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Yep, you'll see no disagreement from me on that front.

I figured I'll bite and look into it. I took the top 50 most streamed albums last week via Spotify and checked their numbers Note: I took original editions when applicable, since this was a comment on artistic integrity and you don't typically see critical appraisal, whether present or retrospect take bonus tracks to task. Personally I think the last 22 minutes of "DONDA" have the makings of deluxe edition material but for all official intents and purposes, it is the album. I think in general what you get here is a small handful of outliers distorting the mean, as the median length is comfortably under 50 minutes, which I would consider pretty regular. Even of those outliers, we have a clearly defined double album and a triple(!) album, while Kanye West's album length is quite atypical for him as 4 of the 6 albums he's released in the last 10 years have averaged under 30 minutes. Overall though, the exceptions have always existed and I don't think there's anything to suggest a brewing trend. I would note though that I feel like less successful artists are less and less likely to get the chance to actually record albums, since they're usually big risks for labels unless they want a loss leader. These types of artists are probably less likely to make ambitiously long albums and so that dilutes the pool more so in the favour of high profile artists who may do just that. But I'd attribute that to streaming as a less lucrative platform than music stores, rather than the algorithmic nature of our listening habits shaping industry decisions. Not sure what in particular you're aiming this at but I think much of Legends Never Die was mostly done before his passing. Perhaps the most egregious sounding song "Come & Go" is not monstrously different to the early demo Juice posted when he was still alive.

You think so? In an era where more and more hit songs are running short of 3 or even 2 minutes? I think if anything the enduring popularity of "SOUR" as an 'every single track is a hit' success shows that a concise product is what a lot of people are after. I wouldn't remotely use "Red (Taylor's Version)" as an example of anything. Re-release/anniversary/what have you albums are frequently excessively long. The point of my post was to note that excess far pre-dates the algorithmic streaming age because it's not the only reason artists have done it.

+5 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti +4 Adele - Easy On Me +3 THE ANXIETY - Meet Me At Our Spot (verses are tragically bad, among the worst moments in any of these 10 songs tho) +2 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) +1 Central Cee - Obsessed With You -1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -2 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -4 I'd rather go and pick some of those wild strawberries -5 Let the record show that Cold Heart is infinitely worse but I refuse to end this streak

Also true of the CD era where rock especially had a tendency towards bloat because 'more is better' (and who knows, maybe the RIAA's certification rules doubling for double albums was encouraging too), thus so many blockbuster albums are way too long for their own good. I've still never listened to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness because even though at least 4 of its singles are stone cold classics, the whole thing is 2 hours long and nobody's got time for that. Side note: "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" doesn't remotely feel like a slog at all. For some reason I was expecting a 5 minute guitar solo :lol:

Ehh, if you're gonna make that argument then you're severely limiting the realistic range of difference, especially since songwriters/listeners only gravitate to a very select set of chord progressions as being listenable. There's a about this phenomenon. Hayley Williams herself pretty much said that the whole thing was absurd.

They literally aren't the same chords though lol? The crediting is just to save face in the wake of Marvin Gaye's estate making a case for the worst thing to happen to music of late with their unfortunately successful lawsuit.

I've never understood this as going any deeper than 'a woman doing pop punk??!' (same thing happens when people hear Tonight Alive for the first time), the two songs sound nothing alike. Let's not lend credibility to these dumb "Blurred Lines"-esque cases.

