele 15 18 42 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 16 30 26 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 17 15 18 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 18 21 19 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 19 12 03 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 20 17 11 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 21 20 04 20 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 22 64 17 22 ON MY KNEES Rüfüs du Sol 23 25 03 23 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 24 NE 01 24 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 25 27 36 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 26 19 68 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 27 13 03 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd 28 50 55 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 29 34 44 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 30 29 22 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 31 26 05 26 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 32 22 55 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 33 23 12 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 34 NE 01 34 LOTS OF NOTHING Spacey Jane 35 24 13 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 36 80 02 36 PUSHIN P Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug 37 31 18 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 38 28 14 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 39 39 39 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 40 49 33 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 41 32 16 32 LOST Frank Ocean 42 37 113 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 43 36 10 06 OH MY GOD Adele 44 35 20 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 45 38 08 16 I HATE U SZA 46 43 83 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 41 32 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 48 46 81 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 49 47 28 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 50 42 09 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli Albums 01 RE 245 01 BAT OUT OF HELL Meat Loaf 02 04 05 02 ENCANTO Soundtrack 03 03 10 01 30 Adele 04 01 03 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 05 07 36 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 08 31 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 07 05 13 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 10 51 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 13 06 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 10 12 96 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 11 11 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 12 14 45 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 16 79 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 14 19 26 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 15 24 19 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 16 15 379 01 1989 Taylor Swift 17 20 242 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 18 111 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 19 21 256 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 23 21 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 21 27 116 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 40 14 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 23 25 314 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 24 22 127 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 25 28 190 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 26 31 82 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 33 202 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 32 148 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 30 359 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 30 29 290 01 25 Adele 31 35 79 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 51 492 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 33 60 448 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 34 53 22 01 DONDA Kanye West 35 17 02 17 THE VERY BEST OF: THREE DECADES OF HITS Lee Kernaghan 36 52 71 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 37 RE 44 01 BAT OUT OF HELL II: BACK INTO HELL Meat Loaf 38 37 217 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 39 352 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 40 36 220 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 41 55 59 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 42 43 274 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 45 171 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 44 49 55 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 48 141 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 46 47 318 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 47 61 161 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 48 41 297 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 49 46 11 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 50 42 394 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters So one of the small things that sets Australia apart from every country (except maybe the Netherlands) is that we have a very popular radio music poll. It monopolises the discourse so much that it's not a surprise that very little else usually happens on the relevant week. And of course, as you may well know by now, our nation proudly and democratically declared the best song of 2021 to be The Wiggles' cover of "Elephant" by Tame Impala. This is somewhat unprecedented for triple j's Hottest 100, which has never been won by a Like A Version (or a cover), and despite triple j being marketed as youth radio, they've never previously featured The Wiggles, arguably the biggest band for the extreme youth demographic. It is always worth noting that the Hottest 100 was initially devised in the '80s for the purpose of giving a voice to the people, in an era of very boomer-based 'Greatest of All Time' music lists that usually just devolve to putting "Stairway to Heaven" on another pedestal. With that in mind, though many at this point don't recall the history, the poll has been prone to not taking itself especially seriously. When the poll was limited to just music from the last year, it was first won by comedian Denis Leary's novelty hit "Asshole", beating out the more boring consensus choice of Radiohead's "Creep". We would further see silly winners such as "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" and "Thrift Shop", so in this sense, the poll being won by The Wiggles is par for the course. Now this has big effects on the ARIA Chart, and it has ever since the mid 2000s. So I present to you this week that for the first time ever, The Wiggles have an ARIA top 50 single, after 30 years of unironically some of the most extensive touring of any band from this country. It's also the highest ever charting Tame Impala song, and the first ever Like A Version to make the top 50 (Ocean Alley previously made the ARIA top 100 with their "Baby Come Back" cover, and DMA'S cover of "Believe" by Cher has been certified platinum. Then again, it is worth noting that back in the '80s, Anthony & Jeff of future Wiggles fame first found moderate fame here as members of The Cockroaches, a pub rock band who had a top 10 hit with "She's The One" in 1987. Jeff is no longer a member of The Wiggles but he and Murray both reunited with the band to perform on this cover. Emma has also since recording this cover left the band which means that we are now up to our 4th generation yellow Wiggle, who if she were on this track, would be the second youngest person to have an ARIA top 50 hit, after Willow Sage Hart. Anyway, there are 100 songs in the Hottest 100, and "STAY" got the runner up spot which is enough to push it back up to #1 for a 15th week, which is enough to tie it as the 2nd longest running #1 ever. It could take that title outright next week if it holds on. Interestingly enough, I believe this is the first time the Hottest 100 can be considered directly responsible for determining the week's ARIA #1 single, as it has constantly been narrowly held off. Glass Animals would have risen straight to #1 with "Heat Waves" on most weeks but it was peak "drivers license" era so it had to wait several weeks before finally getting there. Second runners up Spacey Jane also score their 2nd top 50 hit, you might recall they debuted on the chart a year ago with "Booster Seat" after that landed at #2 in the Hottest 100, so it's more evidence that triple j is doing all of the heavy lifting in actually promoting Australian artists to charting status. Most big climbs this week are also Hottest 100 entrants, but unrelated to this are top 50 entries for Charlie Puth & Gunna. I am also now remembering that last week "Eazy" by The Game & Kanye West was inexplicably left off the chart, which is the first new chart omission in a while. There is so little happening on the album chart that if not for Meat Loaf passing away, we may have had zero debuts on the chart (Walker Hayes was definitely close though). But as is, "Bat Out Of Hell" extends its lead as the highest selling album of all time in Australia, as it outsells everything this week, returning to #1. Meat Loaf couldn't quite crack the top 50 singles chart, I think potentially with his death coinciding with the Hottest 100, a lot of people (myself included!) were too preoccupied to dive into his catalogue at the time, so his streaming figures were a lot lower than in the UK. His return to the chart blocks Encanto's soundtrack from climbing to #1, though with no obvious competition I can see, it'll likely get there next week. Sing 2's soundtrack also gets a slight new peak, previously reaching #10.

