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shades of Life Is Good, the most viewed YouTube video of 2020 source: kworb Also what a twist of fate now I can't find the new charts :lol: apart from the in-app top 50 playlists, the main 200 isn't updated.

I feel like Marcus Mumford, First Aid Kit, Gang Of Youths etc should be disqualified on principle, though v funny to see the latter described as such :heehee:

I remember first lurking on the forum on the night "Get Lucky" debuted at #2 so I think Rudimental were #1 with "Waiting All Night". Always feel it gets a bit messy with chart dates vs. what is #1 on that particular day vs. what is selling on that particular day, but luckily for me my actual join date is completely unambiguous because it was in the middle of this 3 week reign IcrbM1l_BoI

I just can't work out why any music fan would treat arbitrary tastes and preferences like it's a hard-coded competition to boast about, and that the competition is against children.

Arctic Monkeys have been in the country recently! Might couple up with backlogged copies being shipped I guess.

23/01/2023 Singles 01 NE 01 01 FLOWERS Miley Cyrus 02 01 06 01 KILL BILL SZA 03 04 07 03 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 04 02 17 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 05 03 13 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 06 05 15 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 07 09 07 07 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 08 06 21 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 09 07 33 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 10 08 13 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 11 10 42 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 12 11 05 11 LET GO Central Cee 13 13 127 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 16 20 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 15 18 75 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 16 12 22 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 17 15 22 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 18 19 27 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 19 21 20 19 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 20 20 33 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & dazy 21 14 28 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 22 22 07 22 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 23 17 11 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 24 24 23 08 CUFF IT Beyoncé 25 25 80 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 26 26 36 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 27 23 71 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 28 27 22 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 29 28 82 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 30 39 20 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 31 30 134 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 32 29 20 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 33 32 24 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 34 37 27 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 35 33 119 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 36 40 28 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 37 41 06 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 38 46 16 21 STAR WALKIN' Lil Nas X 39 31 24 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 40 43 19 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 41 42 106 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 38 33 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 43 48 17 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 44 34 59 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 45 35 02 35 RUMBLE Skrillex, Fred again… and Flowdan 46 36 38 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 47 47 21 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John and Britney Spears 48 NE 01 48 VIBE Taeyang & Jimin 49 49 25 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 50 50 122 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Albums 01 01 13 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 06 02 SOS SZA 03 46 13 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 04 03 102 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 05 241 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 04 238 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 07 06 35 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 08 07 365 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 09 08 07 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 10 10 12 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 09 181 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 12 11 87 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 13 12 253 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 13 147 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 15 293 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 14 167 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 21 162 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 17 307 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 16 410 02 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 20 18 178 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 21 19 24 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 20 430 01 1989 Taylor Swift 23 24 64 01 = Ed Sheeran 24 31 271 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 25 23 106 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 26 29 30 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 27 25 199 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 28 26 145 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 29 34 543 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 30 NE 01 30 STEEL ON STEEL Duncan Toombs 31 62 210 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 32 22 11 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 33 30 77 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 34 27 130 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 35 60 131 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 36 35 260 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 37 28 32 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 38 33 348 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 48 54 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 40 32 222 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Soundtrack by Queen 41 37 82 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 42 41 30 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 43 39 13 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 44 40 268 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 47 403 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 46 42 192 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 47 44 133 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 48 43 179 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 49 55 368 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 50 53 62 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift Miley Cyrus finally achieves a long sought milestone of having charted higher as a lead artist than her brother as "Flowers" gets to #1 easily. ARIA are reporting that this is her first #1 hit but it's not true as they themselves went out of their way to credit her on The Kid LAROI's "WITHOUT YOU" on the week it hit #1 (and every week since). Incidentally this big new entry renewing extra interest in her catalogue makes it one of the few weeks that's justified as it's certainly responsible for "WITHOUT YOU" returning to the top 20 Australian tracks chart. In case you were wondering, "Flowers" has the 3rd highest daily Spotify total for a song not associated with Christmas. The highest of these still belongs to "drivers license" which happened around the auspicious time of triple j's Hottest 100 where Glass Animals were somewhat unlucky to have their strongest week stuck behind a monster, though they would eventually get to #1 in the long run. What I'm saying is that this is probably not a going concern for Miley Cyrus but it's interesting that no matter what happens on the weekend, we have to accept that we're not getting an absolute game-changer unless people really get Stephen Sansick of "Flowers" in the next few days. I'm also labouring this point because thanks to ARIA's scrutiny and lack thereof, there isn't much else to talk about this week. Hotel Ugly are still missing from the chart, Vance Joy is still missing (although he's lost a decent amount of steam on Spotify so it's not as egregious now), and Miguel is still missing. Today's midweeks at least ensure "Sure Thing" is debuting next week, what a terrible system. We do have a debut for Taeyang & Jimin, which is surely a beneficiary of YouTube being included in the chart, which if nothing else has expanded K-Pop's prospects in the past 10 months as the song never even touched the Spotify top 200. To update the pitiful state of Australian music support, Hot Hits Australia just updated today and only 8 out of 50 songs are 'Australian', which includes the generous inclusion of "Love Lost" and "Sway My Way". At this point you have to wonder if "LET GO" is so high on the list because Passenger used to live in Australia. At this point you might wonder what the last album to spent the 11 weeks at #1 "Midnights" has managed. The answer is of course "÷" which managed 27 weeks at #1, so it'll be a while before it's worth updating progress on that front. Arctic Monkeys come within spitting distance of a new peak for their latest album which is interesting because "AM" actually sold more vinyl this week than "The Car", and certainly got more streams. There's only one debut this week and it's a first time entry for Australian country singer Duncan Toombs. Next week's midweeks only note a potential debut for Måneskin, who have never charted on the album chart before, or indeed at all outside of those two songs.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 SZA - Kill Bill +3 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down +2 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +1 Bugzy Malone x TeeDee - Out Of Nowhere -1 Tom Odell - Another Love -2 venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