08/11/2021 Singles 01 02 12 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 05 08 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 03 01 03 01 EASY ON ME Adele 04 04 19 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 03 17 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 06 06 64 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 07 15 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 NE 01 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran 09 10 07 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 11 08 10 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 11 09 14 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 13 25 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 13 12 07 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 14 15 06 14 GHOST Justin Bieber 15 08 02 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 16 14 20 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 17 17 56 01 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 18 18 30 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 19 16 06 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 20 NE 01 20 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 21 21 43 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 19 32 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 23 20 10 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 24 22 21 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 25 24 24 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 26 23 16 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 27 25 09 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 28 29 101 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 29 80 11 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 30 27 16 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 31 NE 01 31 FIRST TIMES Ed Sheeran 32 28 23 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 33 26 09 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 34 31 06 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 35 44 04 35 ACAPULCO Jason DeRulo 36 38 69 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 37 34 17 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 38 30 13 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 39 33 09 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 40 35 48 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 41 36 33 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 42 32 24 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 43 NE 01 43 TIDES Ed Sheeran 44 40 07 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 45 42 14 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 46 37 05 32 MONEY Lisa 47 41 11 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 48 39 09 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 49 45 49 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 50 54 71 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers Albums 01 NE 01 01 = Ed Sheeran 02 05 19 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 03 06 24 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 07 09 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 05 01 02 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 06 12 33 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 07 10 84 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 08 13 14 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 08 03 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 10 11 07 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 11 09 278 01 25 Adele 12 NE 01 12 MY REALITY Dami Im 13 15 39 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 14 02 02 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John 15 14 67 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 16 NE 01 16 HUSHED AND GRIM Mastodon 17 17 99 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 NE 01 18 REVERSE LIGHT YEARS Even 19 20 244 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 19 178 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 21 NE 01 21 I DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE The War on Drugs 22 21 10 01 DONDA Kanye West 23 22 136 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 03 02 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey 25 18 416 01 21 Adele 26 24 230 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 27 27 104 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 29 67 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 28 367 01 1989 Taylor Swift 30 30 347 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 RE 114 03 SPICE Spice Girls 32 33 302 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 32 190 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 34 36 115 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 35 NE 01 35 STILL SUCKS Limp Bizkit 36 34 70 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 37 37 159 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 49 27 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 39 41 47 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 40 40 129 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 47 60 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 42 45 43 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 43 43 205 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 58 208 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 45 44 285 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 NE 01 46 OCEAN TO OCEAN Tori Amos 47 51 384 01 X Ed Sheeran 48 56 121 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 49 54 436 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 50 53 480 01 THE VERY BEST INXS Canonically, Ed Sheeran has gained a #1 due to digital sales ("I Don't Care"), and gained a #1 due to physical sales ("Bad Habits"). On the other hand, this week he misses out due to digital sales. In a correct world, he'd have the only debuts this week but ARIA have mixed it up by needlessly taking an extra week to acknowledge NEIKED's "Better Days". Ed Sheeran also debuts in the top 10 with "Overpass Graffiti" as the highest of 3 top 50 debuts but admittedly it's already dipping away so he'll need some sort of break out hit to salvage what is inarguably his least impactful album release in the streaming era. "Mr. Brightside" returns for the 3rd time this year and it's worth noting that I'm still 95% sure ARIA is messing up the numbers because it's always way higher on Spotify than ARIA and there is not a single notable platform in which "Fair Trade" isn't being distinctly outperformed by it and yet. Next week we'll find out if ARIA will add to the nonsense in a rare time where I am prepared to say that Calum Scott is underrepresented on the chart because Where Are You Now seems to be missing. bbno$ also is looking to finally break into the top 50 if ARIA choose to acknowledge "edamame". To nobody's surprise, Ed Sheeran has his 5th #1 album this week. Typically speaking, the arrival of a new album from him brings the rest of his back catalogue vaulting back up the chart but that has scarcely happened this time. Mind you it's an above average week in terms of how busy it is. On the other hand, it's finally a slow enough week for Doja Cat to reach #2 for the first time, though she has the only non-#1 album in the top 10. Dami Im misses the top 10 for the first time but by all accounts is doing far better than an X Factor winner 8 years after the fact should be expected to do. Mastodon also dip back considerably after their last album reached #3. Extremely '90s Australian music moment is the return of Even, who actually get their highest ever charting album this week. The War On Drugs also take a similar decline to Mastodon after reaching the top 5 a few years ago. Spice Girls return thanks to their copious vinyl sales, and as an ominous preview to next week's chart, we see the return of Limp Bizkit, who you might recall 20 years ago in this very nation had a victim of crowd crushing during their Big Day Out set 2 decades ago. Next week I suspect it will be ABBA returning to the top of the charts, followed by assorted arrivals by Radiohead, Bullet For My Valentine, Summer Walker & Parcels.

