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

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

Song is perfect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+5 Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno +4 ACRAZE - Do It To It +3 Adele - Easy On Me +2 Ed Sheeran - Shivers +1 D-Block Europe - Overseas -1 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -2 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) -3 Sam Fender - Eighteen Going Under -4 SwitchOTR - Coming For You -5 GAYLE - abcdefu

17/01/2022 Singles 01 01 22 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 03 08 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 03 02 27 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 74 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 05 29 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 06 18 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 07 13 01 EASY ON ME Adele 08 NE 01 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 09 NE 01 09 SACRIFICE The Weeknd 10 08 10 08 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 11 10 04 10 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 12 20 02 12 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 13 09 25 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 14 14 16 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 15 RE 17 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 16 11 35 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 15 09 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 NE 01 18 IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE? The Weeknd 19 48 02 19 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 20 13 40 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 21 12 66 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 22 16 17 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 23 18 10 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 24 44 02 24 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 25 19 53 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 26 17 11 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 27 NE 01 27 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? The Weeknd 28 NE 01 28 GASOLINE The Weeknd 29 NE 01 29 OUT OF TIME The Weeknd 30 42 12 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 31 28 20 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 32 25 34 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 33 NE 01 33 EDAMAME Bbno$ feat. Rich Brian 34 31 06 16 I HATE U SZA 35 36 24 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 36 NE 01 36 MISERABLE MAN David Kushner 37 30 16 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 38 32 18 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 39 21 111 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 40 26 42 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 41 29 30 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 42 37 03 37 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 43 24 09 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 34 07 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli 45 NE 01 45 BEST FRIENDS The Weeknd 46 NE 01 46 HERE WE GO… AGAIN The Weeknd 47 NE 01 47 LESS THAN ZERO The Weeknd 48 38 37 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 49 23 81 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 50 33 14 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo Albums 01 NE 01 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 02 NE 01 02 ROSE PINK CADILLAC Dope Lemon 03 01 08 01 30 Adele 04 02 11 01 = Ed Sheeran 05 06 03 05 ENCANTO Soundtrack 06 03 34 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 07 05 29 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 08 09 49 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 04 09 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 10 11 04 10 SING 2 Soundtrack 11 08 94 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 NE 01 12 DS4EVER Gunna 13 10 43 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 12 77 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 13 24 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 16 16 109 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 15 254 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 18 19 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 19 14 17 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 20 19 377 01 1989 Taylor Swift 21 25 240 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 21 288 01 25 Adele 23 24 114 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 24 17 188 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 20 05 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD 26 22 357 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 27 80 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 28 30 312 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 26 146 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 28 77 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 29 200 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 37 125 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 33 23 10 01 VOYAGE ABBA 34 39 218 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 35 33 215 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 36 64 92 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 37 40 295 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 38 41 53 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 39 46 09 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 40 34 57 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 41 49 139 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 42 45 272 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 35 169 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 44 47 350 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 45 32 490 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 46 51 199 02 ? XXXTentacion 47 54 20 01 DONDA Kanye West 48 31 316 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 49 42 12 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 50 36 185 01 AM Arctic Monkeys Very busy with typing other things up so don't have much to say this week. Lauren Spencer-Smith debuts in the top 10 but probably won't last because Australia hates new music. Similar story with The Weeknd but it is notable because this is the first ever time that he's had album tracks appear on the chart, as seemingly a consistent hold out to this for no apparent reason except to maybe make his charting discography look neater. "Down Under" vaults into the top 20 perhaps hoping to be a future challenger for the Dance Chart #1 spot that has been held for 11 months by Glass Animals (ARIA spur of nothing decided "Heat Waves" was a dance song 8 months into its chart run and it debuted at #1, from this perspective "The Business" was a fluke #1 pre-categorisation). David Kushner arrives but he has a shit Spotify bio so I know nothing about him. I thought he might be Australian based on his top cities but ARIA doesn't seem to think so. He's also headed down after this debut. What is heading up however and is in a way a debut is "edamame", which you should know has been hovering on the Spotify chart for about 4-5 months now and I was beginning to believe that ARIA might never acknowledge it, but now it's catching 3rd wind so it looks to go even higher, though come End Of Year chart time we'll have to lament that it's missing a week of data. The Weeknd debuts at #1 on the album chart. On an unrelated note, Jim Carrey has spread harmful misinformation about vaccines in the past. Debuting behind him is an album I thought came out last year which is the new DOPE LEMON release, which is the ever-ongoing side project for Angus Stone not to be confused with Lady Of The Sunshine (notable for releasing a near note-for-note identical version of "Big Jet Plane" in 2009 to no fanfare), or his own solo career. If you combine all of this though it's his 3rd time getting a solo #2 album. Noted From Software acolyte Gunna scores his highest ever charting album this week. Next week has something for everyone(?): The Wombats, Lee Kernaghan, Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba, FKA twigs, Earl Sweatshirt, Bonobo.