Oh I should clarify that "You Were Right" is already a hit, it got to #22 and is 6 times platinum. I think maybe it's the 2nd highest certified Australian dance hit only behind "Never Be Like You"(!) (and "Innerbloom" is doing alright at triple platinum) 16/01/2023 Singles 01 02 05 01 KILL BILL SZA 02 01 16 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 03 04 12 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 04 07 06 04 ESCAPISM. Raye feat. 070 Shake 05 05 14 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 03 20 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 07 06 32 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 08 08 12 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 09 10 06 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 10 09 41 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 11 13 04 11 LET GO Central Cee 12 30 21 12 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 13 14 126 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 14 15 27 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 15 11 21 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 16 26 19 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 17 17 10 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 18 12 74 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 19 23 26 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 20 19 32 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 21 27 19 21 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 22 24 06 22 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 23 20 70 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 24 16 22 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 25 18 79 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 26 33 35 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 27 31 21 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 28 29 81 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 29 35 19 29 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 30 25 133 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 31 28 23 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 32 38 23 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 33 22 118 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 34 32 58 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 35 NE 01 35 RUMBLE Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan 36 21 37 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 37 42 26 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 38 40 32 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 39 46 19 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 40 44 30 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 41 43 05 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 42 41 105 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 43 45 18 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 44 49 08 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 45 36 22 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 46 47 15 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 47 39 20 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 48 48 17 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 49 51 23 38 DIE FOR YOU The Weeknd 50 34 131 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Albums 01 01 12 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 02 05 02 SOS SZA 03 03 101 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 08 237 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 05 05 240 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 04 34 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 07 07 364 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 08 10 06 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 09 15 180 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 10 06 11 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 11 09 86 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 12 13 252 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 13 12 146 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 14 166 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 17 292 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 11 409 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 17 18 306 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 30 177 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 19 21 23 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 20 19 429 01 1989 Taylor Swift 21 16 161 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 22 22 10 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 23 23 105 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 24 20 63 01 = Ed Sheeran 25 24 198 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 26 27 144 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 27 31 129 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 33 31 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 29 26 29 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 30 39 76 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 31 29 270 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 32 28 221 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 33 32 347 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 34 25 542 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 35 40 260 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 36 37 52 01 30 Adele 37 34 81 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 38 61 169 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 39 36 12 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 40 43 267 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 52 29 01 HERE COMES EVERYBODY Spacey Jane 42 55 191 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 43 44 178 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 44 48 232 16 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 45 45 232 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 54 12 02 THE CAR Arctic Monkeys 47 35 402 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 48 62 53 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 49 42 122 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 50 57 322 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars The US & UK are having other ideas but in Australia SZA gets her first ever #1 single with "Kill Bill". She sets a new bar for low pure sales at #1 since radio is largely not getting on board (although triple j just added the track this week), but given that I've scarcely ever seen the song in the iTunes top 100, I hesitate to think it's even sold 50 copies yet, which is pretty unprecedented and also not a diss. Anyway we'll get a new #1 next week because "Flowers" has more than twice as many streams on Spotify currently so Miley Cyrus will probably be getting her first solo #1, ruining a trivia question I wrote last year in the process. Despite this, RAYE should be able to climb to #3 next week as the sped up version has gotten a huge boost in the past week. Stephen Sanchez climbs a lot but also fell a lot on Spotify in the past week which might drop him a few spots on the chart and not at all give hint to this bizarre trajectory through these weekly snapshots. Our first new hit song of 2023 comes from Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan. It's the first time Fred again.. has been credited as a performer on a chart entry, though obviously he has produced multiple #1 hits in the past. In classic ARIA dealings, there is no Miguel or Hotel Ugly on the chart. Next week they're both threatening the top 20 but ARIA's midweeks released today don't mention either of them so who knows. Also "Riptide" by Vance Joy is higher on Spotify than it has been in about 7 years (it got to #17 the other day), while also still being nestled in the top 20 on Apple so like what even is this week's chart. "Midnights" is #1 for a 10th week, which overtakes "1989" as Taylor Swift's longest reigning #1 to date. With seemingly nothing to stop her next week, 11 looks likely. "AM" reaches its equal highest point outside of its debut week, and has also now been in the top 10 for 4 weeks in a row, which is its longest continuous span ever (actually it's only spent 10 weeks ever in the top 10 despite the longevity). Arctic Monkeys are in the country at the moment and so is Elton John who might leap ahead next week, I've often spotted "Diamonds" at #1 on iTunes albums lately.