I believe it's because 24/5 is interpreted as May 24th, 2021 which is then converted into a number in Excel's sequence of dates which start from Jan 1st, 1900. So it's the 44340th day since then.

Absolutely losing my mind over them re-including Tug of War with a safety warning rather than just...leaving it in the past. Instead Nintendo have brought back the true Prisoner's Dilemma of whether or not you destroy your hand/joystick to win 10 coins. And of course it's funny that they couldn't possibly have planned it but it also gives them a big proxy to Squid Game, which alongside Sneak n Snore, Crazy Cutters & Tackle Takedown there are quite a few :lol:

+5 Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT +4 Adele - Easy On Me +3 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) +2 Central Cee - Obsessed With You +1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -1 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -2 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe -3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -4 Why Sacrifice Still Sucks In '21 -5 Remember when Dream cheated in a speedrun and lied about it and was still proven to be a cheat and then he admitted it but that he was the victim in this and that he's the most famous person in the world in my craft partly because of it and isn't it funny that Glass Animals named their album Dreamland not knowing it was set to become the soundtrack to homoerotic fanfiction about Dream and also I still think ACR is one of the worst things to ever happen to the chart but I will allow it just this one time to spare me from this nonsense once and for all until TikTok discovers the song again

+5 Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT +4 Adele - Easy On Me +3 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) +2 Central Cee - Obsessed With You +1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -1 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -2 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe -3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -4 boomer cringe -5 millennial cringe

Yeah, it's such a weird vibe that grown adults feel the need to stake their superiority in what they like and to do it towards children of all people who have no idea these dumb arguments are even happening. People (children included!) who just like stuff because they like it will always be cooler than elitists.