+12 Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers License +10 Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U +9 Lil Nas X – Montero (Call Me By Your Name) +8 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne – Body +7 Adele – Easy On Me +6 Little Mix – Sweet Melody +5 Ed Sheeran – Shivers +4 Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas +3 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits +2 LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Sausage Rolls For Everyone +1 Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted – Wellerman 0 Elton John and Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (hate the bottom two for largely the same reasons but this one's more personal)

Not that it means much now but is this the first Muse song to go #1 on iTunes?

+5 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +4 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +3 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +2 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year +1 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas -1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -2 George Ezra - Come On Home For 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

Singles 1. Glass Animals - Heat Waves 2. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay 3. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License 4. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus - WITHOUT YOU 5. Dua Lipa - Levitating 6. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U 7. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 8. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 9. Doja Cat Feat. SZA - Kiss Me More 10. Tiësto - The Business 11. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) 12. Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean 13. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 14. Justin Bieber Feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon - Peaches 15. 24kGoldn Feat. Iann Dior - Mood 16. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 17. Travis Scott & HVME - Goosebumps (Remix) 18. P!nk + Willow Sage Hart - Cover Me In Sunshine 19. Riton x Nightcrawlers Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday 20. Joel Corry & MNEK - Head & Heart 21. Maneskin - Beggin 22. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 23. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby 24. Tones and I - Fly Away 25. Russ Millions & Tion Wayne - Body 26. Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu 27. Tate McRae - You Broke Me First 28. The Kid Laroi - So Done 29. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 30. Justin Bieber - Anyone 31. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 32. Ed Sheeran - Shivers 33. Adele - Easy On Me 34. Doja Cat - Streets 35. ATB - Your Love (9PM) 36. SZA - Good Days 37. Tones and I - Dance Monkey 38. Lil Tjay & 6lack - Calling My Phone 39. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 40. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open 41. Polo G - Rapstar 42. Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor 43. Vance Joy - Missing Piece 44. Justin Bieber - Hold On 45. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 46. Cardi B - Up 47. Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta - BED 48. Meduza Feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise 49. Cardi B Feat. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP 50. Internet Money & Gunna Feat. Don Toliver, NAV - Lemonade 51. The Killers - Mr Brightside 52. Ed Sheeran - Perfect 53. Ariana Grande - 34+35 54. Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary 55. Ariana Grande - Positions 56. SAINt JHN - Roses 57. Doja Cat - Need To Know 58. Justin Bieber Feat. Chance The Rapper - Holy 59. Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love 60. Sigala & James Arthur - Lasting Lover 61. Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 62. Spacey Jane - Booster Seat 63. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow 64. DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch - ROCKSTAR 65. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart 66. Post Malone - Circles 67. Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 68. Taylor Swift - Willow 69. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 70. Polo G - Martin & Gina 71. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 72. CJ Feat. French Montana & Rowdy Rebel - Whoopty 73. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go 74. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 75. Keith Urban & P!nk - One Too Many 76. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) 77. Sam Fischer - This City 78. Jolyon Petch - Dreams 79. BTS - Dynamite 80. Dean Lewis - Be Alright 81. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood 82. Majestic vs. Boney M - Rasputin 83. Dua Lipa - We're Good 84. Noah Cyrus - July 85. Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me 86. Saweetie Feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend 87. Hooligan Hefs - Send It! 88. Sleepy Hallow - 2055 89. J. Cole - No Role Modelz 90. Regard - Ride It 91. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 92. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 93. Amy Shark Feat. Keith Urban - Love Songs Ain't For Us 94. Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky 95. Jack Harlow - Whats Poppin 96. Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing 97. Machine Gun Kelly, blackbear - my ex's best friend 98. Maroon 5 - Memories 99. Topic Feat. A7S - Breaking Me 100. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own Albums 1. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 2. Adele - 30 3. The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You) 4. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 5. Justin Bieber - Justice 6. Ed Sheeran - = 7. Harry Styles - Fine Line 8. Doja Cat - Planet Her 9. The Weeknd - The Highlights 10. ABBA - Voyage 11. Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon 12. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 13. Ed Sheeran - ÷ 14. Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get 15. Taylor Swift - Evermore 16. Elton John - Diamonds 17. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 18. Drake - Certified Loved Boy 19. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 20. Taylor Swift - Folklore 21. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 22. Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 23. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous; The Double Album 24. Luke Combs - This One's For You 25. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 26. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 27. Taylor Swift - 1989 28. Ariana Grande - Positions 29. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die 30. P!nk - All I Know So Far: Setlist 31. Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 32. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 33. Adele - 25 34. Amy Shark - Cry Forever 35. INXS - The Very Best 36. Kanye West - Donda 37. Taylor Swift - Lover 38. Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding 39. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 40. XXXTentacion - ? 41. Arctic Monkeys - AM 42. Spacey Jane - Sunlight 43. Sam Smith - Love Goes 44. Guy Sebastian - T.R.U.T.H. 45. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 46. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You 47. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 48. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 49. Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 50. The Weeknd - After Hours 51. Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits 52. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You 53. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 54. Doja Cat - Hot Pink 55. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman 56. Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall 57. Adele - 21 58. Paul Kelly - Paul Kelly's Christmas Train 59. Ed Sheeran - x 60. Pitbull - Greatest Hits 61. Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts 62. Taylor Swift - Reputation 63. Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 64. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection 65. Travis Scott - Astroworld 66. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 67. Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me 68. Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight 69. Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires 70. J. Cole - The Off-Season 71. Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton - An American Musical 72. Lil Nas X - Montero 73. Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance 74. Jason Derulo - Platinum Hits 75. Drake - Scorpion 76. Polo G - The Goat 77. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By 78. Post Malone - Stoney 79. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City 80. Halsey - Manic 81. The Wiggles - We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits 82. Bluey - Bluey The Album 83. Jimmy Barnes - Flesh And Blood 84. Khalid - American Teen 85. Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 86. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 87. Glass Animals - Dreamland 88. Eminem - The Eminem Show 89. SZA - Ctrl 90. Lady Gaga - The Fame 91. Queen - Greatest Hits 92. Soundtrack - Hitsville: The Making Of Motown 93. Jack Harlow - That's What They All Say 94. Bee Gees - Timeless - The All-Time Greatest Hits 95. Lorde - Solar Power 96. AC/DC - Power Up 97. One Direction - Made In The A.M. 98. Tyler, The Creator - Igor 99. The Weeknd - Starboy 100. Ed Sheeran - + Decided to not deprive myself of more sleep so this is 10 hours late. Firstly I'll just make some clarifications since the ARIA Charts are written in a different language to our own which we're still trying to decipher to this day. All the credits provided I spelled them correctly are as is on the chart. ARIA have a habit of choosing one credit and maybe changing it once but then sticking with it to the bitter end. This means that when remixes come out they usually just leave as is or completely disregard common sense in the long run. So yes that is Miley Cyrus on the 4th biggest hit of the year and no, that version of the song was not remotely as popular as the original. Similarly if you look at this year's Hip-Hop/R&B list, you'll find that Skrillex is still contributing to "HUMBLE.". Secondly, ARIA run these numbers purely from what appeared on their chart. I've learnt recently that this includes sales figures beyond even the top 500. This is data from every weekly chart dated 11/01/2021 to 03/01/2022 inclusive. This however means that if ARIA were initially not tracking a song but later include it, those early weeks are lost forever. Notable losers in this category include "Woman" by Doja Cat which was missing for a month and a half, "Riptide" by Vance Joy which disappeared 18 months ago and has never returned, and also "The Thrill" by Wiz Khalifa which is still missing to this day. It is also minutely possible that "Meet Me At Our Spot" and "Love Tonight" could've squeezed in if they'd been tracked all year but I'm less certain of this. The album chart is the same deal as the singles chart except we can never be certain of what counts to what. It certainly appears as if streams of "Fix You" (or any of their hits) by Coldplay are being re-directed to their "Live In Buenos Aires" album which makes this list for the 2nd year in a row, but it's possible that not all of them are, maybe "Yellow" or "Adventure of a Lifetime" go to their respective studio albums instead. Until ARIA decide to grow more transparent with their data, we'll never know. This is the 5th year in a row that "Perfect" has made the list, with no signs of slowing down, in fact the signs are so few that it's actually 18 places higher than it was last year, though you might attribute it to Ed Sheeran putting out an album this year as all of his stuff ("No.6" excluded) is higher this year than last year. It's however the first time that "Mr Brightside" has made the list which perhaps will join the crew of songs that are on this list every year. There were more Australian singles this year than last year, 15 vs. 10. If you wish to argue that The Kid LAROI saved Australian music last year, well Facebook would have fun with that thinkpiece. On the other hand, the album chart is a big swing in the other direction, dropping from 24 to 14. Considering that this week's ARIA top 50 has only 4 Australian albums and a year ago there were 10, it doesn't look like it's getting better, so perhaps we'll need to commission Bluey to save Australian music this year. Somehow I'm skeptical that "Down Under", "We Run The Night", "Cold Heart" and "The Thrill" are gonna utilise their exposure to move Australian albums off shelves.