ok but stripping a song down to just a guitar or piano doesn't count.

The ARIA Awards are going through a similar thing. They changed the gendered awards to Best Solo Artist 2 years ago, with the upgraded 10 nominations, but so far they've only had 7/20 of those slots for women, 0/20 for non-binary artists and both winners have been men (at the very least both are Indigenous Australians, which is itself an issue of inclusiveness). Feels like both populism & critical appraisal both tend to naturally slide to an unchecked male bias that rears its ugly head in every time they have to show their working.

They did 3,184,112 (down from 3,942,235) yesterday in Spain No I don't know why it doesn't work for everyone else, a geographic thing? lol

I have it, here's the notable stuff (I think) 3 (NE) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 23 (NE) Fredo - Dave Flow 37 (54) Libianca - People 42 (NE) Mimi Webb - Red Flags 43 (70) Popcaan (feat Drake) - We Caa Done 60 (65) LonelyEve - The Hills X Creepin X the Color Violet 70 (NE) Clavish - No Difference 72 (178) Bizarrap, Shakira - Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 89 (98) Coi Leray - Players 92 (97) Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense 109 (136) Jengi - Bel Mercy 110 (NE) Sam Smith (feat Koffee & Jessie Reyez) - Gimme 117 (187) Clavish - Traumatised 145 (NE) Paramore - C'est Comme Ça 185 (NE) Sub Focus, Dimension - Ready To Fly Also continuing the aberration, "Until I Found You" has gone 17-22-65-72-85 now in the past 4 days

+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock +2 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year +1 Lizzo - Someday At Christmas -1 Stormzy - Firebabe -2 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -3 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

YOOOOOOOOOOOO :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: So happy though, I've been watching her + this song in particular grow in audience for the last 9 months and it looks like it's finally coming to fruition.

Didn't realise Lewis was in The Hoosiers B-)

Ah, the classic bootstrap paradox :lol:

+14 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (not really a fair contest but alas) +13 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) +12 Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +11 Dave - Starlight +10 Harry Styles - As It Was +9 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero +8 Adele - Easy On Me +7 LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel +6 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy +5 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me +4 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You +3 Wham! - Last Christmas +2 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) +1 GAYLE - abcdefu +0 LadBaby - Food Aid (honestly thought GAYLE had this spot wrapped up all year but this is a degree of lousy I just wasn't prepared for)

