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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.

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.