I don't think someone liking different music to you makes them a moron.

Genuinely thought I gave Ashes To Ashes my 30, I know I definitely took my time finalising the top few spots!

+5 The Weeknd - Sacrifice (best version of "Sacrifice" to chart in years!) +4 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +3 Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure +2 Adele - Easy On Me +1 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed -1 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -2 D-Block Europe - Overseas -3 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -4 SwitchOTR - Coming For You -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

To be fair Levitating is still top 20 in the US as well :lol:

Dunno, though it's probably pretty in line with how unconventional soundtrack hits tend to go here. If Hot Hits Australia & Today's Top Hits wanted to get involved they'd easily be knocking on the top 2's door though.

24/01/2022 Singles 01 01 23 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 02 09 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 03 03 28 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 75 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 06 19 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 05 30 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 07 07 14 01 EASY ON ME Adele 08 10 11 08 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 09 11 07 09 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 10 12 03 10 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 11 13 26 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 12 08 02 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 13 09 02 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd 14 19 03 14 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 15 14 17 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 16 36 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 17 10 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 20 41 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 19 21 67 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 24 03 20 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 21 22 18 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 22 25 54 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 23 23 11 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 24 26 12 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 25 33 02 25 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brain 26 42 04 26 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 27 32 35 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 28 30 13 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 29 31 21 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 30 35 25 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 31 37 17 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 32 RE 15 32 LOST Frank Ocean 33 18 02 18 IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE? The Weeknd 34 40 43 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 35 38 19 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 36 53 09 06 OH MY GOD Adele 37 39 112 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 34 07 16 I HATE U SZA 39 48 38 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 40 50 15 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo 41 41 31 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 42 44 08 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli 43 49 82 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 44 15 18 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 45 52 12 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran 46 51 80 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 47 54 27 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 48 43 10 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 49 62 32 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 50 60 54 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo Albums 01 01 02 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 02 NE 01 02 FIX YOURSELF, NOT THE WORLD The Wombats 03 03 09 01 30 Adele 04 05 04 04 ENCANTO Soundtrack 05 04 12 01 = Ed Sheeran 06 NE 01 06 FRAGMENTS Bonobo 07 06 35 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 08 07 30 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 09 NE 01 09 CORDI ELBA Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba 10 08 50 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 09 10 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 12 11 95 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 10 05 10 SING 2 Soundtrack 14 13 44 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 15 20 378 01 1989 Taylor Swift 16 14 78 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 17 NE 01 17 THE VERY BEST OF: THREE DECADES OF HITS Lee Kernaghan 18 16 110 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 19 15 25 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 20 21 241 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 17 255 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 22 32 126 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 