10/01/2022 Singles 01 04 21 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 06 26 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 03 07 07 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 04 09 73 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 11 28 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 15 17 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 12 12 01 EASY ON ME Adele 08 21 09 08 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 09 25 24 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 10 30 03 10 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 11 33 34 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 12 41 65 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 43 39 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 14 31 15 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 15 39 08 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 16 45 16 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 17 51 10 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 18 47 09 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 19 50 52 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 20 NE 01 20 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 21 75 110 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 22 77 25 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 23 89 80 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 24 49 08 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 25 59 33 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 26 65 41 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 27 60 78 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 28 62 19 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 29 56 29 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 30 63 15 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 31 55 05 16 I HATE U SZA 32 64 17 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 33 79 13 30 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo 34 69 06 28 I AM WOMAN Emmy Meli 35 74 16 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 36 66 23 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 37 88 02 37 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 38 84 36 05 WE RUN THE NIGHT Havana Brown 39 81 25 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 40 RE 44 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 41 RE 110 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 42 92 11 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 43 78 10 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran 44 NE 01 44 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 45 82 07 06 OH MY GOD Adele 46 RE 56 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 47 RE 71 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 48 RE 01 48 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 49 86 166 01 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 50 80 57 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi Albums 01 01 07 01 30 Adele 02 03 10 01 = Ed Sheeran 03 05 33 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 04 08 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 05 09 28 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 29 02 06 ENCANTO Soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda 07 RE 03 03 KID A MNESIA Radiohead 08 13 93 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 06 48 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 16 42 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 23 03 11 SING 2 Soundtrack 12 18 76 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 13 11 23 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 14 33 16 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 15 26 253 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 17 108 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 19 187 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 32 18 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 19 21 376 01 1989 Taylor Swift 20 25 04 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD 21 24 287 01 25 Adele 22 22 356 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 07 09 01 VOYAGE ABBA 24 30 113 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 41 239 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 20 145 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 27 47 79 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 28 36 76 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 39 199 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 40 311 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 10 315 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 