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Contextually it makes sense though, Billboard's formula gives strong weight to sales that (especially in the US) have big first week hype numbers. And then on the chart itself, it was tipping over to December with heaps of Christmas songs overtaking it, Spotify Wrapped coming out that week to gear focus away from new hits, and tragically it was also the week Juice WRLD passed away and he had several songs climb ahead. If he put out the song a month back, it probably would've been a more gentle decline. There was a solid 2 months of 'this is obviously a hit but radio isn't letting it happen' of course, because why give even the illusion of free will on the charts :bounce:

Problem with implementing it is that it'll probably make an even bigger mess since most people probably don't actively seek out the most apropos album to stream tracks from. They'll just search it and add the first result that comes up no matter how random it is, either sticking with it forever (by adding it to their own personal playlist), or be subject to whatever fluctuations the algorithm decides for future listens. For instance, I just searched up "Lose Yourself" and the first result was neither Curtain Call nor the 8 Mile soundtrack, but the 2014 Shady Records compilation album, and I believe in the past it's also often come up with the "Just Lose It" single which in either case is just the same as not counting the song at all. Maybe to some this is a more just chart that puts cherry picking into perspective but I think it'd just make the chart impossible to interpret and meaningless (...more so).

Fair. It doesn't really specify that they combine both rates for the album chart so I can't feel certain on it (it seems pretty out of character/illogical to change it solely for that purpose?). Either way though the actual numbers aren't really the point of my post from before, but cheers for the clarification.

Is there any documentation on this? Not necessarily doubting but it's the first I've heard of it, what with chart companies being notoriously coy about explaining their methodologies properly and making it easy to find.

I mean it does, because streaming a whole album gets you the full 1/100th or 1/600th (depending on your account status) of a sale, whereas streaming a song from a playlist will only net 1/800th or 1/4800th and only if it's the 3rd-10th biggest song on the album. People hearing "Easy On Me" on a playlist are contributing 0.0000 sales to "30" because that's how it works. It's very rare that albums actually have more than the two biggest songs on playlists at a given time so it becomes pretty negligible on the whole. It might just seem like non-full listens are extremely overweighted if you're not fully grasping the sheer volume to which they outnumber start to finish album listens. Either way though, the 'idealised' version of listening to the album from start to finish is a bit gatekeeper-y for my liking, and you could also argue that someone who has listened to an album from start to finish might not necessarily have their undivided attention. Like a playlist, chucking on an album is an easy way to program yourself an hour of music with little effort, even if you totally zone out from it in lieu of something else you might be doing. But also I'll quote myself about the problems with this idea of supposed 'full album streams' (the topic at the time suggested *only* counting full streams, but the idea of bonus streaming points for it is just shifting the numbers higher so the idea still applies In general, quick fix ideas to invigorate the chart practically always come with unintended/realised side-effects. Plenty of examples just from the last 4 years of the official chart.

For sure I agree, and I think the same was true for when "25" was released in comparison to "21", but my expectations were also just partially tempered because of "25"'s roll out strategy which squeezed out more pure sales that it would otherwise have gotten given the standard roll out. So I think Adele is doing absolutely fine all things considered, I just had lower expectations I guess.

I think something that is worth noting with Adele is that "25" wasn't on Spotify when it was first released, so even in addition to it being 6 years since she last put out an album, even back then there's been a built in standard of not listening to the new Adele album on Spotify on release. I've been tempted to be inclined to say this might also cut significantly into her sales for all the people (myself included) who bought "25" because of this exclusivity, and no, these aren't contradictory statements, a sale is worth so much more than a stream, but I'm waiting to see the sales numbers themselves*. *Though even then, how it sells over the next 5 weeks probably matters just as much as the initial figure.

"Easy On Me" is still new enough that it's pretty fair they could just be waiting to gauge reaction at the moment to work out what to go with.

I have to assume it's a sample although Rita Ora featured on an entirely unrelated song called "R.I.P." a couple years ago so it wouldn't be the first #1 hit from the early 2010s to hold this ignoble distinction if so :lol:

Incredible that Adele can defy mathematics

In all fairness, it's not just Christmas music. Spotify Wrapped drops around the end of November and there's a general reminiscence around the year that was in December with publications putting out their Best of 2021 stuff too. People aren't really feasting for new music in December, not that much of it is generally released anyway.

I find it's a little varied, easier to notice the long lasting ones since they're ever-present :lol: For instance, Gym Class Heroes blew up with "Cupid's Chokehold" earlier this year but it was only about a month and a half in the sun before dropping off back to usual business pretty much everywhere. For what it's worth, "Seventeen Going Under" actually entered the Australian Spotify chart about a week ago, a first for Sam, and it quickly got into the top 50 before getting kicked out by Taylor Swift & Silk Sonic, but its diminished daily total suggests it might already be on the way out after just a few days.