Cheers for the cheers y'all! 09/01/2023 Singles 01 13 15 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith & Kim Petras 02 12 04 02 KILL BILL SZA 03 25 19 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 04 18 11 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 05 23 13 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 06 24 31 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 07 26 05 07 ESCAPISM. Raye feat. 070 Shake 08 22 11 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 09 34 40 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 10 33 05 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 11 46 20 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 12 44 73 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 13 30 03 13 LET GO Central Cee 14 38 125 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 15 43 26 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 16 58 21 08 CUFF IT Beyonce 17 48 09 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 18 61 78 01 STAY The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber 19 54 31 08 SUNROOF Nicky Youre & Dazy 20 59 69 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 21 81 36 03 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 22 77 117 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 23 57 25 15 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 24 80 05 24 10:35 Tiësto & Tate McRae 25 69 132 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 26 60 18 14 HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE Dean Lewis 27 62 18 27 CALM DOWN Rema & Selena Gomez 28 75 22 19 AFRAID TO FEEL LF System 29 64 80 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 30 85 20 30 UNTIL I FOUND YOU Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold 31 72 20 11 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY) Lizzo 32 79 57 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 33 76 34 21 ANOTHER LOVE Tom Odell 34 78 130 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 35 90 18 35 FERRARI James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 36 93 21 01 SUPER FREAKY GIRL Nicki Minaj 37 RE 161 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 67 22 05 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Chris Brown 39 100 19 01 HOLD ME CLOSER Elton John & Britney Spears 40 86 31 07 I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) Post Malone feat. Doja Cat 41 91 104 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 42 96 25 20 SNAP Rosa Linn 43 71 04 16 NOBODY GETS ME SZA 44 88 29 21 THE KIND OF LOVE WE MAKE Luke Combs 45 95 17 21 FORGET ME Lewis Capaldi 46 RE 18 29 GOLDEN HOUR JVKE 47 RE 14 21 STAR WALKIN' (LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLDS ANTHEM) Lil Nas X 48 99 16 43 BONES Imagine Dragons 49 RE 07 39 JUST WANNA ROCK Lil Uzi Vert 50 RE 25 31 SWEATER WEATHER The Neighbourhood Albums 01 01 11 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 03 04 02 SOS SZA 03 05 100 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 04 04 33 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 05 08 239 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 06 06 10 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 14 363 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 08 07 236 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 09 13 85 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 10 16 05 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 11 12 408 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 12 31 145 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 18 251 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 14 20 165 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 15 26 179 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 16 09 160 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 40 291 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 24 305 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 27 428 01 1989 Taylor Swift 20 25 62 01 = Ed Sheeran 21 29 22 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 22 42 09 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 23 49 104 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 24 43 197 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 17 541 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 26 19 28 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 27 55 143 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 28 39 220 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 29 44 269 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 30 34 176 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 21 128 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 65 346 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 63 30 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM. XXXTentacion 34 46 80 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 35 67 401 01 BON JOVI GREATEST HITS - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 36 71 11 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 37 51 51 01 30 Adele 38 30 379 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 39 61 75 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 40 66 259 01 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 41 92 25 02 SPECIAL Lizzo 42 93 121 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 43 80 266 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 77 177 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 45 83 231 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 46 23 60 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 15 210 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 48 86 231 16 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 49 33 497 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 50 28 366 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana It's easy to want to say this is the week that everything resets back to normal but I disagree. New Year's Eve lingers strongly on this particular tracking week, to the extent that it probably decided the #1 single this week! I have to believe that "Kill Bill" performed best on six of the seven tracking days, but "Unholy" was among various songs that vaulted strongly on December 31st and that's enough to get it back to #1. "I'm Good (Blue)" was actually back to #1 on Spotify on that day, while Eliza Rose, LF System, "Cold Heart" and "Levitating" among others had significant boosts then. RAYE scores her first ever top 10 single ("You Don't Know Me" got to #12). Between this, "golden hour" and the imminent arrival of "ceilings" to a Spotify chart near you, it's been a good time for songs I like belatedly becoming hits. One to watch next week is "Until I Found You" which is soaring up next week. Tiësto also arrives in the top 50 this week and looks to stick the landing and keep climbing next week. It is a particularly drab time for Australian music as we only have two in the top 50 (and only two compilations in the albums chart!), I have to highlight that the big new hope being plugged on Hot Hits Australia is "You Were Right", a RÜFÜS DU SOL hit from back in 2015 when they were still called RÜFÜS. It's #2 on the playlist for no explainable reason but it's also probably getting pretty close to the ARIA top 50 so maybe it'll work?? "Midnights" keeps racking up weeks at #1, it's now up to 9. SZA is currently stuck at #2 on both charts, and though I strongly suspect it won't be the case next week, I think she has the second most #2's across both charts without a #1 to her name, behind Radiohead's 6 (or if you will, Thom Yorke's 7), SZA has three #2 singles and one #2 album. Otherwise this week's chart can be seen as a preview for the 2023 EOY albums chart, because I believe 47/50 of last year's equivalent chart made the cut, and I think there's a case to be made for basically every album on this week's chart to pull it off too.