01/11/2021 Singles 01 01 02 01 EASY ON ME Adele 02 02 11 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 03 16 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 18 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 05 07 04 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 06 63 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 07 14 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 NE 01 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 09 08 13 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 09 06 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 14 07 11 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 12 10 06 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 13 11 24 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 14 12 19 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 15 17 05 15 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 13 05 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 17 15 55 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 18 16 29 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 19 18 31 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 20 19 09 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 21 21 42 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 22 20 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 23 15 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 24 20 23 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 25 24 08 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 26 25 08 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 27 26 15 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 28 27 22 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 29 34 100 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 30 31 12 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 31 39 05 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 32 33 23 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 33 38 08 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 34 28 16 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 35 29 47 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 36 36 32 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 37 32 04 32 MONEY Lisa 38 41 68 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 30 08 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 40 37 06 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 41 42 10 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 42 44 13 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 43 80 05 43 ON MY KNEES RÜFÜS DU SOL 44 63 03 44 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo 45 48 48 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 46 47 09 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 47 40 79 01 SOMEONE LIKE YOU Adele 48 45 07 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 49 50 05 43 ALONE WITH YOU Arz 50 43 87 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele Albums 01 NE 01 01 SURRENDER RÜFÜS DU SOL 02 NE 01 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John 03 NE 01 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey 04 RE 19 02 ALL FOR ONE The Screaming Jets 05 04 18 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 05 23 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 07 07 08 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 08 01 02 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 09 08 277 01 25 Adele 10 13 83 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 12 06 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 12 10 32 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 09 13 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 14 15 66 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 17 38 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 NE 01 16 FUTURE PAST Duran Duran 17 18 98 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 11 415 01 21 Adele 19 21 177 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 22 243 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 19 09 01 DONDA Kanye West 22 23 135 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 NE 01 23 RADICAL Every Time I Die 24 25 229 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 NE 01 25 BREAKIN' HEARTS Hayley Jensen 26 NE 01 26 SYMPATHY FOR LIFE Parquet Courts 27 24 103 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 28 366 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 29 66 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 27 346 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 72 13 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 32 32 189 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 30 301 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 34 36 69 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 35 02 50 01 LET IT BE The Beatles 36 33 114 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 37 31 158 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 NE 01 38 B-SIDES & RARITIES (PART II) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 39 RE 34 01 TATTOO YOU The Rolling Stones 40 38 128 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 41 46 46 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 42 NE 01 42 A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD Dream Theater 43 43 204 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 45 284 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 49 42 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 46 40 46 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 47 53 59 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 48 NE 01 48 WHAT A SONG CAN DO Lady A 49 37 26 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 50 62 169 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day Adele is #1 for a second week. It will probably be the last week as her sales stranglehold has slipped a bit. I initially expected Ed Sheeran could grab the top spot with either of his two current top 10 hits but his impact on Spotify has been a bit less than anticipated so we could instead get something much worse at #1. Much like 6-8 months ago, the ARIA Chart is locked into a slooooow period where we're lucky to get 2 debuts in a week that stick around. This week's top 10 entry that will be outlasted by "Heat Waves" and everything else is "Moth To A Flame", which is Swedish House Mafia's 2nd ever top 10 hit and 3rd ever top 50 hit, although they actually did manage to make the top 100 with all of their singles in their original run. Speaking of curious consistency, RÜFÜS DU SOL have had 5 top 50 hits as of this week although only one of them ever made the top 40. They've also had at least one top 50 hit from each of their albums, as 3rd single "On My Knees" was showing enough longevity after release that the album release boost slotted it in there. The one debut that will probably actually climb is Jason Derulo's, because it's not coin based. Mind you we probably should've had 4 debuts this week but ARIA forgot to count NEIKED's new song, so they'll debut next week instead, alongside probably 4 Ed Sheeran debuts. RÜFÜS DU SOL claim their 3rd #1 album. They were close to a 4th but released their last album on the week that "A Star Is Born" came out in theatres. In fact, last time they were at #1 they were ending Adele's reign with "25" for good, which just goes to show how long gestation periods are for some. The new Elton John album debuts at #2 which I can certainly say is the highest chart position ever reached by Rina Sawayama, Yo-Yo Ma & SG Lewis among others. For the 2nd time this year Lana Del Rey beats all the incumbents but is at a lower #3 position. If you're not an Australian cis straight man over the age of 30, the phrase 'said you'd never get anywhere' probably doesn't hold some significance, but if you are, I hope I got that stuck in your head for the rest of the day. I have a long standing belief that the cut off for classic rock radio in this country is around 1991, where a significant audience has refused to listen to a single song beyond that point, making the newest acceptable songs "Thunderstruck", "The Horses" and of course the most overplayed song of all time, "Better" by The Screaming Jets. Newcastle's finest released their debut album in 1991 which got as high as #2 on the album charts at the time, and this week it's back at #4 on the back of an anniversary re-issue. Duran Duran have their highest charting album in 35 years this week, while Every Time I Die also continue their very slow but upward trajectory with an all new high at #23. Charting for the first time ever is Hayley Jensen who eagle-eyed ancients like me might remember seeing on their TV screens 17 years ago as the 4th place finisher on Season 2 of Australian Idol. Just below her, Parquet Courts score their first ever top 50 position with their latest album. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released two B-Sides compilations this week though they were also released as a single package on vinyl so they may or may not have been combined under the Part II name, which if nothing else is consistent with Warner's release form that week which listed Part II first, which I noted as quite unusual at the time. Dream Theater quite often chart in the top 20 though this time they're lucky to make the top 50, so they might be pulling you under. Also Lady A are back in the charts for the first time since they awkwardly decided to change their name in solidarity with BLM only to completely show themselves when they changed it to a name already used by a person of colour and tried to sue her over it. You gotta love corporate wokeness. Anyway next week I hazard a guess that Ed Sheeran is going to debut at #1 and you'll also find the likes of Mastodon, The Spice Girls, The War On Drugs, Tori Amos, Dami Im, A$AP Rocky and Even. Something for everyone probably.