23 18 20 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 24 19 18 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 25 28 313 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 02 02 02 ROSE PINK CADILLAC Dope Lemon 27 23 115 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 24 189 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 22 289 01 25 Adele 30 26 358 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 27 81 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 32 29 147 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 33 31 201 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 34 12 02 12 DS4EVER Gunna 35 30 78 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 36 34 219 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 37 35 216 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 25 06 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD 39 44 351 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 40 49 13 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 41 37 296 01 TEENAGE DREAM : THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 53 393 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 43 42 273 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 NE 01 44 FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW Cordae 45 43 170 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 46 39 10 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 47 48 317 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 48 41 140 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 49 38 54 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 52 181 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day This is one of those charts which I imagine must be nectar to the people who get mad about anything unusual ever disrupting the charts, where the optimal alternative is nothing happening. That won't be the case next week although I assume ARIA are taking our Racist Day holiday off and not updating with midweeks. So short of strange shenanigans we're in for a peculiar chart next week where perhaps Australia's hardest working and touring band of the last 30 years are finally getting their due with a top 50 hit single. I'm of course referring to The Wiggles who in response to their triple j Hottest 100 victory on the weekend were briefly #2 on all streaming platforms with their cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant". I can't confidently predict their final position because it's pretty volatile but don't be surprised if they reach the top 10 this week. Also thanks to landing at #2 in the Hottest 100, The Kid LAROI is very likely returning to #1 with "STAY". They replaced Meat Loaf at the top of the iTunes chart who I think could possibly sneak into the top 50 but I'm even less certain of that. I think in a twist on the kobbar formula, his chart boost was perhaps badly timed in Australia where the news broke late at night when nobody had time to dive deep into his catalogue, and further, a lot of people were quite pre-occupied with the Hottest 100 on the next day. Make no mistake, "Bat Out Of Hell" is the highest selling album of all time in Australia (just narrowly ahead of John Farnham's "Whispering Jack" on Platinum certifications) but his streaming impact was quite muted here compared to the UK. Oh and I should probably mention the return of "Lost" by Frank Ocean. Funnily enough it's just shy of 9 years since it first hit the top 50. Back in 2012 it was the song from "channel ORANGE" that triple j were most intent on spinning which helped it land at #8 on the Hottest 100, which helped it become an ARIA top 50 single. Amusingly, this one week top 50 hit actually has triple platinum status, the same as the other 10 year old song in the chart, Havana Brown's big top 10 hit "We Run The Night". If that's not a sign that comparing chart runs as the only relevant basis of popularity is misguided at best, well I have way more examples where that came from. Perhaps surprisingly, The Weeknd holds on for a 2nd week at #1 on the album chart, something he's never done before. Have to wonder if maybe The Wombats were unlucky with timing, unable to capitalise on their Hottest 100 success to drive first week sales. The band now have 3 #2 albums without a #1, which is the same as Backstreet Boys, Dead Letter Circus & Halsey, 1 less than King Gizz, and 3 less than Radiohead. Bonobo scores his first ever top 10 album this week, while also in the top 10 we have the unlikely collaboration between inexplicably popular Lime Cordiale, and inexplicably not primarily known as a musician Idris Elba. Apparently they met when Elba was in Australia shooting a movie and it blossomed into a full collaborative EP. Lower down Lee Kernaghan has a Greatest Hits set, and Cordae gets his 2nd top 50 album, though lower than he charted in 2019. Next week I'm expecting maybe more Meat Loaf here, and also probably Walker Hayes.

I make the bold opinion that no one hit wonder has an additional song with a quarter of a billion streams which largely predate 'the hit'. At least also I have to rescind accusations of bamboozling today. @1484862713461448708