32 38 489 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 33 67 214 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 34 27 56 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 35 52 168 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 36 12 184 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 37 51 124 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 38 46 445 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 39 57 217 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 40 70 294 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 41 64 52 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 42 55 11 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 43 37 391 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 44 86 69 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 45 56 271 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 46 42 08 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 47 59 349 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 48 43 425 01 21 Adele 49 61 138 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 50 80 179 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day It's the 'return to normal' week but not really because NYE celebrations figure a lot into this chart. The worst #1 hit of 2021 is also now the worst #1 hit of 2022 so it'll be interesting to see if that holds up 12 months later. After weeks of seeming destined to never chart, Lost Frequencies now has his 2nd ever top 10 hit, as does Calum Scott. But if we're gonna talk about new peaks on the chart then the big elephant in the room is that after some 17 years of being a #29 peaker, "Mr. Brightside" is now a #23 peaker. I've said it before but it bears repeating that ARIA have historically miscounted its streams forever, initially seeming to count close to none of them and lately seeming to only count the Spotify streams. This is an odd week so I can't confirm but it looks like they may have finally sorted things out. That's not to say this new peak is solely for that, as it did hit a new weekly streaming peak on Spotify thanks to NYE generally, but I was expecting it to land at around #40 this week given past experiences. Also this week, Encanto hits, though Hot Hits AU isn't acknowledging it yet so they might not be able to get much higher for now. What are Hot Hits Australia supporting you ask? Why of course it's more Australian quota landfill! Now we're still busy trying to get rid of last year's Australian quota landfill (Wiz Khalifa's "Walking On A Dream" sampler has been there for 10 *months* and counting, and general garbage man Jolyon Petch is still giving Stevie Nicks royalties), so generally it's not a good time for newly written Australian songs (unless David Kushner is Australian? Can't confirm it but most of his top cities are here). For a couple of weeks the top song on Hot Hits Australia was the Hooligan Hefs & Teddy Cream remix of Havana Brown's "We Run The Night", which of course was a top 10 hit back in 2011 (more fun facts, it was far more popular in Australia with the original version, not the Pitbull remix, although now because of Spotify tagging hell, the original has very lousy streaming numbers). This remix dropped months ago to fanfare that can only be described as Hooligan Hefs gets a decent pull for any new song he puts out, but even then it wasn't on my radar at all. The people who brought you "Look Into My Eyes" by Brando I assume pushed this to the forefront and so now Havana Brown is back in the top 50 as someone's vanity project that is a complete non-entity outside of this Spotify push. Oh but we're not done here because it was replaced a few days ago by a slightly (operative word) more interesting one as Luude's remix of "Down Under" started blowing up in New Zealand before catching on here. It's slightly more interesting because it's drum & bass which is not a common sighting on the charts and as someone who finds "Overkill" by Men At Work to be one of the best songs ever written, I should be thrilled, but honestly "Down Under" is so brutally overplayed that I can no longer ever fathom anyone choosing to listen to it. I don't have a problem with "Khe Sanh", "Thunderstruck", "Better", "Run To Paradise", "To Her Door" etc but this one gets me, so it's a pretty lousy state of affairs for what will be one of the biggest Australian hits of the year. Adele notches a 7th week at #1 which brings her rather close to the tally of "25", which managed 8 weeks at the top. The Weeknd might have something to say about that next week though. Encanto vaults into the top 10, and Radiohead go back in with big vinyl sales.