Depends on how you spin it. "Certified Lover Boy" still made the Billboard Year End top 10 2 years in a row. "Her Loss" was released on the first week of the new Billboard year so it was literally impossible for it to make the cut for 2022, but I have to imagine it's a strong top 3 contender already for 2023. "Honestly, Nevermind" is an underperformer but it's not exactly made for his usual demographics so it's not surprising. In any case, across those 3 albums, a lot of people were listening to Drake in 2022 which tends to be more viable than having a slightly more successful album every few years. Can't let people forget you if you're never gone for long :lol:

10/10 would block Jacob's murder attempts again.

+5 RAYE & 070 Shake - Escapism. +4 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +3 The K**ts - F**k The Coalition +2 Stormzy - Firebabe +1 Sidemen - Christmas Drillings -1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Central Cee - LET GO -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 LadBaby - Food Aid

It also made the top 50 in 2019 & 2021 (2020 was an unfavourable tracking week, but was possibly its best performance) and it's been making the Spotify top 100 every year since 2015, so I'd say it's established Christmas canon here.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they're all still in the top 20. Ed Sheeran's Australian tour starts in a couple of months and that might be enough to carry his momentum for the rest of the year.

Here you go Singles 1. Harry Styles - As It Was 2. Glass Animals - Heat Waves 3. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - STAY 4. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 5. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 6. Ed Sheeran - Shivers 7. Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now 8. Jack Harlow - First Class 9. OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 10. Lizzo - About Damn Time 11. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 12. Gayle - ABCDEFU 13. Justin Bieber - Ghost 14. Dua Lipa - Levitating 15. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 16. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby 17. Adele - Easy On Me 18. The Killers - Mr Brightside 19. Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy 20. Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled - Big Energy 21. Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 22. Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends - Enemy 23. Lil Nas X - Thats What I Want 24. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 25. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) 26. Joji - Glimpse Of Us 27. Post Malone Feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) 28. Luude Feat. Colin Hay - Down Under 29. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 30. Nicky Youre & Daze - Sunroof 31. The Kid Laroi - Thousand Miles 32. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 33. Doja Cat - Vegas 34. Doja Cat Feat. SZA - Kiss Me More 35. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 36. Acraze Feat. Cherish - Do It To It 37. Harry Styles - Late Night Talking 38. Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz - We Don't Talk About Bruno 39. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be 40. Frank Ocean - Lost 41. J. Cole - No Role Modelz 42. Doja Cat - Woman 43. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 44. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 45. Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl 46. Camila Cabello Feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam 47. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun 48. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 49. Ed Sheeran - Perfect 50. Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) 51. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 52. Chris Brown - Under The Influence 53. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto 54. Tom Odell - Another Love 55. Future Feat. Drake & Tems - WAIT FOR U 56. Eminem - Without Me 57. Vance Joy - Missing Piece 58. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 59. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 60. Tones and I - Dance Monkey 61. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night 62. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU 63. Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed 64. Drake Feat. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks 65. Central Cee - Doja 66. Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 67. Shouse - Love Tonight 68. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 69. Dave - Starlight 70. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 71. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us 72. Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now 73. NEIKED & Mae Muller Feat. Polo G - Better Days 74. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 75. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady 76. Beyonce - Break My Soul 77. Dean Lewis - Be Alright 78. Beyonce - Cuff It 79. Post Malone - Circles 80. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go 81. Imagine Dragons - Believer 82. Willow - Wait A Minute 83. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. 84. Rosa Linn - SNAP 85. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe 86. The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk - Starboy 87. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 88. Charlie Puth - Light Switch 89. OneRepublic - Counting Stars 90. Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember 91. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 92. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees 93. Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 94. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 95. Luke Combs - The Kind Of Love We Make 96. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing 97. Joel Corry & MNEK - Head & Heart 98. Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version) 99. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 100. Avicii - Wake Me Up Albums 1. Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. Harry Styles - Harry's House 3. The Weeknd - The Highlights 4. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 5. Ed Sheeran - = 6. Doja Cat - Planet Her 7. Harry Styles - Fine Line 8. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 9. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 10. The Weeknd - Dawn FM 11. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 12. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 13. Adele - 30 14. Elton John - Diamonds 15. Soundtrack - Encanto 16. Taylor Swift - 1989 17. Luke Combs - This One's For You 18. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 19. Luke Combs - This One's For You 20. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 21. The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You) 22. Ed Sheeran - ÷ 23. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 24. Justin Bieber - Justice 25. Taylor Swift - Folklore 26. Taylor Swift - Lover 27. Arctic Monkeys - AM 28. Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon 29. The Weeknd - Starboy 30. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 31. Drake - Certified Lover Boy 32. Luke Combs - Growin' Up 33. The Weeknd - After Hours 34. Taylor Swift - Reputation 35. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 36. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 37. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 38. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album 39. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 40. INXS - The Very Best 41. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 42. Daniel Johns - FutureNever 43. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 44. Nirvana - Nevermind 45. Spacey Jane - Here Comes Everybody 46. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits 47. Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires 48. Adele - 25 49. Green Days - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 50. Pitbull - Greatest Hits 51. Eminem - The Eminem Show 52. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection 53. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You 54. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 55. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR 56. Beyonce - RENAISSANCE 57. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding 58. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 59. Taylor Swift - Evermore 60. XXXTentacion - ? 61. BTS - Proof 62. Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 63. Lady Gaga - The Fame 64. XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album 65. Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache 66. Eminem - Curtain Call 2 67. Spacey Jane - Sunlight 68. Little Mix - Between Us 69. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 70. Gang Of Youths - Angel In Realtime. 71. Dr. Dre - 2001 72. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 73. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 74. Tame Impala - Currents 75. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 76. Adele - 21 77. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 78. Ed Sheeran - x 79. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman 80. Drake - Honestly, Nevermind 81. Drake - Scorpion 82. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die 83. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 84. Jack Harlow - Come Home The Kids Miss You 85. Soundtrack - Sing 2 86. Doja Cat - Hot Pink 87. Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss 88. Midnight Oil - Resist 89. Post Malone - Stoney 90. Travis Scott - Astroworld 91. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 92. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits 93. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 94. Kanye West - Donda 95. Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout 96. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 97. SZA - Ctrl 98. Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance 99. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 100. Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender As always, I must clarify that this chart is made by adding up all the sales on each individual week covered in 2022, there are some fiddly things with the December/January cut off but it's not that important. It's mostly just to say that if ARIA were late on catching a song onto the chart, then they will not rectify this for prior weeks. Notably "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood could not catch up in time because half of its points are missing, and "Riptide" by Vance Joy should probably be in the top 50 of this list but ARIA still aren't counting it. So the charts themselves are to blame for there only being 10 Australian songs in this list. It also seems that the previous expectation that the chart could possibly be filled with a solid 90ish new hits for the year will never be reached again, as the main promotional outlets struggle to find much more than 1 new hit a week. Incidentally join me as I count down the top 10 songs that are only here because of Hot Hits Australia's aggressive playlisting: 10. Luke Combs - The Kind of Love We Make 9. Coldplay & BTS - My Universe 8. WILLOW - Wait A Minute 7. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto 6. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be 5. Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees 4. Charlie Puth - Light Switch 3. Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night 2. SUPER-Hi & Neeka - Following The Sun 1. Flume Feat. May-A - Say Nothing As for the albums chart, I also must remind you that unlike Billboard and the OCC, ARIA's rule for stream distribution goes down to the label entirely. It is not disclosed anywhere and we outsiders can only speculate the nature of what's going on. As a result, there are plentiful compilations in this list, but not all the compilations you might expect, and sometimes not necessarily the one that makes the most sense. Unless you think that more and more people every year flock to hear Coldplay's live in Argentina album. There's also very little in the way of new music on this list. By my count, there are 18 albums released in 2022, and three of them are compilations that derive their activity from streams of older material. We can't be sure that XXXTENTACION fans are even aware that "Look At Me: The Album" exists. In this context, it makes The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar look pretty good, with their 'underperforming' new albums ending up the 3rd & 4th biggest albums from 2022. Taylor Swift also I suspect just barely overtook Harry Styles at the last moment to take the top spot here with her very recent album. No Christmas music makes the cut though because they just can't accumulate the points fast enough. This makes sense when you consider what the Australian Charts look like next to the UK Charts, and then remember that Australia *doesn't* have ACR.