15/11/2021 Singles 01 01 13 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 02 03 04 01 EASY ON ME Adele 03 05 18 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 02 09 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 05 04 20 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 06 65 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 07 16 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 08 10 09 08 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 09 NE 01 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 10 09 08 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 11 15 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 14 07 12 GHOST Justin Bieber 13 08 02 08 OVERPASS GRAFFITI Ed Sheeran 14 12 26 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 15 13 08 08 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 16 20 02 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G 17 17 57 01 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 18 16 21 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 19 18 31 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 20 15 03 08 MOTH TO A FLAME Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 21 19 07 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 22 NE 01 22 ESCAPE PLAN Travis Scott 23 21 44 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 24 23 11 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 25 25 25 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 26 22 33 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 27 24 22 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 28 26 17 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 29 27 10 24 A-O-K Tai Verdes 30 35 05 30 ACAPULCO Jason Derulo 31 28 102 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 32 30 17 22 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 33 33 10 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 34 NE 01 34 SMOKIN OUT THE WINDOW Silk Sonic 35 36 70 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 36 37 18 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 37 32 24 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 38 40 49 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 39 34 07 31 OUT OUT Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX & Saweetie 40 38 14 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 41 39 10 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 42 45 15 42 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes 43 42 25 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 44 47 12 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 45 50 72 29 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 41 34 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 47 NE 01 47 MAFIA Travis Scott 48 48 10 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 49 44 08 34 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 50 49 50 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto Albums 01 NE 01 01 VOYAGE ABBA 02 01 02 01 = Ed Sheeran 03 NE 01 03 KID A MNESIA Radiohead 04 02 20 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 03 25 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 04 10 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 07 05 03 01 SURRENDER Rüfüs du Sol 08 07 85 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 06 34 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 10 14 03 02 THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS Elton John 11 13 40 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 08 15 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 13 11 279 01 25 Adele 14 15 68 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 15 10 08 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 16 17 100 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 NE 01 17 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Bullet For My Valentine 18 NE 01 18 STILL OVER IT Summer Walker 19 19 245 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 20 179 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 21 30 348 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 NE 01 22 LIVE AT THE DRIVE IN Hockey Dad 23 26 231 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 23 137 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 25 28 68 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 24 03 03 BLUE BANISTERS Lana Del Rey 27 22 11 01 DONDA Kanye West 28 25 417 01 21 Adele 29 27 105 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 30 NE 01 30 DAY/NIGHT Parcels 31 29 368 01 1989 Taylor Swift 32 32 303 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 09 04 01 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES Coldplay 34 NE 01 34 SPRINGTIME Springtime 35 NE 01 35 VALENTINE Snail Mail 36 34 116 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 37 33 191 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 38 39 48 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 39 36 71 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 40 88 118 01 RED Taylor Swift 41 40 130 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 42 38 28 01 FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 43 37 160 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 44 42 44 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 45 286 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 46 43 206 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 47 60 171 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 48 44 209 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 49 52 191 02 ? XXXTENTACION 50 47 385 01 X Ed Sheeran In bizarre news, Adele might be returning to #1 this coming week. Not for legitimate purposes but because ARIA just posted their mid-week preview and the only Taylor Swift debuts are the new versions of "Red", "We Are Never Getting Back Together", and also "I Bet You Think About Me", which would be somewhere along the lines of the 2nd, 7th & 9th highest entries she naturally would look poised for and doesn't even include the song that's being promoted by Hot Hits Australia or you know, either version of "All Too Well" which has been leading on Spotify all week. Make no mistake that if combined, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" is absolutely a lock for #1, if not then I suspect it's a close miss, but basically if there are any Swifties reading this then by all means raise hell with ARIA before they out-parody themselves. In this week news, Post Malone gets into the top 10 after missing out with his last single, evidently The Weeknd has a knack for low top 10 debuts this year. I need not dwell on the inauspicious timing of the arrival of two new Travis Scott songs though I will point out that while Today's Top Hits on Spotify has been steadily sliding "ESCAPE PLAN" down its playlist in the past week, Hot Hits Australia, slow as they ever are, waited until after Travis Scott was somewhat complicit in the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 10 concert goers to ADD the song to their playlist which is certainly a choice. Silk Sonic arrive with their 3rd top 40 hit and it looks like "Smokin Out The Window" should be vaulting in or towards the top 10 next week. To the shock of (I assume) nobody, ABBA arrive at the #1 spot with "Voyage", their first stint at #1 since "ABBA Gold" started stuffing stockings in 1992, which I believe in some respects might make it my birthday #1 although it depends on your interpretation of which weeks line up to which days of which I don't think there's a clear answer to. So it's either that or a Simple Minds Greatest Hits and don't you forget it. Radiohead are immensely good at hitting the #2 spot on the album chart and in fact did it with both "Kid A" and "Amnesiac"...and every studio album that followed them. So for a change of pace, the new "Kid A Mnesia" collection enters at a modest #3, though being ahead of the streaming giants does lean big credence to the idea that Radiohead could easily get a #1 album if they stop choosing the worst weeks to release on. Bullet For My Valentine have been hitting the top 10 regularly since 2008, even the #1 spot in 2015 but this week they're a little lower in the top 20. Summer Walker also doesn't *quite* match the #17 peak of "Over It" but she's close on a tougher week. Hockey Dad's new live album release does not contain any transmissions to the one armed scissor, nor any hexes that were delivered spent, but it does chart slightly higher than At The Drive-In's "Relationship Of Command" and holy shit what a banger of an album that is. Local but overseas based spacebar boycotters Parcels score their first ever top 50 album this week while we have yet another Gareth Liddiard side project entering with the self-titled first album for Springtime. Snail Mail is also debuting for the first time. Next week's album chart has a bit more safe certainty on Taylor Swift debuting at #1, and she'll likely be joined by Silk Sonic, Flight Facilities, Courtney Barnett and Little Mix in the top 10. IDLES & Rod Stewart should also get in somewhere.

I'll try to give this a go but I'll definitely need to do some research first.

Really don't get why the OCC can't just make it mouse-over scroll or alt-text if they insist on their ugly all-caps format.

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.