Tbh if you look at Take My Breath's Spotify stats you see a rapid exodus from a lot of charts after months of relative stability, suggesting that playlists were keeping it up but it wasn't really sticking. Someone who merely heard a song a bunch 4 months ago is probably not going to rush to its accompanying album on impulse.

I voted on day one in my usual clownish fashion Cat & Calmell - dramatic CHVRCHES - How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin Julien Baker - Hardline KYE - Tuesday (feat. Jerome Farah) LAUREL - Wild Side Middle Kids - Today We're The Greatest Sycco - Time's Up Triple One - BLOOD RAVE Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth

+5 The Kunts - Scott Morrison Is ALSO A F**king C**t +4 The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York +3 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +2 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree +1 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas -1 George Ezra - Come On Home For Christmas -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 GAYLE - abcdefu -4 LadBaby - Sausage Rolls For Everyone -5 Wham! - Last Christmas (no Band Aid this year though, what a treat)

Hello and such. If you are interested in seeing the 2021 End Of Year chart, ARIA will be posting it next week and I will post it in last year's thread when they do 03/01/2022 Singles 01 02 54 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 09 65 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 03 10 16 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 04 01 20 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 12 17 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 04 25 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 07 03 06 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 08 17 17 08 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 09 05 72 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 10 16 04 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 11 07 27 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 12 06 11 01 EASY ON ME Adele 13 24 18 13 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 14 27 21 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 15 08 16 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 16 32 08 16 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 17 29 06 17 SNOWMAN Sia 18 46 35 09 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band 19 30 11 19 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 20 37 08 16 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 21 11 08 09 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 22 54 07 21 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 23 36 23 20 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 24 44 09 24 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 25 13 23 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 26 61 02 26 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 27 68 05 27 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens 28 69 03 28 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 29 73 04 29 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 30 15 04 15 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 31 14 14 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 32 75 05 32 JINGLE BELL ROCK Hall & Oates 33 18 33 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 34 41 08 34 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly 35 72 05 24 JINGLE BELLS Michael Buble with The Puppini Sisters 36 86 04 36 A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Burl Ives 37 91 03 37 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 38 81 06 38 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 39 20 07 18 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 40 99 04 40 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 41 23 64 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 42 78 02 42 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 43 21 38 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 44 RE 02 44 SANTA BABY Kylie Minogue 45 25 15 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 46 RE 03 46 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl 47 26 08 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 48 RE 03 48 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 49 19 07 01 ALL TOO WELL (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 28 51 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd Albums 01 01 06 01 30 Adele 02 05 95 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 03 02 09 01 = Ed Sheeran 04 06 07 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 05 07 32 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 11 47 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 04 08 01 VOYAGE ABBA 08 03 06 02 PAUL KELLY'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN Paul Kelly 09 08 27 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 10 10 314 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 11 09 22 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 21 183 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 13 17 92 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 14 72 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 15 67 93 01 CURRENTS Tame Impala 16 19 41 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 18 107 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 24 75 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 19 26 186 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 33 144 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 21 34 375 01 1989 Taylor Swift 22 15 355 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 74 02 23 SING 2 Soundtrack 24 23 286 01 25 Adele 25 20 03 07 FIGHTING DEMONS Juice WRLD 26 28 252 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 27 37 55 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 28 30 177 04 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse 29 NE 01 29 ENCANTO Soundtrack 30 27 112 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 31 12 13 02 ONLY SANTA KNOWS Delta Goodrem 32 31 17 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 33 32 15 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 34 22 274 02 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd 35 50 138 01 MTV - UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK Nirvana 36 44 75 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 37 39 390 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 38 38 488 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 39 47 198 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 40 40 310 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 41 45 238 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 42 51 07 08 BETWEEN US Little Mix 43 29 424 01 21 Adele 44 RE 03 06 STANDING UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS (LIVE) Alex Henry Foster 45 53 202 02 LEGEND: THE BEST OF Bob Marley & the Wailers 46 54 444 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 47 46 78 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 48 58 172 06 DON'T SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 49 41 35 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 66 67 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane So the noteworthy thing here is that based on Spotify figures, this week's chart and last week's chart are fairly even in terms of Christmas streams. Dec 24th + 25th matches pretty closely to the week before that. So if nothing else here is a stark visualisation of just how much data was missing last week with how much some of these songs have climbed. This is Mariah Carey's 4th time in a row ascending to the top spot for a single week, and Wham!'s second time ever at #2 (originally spending a long time at #3 back in the '80s). Michael Buble retains his status as 3rd highest and this time he's beaten all of the secular music and gets a new peak of #3. Brenda Lee should be rubbing shoulders with them in the top 4 but with what data is counted she just sneaks into the top 10 for the first time. In general most Christmas music is at a new high, given that last year's tracking weeks were even worse, so short of a paradigm shift, we should see Christmas songs chart higher and higher in the next few years. I'll also make special notice to point out Chris Rea, Jose Feliciano & Shakin' Stevens whose songs have never made the top 50 before (notably Jose hadn't made the top 100 in the streaming era at all before). This is also true of Paul McCartney a little lower down, while Kylie Minogue enters with her "Santa Baby" cover that hasn't charted since its original release either. This is also not enough to stop "Heat Waves" which has now spent 11 months in the top 10. Not much to note on the album chart but Adele's still #1, and the Encanto soundtrack pops in, assumably ready for bigger things next week.