Champagne Supernova I assume?

Obviously "=" was auto-corrected to uppercase :magic:

You can also subjectively debate the merits of what actually counts as a Halloween song, and how much weighting is given to how appropriate it is, given that it's highly likely the most successful example of something is not going to be the best example of it. Like you could argue that "The Hills" by The Weeknd has a tenuous enough link to count and that's a bigger hit than anything else outside of 'err actually song I hate is clearly horror because hurr hurr I'm funny'. A lot of these associations are handed to songs after the fact. Otherwise Thriller wouldn't have been released both as an album and a single in November lol.

Honestly I probably should've given it more points. As a neurodivergent I don't think there's another #1 hit (and how apt!) that better captures the joy and especially comfort in indulging the love of music as a special interest. Maybe "Come On Eileen" is a close second.

+5 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +4 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +3 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) +2 Central Cee - Obsessed With You +1 Jesy Nelson - Boyz -1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -2 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -4 I thought this song couldn't get more cursed then I saw the music video -5 At this point even 4th wave Heat Waves has been around egregiously long

Not *quite* as well as 2017 but he had most of the top 10

Honestly Ed Sheeran's album is a major litmus test for me with regards to big album release streaming numbers. He set a still unrivaled benchmark in 2017 but so far in 2021 we've had Olivia, Kanye & Drake pull exceedingly good numbers. If he pulls something similar it'll just prove that those album releases were huge stories but it's also possible that they're exaggerated compared to our usual standard, and Ed Sheeran with his record-breaking ways could pull off something we've never seen before even despite not having the perfect storm of success as with "÷". Yes I know I'm the only person whose interest in these stats supersedes interest in avoiding chart entropy.