Hey, what's up, hello. This is the part where I'd say I'm also waiting for the 2022 EOY but I'm actually not. ARIA posted it this morning. I shall complete last year's thread when I get the time. 02/01/2023 Singles 01 01 61 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 07 16 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 03 03 52 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 04 05 21 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 05 08 22 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 14 14 06 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 07 21 15 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 08 25 12 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 09 27 12 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 10 29 25 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid [30] 11 40 08 11 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 12 02 03 02 KILL BILL SZA 13 04 14 01 UNHOLY Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras 14 36 20 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 15 24 13 15 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 16 33 10 16 SNOWMAN Sia 17 46 11 17 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 18 06 10 01 ANTI-HERO Taylor Swift 19 49 05 19 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 20 45 06 20 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 21 34 27 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 22 09 10 03 MADE YOU LOOK Meghan Trainor 23 10 12 04 MISS YOU Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 24 12 30 02 I AIN'T WORRIED OneRepublic 25 13 18 01 I'M GOOD (BLUE) David Guetta feat. Bebe Rexha 26 11 04 11 ESCAPISM. RAYE feat. 070 Shake 27 77 04 27 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU) Nat King Cole 28 64 06 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 29 52 05 29 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 30 15 02 15 LET GO Central Cee 31 75 04 31 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 32 80 06 29 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 33 16 04 08 CREEPIN' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage 34 17 39 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 35 83 04 26 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 36 85 07 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens 37 87 06 37 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 38 20 124 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 39 NE 01 39 LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys 40 94 07 32 JINGLE BELL ROCK Daryl Hall & John Oates 41 RE 02 41 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 42 RE 06 42 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Eagles 43 19 25 03 BAD HABIT Steve Lacy 44 28 72 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 45 RE 05 45 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 46 22 19 04 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 47 56 10 34 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly 48 18 08 03 RICH FLEX Drake & 21 Savage 49 NE 01 49 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 50 NE 01 50 DECK THE HALLS Nat King Cole Albums 01 01 10 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 02 03 101 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Bublé 03 02 03 02 SOS SZA 04 04 32 01 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles 05 05 99 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 07 09 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 07 10 235 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 08 09 238 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 09 15 159 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 10 17 77 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 11 06 10 03 A FAMILY CHRISTMAS Andrea Bocelli with Matteo & Virginia Bocelli 12 13 407 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 13 16 84 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 14 14 362 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 35 209 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 16 12 04 05 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin' 17 37 540 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 18 23 250 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 18 27 02 GROWIN' UP Luke Combs 20 24 164 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 31 127 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 50 100 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 23 33 59 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 51 304 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 25 22 61 01 = Ed Sheeran 26 26 178 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 32 427 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 21 365 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 29 27 21 02 CURTAIN CALL 2 Eminem 30 36 378 07 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses 31 29 144 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 32 08 10 01 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 33 49 496 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 34 30 175 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 11 05 01 BLUE CHRISTMAS Jimmy Barnes 36 52 173 01 THRILLER Michael Jackson 37 45 167 02 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 38 19 07 03 ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Bruce Springsteen 39 55 219 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 40 39 290 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 41 44 14 08 STRANGER THINGS: SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX SERIES, SEASON 4 Soundtrack 42 28 08 02 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage 43 38 196 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 44 53 268 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 45 64 34 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator 46 54 79 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 47 68 22 08 FLOWER BOY Tyler, The Creator 48 25 447 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 49 40 103 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 62 55 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift It's the big Christmas week, only to be surpassed with next year whose tracking week is more favourable for this sort of thing. Maybe then we'll see a changing of the guard because the big news is that seemingly Brenda Lee's streams have been cleaned up. Every year she gets undercounted because the song's streams are split between two different recordings, but in actuality, she gets higher streaming numbers than Mariah Carey on Spotify when you put them together (though she's a bit behind on Apple). She's also aided by a generally American trend for this year's Christmas affairs, where a lot of the Britons and Paul Kelly lag behind a bit this time, although The Pogues do get a new peak. Nat King Cole is the big winner for getting two new entries in the top 50, as well as anyone who wants a particularly holly jolly Christmas, with Michael Buble & Burl Ives both having massive new peaks for that song. Watch the space next week for a big climb for RAYE & 070 Shake who are #2 combined on Spotify yesterday. Tiesto & Tate McRae have also been highly blessed by the Hot Hits Australia gods, so now are looking at making a big impression next week.