25/10/2021 Singles 01 NE 01 01 EASY ON ME Adele 02 02 10 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 01 15 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 03 17 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 04 06 04 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 05 62 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 06 13 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 07 12 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 08 05 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 10 09 05 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 11 10 23 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 12 11 18 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 13 17 04 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 14 13 06 13 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 15 12 54 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 16 14 28 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 17 28 04 17 GHOST Justin Bieber 18 15 30 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 19 16 08 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 23 22 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 21 19 41 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 18 19 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 21 14 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 24 26 07 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 25 20 07 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 26 22 14 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 27 31 21 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 28 25 15 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 29 27 46 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 30 24 07 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 31 36 11 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 32 49 03 32 MONEY Lisa 33 33 22 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 34 35 99 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 35 29 07 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 36 32 31 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 37 34 05 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 38 30 07 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 39 42 04 39 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 40 RE 78 01 SOMEONE LIKE YOU Adele 41 38 67 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 40 09 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 43 RE 86 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele 44 45 12 44 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 45 37 06 30 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 46 39 37 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 47 41 08 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 48 48 47 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 49 44 22 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 50 43 04 43 ALONE WITH YOU Arz Albums 01 NE 01 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 02 RE 49 01 LET IT BE The Beatles 03 NE 01 03 GELA Baker Boy 04 03 17 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 01 22 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 RE 88 01 FEVER Kylie Minogue 07 02 07 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 08 18 276 01 25 Adele 09 05 12 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 06 31 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 24 414 01 21 Adele 12 07 05 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 13 08 82 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 NE 01 14 LIVE FROM A BEACH HOUSE IN THE RAIN Wil Wagner 15 10 65 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 16 NE 01 16 FACES Mac Miller 17 12 37 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 18 13 97 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 19 11 08 01 DONDA Kanye West 20 NE 01 20 VENGEANCE Twelve Foot Ninja 21 14 176 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 22 16 242 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 23 19 134 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 20 102 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 21 228 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 NE 01 26 PUNK Young Thug 27 27 345 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 28 22 365 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 25 65 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 26 300 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 35 157 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 32 23 188 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 34 113 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 34 NE 01 34 JACK CHROME & THE DARKNESS WALTZ The Morris Spingfield Project 35 NE 01 35 WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD: THE SILVER SCREAM 2 Ice Nine Kills 36 32 68 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 37 57 25 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 38 31 127 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 39 RE 434 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 40 28 45 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 41 RE 133 03 19 Adele 42 NE 01 42 THE COMEBACK Zac Brown Band 43 38 203 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 39 478 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 45 45 283 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 36 45 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 RE 68 03 IVY AND THE BIG APPLES Spiderbait 48 47 67 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 49 44 41 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 54 206 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift I'm here to provide you the shocking revelation that an Adele song has hit #1 somewhere. I dare say that it'll stay as such next week too, potentially bumping up Dua Lipa's career weeks spent at #2 on the Singles chart to 17, which is certainly a record among non-#1 getting artists unless you subscribe to the theory that pre & post-2010 Maroon 5 are different bands. This is such an uneventful week but it is time to ring out for yet another classic 'Only on the ARIA Charts' moment. This week, Adele returns to the charts with "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You", nothing unreasonable about that but it's all the songs she didn't chart with that spark curiosity. "When We Were Young" in particular should have been her highest re-entry. The reason they weren't is because no Adele songs were allowed to return to the chart. "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You" merely got there because they've never fallen so low in sales to fall off of ARIA's survey, flawless logic honestly. There's a lot more happening on the album chart though, where Coldplay score their 7th #1 album, having hit #1 with everything except "Parachutes" and "A Head Full Of Dreams". They faced surprisingly close competition from The Beatles' vinyl re-release. Coming through in 3rd is the Fresh Prince of Arnhem Land himself Baker Boy. He's been making a name for himself in the past 4 years for his energetic performances and positive vibes while often switching between rapping in English and his native Yolngu tongue. Alongside The Kid LAROI it means we have Indigenous artists at #3 on both charts this week. The Beatles are not alone in their remastering, as Kylie Minogue also returns for the 20th anniversary of "Fever", an album which I cannot in good conscience say revived her career here because unlike the rest of the world, Australia actually rightly recognises that "Impossible Princess" rules, and also "Light Years" was very successful the year before. But it does have 4 banger singles, two of which went to #1 here. On the topic of late '90s Australian alt rock bangers, there's also a return for Spiderbait's "Ivy and the Big Apples", the band's most beloved album possibly because it's the one with "Buy Me A Pony" (the first ever Australian Hottest 100 #1) and "Calypso" (the 'sunshine on the window' song that is somehow by the same band). In a different world of re-releases, Mac Miller's most beloved mixtape "Faces" was finally given a wide release, which as a fan of Mac Miller, jazz rap and all things , I wholeheartedly endorse. The Smith Street Band's Wil Wagner may or may not be cancelled but he's here with a new live album, while Twelve Foot Ninja return to the chart for the first time in 5 years, just narrowly making the top 20 on a tough week having gone top 10 before. Young Thug scores his highest ever album chart entry this week, while Zac Brown Band are far from it, which one has to wonder if it's a result of their disastrous last album. Australian music icons Russell Morris and Rick Springfield (yes, that one) enter with a collaborative album under the name The Morris Springfield Project, while Ice Nine Kills get their first ever chart entry. The band have been around for over a decade so their name is not a Zero Escape reference sadly. Next week could be a competitive heat between Elton John, RÜFÜS DU SOL and Lana Del Rey, alongside further entries for Duran Duran, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Dream Theater.

Actually thought Breathe might have been my +30, with the list so small I *think* I know what it is now. Also expected it to be the first Prodigy song to drop but it's worth saying that it is an absolute monster of a hit over in my parts, where The Prodigy never had another top 20 hit, but "Breathe" was the longest running top 10 hit of all time until like 2019!

Wait did I really give Fastlove points? It's a fine song but I must have been super delirious and not reading it correctly if so.